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ANGUS CAMERON, Rep., of La Crosse. He was born in the town of Caledonia. Livingston county, N. Y., July 4, 1826; received an academic education; is by profession a lawyer; he came to Wisconsin in 1857, and settled at La Crosse; was elected to the senate for a full term in 1862; was a member of the assembly in 1866 and 1867, and was elected speaker of that body the latter year; has been a member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin, since 1867. He received 2, 788 votes, against 1,063 for William T. McConnell, Dem., in the district as then constituted.

THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT

Consists of the counties of Buffalo, Clark, Jackson and Trempealeau. Population, in 1870, 32, 992. The Senator is

ORLANDO BROWN, Rep., of Modina, Buffalo county. He was born in the town of Collins, Erie county, N. Y., December 29, 1828; received a common school education; is by oc

cupation a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1842, first settling at Elkhorn, Walworth county; went to Oregon and California in 1852 and remained two years; returned to Wisconsin, and in 1855 became a resident of Buffalo county; was a member of the assembly from Buffalo, Pepin and Trempealeau counties in 1862. He received 2,112 votes against 1,626 for Conrad Moser, Jr., Rep., and 647 for Jacob Spaulding, Dem.

THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT Consists of the counties of Ozaukee and Washington. Population, in 1870, 39,483. The senator is

LYMAN MORGAN, Dem., of Ozaukee. He was born in the town of Buttermilk Falls, Wyoming county, Penn., April 23, 184; received a common school education; is by occupation a manufacturer; he came to Wisconsin in 1847 and settled at Port Washington; was chairman of the town board of supervisors for three years and school director for one term. Was elected to the Senate in 186 and re-elected in 1866, 1868 and again in 1870, receiving at the last election in the district as then constituted, consisting of Ozaukee county, 1, 150 votes against 850 for A. M. Alling, Ind.

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ASSEMBLY.

(The Assembly consists of 100 members, chosen annually by districts.)

Speaker-DANIEL HALL.

ADAMS AND WOOD COUNTIES

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Contained a population, in 1870, of 10,513. They have one member, GEORGE ALLEN NEEVES, Rep., of Grand Rapids, Wood county. was born in the town of Cambridge, Henry county, Ill., January 3, 1841; attended the Lawrence University at Appleton, for three years; is by occupation a merchant and manufacturer of lumber; he came to Wisconsin in 1845 and settled at Grand Rapids. He received, as an independent candidate, 1,125 votes, against 525 for Anson Rood, Rep.

ASHLAND, BARRON, BAYFIELD, BURNETT, DOUGLAS AND POLK COUNTIES

Contained a population, in 1870, of 6,357. They have one member,

HENRY DANFORTH BARRON, Rep. of St. Croix Falls, Polk county. He was born at Wilton, Saratoga county, N. Y., April 10, 1833; received a common school education, and entered the law school at Ballston Spa, New York, and graduated from there; came to Wisconsin in August, 1851, and became the editor of the Waukesha thronotype, a democratic weekly at Waukesha; was appointed postmaster there by President Pierce, and held the office until the inauguration of President Buchanan; moved to Pepin in June, 1857, and entered upon the practice of his profession; was appointed circuit judge by Governor Randall in July, 1860, for the eighth judicial circuit, comprising the twelve northwestern counties of the State, including Pepin and Polk for the unexpired terin of S. S. N. Fuller, resigned; was unanimously elected member of Assembly for the counties of Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas and Polk in 1862, and re elected in 1863 and again in 1865, 1866, 1867 and 1868; was speaker of the assembly during the session of 1866; was one of the two Presidential electors at large in 1868, elected by the Republicans; was elected a regent of the Wi, consin State University by joint ballot of the legislature in February, 1863, and has

continued in that office up to the present time; was appointed Fifth Auditor of the United States Treasury Department by President Grant, i April, 1869, which office he resigned to take a seat in the Assembly of 1872; has been elected district attorney and county judge of Pepin county, and county superintendent of schools for Polk county, which last office he resigned upon being elected to the legislature of 1863; was appointed by Governor Fairchild trustee of Antietam Cemetery for Wisconsin in May, 1871. He received 1.158 votes against 315 for Varnum M. Babcock, Dem.

BROWN COUNTY

[Including a portion of Kewaunee County.] Contained a population, in 1870, of 28,510. It has three members.

FIRST DISTRICT.-(City of Green Bay, and towns of Bellevue, Eaton, Green Bay, Humboldt, Preble and Scott.) The member is CHRISTIAN WELZ, Dem., of Green Bay. He was born in Weikersheim, kingdom of Wurtemburg, Germany, October 20, 1826; received a common school education; is by profession a merchant. He came the U. S., in 1847, and first settled at Weinsberg, O., but removed to Green Bay in 1848, where he has continued to reside until the present time. Was a member of the city council in 1858, 1859, 1862 and 1864, aud county supervisor in 1870. He received 665 votes, against 582 for J. S. Curtis. Rep.

SECOND DISTRICT.-(The borough of Fort Howard and the towns of Howard, Lawrence, Pittsfield, Suamico, West Depere and Wrightstown.) The member is DAVID COOPER AYRES, of Fort Howard. Defines his political sentiments as "Republican, Protection to all American industries, Universal Suffrage, (Female inclusive) and one term for all State and County officers." He was born in Dayton, Ohio, January 25, 1820; received a common school education, and is a graduate of the medical department of the University of New York; is by profession a physician;

he came to Wisconsin in 1849 and first settled at Neenah; moved to Green Bay in 1850; was candidate for the Assembly of 1858 and elected to Assemblies of 1868 and 1871. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1868. Entered the military service during the war with the 7th Wiscon sin volunteers, as surgeon and returned with them, at the expiration of the term of service; participated in all of the skirmishes and battles in which the Iron Brigade was engaged, Gainesville, Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Gettysburg, Culpepper, Mine Run, Wilderness, 40 days, Petersburg, Yellow House, 3 battles on Hatcher's Run, Five Forks, Appomattox Court House and others; during the service he reported 1, 123 casualties in his regiment, and was never off duty at any battle or on any march. He received 470 votes against 458 for A. E. Lyon, Dem. Was appointed by Gov. Fairchild a member of the State Visiting Committee for 1871.

THIRD DISTRICT. --(Village of De Pere, and towns of De Pere, Glenmore, Holland, Morrison, New Den mark and Rockland in the county of Brown, and the towns of Carlton, Franklin and Montpelier, in the county of Kewaunee.) The member is DANIEL LEE. Dem., of De Pere. He was born in Little Falls, Herkimer county, N. Y., March 19, 1830; received a common school education; is by occupation a mason and builder. He first came to Wisconsin in 1847; went to California in 1850, and remaining there four years returned to Wisconsin in 1855, settling at Waukesha; was elected sheriff of Calumet county in 1862, and appointed under sheriff in 1865. He received 70 votes, against 306 for Jonas Leroy, Rep.

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Contained a population, in 1870, of 12,335. It has one member,

CASPER H. M. PETERSEN, Dem., of New Holstein. He was born in Mielberg, Schleswig, Germany, March 14, 1826; was educated at the Teachers' Seminary at Tondern, Schleswig, and followed the avocation of a school teacher for five years; is by present Occupation a farmer; he came to the United States in 1851, and first settled at Milwaukee; removed to Chicago in 1852, to Racine in 1855, and to New Holstein in 1861; was in the military service of Schleswig-Holstein against Denmark from 1848 to 1851, and participated in all the prominent battles fought during that period; was a member of the Assembly from Calumet county in 1868 and 1869. He received 880 votes, against 855 for John Merrill, Rep. His seat is contested.

CHIPPEWA COUNTY

Contained a population, in 1870, of 8,311. It has one member,

JOHN J. JENKINS, Rep., of Chippewa Falls. He was born in the city of Weymouth, England, August 20, 1843; received a common school education; is by profession a lawyer; he came to Wisconsin in 1852 and first settled at Baraboo, Sauk county; entered the military service in 1861, in 6th Wis. Vols., and was discharged with the regiment in 1865; was elected clerk of the circuit court of Sauk county in 1867, and re-elected in 1869, which position he resigned in Oct., 1870, on removing to Chippewa Falls; became the junior member of the firm of Bingham & Jenkins, and was elected city attorney of Chippewa Fall, in February, 1871. He received 858 votes, against 670 for James A. Taylor, Dem.

CLARK AND JACKSON COUNTIES

Contained a population, in 1870, of 11,137. They have one member,

EUSTACE L. BROCKWAY, Rep., of Black River Falls. He was born near Brookville, Jefferson county, Pa., January 20, 1826; received a common school education; is by occupation a lumberman; he came to Wisconsin in 1844 and settled at Black River Falls; was appointed recruiting agent by Governor Lewis, under act of congress, July 4, 1864, and was on service in Alabama and Georgia. He received 1,023 votes against 519 for Ludwig Peters, Dem.

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