Secretaries of State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848. Since then, it has had 28 secretaries of state, two of whom served non-consecutive terms.
Democratic Whig Republican Progressive Changed party
# | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Governor | Terms |
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1 | Thomas McHugh | Democratic | June 7, 1848 | January 7, 1850 | Nelson Dewey | 1 |
2 | William A. Barstow | Democratic | January 7, 1850 | January 5, 1852 | Nelson Dewey | 1 |
3 | Charles D. Robinson | Democratic | January 5, 1852 | January 2, 1854 | Leonard Farwell | 1 |
4 | Alexander T. Gray | Democratic | January 2, 1854 | January 7, 1856 | William Barstow | 1 |
5 | David W. Jones | Democratic | January 7, 1856 | January 2, 1860 | William Barstow | 2 |
Arthur MacArthur, Sr. | ||||||
Coles Bashford | ||||||
Alexander Randall | ||||||
6 | Louis P. Harvey | Republican | January 2, 1860 | January 6, 1862 | Alexander Randall | 1 |
7 | James T. Lewis | Republican | January 6, 1862 | January 4, 1864 | Louis Harvey | 1 |
Edward Salomon | ||||||
8 | Lucius Fairchild | Republican | January 4, 1864 | January 1, 1866 | James Lewis | 1 |
9 | Thomas S. Allen | Republican | January 1, 1866 | January 3, 1870 | Lucius Fairchild | 2 |
10 | Llywelyn Breese | Republican | January 3, 1870 | January 5, 1874 | Lucius Fairchild | 2 |
Cadwallader Washburn | ||||||
11 | Peter Doyle | Democratic | January 5, 1874 | January 7, 1878 | William Taylor | 2 |
Harrison Ludington | ||||||
12 | Hans B. Warner | Republican | January 7, 1878 | January 2, 1882 | William Smith | 2 |
13 | Ernst G. Timme | Republican | January 2, 1882 | January 5, 1891 | Jeremiah Rusk | 4 |
William Hoard | ||||||
14 | Thomas J. Cunningham | Democratic | January 5, 1891 | January 7, 1895 | George Peck | 2 |
15 | Henry Casson | Republican | January 7, 1895 | January 2, 1899 | William Upham | 2 |
Edward Scofield | ||||||
16 | William H. Froehlich | Republican | January 2, 1899 | January 5, 1903 | Edward Scofield | 2 |
Robert La Follette, Sr. | ||||||
17 | Walter L. Houser | Republican | January 5, 1903 | January 7, 1907 | Robert La Follette, Sr. | 2 |
James Davidson | ||||||
18 | James A. Frear | Republican | January 7, 1907 | January 6, 1913 | James Davidson | 3 |
Francis McGovern | ||||||
19 | John S. Donald | Republican | January 6, 1913 | January 1, 1917 | Francis McGovern | 2 |
Emanuel Philipp | ||||||
20 | Merlin Hull | Republican | January 1, 1917 | January 3, 1921 | Emanuel Philipp | 2 |
21 | Elmer S. Hall | Republican | January 3, 1921 | January 1, 1923 | John Blaine | 1 |
22 | Fred R. Zimmerman | Republican | January 1, 1923 | January 3, 1927 | John Blaine | 2 |
23 | Theodore Dammann | Republican | January 3, 1927 | January 7, 1935 | Fred Zimmerman | 4 |
Walter Kohler, Sr. | ||||||
Philip La Follette | ||||||
Albert Schmedeman | ||||||
Theodore Dammann | Progressive | January 7, 1935 | January 2, 1939 | Philip La Follette | 2 | |
24 | Fred R. Zimmerman | Republican | January 2, 1939 | December 14, 1954 | Julius Heil | 7 |
Walter Goodland | ||||||
Oscar Rennebohm | ||||||
Walter Kohler, Jr. | ||||||
vacant | December 14, 1954 | December 16, 1954 | Walter Kohler, Jr. | |||
25 | Louis Allis | Republican | December 16, 1954 | January 3, 1955 | Walter Kohler, Jr. | |
26 | Glenn M. Wise | Republican | January 3, 1955 | January 7, 1957 | Walter Kohler, Jr. | 1 |
27 | Robert C. Zimmerman | Republican | January 7, 1957 | January 6, 1975 | Vernon Thomson | 8 |
Gaylord Nelson | ||||||
John Reynolds | ||||||
Warren Knowles | ||||||
Patrick Lucey | ||||||
28 | Douglas J. La Follette | Democratic | January 6, 1975 | January 3, 1979 | Patrick Lucey | 1 |
Martin Schreiber | ||||||
29 | Vel R. Phillips | Democratic | January 3, 1979 | January 3, 1983 | Lee Dreyfus | 1 |
30 | Douglas J. La Follette | Democratic | January 3, 1983 | incumbent | Anthony Earl | 8 |
Tommy Thompson | ||||||
Scott McCallum | ||||||
Jim Doyle | ||||||
Scott Walker |
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