List of Governors of Wisconsin - Other High Offices Held

Other High Offices Held

This is a table of other governorships, congressional and other federal offices, and ranking diplomatic positions in foreign countries held by Wisconsin governors.

* Denotes those offices for which the governor resigned the governorship.
† Denotes those offices from which the governor resigned to take the governorship.
Name Gubernatorial term Other offices held Source
Henry Dodge 1836–1841
1845–1848
U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, Delegate from Wisconsin Territory
James Doty 1841–1844 Delegate from Wisconsin Territory, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, Governor of Utah Territory
Nathaniel Tallmadge 1844–1845 Senator from New York†
Arthur MacArthur, Sr. 1856 Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Coles Bashford 1856–1858 Delegate from Arizona Territory
Alexander Randall 1858–1862 Minister to the Papal States; Postmaster General
Lucius Fairchild 1866–1872 Minister to Spain
Cadwallader Washburn 1872–1874 U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
Jeremiah Rusk 1882–1889 U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, Secretary of Agriculture
Robert La Follette, Sr. 1901–1906 U.S. Senator from Wisconsin*, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
John Blaine 1921–1927 U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
Albert Schmedeman 1933–1935 Minister to Norway
Vernon Thomson 1957–1959 U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
Gaylord Nelson 1959–1963 U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
John W. Reynolds, Jr. 1963–1965 District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Patrick Lucey 1971–1977 Ambassador to Mexico*
Tommy Thompson 1987–2001 Secretary of Health and Human Services*

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