Jackson Kemper (1789-1870) was the first missionary bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church and the first bishop of Wisconsin. Kemper also served as assistant to Bishop William White of Philadelphia from 1811-1831; as rector at Norwalk, Connecticut, from 1831-1835; as missionary bishop of the Northwest from 1835-1859, maintaining headquarters at St. Louis until his removal to Wisconsin in 1845; and as bishop of Wisconsin from 1854 until his death.
