U.S. Senators from Wisconsin, 1848-2012 (May be
incomplete!)
Henry
Dodge 1848-57
Isaac
P. Walker 1848-55
Charles
Durkee 1855-61
James
R. Doolittle 1857-69
Timothy
O. Howe 1861-79
Matthew
H. Carpenter 1869-75
Angus
Cameron 1875-81
Matthew
H. Carpenter 1879-81
Philetus
Sawyer 1881-93
Angus
Cameron 1881-85
John
C. Spooner 1885-91
William
F. Vilas 1891-97
John
L. Mitchell 1893-99
John
C. Spooner 1897-1907
Joseph
Very Quarles 1899-1905
Robert
M. LaFollette 1906-25
Isaac
Stephenson 1907-15
Paul
O. Husting 1915-17
Irvine
L. Lenroot 1918-27
Robert
M. LaFollette, Jr. 1925-47
John
J. Blaine 1927-33
F.
Ryan Duffy 1933-39
Alexander
Wiley 1939-63
Joseph
R. McCarthy 1947-57
William
Proxmire 1957-89
Gaylord
A. Nelson 1963-81
Robert
W. Kasten, Jr. 1981-93
Herbert
H. Kohl 1989-
Russell
D. Feingold 1993-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1881 Feb 24:
Matthew
H. Carpenter, died in office.
1914 Nov 3:
Paul
O. Husting (Dem), elected;
Francis
E. McGovern (Rep), defeated;
Emil
Seidel (Social Democratic), defeated;
Charles
L. Hill (Prohibition), defeated.
1916 Nov 7:
Robert
M. LaFollette (Rep), elected;
William
F. Wolfe (Dem), defeated;
Richard
Elsner (Socialist), defeated;
Charles
L. Hill (Prohibition), defeated.
1917 Oct 21:
Paul
O. Husting, died in office.
1918 Apr 2:
Irvine
L. Lenroot (Rep), elected;
Joseph
E. Davies (Dem), defeated;
Victor
L. Berger (Socialist), defeated;
A.
J. Benjamin (Prohibition), defeated.
1920 Nov 2:
Irvine
L. Lenroot (Rep), elected;
James
Thompson (Ind), defeated;
Paul
S. Reinsch (Dem), defeated;
Frank
J. Weber (Socialist), defeated;
Clyde
D. Mead (Prohibition), defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
Robert
M. LaFollette (Rep), elected;
Jesse
Jack Hooper (Independent Democratic), defeated;
Adolph
R. Bucknam (Prohibition), defeated;
Richard
Koeppel (Independent Socialist Labor), defeated.
1925:
John
M. Work (Socialist), defeated.
1925 Jun 18:
Robert
M. LaFollette, died in office.
1926 Nov 2:
John
J. Blaine (Rep), elected;
Charles
D. Rosa (Independent Progressive Republican), defeated;
Thomas
M. Kearney (Dem), defeated;
Leo
Krzycki (Socialist), defeated;
J.
N. Tittemore (Ind), defeated;
Ella
Tenney Sanford (Prohibition), defeated;
Richard
Koeppel (Independent Socialist Labor), defeated.
1928 Nov 6:
Robert
M. LaFollette, Jr. (Rep), elected;
William
H. Markham (Independent Republican), defeated;
David
W. Emerson (Prohibition), defeated;
Richard
Koeppel (Independent Socialist Labor), defeated;
John
Kasun (Workers), defeated.
1932 Sep 20:
F.
Ryan Duffy (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1932 Sep 20:
John
B. Chapple (Rep), nominated;
John
J. Blaine (Rep), defeated in primary.
1932 Sep 20:
Emil
Seidel (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
1932 Sep 20:
Harvey
A. Knapp (Prohibition), nominated;
Henry
O. Meisel (Prohibition), defeated in primary.
1932 Nov 8:
F.
Ryan Duffy (Dem), elected;
John
B. Chapple (Rep), defeated;
Emil
Seidel (Socialist), defeated;
Harvey
A. Knapp (Prohibition), defeated;
Ray
Hansborough (Communist), defeated.
1938:
William
H. Stafford (Rep), defeated in primary.
1938 Nov 8:
Alexander
Wiley (Rep), elected;
Herman
L. Ekern (Progressive), defeated;
F.
Ryan Duffy (Dem), defeated;
John
B. Chapple (Independent Townsend Republican), defeated;
Fred
B. Blair (Communist), defeated;
Joseph
Ehrhardt (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1940 Nov 5:
Robert
M. LaFollette, Jr. (Progressive), elected;
Fred
H. Clausen (Rep), defeated;
James
E. Finnegan (Dem), defeated;
Ted
Furman (Communist), defeated;
Adolf
Wiggert (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1944 Nov 7:
Alexander
Wiley (Rep), elected;
Howard
J. McMurray (Dem), defeated;
Harry
Sauthoff (Progressive), defeated;
Walter
H. Uphoff (Socialist), defeated;
Adolf
Wiggert (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1946:
Robert
M. LaFollette, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
1946 Nov 5:
Joseph
R. McCarthy (Rep), elected;
Howard
J. McMurray (Dem), defeated;
Edwin
W. Knappe (Socialist), defeated;
Georgia
Cozzini (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1950 Sep 19:
Thomas
E. Fairchild (Dem), nominated;
William
E. Sanderson (Dem), defeated in primary;
Daniel
W. Hoan (Dem), defeated in primary;
LaVern
R. Dilweg (Dem), defeated in primary.
1950 Sep 19:
Alexander
Wiley (Rep), nominated;
Edward
J. Finan (Rep), defeated in primary.
1950 Nov 7:
Alexander
Wiley (Rep), elected;
Thomas
E. Fairchild (Dem), defeated;
Edwin
W. Knappe (Socialist), defeated;
Perry
J. Stearns (Ind), defeated;
James
E. Boulton (Ind), defeated;
Artemio
Cozzini (Ind), defeated.
1952:
John
A. Gronouski, Jr. (Dem), defeated;
Thomas
E. Fairchild (Dem), defeated.
1956 Sep 11:
Henry
W. Maier (Dem), nominated;
Elliot
N. Walstead (Dem), defeated in primary.
1956 Sep 11:
Alexander
Wiley (Rep), nominated;
Glenn
R. Davis (Rep), defeated in primary;
Howard
H. Boyle, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
1956 Nov 6:
Alexander
Wiley (Rep), elected;
Henry
W. Maier (Dem), defeated;
Walter
E. Semrau (Ind), defeated.
1957 May 2:
Joseph
R. McCarthy, died in office.
1957 Jul 30:
William
Proxmire (Dem), nominated;
Clement
J. Zablocki (Dem), defeated in primary.
1957 Jul 30:
Walter
J. Kohler, Jr. (Rep), nominated;
Glenn
R. Davis (Rep), defeated in primary;
Alvin
E. O'Konski (Rep), defeated in primary;
Warren
P. Knowles (Rep), defeated in primary;
Henry
P. Hughes (Rep), defeated in primary;
Gerald
D. Lorge (Rep), defeated in primary;
John
C. Schafer (Rep), defeated in primary.
1957 Aug 27:
William
Proxmire (Dem), elected;
Walter
J. Kohler, Jr. (Rep), defeated;
Howard
J. Boyle (Ind), defeated;
Douglas
J. Wheaton (Ind), defeated;
Georgia
Cozzini (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1964 Nov 3:
William
Proxmire (Dem), elected;
Wilbur
N. Renk (Rep), defeated;
Kenneth
F. Klinkerk (Ind), defeated;
Wayne
Leverenz (Ind), defeated.
1968 Nov 5:
Gaylord
A. Nelson (Dem), elected;
Jerris
Leonard (Rep), defeated.
1970 Nov 3:
William
Proxmire (Dem), elected;
John
E. Erickson (Rep), defeated;
Edmond
E. Hou-Seye (American Independent), defeated;
Elizabeth
Boardman (Ind), defeated;
Martha
M. Quinn (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Adolf
Wiggert (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1974 Nov 5:
Gaylord
A. Nelson (Dem), elected;
Thomas
E. Petri (Rep), defeated;
Gerald
L. McFarren (American), defeated;
Roman
R. Blenski (Ind), defeated.
1976 Nov 2:
William
Proxmire (Dem), elected;
Stanley
York (Rep), defeated;
William
O. Hart (Democratic Socialist), defeated;
Robert
Schwartz (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Michael
A. MacLaurin (U.S. Labor), defeated;
Robert
E. Nordlander (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1980 Nov 4:
Robert
W. Kasten, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Gaylord
A. Nelson (Dem), defeated;
James
P. Wickstrom (Conservative), defeated;
Bervin
J. Larson (Libertarian), defeated;
Susan
Hagen (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1982 Nov 2:
William
Proxmire (Dem), elected;
Scott
McCallum (Rep), defeated;
William
O. Hart (Ind), defeated;
George
Liljenfeldt (Libertarian), defeated;
Sanford
G. Knapp (Constitution), defeated.
1986 Nov 4:
Robert
W. Kasten, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Edward
R. Garvey (Dem), defeated;
Peter
Y. Taylor (Ind), defeated;
Margo
Storsteen (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Eugene
A. Hem (Third Party), defeated.
1988 Sep 13:
Herbert
H. Kohl (Dem), nominated;
Anthony
S. Earl (Dem), defeated in primary;
Edward
R. Garvey (Dem), defeated in primary;
Douglas
J. LaFollette (Dem), defeated in primary;
Edmond
E. Hou-Seye (Dem), defeated in primary.
1988 Nov 8:
Herbert
H. Kohl (Dem), elected;
Susan
Engeleiter (Rep), defeated;
George
W. Zaehringer (Independent Voters of Wisconsin), defeated;
Patricia
Grogan (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Arlyn
F. Wollenburg (Ind), defeated.
1992 Nov 3:
Russell
D. Feingold (Dem), elected;
Robert
W. Kasten, Jr. (Rep), defeated;
Patrick
W. Johnson (Ind), defeated;
William
Bittner (Libertarian), defeated;
Mervin
A. Hanson (Ind), defeated;
Robert
L. Kundert (Ind), defeated;
Joseph
Selliken (Ind), defeated.
1994 Nov 8:
Herbert
H. Kohl (Dem), elected;
Robert
T. Welch (Rep), defeated;
James
Dean (Libertarian), defeated.
1998 Nov 3:
Russell
D. Feingold (Dem), elected;
Mark
W. Neumann (Rep), defeated;
Robert
R. Raymond (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated;
Tom
Ender (Libertarian), defeated;
Eugene
A. Hem (Ind), defeated.
2000 Nov 7:
Herbert
H. Kohl (Dem), elected;
John
Gillespie (Rep), defeated;
Tim
Peterson (Libertarian), defeated;
Eugene
A. Hem (Ind), defeated;
Robert
R. Raymond (Constitution), defeated.
2012:
Tommy
G. Thompson (Rep), defeated.
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