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Door County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,066. Its county seat is Sturgeon Bay.
Sturgeon Bay is a city in and the county seat of Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,646 at the 2020 census. Located at the bay of Sturgeon Bay for which it is named, it is the most-populous city on the Door Peninsula, a popular Upper Midwest vacation destination.
William Freeman Vilas was an American lawyer, politician, and United States Senator. In the U.S. Senate, he represented the state of Wisconsin for one term, from 1891 to 1897. As a prominent Bourbon Democrat, he was also a member of the cabinet of U.S. President Grover Cleveland, serving as the 33rd Postmaster General and the 17th Secretary of the Interior.
The Door Peninsula is a peninsula in eastern Wisconsin, separating the southern part of the Green Bay from Lake Michigan. The peninsula includes northern Kewaunee County, northeastern Brown County, and the mainland portion of Door County. It is on the western side of the Niagara Escarpment. Well known for its cherry and apple orchards, the Door Peninsula is a popular tourism destination. With the 1881 completion of the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, the northern half of the peninsula became an island.
Edward Sloman Minor was an American businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served six terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing northeastern Wisconsin (1895–1907). He was also the 7th and 16th mayor of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, represented Door County for seven years in the Wisconsin Legislature, and served as a Union Army cavalry officer during the American Civil War.
The 1st Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Door and Kewaunee counties, as well as nearly all of Calumet County, much of northern and western Manitowoc County and eastern and southern Brown County, along with parts of southwest Outagamie County. It includes the cities of Sturgeon Bay and Chilton and parts of the cities of Appleton, Menasha and Green Bay.
Henry Frank Hagemeister was an American brewer, banker, and politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He represented Brown County for eight years in the Wisconsin Senate (1901–1909) as a Republican, and for four years in the State Assembly (1893–1897) as a Democrat.
William A. Schmidt was an American welder and shop foreman who served two terms as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Senate from the Sixth District.
Hallie H. Rowe was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
John Fetzer was a German American immigrant, merchant, and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Door, Marinette, and Oconto counties during the 1891 and 1893 sessions. He also represented Door County in the State Assembly in 1885 and served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Joel C. Kitchens is an American veterinarian and Republican politician from Door County, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing the 1st Assembly district since 2015.
Anton Holly was an American farmer, butcher, and politician from Tisch Mills, Wisconsin.
Bay Shipbuilding Company (BSC) is a shipyard and dry dock company in Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin. As of 2015, Bay Ships was a subsidiary of Fincantieri Marine Group and produces articulated tug and barges, OPA-90 compliant double hull tank ships and offshore support vessels. It also provides repair services to the lake freighter fleet. In the past the shipyard located in Sturgeon Bay has operated under several different names and traces its history back to 1918.
Charles Mitchell Whiteside was an American businessman and politician.
Joseph E. Darbellay was a Swiss-born American merchant and politician.
Gideon Winans Allen, was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
The climate of Door County, Wisconsin is tempered by Green Bay and Lake Michigan. There are fewer extremely cold days and fewer hot days than in areas of Wisconsin directly to the west. Lake waters delay the coming of spring as well as extend mild temperatures in the fall. Annual precipitation is slightly lower than elsewhere in northern Wisconsin. The county features a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold snowy winters.
The Twenty-First Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 8, 1868, to March 6, 1868, in regular session.
James Keogh Jr. was an American lawyer, banker and politician from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. He held varied local offices, including mayor of Sturgeon Bay, and served one two-year term as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for Door County in the 41st Wisconsin Legislature (1891–1893).
Julius Paul Stangel was an American farmer, businessman, banker, and Republican politician from Kewaunee, Wisconsin. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for three terms, representing Kewaunee County from 1949 to 1955. He also served three years as chairman of the Kewaunee County board of supervisors.
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- ↑ "Frank Graass, Conservation Pioneer, Dies". Capital Times. Madison, Wisconsin. 1973-07-31.
- ↑ "Frank N. Graass". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-10-18.