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Walter Samuel Goodland

American politician active in Wisconsin

Summary

American politician active in Wisconsin

Field	Value
name	Walter S. Goodland
image	Walter Samuel Goodland.jpg
order	31st
office	Governor of Wisconsin
lieutenant	Oscar Rennebohm
term_start	January 1, 1945
term_end	March 12, 1947
Acting: January 4, 1943 – January 1, 1945
predecessor	Orland Steen Loomis (elect)
Julius P. Heil
successor	Oscar Rennebohm
order1	29th
office1	Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
term_start1	January 2, 1939
term_end1	January 1, 1945
governor1	Julius P. Heil
Himself
predecessor1	Herman Ekern
successor1	Oscar Rennebohm
state2	Wisconsin
state_senate2	Wisconsin
district2	21st
term_start2	January 1, 1927
term_end2	January 1, 1935
predecessor2	Max W. Heck
successor2	Joseph Clancy
order3	40th
title3	Mayor of Racine, Wisconsin
term_start3	April 1911
term_end3	April 1915
predecessor3	Alex J. Horlick
successor3	T. W. Thiesen
birth_name	Walter Samuel Goodland
birth_date
birth_place	Sharon, Wisconsin, US
death_date
death_place	Madison, Wisconsin, US
restingplace	Graceland Cemetery, Racine, Wisconsin
spouse	{{unbulleted list
children	2
party	Republican
alma_mater	Lawrence University

| honorific-suffix = Acting: January 4, 1943 – January 1, 1945 Julius P. Heil Himself | Christina Lewis | (m. 1883; died 1896) | Anne M. Lewis | (m. 1898; died 1930) | Margaret Roche | (m. 1933) Walter Samuel Goodland (December 22, 1862March 12, 1947) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 31st governor of Wisconsin. He was a member of the Republican Party and attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Biography

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 of 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 governor, overriding the view of Governor Julius Heil that he should continue in office. 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 governor while the legislature was in session, and a five dollar daily bonus when it was not.

In 1944, Walter Goodland was elected Governor of Wisconsin in his own right, 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.

At the time of his death, Goodland was the oldest individual to have served as governor of any state in the union. He also had the distinction of both assuming and relinquishing the office of governor due to a death, the death of Loomis and his own.

Honors

Goodland Hall at Mendota Mental Health Institute was named for the governor.
Walter Goodland Elementary School, Racine, Wisconsin was named in his honor.
Goodland Park, one of Dane County's oldest parks, named for Wisconsin's oldest governor.

References

(December 30, 1942). "Goodland Governor By Wisconsin Ruling; Court Holds Lieutenant Governor Must Fill Death Vacancy". New York Times.
(March 13, 1947). "Goodland Dies of Heart Attack at 84, Rennebohm Named Acting Governor". Wisconsin State Journal.
(March 24, 1947). "WISCONSIN: Tough Old Codger".
(1960). "Walter S. Goodland". Wisconsin Blue Book.
"Lake Waubesa Guide".

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