Political party strength in Wisconsin
The following tables indicate the historic party affiliation of elected officials in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, including: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction. The tables also indicate the historical party composition in the State Senate,[1] State Assembly,[1] the State delegation to the United States Senate, and the State delegation to the United States House of Representatives. For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the tables indicate which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
By year
1848–1899
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | State Senate | State Assembly | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
| 1848 | Nelson Dewey (D) | John Edwin Holmes (D) | Thomas McHugh (D) | James S. Brown (D) | Jairus C. Fairchild (D) | Eleazer Root (W) | 16D, 3W | 49D, 17W | Henry Dodge (D) | Isaac P. Walker (D) | 2D | Cass/ Butler (D)  |
| 1849 | 14D, 4FS, 1W | 36D, 16FS, 14W | 1FS, 1W, 1D | |||||||||
| 1850 | Samuel Beall (D) | William A. Barstow (D) | S. Park Coon (D) | 12D, 4W, 2FS, 1? | 41D, 17W, 8FS | |||||||
| 1851 | 14D, 3W, 2FS | 46D, 11W, 9FS | 2D, 1FS | |||||||||
| 1852 | Leonard J. Farwell (W) | Timothy Burns (D)[lower-alpha 1] | Charles D. Robinson (D) | Experience Estabrook (D) | Edward H. Janssen (D) | Azel P. Ladd (D) | 13D, 5W, 1FS | 31W, 28D, 6FS, 1 vac. | Pierce/ King (D)  | |||
| 1853 | vacant | 18D, 7W | 51D, 22W, 7FS, 2I | 3D | ||||||||
| 1854 | William A. Barstow (D)[lower-alpha 2] | James T. Lewis (D) | Alexander T. Gray (D) | George Baldwin Smith (D) | Hiram A. Wright (D)[lower-alpha 1] | 20D, 5W | 50D, 25W, 8FS | |||||
| 1855 | 13D, 12R | 44R, 33D, 5I, 1? | Charles Durkee (R) | 2R, 1D | ||||||||
| 1856 | Arthur MacArthur Sr. (D) | David W. Jones (D) | William R. Smith (D) | Charles Kuehn (D) | A. Constantine Barry (D)[lower-alpha 3] | 13R, 12D | 45D, 35R, 1I, 2? | Fremont/ Dayton (R) | ||||
| Arthur MacArthur Sr. (D)[lower-alpha 2] | vacant | |||||||||||
| Coles Bashford (R)[lower-alpha 2] | Arthur MacArthur Sr. (D) | |||||||||||
| 1857 | 19R, 11D | 62R, 33D, 2I | James R. Doolittle (R) | 3R | ||||||||
| 1858 | Alexander Randall (R) | Erasmus D. Campbell (D) | Gabriel Bouck (D) | Samuel D. Hastings (R) | Lyman Draper (D) | 18R, 12D | 49R, 48D | |||||
| 1859 | 16R, 14D | 55R, 42D | 2R, 1D | |||||||||
| 1860 | Butler Noble (R) | Louis P. Harvey (R) | James Henry Howe (R) | Josiah Little Pickard (R)[lower-alpha 4] | 17R, 13D | 58R, 39D | Lincoln/ Hamlin (R) | |||||
| 1861 | 22R, 8D | 70R, 27D | Timothy O. Howe (R) | 3R | ||||||||
| 1862 | Louis P. Harvey (U)[lower-alpha 1] | Edward Salomon (U) | James T. Lewis (U) | Winfield Smith (R) | 20R, 11D, 3U | 44R, 33D, 23U[lower-alpha 5] | ||||||
| Edward Salomon (U)[lower-alpha 6] | vacant | |||||||||||
| 1863 | 18R, 16D, 1U | 53R, 45D, 2U | 3D, 3R | |||||||||
| 1864 | James T. Lewis (NU) | Wyman Spooner (NU) | Lucius Fairchild (D) | John G. McMynn (NU) | 22NU, 11D | 75NU, 25D | Lincoln/ Johnson (NU) | |||||
| 1865 | 25NU, 8D | 67NU, 33D | 5R, 1D | |||||||||
| 1866 | Lucius Fairchild (NU) | Thomas Allen (NU) | Charles R. Gill (NU) | William E. Smith (NU) | 23NU, 10D | 67NU, 33D | ||||||
| 1867 | 22NU, 11D | 74NU, 25D, 1WD | ||||||||||
| 1868 | Alexander J. Craig (R) | 18R, 15D | 59R, 41D | Grant/ Colfax (R) | ||||||||
| 1869 | 19R, 14D | 68R, 32D | Matthew H. Carpenter (R) | |||||||||
| 1870 | Thaddeus C. Pound (R) | Llywelyn Breese (R) | Stephen Steele Barlow (R) | Henry Baetz (R) | Samuel Fallows (R) | 19R, 11D, 3I | 55R, 38D, 7I | |||||
| 1871 | 19R, 14D | 57R, 41D, 2I | 4R, 2D | |||||||||
| 1872 | Cadwallader C. Washburn (R) | Milton Pettit (R)[lower-alpha 1] | 23R, 9D, 1I | 58R, 38D, 4I | Grant/ Wilson (R) | |||||||
| 1873 | vacant | 17R, 16D | 60D, 40R | 6R, 2D | ||||||||
| 1874 | William Robert Taylor (D) | Charles D. Parker (D) | Peter Doyle (D) | A. Scott Sloan (R) | Ferdinand Kuehn (D) | Edward Searing (LR) | 17R, 15D, 1I | 64R, 35D, 4I | ||||
| 1875 | 60D, 40R | Angus Cameron (R) | 5R, 3D | |||||||||
| 1876 | Harrison Ludington (R) | 21R, 12D | 49D, 47R, 4I[lower-alpha 7] | Hayes/ Wheeler (R) | ||||||||
| 1877 | 48R, 40D, 7GB, 4I, 1S[lower-alpha 8] | |||||||||||
| 1878 | William E. Smith (R) | James M. Bingham (R) | Hans Warner (R) | Alexander Wilson (R) | Richard W. Guenther (R) | William Clarke Whitford (R) | 24R, 9D | 45R, 41D, 13GB, 1S[lower-alpha 9] | ||||
| 1879 | 66R, 25D, 9GB | Matthew H. Carpenter (R)[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||
| 1880 | 25R, 8D | 70R, 29D, 1GB | Garfield/ Arthur (R) | |||||||||
| 1881 | 24R, 9D | 78R, 22D | Philetus Sawyer (R) | Angus Cameron (R) | ||||||||
| 1882 | Jeremiah McLain Rusk (R)[lower-alpha 10] | Sam Fifield (R) | Ernst Timme (R) | Leander F. Frisby (R) | Edward C. McFetridge (R) | Robert Graham (R)[lower-alpha 11] | 23R, 10D | 64R, 34D, 2I | ||||
| 1883 | 18R, 15D | 63R, 37D | 6D, 3R | |||||||||
| 1884 | Blaine/ Logan (R) | |||||||||||
| 1885 | 20R, 13D | 61R, 39D | John Coit Spooner (R) | 7R, 2D | ||||||||
| 1886 | ||||||||||||
| 1887 | George Washington Ryland (R) | Charles E. Estabrook (R) | Henry B. Harshaw (R) | Jesse B. Thayer (R) | 25R, 6D, 1Pop, 1I | 57R, 30D, 6Pop, 4ID, 3I | 7R, 1D, 1Lab | |||||
| 1888 | Harrison/ Morton (R) | |||||||||||
| 1889 | William D. Hoard (R) | 24R, 6D, 2UL, 1I | 71R, 29D | 7R, 2D | ||||||||
| 1890 | ||||||||||||
| 1891 | George Wilbur Peck (D) | Charles Jonas (D) | Thomas Cunningham (D) | James L. O'Connor (D) | John Hunner (D) | Oliver Elwin Wells (D) | 19D, 14R | 66D, 33R, 1UL | William F. Vilas (D) | 8D, 1R | ||
| 1892 | Cleveland/ Stevenson (D) | |||||||||||
| 1893 | 26D, 7R | 56D, 44R | John L. Mitchell (D) | 6D, 4R | ||||||||
| 1894 | ||||||||||||
| 1895 | William H. Upham (R) | Emil Baensch (R) | Henry Casson (R) | William H. Mylrea (R) | Sewell A. Peterson (R) | John Q. Emery (R) | 20R, 13D | 81R, 19D | 10R | |||
| 1896 | McKinley/ Hobart (R) | |||||||||||
| 1897 | Edward Scofield (R) | 29R, 4D | 90R, 9D, 1Fus | John Coit Spooner (R)[lower-alpha 12] | ||||||||
| 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 1899 | Jesse Stone (R)[lower-alpha 1] | William Froehlich (R) | Emmett R. Hicks (R) | James O. Davidson (R) | Lorenzo D. Harvey (R) | 31R, 2D | 81R, 19D | Joseph V. Quarles (R) | ||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | State Senate | State Assembly | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | ||||||||||
1900–1949
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | State Senate | State Assembly | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
| 1900 | Edward Scofield (R) | Jesse Stone (R)[lower-alpha 1] | William Froehlich (R) | Emmett R. Hicks (R) | James O. Davidson (R) | Lorenzo D. Harvey (R) | 31R, 2D | 81R, 19D | Joseph V. Quarles (R) | John Coit Spooner (R)[lower-alpha 12] | 10R | McKinley/ Roosevelt (R) |
| 1901 | Robert M. La Follette (R)[lower-alpha 13] | 82R, 18D | ||||||||||
| 1902 | James O. Davidson (R) | |||||||||||
| 1903 | Walter Houser (R) | Lafayette M. Sturdevant (R) |
John J. Kempf (R)[lower-alpha 14] | Charles P. Cary (R) | 30R, 3D | 75R, 25D | 10R, 1D | |||||
| 1904 | Thomas M. Purtell (R)[lower-alpha 3] | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R) | ||||||||||
| 1905 | John J. Kempf (R)[lower-alpha 14] | Charles P. Cary (NP/R) | 28R, 4D, 1SD | 85R, 11D, 4SD | 10R, 1D | |||||||
| 1906 | James O. Davidson (R)[lower-alpha 6] | vacant | Robert M. La Follette (R) | |||||||||
| 1907 | William D. Connor (R) | James A. Frear (R) | Frank L. Gilbert (R) | Andrew H. Dahl (R) | 27R, 5D, 1SD | 76R, 19D, 5SD | Isaac Stephenson (R) | 9R, 2D | ||||
| 1908 | Taft/ Sherman (R) | |||||||||||
| 1909 | John Strange (R) | 28R, 4D, 1SD | 80R, 17D, 3SD | 10R, 1D | ||||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||||||
| 1911 | Francis E. McGovern (R) | Thomas Morris (R) | Levi H. Bancroft (R) | 27R, 4D, 2SD | 59R, 29D, 12SD | 8R, 2D, 1Soc | ||||||
| 1912 | Wilson/ Marshall (D) | |||||||||||
| 1913 | John Donald (R) | Walter C. Owen (R)[lower-alpha 12] | Henry Johnson (R) | 23R, 9D, 1SD | 57R, 37D, 6SD | 8R, 3D | ||||||
| 1914 | ||||||||||||
| 1915 | Emanuel L. Philipp (R) | Edward Dithmar (R) | 21R, 11D, 1SD | 63R, 29D, 8SD | Paul O. Husting (D)[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||
| 1916 | Hughes/ Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||||
| 1917 | Merlin Hull (R) | 24R, 6D, 3Soc | 79R, 14D, 7Soc | 11R | ||||||||
| 1918 | Spencer Haven (R)[lower-alpha 3] | Irvine Lenroot (R) | ||||||||||
| 1919 | John J. Blaine (R) | 27R, 4Soc, 2D | 79R, 16Soc, 5D | 10R, 1Soc | ||||||||
| 1920 | Harding/ Coolidge (R) | |||||||||||
| 1921 | John J. Blaine (R) | George Comings (R) | Elmer Hall (R) | William J. Morgan (R) | John Callahan (NP) | 92R, 6Soc, 2D | 11R | |||||
| 1922 | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | Fred R. Zimmerman (R)[lower-alpha 1] | Herman Ekern (R) | Solomon Levitan (R) | 30R, 3Soc | 89R, 10Soc, 1D | 10R, 1Soc | ||||||
| 1924 | La Follette/ Wheeler (Prog) | |||||||||||
| 1925 | Henry Huber (R) | 29R, 4Soc | 91R, 8Soc, 1D | Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R) | ||||||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | Fred R. Zimmerman (R) | Theodore Dammann (R) | John W. Reynolds Sr. (R) | 31R, 2Soc | 89R, 8Soc, 3D | John J. Blaine (R) | ||||||
| 1928 | Hoover/ Curtis (R) | |||||||||||
| 1929 | Walter J. Kohler Sr. (R) | 91R, 5D, 3Soc, 1I | 11R | |||||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | Philip La Follette (R) | 30R, 2Soc, 1D | 88R, 9Soc, 3D | 10R, 1D | ||||||||
| 1932 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) | |||||||||||
| 1933 | Albert G. Schmedeman (D) | Thomas J. O'Malley (D)[lower-alpha 1] | James E. Finnegan (D) | Robert Kirkland Henry (D) | 23R, 9D, 1Soc | 59D, 38R, 3Soc | F. Ryan Duffy (D) | 5D, 5R | ||||
| 1934 | ||||||||||||
| 1935 | Philip La Follette (WP) | Theodore Dammann (WP) | 14D, 13WP, 6R[lower-alpha 15] | 45WP, 35D, 17R, 3Soc[lower-alpha 16] | Robert M. La Follette Jr. (WP) | 7WP, 3D | ||||||
| 1936 | Henry Gunderson (WP)[lower-alpha 17] | |||||||||||
| 1937 | Herman Ekern (WP) | Orland Steen Loomis (WP) | Solomon Levitan (WP) | 16WP, 9D, 8R[lower-alpha 18] | 46WP, 31D, 21R, 2Soc[lower-alpha 19] | |||||||
| 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 1939 | Julius P. Heil (R) | Walter Samuel Goodland (R) | Fred R. Zimmerman (R) | John E. Martin (R)[lower-alpha 1] | John M. Smith (R)[lower-alpha 1] | 16R, 11WP, 6D | 53R, 32WP, 15D | Alexander Wiley (R) | 8R, 2WP | |||
| 1940 | Roosevelt/ Wallace (D) | |||||||||||
| 1941 | 23R, 6WP, 4D | 60R, 25WP, 15D | 6R, 3WP, 1D | |||||||||
| 1942 | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | Orland Steen Loomis (WP)[lower-alpha 20] | 73R, 14D, 13WP | 5R, 3D, 2WP | |||||||||
| Walter Samuel Goodland (R)[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 20] |
vacant | |||||||||||
| 1944 | Dewey/ Bricker (R) | |||||||||||
| 1945 | Oscar Rennebohm (R) | 22R, 6D, 5WP | 75R, 19D, 5WP | 7R, 2D, 1WP | ||||||||
| 1946 | ||||||||||||
| 1947 | Oscar Rennebohm (R)[lower-alpha 6] | vacant | John L. Sonderegger (R)[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 21] | 27R, 5D, 1WP | 88R, 12D | Joseph McCarthy (R) | 10R | |||||
| 1948 | ||||||||||||
| Grover L. Broadfoot (R)[lower-alpha 3] | Clyde M. Johnston (NP)[lower-alpha 3] | Truman/ Barkley (D) | ||||||||||
| 1949 | George M. Smith (R) | Thomas E. Fairchild (D) | Warren R. Smith (R) | George Earl Watson (NP) | 28R, 5D | 74R, 26D | 8R, 2D | |||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | State Senate | State Assembly | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | ||||||||||
1950–1999
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | State Senate | State Assembly | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
| 1950 | Oscar Rennebohm (R)[lower-alpha 6] | George M. Smith (R) | Fred R. Zimmerman (R) | Thomas E. Fairchild (D) | Warren R. Smith (R)[lower-alpha 1] | 28R, 5D | 74R, 26D | Joseph McCarthy (R) | Alexander Wiley (R) | 8R, 2D | Truman/ Barkley (D) |
| 1951 | Walter J. Kohler Jr. (R) | Vernon Wallace Thomson (R) | 26R, 7D | 76R, 24D | 9R, 1D | ||||||
| 1952 | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) | ||||||||||
| 1953 | 75R, 25D | ||||||||||
| 1954 | Louis Allis (R)[lower-alpha 3] | ||||||||||
| 1955 | Warren P. Knowles (R) | Glenn M. Wise (R) | 25R, 8D | 64R, 36D | 7R, 3D | ||||||
| 1956 | |||||||||||
| 1957 | Vernon Wallace Thomson (R) | Robert C. Zimmerman (R) | Stewart G. Honeck (R) | 23R, 10D | 67R, 33D | William Proxmire (D) | |||||
| 1958 | Dena A. Smith (R)[lower-alpha 3] | ||||||||||
| 1959 | Gaylord Nelson (D) | Philleo Nash (D) | John W. Reynolds Jr. (D) | Eugene M. Lamb (D) | 20R, 13D | 55D, 45R | 5D, 5R | ||||
| 1960 | Nixon/ Lodge (R) | ||||||||||
| 1961 | Warren P. Knowles (R) | Dena A. Smith (R)[lower-alpha 1] | 55R, 45D | 6R, 4D | |||||||
| 1962 | |||||||||||
| 1963 | John W. Reynolds Jr. (D) | Jack B. Olson (R) | George Thompson (R) | 22R, 11D | 53R, 47D | Gaylord Nelson (D) | |||||
| 1964 | Johnson/ Humphrey (D) | ||||||||||
| 1965 | Warren P. Knowles (R) | Patrick Lucey (D) | Bronson La Follette (D) | 20R, 13D | 52D, 48R | 5D, 5R | |||||
| 1966 | |||||||||||
| 1967 | 21R, 12D | 52R, 48D | 7R, 3D | ||||||||
| 1968 | Jack B. Olson (R) | Harold W. Clemens (R)[lower-alpha 3] | Nixon/ Agnew (R) | ||||||||
| 1969 | Robert W. Warren (R) | 23R, 10D | 52R, 48D | 6R, 4D | |||||||
| 1970 | |||||||||||
| 1971 | Patrick Lucey (D) | Martin J. Schreiber (D) | Charles P. Smith (D) | 20R, 13D | 67D, 33R | 5D, 5R | |||||
| 1972 | |||||||||||
| 1973 | Victor A. Miller (D) | 18R, 15D | 62D, 37R | 5D, 4R | |||||||
| 1974 | Bronson La Follette (D) | ||||||||||
| 1975 | Doug La Follette (D) | 19D, 14R | 63D, 36R | 7D, 2R | |||||||
| 1976 | Carter/ Mondale (D) | ||||||||||
| 1977 | Martin J. Schreiber (D) | vacant | 23D, 10R | 66D, 33R | |||||||
| 1978 | |||||||||||
| 1979 | Lee S. Dreyfus (R) | Russell Olson (R) | Vel Phillips (D) | 21D, 12R | 60D, 39R | 6D, 3R | |||||
| 1980 | Reagan/ Bush (R) | ||||||||||
| 1981 | 19D, 14R | 58D, 40R, 1 vac.[lower-alpha 22] | Bob Kasten (R) | 5D, 4R | |||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||||
| 1983 | Tony Earl (D) | James Flynn (D) | Doug La Follette (D) | 19D, 14R | 59D, 40R | ||||||
| 1984 | |||||||||||
| 1985 | 19D, 14R | 52D, 47R | |||||||||
| 1986 | |||||||||||
| 1987 | Tommy Thompson (R) | Scott McCallum (R) | Don Hanaway (R) | 54D, 45R | |||||||
| 1988 | Dukakis/ Bentsen (D) | ||||||||||
| 1989 | 20D, 13R | 56D, 43R | Herb Kohl (D) | ||||||||
| 1990 | |||||||||||
| 1991 | Jim Doyle (D) | Cathy Zeuske (R) | 19D, 14R | 58D, 41R | 5R, 4D | ||||||
| 1992 | Clinton/ Gore (D) | ||||||||||
| 1993 | 18D, 15R | 52D, 47R | Russ Feingold (D) | ||||||||
| 17R, 16D[lower-alpha 23] | |||||||||||
| 1994 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | Jack Voight (R) | 51R, 48D | 6R, 3D | ||||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||||
| 17D, 16R[lower-alpha 24] | |||||||||||
| 1997 | 52R, 47D | 5D, 4R | |||||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||||
| 17R, 16D[lower-alpha 25] | |||||||||||
| 1999 | 17D, 16R | 54R, 45D | |||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | State Senate | State Assembly | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | |||||||||
2000–present
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Sup. of Pub. Inst. | State Senate | State Assembly | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
| 2000 | Tommy Thompson (R)[lower-alpha 26] | Scott McCallum (R) | Doug La Follette (D)[lower-alpha 12] | Jim Doyle (D) | Jack Voight (R) | John T. Benson (NP/D) | 17D, 16R | 54R, 45D | Herb Kohl (D) | Russ Feingold (D) | 5D, 4R | Gore/ Lieberman (D) |
| 2001 | Scott McCallum (R)[lower-alpha 27] | Margaret Farrow (R) | Elizabeth Burmaster (NP/D) | 18D, 15R | 56R, 43D | |||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Jim Doyle (D) | Barbara Lawton (D) | Peg Lautenschlager (D) | 18R, 15D | 58R, 41D | 4R, 4D | ||||||
| 2004 | Kerry/ Edwards (D) | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 19R, 14D | 60R, 39D | ||||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | J. B. Van Hollen (R) | Dawn Marie Sass (D) | 18D, 15R | 52R, 47D | 5D, 3R | |||||||
| 2008 | Obama/ Biden (D) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Tony Evers (NP/D) | 52D, 46R, 1I | ||||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Scott Walker (R) | Rebecca Kleefisch (R) | Kurt W. Schuller (R) | 19R, 14D | 59R, 39D, 1I | Ron Johnson (R) | 5R, 3D | |||||
| 17R, 16D[lower-alpha 28] | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | 17D, 16R[lower-alpha 29] | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 18R, 15D | 60R, 39D | Tammy Baldwin (D) | |||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Brad Schimel (R) | Matt Adamczyk (R) | 19R, 14D | 63R, 36D | ||||||||
| 2016 | Trump/ Pence (R) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 20R, 13D | 64R, 35D | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 18R, 15D | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Tony Evers (D) | Mandela Barnes (D) | Josh Kaul (D) | Sarah Godlewski (D) | Carolyn Stanford Taylor (NP/D)[lower-alpha 3] |
19R, 14D | 63R, 36D | |||||
| 2020 | Biden/ Harris (D) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Jill Underly (NP/D) | 21R, 12D | 61R, 38D | |||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | Sara Rodriguez (D) | Sarah Godlewski (D)[lower-alpha 3] | John Leiber (R) | 22R, 11D | 64R, 35D | 6R, 2D | ||||||
| 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Sup. of Pub. Inst. | State Senate | State Assembly | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | ||||||||||
See also
- List of superintendents of public instruction of Wisconsin
- Politics in Wisconsin
- Elections in Wisconsin
Notes
- Died in office.
- Initially, Barstow was declared the winner of the 1855 election, but soon resigned amid claims that he had won through fraudulent means. MacArthur, as lieutenant governor, acted as governor for five days, until the Wisconsin Supreme Court declared Barstow's opponent, Bashford, the legitimate governor. Bashford completed the term, with MacArthur continuing to serve as lieutenant governor.
- Appointed to fill a vacancy.
- Resigned to become Chicago superintendent of schools.
- Elected a Unionist, James W. Beardsley, as Speaker.[2]
- As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for remainder of unexpired term.
- Elected a Republican, Sam Fifield, as Speaker.[2]
- Elected an Independent, John B. Cassoday, as Speaker. He ran on a Unionist ticket.[2]
- Elected a Greenback, Augustus Barrows, as Speaker.[2]
- During Rusk's first term, the Wisconsin Constitution was amended to provide that all elections of state and county officers would henceforth take place in even-numbered years. By the provisions of the amendment, the terms of all officials who would have left office in 1884, including Rusk, were extended by one year.
- Also nominated by the Democratic Party and the Prohibition Party.
- Resigned.
- La Follette nominated himself to Wisconsin's vacant U.S. Senate seat in 1905 and was confirmed by the state Senate; he held both offices, leaving the senate seat unfilled, until he resigned from the office of governor to take his seat in the Senate.
- Failed to give required bond.
- Elected a Democrat, Harry W. Bolens, as President Pro Tempore.[3]
- Elected a Progressive, Jorge W. Carow, as Speaker.[4]
- Resigned to take an appointment to the state tax commission.
- Elected a Progressive, Walter J. Rush, as President Pro Tempore.[5]
- Elected a Progressive, Paul Alfonsi, as Speaker.[6]
- Loomis was elected in 1942 but died before taking office. Per a ruling of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Goodland, who had been re-elected lieutenant governor in the same election, acted as governor for the term.
- Resigned to become State Insurance Commissioner.
- The 47th Assembly district was vacant for most of this term due to a resignation followed by a disputed special election.
- On April 6, 1993, three special elections were held, and in two of them, Republicans flipped the seats to their control, and thus took control of the chamber on April 20.[7][8]
- On June 4, 1996, a special election was held, and Democrats flipped the seat to their control, and thus took control of the chamber on June 19.[9]
- On April 7, 1998, a special election was held, and Republicans flipped the seat to their control, and thus took control of the chamber on April 20.[10][8]
- Resigned to become United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
- Ascended to the governorship upon Gov. Thompson's resignation.
- See 2011 Wisconsin Senate recall elections.
- See 2012 Wisconsin Senate recall elections.
References
- Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (comp.). State of Wisconsin 2005-2006 Blue Book. Madison: Wisconsin Legislature Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, 2005, p. 271.
- The State of Wisconsin Blue Book. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales. 1973. p. 649.
- The State of Wisconsin Blue Book. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales. 1973. p. 648.
- Sharp, Nancy Weatherly; Sharp, James Roger; Ritter, Charles F.; Wakelyn, Jon L. (1997). American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-313-30214-5.
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YQUtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6tMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4362,5129113&hl=en
- The State of Wisconsin Blue Book. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales. 1973.
- Journal of the Senate
- President of the Senate Brian Rude
- "Wisconsin Legislature: SJ96171". docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
- "Wisconsin Legislature: sj042198e". docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
External links
- "Wisconsin Blue Books". The State of Wisconsin Collection. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
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