RUSK, JEREMIAH M.
\ɹˈʌsk], \ɹˈʌsk], \ɹ_ˈʌ_s_k]\
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(1830-1893), entered the National army in 1862, and served under General Sherman with the rank of lieutenant-colonel from the siege of Vicksburg till 1865. He represented Wisconsin in the U.S. Congress as a Republican from 1871 to 1877, and was Governor of Wisconsin from 1882 to 1888. He was Secretary of Agriculture in Harrison's Cabinet from 1889 to 1893.
By John Franklin Jameson
