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William S. Irvine also chairman of the town board (similar to city council) and served on the school board. He was elected as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1902, receiving 2,561 votes against 1,679 votes cast for Richard B. Slater (Dem.), and 167 votes for Wilbur Cutts (Pro.). Irvine was re-elected in 1904. Later, he served five terms as Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly. William S. Irvine William Stephens Irvine (March 18, 1851 – November, 1942) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Irvine was born on March 18, 1851 in Lona Cora, Maryland. He came with his parents