Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....MORRIS, OSCAR HASKELD
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MEMBERS OF THE SENATE

FOURTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT The 13th, 18th, and 21st Wards
of the City of Milwaukee; the Town of Milwaukee; and the
Villages of Fox Point, River Hills, Shorewood, and
Whitefish Bay.

OSCAR HASKELD MORRIS (Rep.) was born in Springfield,
Mass., March 8, 1876, and came to Milwaukee with his
parents when two years of age. He left graded school at an
early age to become "copy boy" on the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Later he became reporter and sports writer on this paper;
reporter, city editor, and sports editor on the Milwaukee
Daily News; and department manager of the Milwaukee
Association of Commerce. He was elected to the Senate in
1920, 1924, 1928, and 1932; and served as president pro
tempore in 1927. He was chairman of the interim committee
on prison labor which reported to the 1929 legislature and
of the aeronautics committee which reported in 1931; and
is now the chairman of the Committee on Corporations and
Taxation.

Address: 740 N. Second St., Milwaukee.

Additional Comments:
Compiled by The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library.
The Wisconsin Blue Book. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat
Printing Company, 1933.

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