The Political Graveyard: Wisconsin: Governors (original) (raw)

Governors of Wisconsin, 1848-2020 (May be incomplete!)
Nelson Dewey 1848-52Leonard J. Farwell 1852-54William A. Barstow 1854-56Arthur MacArthur 1856Coles Bashford 1856-58Alexander W. Randall 1858-62Louis P. Harvey 1862Edward P. Salomon 1862-64James T. Lewis 1864-66Lucius Fairchild 1866-72Cadwallader C. Washburn 1872-74William R. Taylor 1874-76Harrison Ludington 1876-78William E. Smith 1878-82Jeremiah M. Rusk 1882-89William D. Hoard 1889-91George W. Peck 1891-95William H. Upham 1895-97Edward Scofield 1897-1901Robert M. LaFollette 1901-06James O. Davidson 1906-11Francis E. McGovern 1911-15Emanuel L. Philipp 1915-21John J. Blaine 1921-27Fred R. Zimmerman 1927-29Walter J. Kohler 1929-31Philip F. LaFollette 1931-33Albert G. Schmedeman 1933-35Philip F. LaFollette 1935-39Julius P. Heil 1939-43Walter S. Goodland 1943-47Oscar Rennebohm 1947-51Walter J. Kohler, Jr. 1951-57Vernon W. Thomson 1957-59Gaylord A. Nelson 1959-63John W. Reynolds, Jr. 1963-65Warren P. Knowles 1965-71Patrick J. Lucey 1971-77Martin J. Schreiber 1977-79Lee S. Dreyfus 1979-83Anthony S. Earl 1983-87Tommy G. Thompson 1987-2001Scott McCallum 2001-03James E. Doyle 2003-11Scott Walker 2011-19Tony Evers 2019-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

• 1848 May 8: Nelson Dewey (Dem), elected;John H. Tweedy (Whig), defeated;Charles Durkee (Ind), defeated.
• 1849 Nov 6: Nelson Dewey (Dem), elected;Alexander L. Collins (Whig), defeated;Warren Chase (Ind), defeated.
• 1851 Nov 4: Leonard J. Farwell (Whig), elected;Don A. J. Upham (Dem), defeated.
• 1853: William A. Barstow (Dem), elected;Edward D. Holton (Free Soil), defeated;Henry S. Baird (Whig), defeated.
• 1855: William A. Barstow (Dem), elected, but lost subsequent challenge;Coles Bashford (Rep), defeated, but won subsequent challenge.
• 1857: Alexander W. Randall (Rep), elected;James B. Cross (Dem), defeated.
• 1859: Alexander W. Randall (Rep), elected;Harrison C. Hobart (Dem), defeated.
• 1861: Louis P. Harvey (Rep), elected;Benjamin Ferguson (Dem), defeated.
• 1862 Apr 19: Louis P. Harvey, died in office.
• 1863: James T. Lewis (Rep), elected;Henry L. Palmer (Dem), defeated.
• 1865: Lucius Fairchild (Rep), elected;Harrison C. Hobart (Dem), defeated.
• 1867: Lucius Fairchild (Rep), elected;John J. Tallmadge (Dem), defeated.
• 1869: Lucius Fairchild (Rep), elected;Charles D. Robinson (Dem), defeated.
• 1871: Cadwallader C. Washburn (Rep), elected;James R. Doolittle (Dem), defeated.
• 1873: William R. Taylor (Dem), elected;Cadwallader C. Washburn (Rep), defeated.
• 1875: Harrison Ludington (Rep), elected;William R. Taylor (Dem), defeated.
• 1877: William E. Smith (Rep), elected;James A. Mallory (Dem), defeated;Edward Phelps Allis (Greenback), defeated;Collin M. Campbell (Socialist), defeated.
• 1879: William E. Smith (Rep), elected;James G. Jenkins (Dem), defeated;Reuben May (Greenback), defeated.
• 1881: Jeremiah M. Rusk (Rep), elected;Nicholas D. Fratt (Dem), defeated;Theodore D. Kanouse (Prohibition), defeated;Edward Phelps Allis (Greenback), defeated.
• 1884: Jeremiah M. Rusk (Rep), elected;Nicholas D. Fratt (Dem), defeated;Samuel Dexter Hastings (Prohibition), defeated;William L. Utley (Greenback), defeated.
• 1886: Jeremiah M. Rusk (Rep), elected;Gilbert M. Woodward (Dem), defeated;John Cochrane (People's), defeated;John Myers Olin (Prohibition), defeated.
• 1888: William D. Hoard (Rep), elected;James Morgan (Dem), defeated;E. G. Durant (Prohibition), defeated;D. Frank Powell (Labor), defeated.
• 1890: George W. Peck (Dem), elected;William D. Hoard (Rep), defeated;Charles Alexander (Prohibition), defeated;Reuben May (Union Labor), defeated.
• 1892: George W. Peck (Dem), elected;John C. Spooner (Rep), defeated;Thomas C. Richmond (Prohibition), defeated;C. M. Butt (People's), defeated.
• 1894: William H. Upham (Rep), elected;George W. Peck (Dem), defeated;D. Frank Powell (People's), defeated;John F. Cleghorn (Prohibition), defeated.
• 1896: Edward Scofield (Rep), elected;Willis C. Silverthorn (Dem), defeated;Joshua H. Berkey (Prohibition), defeated;Christ Tuttrop (Socialist Labor), defeated;Robert Henderson (National), defeated.
• 1898: Edward Scofield (Rep), elected;Hiram Wilson Sawyer (Dem), defeated;Albinus A. Worsley (People's), defeated;Eugene W. Chafin (Prohibition), defeated;Howard Tuttle (Social Democratic), defeated;Henry Riese (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1900: Robert M. LaFollette (Rep), elected;Louis G. Bomrich (Dem), defeated;J. Burritt Smith (Prohibition), defeated;Howard Tuttle (Social Democratic), defeated;Frank R. Wilke (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1902: Robert M. LaFollette (Rep), elected;David S. Rose (Dem), defeated;Emil Seidel (Social Democratic), defeated;Edwin W. Drake (Prohibition), defeated;Henry E. D. Puck (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1904: Robert M. LaFollette (Rep), elected;George W. Peck (Dem), defeated;William A. Arnold (Social Democratic), defeated;Edward Scofield (National Republican), defeated;William H. Clark (Prohibition), defeated;Charles M. Minkley (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1906: James O. Davidson (Rep), elected;John A. Aylward (Dem), defeated;Winfield R. Gaylord (Social Democratic), defeated;Ephraim L. Eaton (Prohibition), defeated;Ole T. Rosaas (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1908: James O. Davidson (Rep), elected;John A. Aylward (Dem), defeated;Harvey D. Brown (Social Democratic), defeated;Winfred D. Cox (Prohibition), defeated;Herman Bottema (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1910 Nov 8: Francis E. McGovern (Rep), elected;Adolph H. Schmitz (Dem), defeated;William A. Jacobs (Social Democratic), defeated;Byron E. Van Keuren (Prohibition), defeated;Fred G. Kremer (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1912 Nov 5: Francis E. McGovern (Rep), elected;John C. Karel (Dem), defeated;Carl D. Thompson (Social Democratic), defeated;Charles L. Hill (Prohibition), defeated;William H. Curtis (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1914 Nov 3: Emanuel L. Philipp (Rep), elected;John C. Karel (Dem), defeated;John J. Blaine (Ind), defeated;Oscar Ameringer (Social Democratic), defeated;David W. Emerson (Prohibition), defeated;John Vierthaler (Ind), defeated.
• 1916 Sep 5: Burt Williams (Dem), nominated unopposed.
• 1916 Sep 5: Emanuel L. Philipp (Rep), nominated;William H. Hatton (Rep), defeated in primary;Francis E. McGovern (Rep), defeated in primary;Don C. Hall (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 1916 Sep 5: George McKerrow (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
• 1916 Sep 5: Rae Weaver (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
• 1916 Nov 7: Emanuel L. Philipp (Rep), elected;Burt Williams (Dem), defeated;Rae Weaver (Socialist), defeated;George McKerrow (Prohibition), defeated.
• 1918 Nov 5: Emanuel L. Philipp (Rep), elected;Henry A. Moehlenpah (Dem), defeated;Emil Seidel (Social Democratic), defeated;William C. Dean (Prohibition), defeated.
• 1920 Nov 2: John J. Blaine (Rep), elected;Robert McCoy (Dem), defeated;William Coleman (Socialist), defeated;Henry H. Tubbs (Prohibition), defeated.
• 1922 Nov 7: John J. Blaine (Rep), elected;Arthur A. Bentley (Independent Democratic), defeated;Louis A. Arnold (Socialist), defeated;M. L. Welles (Prohibition), defeated;Arthur A. Dietrich (Independent Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1924 Nov 4: John J. Blaine (Rep), elected;Martin L. Lueck (Dem), defeated;William F. Quick (Socialist), defeated;Adolph R. Bucknam (Prohibition), defeated;Severi Alanne (Ind Workers), defeated;Farrand K. Shuttleworth (Independent Progressive Republican), defeated;Jose Snover (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1926 Nov 2: Fred R. Zimmerman (Rep), elected;Charles B. Perry (Ind), defeated;Virgil H. Cady (Dem), defeated;Herman O. Kent (Socialist), defeated;David W. Emerson (Prohibition), defeated;Alex Gorden (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1928 Nov 6: Walter J. Kohler (Rep), elected;Albert G. Schmedeman (Dem), defeated;Otto R. Hauser (Socialist), defeated;Adolph R. Bucknam (Prohibition), defeated;Joseph Ehrhardt (Independent Labor), defeated;Alvar J. Hayes (Ind Workers), defeated.
• 1930 Nov 4: Philip F. LaFollette (Rep), elected;Charles E. Hammersley (Dem), defeated;Frank B. Metcalfe (Socialist), defeated;Alfred B. Taynton (Prohibition), defeated;Fred B. Blair (Communist), defeated.
• 1932: Walter J. Kohler, defeated.
• 1934: Greene(Rep), defeated;Philip F. LaFollette (Progressive), elected;Albert G. Schmedeman, defeated;George A. Nelson (Socialist), defeated.
• 1936: Alexander Wiley, defeated;Arthur W. Lueck (Dem), defeated.
• 1938: Bolens(Dem), defeated;Philip F. LaFollette, defeated.
• 1940: Raymond J. Cannon, defeated for nomination;McGovern, defeated;Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor), defeated;Orland S. Loomis (Progressive), defeated.
• 1942: Raymond J. Cannon, defeated for nomination;Sullivan(Dem), defeated;Georgia Cozzini (Socialist Labor), defeated;Julius P. Heil, defeated;Orland S. Loomis (Progressive), elected, but died before taking office.
• 1944: Georgia Cozzini (Socialist Labor), defeated;Daniel W. Hoan (Dem), defeated.
• 1946: Daniel W. Hoan (Dem), defeated.
• 1947 Mar 12: Walter S. Goodland, died in office.
• 1948: Carl W. Thompson (Dem), defeated;Georgia Cozzini (Socialist Labor), defeated;Oscar Rennebohm, elected.
• 1950 Sep 19: Carl W. Thompson (Dem), nominated;Charles P. Greene (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 1950 Sep 19: Walter J. Kohler, Jr. (Rep), nominated;Leonard Schmitt (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 1950 Nov 7: Walter J. Kohler, Jr. (Rep), elected;Carl W. Thompson (Dem), defeated.
• 1952: William Proxmire, defeated.
• 1954: William Proxmire, defeated;James E. Doyle (Dem), defeated.
• 1956 Nov 6: Vernon W. Thomson (Rep), elected;William Proxmire (Dem), defeated.
• 1958: Vernon W. Thomson, defeated.
• 1960: Philip G. Kuehn (Rep), defeated.
• 1962: Philip G. Kuehn (Rep), defeated.
• 1964: John W. Reynolds, Jr., defeated.
• 1966: Patrick J. Lucey (Dem), defeated.
• 1968 Nov 5: Warren P. Knowles (Rep), elected;Bronson C. LaFollette (Dem), defeated;Adolf Wiggert (Ind), defeated;Robert Wilkinson (Ind), defeated.
• 1970: Georgia Cozzini (Socialist Labor), defeated;Jack B. Olson, defeated.
• 1974: William D. Dyke (Rep), defeated;Georgia Cozzini (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1978: Robert W. Kasten, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 1990: Thomas A. Loftus (Dem), defeated.
• 2002: Thomas M. Barrett (Dem), defeated.
• 2010: Scott Walker (Rep), elected.
• 2012: Scott Walker (Rep), elected.
• 2014: Scott Walker (Rep), elected.

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