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Capital: Madison State Nickname: Badger State State Bird: Robin State Flower: Wood Violet Admitted to the Union: May 29, 1848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 7, 1848 to January 5, 1852: |
Nelson Dewey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
January 5, 1852 to January 2, 1854: |
Leonard J. Farwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
January 2, 1854 to March 21, 1856: |
William A. Barstow* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Barstow's election to a second term in 1855 was disputed by his |
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March 21, 1856 to March 25, 1856: |
Arthur MacArthur*
* Acting governor
March 25, 1856 to January 4, 1858:
Coles Bashford
January 4, 1858 to January 6, 1862:
Alexander W. Randall
January 6, 1862 to April 19, 1862:
Louis P. Harvey*
* Died in office
April 19, 1862 to January 4, 1864:
Edward Salomon*
* Acting governor
January 4, 1864 to January 1, 1866:
James T. Lewis
January 1, 1866 to January 1, 1872:
Lucius Fairchild
January 1, 1872 to January 5, 1874:
Cadwallader C. Washburn
January 5, 1874 to January 3, 1876:
William R. Taylor
January 3, 1876 to January 7, 1878:
Harrison Ludington
January 7, 1878 to January 2, 1882:
William E. Smith
January 2, 1882 to January 7, 1889:
Jeremiah M. Rusk
January 7, 1889 to January 5, 1891:
William D. Hoard
January 5, 1891 to January 7, 1895:
George W. Peck
January 7, 1895 to January 4, 1897:
William H. Upham
January 4, 1897 to January 7, 1901:
Edward Schofield
January 7, 1901 to January 1, 1906:
Robert M. La Follette
January 1, 1906 to January 2, 1911:
James O. Davidson
January 2, 1911 to January 4, 1915:
Francis E. McGovern
January 4, 1915 to January 3, 1921:
Emanuel L. Philipp
January 3, 1921 to January 3, 1927:
John J. Blaine
January 3, 1927 to January 7, 1929:
Fred R. Zimmerman
January 7, 1929 to January 5, 1931:
Walter J. Kohler, Sr.
January 5, 1931 to January 2, 1933:
Philip F. La Follette
January 2, 1933 to January 7, 1935:
Albert G. Schmedernan
January 7, 1935 to January 2, 1939:
Philip F. La Follette
January 2, 1939 to January 4, 1943:
Julius P. Heil
(Died before inauguration)
Orland S. Loomis
January 4, 1943 to March 12, 1947:
Walter S. Goodland*
* Died in office
March 12, 1947 January 1, 1951:
Oscar Rennebohm
January 1, 1951 to January 7, 1957:
Walter S. Kohler, Jr.
January 7, 1957 to January 5, 1959:
Vernon W. Thomson
January 5, 1959 to January 7, 1963:
Gaylord A. Nelson
January 7, 1963 to January 4. 1965:
John W. Reynolds
January 5, 1965 to January 4, 1971:
Warren P. Knowles
January 4, 1971 to July 7, 1977:
Patrick J. Lucey*
* Resigned office
July 7, 1977 to January 1, 1979:
M. J. Schreiber
January 4, 1979 to January 3, 1983:
Lee S. Dreyfus
January 3, 1983 to January 5, 1987:
Anthony S. Earl
January 5, 1987 to February 1, 2001:
Tommy G. Thompson
February 1, 2001 to January 6, 2003:
Scott McCallum
January 6, 2003 –
Jim Doyle
June 8, 1848 – March 4, 1857
Henry Dodge
March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1869
James Rood Doolittle
March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1875
Matthew Hale Carpenter
March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881
Angus Cameron
March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1893
Philetus Sawyer
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1899
John Lendrum Mitchell
March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1905
Joseph Very Quarles, Jr.
January 2, 1905 – June 18, 1925
Robert Marion La Follette, Sr. * Died in office
September 30, 1925 – January 3, 1947
Robert Marion La Follette, Jr.
January 3, 1947 – May 2, 1957
Joseph Raymond McCarthy
August 28, 1957 – January 3, 1989
William Proxmire
January 3, 1989 –
Herb Kohl
June 8, 1848 – March 4, 1855
Isaac Pigeon Walker
March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1861
Charles Durkee
March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1879
Timothy Otis Howe
March 4, 1879 – February 24, 1881
Matthew Carpenter * Died in office
March 14, 1881 – March 4, 1885
Angus Cameron
March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1891
John Coit Spooner
March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1897
William Freeman Vilas
March 4, 1897 – April 30, 1907
John Coit Spooner * Resigned
May 17, 1907 – March 4, 1915
Isaac Stephenson
March 4, 1915 – October 21, 1917
Paul Oscar Husting
April 18, 1918 – March 4, 1927
Irvine Lenroot
March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1933
John James Blaine
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Francis Ryan Duffy
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1963
Alexander Wiley
January 8, 1963 – January 3, 1981
Gaylord Anton Nelson
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993
Robert Walter Kasten, Jr.
January 3, 1993 –
Russ Feingold
Lyrics by J. S. Hubbard and Charles D. Rosa On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! Officially adopted as the state song in 1959. 1850: 305,391 1860: 775,872 1870: 1,054,670 1880: 1,315,497 1890: 1,686,880 1900: 2,069,042 1910: 2,333,860 1920: 2,632,067 1930: 2,939,006 1940: 3,137,587 1950: 3,434,575 1960: 3,951,777 1970: 4,417,821 1980: 4,705,767 1990: 4,891,769 2000: 5,363,704 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
