Oscar Rennebohm

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Oscar Rennebohm (May 25, 1889October 15, 1968) was a Governor of Wisconsin. He was born in Leeds, Wisconsin, in Columbia County.[1] Rennebohm served in the United States Navy during World War I. Oscar Rennebohm was a druggist. In 1945, he was elected lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. In 1947, on the death of Governor Walter Samuel Goodland, he became acting governor; and in 1948, he was elected governor.[2] In 1949, Governor Rennebohm founded the Rennebohm Foundation to support education in the Madison area as well as the school of pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that is named after him. Governor Rennebohm retired and died in Madison, Wisconsin, where he is also buried.

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Preceded by
Walter Samuel Goodland
Governor of Wisconsin
1947 – 1951
Succeeded by
Walter J. Kohler, Jr.
Preceded by
Walter Goodland
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
1945–1947
Succeeded by
George M. Smith