U.S. Senators from Wisconsin, 1848-2012(May beincomplete!)
HenryDodge 1848-57IsaacP. Walker 1848-55CharlesDurkee 1855-61JamesR. Doolittle 1857-69TimothyO. Howe 1861-79MatthewH. Carpenter 1869-75AngusCameron 1875-81MatthewH. Carpenter 1879-81PhiletusSawyer 1881-93AngusCameron 1881-85JohnC. Spooner 1885-91WilliamF. Vilas 1891-97JohnL. Mitchell 1893-99JohnC. Spooner 1897-1907JosephVery Quarles 1899-1905RobertM. LaFollette 1906-25IsaacStephenson 1907-15PaulO. Husting 1915-17IrvineL. Lenroot 1918-27RobertM. LaFollette, Jr. 1925-47JohnJ. Blaine 1927-33F.Ryan Duffy 1933-39AlexanderWiley 1939-63JosephR. McCarthy 1947-57WilliamProxmire 1957-89GaylordA. Nelson 1963-81RobertW. Kasten, Jr. 1981-93HerbertH. Kohl 1989-RussellD. Feingold 1993- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1881 Feb 24:MatthewH. Carpenter, died in office. 1914 Nov 3:PaulO. Husting (Dem), elected;FrancisE. McGovern (Rep), defeated;EmilSeidel (Social Democratic), defeated;CharlesL. Hill (Prohibition), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:RobertM. LaFollette (Rep), elected;WilliamF. Wolfe (Dem), defeated;RichardElsner (Socialist), defeated;CharlesL. Hill (Prohibition), defeated. 1917 Oct 21:PaulO. Husting, died in office. 1918 Apr 2:IrvineL. Lenroot (Rep), elected;JosephE. Davies (Dem), defeated;VictorL. Berger (Socialist), defeated;A.J. Benjamin (Prohibition), defeated. 1920 Nov 2:IrvineL. Lenroot (Rep), elected;JamesThompson (Ind), defeated;PaulS. Reinsch (Dem), defeated;FrankJ. Weber (Socialist), defeated;ClydeD. Mead (Prohibition), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:RobertM. LaFollette (Rep), elected;JesseJack Hooper (Independent Democratic), defeated;AdolphR. Bucknam (Prohibition), defeated;RichardKoeppel (Independent Socialist Labor), defeated. 1925:JohnM. Work (Socialist), defeated. 1925 Jun 18:RobertM. LaFollette, died in office. 1926 Nov 2:JohnJ. Blaine (Rep), elected;CharlesD. Rosa (Independent Progressive Republican), defeated;ThomasM. Kearney (Dem), defeated;LeoKrzycki (Socialist), defeated;J.N. Tittemore (Ind), defeated;EllaTenney Sanford (Prohibition), defeated;RichardKoeppel (Independent Socialist Labor), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:RobertM. LaFollette, Jr. (Rep), elected;WilliamH. Markham (Independent Republican), defeated;DavidW. Emerson (Prohibition), defeated;RichardKoeppel (Independent Socialist Labor), defeated;JohnKasun (Workers), defeated. 1932 Sep 20:F.Ryan Duffy (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1932 Sep 20:JohnB. Chapple (Rep), nominated;JohnJ. Blaine (Rep), defeated in primary. 1932 Sep 20:EmilSeidel (Socialist), nominated unopposed. 1932 Sep 20:HarveyA. Knapp (Prohibition), nominated;HenryO. Meisel (Prohibition), defeated in primary. 1932 Nov 8:F.Ryan Duffy (Dem), elected;JohnB. Chapple (Rep), defeated;EmilSeidel (Socialist), defeated;HarveyA. Knapp (Prohibition), defeated;RayHansborough (Communist), defeated. 1938:WilliamH. Stafford (Rep), defeated in primary. 1938 Nov 8:AlexanderWiley (Rep), elected;HermanL. Ekern (Progressive), defeated;F.Ryan Duffy (Dem), defeated;JohnB. Chapple (Independent Townsend Republican), defeated;FredB. Blair (Communist), defeated;JosephEhrhardt (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1940 Nov 5:RobertM. LaFollette, Jr. (Progressive), elected;FredH. Clausen (Rep), defeated;JamesE. Finnegan (Dem), defeated;TedFurman (Communist), defeated;AdolfWiggert (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1944 Nov 7:AlexanderWiley (Rep), elected;HowardJ. McMurray (Dem), defeated;HarrySauthoff (Progressive), defeated;WalterH. Uphoff (Socialist), defeated;AdolfWiggert (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1946:RobertM. LaFollette, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary. 1946 Nov 5:JosephR. McCarthy (Rep), elected;HowardJ. McMurray (Dem), defeated;EdwinW. Knappe (Socialist), defeated;GeorgiaCozzini (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1950 Sep 19:ThomasE. Fairchild (Dem), nominated;WilliamE. Sanderson (Dem), defeated in primary;DanielW. Hoan (Dem), defeated in primary;LaVernR. Dilweg (Dem), defeated in primary. 1950 Sep 19:AlexanderWiley (Rep), nominated;EdwardJ. Finan (Rep), defeated in primary. 1950 Nov 7:AlexanderWiley (Rep), elected;ThomasE. Fairchild (Dem), defeated;EdwinW. Knappe (Socialist), defeated;PerryJ. Stearns (Ind), defeated;JamesE. Boulton (Ind), defeated;ArtemioCozzini (Ind), defeated. 1952:JohnA. Gronouski, Jr. (Dem), defeated;ThomasE. Fairchild (Dem), defeated. 1956 Sep 11:HenryW. Maier (Dem), nominated;ElliotN. Walstead (Dem), defeated in primary. 1956 Sep 11:AlexanderWiley (Rep), nominated;GlennR. Davis (Rep), defeated in primary;HowardH. Boyle, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary. 1956 Nov 6:AlexanderWiley (Rep), elected;HenryW. Maier (Dem), defeated;WalterE. Semrau (Ind), defeated. 1957 May 2:JosephR. McCarthy, died in office. 1957 Jul 30:WilliamProxmire (Dem), nominated;ClementJ. Zablocki (Dem), defeated in primary. 1957 Jul 30:WalterJ. Kohler, Jr. (Rep), nominated;GlennR. Davis (Rep), defeated in primary;AlvinE. O'Konski (Rep), defeated in primary;WarrenP. Knowles (Rep), defeated in primary;HenryP. Hughes (Rep), defeated in primary;GeraldD. Lorge (Rep), defeated in primary;JohnC. Schafer (Rep), defeated in primary. 1957 Aug 27:WilliamProxmire (Dem), elected;WalterJ. Kohler, Jr. (Rep), defeated;HowardJ. Boyle (Ind), defeated;DouglasJ. Wheaton (Ind), defeated;GeorgiaCozzini (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1964 Nov 3:WilliamProxmire (Dem), elected;WilburN. Renk (Rep), defeated;KennethF. Klinkerk (Ind), defeated;WayneLeverenz (Ind), defeated. 1968 Nov 5:GaylordA. Nelson (Dem), elected;JerrisLeonard (Rep), defeated. 1970 Nov 3:WilliamProxmire (Dem), elected;JohnE. Erickson (Rep), defeated;EdmondE. Hou-Seye (American Independent), defeated;ElizabethBoardman (Ind), defeated;MarthaM. Quinn (Socialist Workers), defeated;AdolfWiggert (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1974 Nov 5:GaylordA. Nelson (Dem), elected;ThomasE. Petri (Rep), defeated;GeraldL. McFarren (American), defeated;RomanR. Blenski (Ind), defeated. 1976 Nov 2:WilliamProxmire (Dem), elected;StanleyYork (Rep), defeated;WilliamO. Hart (Democratic Socialist), defeated;RobertSchwartz (Socialist Workers), defeated;MichaelA. MacLaurin (U.S. Labor), defeated;RobertE. Nordlander (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1980 Nov 4:RobertW. Kasten, Jr. (Rep), elected;GaylordA. Nelson (Dem), defeated;JamesP. Wickstrom (Conservative), defeated;BervinJ. Larson (Libertarian), defeated;SusanHagen (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1982 Nov 2:WilliamProxmire (Dem), elected;ScottMcCallum (Rep), defeated;WilliamO. Hart (Ind), defeated;GeorgeLiljenfeldt (Libertarian), defeated;SanfordG. Knapp (Constitution), defeated. 1986 Nov 4:RobertW. Kasten, Jr. (Rep), elected;EdwardR. Garvey (Dem), defeated;PeterY. Taylor (Ind), defeated;MargoStorsteen (Socialist Workers), defeated;EugeneA. Hem (Third Party), defeated. 1988 Sep 13:HerbertH. Kohl (Dem), nominated;AnthonyS. Earl (Dem), defeated in primary;EdwardR. Garvey (Dem), defeated in primary;DouglasJ. LaFollette (Dem), defeated in primary;EdmondE. Hou-Seye (Dem), defeated in primary. 1988 Nov 8:HerbertH. Kohl (Dem), elected;SusanEngeleiter (Rep), defeated;GeorgeW. Zaehringer (Independent Voters of Wisconsin), defeated;PatriciaGrogan (Socialist Workers), defeated;ArlynF. Wollenburg (Ind), defeated. 1992 Nov 3:RussellD. Feingold (Dem), elected;RobertW. Kasten, Jr. (Rep), defeated;PatrickW. Johnson (Ind), defeated;WilliamBittner (Libertarian), defeated;MervinA. Hanson (Ind), defeated;RobertL. Kundert (Ind), defeated;JosephSelliken (Ind), defeated. 1994 Nov 8:HerbertH. Kohl (Dem), elected;RobertT. Welch (Rep), defeated;JamesDean (Libertarian), defeated. 1998 Nov 3:RussellD. Feingold (Dem), elected;MarkW. Neumann (Rep), defeated;RobertR. Raymond (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated;TomEnder (Libertarian), defeated;EugeneA. Hem (Ind), defeated. 2000 Nov 7:HerbertH. Kohl (Dem), elected;JohnGillespie (Rep), defeated;TimPeterson (Libertarian), defeated;EugeneA. Hem (Ind), defeated;RobertR. Raymond (Constitution), defeated. 2012:TommyG. Thompson (Rep), defeated. | |
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