List of Attorneys General of Wisconsin
Attorneys General of Wisconsin
Democratic Republican Progressive

List of Attorneys General of Wisconsin

Section Title: Attorneys General of Wisconsin
Table Section Text: Democratic Republican Progressive

#	Name	Party	Took office	Left office

1	James S. Brown (1824-1878)	Democratic	June 7, 1848	January 7, 1850

2	S. Park Coon (1820-1883)	Democratic	January 7, 1850	January 5, 1852

3	Experience Estabrook (1813-1894)	Democratic	January 5, 1852	January 2, 1854

4	George Baldwin Smith (1823-1879)	Democratic	January 2, 1854	January 7, 1856

5	William Rudolph Smith (1787-1868)	Democratic	January 7, 1856	January 4, 1858

6	Gabriel Bouck (1828-1904)	Democratic	January 4, 1858	January 2, 1860

7	James Henry Howe (1827-1893)	Republican	January 2, 1860	October 7, 1862

8	Winfield Smith (1827-1899)	Republican	October 7, 1862	January 1, 1866

9	Charles R. Gill (1830-1883)	Republican	January 1, 1866	January 3, 1870

10	Stephen Steele Barlow (1818-1900)	Republican	January 3, 1870	January 5, 1874

11	A. Scott Sloan (1820-1895)	Republican	January 5, 1874	January 7, 1878

12	Alexander Wilson (1833-1888)	Republican	January 7, 1878	January 2, 1882

13	Leander F. Frisby (1825-1889)	Republican	January 2, 1882	January 3, 1887

14	Charles E. Estabrook (1847-1918)	Republican	January 3, 1887	January 5, 1891

15	James L. O'Connor (1858-1931)	Democratic	January 5, 1891	January 7, 1895

16	William H. Mylrea (1853-1916)	Republican	January 7, 1895	January 2, 1899

17	Emmett R. Hicks (1854-1925)	Republican	January 2, 1899	January 5, 1903

18	Lafayette M. Sturdevant (1856-1923)	Republican	January 5, 1903	January 7, 1907

19	Frank L. Gilbert (1864-1930)	Republican	January 7, 1907	January 2, 1911

20	Levi H. Bancroft (1861-1948)	Republican	January 2, 1911	January 6, 1913

21	Walter C. Owen (1868-1934)	Republican	January 6, 1913	January 7, 1918

22	Spencer Haven (1868-1938)	Republican	January 7, 1918	January 6, 1919

23	John J. Blaine (1875-1934)	Republican	January 6, 1919	January 3, 1921

24	William J. Morgan (1883-1983)	Republican	January 3, 1921	January 1, 1923

25	Herman L. Ekern (1872-1954)	Republican	January 1, 1923	January 3, 1927

26	John W. Reynolds, Sr. (1876-1958)	Republican	January 3, 1927	January 2, 1933

27	James E. Finnegan (1892-1966)	Democratic	January 2, 1933	January 4, 1937

28	Orland Steen Loomis (1893-1942)	Progressive	January 4, 1937	January 2, 1939

29	John E. Martin (1891-1968)	Republican	January 2, 1939	June 1, 1948

vacant	June 1, 1948	June 5, 1948

30	Grover L. Broadfoot (1892-1962)	Republican	June 5, 1948	November 12, 1948

31	Thomas E. Fairchild (1912-2007)	Democratic	November 12, 1948	January 1, 1951

32	Vernon W. Thomson (1905-1988)	Republican	January 1, 1951	January 7, 1957

33	Stewart G. Honeck (1906-1999)	Republican	January 7, 1957	January 5, 1959

34	John W. Reynolds, Jr. (1921-2002)	Democratic	January 5, 1959	January 7, 1963

35	George Thompson (1918-1992)	Republican	January 7, 1963	January 4, 1965

36	Bronson La Follette (1936-2018)	Democratic	January 4, 1965	January 6, 1969

37	Robert W. Warren (1925-1998)	Republican	January 6, 1969	October 8, 1974

38	Victor A. Miller (1916-1984)	Democratic	October 8, 1974	November 25, 1974

39	Bronson La Follette (1936-2018)	Democratic	November 25, 1974	January 5, 1987

40	Don Hanaway (1933-1995)	Republican	January 5, 1987	January 7, 1991

41	James E. Doyle (born 1945)	Democratic	January 7, 1991	January 6, 2003

42	Peggy A. Lautenschlager (1955-2018)	Democratic	January 6, 2003	January 3, 2007

43	J.B. Van Hollen (born 1966)	Republican	January 3, 2007	January 5, 2015

44	Brad Schimel (born 1965)	Republican	January 5, 2015	January 7, 2019

45	Josh Kaul (born 1980)	Democratic	January 7, 2019	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

Kaul defeated Republican Brad Schimel to become Attorney General of Wisconsin

final_sentence: Kaul defeated Republican Brad Schimel to become Attorney General of Wisconsin