Governors of Wisconsin, 1848-2024(May beincomplete!)
NelsonDewey 1848-52LeonardJ. Farwell 1852-54WilliamA. Barstow 1854-56ArthurMacArthur 1856ColesBashford 1856-58AlexanderW. Randall 1858-62LouisP. Harvey 1862EdwardP. Salomon 1862-64JamesT. Lewis 1864-66LuciusFairchild 1866-72CadwalladerC. Washburn 1872-74WilliamR. Taylor 1874-76HarrisonLudington 1876-78WilliamE. Smith 1878-82JeremiahM. Rusk 1882-89WilliamD. Hoard 1889-91GeorgeW. Peck 1891-95WilliamH. Upham 1895-97EdwardScofield 1897-1901RobertM. LaFollette 1901-06JamesO. Davidson 1906-11FrancisE. McGovern 1911-15EmanuelL. Philipp 1915-21JohnJ. Blaine 1921-27FredR. Zimmerman 1927-29WalterJ. Kohler 1929-31PhilipF. LaFollette 1931-33AlbertG. Schmedeman 1933-35PhilipF. LaFollette 1935-39JuliusP. Heil 1939-43WalterS. Goodland 1943-47OscarRennebohm 1947-51WalterJ. Kohler, Jr. 1951-57VernonW. Thomson 1957-59GaylordA. Nelson 1959-63JohnW. Reynolds, Jr. 1963-65WarrenP. Knowles 1965-71PatrickJ. Lucey 1971-77MartinJ. Schreiber 1977-79LeeS. Dreyfus 1979-83AnthonyS. Earl 1983-87TommyG. Thompson 1987-2001ScottMcCallum 2001-03JamesE. Doyle 2003-11ScottWalker 2011-19TonyEvers 2019- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1848 May 8:NelsonDewey (Dem), elected;JohnH. Tweedy (Whig), defeated;CharlesDurkee (Ind), defeated. 1849 Nov 6:NelsonDewey (Dem), elected;AlexanderL. Collins (Whig), defeated;WarrenChase (Ind), defeated. 1851 Nov 4:LeonardJ. Farwell (Whig), elected;DonA. J. Upham (Dem), defeated. 1853:WilliamA. Barstow (Dem), elected;EdwardD. Holton (Free Soil), defeated;HenryS. Baird (Whig), defeated. 1855:WilliamA. Barstow (Dem), elected, but lost subsequent challenge;ColesBashford (Rep), defeated, but won subsequent challenge. 1857:AlexanderW. Randall (Rep), elected;JamesB. Cross (Dem), defeated. 1859:AlexanderW. Randall (Rep), elected;HarrisonC. Hobart (Dem), defeated. 1861:LouisP. Harvey (Rep), elected;BenjaminFerguson (Dem), defeated. 1862 Apr 19:LouisP. Harvey, died in office. 1863:JamesT. Lewis (Rep), elected;HenryL. Palmer (Dem), defeated. 1865:LuciusFairchild (Rep), elected;HarrisonC. Hobart (Dem), defeated. 1867:LuciusFairchild (Rep), elected;JohnJ. Tallmadge (Dem), defeated. 1869:LuciusFairchild (Rep), elected;CharlesD. Robinson (Dem), defeated. 1871:CadwalladerC. Washburn (Rep), elected;JamesR. Doolittle (Dem), defeated. 1873:WilliamR. Taylor (Dem), elected;CadwalladerC. Washburn (Rep), defeated. 1875:HarrisonLudington (Rep), elected;WilliamR. Taylor (Dem), defeated. 1877:WilliamE. Smith (Rep), elected;JamesA. Mallory (Dem), defeated;EdwardPhelps Allis (Greenback), defeated;CollinM. Campbell (Socialist), defeated. 1879:WilliamE. Smith (Rep), elected;JamesG. Jenkins (Dem), defeated;ReubenMay (Greenback), defeated. 1881:JeremiahM. Rusk (Rep), elected;NicholasD. Fratt (Dem), defeated;TheodoreD. Kanouse (Prohibition), defeated;EdwardPhelps Allis (Greenback), defeated. 1884:JeremiahM. Rusk (Rep), elected;NicholasD. Fratt (Dem), defeated;SamuelDexter Hastings (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamL. Utley (Greenback), defeated. 1886:JeremiahM. Rusk (Rep), elected;GilbertM. Woodward (Dem), defeated;JohnCochrane (People's), defeated;JohnMyers Olin (Prohibition), defeated. 1888:WilliamD. Hoard (Rep), elected;JamesMorgan (Dem), defeated;E.G. Durant (Prohibition), defeated;D.Frank Powell (Labor), defeated. 1890:GeorgeW. Peck (Dem), elected;WilliamD. Hoard (Rep), defeated;CharlesAlexander (Prohibition), defeated;ReubenMay (Union Labor), defeated. 1892:GeorgeW. Peck (Dem), elected;JohnC. Spooner (Rep), defeated;ThomasC. Richmond (Prohibition), defeated;C.M. Butt (People's), defeated. 1894:WilliamH. Upham (Rep), elected;GeorgeW. Peck (Dem), defeated;D.Frank Powell (People's), defeated;JohnF. Cleghorn (Prohibition), defeated. 1896:EdwardScofield (Rep), elected;WillisC. Silverthorn (Dem), defeated;JoshuaH. Berkey (Prohibition), defeated;ChristTuttrop (Socialist Labor), defeated;RobertHenderson (National), defeated. 1898:EdwardScofield (Rep), elected;HiramWilson Sawyer (Dem), defeated;AlbinusA. Worsley (People's), defeated;EugeneW. Chafin (Prohibition), defeated;HowardTuttle (Social Democratic), defeated;HenryRiese (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1900:RobertM. LaFollette (Rep), elected;LouisG. Bohmrich (Dem), defeated;J.Burritt Smith (Prohibition), defeated;HowardTuttle (Social Democratic), defeated;FrankR. Wilke (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1902:RobertM. LaFollette (Rep), elected;DavidS. Rose (Dem), defeated;EmilSeidel (Social Democratic), defeated;EdwinW. Drake (Prohibition), defeated;HenryE. D. Puck (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1904:RobertM. LaFollette (Rep), elected;GeorgeW. Peck (Dem), defeated;WilliamA. Arnold (Social Democratic), defeated;EdwardScofield (National Republican), defeated;WilliamH. Clark (Prohibition), defeated;CharlesM. Minkley (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1906:JamesO. Davidson (Rep), elected;JohnA. Aylward (Dem), defeated;WinfieldR. Gaylord (Social Democratic), defeated;EphraimL. Eaton (Prohibition), defeated;OleT. Rosaas (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1908:JamesO. Davidson (Rep), elected;JohnA. Aylward (Dem), defeated;HarveyD. Brown (Social Democratic), defeated;WinfredD. Cox (Prohibition), defeated;HermanBottema (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1910 Nov 8:FrancisE. McGovern (Rep), elected;AdolphH. Schmitz (Dem), defeated;WilliamA. Jacobs (Social Democratic), defeated;ByronE. Van Keuren (Prohibition), defeated;FredG. Kremer (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1912 Nov 5:FrancisE. McGovern (Rep), elected;JohnC. Karel (Dem), defeated;CarlD. Thompson (Social Democratic), defeated;CharlesL. Hill (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamH. Curtis (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1914 Nov 3:EmanuelL. Philipp (Rep), elected;JohnC. Karel (Dem), defeated;JohnJ. Blaine (Ind), defeated;OscarAmeringer (Social Democratic), defeated;DavidW. Emerson (Prohibition), defeated;JohnVierthaler (Ind), defeated. 1916 Sep 5:BurtWilliams (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1916 Sep 5:EmanuelL. Philipp (Rep), nominated;WilliamH. Hatton (Rep), defeated in primary;FrancisE. McGovern (Rep), defeated in primary;DonC. Hall (Rep), defeated in primary. 1916 Sep 5:GeorgeMcKerrow (Prohibition), nominated unopposed. 1916 Sep 5:RaeWeaver (Socialist), nominated unopposed. 1916 Nov 7:EmanuelL. Philipp (Rep), elected;BurtWilliams (Dem), defeated;RaeWeaver (Socialist), defeated;GeorgeMcKerrow (Prohibition), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:EmanuelL. Philipp (Rep), elected;HenryA. Moehlenpah (Dem), defeated;EmilSeidel (Social Democratic), defeated;WilliamC. Dean (Prohibition), defeated. 1920 Nov 2:JohnJ. Blaine (Rep), elected;RobertMcCoy (Dem), defeated;WilliamColeman (Socialist), defeated;HenryH. Tubbs (Prohibition), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:JohnJ. Blaine (Rep), elected;ArthurA. Bentley (Independent Democratic), defeated;LouisA. Arnold (Socialist), defeated;M.L. Welles (Prohibition), defeated;ArthurA. Dietrich (Independent Socialist Labor), defeated. 1924 Nov 4:JohnJ. Blaine (Rep), elected;MartinL. Lueck (Dem), defeated;WilliamF. Quick (Socialist), defeated;AdolphR. Bucknam (Prohibition), defeated;SeveriAlanne (Ind Workers), defeated;FarrandK. Shuttleworth (Independent Progressive Republican), defeated;JoseSnover (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1926 Nov 2:FredR. Zimmerman (Rep), elected;CharlesB. Perry (Ind), defeated;VirgilH. Cady (Dem), defeated;HermanO. Kent (Socialist), defeated;DavidW. Emerson (Prohibition), defeated;AlexGorden (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:WalterJ. Kohler (Rep), elected;AlbertG. Schmedeman (Dem), defeated;OttoR. Hauser (Socialist), defeated;AdolphR. Bucknam (Prohibition), defeated;JosephEhrhardt (Independent Labor), defeated;AlvarJ. Hayes (Ind Workers), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:PhilipF. LaFollette (Rep), elected;CharlesE. Hammersley (Dem), defeated;FrankB. Metcalfe (Socialist), defeated;AlfredB. Taynton (Prohibition), defeated;FredB. Blair (Communist), defeated. 1932:WalterJ. Kohler, defeated. 1934:Greene(Rep), defeated;PhilipF. LaFollette (Progressive), elected;AlbertG. Schmedeman, defeated;GeorgeA. Nelson (Socialist), defeated. 1936:AlexanderWiley, defeated;ArthurW. Lueck (Dem), defeated. 1938:Bolens(Dem), defeated;PhilipF. LaFollette, defeated. 1940:RaymondJ. Cannon, defeated for nomination;McGovern,defeated;LouisFisher (Socialist Labor), defeated;OrlandS. Loomis (Progressive), defeated. 1942:RaymondJ. Cannon, defeated for nomination;Sullivan(Dem), defeated;GeorgiaCozzini (Socialist Labor), defeated;JuliusP. Heil, defeated;OrlandS. Loomis (Progressive), elected, but died before taking office. 1944:GeorgiaCozzini (Socialist Labor), defeated;DanielW. Hoan (Dem), defeated. 1946:DanielW. Hoan (Dem), defeated. 1947 Mar 12:WalterS. Goodland, died in office. 1948:CarlW. Thompson (Dem), defeated;GeorgiaCozzini (Socialist Labor), defeated;OscarRennebohm, elected. 1950 Sep 19:CarlW. Thompson (Dem), nominated;CharlesP. Greene (Dem), defeated in primary. 1950 Sep 19:WalterJ. Kohler, Jr. (Rep), nominated;LeonardSchmitt (Rep), defeated in primary. 1950 Nov 7:WalterJ. Kohler, Jr. (Rep), elected;CarlW. Thompson (Dem), defeated. 1952:WilliamProxmire, defeated. 1954:WilliamProxmire, defeated;JamesE. Doyle (Dem), defeated. 1956 Nov 6:VernonW. Thomson (Rep), elected;WilliamProxmire (Dem), defeated. 1958:VernonW. Thomson, defeated. 1960 Sep 13:GaylordA. Nelson (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1960 Sep 13:PhilipG. Kuehn (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1960 Nov 8:GaylordA. Nelson (Dem), elected;PhilipG. Kuehn (Rep), defeated. 1962:PhilipG. Kuehn (Rep), defeated. 1964:JohnW. Reynolds, Jr., defeated. 1966:PatrickJ. Lucey (Dem), defeated. 1968 Nov 5:WarrenP. Knowles (Rep), elected;BronsonC. LaFollette (Dem), defeated;AdolfWiggert (Ind), defeated;RobertWilkinson (Ind), defeated. 1970:GeorgiaCozzini (Socialist Labor), defeated;JackB. Olson, defeated. 1974:WilliamD. Dyke (Rep), defeated;GeorgiaCozzini (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1978:RobertW. Kasten, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary. 1990:ThomasA. Loftus (Dem), defeated. 2002:ThomasM. Barrett (Dem), defeated. 2010:ScottWalker (Rep), elected. 2012:ScottWalker (Rep), elected. 2014:ScottWalker (Rep), elected. | |
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