List of Governors of Wisconsin

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This is a list of governors from the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

#	Name	Party	Dates
1	Nelson Dewey	Democrat	1848 – 1852
2	Leonard J. Farwell	Whig	1852 – 1854
3	William A. Barstow	Democrat	1854 – 1856
4	Arthur MacArthur, Sr.^[1]	Democrat	1856 – 1856
5	Coles Bashford	Republican	1856 – 1858
6	Alexander W. Randall	Republican	1858 – 1862
7	Louis P. Harvey	Republican	1862 – 1862
8	Edward Salomon^[2]	Republican	1862 – 1864
9	James T. Lewis	Republican	1864 – 1866
10	Lucius Fairchild	Republican	1866 – 1872
11	Cadwallader C. Washburn	Republican	1872 – 1874
12	William R. Taylor	Democrat	1874 – 1876
13	Harrison Ludington	Republican	1876 – 1878
14	William E. Smith	Republican	1878 – 1882
15	Jeremiah McLain Rusk	Republican	1882 – 1889
16	William D. Hoard	Republican	1889 – 1891
17	George W. Peck	Democrat	1891 – 1895
18	William H. Upham	Republican	1895 – 1897
19	Edward Scofield	Republican	1897 – 1901
20	Robert M. La Follette, Sr.	Republican	1901 – 1906
21	James O. Davidson^[3]	Republican	1906 – 1911
22	Francis E. McGovern	Republican	1911 – 1915
23	Emanuel L. Philipp	Republican	1915 – 1921
24	John J. Blaine	Republican	1921 – 1927
25	Fred R. Zimmerman	Republican	1927 – 1929
26	Walter J. Kohler, Sr.	Republican	1929 – 1931
27	Philip La Follette	Progressive	1931 – 1933
28	Albert G. Schmedeman	Democrat	1933 – 1935
29	Philip La Follette	Progressive	1935 – 1939
30	Julius P. Heil	Republican	1939 – 1943
31	Walter Samuel Goodland^[4]	Republican	1943 – 1947
32	Oscar Rennebohm^[5]	Republican	1947 – 1951
33	Walter J. Kohler, Jr.	Republican	1951 – 1957
34	Vernon Wallace Thomson	Republican	1957 – 1959
35	Gaylord A. Nelson	Democrat	1959 – 1963
36	John W. Reynolds	Democrat	1963 – 1965
37	Warren P. Knowles	Republican	1965 – 1971
38	Patrick Joseph Lucey	Democrat	1971 – 1977
39	Martin J. Schreiber^[6]	Democrat	1977 – 1979
40	Lee S. Dreyfus	Republican	1979 – 1983
41	Anthony S. Earl	Democrat	1983 – 1987
42	Tommy Thompson	Republican	1987 – 2001
43	Scott McCallum^[7]	Republican	2001 – 2003
44	Jim Doyle	Democrat	2003 –

[edit] Notes

^ 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.
^ In the 1861 election, Salomon was elected lieutenant governor. When Louis P. Harvey died in office, Salomon became acting governor.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ On March 12, 1947, Walter Samuel Goodland died in office, making Lieutenant Governor Rennebohn acting governor. He was later elected governor in 1948.
^ On July 6, 1977, Patrick Lucey resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. Lieutenant Governor Schreiber then became acting governor.
^ 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.