Attorney General of Wisconsin

The **attorney general of Wisconsin** is an officer in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

## List of attorneys general of Wisconsin

This is a list of attorneys general for Wisconsin, from before statehood to present.

|Party|Attorneys||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Republican|align=right|28|
|Democratic|align=right|16|
|Progressive|align=right|1|

### Wisconsin Territory

Before statehood, the Wisconsin Territory also had several attorneys general appointed by the governor of the territory.

|Image|Name|Took office|Left office|Territorial governor||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Henry S. Baird|1836|1839|Henry Dodge||
||Horatio N. Wells|1839|1841|Henry Dodge||
||Mortimer M. Jackson|1842|1844|James Doty||
||William Pitt Lynde|1844|1845|Nathaniel P. Tallmadge||
||Mortimer M. Jackson|1845|1846|rowspan="2"|Henry Dodge|
||A. Hyatt Smith|1846|1848|||

### State of Wisconsin

|#|Image|Name|Party|Took office|Left office|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||James S. Brown <small> (1824–1878) </small>|Democratic|June 7, 1848|January 7, 1850|
|2||S. Park Coon <small> (1820–1883)</small>|Democratic|January 7, 1850|January 5, 1852|
|3||Experience Estabrook <small> (1813–1894)</small>|Democratic|January 5, 1852|January 2, 1854|
|4||George Baldwin Smith <small> (1823–1879)</small>|Democratic|January 2, 1854|January 7, 1856|
|5||William Rudolph Smith <small> (1787–1868)</small>|Democratic|January 7, 1856|January 4, 1858|
|6||Gabriel Bouck <small> (1828–1904)</small>|Democratic|January 4, 1858|January 2, 1860|
|7||James Henry Howe <small> (1827–1893)</small>|Republican|January 2, 1860|October 7, 1862|
|8||Winfield Smith <small> (1827–1899)</small>|Republican|October 7, 1862|January 1, 1866|
|9||Charles R. Gill <small> (1830–1883)</small>|Republican|January 1, 1866|January 3, 1870|
|10||Stephen Steele Barlow <small> (1818–1900)</small>|Republican|January 3, 1870|January 5, 1874|
|11||A. Scott Sloan <small> (1820–1895)</small>|Liberal Republican|January 5, 1874|January 7, 1878|
|12||Alexander Wilson <small> (1833–1888)</small>|Republican|January 7, 1878|January 2, 1882|
|13||Leander F. Frisby <small> (1825–1889)</small>|Republican|January 2, 1882|January 3, 1887|
|14||Charles E. Estabrook <small> (1847–1918)</small>|Republican|January 3, 1887|January 5, 1891|
|15||James L. O'Connor <small> (1858–1931)</small>|Democratic|January 5, 1891|January 7, 1895|
|16||William H. Mylrea <small> (1853–1916)</small>|Republican|January 7, 1895|January 2, 1899|
|17||Emmett R. Hicks <small> (1854–1925)</small>|Republican|January 2, 1899|January 5, 1903|
|18||Lafayette M. Sturdevant <small> (1856–1923)</small>|Republican|January 5, 1903|January 7, 1907|
|19||Frank L. Gilbert <small> (1864–1930)</small>|Republican|January 7, 1907|January 2, 1911|
|20||Levi H. Bancroft <small> (1861–1948)</small>|Republican|January 2, 1911|January 6, 1913|
|21||Walter C. Owen <small> (1868–1934)</small>|Republican|January 6, 1913|January 7, 1918|
|22||Spencer Haven <small> (1868–1938)</small>|Republican|January 7, 1918|January 6, 1919|
|23||John J. Blaine <small> (1875–1934)</small>|Republican|January 6, 1919|January 3, 1921|
|24||William J. Morgan <small> (1883–1983)</small>|Republican|January 3, 1921|January 1, 1923|
|25||Herman L. Ekern <small> (1872–1954)</small>|Republican|January 1, 1923|January 3, 1927|
|26||John W. Reynolds Sr. <small> (1876–1958)</small>|Republican|January 3, 1927|January 2, 1933|
|27||James E. Finnegan <small> (1892–1966)</small>|Democratic|January 2, 1933|January 4, 1937|
|28||Orland Steen Loomis <small> (1893–1942)</small>|Progressive|January 4, 1937|January 2, 1939|
|29||John E. Martin <small> (1891–1968)</small>|Republican|January 2, 1939|June 1, 1948|
|colspan="4"|_vacant_|June 1, 1948|June 5, 1948|||
|30||Grover L. Broadfoot <small> (1892-1962)</small>|Republican|June 5, 1948|November 12, 1948|
|31||Thomas E. Fairchild <small> (1912–2007)</small>|Democratic|November 12, 1948|January 1, 1951|
|32||Vernon W. Thomson <small> (1905–1988)</small>|Republican|January 1, 1951|January 7, 1957|
|33||Stewart G. Honeck <small> (1906–1999)</small>|Republican|January 7, 1957|January 5, 1959|
|34||John W. Reynolds Jr. <small> (1921–2002)</small>|Democratic|January 5, 1959|January 7, 1963|
|35||George Thompson <small> (1918–1992)</small>|Republican|January 7, 1963|January 4, 1965|
|36||Bronson La Follette <small> (1936–2018)</small>|Democratic|January 4, 1965|January 6, 1969|
|37||Robert W. Warren <small> (1925–1998)</small>|Republican|January 6, 1969|October 8, 1974|
|38||Victor A. Miller <small> (1916–1984)</small>|Democratic|October 8, 1974|November 25, 1974|
|39||Bronson La Follette <small> (1936–2018)</small>|Democratic|November 25, 1974|January 5, 1987|
|40||Don Hanaway <small> (1933–1995)</small>|Republican|January 5, 1987|January 7, 1991|
|41||Jim Doyle <small> (born 1945)</small>|Democratic|January 7, 1991|January 6, 2003|
|42||Peggy Lautenschlager <small> (1955–2018)</small>|Democratic|January 6, 2003|January 3, 2007|
|43||J.B. Van Hollen <small> (born 1966)</small>|Republican|January 3, 2007|January 5, 2015|
|44||Brad Schimel <small> (born 1965)</small>|Republican|January 5, 2015|January 7, 2019|
|45||Josh Kaul <small> (born 1980)</small>|Democratic|January 7, 2019|_Incumbent_|
|colspan="6" style="text-align: center;"|**Notes:**|||||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Attorney General
- **body**: Wisconsin
- **insignia**: File:Seal of the Wisconsin Attorney General.png
- **insigniasize**: 180px
- **insigniacaption**: Seal of the attorney general of Wisconsin
- **image**: Attorney Josh Kaul.jpg
- **incumbent**: Josh Kaul
- **incumbentsince**: January 7, 2019
- **department**: Wisconsin Department of Justice
- **seat**: Wisconsin State Capitol
Madison, Wisconsin
- **appointer**: General election
- **termlength**: Four years, no term limits
- **inaugural**: James S. Brown
- **salary**: United States dollar, $148,242
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Constitution of 1848, Article VI
- **website**: [https://www.doj.state.wi.us/ Official page]
[https://twitter.com/WisDOJ Official twitter]