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Wisconsin: Lieutenant Governors


Lieutenant Governors of Wisconsin, 1848-1997 (May be incomplete!)
John E. Holmes 1848-50 Samuel W. Beall 1850-52 Timothy Burns 1852-54 James T. Lewis 1854-56 Arthur MacArthur 1856-58 Erasmus D. Campbell 1858-60 Butler G. Noble 1860-62 Edward P. Salomon 1862-64 Wyman Spooner 1864-70 Thaddeus C. Pound 1870-72 Milton H. Pettit 1872-73 Charles D. Parker 1874-78 James M. Bingham 1878-82 Sam S. Fifield 1882-87 George W. Ryland 1887-91 Charles Jonas 1891-95 Emil Baensch 1895-99 Jesse Stone 1899-1903 James O. Davidson 1903-07 William D. Connor 1907-09 John Strange 1909-11 Thomas Morris 1911-15 Edward F. Dithmar 1915-21 George F. Comings 1921-25 Henry A. Huber 1925-33 Thomas J. O'Malley 1933-37 Henry Gunderson 1937 Herman L. Ekern 1938-39 Walter S. Goodland 1939-45 Oscar Rennebohm 1945-49 George M. Smith 1949-55 Warren P. Knowles 1955-59 Philleo Nash 1959-61 Warren P. Knowles 1961-63 Jack B. Olson 1963-65 Patrick J. Lucey 1965-67 Jack B. Olson 1967-71 Martin J. Schreiber 1971-79 Russell A. Olson 1979-83 James T. Flynn 1983-87 Scott McCallum 1987-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1857: Carl Schurz, defeated.
  • 1873 Mar 23: Milton H. Pettit, died in office.
  • 1902: James O. Davidson (Rep), elected.
  • 1908: Henry A. Moehlenpah (Dem), defeated.
  • 1922 Nov 7: George F. Comings (Rep), elected; Joseph R. Pfeiffner (Independent Democratic), defeated; Martin Georgensen (Socialist), defeated; Ella Tenney Sanford (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1924 Nov 4: Henry A. Huber (Rep), elected; Karl Mathie (Dem), defeated; Peter Cilles (Socialist), defeated; Maria I. A. Nelsen (Prohibition), defeated; John E. Ferris (Independent-Republican), defeated; Steve Fisher (Socialist Labor), defeated; Charles Kuzdas (Ind Workers), defeated.
  • 1937 Oct 16: Henry Gunderson, resigned.
  • 1938: Walter S. Goodland, elected.
  • 1938 May 16: Herman L. Ekern, appointed.
  • 1944: Oscar Rennebohm (Rep), elected.
  • 1946: Oscar Rennebohm (Rep), elected.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Warren P. Knowles (Rep), elected; William A. Schmidt (Dem), defeated.
  • 1978: Robert E. Nordlander (Socialist Labor), defeated.

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