Back in March of this year, I was writing about Madison, Wisconsin's Camp Randall (now the home of the University of Wisconsin Badgers) which was named for the governor of the state during the Civil War.
Here is a follow up on him.
ALEXANDER WILLIAMS RANDALL (1819-July 26, 1872)
Sixth governor of Wisconsin. Lawyer, judge and politician. Instrumental in raising and organizing Wisconsin'd first troops in the war.
Born in Ames, New York and moved to Wisconsin where he opened a law practice in Waukesha in 1840. Elected governor in 1857 and reelected in 1859 as a Republican. He was an ardent abolitionist and even suggested that Wisconsin secede if Lincoln wasn't elected in the 1860 election.
To Another secesh? --Old Secesh
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