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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…

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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…

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27 Sep 2019

Tony Evers

On November 6, 2018, the people of Wisconsin voted Tony Evers the 46th governor of Wisconsin. Prior to his election, he served as the Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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