Orland Steen Loomis

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Orland Steen "Spike" Loomis (November 2, 1893Template:SpndDecember 7, 1942) was an American lawyer and progressive politician from Juneau County, Wisconsin. 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 elected as Attorney General and Governor running on the Wisconsin Progressive Party ticket, but had previously served in the State Senate and Assembly as a Republican.^[1]

Biography

Orland Loomis was born in Mauston, Wisconsin. He attended Ripon College and then received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1917. He joined the United States Army in the midst of World War I and was stationed in France with the American Expeditionary Forces.^[2] After the war, he returned to Mauston to practice law, and also served 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, running on the Republican Party ticket.

In 1934, he joined the new Wisconsin Progressive Party, along with many other progressive Republicans. Rather than running for re-election in the Senate in 1934, he ran for the Progressive nomination for Attorney General of Wisconsin, but fell 10,000 votes short in the primary.^[3] Following his defeat, he accepted an appointment as the state director of the Rural Electrification Administration, and served in that role for two years. He ran again for Attorney General in 1936, and this time won the nomination and the general election.^[4] He served as Attorney General from 1937 through 1939, but was defeated running for re-election in the 1938 general election.^[5]

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Loomis campaign poster, 1940

In 1940, he ran for Governor of Wisconsin, challenging the Republican incumbent Julius Heil. He fell 12,000 votes short in the general election. He ran again in 1942, and this time defeated Heil by over 100,000 votes. 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.^[6]

Personal life and legacy

Loomis married Florence Marie Ely on June 22, 1918. They had three children. Orland Steen Loomis and his wife are buried in Mauston.

In 1943, the Liberty Ship SS Orland Loomis was named after him.^[2]

Loomis Road (Wisconsin Highway 36) in Milwaukee County is named after him.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Assembly (1928)

Wisconsin Assembly, Juneau District Election, 1928^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
General Election, November 6, 1928 Template:Election box winning candidate with party link
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert Timbers	1,505	26.40%
Plurality			2,691	47.20%
Total votes			5,701	100.0%	+57.92%
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Wisconsin Senate (1930)

Wisconsin Senate, 31st District Election, 1930^[8]
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Republican Primary, September 1930 Template:Election box winning candidate with party link
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert B. Wood	4,153	25.95%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Henry W. Barker	1,791	11.19%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ernest T. Wyatt	1,031	6.44%
Plurality			4,877	30.47%
Total votes			16,005	100.0%
General Election, November 4, 1930 Template:Election box winning candidate with party link
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	A. C. Papst	348	3.38%
Plurality			9,592	93.23%	-5.62%
Total votes			10,288	100.0%	+2.92%
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Wisconsin Attorney General (1934, 1936, 1938)

Wisconsin Attorney General Election, 1934^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Progressive Primary, September 1934 Template:Election box winning candidate with party link
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Orland S. Loomis	43,260	31.68%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Walter A. Graunke	39,629	29.03%
Plurality			10,383	30.47%
Total votes			136,532	100.0%

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Wisconsin Attorney General Election, 1936^[4]
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Progressive Primary, September 1936 Template:Election box winning candidate with party link
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William H. Markham	66,240	42.15%
Plurality			24,680	15.70%	+8.10%
Total votes			157,160	100.0%	+15.11%
General Election, November 3, 1936 Template:Election box winning candidate with party link
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James E. Finnegan (incumbent)	353,642	32.38%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Herman C. Runge	339,502	31.09%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Abe Fisher	4,691	0.43%
Plurality			40,610	3.72%	+3.47%
Total votes			1,092,087	100.0%	+26.28%

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Wisconsin Attorney General Election, 1938^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
General Election, November 8, 1938 Template:Election box winning candidate with party link
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Orland S. Loomis (incumbent)	316,657	35.24%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James E. Finnegan	339,502	16.52%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Adolf Wiggert	1,758	0.20%	Script error: No such module "String".
Plurality			115,021	12.80%	+9.08%
Total votes			898,519	100.0%	-17.72%

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Wisconsin Governor (1940, 1942)

Wisconsin Gubernatorial Election, 1940^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Progressive Primary, September 1940 Template:Election box winning candidate with party link
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Harold E. Stafford	41,311	26.93%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Philip E. Nelson	24,485	15.96%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Paul R. Alfonsi	22,531	14.69%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Henry A. Gunderson	14,372	9.37%
Plurality			9,388	6.12%	-54.30%
Total votes			153,398	100.0%	-9.72%
General Election, November 5, 1940 Template:Election box winning candidate with party link
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Orland S. Loomis	546,436	39.78%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Francis E. McGovern	264,985	19.29%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Fred Basset Blair	2,340	0.17%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Louis Fisher	1,158	0.08%	Script error: No such module "String".
		Scattering	157	0.01%	Script error: No such module "String".
Plurality			12,242	0.89%	-18.50%
Total votes			1,373,754	100.0%	+39.96%

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Wisconsin Gubernatorial Election, 1942^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
General Election, November 3, 1942 Template:Election box winning candidate with party link
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Julius P. Heil (incumbent)	291,945	36.45%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William C. Sullivan	98,153	12.25%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Frank Zeidler	11,295	1.41%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Fred Basset Blair	1,092	0.14%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Georgia Cozzini	490	0.06%	Script error: No such module "String".
		Scattering	346	0.04%	Script error: No such module "String".
Plurality			105,719	13.20%	+12.31%
Total votes			800,985	100.0%	-41.69%

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References

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External links

Orland S. Loomis at Wisconsin Historical Society

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