Flashcards: Businesspeople from Wisconsin

William Joseph Cary (March 22, 1865 – January 2, 1934) was a U.

Lawrence P. Kelly (December 18, 1913 – August 23, 1999) was an American accountant and business manager from Cudahy, Wisconsin who served one term (1963-1964) as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Milwaukee County's 24th district.

Terry Kohler (May 14, 1934 – September 20, 2016) was a member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin and an American businessman, Wisconsin Republican Party leader, sportsman, philanthropist, and conservationist.

Walter J. "Butch" Ireland, Jr.

Reid James Ribble (born April 5, 1956) is an American politician who has been the U.

Michael Schraa (born April 17, 1961) is an American businessman and politician.

Myron P. Lotto (born April 7, 1925) was an American politician.

Edward Dwight Holton (April 28, 1815 – April 21, 1892) was a nineteenth century Wisconsin political and business leader.

Henry Sievers (October 13, 1874 -?) was an assistant printer, trade union activist and liquor store operator from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served one term as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Otto Laverrenz (born January 2, 1844 in Berlin, Prussia) was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1880.

Elmer D. Morse was a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate.

Paul Scanlan (born 1970) is an American businessperson, and co-founder and CEO of Legion M, the world's first fan-owned entertainment company.

Khary Penebaker is an American businessman and entrepreneur in the roofing industry who is currently running for the U.

Joe Sanfelippo (born February 26, 1964) is an American businessman and politician who currently serves in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

George A. Abert (born October 22, 1840) was an American manufacturer, businessman and politician.

Joseph Rankin (September 25, 1833 – January 24, 1886) was a U.

George Henry Chamberlain (21 June, 1862 – 3 March, 1943) was a Republican politician and lawyer from Elyria, Ohio, United States.

Matt Adamczyk is an American businessman and Wisconsin State Treasurer.

Ellen Siminoff (born Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an entrepreneur and investor.

Enoch Chase (January 16, 1809 – August 23, 1892) was an American physician, farmer and businessman in the 19th century.

Herbert H. "Herb" Kohl (born February 7, 1935) is an American businessman and politician.

Sewell Anton Peterson (February 28, 1850 – September 20, 1915) was an American politician.

Ty Morse is an American composer and entrepreneur whose technology startup, Songwhale has become a leader in mobile marketing both in the U.

Rasmus Rasmussen (1850–1921) was an American merchant and businessman of Manistee and Ludington, Michigan.

Mary Patricia Burke (born April 30, 1959) is an American businesswoman and a member of the Madison, Wisconsin school board since April 30, 2012.

Gary Alan Hebl (born May 15, 1951) is a Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 46th Assembly District since 2005.

Ernest Micek (born February 18, 1936) is an American businessman.

Romaine Quinn (born July 30, 1990) is an American politician and businessman.

George Augustus Buffington (June 29, 1825 – Sep. 16, 1893) was a philanthropist, businessman, farmer, and politician in the Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin.

Gary Thomas Dilweg (born January 3, 1937) is an American politician, teacher, and businessman.

Cyrus Carpenter Yawkey (August 29, 1862 – May 18, 1943) was an American businessman and politician.

Steve Hilgenberg (November 26, 1944 – March 27, 2011) was a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 51st Assembly District 2007–2011.

Alanson Sweet (March 12, 1804 – April 18, 1891) was an American pioneer, businessman and politician.

Lucas Miltiades Miller (some sources report his first name as Lucius) (September 15, 1824 – December 4, 1902) was an American merchant, attorney and politician who served as a U.

Philip E. Nelson (September 1, 1891) was a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1931 to 1943.

William Banach (1903–1951) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

William Duncan Connor (March 24, 1864 – November 20, 1944) was an American politician and the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1907–1909.

Daniel Wells, Jr.

Jon Hammes is the founder and managing partner of Hammes Company.

Scott L. Klug (born January 16, 1953) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin, representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district.

Helen Johnson-Leipold is an American billionaire businesswoman, the daughter of Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr.

Matthew Laflin (December 16, 1803 – May 21, 1897) was an American manufacturer of gunpowder, businessman, philanthropist, and an early pioneer of Chicago, Illinois.

Rob Swearingen (born July 23, 1963) is an American businessman and politician.

John Michael Kohler II (November 3, 1844 – November 5, 1900) was member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin and was a prosperous industrialist and mayor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Emanuel Lorenz Philipp (March 25, 1861 – June 15, 1925) was an American railroad executive and politician from Wisconsin, who served as the 23rd Governor of Wisconsin from 1915 to 1921.

Julius Peter Heil (July 24, 1876 – November 30, 1949) was an American politician and the 30th Governor of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1943.

Walter Jodok Kohler Jr.

Myron Hawley McCord (November 26, 1840 – April 27, 1908) was an American politician, businessman, and military officer.

Dr. John Wesley Hoyt (October 13, 1831 – May 23, 1912) was an American politician and educator.

Ronald Harold "Ron" Johnson (born April 8, 1955) is the senior United States Senator for Wisconsin and a member of the Republican Party.

George Blatz Rathmann was an American chemist, biologist, pioneer in biotechnology and corporate executive, who in 1980 co-founded and served as the first CEO of Amgen, and later founded ICOS.

Byron Kilbourn (September 8, 1801 – December 16, 1870) was an American surveyor, railroad executive, and politician who was an important figure in the founding of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Christopher Seton "Chris" Abele (born January 28, 1967) is an American businessman and Democratic Party politician.

Stroebel and his wife, Laura Stroebel, have eight children.

Isaac Stephenson (June 18, 1829 – March 15, 1918) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Wisconsin as both a United States Representative and a United States Senator.

Thomas P. "Tom" Tiffany (born December 30, 1957) is an American politician who has been elected to serve as member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 35th District from 2011.

James Francis "Jim" Fitzgerald (March 27, 1926 – June 4, 2012) was an American businessman and former professional sports owner.

David Vogel Uihlein, Sr.

Debra Kolste (born June 20, 1953) is an American business owner and politician.

Joseph Herbert Lowell Green (September 7, 1860 – ?) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.

Jacob Johann Vollrath (September 19, 1824 – May 15, 1898) was an industrialist in the city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin in the United States.

James B. McLeran was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

James Huff Stout (September 25, 1848–December 8, 1910) was an American Republican politician and businessman from Wisconsin.

Bice was born on July 20, 1939, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where she was also raised.

Jeff Stone (born January 28, 1961) is an American businessman and former politician.

Samuel S. Fifield (June 24, 1839 – February 17, 1915) was a Wisconsin politician and influential businessperson.