lieutenant children birth_date signature term_end alma_mater profession order term_start spouse image name caption predecessor birth_place party office governor successor religion article_title birth_name
barbara lawton two 23 november 1945 jim doyle signature.svg january 3 , 1982 3 , 2011 january 3 , 2003 january university of wisconsin -- madison harvard university lawyer 44th january 3 , 1977 7 , 2003 january 3 , 1991 january jessica laird jimdoyle2008wisconsinflooding.jpg jim doyle governor doyle speaking to reporters in 2008 scott mccallum don hanaway humphrey lynch washington , d.c. , united states democratic party governor county district attorney of wisconsin 41st attorney general of wisconsin dane tommy thompson scott mccallum scott walker peg lautenschlager harold harlowe roman catholicism jim doyle
 james edward doyle
jim doyle

james edward `` jim '' doyle -lrb- born november 23 , 1945 -rrb- is a wisconsin politician and member of the democratic party .
he was the 44th governor of wisconsin , serving from january 6 , 2003 to january 3 , 2011 .
he defeated incumbent governor scott mccallum by a margin of 45 percent to 41 percent ; the libertarian party candidate ed thompson carried 10 percent of the vote .
although in 2002 democrats increased their number of governorships , doyle was the only one of them to unseat a sitting republican governor .
he is currently an attorney ` of counsel ' in the madison , wisconsin office of the law firm of foley & lardner .
