
J. T. CALKINS.
J. T. CALKINS, Populist member of the
house of representatives from Saline county, the
thirty-first district, was born March 28, 1869, and came
from Wisconsin to this state in the year 1879. He married
Mollie Hoschouer, December 28, 1892, is engaged in farming
and stock-raising, and has never before held public office,
until elected to serve his district in the twenty-seventh
session of the Nebraska Legislature. His present post-office
address is Friend, Saline county.
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C. F. COFFEE.
C. F. COFFEE, Democratic member of the
lower house, hails from Chadron, Dawes county. He represents
the counties of Sheridan, Dawes, Box Butte, and Sioux, which
comprise the fifty-third district. He was born in the state
of Missouri, March 22, 1847, and came to Nebraska from
Wyoming in 1879, having gone from Missouri to Texas in the
year 1865 and from there to Wyoming in the year 1871. He is
engaged in the stock business, and has a wife, two boys, and
one girl. This is his first experience in public office. Mr.
Coffee received the unanimous vote for the long term for
United States Senator cast by the fusion members.
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