JAMES O. DAVIDSON was born in Upper Aardal, Sogn, Norway. In 1872, his family immigrated to Minnesota and then moved to Boscobel, Wisconsin, where Davidson worked as both a farmhand…

FRANCIS E. MC GOVERN was born near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1890, going on to serve as a high school principal in Brodhead…

EMANUEL L. PHILIPP was born on a farm near Honey Creek, Wisconsin. After learning railroad telegraphy in Madison, he became the telegrapher and agent for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad…

JOHN J. BLAINE was born in Wingville, Wisconsin. He attended what is now Valparaiso University in Indiana, graduating from the university's law department in 1896. After being admitted to the…

Born in Milwaukee, FRED R. ZIMMERMAN went to work early to help support his family after his father's death. He began the Bee Hive Dairy in 1902, which distributed milk…

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, PHILIP F. LA FOLLETTE was the son of progressive Republican Governor and Senator Robert M. La Follette. After serving as a Second Lieutenant in the Army,…

Born in Madison, Wisconsin to German immigrants, ALBERT G. SCHMEDEMAN graduated from Northwestern Commercial College in Madison. He served two terms as Madison City Alderman, and was also City Fire…

WALTER S. GOODLAND was born in Sharon, Wisconsin. The family moved to Chicago, and then to Appleton, Wisconsin, where Goodland attended Lawrence College. He taught school and studied law in…

Born in Leeds, Wisconsin, OSCAR RENNEBOHM was ten when his family moved to Milwaukee. He graduated from the pharmacy course at the University of Wisconsin in 1911, after which he…

VERNON W. THOMSON was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin. He attended Carroll College in Waukesha for two years and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1927. He went on…

GAYLORD ANTON NELSON was born in Clear Lake, Wisconsin and graduated from San Jose State College in California in 1939 and from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1942.…