Orland Steen Loomis
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Orland Steen "Spike" Loomis was an American lawyer and progressive politician from Juneau County, Wisconsin. He was elected to be the 31st governor of Wisconsin in 1942, but died before taking office.
Orland Steen Loomis
Loomis (front row, third from left) among members of Phi Alpha Delta at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1916
Loomis campaign poster, 1940
Julius P. Heil
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Julius Peter Heil was a German American immigrant, businessman, and Republican politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the 30th governor of Wisconsin, serving from 1939 to 1943. Before his politi
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…but was defeated running for re-election in the 1938 general election. In 1940, he ran for Governor of Wisconsin, challenging the Republican incumbent Julius Heil. He fell 12,000 votes short in the general election. He ran again in 1942, and this time defeated Heil by over 100,000 votes. He died suddenly of a…
Julius P. Heil