List of Governors of Wisconsin
Governors of the State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848. Since then, it has had 45 governors, one of whom served non-consecutive terms.

List of Governors of Wisconsin

Section Title: Governors of the State of Wisconsin
Table Section Text: Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848. Since then, it has had 45 governors, one of whom served non-consecutive terms.

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

1	-	Nelson Dewey	June 7, 1848	January 5, 1852	Democratic	John E. Holmes	2

Samuel W. Beall

2	-	Leonard J. Farwell	January 5, 1852	January 2, 1854	Whig	Timothy Burns	1

3	-	William A. Barstow	January 2, 1854	March 21, 1856	Democratic	James T. Lewis	​1 1⁄3

Arthur MacArthur Sr.

4	-	Arthur MacArthur Sr.	March 21, 1856	March 25, 1856	Democratic	vacant	​1⁄3

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

6	-	Alexander W. Randall	January 4, 1858	January 6, 1862	Republican	Erasmus D. Campbell	2

Butler G. Noble

7	-	Louis P. Harvey	January 6, 1862	April 19, 1862	Republican	Edward Salomon	​1⁄2

8	-	Edward Salomon	April 19, 1862	January 4, 1864	Republican	vacant	​1⁄2

9	-	James T. Lewis	January 4, 1864	January 1, 1866	Republican	Wyman Spooner	1

10	-	Lucius Fairchild	January 1, 1866	January 1, 1872	Republican	Wyman Spooner	3

Thaddeus C. Pound

11	-	Cadwallader C. Washburn	January 1, 1872	January 5, 1874	Republican	Milton H. Pettit	1

12	-	William Robert Taylor	January 5, 1874	January 3, 1876	Democratic	Charles D. Parker	1

13	-	Harrison Ludington	January 3, 1876	January 7, 1878	Republican	Charles D. Parker	1

14	-	William E. Smith	January 7, 1878	January 2, 1882	Republican	James M. Bingham	2

15	-	Jeremiah McLain Rusk	January 2, 1882	January 7, 1889	Republican	Sam S. Fifield	3

George W. Ryland

16	-	William D. Hoard	January 7, 1889	January 5, 1891	Republican	George W. Ryland	1

17	-	George W. Peck	January 5, 1891	January 7, 1895	Democratic	Charles Jonas	2

18	-	William H. Upham	January 7, 1895	January 4, 1897	Republican	Emil Baensch	1

19	-	Edward Scofield	January 4, 1897	January 7, 1901	Republican	Emil Baensch	2

Jesse Stone

20	-	Robert M. La Follette, Sr.	January 7, 1901	January 1, 1906	Republican	Jesse Stone	​2 1⁄2

James O. Davidson

21	-	James O. Davidson	January 1, 1906	January 2, 1911	Republican	vacant	​2 1⁄2

William D. Connor

John Strange

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

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

24	-	John J. Blaine	January 3, 1921	January 3, 1927	Republican	George F. Comings	3

Henry A. Huber

25	-	Fred R. Zimmerman	January 3, 1927	January 7, 1929	Republican	Henry A. Huber	1

26	-	Walter J. Kohler Sr.	January 7, 1929	January 5, 1931	Republican	Henry A. Huber	1

27	-	Philip La Follette	January 5, 1931	January 2, 1933	Republican	Henry A. Huber	1

28	-	Albert G. Schmedeman	January 2, 1933	January 7, 1935	Democratic	Thomas J. O'Malley	1

29	-	Philip La Follette	January 7, 1935	January 2, 1939	Wisconsin Progressive	Thomas J. O'Malley	2

Henry A. Gunderson

Herman L. Ekern

30	-	Julius P. Heil	January 2, 1939	January 4, 1943	Republican	Walter S. Goodland	2

—	-	Orland S. Loomis	did not take office	Wisconsin Progressive	Walter S. Goodland	—

31	-	Walter S. Goodland	January 4, 1943	March 12, 1947	Republican	vacant	​2 1⁄2

Oscar Rennebohm

32	-	Oscar Rennebohm	March 12, 1947	January 1, 1951	Republican	vacant	​1 1⁄2

George M. Smith

33	-	Walter J. Kohler Jr.	January 1, 1951	January 7, 1957	Republican	George M. Smith	3

Warren P. Knowles

34	-	Vernon W. Thomson	January 7, 1957	January 5, 1959	Republican	Warren P. Knowles	1

35	-	Gaylord A. Nelson	January 5, 1959	January 7, 1963	Democratic	Philleo Nash	2

Warren P. Knowles

36	-	John W. Reynolds Jr.	January 7, 1963	January 4, 1965	Democratic	Jack B. Olson	1

37	-	Warren P. Knowles	January 4, 1965	January 4, 1971	Republican	Patrick J. Lucey	3

Jack B. Olson

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

39	-	Martin J. Schreiber	July 6, 1977	January 3, 1979	Democratic	vacant	​1⁄2

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

41	-	Anthony S. Earl	January 3, 1983	January 5, 1987	Democratic	James T. Flynn	1

42	-	Tommy Thompson	January 5, 1987	February 1, 2001	Republican	Scott McCallum	​3 1⁄2

43	-	Scott McCallum	February 1, 2001	January 6, 2003	Republican	Margaret A. Farrow	​1⁄2

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

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

46	-	Tony Evers	January 7, 2019	Incumbent	Democratic	Mandela Barnes	1

Sentence(s)

Coles Bashford was the fifth Governor of Wisconsin.

final_sentence: Coles Bashford was the fifth Governor of Wisconsin.