What is Jeremiah McLain Rusk?
__NOTOC__ {{Infobox US Cabinet official |name=Jeremiah McLain Rusk |image=Jeremiah McLain Rusk - Brady-Handy.jpg |order=2nd |title=[[United States Secretary of Agriculture]] |term_start=March 6, 1889 |term_end=March 6, 1893 |predecessor=[[Norman Jay Coleman|Norman J. Coleman]] |successor=[[Julius Sterling Morton|Julius S. Morton]] |birth_date={{birth date|1830|6|17|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Malta, Ohio]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date={{death date and age|1893|11|21|1830|6|17|mf=y}} |death_place=[[Viroqua, Wisconsin]], [[United States|U.S.]] |party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse= |profession=[[Politician]], [[Banker]], [[Farmer]] |religion= |branch=[[Union Army]] |rank=[[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] ([[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[General officer|general]]) |unit=[[25th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment]] |battles=[[American Civil War]] }} '''Jeremiah McLain Rusk''' (June 17, 1830 – November 21, 1893) was the 15th [[Governor]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Wisconsin]] from 1882 to 1889.<ref name=Bioguide/> ==Biography== Rusk was born in Malta, Ohio.<ref name=Bioguide>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000517|title=Congress|accessdate=2010-01-05}}</ref> He was a [[member]] of the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]]. He began his life as a [[farmer]], then became an [[innkeeper]] and finally became a [[banker]] before the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name=Wisconsin/> During the war, he received a [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[wikt:appointment|appointment]] as a [[General (United States)|general]] and saw action with the [[25th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry]].<ref name=Bioguide/><ref name=Wisconsin/> After the Civil War, he became a [[congressman]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref name=Bioguide/> There, he became [[chairman]] of the [[United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions|Committee on Invalid Pensions]].<ref name=Bioguide/> He was elected Governor of Wisconsin as a