List of Secretaries of State of Wisconsin
Secretaries of State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848. Since then, it has had 28 secretaries of state, two of whom served non-consecutive terms.

List of Secretaries of State of Wisconsin

Section Title: Secretaries of State of Wisconsin
Table Section Text: Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848. Since then, it has had 28 secretaries of state, two of whom served non-consecutive terms.

#	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Governor	Terms

1	Thomas McHugh	Democratic	June 7, 1848	January 7, 1850	Nelson Dewey	1

2	William A. Barstow	Democratic	January 7, 1850	January 5, 1852	Nelson Dewey	1

3	Charles D. Robinson	Democratic	January 5, 1852	January 2, 1854	Leonard Farwell	1

4	Alexander T. Gray	Democratic	January 2, 1854	January 7, 1856	William Barstow	1

5	David W. Jones	Democratic	January 7, 1856	January 2, 1860	William Barstow	2

Arthur MacArthur, Sr.

Coles Bashford

Alexander Randall

6	Louis P. Harvey	Republican	January 2, 1860	January 6, 1862	Alexander Randall	1

7	James T. Lewis	Republican	January 6, 1862	January 4, 1864	Louis Harvey	1

Edward Salomon

8	Lucius Fairchild	Republican	January 4, 1864	January 1, 1866	James Lewis	1

9	Thomas S. Allen	Republican	January 1, 1866	January 3, 1870	Lucius Fairchild	2

10	Llywelyn Breese	Republican	January 3, 1870	January 5, 1874	Lucius Fairchild	2

Cadwallader Washburn

11	Peter Doyle	Democratic	January 5, 1874	January 7, 1878	William Taylor	2

Harrison Ludington

12	Hans B. Warner	Republican	January 7, 1878	January 2, 1882	William Smith	2

13	Ernst G. Timme	Republican	January 2, 1882	January 5, 1891	Jeremiah Rusk	4

William Hoard

14	Thomas J. Cunningham	Democratic	January 5, 1891	January 7, 1895	George Peck	2

15	Henry Casson	Republican	January 7, 1895	January 2, 1899	William Upham	2

Edward Scofield

16	William H. Froehlich	Republican	January 2, 1899	January 5, 1903	Edward Scofield	2

Robert La Follette, Sr.

17	Walter L. Houser	Republican	January 5, 1903	January 7, 1907	Robert La Follette, Sr.	2

James Davidson

18	James A. Frear	Republican	January 7, 1907	January 6, 1913	James Davidson	3

Francis McGovern

19	John S. Donald	Republican	January 6, 1913	January 1, 1917	Francis McGovern	2

Emanuel Philipp

20	Merlin Hull	Republican	January 1, 1917	January 3, 1921	Emanuel Philipp	2

21	Elmer S. Hall	Republican	January 3, 1921	January 1, 1923	John Blaine	1

22	Fred R. Zimmerman	Republican	January 1, 1923	January 3, 1927	John Blaine	2

23	Theodore Dammann	Republican	January 3, 1927	January 7, 1935	Fred Zimmerman	4

Walter Kohler, Sr.

Philip La Follette

Albert Schmedeman

Theodore Dammann	Progressive	January 7, 1935	January 2, 1939	Philip La Follette	2

24	Fred R. Zimmerman	Republican	January 2, 1939	December 14, 1954	Julius Heil	7​1⁄3

Walter Goodland

Oscar Rennebohm

Walter Kohler, Jr.

vacant	December 14, 1954	December 16, 1954	Walter Kohler, Jr.	​1⁄3

25	Louis Allis	Republican	December 16, 1954	January 3, 1955	Walter Kohler, Jr.	​1⁄3

26	Glenn M. Wise	Republican	January 3, 1955	January 7, 1957	Walter Kohler, Jr.	1

27	Robert C. Zimmerman	Republican	January 7, 1957	January 6, 1975	Vernon Thomson	8

Gaylord Nelson

John Reynolds

Warren Knowles

Patrick Lucey

28	Douglas J. La Follette	Democratic	January 6, 1975	January 3, 1979	Patrick Lucey	1

Martin Schreiber

29	Vel R. Phillips	Democratic	January 3, 1979	January 3, 1983	Lee Dreyfus	1

30	Douglas J. La Follette	Democratic	January 3, 1983	Incumbent	Anthony Earl	10

Tommy Thompson

Scott McCallum

Jim Doyle

Scott Walker

Tony Evers

Sentence(s)

Barstow served as the Wisconsin Secretary of State from 1850 until 1852.

final_sentence: Barstow served as the Wisconsin Secretary of State from 1850 until 1852.