Background
Comings was born in Greensboro, Vermont in 1849.
Comings was born in Greensboro, Vermont in 1849.
In 1900, he moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he was a dairyman and bred Holstein cattle. Comings became well known as a lecturer on agricultural topics, and in 1920, he was elected the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. He served two terms as lieutenant governor, from January 3, 1921 - January 5, 1925.
In the 1924 election, he ran for Governor of Wisconsin but lost in the Republican primary to John Jay Blaine, the incumbent.
In 1927, Comings began working in the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, and in 1928 he was made a state humane officer He held that office until his retirement at age 91 in 1939.
Comings died in 1942 in Whitehall, Wisconsin and is buried in the Comings plot at the Saint Joseph City Cemetery in Saint Joseph, Michigan.
