Election, 1848
Candidate
Votes
%
Dewey (D )
19,875
55.8%
Tweedy (W )
14,621
41.0%
Durkee (Ind )
1,134
3.2%
Total
35,630
Election, 1849
Candidate
Votes
%
Dewey (D )
16,649
52.5%
Collins (W )
11,317
35.6%
Chase (Ind )
3,751
11.8%
Total
31,717
Election, 2002
Candidate
Votes
%
Doyle (D )
800,515
45.09%
McCallum (R )
734,779
41.39%
Thompson (Lib )
185,455
10.45%
Young (WG )
44,111
2.48%
Eisenberg (Ind )
2,847
0.16%
Bollerud (Ind)
2,637
0.15%
Mangan (Ind)
1,710
0.10%
Nefer-1 (Ind)
929
0.05%
Other
2,366
0.13%
Total
1,775,349
Election, 1998
Candidate
Votes
%
Thompson (R )
1,047,716
59.66%
Garvey (D )
679,553
38.70%
Mueller (Lib )
11,071
0.63%
Young (Tax )
10,296
0.59%
Mangan (Ind )
4,985
0.28%
Muhammad (Ind)
1,604
0.09%
Smith (WG )
14
0.00%
Other
775
0.04%
Total
1,756,014
Constitutional officers of Wisconsin
The term of each officer in the following table began on the date in the "term began" column in the highest row aligned with his or her name; the term ended on the date in the "term ended" column in the lowest row aligned with his or her name.
Term began
Term ended
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
State Treasurer
Attorney General
Superintendent of Public Instruction
June 7 , 1848
January 7 , 1850
Nelson Dewey
John Holmes
Thomas McHugh
Jarius Fairchild
James Brown
vacant
January 1 , 1849
January 7 , 1850
Eleazer Root
January 7 , 1850
January 5 , 1852
Samuel Beall
William Barstow
S. Coon
January 5 , 1852
September 21 , 1853
Leonard Farwell
Timothy Burns
Charles Robinson
Edward Jansen
Experience Estabrook
Azel Ladd
September 21 , 1853
January 2 , 1854
vacant
January 2 , 1854
January 7 , 1856
William Barstow
James Lewis
Alexander Gray
George Smith
January 7 , 1856
March 21 , 1856
Arthur MacArthur, Sr.
David Jones
Charles Kuehn
William Smith
March 21 , 1856
March 25 , 1856
Arthur MacArthur, Sr.
acting as governor
March 25 , 1856
January 4 , 1858
Coles Bashford
Arthur MacArthur, Sr.
January 4 , 1858
January 2 , 1860
Alexander Randall
Erasmus Campbell
Samuel Hastings
Gabriel Bouck
January 2 , 1860
January 6 , 1862
Butler Noble
Louis Harvey
James Howe
January 6 , 1862
April 19 , 1862
Louis Harvey
Edward Salomon
James Lewis
April 19 , 1862
October 7 , 1862
Edward Salomon
acting as governor
October 7 , 1862
January 4 , 1864
Winfield Smith
January 4 , 1864
by January 13 , 1864
James Lewis
vacant
Lucius Fairchild
by January 13 , 1864
January 1 , 1866
Wyman Spooner
January 1 , 1866
January 3 , 1870
Lucius Fairchild
Thomas Allen
William Smith
Charles Gill
January 3 , 1870
January 1 , 1872
Thaddeus Pound
Llywelyn Breese
Henry Baetz
Stephen Barlow
January 1 , 1872
March 23 , 1873
Cadwallader Washburn
Milton Pettit
March 23 , 1873
January 5 , 1874
vacant
January 5 , 1874
January 3 , 1876
William Taylor
Charles Parker
Peter Doyle
Ferdinand Kuehn
Andrew Sloan
January 3 , 1876
January 7 , 1878
Harrison Ludington
January 7 , 1878
January 2 , 1882
William Smith
James Bingham
Hans Warner
Robert Guenther
Alexander Wilson
January 2 , 1882
January 3 , 1887
Jeremiah Rusk
Sam Fifield
Ernst Timme
Edward McFetridge
Leander Frisby
January 3 , 1887
January 7 , 1889
George Ryland
Henry Harshaw
Charles Estabrook
January 7 , 1889
January 5 , 1891
William Hoard
January 5 , 1891
April 4 , 1894
George Peck
Charles Jonas
Thomas Cunningham
John Hunner
James O'Connor
April 4 , 1894
January 7 , 1895
vacant
January 7 , 1895
January 4 , 1897
William Upham
Emil Baensch
Henry Casson
Sewell Peterson
William Mylrea
January 4 , 1897
January 2 , 1899
Edward Scofield
January 2 , 1899
January 7 , 1901
Jesse Stone
William Froehlich
James Davidson
Emmett Hicks
January 7 , 1901
May 11 , 1902
Robert La Follette, Sr.
May 11 , 1902
January 5 , 1903
vacant
January 5 , 1903
July 30 , 1904
James Davidson
Walter Houser
John Kempf
Lafayette Sturdevant
July 30 , 1904
January 2 , 1905
Thomas Purtell
January 2 , 1905
January 1 , 1906
John Kempf
January 1 , 1906
January 7 , 1907
James Davidson
acting as governor
January 7 , 1907
January 4 , 1909
William Connor
James Frear
Andrew Dahl
Frank Gilbert
January 4 , 1909
January 2 , 1911
John Strange
January 2 , 1911
January 6 , 1913
Francis McGovern
Thomas Morris
Levi Bancroft
January 6 , 1913
January 4 , 1915
John Donald
Henry Johnson
Walter Owen
January 4 , 1915
January 1 , 1917
Emanuel Philipp
Edward Dithmar
January 1 , 1917
January 7 , 1918
Merlin Hull
January 7 , 1918
January 6 , 1919
Spencer Haven
January 6 , 1919
January 3 , 1921
John Blaine
January 3 , 1921
January 1 , 1923
John Blaine
George Comings
Elmer Hall
William Morgan
January 1 , 1923
January 5 , 1925
Fred Zimmerman
Herman Ekern
January 5 , 1925
January 3 , 1927
Henry Huber
January 3 , 1927
January 7 , 1929
Fred Zimmerman
Theodore Dammann
January 7 , 1929
January 5 , 1931
Walter Kohler, Sr.
January 5 , 1931
January 2 , 1933
Philip La Follette
January 2 , 1933
January 7 , 1935
Albert Schmedeman
Thomas O'Malley
January 7 , 1935
May 27 , 1936
Philip La Follette
May 27 , 1936
January 4 , 1937
vacant
January 4 , 1937
October 16 , 1937
Henry Gunderson
October 16 , 1937
May 16 , 1938
vacant
May 16 , 1938
January 2 , 1939
Herman Ekern
January 2 , 1939
January 4 , 1943
Julius Heil
Walter Goodland
Fred Zimmerman
January 4 , 1943
January 1 , 1945
Walter Goodland
acting as governor
January 1 , 1945
March 12 , 1947
Oscar Rennebohm
March 12 , 1947
August 17 , 1947
Oscar Rennebohm
acting as governor
August 17 , 1947
August 19 , 1947
vacant
August 19 , 1947
June 1 , 1948
John Sonderegger
June 1 , 1948
June 5 , 1948
vacant
June 5 , 1948
September 30 , 1948
Grover Broadfoot
September 30 , 1948
October 1 , 1948
vacant
October 1 , 1948
November 12 , 1948
November 12 , 1948
January 3 , 1949
January 3 , 1949
January 1 , 1951
George M. Smith
January 1 , 1951
December 14 , 1954
Walter Kohler, Jr.
December 14 , 1954
December 16 , 1954
vacant
December 16 , 1954
January 3 , 1955
Louis Allis
January 3 , 1955
January 7 , 1957
Warren Knowles
Glenn Wise
January 7 , 1957
December 4 , 1957
Vernon Thomson
Robert Zimmerman
December 4 , 1957
December 5 , 1957
vacant
December 5 , 1957
January 5 , 1959
January 5 , 1959
January 2 , 1961
Gaylord Nelson
Philleo Nash
January 2 , 1961
January 7 , 1963
Warren Knowles
January 7 , 1963
January 4 , 1965
John Reynolds
Jack Olson
January 4 , 1965
July 1 , 1966
Warren Knowles
Patrick Lucey
July 1 , 1966
January 2 , 1967
January 2 , 1967
February 20 , 1968
Jack Olson
February 20 , 1968
February 21 , 1968
vacant
February 21 , 1968
January 4 , 1971
January 4 , 1971
October 8 , 1974
Patrick Lucey
Martin Schreiber
October 8 , 1974
November 25 , 1974
Victor Miller
November 25 , 1974
January 6 , 1975
January 6 , 1975
July 6 , 1977
Douglas LaFollette
July 6 , 1977
January 3 , 1979
Martin Schreiber
acting as governor
January 3 , 1979
January 3 , 1983
Lee S. Dreyfus
Russell Olson
Vel Phillips
January 3 , 1983
January 5 , 1987
Anthony Earl
James Flynn
Douglas LaFollette
January 5 , 1987
April 9 , 1993
Tommy Thompson
Scott McCallum
April 9 , 1993
February 1 , 2001
February 1 , 2001
May 9 , 2001
Scott McCallum
vacant
May 9 , 2001
January 6 , 2003
Margaret Farrow
January 6 , 2003
incumbent
Jim Doyle
Barbara Lawton
Incorporated municipalities and census-designated places of Racine County, Wisconsin
City
FIPS Code
Incorporated
Formed from
Etymology
Population (2000)
Area
City of Burlington
1900
Town of Burlington
Burlington, Vermont
9,963
6.2 square miles (16 km2 )
City of Racine
1848
Racine County ?
Root River (racine is French for "root")
79,592
18.7 square miles (48 km2 )
Town
FIPS Code
Incorporated
Formed from
Etymology
Population
Area
Town of Burlington
Town of Rochester
Burlington, Vermont
6,384
35.9 square miles (93 km2 )
Town of Dover
Town of Burlington
3,908
36.2 square miles (94 km2 )
Town of Norway
Norwegian settlers in the area
7,600
35.7 square miles (92 km2 )
Town of Raymond
3,516
35.6 square miles (92 km2 )
Town of Rochester
Racine County ?
2,254
17.3 square miles (45 km2 )
Town of Waterford
Town of Rochester?
5,983
33.5 square miles (87 km2 )
Town of Yorkville
3,291
34.4 square miles (89 km2 )
Village
FIPS Code
Incorporated
Formed from
Etymology
Population (2000)
Area
Village of Caledonia
23,614
48.7 square miles (126 km2 )
Village of Elmwood Park
474
0.2 square miles (0.52 km2 )
Village of Mount Pleasant
23,142
34.9 square miles (90 km2 )
Village of North Bay
260
0.1 square miles (0.26 km2 )
Village of Rochester
Town of Rochester ?
2,254
17.3 square miles (45 km2 )
Village of Sturtevant
5,287
3.1 square miles (8.0 km2 )
Village of Union Grove
4,322
1.7 square miles (4.4 km2 )
Village of Waterford
Town of Waterford ?
4,048
2.6 square miles (6.7 km2 )
Village of Wind Point
1,853
1.4 square miles (3.6 km2 )
CDP
FIPS Code
Created
Located in
Etymology
Population
Area
Bohners Lake
Town of Burlington
Bohners Lake
1,952
2.3 square miles (6.0 km2 )
Browns Lake
Town of Burlington
Browns Lake
1,933
2.8 square miles (7.3 km2 )
Eagle Lake
Town of Dover
Eagle Lake
1,320
3.0 square miles (7.8 km2 )
Franksville
Village of Caledonia
1,789
4.3 square miles (11 km2 )
Waterford North
Town of Waterford
CDP is located in the northern part of the Town of Waterford
4,761
13.3 square miles (34 km2 )
Wind Lake
Town of Norway
Wind Lake
5,202
7.1 square miles (18 km2 )