Jeremiah M. Rusk (1830-1893)

Jeremiah McLain Rusk served as a lieutenant colonel in the Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was brevetted brigadier general for "conspicuous gallantry." He became a prominent Republican politician and was popularly known as "Uncle Jerry." Rusk served as the U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (1871-77) and as Wisconsin's governor (1882-89). President Benjamin Harrison appointed him U.S. secretary of agriculture in 1889 and he served until 1893.

Date:
1880 circa 5 years
Original Format:
Cabinet Card
Item#:
MES20290
Height:
1779px
Width:
1159px
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