Emanuel Lorenz Philipp (March 25, 1861 – June 15, 1925) was an American railroad executive and politician from

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, who served as the 23rd

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from 1915 to 1921.

Early life

Philipp was born in Honey Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin, the son of Sabina (' Ludwig) and Luzi Philipp. He attended the common schools and worked as a railroad telegraph operator in

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before becoming the telegrapher and agent for the

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in Lodi, Wisconsin.

Career

Philipp also worked for the Gould transcontinental system and as traffic manager for Schlitz Brewery Company. While he was a manager of a lumber company in

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from 1894 to 1902, he founded the

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in Tallahatchie County,

. He bought the Union Refrigerator Transit Company in St. Louis in 1903, and reorganized it as the Union Refrigerator Transit Company of Wisconsin after moving it to

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Political career

He held various political positions in Wisconsin. He served with Robert M. La Follette, Sr. as chairman of the Milwaukee County Convention, before disagreeing with him over railroad oversight. From 1909 to 1914, he was the Milwaukee Police Commissioner. A conservative Republican, he wrote, with the help of Edgar Werlock, ''Political Reform in Wisconsin: A Historical Review of the Subjects of Primary Election, Taxation and Railway Regulation'' (1910).

Governorship of Wisconsin

In 1914, Philipp was nominated for

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, and first won the 1914 Wisconsin gubernatorial election. He would go on to be reelected twice, and served as the 23rd Governor of Wisconsin from 1915 to 1921. During the First World War he was accused of holding divided loyalty's between the

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and the

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by his political opposition. Under his governorship during the war Wisconsin would see the rise of an anti-

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faction, typically referred to as " hyper patriots". He would go on and be successful in combating violent anti-German hysteria in the state. After leaving office, he returned to his business pursuits. He operated two model farms and was regent of

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Death

Philipp died on June 15, 1925, aged 64, in

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and is interred at

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in Milwaukee.

Family life

Philipp married Bertha Schweke in 1887, and they had three children. Their son Cyrus L. Philipp served as the Chairman of the

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.Cyrus Philipp papers
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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Philipp, Emanuel L. 1861 births 1925 deaths People from Tallahatchie County, Mississippi People from Honey Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin Businesspeople from Mississippi Businesspeople from Wisconsin Republican Party governors of Wisconsin Writers from Wisconsin American city founders Politicians from Milwaukee 19th-century American railroad executives Burials at Forest Home Cemetery