Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....TITUS, WILLIAM A. August 30, 1868 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Vickery tsvickery@adelphia.net March 11, 2007, 6:41 pm Author: The State Printing Board, Compiled and Published. MEMBERS OF THE SENATE EIGHTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT Fond du Lac, Waushara and Green Lake counties. WILLIAM A. TITUS (Rep.) was born on a farm in the town of Empire, Fond du Lac county, Aug. 30, 1868. Four years later the family removed to the town of Eden, where he resided until he was thirty, except the four years he spent as a public school teacher. He was educated in the rural schools, Fond du Lac high school, University of Wisconsin and University of Chicago. He became identified with the Standard Lime & Stone Company, first as secretary-treasurer and later as president. He served as president of the Board of Education of Fond du Lac two terms and member of the Board of Visitors of the University four terms. Was elected Curator of the State Historical Society in 1920. He has always shown a keen interest in agricultural and social problems. In political views, he is a pronounced Progressive. Was elected to the senate in 1920, receiving 15,355 votes to 952 for William Tomelty (Soc). --- Additional Comments: The Wisconsin Blue Book. The State Printing Board, 1923. 598 - 640. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1923/bios/titus32nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb