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Walter Jodok Kohler Sr., (March 3, 1875 – April 21, 1940) was an American businessman and politician from the Kohler family of Wisconsin. He was an innovative and highly successful Wisconsin industrialist.
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.
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.
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...
WALTER J. KOHLER SR. was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. His father, a Tyrolean immigrant, founded the Kohler Company in 1873, which originally manufactured agricultural implements and became one of Wisconsin’s largest industries.
Walter Kohler was one of two men to gather 1 million votes for governor in Wisconsin through the end of the twentieth century.
