Wisconsin Governors

	Governors of The Wisconsin Territory
	Henry Dodge James Duane Doty Nathaniel P. Tallmadge Henry Dodge	1836 – 1841 1841 – 1844 1844 – 1845 1845 – 1848
	Governors of The State of Wisconsin
	1 Nelson Dewey 2 Leonard J. Farwell 3 William A. Barstow 4 Arthur MacArthur, Sr.[1] 5 Coles Bashford 6 Alexander W. Randall 7 Louis P. Harvey 8 Edward Salomon[2] 9 James T. Lewis 10 Lucius Fairchild	1848 – 1852 1852 – 1854 1854 – 1856 1856 – 1856 1856 – 1858 1858 – 1862 1862 – 1862 1862 – 1864 1864 – 1866 1866 – 1872	Democrat Whig Democrat Democrat Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
	11 Cadwallader C. Washburn 12 William R. Taylor 13 Harrison Ludington 14 William E. Smith 15 Jeremiah McLain Rusk 16 William D. Hoard 17 George W. Peck 18 William H. Upham 19 Edward Scofield 20 Robert M. La Follette, Sr.	1872 – 1874 1874 – 1876 1876 – 1878 1878 – 1882 1882 – 1889 1889 – 1891 1891 – 1895 1895 – 1897 1897 – 1901 1901 – 1906	Republican Democrat Republican Republican Republican Republican Democrat Republican Republican Republican
	21 James O. Davidson[3] 22 Francis E. McGovern 23 Emanuel L. Philipp 24 John J. Blaine 25 Fred R. Zimmerman 26 Walter J. Kohler, Sr. 27 Philip La Follette 28 Albert G. Schmedeman 29 Philip La Follette 30 Julius P. Heil	1906 – 1911 1911 – 1915 1915 – 1921 1921 – 1927 1927 – 1929 1929 – 1931 1931 – 1933 1933 – 1935 1935 – 1939 1939 – 1943	Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Progressive Democrat Progressive Republican
	31 Walter Samuel Goodland[4] 32 Oscar Rennebohm[5] 33 Walter J. Kohler, Jr. 34 Vernon Wallace Thomson 35 Gaylord A. Nelson 36 John W. Reynolds 37 Warren P. Knowles 38 Patrick Joseph Lucey 39 Martin J. Schreiber[6] 40 Lee S. Dreyfus	1943 – 1947 1947 – 1951 1951 – 1957 1957 – 1959 1959 – 1963 1963 – 1965 1965 – 1971 1971 – 1977 1977 – 1979 1979 – 1983	Republican Republican Republican Republican Democrat Democrat Republican Democrat Democrat Republican
	41 Anthony S. Earl 42 Tommy Thompson 43 Scott McCallum[7] 44 Jim Doyle	1983 – 1987 1987 – 2001 2001 – 2003 2003 –	Democrat Republican Republican Democrat
	[1] In the 1855 election, MacArthur was elected lieutenant governor. William A. Barstow was declared winner of governor's race in a contested election against Coles Bashford; however, Barstow resigned amist fraud allegations on March 21, 1856. MacArthur then became acting governor but stepped aside four days later after the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Bashford governor. [2]In the 1861 election, Salomon was elected lieutenant governor. When Louis P. Harvey died in office, Salomon became acting governor. [3]On January 1, 1906, Robert M. La Follette resigned to join the U.S. Senate. Lieutenant Governor Davidson became acting governor. He was later elected governor for subsequent terms. [4]In the 1942 election, Orland Steen Loomis defeated the incumbent Julius P. Heil; however, Loomis died before taking office. Per a ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Lieutenant Governor Goodland was elevated to acting governor. He was later elected governor in 1944. [5]On March 12, 1947, Walter Samuel Goodland died in office, making Lieutenant Governor Rennebohn acting governor. He was later elected governor in 1948. [6]On July 6, 1977, Patrick Lucey resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. Lieutenant Governor Schreiber then became acting governor. [8]In 2001, Tommy Thompson resigned his position as governor to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Lieutenant Governor McCallum served as governor for the remainder of Thompson's term before being defeated by Jim Doyle in the 2002 gubernatorial election.