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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