Associated Press reports:(Madison, Wisconsin) The red-vested and gregarious former Wisconsin Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus was so well liked, even the FBI couldn’t dig up any dirt. Despite conducting more than 50 interviews with political opponents, former college classmates and even folks who happen to live next door to the governor’s mansion, federal agents conducting a background check in 1982 couldn’t find anything bad to say about him. Dreyfus, a moderate Republican and one of Wisconsin’s most beloved politicians, died Jan. 2 at age 81. He served as governor from 1979 to 1983. Despite his popularity, Dreyfus decided not to seek re-election as governor after serving one term. One of his most lasting achievements was signing a gay rights measure that made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation in housing, employment and public accommodations. READ MORE
