Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is 581 feet (177 m) above sea level and 112 miles (180 km) north of Milwaukee. The population was 104,057 at the 2010 census. Green Bay is the third-largest city in the state of Wisconsin, after Milwaukee and Madison, and the third-largest city on Lake Michigan's west shore, after Chicago and Milwaukee. Green Bay is home to the National Football League's Green Bay Packers.
Byron Kilbourn was an American surveyor, railroad executive, and politician who was an important figure in the founding of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Matthew Sherman was a land developer and American Republican politician from California.
Joseph Halsey Crane was an attorney, soldier, jurist, and legislator. He was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey He was the son of General Wiliam Crane and Abigail (Miller) Crane and the grandson of Stephen Crane, member of the First Continental Congress, his brother was Colonel Ichabod B. Crane.
James J. Schmitt is an American politician and businessman from the state of Wisconsin. A Republican, Schmitt is the mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Charles Michel de Langlade (Ottawa) was a Great Lakes fur trader and war chief who was important to the French in protecting their territory. His mother was Ottawa and his father a French Canadian fur trader.
Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock was a judge and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Samuel Wootton Beall was an American land speculator and lawyer, who served as the second Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, and as an officer in the American Civil War.
Preble was a town in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States from 1859 to 1964. It ceased to exist as a jurisdiction in 1964, when by referendum it consolidated with the city of Green Bay.
Ebenezer Brigham was a 19th-century American pioneer, businessman and politician. He was one of the first Americans to explore southwestern Wisconsin and the first permanent settler in present-day Dane County, Wisconsin. A militia officer during the Black Hawk War, he served as commander of Fort Blue Mounds and was active in both the Wisconsin territorial council, and the Wisconsin State Assembly during the 1840s and 1850s.
Jairus Cassius Fairchild was an American Democratic politician and businessman who served as the first State Treasurer of Wisconsin.
Henry Samuel Baird was the territorial Attorney General of Wisconsin during 1836-1839, appointed by Wisconsin territorial governor Henry Dodge.
Frank B. Desnoyers was Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
H. E. Eastman was the 3rd mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
F. S. Ellis was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Wisconsin State Senate and mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
J. C. Neville was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
William "W. J." Abrams was an American railroad surveyor, railroad businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the Wisconsin State Assembly, and was Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Robert E. Minahan was a mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Emil Kiesewetter was a Democratic politician in the U.S. State of Ohio. He was the Ohio State Auditor 1884-1888.
John Williams Tobey was an American architect, carpenter and builder from Neenah, Wisconsin. He served as mayor of Neenah, and served one term as an independent member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Winnebago County.
