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Walter Kohler was born on March 3, 1875, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, the third of six children born to industrialist and civic leader John Michael Kohler II (1844–1900) and his wife, the former Lillie Vollrath (1848–1883). John Michael headed a prosperous company selling iron and plumbing products, as well as enamelware.
Walter Jodok Kohler Jr. (April 4, 1904 – March 21, 1976) was a member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin and was the 33rd Governor of Wisconsin, serving three terms from 1951 to 1957. He was a leading figure in state and national Republican Party activities.
Jun 13, 2019 · Kohler died in 1900, but his son, Walter J. Kohler, turned the land into Kohler, Wisconsin, a company village. By 1914, Kohler employed more than a thousand workers in its factory, many of them ...
Mar 23, 1976 · Walter Jodock Kohler Jr., three‐term Governor of Wisconsin, whose loss to William Proxmire in 1957 in the race to fill Joseph. R. McCarthy's Senate seat shocked Republicans across the country ...
Walter Kohler may refer to: Walter J. Kohler Sr. (1875–1940), governor of Wisconsin (1929–1931) and president of the Kohler Company. Walter J. Kohler Jr. (1904–1976), governor of Wisconsin, 1951–1957. Category: Human name disambiguation pages.
May 31, 2003 · Walter Kohler was one of two men to gather 1 million votes for governor in Wisconsin through the end of the twentieth century. He is credited with helping create the Eisenhower presidency, both by his support in Wisconsin's critical presidential primary, and by organizing the nation's Republican governors to endorse Ike in the run-up to the 1952 GOP Convention.
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Walter J. Kohler Kohler Company 1905–1937 Kohler Company 1905–1937 Industry: Fabricated Goods; Era: 1900; Kohler is responsible for many plumbing innovations that ...
