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Orland Steen Loomis

American politician and 31st Governor of Wisconsin

Field	Value
name	Orland Loomis
image	Orland Steen Loomis.jpg
office	Governor-elect of Wisconsin
1namedata	Died before assuming office
predecessor	Julius P. Heil
successor	Walter Samuel Goodland
office1	28th Attorney General of Wisconsin
governor1	Philip La Follette
term_start1	January 4, 1937
term_end1	January 2, 1939
predecessor1	James E. Finnegan
successor1	John E. Martin
state_senate2	Wisconsin
district2	31st
term_start2	January 5, 1931
term_end2	January 7, 1935
predecessor2	Howard Teasdale
successor2	James Earl Leverich
state_assembly3	Wisconsin
district3	Juneau
term_start3	January 7, 1929
term_end3	January 5, 1931
predecessor3	Archibald Telfer
successor3	Ben Tremain
party	Wisconsin Progressive (1934–1942)
Republican (before 1934)
birth_name	Orland Steen Loomis
birth_date
birth_place	Mauston, Wisconsin, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
spouse	Florence Ely
children	3
education	University of Wisconsin, Madison (LLB)
allegiance	United States
branch	United States Army
serviceyears	1918–1919
rank	First Lieutenant
unit	American Expeditionary Forces
battles	World War I

Republican (before 1934) Orland Steen "Spike" Loomis (November 2, 1893December 7, 1942) was an American lawyer and progressive politician from Juneau County, Wisconsin. He was elected to be the 31st governor of Wisconsin in 1942, but died before taking office. He previously served as the 28th Attorney General of Wisconsin. He was elected as Attorney General and Governor running on the Wisconsin Progressive Party ticket, but had previously served in the State Senate and Assembly as a Republican.

Biography

Orland Loomis was born in Mauston, Wisconsin. He attended Ripon College and then received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1917. He joined the United States Army in the midst of World War I and was stationed in France with the American Expeditionary Forces. After the war, he returned to Mauston to practice law, and also served as the city attorney from 1922 to 1931. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1928 and the Wisconsin State Senate in 1930, running on the Republican Party ticket.

In 1934, he joined the new Wisconsin Progressive Party, along with many other progressive Republicans. Rather than running for re-election in the Senate in 1934, he ran for the Progressive nomination for Attorney General of Wisconsin, but fell 10,000 votes short in the primary. Following his defeat, he accepted an appointment as the state director of the Rural Electrification Administration, and served in that role for two years. He ran again for Attorney General in 1936, and this time won the nomination and the general election. He served as Attorney General from 1937 through 1939, but was defeated running for re-election in the 1938 general election.

In 1940, he ran for Governor of Wisconsin, challenging the Republican incumbent Julius Heil. He fell 12,000 votes short in the general election. He ran again in 1942, and this time defeated Heil by over 100,000 votes. He died suddenly of a heart attack a month before he was to take office, and the Republican Lieutenant Governor Walter Samuel Goodland served all of Loomis's term as acting governor.

Personal life and legacy

Loomis married Florence Marie Ely on June 22, 1918. They had three children. Orland Steen Loomis and his wife are buried in Mauston.

In 1943, the Liberty Ship SS Orland Loomis was named after him.

Loomis Road (Wisconsin Highway 36) in Milwaukee County is named after him.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Assembly (1928)

Wisconsin Senate (1930)

Wisconsin Attorney General (1934, 1936, 1938)

Wisconsin Governor (1940, 1942)

References

(August 8, 2017). "Historical Essay - Loomis, Orland Steen 1893 - 1942".
[http://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=EventExt&ID=34391 togetherweserved.com – 1LT Orland Steen Loomis]. Retrieved August 6, 2013
(December 2003). "Painting - Orland S. Loomis".
(1929). "The Wisconsin Blue Book 1929". Wisconsin State Printing Board.
(1931). "The Wisconsin Blue Book 1931". Wisconsin State Printing Board.
(1935). "The Wisconsin Blue Book 1935". Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau.
(1937). "The Wisconsin Blue Book 1937". Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau.
(1940). "The Wisconsin Blue Book 1940". Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau.
(1942). "The Wisconsin Blue Book 1942". Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau.
(1944). "The Wisconsin Blue Book 1944". Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau.

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