Oscar Rennebohm was the 32nd Governor

Governor of Wisconsin

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 of Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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. He was born in Leeds, Wisconsin

Leeds, Wisconsin

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, in Columbia County

Columbia County, Wisconsin

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. Rennebohm served in the United States Navy

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 during World War I

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. Rennebohm, a Republican, was a pharmacist. In 1945, he was elected lieutenant governor

Lieutenant governor

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 of Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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. In 1947, on the death of Governor Walter Samuel Goodland

Walter Samuel Goodland

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, he became acting governor

Acting governor

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; and in 1948, he was elected governor. In 1949, Governor Rennebohm founded the Rennebohm Foundation to support education in the Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

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 area as well as the school of pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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 that is named after him. Governor Rennebohm retired and died in Madison, Wisconsin, where he is also buried.

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