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Consists of the counties of Adams, Juneau, Portage and Wood. Population, in 1870, 33,519. The Sena tor is

THOMAS B. SCOTT (Rep.), of Grand Rapids, Wood county. He was born February 8, 1829, at Roxburyshire, Scotland; received a public school education; is by occupation a lumberman; he came to Wisconsin in 1848 and first settled in Columbia county; removed to Grand Rapids in 1851, where he has since resided; has occupied various town offices, and was county clerk one term and county treasurer of Wood county two terms. He received 4,555 votes, against 2,549 for Seth Reeves (Dem.)

THIRTIETH DISTRICT

Consists of the counties of Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire and Pepin. Population, in 1870, 33,227. The Senator is

HIRAM PEASE GRAHAM (Dem., of Eau Claire. He was born at Windham, Green county, N. Y., March 29, 1820; received a common school education; is by occupation a manufacturer and lumberman; resided in Canada from 1844 to 1852; from 1852 to 1856 in Allegany county, N. Y.; he came to Wisconsin in 1856, and settled at Eau Claire; has held various local town and county offices, and was lumber inspector for five years, and was elected the first mayor of the city of Eau Claire. He received 2,808 votes, against 2,618 for Samuel W. Hunt (Rep.)

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bury, Vt., March 28, 1826; received a common school education; is by occupation a lumberman; he came to Wisconsin in 1856, and settled at La Crosse, where he has since continued to reside; was an alderman of the city from 1863 to 1866; elected to the assembly from the 1st district of La Crosse county, in 1870, and re-elected under the new apportionment act from the entire county in 1871. He received 2,213 votes, against 1,952 for G. M. Woodward (Lib. Rep.)

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

ROBERT C. FIELD (Rep.), of Sumner P. O. address, Össeo, Trempealeau county. He was born at Cairo, Green county, N. Y., May 6, 1804; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1849, and settled at Buena Vista, Richland county; removed to Sumner, Trempealeau county, in 1859; was a member of the assembly from Greene county, N. Y., in 1843, and from Richland county, Wis., in 1856. He received 2,554 votes, against 2,097 for Richard Dewhurst (Lib. Rep.)

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

ADAM SCHANTZ (Dem.), of Addison-P. O. address, St. Lawrence. He was born at Bavaria, Germany, October 9, 1819; received a public school education; is by occupation a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled at Hartford; was a member of the assembly from Washington county in 1854 and 1863; was register of deeds in 1853 and 1854; was chairman of the town board for about a dozen years, and chairman of the county board in 1872; was elected to the senate from Washington county in 1867, and re-elected in 1869; was again elected from the present district, in 1872, without opposition, receiving 4,822 votes. Was appointed by Gov. Washburn a member of the state visiting committee in 1873.

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ASSEMBLY.

(The Assembly consists of 100 members, chosen annually by districts.)
Speaker-GABE BOUCK, OF WINNEBAGO.

ADAMS AND WOOD COUNTIES Contained a population, in 1870, of 10,513. They have one member,

CHARLES A. CADY (Rep.), of Dell Prairie, Adams county. He was born at Duanesburgh, N. Y., September 7, 1829; received an academic education; is by occupation a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1854; first settled at Newport, Columbia county; removed to Dell Prairie in 1862; served as chairman of the town board of supervisors five years, and was elected a member of the county board in 1868, under the old system He was of county government. elected to the assembly in 1872 and re-elected in 1873 without opposition, receiving 897 votes.

ASHLAND, BARRON, BAYFIELD, BUR-
NETT, DOUGLAS AND POLK COUN-
TIES,

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

SAM S. FIFIELD (Rep.), of Ashland. He was born at Corinna, Penobscot county, Maine, June 24, 1839; received a common school and,

rinting-office education; is by profession an editor; he came to Wisconsin in 1854 and settled at Prescott; removed to Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1860; and to Osceola Mills, Wis., in 1861, where he established the Polk County PRESS; removed to Lake Superior in 1872, and in company with his brother established the Ashland County PRESS, of which he is now one of the editors; was supervisor of the town of Osceola in 1865-'66, and elected chairman of the first board of supervisors of Ashland in June, 1872; was sergeant-at-arms of the assembly in 1871 and 1872. He received 1,786 votes, against 216 for Daniel Mears (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 MORGAN LEWIS MARTIN, (" a war democrat

from 1861 to 1865, but acting independently since the war; supported Gen. Grant at the last election, but is opposed to his re-election and in favor of reform in the general and state governments,") of Green Bay. He was born at Martinsburgh, Lewis County, N. Y., March 31, 1805; graduated at Union College, N. Y., 1824; is by profession a lawyer; removed to Detroit, Mich., in 1826, and to Green Bay, in 1827; he was a member of the legislative council of Michigan from 1831 to 1835 and of Wisconsin from 1838 to 1844; was a delegate to congress from the territory of Wisconsin, from 1845 to 1847; was a member of the second constitution convention in 1848, and was the president of that body; was a member of the assembly in 1855, and of the senate in 1858 and 1859; was a paymaster in the U. S. A. from 1861 to 1865, and U. S. Indian agent from 1866 to 1869; he presided over the legislative council of Michigan two years and the council of the territory of Wisconsin in 1842-43. He received 599 votes, against 560 for H. K. Cowles (Rep.)

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SECOND DISTRICT.-(The borough of Fort Howard and the towns of Ashwabanon, Howard, Lawrence, Pittsfield, Suamico, West Depere and Wrightstown.) The member is WILLIAM H. BARTRAN (Rep.), of Fort Howard. He was born Tioga county, N. Y., August 21, 1838; prepared for college at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., and entered the University of Michigan in 1862 and graduated in 1865; is by profession a physician and surgeon; he came to Wisconsin in 1856 and settled at Berlin; located at Dartford in 1865, and removed to Brown county in 1869; was elected chairman of the town board of Suamico, in 1871 and 1872; was a member of the assembly in 1873; he entered the military service in April, 1861, as a private in 27th N. Y. Vols., and served three months, and was wounded at the first battle of Bull Run, and was brevetted a lieutenant for meritorious services; was appointed by Gov. Washburn a member of the state visiting committee for 1873. He received 688 votes, against 434 for Luther Wilson (Dem.)

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THIRD DISTRICT.-(Village of De Pere, and towns of De Pere, Glenmore, Holland, Morrison, New Denmark and Rockland, in the county of Brown, and the towns of Carlton, Franklin and Montpelier, in the county of Kewaunee.) The member is PATRICK HOBBINS (Dem.), of Holland-P. O. address, Morrison. He was born in the parish of Durrow, county of Tipperary, Ireland, March 17, 1832; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1850, and settled at Holland; has held various town and local offices. He was elected to the assembly without opposition, receiving 878

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

BENJAMIN F. CARTER (Dem.), of Harrison-P. O. address, Sherwood. He was born at Concord, N. H,, Nov. 20, 1824; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer and brickmaker; he came to Wisconsin in 1861, settling at Fond du Lac, and at Harrison in 1866; has served three years as chairman of the town board. He received 1,273 votes, against 585 for F. J. Curtis (Rep.)

CHIPPEWA COUNTY Contained a population, in 1870, of 8,311. It has one member, JAMES M. BINGHAM (Rep.), of Chippewa Falls. He was born at Perry, Wyoming county, N. Y., Feb

ruary 3, 1828; received an academic education; is by profession a lawyer; he came to Wisconsin in 1854, and settled at Palmyra; removed to Chippewa Falls in 1871, was a member of the assembly from Jefferson county in 1863, 1864, 1869 and 1870, and was speaker of that body the latter year; was major of the 40th Wisconsin Volunteers during its term of service. He received 764 votes, against 698, for Charles Detloff, (Dem.)

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CLARK AND JACKSON COUNTIES

Contained a population, in 1870, of 11,137. They have one member, MARK Melrose, Jackson county. He was DOUGLAS, (Rep.), of born at Dumfries, Scotland, September 19, 1829; received common school education; is by occupation a farmer and lumberman; he came to Wisconsin in 1845 and settled at Melrose; has been chairman of the town board and county supervisor under the old system; is president of the Jackson County Agricultural Society. He received 921 votes, against 850 for Ludwig Peters (Lib. Rep.)

COLUMBIA COUNTY

Contained a population, in 1870, of
28,802. It has three members.

FIRST DISTRICT.-(City of Portage
and towns of Fort Winnebago, Mar-
cellon, Newport, Lewiston, Randolph
and Scott.) The member is JONA-
THAN BOWMAN (Rep.), of New-
port-P. O. address, Kilbourn City.
He was born at Charleston, Mont-
gomery county, New York, May 16,
1828; received an academic educa-
tion; studied law with H. & F. Fish,
of Fultonville, N. Y., and attended
the law school at Ballston Spa, in
1850; is by profession a lawyer; he
came to Wisconsin in 1851 and settled
at Delton, Sauk county, and in com-
pany with the late Gen. J. Bailey,
started the village of Newport, Co-
lun.bia county, in 1852; in 1862, re-
moved to Kilbourn City; was elected
to the assembly in 1861, and to the
senate in 1862, and re-elected in
1864; was chosen a presidental elec-
tor on the republican ticket in 1864.
He received 826 votes, against 477 for
Charles Baker (Reform.).

SECOND DISTRICT.-(Towns of Co-
lumbus, Courtland, Fountain Prai-
rie, Hampden, Otsego, Springvale
and the west ward of the village of
Randolph.) The member is SAM-
UEL HASEY (Rep.), of Hampden-
P. O. address, Columbus. He was

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