Louis Allis, Jr. (April 14, 1916 in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...
– March 26, 1994 in
Scottsdale, Arizona
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) was an industrialist. Allis started working for the Louis Allis Company in the 1940s and served in the
United States Army
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during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
.
From December 16, 1954 until January 3, 1955, Louis Allis was
Secretary of State of
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
following the death of
Fred R. Zimmerman
Frederick Robert Zimmerman (November 20, 1880December 14, 1954) was a German American politician from Milwaukee, who served as the 25th Governor of Wisconsin. He served before and after his governorship as Wisconsin Secretary of State—for ...
who died in office.
['Louis Allis Jr.,' Milwaukee Sentinel, March 29, 1994, pg. 5B]
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1916 births
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