27 Sep 2019 Tonette Walker First Lady Tonette Walker was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Following a career of more than 20 years in the insurance industry, she pursued employment with the American Diabetes Association. She… wpengine
27 Sep 2019 Kathy Evers Kathy Evers and her husband, Governor Tony Evers, met in their kindergarten class in Plymouth, Wisconsin. Kathy received an associate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac. Kathy has held… wpengine
09 Sep 2019 James Taylor Lewis JAMES TAYLOR LEWIS was born in Clarendon, New York. He taught school briefly and went on to study law with former New York Governor Henry R. Seldon. In 1845 he… National Governors Association
09 Sep 2019 Walter J. Kohler WALTER J. KOHLER SR. was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. His father, a Tyrolean immigrant, founded the Kohler Company in 1873, which originally manufactured agricultural implements and became one of Wisconsin's… National Governors Association
11 Nov 2018 Nelson Dewey Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, NELSON DEWEY attended the common schools in Louisville, New York and the Hamilton Academy in Hamilton, New York. After studying law, he moved to what is… National Governors Association
11 Nov 2018 Leonard James Farwell Born in Watertown, New York, LEONARD JAMES FARWELL went into business as a tinsmith in Lockport, Illinois at the age of nineteen. After moving to Wisconsin, he purchased a tract… National Governors Association
11 Nov 2018 William Augustus Barstow Born in Plainfield, Connecticut, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BARSTOW left school at the age of sixteen. In 1834 he joined his brother in a flour milling and forwarding business, which failed during… National Governors Association
11 Nov 2018 Arthur MacArthur Born in Glasgow, Scotland, ARTHUR MACARTHUR was brought to Massachusetts by his mother after his father died. He attended schools in Uxbridge and Amherst, Massachusetts, and graduated from Wesleyan University… National Governors Association
11 Nov 2018 Coles Bashford COLES BASHFORD was born near Cold Spring, New York. He attended Wesleyan University in Lima, New York and studied law for seven years, practicing law in Clyde, New York and… National Governors Association
11 Nov 2018 Alexander Williams Randall ALEXANDER WILLIAMS RANDALL was born in Ames, New York. He studied law under his father and was admitted to the bar in 1838 at the age of nineteen. Two years… National Governors Association
11 Nov 2018 Louis Powell Harvey LOUIS POWELL HARVEY was born in East Haddam, Connecticut. Largely self-taught himself, he served as a tutor and teacher, moving to Southport (now Kenosha), Wisconsin to teach at the Southport… National Governors Association
