Herman B. Wegner was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Wegner was born on January 3, 1891 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1] He made his living as a shoe and leather cutter and as a coal salesman. [2]
Wegner was a member of the Assembly from 1933 to 1944. Originally a member of the Socialist Party of America, he later became affiliated with the Wisconsin Progressive Party.
A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot. Shoes are also used as an item of decoration and fashion. The design of shoes has varied enormously through time and from culture to culture, with appearance originally being tied to function. Though the human foot is adapted to varied terrain and climate conditions, it is still vulnerable to environmental hazards such as sharp rocks and temperature extremes, which shoes protect against. Some shoes are worn as safety equipment, such as steel-soled boots which are required on construction sites.
Shoemaking is the process of making footwear.
Shinola is an American luxury goods retailer based in Detroit, Michigan. It produces watches, bicycles, and leather goods, among other products. Founded in 2011, Shinola takes its name from the defunct Shinola shoe polish company. The company was founded by Tom Kartsotis and is owned and operated by Texas-based investment group Bedrock Brands.
The spectator shoe, also known as co-respondent shoe, is a style of low-heeled, oxford, semi-brogue or full brogue constructed from two contrasting colours, typically having the toe and heel cap and sometimes the lace panels in a darker colour than the main body of the shoe. This style of shoe dates from the nineteenth century but reached the height of popularity during the 1920s and 1930s.
Vaniyambadi is a town in the Tirupattur district of Tamil Nadu and the headquarter for the Vaniyambadi Revenue district comprising Vaniyambadi and Ambur. It is located about 200 km from Chennai. and 178 kilometer from Bengaluru (Karnataka) The Vaniyambadi Municipality was formed by the G.O. MS. No. 421 Local & Municipality Dept. dated 21.08.1885 by the British Government in April 1886. In 1996 this Municipality was upgraded to Grade II Municipality by G.O. MS. NO. 118 Rural Development Local Administration Dept. dated 01.05.1996. In 1998 this Municipality was upgraded to 1st Grade.
Florsheim Shoes is a shoe brand in the United States.
Frank Lasee is a former Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate. He represented the 1st Senate District from 2011 until 2017, succeeding his cousin, Alan Lasee. Lasee previously served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 2nd Assembly District from 1995 to 2009.
Huaraches are a type of Mexican sandal, Pre-Columbian in origin.
Allen Edmonds is an American upscale shoe manufacturing and retail company based in Port Washington, Wisconsin. The company was established in Belgium, Wisconsin in 1922.
Chukka boots are ankle-high leather boots with suede or leather uppers, leather or rubber soles, and open lacing, with two or three pairs of eyelets. The name chukka possibly comes from the game of polo, where a chukka is a period of play.
Frank Boyle is a retired American Democratic politician. He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1987 to 2009, representing the far northwest corner of the state.
The Wisconsin Progressive Party (1934–1946) was a political party that briefly held a dominant role in Wisconsin politics.
Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge is an Indian politician who is the current Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Karnataka and Leader of the Opposition of Rajya Sabha from 16 February 2021. He is the former Minister of Railways and Minister of Labour and Employment in the Government of India. Kharge is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party and was a Member of Parliament for Gulbarga, Karnataka during 2009–2019.
Tyler August is an American politician and legislator. He is the Speaker pro tempore of the Wisconsin State Assembly, since 2013. A Republican, he was first elected to the Assembly in 2010, representing eastern Walworth County.
The National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives (NUBSO) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1873 and 1971. It represented workers in the footwear industry.
Friedrich Vogel, more commonly known by the Americanized version of his name as Frederick Vogel, Sr., was an American tanner and businessman from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who spent a single one-year term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Together with his cousin Guido Pfister, he founded the Pfister & Vogel tannery.
Carl J. Peik was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Tyler Vorpagel is an American Republican politician. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly since 2015, representing the 27th Assembly district.
Kai Wegner is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) who has been a member of the Bundestag, the German federal parliament, since 2005. In 2019, he became the chairman of the CDU in Berlin.
Alex A. Dallman is an American politician. A Republican, he is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing the 41st assembly district, which comprises most of Green Lake and Marquette counties, as well as the southern half of Adams County. The district also includes the city of Ripon, in western Fond du Lac County, claimed as the birthplace of the Republican Party. Dallman was elected in November 2020.