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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
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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