George W. Peck



George W. Peck was a personification of the American dream. This Wisconsin native enlisted as a private in the Union Army during the Civil War,
and was an officer by war's end. Afterward, he worked as a writer and editor for fellow Wisconsinian,
"Brick" Pomeroy in New York, then took over Pomeroy's old newspaper in his home state, renaming it "Peck's Sun."
During the early 1870s, Peck toured lecture halls with his popular comedy routine, "How Peck and Another Mule Crushed the Rebellion."

He filled his newspaper with original humor, and eventually created his most famous and beloved character, Peck's Bad Boy.

Later, Peck became Mayor of Milwaukie, and followed that up by becoming a popular two-term Democratic Governor of Wisconsin,
at the time a staunch Republican bastion. Essentially, Peck was the first comedian to achieve high political office in the United States, but apparently not the last.

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25 An 1886 bit of fluff about pillows from George W. Peck
77 George W. Peck - The New Coal Stove - 1886
78 George W. Peck - Unscrewing the Top of a Fruit Jar - 1886
79 George W. Peck - Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa -- His Pa Kills Him
80 George W. Peck - Sardineindianapolis
81 George W. Peck - In Search of a Doughnut - 1886
336 George W. Peck - A Bald Headed Man Most Crazy - 1882
396 Musical Stories - George W. Peck - The Naughty But Nice Church Choir - 1882
410 Summer Stories - George W. Peck - Summer Resorting - 1882
480 George W. Peck - A Mean Trick - 1882
481 George W. Peck - An Arm That Is Not Reliable - 1882
482 George W. Peck - The Female Burglar - 1882
483 George W. Peck - The Harmful Hammock - 1882
545 Politics and Elections - George W. Peck - Woman-Dozing A Democrat - 1882
630 George W. Peck - Effects of Mineral Water - 1880
631 George W. Peck - A Fly Manufactory - 1880
632 George W. Peck - Buying A Stone Crusher - 1880
633 George W. Peck - How Peck and Another Mule Crushed the Rebellion - 1876
975 Stories About Animals - George W. Peck - A Plea for the Bull-Head - 1886
986 George W. Peck - A Female Knight of Pythias - 1882
987 George W. Peck - An Iowa Hotel - 1882
988 George W. Peck - Police Searching Women - 1882
989 George W. Peck - The Queerest Name - 1882
993 George W. Peck - All About A Sandwich - 1882
994 George W. Peck - Spurious Tripe - 1882
995 George W. Peck - The Uses of A Paper Bag - 1882
996 George W. Peck - A Trying Situation - 1882
1109 George W. Peck - Peck's Bad Boy in Love - 1883
1110 George W. Peck - (Peck's Bad Boy) His Pa Got Religion - 1883
1111 George W. Peck - Peck's Bad Boy's Ma Comes Home - 1883
1112 George W. Peck - Peck's Bad Boy's Fourth of July - 1883
1116 George W. Peck - (Peck's Bad Boy) The Variegated Dogs - 1883
1117 George W. Peck - (Peck's Bad Boy)His Pa an Orangeman - 1883
1458George W. Peck - Hanscom's Goose - 1880
1575 George W. Peck - I Am Sent Forth in Women's Clothes - 1897
1580 George W. Peck - The Dude and His Pajamas - 1900
1581George W. Peck - The Trust and the Drummer - 1900
1582 George W. Peck - Gave the Prisoner Rope- 1900
1587 George W. Peck - The Man Who Asked Questions- 1900
1588 George W. Peck - The Yellow Shoe Period - 1900
1589 George W. Peck - Calling an Audience With a Fire Alarm - 1900
1590 George W. Peck - When Dad Was Scared - 1900
1707 George W. Peck - Death of a Servant-Girl - 1882


1711 George W. Peck - A Single Hair - 1882
1836 George W. Peck - Jacob and Rachel - 1884
1837 George W. Peck - The Cow Tree- 1884
1838 George W. Peck - Breaking Up A School- 1884
1839 George W. Peck - The Female Husband- 1884
1842 George W. Peck - A Crick in the Back- 1884
1843 George W. Peck - To Remove Paint- 1884
1844 George W. Peck - Hamlet in a Seymour Coat - 1884
1845 George W. Peck - A Pop Factory Wanted - 1884
1884 George W. Peck - Don't Appreciate Kindness - 1882
1885 George W. Peck - Dogs and Human Beings - 1882
1886 George W. Peck - The Difference - 1882
1887 George W. Peck - An Accident All Around - 1882


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