Frank Metcalfe

He attended public school until dropping out at the age of thirteen to work as a "helper boy" and later "glass gatherer" for a local bottle factory.

He was active in the union movement and served one year as an executive board member of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor.

He was assigned to the standing committees on welfare of women and children, and on public health and sanitation.

[3] The district was modified for the 1912 election (losing Oak Creek, and South Milwaukee) and renumbered as the 17th.

In the new district, Metcalfe was unseated by John Paulu (a Democrat) by a 12-vote margin in a four-way race.