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List of Governors of Wisconsin

by Vishul Malik

Know about all the Governors of Wisconsin. The list of Governors of Wisconsin shows all the Governors of Wisconsin from beginning to present with their tenure and their respective political party.


List of Governors of Wisconsin
S.no. Governor Term start Term end Party Place
1 Nelson Dewey 7 June 1848 5 January 1852 Democratic Lebanon, Connecticut
2 Leonard J. Farwell 5 January 1852 2 January 1854 Whig Watertown, New York
3 William A. Barstow 2 January 1854 21 March 1856 Democratic Plainfield, Connecticut
4 Arthur MacArthur, Sr. 21 March 1856 25 March 1856 Democratic Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
5 Coles Bashford 25 March 1856 4 January 1858 Republican Cold Spring, New York
6 Alexander W. Randall 4 January 1858 6 January 1862 Republican Ames, New York
7 Louis P. Harvey 6 January 1862 19 April 1862 Republican East Haddam, Connecticut
8 Edward Salomon 19 April 1862 4 January 1864 Republican Ströbeck, Prussian Saxony
9 James T. Lewis 4 January 1864 1 January 1866 Republican Clarendon, New York
10 Lucius Fairchild 1 January 1866 1 January 1872 Republican Franklin Mills, Ohio
11 Cadwallader C. Washburn 1 January 1872 5 January 1874 Republican Livermore, Maine, U.S.
12 William Robert Taylor 5 January 1874 3 January 1876 Democratic Woodbury, Connecticut
13 Harrison Ludington 3 January 1876 7 January 1878 Republican Kent, New York
14 William E. Smith 7 January 1878 2 January 1882 Republican Inverness, Scotland
15 Jeremiah McLain Rusk 2 January 1882 7 January 1889 Republican Malta, Ohio, U.S.
16 William D. Hoard 7 January 1889 5 January 1891 Republican Stockbridge, New York
17 George W. Peck 5 January 1891 7 January 1895 Democratic Henderson, New York, US
18 William H. Upham 7 January 1895 4 January 1897 Republican Westminster, Massachusetts
19 Edward Scofield 4 January 1897 7 January 1901 Republican Clearfield, Pennsylvania
20 Robert M. La Follette, Sr. 7 January 1901 1 January 1906 Republican Primrose, Wisconsin
21 James O. Davidson 1 January 1906 2 January 1911 Republican Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway
22 Francis E. McGovern 2 January 1911 4 January 1915 Republican Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, U.S.
23 Emanuel L. Philipp 4 January 1915 3 January 1921 Republican Honey Creek, Wisconsin, U.S.
24 John J. Blaine 3 January 1921 3 January 1927 Republican Wingville, Wisconsin
25 Fred R. Zimmerman 3 January 1927 7 January 1929 Republican Milwaukee, Wisconsin
26 Walter J. Kohler, Sr. 7 January 1929 5 January 1931 Republican Sheboygan, Wisconsin
27 Philip La Follette 5 January 1931 2 January 1933 Republican Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
28 Albert G. Schmedeman 2 January 1933 7 January 1935 Democratic Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
29 Philip La Follette 7 January 1935 2 January 1939 WisconsinProgressive Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
30 Julius P. Heil 2 January 1939 4 January 1943 Republican Düssmund an der Mosel, Germany
Orland S. Loomis did not take office Wisconsin Progressive Mauston, Wisconsin
31 Walter S. Goodland 4 January 1943 12 March 1947 Republican Sharon, Wisconsin
32 Oscar Rennebohm 12 March 1947 1 January 1951 Republican Leeds, Columbia County, Wisconsin
33 Walter J. Kohler, Jr. 1 January 1951 7 January 1957 Republican Kohler, Wisconsin
34 Vernon W. Thomson 7 January 1957 5 January 1959 Republican Richland, Wisconsin
35 Gaylord A. Nelson 5 January 1959 7 January 1963 Democratic Clear Lake, Wisconsin
36 John W. Reynolds, Jr. 7 January 1963 4 January 1965 Democratic Green Bay, Wisconsin
37 Warren P. Knowles 4 January 1965 4 January 1971 Republican River Falls, Wisconsin
38 Patrick J. Lucey 4 January 1971 6 July 1977 Democratic La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
39 Martin J. Schreiber 6 July 1977 3 January 1979 Democratic Milwaukee, Wisconsin
40 Lee S. Dreyfus 3 January 1979 3 January 1983 Republican Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
41 Anthony S. Earl 3 January 1983 5 January 1987 Democratic Lansing, Michigan
42 Tommy Thompson 5 January 1987 1 February 2001 Republican Elroy, Wisconsin, U.S.
43 Scott McCallum 1 February 2001 6 January 2003 Republican Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, U.S
44 Jim Doyle 6 January 2003 3 January 2011 Democratic Washington, D.C., United States
45 Scott Walker 3 January 2011 7 January 2019 Republican Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
46 Tony Evers 7 January 2019 Incumbent Republican Plymouth, Wisconsin, United States

 

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