James Larsin (May 25, 1855 – ?) was an American

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and

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from Menekaunee,

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who spent one term as a Union Labor Party member of the

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from Marinette County.

Background

Larsin was born in

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on May 25, 1855. He became a fisherman and ship carpenter by trade. He came to Wisconsin in 1871, and settled in

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, where he remained till 1879, when he moved to Door County and lived there three years (during that time, in 1880, he was awarded a

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for the rescue from drowning of seven persons off North Bay in that county). He then settled in Marinette County.

Public office

Larsin was serving as an

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for the

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of Marinette (which had annexed Menekaunee) when he was elected in 1890 from the Assembly's Marinette County district as a Union Labor Party candidate, with 1,465 votes to 1034 for

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Charles Reinke and 179 for

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Jacob Lindern ( Democratic incumbent Patrick Clifford was not a candidate for re-election). The only Union Labor member elected to either house that year, he was assigned to the

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s on

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and

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s, and on

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and

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. He ran for re-election in 1892 on the

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ticket, but came in fourth in a four-way race with 6.51% of the vote, with the seat being claimed by Democrat Charles Daily.

Personal life

At the time of his election, he was married.Cunningham, Thomas J., ed. ''The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin 1891'' Madison, 1891; p. 556
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References

American carpenters American fishers Danish emigrants to the United States Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly People from Marinette, Wisconsin Recipients of the Gold Lifesaving Medal Wisconsin city council members Wisconsin Laborites Wisconsin Populists 1855 births Year of death missing {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-stub