The following is a list of
Governors for the state of
Wisconsin.
Name (Party) Inauguration Date
- Nelson Dewey (Democrat) June 7, 1848
- Leonard James Farwell (Whig) January 5, 1852
- William Barstow (Democrat) January 2, 1854
- Arthur MacArthur (Democrat) March 21, 1856
- Coles Bashford (Republican) March 25, 1856
- Alexander Randall (Republican) January 4, 1858
- Louis Harvey (Republican) January 6, 1862
- Edward Salomon (Republican) April 19, 1862
- James Lewis (Republican) January 4, 1864
- Lucius Fairchild (Republican) January 1, 1866
- Cadwallader Washburn (Republican) January 1, 1872
- William Taylor (Democrat) January 5, 1874
- Harrison Ludington (Republican) January 3, 1876
- William Smith (Republican) January 7, 1878
- Jeremiah Rusk (Republican) January 2, 1882
- William Hoard (Republican) January 7, 1889
- George Peck (Democrat) January 5, 1891
- William Upham (Republican) January 7, 1895
- Edward Scofield (Republican) January 4, 1897
- Robert LaFollette Sr.(Republican) January 7, 1901
- James Davidson (Republican) January 1, 1906
- Francis McGovern (Republican) January 2, 1911
- Emanuel Philipp (Republican) January 4, 1915
- John Blaine (Republican) January 3, 1921
- Fred Zimmerman (Republican) January 3, 1927
- Walter Kohler Sr. (Republican) January 7, 1929
- Philip LaFollette (Progressive) January 5, 1931
- Albert Schmedeman (Democrat) January 2, 1933
- Philip LaFollette (Progressive) January 7, 1935
- Julius Heil (Republican) January 2, 1939
- Orland Steen Loomis (Progressive) Died before inauguration
- Walter Goodland (Republican) January 4, 1943
- Oscar Rennebohm (Republican) March 12, 1947
- Walter Kohler Jr. (Republican) January 1, 1951
- Vernon Thompson (Republican) January 7, 1957
- Gaylord Nelson (Democrat) January 5, 1959
- John Reynolds (Democrat) January 7, 1963
- Warren Knowles (Republican) January 4, 1965
- Pat Lucey (Democrat) January 4, 1971
- Martin Schreiber (Democrat) July 6, 1977
- Lee Dreyfus (Republican) January 1, 1979
- Tony Earl (Democrat) January 3, 1983
- Tommy Thompson (Republican) January 5, 1987
- Scott McCallum (Republican) February 1, 2001
- Jim Doyle (Democrat) January 6, 2003