List of Attorneys General of Wisconsin

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Number of Attorneys General of Wisconsin by party affiliation

Party	Governors
Republican	27
Democratic	15
Progressive	1

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

Contents 1 Attorneys General of Wisconsin Territory 2 Attorneys General of Wisconsin 2.1 Notes 3 References

[edit] Attorneys General of Wisconsin Territory

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

Name	Took office	Left office	Territorial governor
Henry S. Baird	1836	1839	Henry Dodge
Horatio N. Wells	1839	1841	Henry Dodge
Mortimer M. Jackson	1842	1845	James Doty
			Nathaniel Tallmadge
A. Hyatt Smith	1845	1848	Henry Dodge

[edit] Attorneys General of Wisconsin

      Democratic       Republican       Progressive

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

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

General

• Wisconsin Blue Book, 2005-2006
• "Wisconsin as a Territory" from History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin. Springfield, Illinois: Union Publishing Company, 1884. pp. 34-41.

Specific

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