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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | Oscar Rennebohm |
Address | Maple Bluff, Wisconsin , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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May 25, 1889
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Died | October 15, 1968
(79 years)
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Info | Oscar Rennebohm (May 25, 1889–October 15, 1968) was a Governor of Wisconsin. He was born near Leeds, Wisconsin, in Columbia County. Rennebohm served in the United States Navy during World War I. Oscar Rennebohm was a druggist. In 1945, he was elected lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. In 1947, on the death of Governor Walter Samuel Goodland, he became acting governor; and in 1948, he was elected governor. In 1949, Governor Rennebohm founded the Rennebohm Foundation to support education in the Madison area as well as the school of pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that is named after him. Governor Rennebohm retired and died in Madison, Wisconsin, where he is also buried.
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