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Otis Wells Johnson
Otis Wells Johnson (March 12, 1855 – September 27, 1926) was an American manufacturer, banker, and Republican politician. He represented Racine and Kenosha counties in the Wisconsin Senate during the 1903 and 1905 sessions. Biography He attended public schools, and later the University of Maine at Farmington. He was first employed in the lumber industry in St. Ignace, Michigan, later for a while in a Chicago lumberyard, and afterwards at St. Ignace again, where he resided until he came to Racine, Wisconsin in 1890 where he engaged in the manufacture of farm wagon A wagon or waggon is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draught animals or on occasion by humans, used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural materials, supplies and sometimes people. Wagons are immediately distinguished from ...s. Johnson was elected to the Senate as a member of the Republican Party and served from 1903 to 1907. References External linksThe Political Graveyard Peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin's 3rd State Senate District
The 3rd Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district is entirely contained within central Milwaukee County. It comprises much of the city of Milwaukee's near-south side, as well as the village of West Milwaukee and eastern parts of the cities of West Allis and Greenfield. The district contains landmarks such as American Family Field (home of the Milwaukee Brewers), Walker's Point Historic District, the Mitchell Park Domes, and the historic Forest Home Cemetery. Current elected officials Tim Carpenter is the senator representing the 3rd district. He was first elected in the 2002 general election, and is now serving his fifth term. Before being elected senator, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1985 to 2003. Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 3rd Senate district comprises the 7th, 8th, and 9th Assembly districts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Wisconsin Legislature
The Forty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from to in regular session, and re-convened for a special session from , through . During this term, legislative business was largely held in the north wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol, which was the only part of the capitol to remain intact after the 1904 fire. This session saw passage of several signature progressive Progressive may refer to: Politics * Progressivism, a political philosophy in support of social reform ** Progressivism in the United States, the political philosophy in the American context * Progressive realism, an American foreign policy par ... reforms pushed by Governor Robert M. La Follette. Including the creation of a civil service commission to implement merit-based rules for all state government jobs, creation of new powers and commissions for railroad, public health, and tax regulation, and attempts to eliminate lobbying and Campaign finance in the United States, corporate-funding of political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
