List of Attorneys General of Wisconsin

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

# Name Party Dates
1 James S. Brown Democrat 1848–1850
2 S. Park Coon Democrat 1850–1852
3 Experience Estabrook Democrat 1852–1854
4 George B. Smith Democrat 1854–1856
5 William R. Smith Democrat 1856–1858
6 Gabriel Bouck Democrat 1858–1860
7 James H. Howe Republican 1860–1862
8 Winfield Smith Republican 1862–1866
9 Charles R. Gill Republican 1866–1870
10 Stephen Steele Barlow Republican 1870–1874
11 Andrew Scott Sloan Republican 1874–1878
12 Alexander Wilson Republican 1878–1882
13 Leander F. Frisby Republican 1882–1887
14 Charles E. Estabrook Republican 1887–1891
15 James L. O'Connor Democrat 1891–1895
16 William H. Mylrea Republican 1895–1899
17 Emmett R. Hicks Republican 1899–1903
18 Lafayette M. Sturdevant Republican 1903–1907
19 Frank L. Gilbert Republican 1907–1911
20 Levi H. Bancroft Republican 1911–1913
21 Walter C. Owen Republican 1913–1918
22 Spencer Haven Republican 1918–1919
23 John G. Blaine Republican 1919–1921
24 William J. Morgan Republican 1921–1923
25 Herman L. Ekern Republican 1923–1927
26 John W. Reynolds Republican 1927–1933
27 James E. Finnegan Democrat 1933–1937
28 Orland Steen Loomis Progressive 1937–1939
29 John E. Martin Republican 1939–1948
30 Grover L. Broadfoot Republican 1948–1948
31 Thomas E. Fairchild Democrat 1948–1951
32 Vernon W. Thomson Republican 1951–1957
33 Stewart G. Honeck Republican 1957–1959
34 John W. Reynolds Democrat 1959–1963
35 George Thompson Republican 1963–1965
36 Bronson La Follette Democrat 1965–1969
37 Robert W. Warren Republican 1969–1974
38 Victor A. Miller Democrat 1974–1974
39 Bronson C. La Follette Democrat 1974–1987
40 Don Hanaway Republican 1987–1991
41 James E. Doyle Democrat 1991–2003
42 Peggy A. Lautenschlager Democrat 2003–2007
43 J.B. Van Hollen Republican 2007–


Before statehood, the Wisconsin Territory also had several attorneys general appointed by the Governor of the territory.

Name Dates
Henry S. Baird 1836–1839
Horatio N. Wells 1839–1841
Mortimer M. Jackson 1842–1845
A. Hyatt Smith 1845–1848

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