Walter J. Kohler, Jr.
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Walter Jodak Kohler, Jr. (April 4, 1904–March 21, 1976) was Governor of Wisconsin from 1951 to 1957 and president of the Kohler Company. He was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and served in the United States Navy. In 1950 and 1952, William Proxmire ran against Kohler for Governor and lost; however, Proxmire defeated Kohler for the United States Senate seat of Joseph R. McCarthy, who died in office in 1957.
Kohler's father, Walter J. Kohler, Sr., was Governor of Wisconsin from 1929 to 1931. His son Terry Kohler ran for governor in 1982 against Anthony Earl, but lost.
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- 1960 Wisconsin Blue Book
- 2003–2004 Wisconsin Blue Book
| Preceded by: Oscar Rennebohm |
Governor of Wisconsin 1951 – 1957 |
Succeeded by: Vernon Wallace Thomson |
| Governors of Wisconsin |  |
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| Dewey • Farwell • Barstow • MacArthur • Bashford • Randall • Harvey • Salomon • Lewis • Fairchild • Washburn • Taylor • Ludington • Smith • Rusk • Hoard • Peck • Upham • Scofield • R La Follette • Davidson • McGovern • Philipp • Blaine • Zimmerman • Kohler Sr • P La Follette • Schmedeman • P La Follette • Heil • Goodland • Rennebohm • Kohler Jr • Thomson • Nelson • Reynolds • Knowles • Lucey • Schreiber • Dreyfus • Earl • Thompson • McCallum • Doyle |
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