This is a list of governors from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Jump to: navigation, search A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia and Palmyra Atoll (an uninhabited incorporated unorganized territory), form the United States of America. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Badger State State motto: Forward Other U.S. States Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Governor Jim Doyle (D) Senators Herb Kohl (D) Russ Feingold (D) Official languages None Area 169,790 km² (23rd) - Land 140,787 km² - Water 28,006 km² (17%) Population (2000...
Governor Norris signed laws prohibiting discrimination by life insurance companies and passed health laws and made mine operators liable to their employees in case of disability.
Governor Samuel V. Stewart, a Democrat from Madison County, was born in August 2, 1872, in Monroe County, Ohio.
Governor Marc Racicot, a Republican from Missoula and Helena, was born July 24, 1948, in Thompson Falls, Montana.
The principal quarries are in Dodge, Green Lake (a flish granite is quarried at Utley and a pinkish rhyolite at Berlin), Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Sauk, Waupaca and Waushara counties.
The governor has power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, except for treason - he may suspend execution of sentence for treason until action is taken by the legislature - and in cases of impeachment.
Wisconsin has an excellent free public school system, which was established in 1848 and which provides a graded system of instruction in country district and city schools, high schools and normal schools and the University of Wisconsin (incorporated 1848; see Wisconsin, University Of).
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