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   George Wilbur Peck (September 28, 1840 – April 16, 1916) was an American writer and politician from Wisconsin. He served as the 17th governor of Wisconsin and the 9th mayor of Milwaukee.

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3. www.wisconsinhistory.org › Records › ArticlePeck, George Wilbur 1840 - 1916 | Wisconsin Historical Society

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   George Wilbur Peck was newspaperman, humorist, author, politician, and governor of Wisconsin from 1891 to 1895. He became well-known for his humorous "Peck's Bad Boy" stories in his newspaper, Peck's Son , in the 1880s.

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   George W. Peck. Click the image to learn more. George Wilbur Peck bridged major developments in the cultural and political maturation of Milwaukee and Wisconsin in the late nineteenth century. The oldest of three children, Peck was born in Henderson, New York on September 28, 1840.

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   Jan 23, 2018 · George Wilbur Peck, writer, newspaper editor, politician and statesman was born in Henderson, Jefferson County, New York on September 28, 1840. Pre War Years Peck's family history has been well worked out going back to the early 1600's.

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6. digicoll.library.wisc.edu › WIReader › WER0062WER: George W. Peck / Trouble about Reading a Newspaper

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   GEORGE W. PECK. from Wisconsin Authors and Their Works 1918. by Charles Rounds. Mr. Peck was born in New York in 1840, but he lived in Wisconsin from 1843 until his death, April 16, 1916. He was connected with newspapers at Whitewater, Jefferson, La Crosse, and Milwaukee.

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7. www.wisconsinhistory.org › Records › ArticlePeck, George Wilbur 1840 - 1916 | Wisconsin Historical Society

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   Peck, George Wilbur 1840 - 1916. newspaperman, humorist, author, politician, governor, b. Henderson, N.Y. He moved with his parents to Wisconsin in 1843, settling in Cold Spring, Jefferson County, and later in Whitewater.

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   Who was George Wilbur Peck?

   • George Wilbur Peck bridged major developments in the cultural and political maturation of Milwaukee and Wisconsin in the late nineteenth century. The oldest of three children, Peck was born in Henderson, New York on September 28, 1840. He moved with his family to Cold Spring, Wisconsin where he left school as a teenager to learn the printing trade.

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   How many children did George Peck have?

   • The oldest of three children, Peck was born in Henderson, New York on September 28, 1840. He moved with his family to Cold Spring, Wisconsin where he left school as a teenager to learn the printing trade. At twenty, Peck married Francena Rowley and the couple had two sons, George Wilbur, Jr. and Roy.

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   What did John Peck do for a living?

   • Peck excelled in journalism, becoming foreman and half-owner of the Whitewater Republican; he also worked for the Wisconsin State Journal, guided the Ripon Representative from 1866-1868, and was the New York correspondent for the LaCrosse Democrat from 1857-1871.

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   What was Peck's Sun?

   • Peck operated his weekly Peck's Sun out of the five story Evening Wisconsin Building at the corner of Wisconsin and Michigan Streets. In the 1880's it was the youngest of the English language newspapers in Milwaukee but its popularity and growth was quite spectacular at the time.

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9. www.infoplease.com › george-wilbur-peckGeorge Wilbur Peck | Infoplease

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   George Wilbur Peck created Peck's Bad Boy, a popular character of late 19th century newspaper stories, books and early movies. A printer and newspaperman by trade, Peck hit his stride when he began his own humorous paper, the Sun, in 1874.