Background
Vint was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on January 14, 1881, and came to Milwaukee in 1892, where he was educated in the Milwaukee Public Schools.
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James Vint
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In 1910, Vint was elected to the Assembly to represent the Eighth Milwaukee County district (the 8th and 23rd wards of the City of Milwaukee). He received 1521 votes, to 1501 for Republican incumbent Fred R. Zimmerman, 143 for Democrat Harry McLogan, and 12 for Prohibitionist William Trout. He was assigned to the standing committees on agricultural exhibitions, and on express, telegraph and telephone.
In 1914, he was again re-elected, with 2062 votes to 1426 for Republican William Klug, 997 for Democrat Clement Emery, and 61 for Prohibitionist Willis.
He remained on the rules committee, but also moved to the standing committees on taxation and on elections.
Achievements
Politics
In 1912, after a redistricting, he ran from the 11th Milwaukee County district, which included the 23rd ward from his old district, and the 11th ward, which had formerly constituted the 11th district and been represented by fellow Socialist Frederick Brockhausen (who was running for the Wisconsin State Senate). He did not run for re-election in 1916, and was succeeded by fellow Socialist William East. Jordan.
Membership
He became a machinist and a member of the Machinists Union (his 1913 Wisconsin Blue Book profile says he had been a union member eleven years).
