List of Wisconsin Governors

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Tony Evers , current Governor of Wisconsin

This list includes all governors of the US state of Wisconsin and the pre-existing Wisconsin Territory .

Wisconsin Territory

Surname Term of office Political party
Henry Dodge 1836-1841 democrat
James Duane Doty 1841-1844 democrat
Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge 1844-1845 democrat
Henry Dodge 1845-1848 democrat
John Catlin 1848-1849 democrat

State of Wisconsin

Surname Term of office Political party
Nelson Dewey 1848-1852 democrat
Leonard James Farwell 1852-1854 Whig
William Augustus Barstow 1854-1856 democrat
Arthur MacArthur Sr. 1856-1856 democrat
Coles Bashford 1856-1858 republican
Alexander Williams Randall 1858-1862 republican
Louis Powell Harvey 1862-1862 republican
Edward Salomon 1862-1864 republican
James Taylor Lewis 1864-1866 republican
Lucius Fairchild 1866-1872 republican
Cadwallader Colden Washburn 1872-1874 republican
William Robert Taylor 1874-1876 democrat
Harrison Ludington 1876-1878 republican
William E. Smith 1878-1882 republican
Jeremiah McLain Rusk 1882-1889 republican
William Dempster Hoard 1889-1891 republican
George Wilbur Peck 1891-1895 democrat
William Henry Upham 1895-1897 republican
Edward Scofield 1897-1901 republican
Robert M. La Follette Sr. 1901-1906 republican
James Ole Davidson 1906-1911 republican
Francis Edward McGovern 1911-1915 republican
Emanuel Lorenz Philipp 1915-1921 republican
John James Blaine 1921-1927 republican
Fred R. Zimmerman 1927-1929 republican
Walter Jodok Kohler 1929-1931 republican
Philip Fox La Follette 1931-1933 republican
Albert George Schmedeman 1933-1935 democrat
Philip Fox La Follette 1935-1939 Progressive
Julius Peter Heil 1939-1943 republican
Walter Samuel Goodland 1943-1947 republican
Oscar Rennebohm 1947-1951 republican
Walter Jodak Kohler Jr. 1951-1957 republican
Vernon Wallace Thomson 1957-1959 republican
Gaylord Anton Nelson 1959-1963 democrat
John W. Reynolds 1963-1965 democrat
Warren Perley Knowles 1965-1971 republican
Patrick Joseph Lucey 1971-1977 democrat
Martin James clerk 1977-1979 democrat
Lee Sherman Dreyfus 1979-1983 republican
Anthony Scully Earl 1983-1987 democrat
Tommy George Thompson 1987-2001 republican
Scott McCallum 2001-2003 republican
James Edward Doyle 2003-2011 democrat
Scott K. Walker 2011-2019 republican
Anthony Steven Evers since 2019 democrat

See also