The following tables indicate the historic party affiliation of elected officials in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, including: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction. The tables also indicate the historical party composition in the State Senate,Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (comp.). State of Wisconsin 2005-2006 Blue Book. Madison: Wisconsin Legislature Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, 2005, p. 271. State Assembly, the State delegation to the United States Senate, and the State delegation to the United States House of Representatives. For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the tables indicate which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
By year Wisconsin Territory: 1836–1848 YearExecutive officesTerritorial Assemb.U.S. CongressGovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralCouncilHouseDelegate1836Henry Dodge (J)John S. HornerHenry S. Baird (W)11none1837William B. Slaughter11George Wallace Jones (J)1838Henry Dodge (D)11George Wallace Jones (D)183922James D. Doty (D)1840Horatio Wells (D)221841Francis J. Dunn33Henry Dodge (D)1842James Duane Doty (D)Alexander Pope Field (W)Mortimer M. Jackson (W)331843441844Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W)George R. C. FloydWilliam Pitt Lynde (D)441845Henry Dodge (D)Mortimer M. Jackson (W)44Morgan L. Martin (D)1846John Catlin (D)A. Hyatt Smith (D)44184755John H. Tweedy (W)184855Henry Hastings Sibley (D)
1848–1899
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLieutenant GovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralTreasurerSupt. of Pub. Inst.SenateAssemblyU.S. Senator(Class I)U.S. Senator(Class III)U.S.House1848Nelson Dewey John Edwin Holmes Thomas McHugh James S. Brown Jairus C. Fairchild Eleazer Root 16D, 3W49D, 17WHenry Dodge Isaac P. Walker 2DCass/Butler 184914D, 4FS, 1W36D, 16FS, 14W1FS, 1W, 1D1850Samuel Beall William A. Barstow S. Park Coon 13D, 4W, 2FS41D, 17W, 8FS185114D, 3W, 2FS46D, 11W, 9FS2D, 1FS1852Leonard J. Farwell Timothy Burns Charles D. Robinson Experience Estabrook Edward H. Janssen Azel P. Ladd 13D, 5W, 1FS31W, 28D, 6FS, 1 vac.Pierce/King 1853vacant18D, 7W51D, 22W, 7FS, 2I3D1854William A. Barstow James T. Lewis Alexander T. Gray George Baldwin Smith Hiram A. Wright 20D, 5W50D, 25W, 8FS185513D, 12R44R, 34D, 4ICharles Durkee 2R, 1D1856Arthur MacArthur Sr. David W. Jones William R. Smith Charles Kuehn A. Constantine Barry 13R, 12D45D, 36R, 1IFremont/Dayton Arthur MacArthur Sr. vacantColes Bashford Arthur MacArthur Sr. 185719R, 11D62R, 33D, 2IJames R. Doolittle 3R1858Alexander Randall Erasmus D. Campbell Gabriel Bouck Samuel D. Hastings Lyman Draper 18R, 12D49R, 48D185916R, 14D55R, 42D2R, 1D1860Butler Noble Louis P. Harvey James Henry Howe Josiah Little Pickard 17R, 13D58R, 39DLincoln/Hamlin 186122R, 8D70R, 27DTimothy O. Howe 3R1862Louis P. Harvey Edward Salomon James T. Lewis Winfield Smith 20R, 11D, 3U44R, 33D, 23UEdward Salomon vacant186318R, 16D, 1U53R, 45D, 2U3D, 3R1864James T. Lewis Wyman Spooner Lucius Fairchild John G. McMynn 22NU, 11D75NU, 25DLincoln/Johnson 186525NU, 8D67NU, 33D5R, 1D1866Lucius Fairchild Thomas Allen Charles R. Gill William E. Smith 23NU, 10D67NU, 33D186722NU, 11D74NU, 25D, 1WD1868Alexander J. Craig 18R, 15D59R, 41DGrant/Colfax 186919R, 14D68R, 32DMatthew H. Carpenter 1870Thaddeus C. Pound Llywelyn Breese Stephen Steele Barlow Henry Baetz Samuel Fallows 19R, 11D, 3I55R, 38D, 7I187119R, 14D57R, 41D, 2I4R, 2D1872Cadwallader C. Washburn Milton Pettit 23R, 9D, 1I58R, 38D, 4IGrant/Wilson 1873vacant17R, 16D60D, 40R6R, 2D1874William Robert Taylor Charles D. Parker Peter Doyle A. Scott Sloan Ferdinand Kuehn Edward Searing 17R, 15D, 1I64R, 35D, 4I187560D, 40RAngus Cameron 5R, 3D1876Harrison Ludington 21R, 12D49D, 47R, 4IHayes/Wheeler 187748R, 40D, 7GB, 4I, 1S1878William E. Smith James M. Bingham Hans Warner Alexander Wilson Richard W. Guenther William Clarke Whitford 24R, 9D45R, 41D, 13GB, 1S187966R, 25D, 9GBMatthew H. Carpenter 188025R, 8D70R, 29D, 1GBGarfield/Arthur 188124R, 9D78R, 22DPhiletus Sawyer Angus Cameron 1882Jeremiah M. Rusk Sam Fifield Ernst Timme Leander F. Frisby Edward C. McFetridge Robert Graham 23R, 10D64R, 34D, 2I188318R, 15D63R, 37D6D, 3R1884Blaine/Logan 188520R, 13D61R, 39DJohn Coit Spooner 7R, 2D18861887George Washington Ryland Charles E. Estabrook Henry B. Harshaw Jesse B. Thayer 25R, 6D, 1Pop, 1I57R, 30D, 6Pop, 4ID, 3I7R, 1D, 1Lab1888Harrison/Morton 1889William D. Hoard 24R, 6D, 2, 1I71R, 29D7R, 2D18901891George Wilbur Peck Charles Jonas Thomas Cunningham James L. O'Connor John Hunner Oliver Elwin Wells 19D, 14R66D, 33R, 1ULWilliam F. Vilas 8D, 1R1892Cleveland/Stevenson 189326D, 7R56D, 44RJohn L. Mitchell 6D, 4R18941895William H. Upham Emil Baensch Henry Casson William H. Mylrea Sewell A. Peterson John Q. Emery 20R, 13D81R, 19D10R1896McKinley/Hobart 1897Edward Scofield 29R, 4D90R, 9D, 1FusJohn Coit Spooner 18981899Jesse Stone William Froehlich Emmett R. Hicks James O. Davidson Lorenzo D. Harvey 31R, 2D81R, 19DJoseph V. Quarles
1900–1949
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLieutenantGovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralTreasurerSupt. of Pub. Inst.SenateAssemblyU.S. Senator(Class I)U.S. Senator(Class III)U.S.House1900Edward Scofield Jesse Stone William Froehlich Emmett R. Hicks James O. Davidson Lorenzo D. Harvey 31R, 2D81R, 19DJoseph V. Quarles John Coit Spooner 10RMcKinley/Roosevelt 1901Robert M. La Follette 82R, 18D1902James O. Davidson 1903Walter Houser Lafayette M.Sturdevant John J. Kempf Charles P. Cary 30R, 3D75R, 25D10R, 1D1904Thomas M. Purtell Roosevelt/Fairbanks 1905John J. Kempf Charles P. Cary 28R, 4D, 1SD85R, 11D, 4SD10R, 1D1906James O. Davidson vacantRobert M. La Follette 1907William D. Connor James A. Frear Frank L. Gilbert Andrew H. Dahl 27R, 5D, 1SD76R, 19D, 5SDIsaac Stephenson 9R, 2D1908Taft/Sherman 1909John Strange 28R, 4D, 1SD80R, 17D, 3SD10R, 1D19101911Francis E. McGovern Thomas Morris Levi H. Bancroft 27R, 4D, 2SD59R, 29D, 12SD8R, 2D, 1Soc1912Wilson/Marshall 1913John Donald Walter C. Owen Henry Johnson 23R, 9D, 1SD57R, 37D, 6SD8R, 3D19141915Emanuel L. Philipp Edward Dithmar 21R, 11D, 1SD63R, 29D, 8SDPaul O. Husting 1916Hughes/Fairbanks 1917Merlin Hull 24R, 6D, 3Soc79R, 14D, 7Soc11R1918Spencer Haven Irvine Lenroot 1919John J. Blaine 27R, 4Soc, 2D79R, 16Soc, 5D10R, 1Soc1920Harding/Coolidge 1921John J. Blaine George Comings Elmer Hall William J. Morgan John Callahan 92R, 6Soc, 2D11R19221923Fred R. Zimmerman Herman Ekern Solomon Levitan 30R, 3Soc89R, 10Soc, 1D10R, 1Soc1924La Follette/Wheeler 1925Henry Huber 29R, 4Soc91R, 8Soc, 1DRobert M. La Follette Jr. 19261927Fred R. Zimmerman Theodore Dammann John W. Reynolds Sr. 31R, 2Soc89R, 8Soc, 3DJohn J. Blaine 1928Hoover/Curtis 1929Walter J. Kohler Sr. 91R, 5D, 3Soc, 1I11R19301931Philip La Follette 30R, 2Soc, 1D88R, 9Soc, 3D10R, 1D1932Roosevelt/Garner 1933Albert G. Schmedeman Thomas J. O'Malley James E. Finnegan Robert Kirkland Henry 23R, 9D, 1Soc59D, 38R, 3SocF. Ryan Duffy 5D, 5R19341935Philip La Follette Theodore Dammann 14D, 13WP, 6R45WP, 35D, 17R, 3SocRobert M. La Follette Jr. 7WP, 3D1936Henry Gunderson 1937Herman Ekern Orland Steen Loomis Solomon Levitan 16WP, 9D, 8R46WP, 31D, 21R, 2Soc19381939Julius P. Heil Walter Samuel Goodland Fred R. Zimmerman John E. Martin John M. Smith 16R, 11WP, 6D53R, 32WP, 15DAlexander Wiley 8R, 2WP1940Roosevelt/Wallace 194123R, 6WP, 4D60R, 25WP, 15D6R, 3WP, 1D19421943Orland Steen Loomis 73R, 14D, 13WP5R, 3D, 2WPWalter SamuelGoodland vacant1944Dewey/Bricker 1945Oscar Rennebohm 22R, 6D, 5WP75R, 19D, 5WP7R, 2D, 1WP19461947Oscar Rennebohm vacantJohn L. Sonderegger 27R, 5D, 1WP88R, 12DJoseph McCarthy 10R1948Grover L. Broadfoot Clyde M. Johnston Truman/Barkley 1949George M. Smith Thomas E. Fairchild Warren R. Smith George Earl Watson 28R, 5D74R, 26D8R, 2D
1950–1999
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLieutenant GovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralTreasurerSenateAssemblyU.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class III)U.S. House1950Oscar Rennebohm George M. Smith Fred R. Zimmerman Thomas E. Fairchild Warren R. Smith 28R, 5D74R, 26DJoseph McCarthy Alexander Wiley 8R, 2DTruman/Barkley 1951Walter J. Kohler Jr. Vernon W. Thomson 26R, 7D76R, 24D9R, 1D1952Eisenhower/Nixon 195375R, 25D1954Louis Allis 1955Warren P. Knowles Glenn Wise 25R, 8D64R, 36D7R, 3D19561957Vernon W. Thomson Robert C. Zimmerman Stewart G. Honeck 23R, 10D67R, 33DWilliam Proxmire 1958Dena A. Smith 1959Gaylord Nelson Philleo Nash John W. Reynolds Jr. Eugene M. Lamb 20R, 13D55D, 45R5D, 5R1960Nixon/Lodge 1961Warren P. Knowles Dena A. Smith 55R, 45D6R, 4D19621963John W. Reynolds Jr. Jack B. Olson George Thompson 22R, 11D53R, 47DGaylord Nelson 1964Johnson/Humphrey 1965Warren P. Knowles Patrick Lucey Bronson La Follette 20R, 13D52D, 48R5D, 5R1966196721R, 12D52R, 48D7R, 3D1968Jack B. Olson Harold W. Clemens Nixon/Agnew 1969Robert W. Warren 23R, 10D52R, 48D6R, 4D19701971Patrick Lucey Martin J. Schreiber Charles P. Smith 20R, 13D67D, 33R5D, 5R19721973Victor A. Miller 18R, 15D62D, 37R5D, 4R1974Bronson La Follette 1975Doug La Follette 19D, 14R63D, 36R7D, 2R1976Carter/Mondale 1977Martin J. Schreiber vacant23D, 10R66D, 33R19781979Lee S. Dreyfus Russell Olson Vel Phillips 21D, 12R60D, 39R6D, 3R1980Reagan/Bush 198119D, 14R58D, 40R, 1 vac.Bob Kasten 5D, 4R19821983Tony Earl James Flynn Doug La Follette 19D, 14R59D, 40R1984198519D, 14R52D, 47R19861987Tommy Thompson Scott McCallum Don Hanaway 54D, 45R1988Dukakis/Bentsen 198920D, 13R56D, 43RHerb Kohl 19901991Jim Doyle Cathy Zeuske 19D, 14R58D, 41R5R, 4D1992Clinton/Gore 199318D, 15R52D, 47RRuss Feingold 17R, 16D19941995Jack Voight 51R, 48D6R, 3D199617D, 16R199752R, 47D5D, 4R199817R, 16D199917D, 16R54R, 45D
2000–present
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLieutenant GovernorSecretaryof StateAttorney GeneralTreasurerSup. of Pub. Inst.SenateAssemblyU.S. Senator(Class I)U.S. Senator(Class III)U.S.House2000Tommy Thompson Scott McCallum Doug La Follette Jim Doyle Jack Voight John T. Benson 17D, 16R54R, 45DHerb Kohl Russ Feingold 5D, 4RGore/Lieberman 2001Scott McCallum Margaret Farrow Elizabeth Burmaster 18D, 15R56R, 43D20022003Jim Doyle Barbara Lawton Peg Lautenschlager 18R, 15D58R, 41D4R, 4D2004Kerry/Edwards 200519R, 14D60R, 39D20062007J. B. Van Hollen Dawn Marie Sass 18D, 15R52R, 47D5D, 3R2008Obama/Biden 2009Tony Evers 52D, 46R, 1I20102011Scott Walker Rebecca Kleefisch Kurt W. Schuller 19R, 14D59R, 39D, 1IRon Johnson 5R, 3D17R, 16D201217D, 16R201318R, 15D60R, 39DTammy Baldwin 20142015Brad Schimel Matt Adamczyk 19R, 14D63R, 36D2016Trump/Pence 201720R, 13D64R, 35D201818R, 15D2019Tony Evers Mandela Barnes Josh Kaul Sarah Godlewski Carolyn StanfordTaylor 19R, 14D63R, 36D2020Biden/Harris 2021Jill Underly 21R, 12D61R, 38D20222023Sara Rodriguez Sarah Godlewski John Leiber 22R, 11D64R, 35D6R, 2D2024Trump/Vance 202518R, 15D54R, 45D2026
See also List of superintendents of public instruction of Wisconsin Politics in Wisconsin Elections in Wisconsin
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