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This is a 'list of governors' from the
U.S. state of
Wisconsin.
List of Governors
Governors of Wisconsin Territory
Governors of Wisconsin
| # | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Lt. Governor | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | Nelson Dewey | Democratic | June 7, 1848 | January 5, 1852 | John E. Holmes | |
| Samuel W. Beall |
| 2 | Leonard J. Farwell | Whig | January 5, 1852 | January 2, 1854 | Timothy Burns | |
| 3 | William A. Barstow | Democratic | January 2, 1854 | March 21, 1856 | James T. Lewis | [1] |
| 4 | Arthur MacArthur, Sr. | Democratic | March 21, 1856 | March 25, 1856 | ''vacant'' | [Coles Bashford lost to William A. Barstow in the 1855 election. When Barstow resigned in 1856, Arthur MacArthur, Sr., as lieutenant governor, acted as governor until the state supreme court ruled Coles Bashford governor.] |
| 5 | Coles Bashford | Republican | March 25, 1856 | January 4, 1858 | Arthur MacArthur, Sr. | |
| 6 | Alexander W. Randall | Republican | January 4, 1858 | January 6, 1862 | Erasmus D. Campbell | |
| Butler G. Noble |
| 7 | Louis P. Harvey | Republican | January 6, 1862 | April 19, 1862 | Edward Salomon | [Died in office.] |
| 8 | Edward Salomon | Republican | April 19, 1862 | January 4, 1864 | ''vacant'' | [As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.] |
| 9 | James T. Lewis | Republican | January 4, 1864 | January 1, 1866 | Wyman Spooner | |
| 10 | Lucius Fairchild | Republican | January 1, 1866 | January 1, 1872 | Wyman Spooner | |
| Thaddeus C. Pound |
| 11 | Cadwallader C. Washburn | Republican | January 1, 1872 | January 5, 1874 | Milton H. Pettit | |
| ''vacant'' |
| 12 | William R. Taylor | Democratic | January 5, 1874 | January 3, 1876 | Charles D. Parker | |
| 13 | Harrison Ludington | Republican | January 3, 1876 | January 7, 1878 | Charles D. Parker | |
| 14 | William E. Smith | Republican | January 7, 1878 | January 2, 1882 | James M. Bingham | |
| 15 | Jeremiah McLain Rusk | Republican | January 2, 1882 | January 7, 1889 | Sam S. Fifield | |
| George W. Ryland |
| 16 | William D. Hoard | Republican | January 7, 1889 | January 5, 1891 | George W. Ryland | |
| 17 | George W. Peck | Democratic | January 5, 1891 | January 7, 1895 | Charles Jonas | |
| 18 | William H. Upham | Republican | January 7, 1895 | January 4, 1897 | Emil Baensch | |
| 19 | Edward Scofield | Republican | January 4, 1897 | January 7, 1901 | Emil Baensch | |
| Jesse Stone |
| 20 | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. | Republican | January 7 1901 | January 1 1906 | Jesse Stone | [Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.] |
| James O. Davidson |
| 21 | James O. Davidson | Republican | January 1 1906 | January 2 1911 | William D. Connor | [As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.] |
| John Strange |
| 22 | Francis E. McGovern | Republican | January 2 1911 | January 4 1915 | Thomas Morris | |
| 23 | Emanuel L. Philipp | Republican | January 4 1915 | January 3 1921 | Edward F. Dithmar | |
| 24 | John J. Blaine | Republican | January 3 1921 | January 3 1927 | George F. Comings | |
| Henry A. Huber |
| 25 | Fred R. Zimmerman | Republican | January 3 1927 | January 7 1929 | Henry A. Huber | |
| 26 | Walter J. Kohler, Sr. | Republican | January 7 1929 | January 5 1931 | Henry A. Huber | |
| 27 | Philip La Follette | Republican | January 5 1931 | January 2 1933 | Henry A. Huber | |
| 28 | Albert G. Schmedeman | Democratic | January 2 1933 | January 7 1935 | Thomas J. O'Malley | |
| 29 | Philip La Follette | Progressive | January 7 1935 | January 2 1939 | Thomas J. O'Malley | |
| Henry A. Gunderson |
| Herman L. Ekern |
| 30 | Julius P. Heil | Republican | January 2 1939 | January 4 1943 | Walter S. Goodland | |
| 31 | Walter Samuel Goodland | Republican | January 4 1943 | March 12 1947 | ''vacant'' | [2] |
| Oscar Rennebohm |
| 32 | Oscar Rennebohm | Republican | March 12 1947 | January 1 1951 | ''vacant'' | |
| George M. Smith |
| 33 | Walter J. Kohler, Jr. | Republican | January 1 1951 | January 7 1957 | George M. Smith | |
| Warren P. Knowles |
| 34 | Vernon Wallace Thomson | Republican | January 7 1957 | January 5 1959 | Warren P. Knowles | |
| 35 | Gaylord A. Nelson | Democratic | January 5 1959 | January 7 1963 | Philleo Nash | |
| Warren P. Knowles |
| 36 | John W. Reynolds | Democratic | January 7 1963 | January 4 1965 | Jack B. Olson | |
| 37 | Warren P. Knowles | Republican | January 4 1965 | January 4 1971 | Patrick J. Lucey | |
| Jack B. Olson |
| 38 | Patrick Joseph Lucey | Democratic | January 4 1971 | July 6 1977 | Martin J. Schreiber | [3] |
| 39 | Martin J. Schreiber | Democratic | July 6 1977 | January 4 1979 | ''vacant'' | |
| 40 | Lee S. Dreyfus | Republican | January 4 1979 | January 3 1983 | Russell A. Olson | |
| 41 | Anthony S. Earl | Democratic | January 3 1983 | January 5 1987 | James T. Flynn | |
| 42 | Tommy Thompson | Republican | January 5 1987 | February 1 2001 | Scott McCallum | [4] |
| 43 | Scott McCallum | Republican | February 1 2001 | January 6 2003 | Margaret A. Farrow | [As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.] |
| 44 | Jim Doyle | Democratic | January 6 2003 | ''Incumbent'' | Barbara Lawton | [5] |
Notes
1. Resigned due to fraud allegations.
2. Orland Steen Loomis won the 1942 election; however, he died before taking office. Per a ruling by the state supreme court, Lieutenant Governor Walter Samuel Goodland acted as governor for the term, and was later elected in his own right.
3. Resigned to be Ambassador to Mexico.
4. Resigned to be United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
5. Governor Doyle's term expires in 2011; he is not term limited.
References
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