Georgia Cozzini (February 14, 1915 — October 10, 1983) was the first woman to run for Governor of Wisconsin, in 1942, and ran again in 1970 and 1974. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Governors Initially after the American Revolution, parts of the area now known as Wisconsin were claimed by Virginia, Massachusetts and Connecticut Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. She also ran for Senate in 1946 and 1957. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar)
She ran for Vice President of the United States in 1956 and 1960 on the Socialist Labor Party ticket with Eric Hass. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Origins The party was founded in Newark New Jersey, in 1876 as the Workingmen's Party of America. Eric Hass ( March 4, 1905 - October 2, 1980) was a four-time candidate for United States President of the Socialist Labor Party
| Preceded by Stephen Emery |
Socialist Labor Party Vice Presidential candidate 1956 (lost), 1960 (lost) |
Succeeded by Henning A. Blomen |