Jeremiah McLain Rusk ( June 17 , 1830 - November 21 , 1893 ) was the 15th Governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin from 1882 to 1889 . Jeremiah McLain Rusk ( June 17 , 1830 - November 21 , 1893 ) was the 15th Governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin from 1882 to 1889 and the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1889 to 1893 .