Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....COMINGS, GEORGE F. March 18, 1848 - 
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STATE OFFICERS

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

GEORGE F. COMINGS is a native of the old Green Mountain State,
Vermont. He was born in Orleans County March 18, 1848 of New
England Pilgrim Stock. His paternal ancestor, Isaac Comings,
came to Massachusetts Colony in 1625. His mother's name was
Mary Huntington whose ancestors came to Norwich, Connecticut a
few years later. One of the family, Samuel Huntington,
representing the Colony of Connecticut, signed the Declaration
of Independence. This fine old Revolutionary Ancestry no doubt
accounts in part at least for Mr. Comings' devotion to the
high ideals of Americanism for which his ancestors fought
against British tyranny. He was educated in the common
schools of his native state, supplemented by a few terms in
select. schools and several terms in Barre Academy where he
prepared for college.

In 1870, with his father's family he moved to St. Joseph,
Michigan, where the next thirty years of his life were spent.
Here he engaged in the fruit growing business and became one
of the largest and best known growers in the state.

In 1901 he removed to Eau Claire, Wisconsin and entered the
business of dairying and the breeding of Holstein
cattle. From 1909 to 1919 he was a worker in the
farm institutes and has a state wide acquaintance as a
lecturer for the Equity Society. He served four years as a
member of the State Board of Agriculture, having been
appointed by Governor McGovern. He also served on the
Committee of Thirteen appointed by State Superintendent Cary
to study the rural schools and suggest ways and means for
their improvement. During the past five years he has been a
member of the State Board of Vocational Education, having been
appointed by Governor Philipp.

Since arriving at his majority he has been actively identified
with all the great progressive movements of the country;
favoring and supporting prohibition, equal suffrage, public
ownership of public utilities, the initiative and referendum,
the taxation of land values, and during all his life he
has been an active supporter of farmers clubs and other
organizations for the improvement of rural conditions. He was
elected Lieutenant Governor on the Republican ticket in 1920
and reelected in November, 1922.

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Additional Comments:
The Wisconsin Blue Book. The State Printing Board, 1923. 598 -
640. 

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