The Governor of Wisconsin is the head of the executive branch of Wisconsin's state government [2] and the commander-in-chief of the state's army and air forces.[3]
Governor of Wisconsin | |
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![]() Gubernatorial seal | |
Residence | Wisconsin Governor's Mansion |
Term length | Four years, no term limits |
Inaugural holder | Nelson Dewey |
Formation | June 7, 1848 |
Deputy | Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin |
Salary | $146,597.88[1] |
Website | evers |
List
- Parties
Democratic (12) Republican (31) Whig (1) Wisconsin Progressive (2)
# | Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Lt. Governor[4][note 1] | Term(s) [note 2] | |||
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1 | ![]() |
Nelson Dewey | June 7, 1848 | January 5, 1852 | Democratic | John E. Holmes | 2 | ||
Samuel W. Beall | |||||||||
2 | ![]() |
Leonard J. Farwell | January 5, 1852 | January 2, 1854 | Whig | Timothy Burns [note 3] |
1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
William A. Barstow | January 2, 1854 | March 21, 1856 | Democratic | James T. Lewis | 1 1⁄3 [note 4] | ||
Arthur MacArthur Sr. | |||||||||
4 | ![]() |
Arthur MacArthur Sr. | March 21, 1856 | March 25, 1856 | Democratic | vacant | 1⁄3 | ||
5 | ![]() |
Coles Bashford | March 25, 1856 | January 4, 1858 | Republican | Arthur MacArthur Sr. | 1⁄3 | ||
6 | ![]() |
Alexander W. Randall | January 4, 1858 | January 6, 1862 | Republican | Erasmus D. Campbell | 2 | ||
Butler G. Noble | |||||||||
7 | ![]() |
Louis P. Harvey | January 6, 1862 | April 19, 1862 | Republican | Edward Salomon | 1⁄2 [note 3] | ||
8 | ![]() |
Edward Salomon | April 19, 1862 | January 4, 1864 | Republican | vacant | 1⁄2 [note 5] | ||
9 | ![]() |
James T. Lewis | January 4, 1864 | January 1, 1866 | Republican | Wyman Spooner | 1 | ||
10 | ![]() |
Lucius Fairchild | January 1, 1866 | January 1, 1872 | Republican | Wyman Spooner | 3 | ||
Thaddeus C. Pound | |||||||||
11 | ![]() |
Cadwallader C. Washburn | January 1, 1872 | January 5, 1874 | Republican | Milton H. Pettit [note 3] |
1 | ||
12 | ![]() |
William Robert Taylor | January 5, 1874 | January 3, 1876 | Democratic | Charles D. Parker | 1 | ||
13 | ![]() |
Harrison Ludington | January 3, 1876 | January 7, 1878 | Republican | Charles D. Parker | 1 | ||
14 | ![]() |
William E. Smith | January 7, 1878 | January 2, 1882 | Republican | James M. Bingham | 2 | ||
15 | ![]() |
Jeremiah McLain Rusk | January 2, 1882 | January 7, 1889 | Republican | Sam S. Fifield | 3 [note 6] | ||
George W. Ryland | |||||||||
16 | ![]() |
William D. Hoard | January 7, 1889 | January 5, 1891 | Republican | George W. Ryland | 1 | ||
17 | ![]() |
George W. Peck | January 5, 1891 | January 7, 1895 | Democratic | Charles Jonas | 2 | ||
18 | ![]() |
William H. Upham | January 7, 1895 | January 4, 1897 | Republican | Emil Baensch | 1 | ||
19 | ![]() |
Edward Scofield | January 4, 1897 | January 7, 1901 | Republican | Emil Baensch | 2 | ||
Jesse Stone | |||||||||
20 | ![]() |
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. | January 7, 1901 | January 1, 1906 | Republican | Jesse Stone [note 3] |
2 1⁄2 [note 7] | ||
James O. Davidson | |||||||||
21 | ![]() |
James O. Davidson | January 1, 1906 | January 2, 1911 | Republican | vacant | 2 1⁄2 [note 8] | ||
William D. Connor | |||||||||
John Strange | |||||||||
22 | ![]() |
Francis E. McGovern | January 2, 1911 | January 4, 1915 | Republican | Thomas Morris | 2 | ||
23 | ![]() |
Emanuel L. Philipp | January 4, 1915 | January 3, 1921 | Republican | Edward F. Dithmar | 3 | ||
24 | ![]() |
John J. Blaine | January 3, 1921 | January 3, 1927 | Republican | George F. Comings | 3 | ||
Henry A. Huber | |||||||||
25 | ![]() |
Fred R. Zimmerman | January 3, 1927 | January 7, 1929 | Republican | Henry A. Huber | 1 | ||
26 | ![]() |
Walter J. Kohler Sr. | January 7, 1929 | January 5, 1931 | Republican | Henry A. Huber | 1 | ||
27 | ![]() |
Philip La Follette | January 5, 1931 | January 2, 1933 | Republican | Henry A. Huber | 1 | ||
28 | ![]() |
Albert G. Schmedeman | January 2, 1933 | January 7, 1935 | Democratic | Thomas J. O'Malley | 1 | ||
29 | ![]() |
Philip La Follette | January 7, 1935 | January 2, 1939 | Wisconsin Progressive |
Thomas J. O'Malley [note 3] |
2 | ||
Henry A. Gunderson [note 9] | |||||||||
Herman L. Ekern | |||||||||
30 | ![]() |
Julius P. Heil | January 2, 1939 | January 4, 1943 | Republican | Walter S. Goodland | 2 | ||
— | ![]() |
Orland S. Loomis | did not take office | Wisconsin Progressive |
Walter S. Goodland | — [note 10] | |||
31 | ![]() |
Walter S. Goodland | January 4, 1943 | March 12, 1947 | Republican | vacant | 2 1⁄2 [note 3] | ||
Oscar Rennebohm | |||||||||
32 | ![]() |
Oscar Rennebohm | March 12, 1947 | January 1, 1951 | Republican | vacant | 1 1⁄2 [note 8] | ||
George M. Smith | |||||||||
33 | Walter J. Kohler Jr. | January 1, 1951 | January 7, 1957 | Republican | George M. Smith | 3 | |||
Warren P. Knowles | |||||||||
34 | ![]() |
Vernon W. Thomson | January 7, 1957 | January 5, 1959 | Republican | Warren P. Knowles | 1 | ||
35 | ![]() |
Gaylord Nelson | January 5, 1959 | January 7, 1963 | Democratic | Philleo Nash | 2 | ||
Warren P. Knowles | |||||||||
36 | ![]() |
John W. Reynolds Jr. | January 7, 1963 | January 4, 1965 | Democratic | Jack B. Olson | 1 | ||
37 | Warren P. Knowles | January 4, 1965 | January 4, 1971 | Republican | Patrick J. Lucey | 3 | |||
Jack B. Olson | |||||||||
38 | ![]() |
Patrick J. Lucey | January 4, 1971 | July 6, 1977 | Democratic | Martin J. Schreiber | 1 1⁄2 [note 11] [note 12] | ||
39 | ![]() |
Martin J. Schreiber | July 6, 1977 | January 3, 1979 | Democratic | vacant | 1⁄2 [note 8] | ||
40 | Lee S. Dreyfus | January 3, 1979 [note 13] |
January 3, 1983 | Republican | Russell A. Olson | 1 | |||
41 | ![]() |
Anthony S. Earl | January 3, 1983 | January 5, 1987 | Democratic | James T. Flynn | 1 | ||
42 | ![]() |
Tommy Thompson | January 5, 1987 | February 1, 2001 | Republican | Scott McCallum | 3 1⁄2 [note 14] | ||
43 | ![]() |
Scott McCallum | February 1, 2001 | January 6, 2003 | Republican | Margaret A. Farrow | 1⁄2 [note 8] | ||
44 | ![]() |
Jim Doyle | January 6, 2003 | January 3, 2011 | Democratic | Barbara Lawton | 2 | ||
45 | ![]() |
Scott Walker | January 3, 2011 | January 7, 2019 | Republican | Rebecca Kleefisch | 2 | ||
46 | ![]() |
Tony Evers | January 7, 2019 | Incumbent | Democratic | Mandela Barnes | 1 [note 15] |
Notes
- Vacancies in the office of the lieutenant governor are only listed if they lasted for the entire term. For a full list of vacancies, see List of lieutenant governors of Wisconsin.
- The fractional terms of some governors are not to be understood absolutely literally; rather, they are meant to show single terms during which multiple governors served, due to resignations, deaths and the like.
- Died in office.
- Initially, Barstow was declared the winner of the 1855 election, but soon resigned amid claims that he had won through fraudulent means. MacArthur, as lieutenant governor, acted as governor for five days, until the Wisconsin Supreme Court declared Barstow's opponent, Bashford, the legitimate governor. Bashford completed the term, with MacArthur continuing to serve as lieutenant governor.[5]
- As lieutenant governor, succeeded to the governorship, and served the rest of the unexpired term.
- During Rusk's first term, the Wisconsin Constitution was amended to say that all elections of state and county officers would henceforth take place in even-numbered years. By the provisions of the amendment, the terms of all officials who would have left office in 1884, including Rusk, were extended by one year.
- Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- As lieutenant governor, served as governor for remainder of unexpired term.
- Resigned to take an appointment to the state tax commission.
- Loomis was elected in the 1942 election, but died before taking office. Per a ruling of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Goodland, who had been re-elected lieutenant governor in the same election, served as governor for the entire term.
- As per a 1967 amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution, Lucey's first term was the first gubernatorial term to last 4 years
- Resigned to become Ambassador to Mexico
- Resigned to become United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Evers' first term expires in January 2023.
References
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