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January 26, 1911
Iowa County Democrat
Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin
What is this article about?
Assemblyman E. D. Parkinson of Lafayette County is described as the heaviest man in the lower house and senate at 260 pounds, a Democrat elected sheriff in a Republican county, and half-brother to Professor J. B. Parkinson and General A. C. Parkinson.
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Easily the Biggest Solon of Them All.
The Darlington Republican-Journal:
Assemblyman E. D. Parkinson of Lafayette county easily is the weightiest man in the lower house, and in the senate as well, but he supports his ponderosity rather in the form of solid flesh than pressible tissue. Nor is he by any means short. When he negotiates the bathroom scales the hands on the dial flies round to 260 and trembles nervously at that point. He has been heavier—but that is another story. He, a democrat, was big enough to be elected sheriff in a republican county, and so it seems that he carries a good deal of weight, other than avoirdupois, with the people of his bailiwick. Assemblyman Parkinson is a half brother of our Professor J. B. Parkinson and of General A. C. Parkinson and is their junior by some years.
The Darlington Republican-Journal:
Assemblyman E. D. Parkinson of Lafayette county easily is the weightiest man in the lower house, and in the senate as well, but he supports his ponderosity rather in the form of solid flesh than pressible tissue. Nor is he by any means short. When he negotiates the bathroom scales the hands on the dial flies round to 260 and trembles nervously at that point. He has been heavier—but that is another story. He, a democrat, was big enough to be elected sheriff in a republican county, and so it seems that he carries a good deal of weight, other than avoirdupois, with the people of his bailiwick. Assemblyman Parkinson is a half brother of our Professor J. B. Parkinson and of General A. C. Parkinson and is their junior by some years.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Assemblyman Parkinson
Lafayette County
Democrat Sheriff
Heaviest Legislator
What entities or persons were involved?
E. D. Parkinson
J. B. Parkinson
A. C. Parkinson
Where did it happen?
Lafayette County
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Lafayette County
Key Persons
E. D. Parkinson
J. B. Parkinson
A. C. Parkinson
Event Details
Assemblyman E. D. Parkinson of Lafayette county is the weightiest man in the lower house and senate, weighing 260 pounds in solid flesh, not short in stature. A Democrat, he was elected sheriff in a Republican county, carrying significant influence. He is the half brother and junior of Professor J. B. Parkinson and General A. C. Parkinson.