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The Kohler Company was founded in Sheboygan, Wisconsin in 1873, when John Michael Kohler II (1844–1900) took over his father-in-law's steel and iron factory. During the late 19th century it prospered as the producer of plumbing products and enamelware. In 1912, land around a new factory just west of Sheboygan became the Village of Kohler ...
Walter Jodok Kohler Jr. was born on April 4, 1904, on his family's lavish estate in Kohler, Wisconsin. [1] His grandfather, John Michael Kohler had founded the Kohler Company in the late 19th century, and his father, Walter J. Kohler Sr. (1875–1940) was active in his family's plumbing supply business and served one term as the State's governor (1929–31).
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Kohler was born November 3, 1844, in Schnepfau, Austria, then part of the Austrian Empire. He was the fourth child of Johann Michael Kohler (1805–1874), a dairy farmer, and Maria Anna Kohler (née Moosbrugger; 1816–1853). After his wife's death, the elder Kohler remarried, and he and his large family emigrated to the United States.
Walter Kohler may refer to: Walter J. Kohler Sr. (1875–1940), governor of Wisconsin (1929–1931) and president of the Kohler Company Walter J. Kohler Jr. (1904–1976), governor of Wisconsin, 1951–1957
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In 2007, Kohler created a joint venture in China called Kohler-YinXiang Ltd., based in Chongqing, China, to manufacture small gasoline engines, and intends to begin importing more of their engines, rather than building them in the US. [12] [13] Kohler's UK subsidiary is the Cheltenham-based Kohler Mira Ltd, best known for manufacturing Mira ...
Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in 1922 and for Governor in 1924 and 1928 Henry Meisel Alfred B. Taynton, former secretary of the Wisconsin prohibition state committee [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and unsuccessful candidate for Prohibition nomination for U.S. Senate in 1926 [ 9 ]