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13 unusual facts about Tommy Thompson


Arlyn F. Wollenburg

They lost to the Republican ticket made up of future United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson and future Governor of Wisconsin Scott McCallum.

August 23, 1998, Upper Great Lakes severe weather outbreak

Following the devastating storms Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration from President Bill Clinton.

Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration from President Bill Clinton for the disaster, but was denied.

Bruce Dethlefsen

Executive Order 404, given by Governor Thompson, created the Commission in on July 31, 2000 to recommend candidates for the Poet Laureate of Wisconsin.

Governor of Wisconsin

The longest-serving governor was Tommy Thompson, from January 5, 1987 until February 1, 2001, a total of 14 years and 28 days; the shortest-serving was Arthur MacArthur, Sr., from March 21, 1856 until March 25 of the same year; a total of 5 days.

Four governors have resigned: William Barstow due to fraud allegations, Robert La Follette, Sr. to take his seat in the United States Senate, Patrick Joseph Lucey to become Ambassador to Mexico, and Tommy Thompson to become United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.

How to Eat with Your Butt

The Thompsons come from Wisconsin, and the name of their son, Tommy, is the same as that of former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson, who had just left office to become Health and Human Services Secretary under George W. Bush.

Line-item veto in the United States

The final version, the "reduction veto", was introduced in 1993 by Governor Tommy Thompson.

Penta Water

Bill Holloway, G. R. Holloway and Tommy Thompson (who was the Secretary for Health and Human Services for President George W. Bush) sit on the board of directors.

Scott McCallum

In 1986, McCallum ran for lieutenant governor on the Republican ticket with Tommy Thompson running for governor.

Prior to assuming the role of governor upon the appointment of Tommy Thompson as Secretary of Health and Human Services, McCallum served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.

Smush

(For example, the chain might become "Leap Yeardrum Major Tommy Thompson Twin Cities," by combining "Leap Year," "Ear Drum," "Drum Major," "Major Tom," "Tommy Thompson," "Thompson Twins," and "twin cities.")

Vince DiMaggio

On December 4, 1936, DiMaggio was traded by San Diego of the PCL to the Boston Bees for Tiny Chaplin, Tommy Thompson and cash.


Crandon mine

However, after Kennecott's buyout by Rio Tinto Zinc, and the governorship of the pro-business Tommy Thompson, the mine was allowed to open in face of the opposition, and operated from 1993 to 1997.

Ed Thompson

Thompson became the Libertarian party nominee in April and ran against Democrat Jim Doyle, the state Attorney General, and incumbent Republican Governor Scott McCallum, former Lieutenant Governor who had assumed the office in 2001 after Governor Tommy Thompson left to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.