Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1916 — Former Wisconsin Governor Died in Milwaukee Sunday. [ARTICLE]

Former Wisconsin Governor Died in Milwaukee Sunday.

George W. Peck, 73, former governor of Wisconsin foT two terms, and at one time mayor of Milwaukee, died in Milwaukee Sunday after a short illness. Peck was one of three democrats who since the admissioiuof Wisconsin to the union in 1848 held the position of governor. He was governor from 1890 to 1895. After locating in Milwaukee, Mr. Peck began publishing a series of humorous stories, the best known of which were his “Peck’s Bad Boy ’ stories. Other collections of stories he published were “Peck’s Compendium of Fun and Sunshine,’ ‘ How Private George W. Peck Put Down the Rebellion,” “Peek’s Unkle Ike and the Red Headed Boy,” “ Sunbeams— Humor, Sarcasm and Sense.”