John McGreer was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
McGreer was born on May 5, 1849, in Jordan, Wisconsin. [1] He moved to Sharon, Portage County, Wisconsin, in 1865 and to Antigo, Wisconsin, in 1893. McGreer was a farmer and a real estate dealer by trade.
McGreer was a member of the Assembly during the 1899 session. [2] Other positions he held include chairman (similar to mayor) of the town board (similar to city council) and town clerk of Antigo and justice of the peace. He was a Democrat.
Antigo is a city in and the county seat of Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 8,100 at the 2020 census. Antigo is the center of a farming and lumbering district, and its manufactures consist principally of lumber, chairs, furniture, sashes, doors and blinds, hubs and spokes, and other wood products.
Thomas Lynch was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 9th congressional district. He was also the first mayor of Antigo, Wisconsin, and served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Jesse Stone was an English American immigrant, businessman, and Republican politician. He was the 18th lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, serving from January 1899 until his death. Earlier, he served three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing eastern Jefferson County.
The 1898–99 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1898 and 1899, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 1.
Thomas P. Tiffany is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district since winning a special election in 2020. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served seven years in the Wisconsin Senate and two years in the State Assembly, representing the northeast region of the state.
Alfred J. Lauby was an American politician. He was an Independent member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Edward McGarry was an Irish American immigrant, house painter, and Democratic politician, and a pioneer settler of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served as the 4th Wisconsin prison commissioner, and represented Milwaukee County for five years in the Wisconsin State Senate and State Assembly.
James A. Barker (1857–1943) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.
Lathrop Burgess was an American carpenter and farmer from Brighton, Wisconsin, who spent two one-year terms as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Kenosha County; the first as a Freesoiler, the second as a Republican.
John Raymond Fronek was an American farmer and politician.
Clair L. Finch was an American lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for four terms.
George W. Latta was an American lawyer and politician.
Frank J. Olmsted was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Francis Augustine Deleglise was a Swiss American immigrant, surveyor, and businessman. He was one of the first settlers at what is now Antigo, Wisconsin, and he represented Florence, Forest, and Langlade counties in the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 1893 session. During the American Civil War, he served in the famed Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac and was wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg.
Charles J. Hagen was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Thomas Brooks Mills was an American politician and businessman. He was the 35th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and also served in the Wisconsin State Senate in the 1890s.
David Lloyd Evans Jr. (1848–1929) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
William Hughes was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Alonzo David Dick was a Brothertown Indian farmer, tavernkeeper, and postmaster from Brothertown, Wisconsin,. As a member of the Whig Party, he served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Calumet County.
The Forty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1899, to May 4, 1899, in regular session.