Emanuel L. Philipp
Emanuel L. Philipp was born in Honey Creek, Wisconsin, United States on March 25th, 1861 and is the American Railroad Executive And Politician From Wisconsin. At the age of 64, Emanuel L. Philipp biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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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 Mississippi from 1894 to 1902, he founded the unincorporated community of Philipp in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. 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 Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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 1909-1914 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).
In 1914, Philipp was nominated for Governor of Wisconsin, and won the election. He won reelection twice, and served as the 23rd Governor of Wisconsin from 1915-1921. After leaving office, he returned to his business pursuits. He operated two model farms and served as regent of Marquette University.