People from Walworth County, Wisconsin - Scott Walker, James Strang, Jim Roslof, Lorena Hickok, John Brayshaw Kaye, Rollin D. Salisbury (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Scott Walker, James Strang, Jim Roslof, Lorena Hickok, John Brayshaw Kaye, Rollin D. Salisbury, Frank V. Dudley, Harwood Sturtevant, Byron Alfred Dary, Frank P. Woods, Jerome Anthony Watrous, Christian Keyser Preus, Joseph Philbrick Webster, G. Estabrook, Walter Samuel Goodland, Frank B. James, Experience Estabrook, Jeffrey Foucault, Tim Finin, Alphonso G. Kellam, Thomas Lothian, Carlos D. Shelden, Isabella Hofmann, Clifford E. Randall, Jeff Congdon, Eugene W. Chafin, George Gale, Wingfield W. Watson, Alfred Delavan Thomas, William R. Finch, Scott M. Ladd, Greg Kent, Evan S. Tyler, Willard Dillenbeck, George Perring, Ned Hollister, Dave Kraayeveld. Excerpt: Scott Kevin Walker (born November 2, 1967) has been the 45th Governor of Wisconsin since January 3, 2011. A Republican, he won the office in the general election on November 2, 2010, defeating Democratic candidate Tom Barrett, 52 percent to 47 percent. Previously, Walker was the County Executive of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin from 2002 to 2010, and a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1993 to 2002. Walker was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Llew Walker, a Baptist minister, and Pat (Fitch) Walker, a bookkeeper. The family moved to Plainfield, Iowa, and when Scott was ten years old, to Delavan, Wisconsin, a town of about 8,000, where his father became a prominent preacher. While in high school, he attended two weeks of American Legion-sponsored training in leadership and government; Badger Boys State held in Wisconsin, and the selective Boys Nation held in Washington, D.C. He has credited the experience with solidifying his interest in public service and giving him the "political bug." While in Washington, he met Ronald Reagan, who became his inspiration and model. He attained the highest rank, Eagle Scout, in the Boy Scouts of America, and graduate...