FIRST DISTRICT

Consists of the county of Sheboygan. Population, in 1870, 31,749. The Senator is

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PATRICK HENRY (Dem.), of Lyndon-P. O. address, Cascade. He was born in the town of Granville, Milwaukee county, August 28, 1847; is by profession à lawver, having read law with Stevens & Flower at Madison, and taken a law course, at the law department of the State University, from which department he has graduated, receiving the degree of LL. B., in Madison, and was admitted to the bar in 1869, by Hon. Alva Stewart, presiding judge of the 9th circuit, and subsequently to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin and the United States Circuit Court; went to Lyndon, Sheboygan county with his parents in 1819, where he has continued to reside; was elected to the assembly in 1871. He received 2.999 votes, against 2,657 for John A. Bentley (Rep.)

SECOND DISTRICT

Consists of the counties of Brown, Door and Kewaunee. Population,

in 1870, 40,215. The Senator is MYRON P. LINDSLEY (Dem.), of Green Bay. He was born in Middlesex, Yates county, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1825; received a collegiate education at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., graduating in 1849, and at John W. Fowler's Law School, at Ballston Spa, graduating in 1850; is by profession a lawyer; he came to Wisconsin in 185), and settled at Green Bay; has been mayor of the city of Green Bay, and district attorney and clerk of the board of supervisors of Brown county, and in 1872 was the democratic candidate for congress in opposition to P. Sawyer. He received for senator, in 1871, 2.498 votes, against 2,336 for E. T. Sprague (Rep.)

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THIRD DISTRICT

Consists of the 1st, 2d, 6th, 9th and 10th wards of Milwaukee and the towns of Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and Granville, of Milwaukee county. Population, in 1870, 44,451. The Senator is

FREDERICK W. COTZHAUSEN (Dem.), of Milwaukee. He was born in Cambach, an ancient castle near Aix-la-Chapelle, Rhine, Prussia, July 21, 138; received private tuition till 1848; entered the college at Meurs and remained till 1853; then the college at Cologne and graduated in 1855; is by profession a lawyer; he came to the United States in 1856 and settled at Milwaukee. He received 4,318 votes, against 1,973 for W. H. Lindwurm (Ind.)

FOURTH DISTRICT Consists of the counties of Monroe and Vernon. Population, in 1870, 35.195. The Senator is

WILLIAM NELSON (Rep.), of Viroqua, Vernon county. He was born in Rutherglen, Scotland. July 1, 1839; was educated in the common schools and a printing office; is by profession an editor and publisher; he came to the United States with his father in 1842, and to Wisconsin in 1843, first settling at Jamestown, Grant county; resided in various places in that vicinity and became a resident of Vernon county, in 1855; he entered the military service during the rebellion, and participated in the skirmish at Point Rock Bridge, siege of Nashville, the battles of Stone River and Chickamauga, where he was made a prisoner, and remained for 17 months in Libby, Danville, Andersonville and Florence prisons; was elected president of the village of Viroqua in 1871. He received for senator 2,835 votes, against 1,359 for T. C. Ankeny (Ind.)

FIFTH DISTRICT

Consists of the county of Racine. Population, in 1870, 26,543. The Senator is

ROBERT HALL BAKER (Rep.), of the city of Racine. He was born in Geneva, Walworth county, June 27, 1839; received a public school education, and took a preparatory course at Beloit College; is by occu pation a manufacturer, having been for nine years an equal partner in the manufacturing establishment of J. I. Case & Co.; has twice represented his ward in the city council. He received 2,922 votes against 1,971 for Nicholas D. Fratt (Dein.)

SIXTH DISTRICT

Consists of the 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th wards of the city of Milwaukee, and the towns of Franklin, Greenfield, Lake and Oak Creek. Population, in 1870, 45,479. The Senator is

JOHN LENDRUM MITCHELL (Dem.) He was born in Milwaukee, October 19, 1842; received an academic education; is by occupation a farmer; was 2d lieutenant Co. I and 1st lieutenant Co. E, 24th Wis. Vols. Was appointed as a member of the legislative committee to visit the charitable and penal institutions of the State, by Gov. Washburn, in 1872. He received 3,271 votes, against 2,251 for D. H. Johnson (Rep.)

SEVENTH DISTRICT

Consists of the city of Madison and the towns of Albion, Blooming Grove, Bristol, Burke, Christiana, Cottage Grove, Deerfield, Dunkirk, Dunn, Medina, Pleasant Springs, Sun Prairie, Windsor, and York, in the county of Dane. Population, in 1870, 26,942. The Senator is

JOHN A. JOHNSON (Rep.), of Madison. He was born near Skien, Norway, April 15, 1832; is by profession a farmer-at present, a merchant; he came to Wisconsin in 1844, and first settled at Walworth Co.; removed to Dane Co. in 1851; was a member of the assembly in 1857, and county clerk from Jan., 1861, to 1869. He received 2, 903 votes, against 2,497 for A. R. Cornwall (Lib.)

EIGHTH DISTRICT

Consists of the counties of Kenosha and Walworth. Population, in 1870, 39,052. The Senator is

SAM'L PRATT (Rep.), of Spring Prairie. He was born in the town of

Enfield, Hampshire county, Mass., Oct. 6, 1807; is by occupation a farmer; received but a limited education, in consequence of the lack of school houses in the frontier districts, of which he was, from early boy hood, a resident. When in his eighth year his parents removed to Geauga county, Ohio; in 1829, he removed to White Pigeon, Mich., the country at that time being very new, there being no grist or saw-mill nearer than 10 miles distant, and only a horse-back mail once a week between Detroit and Chicago, and no newspaper published within 130 miles. He came to Wisconsin in 1837, and settled at Spring Prairie, but did not move his family until February, 1845. He was a member of the assembly from Walworth county, in 1849, 1855, and 1863, and elected to the senate from same County in 1869, and re-elected from the new district in 1871, receiving 3,956 votes against 2,161 for Capt. John Tuttle (Dem.)

NINTH DISTRICT

Consists of the county of Iowa. Population, in 1870, 24,499. The Senator is

FRANCIS LITTLE (Rep.), of Linden-P. O. address, Mineral Pt. He was born in Ireland, Feb. 22, 1822; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1844 and settled at New Diggings, La Fayette county; removed to Linden in 1854 was chairman of the town board four years; member of the county board of supervisors for three years; superintendent of the poor for six years, and was a member of the assembly in 1864 and 1865; was elected to the senate in 1870 and re-elected in 1872, receiving 2, 116 votes, against 2,003 for Henry C. Barnard (Dem.)

TENTH DISTRICT

Consists of the county of Waukesha. It contained a population, in 1870, of 8,213. The Senator is

WILLIAM BLAIR (Rep.), of Wankesha. He was born in Dundonald, Scotland, July 31, 1820; received a limited common school education: is by profession a machinist; he came to the U. S. in 1866, and first settled at Wheatland, Monroe county, N.Y., in 1836, but removed to Wisconsin, and settled at Waukesha, in 1845; served as trustee and president of the village of Waukesha for many years, and chairman of the town board five years; was appointed one of the managers of the Reform School in 1861,

Consists of the county of La Fayette, Population, in 1870, 22,646. The Senator is

FRANCIS CAMPBELL (Rep.), of Gratiot. He was born in Duncanally, Co. Donegal, Ireland, June 13, 1829; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer; he removed from his native place, with his parents, to Barhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland, in 1831, and from thence to the U. S. in 1816, and first settled at Pittsburg, Pa.; he came to Wisconsin in 1849 and settled at Gratiot; he has held various town offices, including chairman of the town board; was sheriff of the county in 1869-70, and president of the county agricultural society in 1871-72. He received 2, 129 votes against 1,913 for Henry W. Barnes (Dem.)

TWELFTH DISTRICT

Consists of the county of Green. Population, in 1870, 23,587. The Senator is

ORRIN BACON (Rep.), P. O. address, Monticello. He was born in Barnstable, Mass., October 4, 1821; received a common school education; is by occupation a miller; he came to Wisconsin in 1843, and first settled at Janesville; removed to Green county in 1855; was elected to the assembly in 1870, and to the senate in 1871, receiving 1,668 votes, against 986 for Harvey T. Moore (Dem.)

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT

Consists of the county of Dodge, [excepting 5th and 6th wards of Watertown.] Population, in 1870, 46,941. The Senator is

SAMUEL D. BURCHARD (Dem.), of Beaver Dam. He was born in Leyden, Lewis county, New York, July 17, 1836; attended Madison University, N. Y., through the third term of sophomore year, but was prevented by ill health from graduating. Is by profession a manufacturer of woolen goods; he came to Wisconsin in 1845 with his parents, and settled at Waukesha. Was 1st Lieut. in Missouri State Militia, in active service; was appointed Capt. and A. Q. M. U. S. Vols., Jan. 24th, 1865, and immediately assigned to duty in the 5th Division, Q. M. Dept., stationed

at New York, and placed in charge of the purchase of forage for the armies operating on the seaboard; remained in charge of that office until September, 1865; was mustered out of the service on the 13th of October, 1865, with the rank of major by brevet. Returned to Wisconsin and was elected senator in 1869, from the west district of Dodge county, and was again elected in 1872, receiving 5,427 votes, against 2,909 for Cha-les P. Lovell (Rep.)

FOURTEENTH DISTRICT

Consists of the county of Sauk. Population, in 1870, 23,860. The Sena tor is

JOHN B. QUIMBY (Rep.), of Sauk City. He was born in Ireland, May 16, 1823; received an academic education; is by profession a lawyer. He resided in Morristown, Vermont, from 1828 to 1850; came to Wiscon sin in 1850, and settled at Prairie du Sac, and has resided in Sauk City, in said town, since 1851. He held the office of district attorney of Sauk county from 1852 to 1856, and of county judge from 1861 to 1870. He received 1,706 votes against 1,007 for James W. Lusk (Dem.)

FIFTEENTH DISTRICT

Consists of the county of Manitowoc. Population, in 1870, 33,364. The Senator is

CARL H. SCHMIDT (Dem.,) of Manitowoc. He was born in Luebbecke, Province of Westphalia, Prussia, September 30, 1835; received a city school education; is by profession an editor and printer; he came to Wisconsin in 1854 and settled at Manitowoc; entered the army September 6, 1861, in the 9th Wis. Vols., and was with the regiment in its campaigns through Kansas, Indian Territory, Missouri and Arkansas, participating in the battle of Benton, Mo., and in the attack on Van Buren, Ark.; entered the service as private and was promoted to 2d Lieut., March 15, 1863; 1st Lieut., May, 1864; Captain, August 25, 1864; and was discharged, December 3, 1864. elected trustee of the village of Manitowoc, third ward, in 1867, and was candidate for mayor of the city in the spring of 1870; was elected to the assembly from Manitowoc county in 1869, and senator in 1870, and re-elected in 1872, receiving 2,579 votes, against 2,341 for H. H. Smith (Rep.)

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SIXTEENTH DISTRICT

Consists of the county of Grant. Population, in 1870, 37,979. The Senator is

JOHN CHANDLER HOLLOWAY (Rep.), of Lancaster. He was born in the town of York, Livingston county, N. Y., July 7, 1826; received a common school education: is by Occupation a banker; he came to Wisconsin in 1855, and settled at Lancaster; was chairman of the town board from 1857 to 1861; was member of the assembly in 1871. He received 3,164 votes, against 1,771 for Ovid B. Phelps (Dem.)

SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT

Consisting of the counnty of Rock. Population, in 1870, 39,030. The

Senator is

HORATIO NELSON DAVIS (Rep), of Beloit. He was born in Henderson, Jefferson county, N. Y., June 17, 1812; received an academic education; is by profession a banker. He came to Wisconsin in 1838, first settling at Waukesha and removed to Beloit in 1865; he was elected chairman of supervisors of Waukesha six successive years, and was twice elected chairman of the county board; was elected county treasurer in 1847, and held the office by subsequent elections for six years; was comissioned by Prest. Lincoln, March, 1862, captain and commissary of subsistence, and was brevetted major in 1864; left the service at termination of the war, and closed all his accounts within sixty days thereafter; was elected president of the Beloit National Bank in 1865, and now holds that position; was elected mayor of Beloit in 1872, without oppostion. He received 5,166 votes against 1,740 for Wm. T. Hall (Lib.).

EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT Consists of the towns of Alto, Eldorado, Fond du Lac, Friendship, Lamartine, Metomen, Oakfield, Ripon, Rosendale, Springvale, Waupun, the north ward of the village of Waupun, and the cities of Fond du Lac and Ripon, in the county of Fond du Lac. Population, in 1870, 21,703. The Senator is WILLIAM H. HINER (Rep.), of the city of Fond du Lac. He was born in the town of Bedford, Penn., December 16, 1821; received a common school and academic educacation; is proprietor of the Union Iron Works in Fond du Lac; he came

to Wisconsin in 1850, and settled at Fond du Lac, where he has continued to reside until the present time. Ho was elected alderman and supervisor at the first charter election held in Fond du Lac, in 1852, and served several years as alderman and president of the city council, and was elected by the council in 1865 to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor, and was again elected in 1867, by the people, without opposition; served several years as a member of the board of education of the city; was elected by the county board of supervisors in 1851, to fill a vacancy in the office of county treasurer. He received 3,252 votes, against 1,999 for Jerry Dobbs, Jr. (Dem.)

NINETEENTH DISTRICT

Consists of the county of Winnebago. Population, in 1870, 37,279. The Senator is

ROBERT MCCURDY (Rep.), of Oshkosh. He was born in the parish of St. Patrick's, New Brunswick, April 16, 1836; received a common school education; is by occupation a lumberman; he came to Wisconsin in 1850 and settled at Oshkosh; was elected treasurer of the city in 1863. '64, and '65, and register of deeds of the county in 1866, and re-elected in the years 1868 and 1870. He received 4,295 votes, against 2, 946 for Charles A. Weisbrod (Dem.)

TWENTIETH DISTRICT Consists of the towns of Ashford, Auburn, Byron, Calumet, Eden, Empire, Forest, Marshfeld, Osceola, and Taycheedah, in the county of Fond du Lac. Population, in 1870, 14,570. The Senator is

JOSEPH WAGNER (Dem.), of Marshfield-P. O. address, Calvary. He was born in Meckenbeuren, Wurtemberg, Germany, October 19, 1869; received an academic education; is by occupation a farmer; be came to the United States and settled at Troy, N. Y., in 1832, and remained until 1846, during which year he came to Wisconsin and settled at Marshfield, where he has continued to reside to this time; has been member of the town and county boards of supervis ors from 1848 to 1873-27 years; from 1848 to 1861, when the system was changed; was town superintendent of schools; was member of the assembly in 1856, 1858, 1866, 1867, 1868, and 1871. He received 1,595 votes, against 578 for A. T. Germond (Rep.)