List of lieutenant governors of Wisconsin
List of lieutenant governors
From 1836, until 1848, what is now Wisconsin was part of Wisconsin Territory. There was no position of "Territorial Lieutenant Governor"; however, the territory had a Secretary who was similar in that one of his functions was to assume the powers and duties of the territorial governor if he were unable to carry them out.

List of lieutenant governors of Wisconsin

Section Title: List of lieutenant governors
Table Section Text: From 1836, until 1848, what is now Wisconsin was part of Wisconsin Territory. There was no position of "Territorial Lieutenant Governor"; however, the territory had a Secretary who was similar in that one of his functions was to assume the powers and duties of the territorial governor if he were unable to carry them out.

#	Lt. Governor	Party	Took office	Left office	Governor	Term(s)

1	John E. Holmes	Democratic	June 7, 1848	January 7, 1850	Nelson Dewey	1

2	Samuel W. Beall	Democratic	January 7, 1850	January 5, 1852	Nelson Dewey	1

3	Timothy Burns	Democratic	January 5, 1852	September 21, 1853	Leonard Farwell	​1⁄2

vacant	September 21, 1853	January 2, 1854	Leonard Farwell	​1⁄2

4	James T. Lewis	Republican	January 2, 1854	January 7, 1856	William Barstow	1

5	Arthur MacArthur, Sr.	Democratic	January 7, 1856	March 21, 1856	William Barstow	​1⁄3

MacArthur acting as governor	March 21, 1856	March 25, 1856	Arthur MacArthur, Sr.	​1⁄3

Arthur MacArthur, Sr.	Democrat	March 25, 1856	January 4, 1858	Coles Bashford	​1⁄3

6	Erasmus D. Campbell	Democratic	January 4, 1858	January 2, 1860	Alexander Randall	1

7	Butler G. Noble	Republican	January 2, 1860	January 6, 1862	Alexander Randall	1

8	Edward Salomon	Republican	January 6, 1862	April 19, 1862	Louis Harvey	​1⁄2

Salomon acting as governor	April 19, 1862	January 4, 1864	Edward Salomon	​1⁄2

vacant	January 4, 1864	by January 13, 1864	James Lewis	​1⁄2

9	Wyman Spooner	Republican	by January 13, 1864	January 3, 1870	James Lewis	2​1⁄2

Lucius Fairchild

10	Thaddeus C. Pound	Republican	January 3, 1870	January 1, 1872	Lucius Fairchild	1

11	Milton H. Pettit	Republican	January 1, 1872	March 23, 1873	Cadwallader Washburn	​1⁄2

vacant	March 23, 1873	January 5, 1874	Cadwallader Washburn	​1⁄2

12	Charles D. Parker	Democratic	January 5, 1874	January 7, 1878	William Taylor	2

Harrison Ludington

13	James M. Bingham	Republican	January 7, 1878	January 2, 1882	William Smith	2

14	Sam S. Fifield	Republican	January 2, 1882	January 3, 1887	Jeremiah Rusk	2

15	George W. Ryland	Republican	January 3, 1887	January 5, 1891	Jeremiah Rusk	2

William Hoard

16	Charles Jonas	Democratic	January 5, 1891	April 4, 1894	George Peck	1​1⁄2

vacant	April 4, 1894	January 7, 1895	George Peck	​1⁄2

17	Emil Baensch	Republican	January 7, 1895	January 2, 1899	William Upham	2

Edward Scofield

18	Jesse Stone	Republican	January 2, 1899	May 11, 1902	Edward Scofield	1​1⁄2

Robert La Follette, Sr.

vacant	May 11, 1902	January 5, 1903	Robert La Follette, Sr.	​1⁄2

19	James O. Davidson	Republican	January 5, 1903	January 1, 1906	Robert La Follette, Sr.	1​1⁄2

Davidson acting as governor	January 1, 1906	January 7, 1907	James Davidson	​1⁄2

20	William D. Connor	Republican	January 7, 1907	January 4, 1909	James Davidson	1

21	John Strange	Republican	January 4, 1909	January 2, 1911	James Davidson	1

22	Thomas Morris	Republican	January 2, 1911	January 4, 1915	Francis McGovern	2

23	Edward F. Dithmar	Republican	January 4, 1915	January 3, 1921	Emanuel Philipp	3

24	George F. Comings	Republican	January 3, 1921	January 5, 1925	John Blaine	2

25	Henry A. Huber	Republican	January 5, 1925	January 2, 1933	John Blaine	4

Fred R. Zimmerman

Walter Kohler, Sr.

Philip La Follette

26	Thomas J. O'Malley	Democratic	January 2, 1933	May 27, 1936	Albert Schmedeman	1​1⁄2

Philip La Follette

vacant	May 27, 1936	January 4, 1937	Philip La Follette	​1⁄2

27	Henry A. Gunderson	Progressive	January 4, 1937	October 16, 1937	Philip La Follette	​1⁄3

vacant	October 16, 1937	May 16, 1938	Philip La Follette	​1⁄3

28	Herman L. Ekern	Progressive	May 16, 1938	January 2, 1939	Philip La Follette	​1⁄3

29	Walter S. Goodland	Republican	January 2, 1939	January 4, 1943	Julius Heil	2

Goodland acting as governor	January 4, 1943	January 1, 1945	Walter Goodland	1

30	Oscar Rennebohm	Republican	January 1, 1945	March 12, 1947	Walter Goodland	1​1⁄2

Rennebohm acting as governor	March 12, 1947	January 3, 1949	Oscar Rennebohm	​1⁄2

31	George M. Smith	Republican	January 3, 1949	January 3, 1955	Oscar Rennebohm	3

Walter Kohler, Jr.

32	Warren P. Knowles	Republican	January 3, 1955	January 5, 1959	Walter Kohler, Jr.	2

Vernon Thomson

33	Philleo Nash	Democratic	January 5, 1959	January 2, 1961	Gaylord Nelson	1

34	Warren P. Knowles	Republican	January 2, 1961	January 7, 1963	Gaylord Nelson	1

35	Jack B. Olson	Republican	January 7, 1963	January 4, 1965	John Reynolds	1

36	Patrick J. Lucey	Democratic	January 4, 1965	January 2, 1967	Warren Knowles	1

37	Jack B. Olson	Republican	January 2, 1967	January 4, 1971	Warren Knowles	2

38	Martin J. Schreiber	Democratic	January 4, 1971	July 6, 1977	Patrick Lucey	1​1⁄2

Schreiber acting as governor	July 6, 1977	January 3, 1979	Martin Schreiber	​1⁄2

39	Russell A. Olson	Republican	January 3, 1979	January 3, 1983	Lee Dreyfus	1

40	James T. Flynn	Democratic	January 3, 1983	January 5, 1987	Anthony Earl	1

41	Scott McCallum	Republican	January 5, 1987	February 1, 2001	Tommy Thompson	3​1⁄3

vacant	February 1, 2001	May 9, 2001	Scott McCallum	​1⁄3

42	Margaret A. Farrow	Republican	May 9, 2001	January 6, 2003	Scott McCallum	​1⁄3

43	Barbara Lawton	Democratic	January 6, 2003	January 3, 2011	Jim Doyle	2

44	Rebecca Kleefisch	Republican	January 3, 2011	January 7, 2019	Scott Walker	2

45	Mandela Barnes	Democratic	January 7, 2019	Currently Serving	Tony Evers

Sentence(s)

John Strange was elected the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and served one term, from 1909 until 1911.

final_sentence: John Strange was elected the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and served one term, from 1909 until 1911.