Walter Samuel Goodland

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Walter Samuel Goodland

31st Governor of Wisconsin
In office January 4, 1943 – March 12, 1947
Lieutenant	Oscar Rennebohm
Preceded by	Orland S. Loomis (did not take office)
Succeeded by	Oscar Rennebohm
29th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
In office January 2, 1939 – January 4, 1943
Preceded by	Herman L. Ekern
Succeeded by	Oscar Rennebohm
Member of the Wisconsin State Senate
In office 1927–1934
Mayor of Racine
In office 1911–1915
Personal details
Born	(1862-12-22)December 22, 1862 Sharon, Wisconsin
Died	March 12, 1947(1947-03-12) (aged 84) Madison, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Lawrence University

Walter Samuel Goodland (December 22, 1862 – March 12, 1947) was an American politician and the 31st Governor of Wisconsin. He was a Republican. He attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Goodland, born in Sharon, Wisconsin, was a lawyer and newspaper owner; he had owned a newspaper in Michigan in Iron Mountain. Goodland spent time on the Gogebic Range as a young man. He came to the range and began practicing law in Wakefield, Michigan. There he began the Wakefield Bulletin, one the early daily newspapers of the range. Later, he established the Ironwood Times, disposing of it in May 1895 to Bennett and Green. The Ironwood Times continued to publish until May 1946. Goodland served in the Wisconsin State Senate. From 1911 to 1915, he was mayor of Racine, Wisconsin. From 1939 to 1943, Walter Goodland was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.

In 1942, he was reelected lieutenant governor. On December 7, 1942, Governor-elect Orland Steen Loomis died before his inaugural. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Lieutenant Governor Goodland would serve Orland Loomis's term as acting governor, overriding the view of Governor Julius Heil that he should continue as Governor of Wisconsin. Goodland was initially paid as the Lieutenant Governor, with a salary of $1,500 a year. He earned a six dollar daily bonus for being acting governor while the legislature was in session, and a five dollar daily bonus when it was not.^[1]

In 1944, Walter Goodland was elected Governor of Wisconsin, and in 1946 he was reelected. Walter Goodland died of a heart attack on Wednesday, March 12, 1947 while in office in Madison, Wisconsin, at age 84.^[2]

According to Guinness World Records, Walter Goodland was the oldest individual to date to serve as Governor of any state in the union.

References

↑ "Goodland Governor By Wisconsin Ruling; Court Holds Lieutenant Governor Must Fill Death Vacancy". New York Times. December 30, 1942. p. E10. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)
↑ "WISCONSIN: Tough Old Codger". Time. March 24, 1947.

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Political offices
Preceded by Herman Ekern	Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin 1939–1943	Succeeded by Oscar Rennebohm
Preceded by Julius P. Heil	Governor of Wisconsin 1943 – 1947	Succeeded by Oscar Rennebohm

v t e Governors of Wisconsin

Territory (1836–1848)	Dodge Doty Tallmadge Dodge

State (since 1848)	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 Walker

v t e Lieutenant Governors of Wisconsin

Holmes Beall Burns Lewis MacArthur Campbell Noble Salomon Spooner Pound Pettit Parker Bingham Fifield Ryland Jonas Baensch Stone Davidson Connor Strange Morris Dithmar Comings Huber O'Malley Gunderson Ekern Goodland Rennebohm Smith Knowles Nash Knowles J. Olson Lucey J. Olson Schreiber R. Olson Flynn McCallum Farrow Lawton Kleefisch

Persondata
Name	Goodland, Walter Samuel
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	December 22, 1862
Place of birth	Sharon, Wisconsin
Date of death	March 12, 1947
Place of death	Madison, Wisconsin

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