BASIC DATA RELATING TO WISCONSIN'S GOVERNORS'


Name
  Nelson Dewey
  Leonard J. Farwell
  Wm. Augustus Barstow
  Arthur MacArthur
  Coles Bashford
  Alexander W. Randall
  Louis P. Harvey
  Edward Salomon
  James T. Lewis
  Lucius Fairchild
  Cadwallader C. Washburn
  William R. Taylor
  Harrison Ludington
  William E. Smith
  Jeremiah McLain Rusk
  William D. Hoard
  George W. Peck
  William H. Upham
  Edward Scofield
  Robert M. La Follette
  James 0. Davidson
  Francis E. McGovern
  Emanuel L. Philipp
  John J. Blaine
  Fred R. Zimmerman
  Walter J. Kohler, Sr.
  Philip F. La Follette
  Albert G. Schmedeman
  Philip F. La Follette
  Julius P. Heil
  Orland S. Loomis
  Walter S. Goodland
  Oscar Rennebohm
  Walter J. Kohler, Jr.
  Vernon W. Thomson
  Gaylord A. Nelson
  John W. Reynolds
  Warren P. Knowles
  Patrick J. Lucey
  Martin J. Schreiber
  Lee Sherman Dreyfus
  Anthony S. Earl
  Tommy G. Thomoson


'Territorial Governors: Henry Dodge, 7-4-1836 to 10-5-1841 and 5-13-1845
to 6-7-1848; James Duane Doty, 10-5-1841 to 9-16-1844; Nathaniel P. Tallmadge,
9-16-1844 to 5-13-1845. See this table
  in the 1985-1986 Blue Book for additional information.
2Dictionary of Wisconsin Biography.
3 Wisconsin: A Guide to the Badger State, p. 423.
4Authenticated by letter of inquiry to local cemetery sexton or library.
'Authenticated by newspaper clippings.
Source: "Wisconsin's Former Governors," 1960 Wisconsin Blue Book,
pp. 69-206; Blue Book biographies; footnoted sources.


Birthplace
Lebanon, Conn.
Watertown, N.Y.
Plainfield, Conn.
Glasgow, Scotland
Putnam Co. N.Y.
Ames, N.Y.
East Haddam, Conn.
Stroebeck, Prussia
Clarendon, N.Y.
Kent, Ohio
Livermore, Me.
Woodbury, Conn.2
Ludingtonville, N.Y.
near Inverness, Scotland
Morgan Co., Ohio
Stockbridge, N.Y.2
Henderson, N.Y.
Westminister, Mass.
Clearfield, Pa.
Dane Co., Wis.
Sogn, Norway
Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Sauk Co., Wis.
Wingville, Wis.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Sheboygan, Wis.
Madison, Wis.
Madison, Wis.
Madison, Wis.
Duesmond, Germany
Mauston, Wis.
Sharon, Wis.
Columbia Co., Wis.
Sheboygan, Wis.
Richland Center, Wis.
Clear Lake, Wis.
Green Bay, Wis.
River Falls, Wis.
La Crosse, Wis.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Lansing, Mich.
Elroy, Wis.


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                Pol.
  Birth        Party
12-19-1813     Dem.
1- 5-1819      Whig
9-13-1813      Dem.
1-26-1815      Dem.
1-24-1816      Rep.
10-31-1819     Rep.
7-22-1820      Rep.
8-11-1828      Rep.
10-30-1819     Rep.
12-27-1831     Rep.
4-22-1818      Rep.
7-10-18202     Dem.
7-30-1812      Rep.
6-18-1824      Rep.
6-17-1830      Rep.
10-10-1836     Rep.
9-28-1840      Dem.
5- 3-1841      Rep.
3-28-1842      Rep.
6-14-18552     Rep
2-10-1854      Rep.
1-21-1866      Rep.
3-25-1861      Rep.
5- 4-1875      Rep.
11-20-1880     Rep.
3- 3-1875      Rep.
5- 8-1897      Rep.
11-25-1864     Dem.
5- 8-1897      Prog
7-24-1876      Rep.
11- 2-1893     Prog
12-22-1862     Rep.
5-25-1889      Rep.
4- 4-1904      Rep.
11- 5-1905     Rep.
6- 4-1916      Dem.
4- 4-1921      Dem.
8-19-1908      Rep.
3-21-1918      Dem.
4- 8-1939      Dem.
6-20-1926      Rep.
4-12-1936      Dem.
11-19-1941     Rep.


   Term As Governor
 Began          Ended          Death
6- 7-1848      1- 5-1852      7-21-1889
1- 5-1852      1- 2-1854      4-11-1889
1- 2-1854      3-21-1856     12-13-1865
3-21-1856      3-25-1856      8-26-1896
3-25-1856      1- 4-1858      4-25-1878
1- 4-1858      1- 6-1862      7-26-1872
1- 6-1862      4-19-1862      4-19-1862
4-19-1862      1- 4-1864      4-21-1909
1- 4-1864      1- 1-1866      8- 4-19042
1- 1-1866      1- 1-1872      5-23-1896
1- 1-1872      1- 5-1874      5-14-1882
1- 5-1874      1- 3-1876      3-17-1909
1- 3-1876      1- 7-1878      6-17-1891
1- 7-1878      1- 2-1882      2-13-1883
1- 2-1882      1- 7-1889     11-21-1893
1- 7-1889      1- 5-1891     11-22-1918
1- 5-1891      1- 7-1895      4-16-1916
1- 7-1895      1- 4-1897      7- 2-1924
1- 4-1897      1- 7-1901      2- 3-1925
1- 7-1901      1- 1-1906      6-18-1925
1- 1-1906      1- 2-1911     12-16-1922
1- 2-1911      1- 4-1915      5-16-1946
1- 4-1915      1- 3-1921      6-15-1925
1- 3-1921      1- 3-1927      4-18-19341
1- 3-1927      1- 7-1929     12-14-1954
1- 7-1929      1- 5-1931      4-21-1940
1- 5-1931      1- 2-1933      8-18-1965-
1- 2-1933      1- 7-1935     11-26-1946
1- 7-1935      1- 2-1939      8-18-19651
1- 2-1939      1- 4-1943     11-30-1949
      Died prior to inaug.   12- 7-19421
1- 4-1943      3-12-1947      3-12-1947
3-12-1947      1- 1-1951     10-15-19681
1- 1-1951      1- 7-1957      3-10-19761
1- 7-1957      1- 5-1959
1- 5-1959      1- 7-1963
1- 7-1963      1- 4-1965
1- 4-1965      1- 4-1971
1- 4-1971      7- 6-19775
7- 6-1977'     1- 1-1979
1- 1-1979      1- 3-1983
1- 3-1983      1- 5-1987
1- 5-1987


Burial Place
Lancaster, Wis.'
Grant City, Mo.4
Cleveland, Ohio
Washington, D.C.4
Oakland, Cal.
Elmira, N.Y.4
Madison, Wis.4
Frankfurt, Germany4
Columbus, Wis.4
Madison, Wis.4
La Crosse, Wis.4
Madison, Wis.4
Milwaukee, Wis.4
Milwaukee, Wis.4
Viroqua, Wis.'
Ft. Atkinson, Wis.4
Milwaukee, Wis.4
Marshfield, Wis.4
Oconto, Wis.4
Madison, Wis.4
Madison, Wis.'
Milwaukee, Wis.4
Milwaukee, Wis.'
Boscohel, Wis.'
Milwaukee, Wis.
Kohl r, Wi:.
Ma  i.,onl , Wi:(.1 0
Madison, Wi:.4
Madison, Wnis.
Milwaukee, Wisa
Mauston, Wis.'
Racine, Wis.'
Madison, Wis.'
Kohler, Wis.'


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