George Fisher Comings (March 18, 1849 – June 10, 1942) was an American politician, a dairyman, an agricultural

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, and the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.

Early life

Comings was born in

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, in 1849. He moved to

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, with his parents in 1870. In 1900, he moved to

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, where he was a dairyman and bred

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Career

Comings became well known as a

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topics, and in 1920, he was elected the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. He served two terms as lieutenant governor, from January 3, 1921, to January 5, 1925. In the 1924 election, he ran for

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but lost in the

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to John J. Blaine, the incumbent. In 1927, Comings began working in the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, and in 1928 he was made a state humane officer. He held that office until his retirement at age 91 in 1939.

Death

Comings died in 1942 in

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, and is buried in the Comings plot at the Saint Joseph City Cemetery in

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Family life

Son of Benjamin and Mary Comings, he married Emma Fannie Comings on October 12, 1874. They had eight children, Mary Huntington Ghiringhelli, Alice Tenney Larkin, Ellen Copeland Chambers, Benjamin Comings, Francis Comings, George H. Comings, Willard Comings, and Fannie Comings.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Comings, George 1849 births 1942 deaths Politicians from Eau Claire, Wisconsin People from St. Joseph, Michigan People from Orleans County, Vermont Lieutenant Governors of Wisconsin Wisconsin Republicans Burials in Michigan Leaders of the American Society of Equity