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Wisconsin: State Treasurers

Wisconsin State Treasurers, 1848-2016 (May be incomplete!)
Jairus C. Fairchild 1848-52 Edward H. Janssen 1852-56 Charles Kuehn 1856-58 Samuel D. Hastings 1858-66 William E. Smith 1866-70 Henry Baetz 1870-74 Ferdinand Kuehn 1874-78 Richard W. Guenther 1878-82 Edward C. McFetridge 1882-87 Henry B. Harshaw 1887-91 John Hunner 1891-95 Sewell A. Peterson 1895-99 James O. Davidson 1899-1903 John J. Kempf 1903-04 Thomas M. Purtell 1904-05 John J. Kempf 1905-07 Andrew H. Dahl 1907-13 Henry Johnson 1913-23 Solomon Levitan 1923-33 Robert K. Henry 1933-37 Solomon Levitan 1937-39 John M. Smith 1939-47 John L. Sonderegger 1947-48 Clyde M. Johnston 1948-49 Warren R. Smith 1949-57 Dena A. Smith 1957-59 Eugene M. Lamb 1959-61 Dena A. Smith 1961-68 Harold W. Clemens 1968-71 Charles P. Smith 1971-91 Cathy Zeuske 1991-95 Jack C. Voight 1995-2007 Dawn Marie Sass 2007-11 Kurt W. Schuller 2011-15 Matt Adamczyk 2015-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1892: Atley Peterson (Rep), defeated.
  • 1898: James O. Davidson (Rep), elected.
  • 1900: James O. Davidson (Rep), elected.
  • 1902: John J. Kempf (Rep), elected.
  • 1914: George Hampel (Social Democratic), defeated.
  • 1922 Nov 7: Solomon Levitan (Rep), elected; Lars P. Christensen (Socialist), defeated; Emil Tanck (Independent Democratic), defeated; Clyde D. Mead (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1924 Nov 4: Solomon Levitan (Rep), elected; Charles O'Neil (Dem), defeated; George Eaglehill (Socialist), defeated; Ada B. Crandall (Prohibition), defeated; Morris Rosenberger (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Warren R. Smith (Rep), elected.
  • 1950 Nov 7: Warren R. Smith (Rep), elected.
  • 1952 Nov 4: Warren R. Smith (Rep), elected.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Warren R. Smith (Rep), elected; William S. Clark (Dem), defeated.
  • 1960 Sep 13: Eugene M. Lamb (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1960 Sep 13: Dena A. Smith (Rep), nominated; Ivan H. Kindschi (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1960 Nov 8: Dena A. Smith (Rep), elected; Eugene M. Lamb (Dem), defeated.
  • 1998: Dawn Marie Sass (Dem), defeated.
  • 2002: Dawn Marie Sass (Dem), defeated.
  • 2006 Nov 7: Dawn Marie Sass (Dem), elected.
  • 2010 Nov 2: Kurt W. Schuller (Rep), elected; Dawn Marie Sass (Dem), defeated.
  • 2014 Nov 4: Matt Adamczyk (Rep), elected.
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