George H. Ray

George H. Ray was Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Ray was born on October 4, 1847 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. He died on October 31, 1910.[1]

Career

Ray was first elected to the Assembly in 1894. He served as Speaker during the 1899 and 1901 sessions. Previously, he had been a member of the Gardiner, Maine City Council. Additionally, Ray was a member of the La Crosse County, Wisconsin, serving as Chairman for two years.[2] He was a Republican.

gollark: I mean, if they could be made small and self-powered/low-maintenence, it might be workable.
gollark: Which means accurately made lenses and stuff too, I guess?
gollark: I also had the idea of Discworld-style semaphore-tower networks driven by magical systems instead of human operators, but that would probably also be too complex to implement.
gollark: I see. It's kind of hard trying to figure out what sort of modern stuff would work in a world where most of the stuff we kind of assume exists doesn't.
gollark: I was reading the telegraph thing, and wondering if they could practically do radio, or if that would need too much power or electronics knowledge/capability.

References
  1. Journal of Proceedings of the Fiftieth Session of the Wisconsin Legislature. Madison: Democrat Printing Co. 1911. p. 530. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  2. Wm. H. Froehlich, ed. (1901). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin 1901. Milwaukee: Northwestern Litho Co. p. 752. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
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