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.

+Number of attorneys general of Wisconsin by party affiliationPartyAttorneysRepublican28Democratic16Progressive1

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 60px Henry S. Baird 1836 1839 Henry Dodge  Horatio N. Wells 1839 1841 Henry Dodge 60px Mortimer M. Jackson 1842 1844 James Doty 60px William Pitt Lynde 1844  1845 Nathaniel P. Tallmadge 60px Mortimer M. Jackson 1845 1846 Henry Dodge  A. Hyatt Smith 1846 1848

State of Wisconsin

 # Image Name Party Took office Left office 1 60px 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 60px Experience Estabrook (1813–1894) Democratic January 5, 1852 January 2, 1854 4 60px George Baldwin Smith (1823–1879) Democratic January 2, 1854 January 7, 1856 5 60px William Rudolph Smith (1787–1868) Democratic January 7, 1856 January 4, 1858 6 60px Gabriel Bouck (1828–1904) Democratic January 4, 1858 January 2, 1860 7  James Henry HoweResigned from office. (1827–1893) Republican January 2, 1860 October 7, 1862 8 60px Winfield SmithAppointed to fill unexpired term. (1827–1899) Republican October 7, 1862 January 1, 1866 9 60px 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 60px A. Scott Sloan (1820–1895) Liberal Republican January 5, 1874 January 7, 1878 12  Alexander Wilson (1833–1888) Republican January 7, 1878 January 2, 1882 13 60px Leander F. Frisby (1825–1889) Republican January 2, 1882 January 3, 1887 14 60px 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 60px Levi H. Bancroft (1861–1948) Republican January 2, 1911 January 6, 1913 21 60px 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 60px John J. Blaine (1875–1934) Republican January 6, 1919 January 3, 1921 24 60px William J. Morgan (1883–1983) Republican January 3, 1921 January 1, 1923 25 60px 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 60px James E. Finnegan (1892–1966) Democratic January 2, 1933 January 4, 1937 28 60px Orland Steen Loomis (1893–1942) Progressive January 4, 1937 January 2, 1939 29 60px John E. Martin (1891–1968) Republican January 2, 1939 June 1, 1948 vacant June 1, 1948 June 5, 1948 30 60px Grover L. Broadfoot (1892-1962) Republican June 5, 1948 November 12, 1948 31 60px Thomas E. Fairchild (1912–2007) Democratic November 12, 1948 January 1, 1951 32 60px Vernon W. Thomson (1905–1988) Republican January 1, 1951 January 7, 1957 33 60px Stewart G. Honeck (1906–1999) Republican January 7, 1957 January 5, 1959 34 60px John W. Reynolds Jr. (1921–2002) Democratic January 5, 1959 January 7, 1963 35 60px George Thompson (1918–1992) Republican January 7, 1963 January 4, 1965 36 60px Bronson La Follette (1936–2018) Democratic January 4, 1965 January 6, 1969 37 60px 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 60px Bronson La Follette (1936–2018) Democratic November 25, 1974 January 5, 1987 40 60px Don Hanaway (1933–1995) Republican January 5, 1987 January 7, 1991 41 60px Jim Doyle (born 1945) Democratic January 7, 1991 January 6, 2003 42 60px Peggy Lautenschlager (1955–2018) Democratic January 6, 2003 January 3, 2007 43 60px J.B. Van Hollen (born 1966) Republican January 3, 2007 January 5, 2015 44 60px Brad Schimel (born 1965) Republican January 5, 2015 January 7, 2019 45 60px Josh Kaul (born 1980) Democratic January 7, 2019 Incumbent Notes: 

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