Orland Steen Loomis

Orland Loomis
Governor-elect of Wisconsin
Died before assuming office
Preceded by	Julius P. Heil
Succeeded by	Walter Samuel Goodland
28th Attorney General of Wisconsin
In office January 4, 1937 – January 2, 1939
Governor	Philip La Follette
Preceded by	James E. Finnegan
Succeeded by	John E. Martin
Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 31st district
In office January 14, 1931 – January 9, 1935
Preceded by	Howard Teasdale
Succeeded by	James Earl Leverich
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Juneau district
In office January 9, 1929 – January 14, 1931
Preceded by	Archibald Telfer
Succeeded by	Ben Tremain
Personal details
Born	Orland Steen Loomis (1893-11-02)November 2, 1893 Mauston, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	December 7, 1942(1942-12-07) (aged 49) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political party	Republican (before 1934) Wisconsin Progressive (1934–1942)
Spouse	Florence Ely
Children	3
Education	University of Wisconsin, Madison (LLB)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1918–1919
Rank	First Lieutenant
Unit	American Expeditionary Forces
Battles/wars	World War I

Orland Steen "Spike" Loomis (November 2, 1893 – December 7, 1942) was an American lawyer. 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 a member of the Wisconsin Progressive Party.

Biography

Orland Loomis was born in Mauston, Wisconsin. He received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1917. He was stationed in France during World War I, after which he returned to Mauston to practice law, serving 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. From 1935 to 1937 Loomis was director of the Rural Electrification Administration in Wisconsin. He was then elected Attorney General of Wisconsin, serving from 1937 to 1939.

After narrowly losing the 1940 election for Governor of Wisconsin as a Progressive, Loomis ran again in 1942, defeating the incumbent Governor Julius Heil. 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.

Orland Steen Loomis was buried in Mauston. Loomis Road (WIS 36) in Milwaukee County is named after him.

Loomis married Florence Marie Ely on June 22, 1918. They had three children.

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

External links

• Orland S. Loomis, Dictionary of Wisconsin History, Wisconsin State Historical Society