Oscar Rennebohm

Wisconsin 1950. Governor Rennebohm signs a document

Oscar Rennebohm (born May 25, 1889 in Leeds , Columbia County , Wisconsin , †  October 15, 1968 in Madison , Wisconsin) was an American pharmacist and politician and from 1947 to 1951 the 32nd  governor of the state of Wisconsin.

Early years

At the age of ten, Oscar Rennebohm moved to Milwaukee with his parents . By 1911 he attended the University of Wisconsin , where he studied pharmacy. Then he worked as a pharmacist. He later bought two pharmacies himself. During the First World War , he attended a Navy officers' school and then joined the US Navy as an ensign .

Political career

Rennebohm was a member of the Republican Party . Politically, he first appeared in 1944 when he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. In 1946 he was confirmed in this office at the side of Governor Walter Samuel Goodland . When Goodland died in March 1947 just a few weeks after the start of the new term, Rennebohm had to take over the office of governor. Then in 1948 he was elected by Wisconsin for another two years. During his reign, Rennebohm ran a school reform. A program to build homes for war veterans was also launched. This measure was financed with an increase in the alcohol tax. In 1950, Oscar Rennebohm renounced another candidacy. So he resigned on January 1, 1951 from the office of governor.

Another résumé

After the end of his governorship, Rennebohm devoted himself to his private interests and in particular to those related to his profession as a pharmacist. He was President of the Wisconsin Pharmacists Association and Vice President of the United States Pharmacists Association. In 1952 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the University of Wisconsin by the new Governor Walter Kohler . Oscar Rennebohm died in 1968. He was married to Mary Fowler, with whom he had a child.

Web links

• Oscar Rennebohm in the database of the National Governors Association (English)
• Oscar Rennebohm in the database of Find a Grave (English)