Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....JOHNSON, FRANKLIN ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Vickery tsvickery@adelphia.net March 20, 2007, 3:54 pm Author: Published Under the Direction of Halford Erickson, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics, 1903. ASSEMBLYMEN. IRVINE L. LENROOT, Speaker; C. 0. MARSH, Chief Clerk; A. M. Anderson, Sergeant-at-Arms. The assembly consists of 100 members. They are chosen biennially and receive $500 for their service during the term. The speaker is chosen by the members and receives an additional $500 for his services as speaker. The assembly of 1003 contains 75 republicans and 25 democrats. SAUK COUNTY. First District. The towns of Baraboo, Dellona, Delton, Excelsior, Fairfield, Freedom, Greenfield, Merrimac, Prairie du Sac and Sumpter, the villages of Ableman, North Freedom, Prairie du Sac and Sauk City, and the city of Baraboo. Population, 1900—10,005. FRANKLIN JOHNSON (Rep.), was born in Greenfield, Milwaukee county, Wis., in 1849; was educated in the public schools and the home; taught school several terms. In 1881 he moved to Baraboo and engaged in fruit growing. In 1884 and 1885 he was clerk of the town of Baraboo; was re-elected in 1892, since which time he has held the position continuously. He was elected to the assembly in 1900 and re-elected in 1902, receiving 1,319 votes against 1,098 for Charles L. Pearson (Dem.), and 106 for Charles H. Lee (Pro.). Additional Comments: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Compiled and Published Under the Direction of Halford Erickson, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics, 1903. 1069 - 1117. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/wi/history/bluebook/1903/bios/johnson160gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb