Historical Record
Previous Governors of Wisconsin
Governors who previously held office in Wisconsin, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesTony EversDemocrat2019–2027
Scott WalkerRepublican2011–2019
Jim DoyleDemocrat2003–2011
Scott McCallumRepublican2001–2003
Tommy ThompsonRepublican1987–2001
Tony EarlDemocrat1983–1987
Lee S. DreyfusRepublican1979–1983
Martin J. SchreiberDemocrat1977–1979
Patrick LuceyDemocrat1971–1977
Warren P. KnowlesDemocrat1965–1971
John W. Reynolds Jr.Democrat1963–1965
Gaylord NelsonDemocrat1959–1963
Vernon Wallace ThomsonRepublican1957–1959
Walter J. Kohler Jr.Republican1951–1957
Oscar RennebohmRepublican1947–1951
Walter Samuel GoodlandRepublican1943–1947
Julius P. HeilRepublican1939–1943
Orland Steen LoomisIndependent1943–1943
Philip La FolletteIndependent1935–1939
Albert G. SchmedemanDemocrat1933–1936
Philip La FolletteRepublican1931–1933
Walter J. Kohler Sr.Republican1929–1931
Fred R. ZimmermanRepublican1927–1929
John J. BlaineRepublican1921–1927
Emanuel L. PhilippRepublican1915–1921
Francis E. McGovernRepublican1911–1915
James O. DavidsonRepublican1906–1911
Robert M. La FolletteRepublican1901–1906
Edward ScofieldRepublican1897–1901
William H. UphamRepublican1895–1897
George Wilbur PeckDemocrat1891–1895
William D. HoardRepublican1889–1891
Jeremiah McLain RuskRepublican1882–1889
William E. SmithRepublican1878–1882
Harrison LudingtonRepublican1876–1878
William Robert TaylorDemocrat1874–1876
Cadwallader C. WashburnRepublican1872–1874
Lucius FairchildRepublican1866–1872
James T. LewisRepublican1864–1866
Edward SalomonRepublican1862–1864
Louis P. HarveyRepublican1862–1862
Alexander RandallRepublican1858–1862
Coles BashfordRepublican1856–1858
Arthur MacArthur Sr.Democrat1856–1856
William A. BarstowDemocrat1854–1856
Leonard J. FarwellDemocrat1852–1854
Nelson DeweyDemocrat1848–1852
Henry DodgeIndependent1845–1848
Nathaniel P. TallmadgeIndependent1844–1845
James Duane DotyIndependent1841–1844
Henry DodgeIndependent1836–1841