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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
McCarthy won reelection in 1952 with 54% of the popular vote, defeating former Wisconsin State Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild but, as stated above, badly trailing a Republican ticket which otherwise swept the state of Wisconsin; all the other Republican winners, including Eisenhower himself, received at least 60% of the Wisconsin vote. [109]
Incumbent Senator Joseph McCarthy was elected to a second term in office over Democrat Thomas E. Fairchild. McCarthy did not complete his term; he died on May 2, 1957, and was succeeded by William Proxmire in a special election. As of 2024, this is the last time that a Republican has won the Class 1 Senate seat in Wisconsin.
Walter Jodok Kohler Jr. was born on April 4, 1904, on his family's lavish estate in Kohler, Wisconsin. [1] His grandfather, John Michael Kohler had founded the Kohler Company in the late 19th century, and his father, Walter J. Kohler Sr. (1875–1940) was active in his family's plumbing supply business and served one term as the State's governor (1929–31).
Ben A. Riehle (1897–1967), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; Jim Risch (born 1943), U.S. senator from Idaho (Milwaukee) Charles R. Robertson (1889–1951), U.S. representative from North Dakota (Madison) Thomas J. B. Robinson (1868–1958), U.S. representative from Iowa (New Diggings) Thomas H. Ruger (1833–1907), governor of Georgia ...
Timothy C. McCarthy was born in 1853 - probably in Buffalo, New York - and came to Madison with his family the following year. He started as a stonemason and expanded his building skills until in 1883 he supervised construction of the Dane County Courthouse, a major project designed by Allan Conover and Lew Porter.
The 1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert La Follette, Jr. (who had until 1946 been a member of the Progressive Party) narrowly lost the primary election to Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy would go on to win the general election against Rep. Howard McMurray of Milwaukee ...
Articles relating to Joseph McCarthy, United States Senator from Wisconsin (1908–1957, term 1947–1957). ... 1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin;