Fred R. Zimmerman

Fred R. Zimmerman ( born November 20, 1880 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, † December 14, 1954 ) was an American politician ( Republican) and from 1927 to 1929 the 25th Governor of Wisconsin.

Early years

Fred Zimmerman attended elementary schools in Milwaukee. He then worked in various jobs as an assistant to help his family after the death of his father financially able. So he sold, for example, newspapers, milk and later leather goods. Then he was employed in the accounting department of a timber business in Milwaukee. Finally, he taught it to Nash Motors to a department director. Between 1909 and 1910, Zimmerman was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. From 1923 to 1925 he served as Secretary of State of Wisconsin, before he was elected as an independent candidate for the new governor in 1926, after a portion of his party withdrew his support.

Governor of Wisconsin

Zimmerman took up his new post on January 3, 1927. In his two years in office were first introduced licenses for motor vehicles in Wisconsin. In cities with more than 5000 inhabitants, a permanent voter register was created. Even Wisconsin benefited at the time of the general economic recovery. In 1928, Zimmerman was not re-elected. Therefore, he had to resign from his post on January 7, 1929.

After his governorship Zimmerman remained politically active. President Herbert Hoover sent him as an official representative for the Spanish-American Exhibition in Seville. In 1934 he applied unsuccessfully to return to the Office of the Governor. Even an attempt to be elected to Congress, failed. For this he was in 1938 again Secretary of State of Wisconsin. This post he held from 1939 until his death in 1954. He was married to Amanda Freedy, who had two children with.