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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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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 |
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] |
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