Elmer Henry Maytag

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Elmer Henry Maytag (September 18, 1883 – 20 July 1940) was the Maytag Corporation president starting in 1926. He also founded the Maytag Dairy Farms. He was the son of founder, Frederick Louis Maytag I and he had a brother: Lewis Bergman Maytag. He married Ora Kennedy, and had as his children: Frederick Louis Maytag II; Mary Louise Maytag (1916-?); Robert E. Maytag (1923-1962) and Elizabeth J. Maytag (1925-?) [1] Elmer died in 1940 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. [2] [3]

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  1. ^ 1925 Iowa State Census
  2. ^ Ingham, John (1983). Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313239088. 
  3. ^ "Died", Time (magazine), Monday, July 29, 1940. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. "Elmer Henry Maytag, 56, president and son of the founder of the Maytag Co. (washing machines); in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin" 
Preceded by
Frederick Louis Maytag I		 President of Maytag Corporation
1926-1940		 Succeeded by
Frederick Louis Maytag II


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