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Hon. James
W. Zink
A Populist member of the lower house, was born in Sullivan
County, Ind., in 1846.
He has always been a farmer, and took his
first homestead in Clay County, Iowa,
in 1871.
He moved to Nance County, this
state in 1880, where he lived for eight years, going at the end of that time to
Sherman County, where he has resided ever since.
Mr. Zink is still farming, and is also
largely engaged in stock raising.
He
formerly belonged to the democratic party, but was interested in the greenback
movement, and later allied himself with the independents in 1890, being one of
the strong promoters of the party.
He
took an active part in the convention at Ravenna
in 1890, being always an aggressive worker for his party.
He belongs to the committees on penitentiary,
and fish culture and game.
Biographical Sketches of the Nebraska
Legislature and National and State Officers of Nebraska
By W. A. Howard, Page 210
Transcribed
and Contributed by: Vicki Hartman
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