Walter Samuel Goodland

Walter Samuel Goodland ( born December 22, 1862 in Sharon, Walworth County, Wisconsin, † March 12, 1947 in Madison, Wisconsin ) was an American politician and from 1943 to 1947 31 governor of Wisconsin.

Early years

Walter Goodland attended the local schools of his home and for a year the Lawrence College. Then he was briefly as a teacher in the area around Appleton worked before he studied in the law office of his father's law. After his graduation and his 1886 was admitted as a lawyer, he moved to Wakefield in Michigan, where he opened his own law firm. In Michigan, he joined in the newspaper business. After a move to Ironwood, he founded the newspaper " Ironwood Times ", whose publisher and editor, he was 1888-1895. In 1895 he returned to Wisconsin, where he remained active in the newspaper business. Between 1902 and 1933 he was the owner and editor of the newspaper " Racine Times ", which appeared in his new home Racine.

Political rise

In Racine also his political rise began as a member of the Republican Party. For twelve years he was head of the water supply of Racine. Between 1911 and 1915 he was mayor of this place; 1927 to 1934 he sat in the Senate from Wisconsin. In 1938 he was elected lieutenant governor of his state. In this office he was confirmed in 1940 and 1942 respectively. Until 1943 he was deputy governor so that Julius P. Heil. In the gubernatorial election of 1942 actually Orland Steen Loomis was elected the new governor, while Goodland was operated as Lieutenant Governor of the voters.

Governor of Wisconsin

The elected governor Loomis died even before his inauguration, and the Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled that Lieutenant Governor Goodland should now take over his office. Previously there had been a dispute with Julius Heil, who represented the opinion that he must now remain as governor in office. Thus Walter Goodland was from January 4, 1943 Governor of Wisconsin. At this time he was already over 80 years old. Nevertheless, he sought in 1944 and 1946 respectively his re-election, which also succeeded every time.

In Goodlands reign of the end of World War II drops. Now, the industry had production are driven back to civil needs as anywhere in the United States, and the returning soldiers had to be integrated back into society. At the time of the gubernatorial election of 1946 Goodland was almost 84 years old. Nevertheless, he got himself elected to a third term. He could only govern few weeks but: On March 12, 1947, he died of a heart attack. Walter Goodland was buried in his hometown of Racine. He was married three times and had five children.