Governors of Wisconsin
Governor	Party	Term of Office
Nelson Dewey	Democrat	1848-1852
Leonard Farwell	Whig	1852-1854
William Barstow	Democrat	1854-1856
Arthur MacArthur	Democrat	1856
Coles Bashford	Republican	1856-1858
Alexander Randall	Republican	1858-1862
Louis Harvey	Republican	1862
Edward Salomon	Republican	1862-1864
James T. Lewis	Republican	1864-1866
Lucius Fairchild	Republican	1866-1872
Cadwallader C. Washburn	Republican	1872-1874
William R. Taylor	Democrat	1874-1876
Harrison Ludington	Republican	1876-1878
William E. Smith	Republican	1878-1882
Jeremiah McLain Rusk	Republican	1882-1889
William Hoard	Republican	1889-1891
George Peck	Democrat	1891-1895
William Upham	Republican	1895-1897
Edward Scofield	Republican	1897-1901
Robert M. LaFollette, Sr.	Republican	1901-1906
James Davidson	Republican	1906-1911
Francis McGovern	Republican	1911-1915
Emanuel Philipp	Republican	1915-1921
John J. Blaine	Republican	1921-1927
Fred R. Zimmerman	Republican	1927-1929
Walter Kohler, Sr.	Republican	1929-1931
Philip F. LaFollette	Republican	1931-1933
Albert Schmedeman	Democrat	1933-1935
Philip F. LaFollette	Progressive	1935-1939
Julius Heil	Republican	1939-1943
Walter Goodland	Republican	1943-1947
Oscar Rennebohm	Republican	1947-1951
Walter Kohler, Jr.	Republican	1951-1957
Vernon Thomson	Republican	1957-1959
Gaylord Nelson	Democrat	1959-1963
John W. Reynolds	Democrat	1963-1965
Warren Knowles	Republican	1965-1971
Patrick Lucey	Democrat	1971-1977
Martin Schreiber	Democrat	1977-1979
Lee Dreyfus	Republican	1979-1983
Anthony Earl	Democrat	1983-1987
Tommy Thompson	Republican	1987-Present