First ladies of Wisconsin

The following is a list of the spouses of Wisconsin governors from 1933 to present, a position that is styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the State of Wisconsin. As of 2017, there have been no female governors of the State of Wisconsin, and all first spouses have been first ladies.[1][2]

Name | Took office | Left office | Image | Spouse of

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Catherine Dunn | 1848 | 1852 |  | Nelson Dewey
Frances Cross | 1852 | 1854 |  | Leonard J. Farwell
Aurelia Belcher | 1856 | 1856 |  | Arthur MacArthur Sr.
Frances Forman | 1856 | 1858 |  | Coles Bashford
Cordelia Perrine | 1862 | 1862 |  | Louis P. Harvey
Elise Salomon | 1862 | 1964 |  | Edward Salomon
Orlina Sturgis | 1864 | 1866 |  | James T. Lewis
Frances Bull | 1866 | 1872 |  | Lucius Fairchild
Jeanette Garr | 1872 | 1874 |  | Cadwallader C. Washburn
Catherine Hurd | 1874 | 1876 |  | William Robert Taylor
E. Macy Tobey | 1876 | 1878 |  | Harrison Ludington
Mary Booth | 1878 | 1882 |  | William E. Smith
Agnes Bragg | 1889 | 1891 |  | William D. Hoard
Francena Rowley | 1891 | 1895 |  | George Wilbur Peck
Mary Kelly | 1895 | 1897 |  | William H. Upham
Agnes Potter | 1897 | 1901 |  | Edward Scofield
Belle Case | 1901 | 1906 |  | Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Helen Bliss | 1906 | 1911 |  | James O. Davidson
Bertha Schweke | 1915 | 1921 |  | Emanuel L. Philipp
Anna McSpaden | 1921 | 1927 |  | John J. Blaine
Charlotte Schroeder | 1929 | 1931 |  | Walter J. Kohler Sr.
Isabel Bacon | 1931 | 1933 |  | Philip La Follette
Katherine Regan (née Judefind) | 1933 | 1935 |  | Albert G. Schmedeman
Isabel Bacon | 1935 | 1939 |  | Philip La Follette
Elizabeth Conrad | 1939 | 1943 |  | Julius P. Heil
Myrtle Ennor Oliver Thye | 1943 | 1947 |  | Walter Samuel Goodland
Mary Fowler | 1947 | 1951 |  | Oscar Rennebohm
Celeste McVoy Holden | 1951 | 1957 |  | Walter J. Kohler, Jr.
Helen Davis Thomson | 1957 | 1959 |  | Vernon Wallace Thomson
Carrie Lee Dotson | 1959 | 1963 |  | Gaylord Nelson
Patricia Ann Brady | 1963 | 1965 |  | John W. Reynolds, Jr.
Dorothy Guidry | 1965 | 1971 |  | Warren P. Knowles
Jean Vlasis Lucey | 1971 | 1977 |  | Patrick Joseph Lucey
Elaine Schreiber (née Thaney) | 1977 | 1979 |  | Martin J. Schreiber
Joyce Dreyfus (née Unke) | 1979 | 1983 |  | Lee S. Dreyfus
Sheila Coyle Earl | 1983 | 1987 |  | Tony Earl
Sue Ann Thompson (née Mashak) | 1987 | 2001 |  | Tommy Thompson
Laurie McCallum | 2001 | 2003 |  | Scott McCallum
Jessica Doyle (née Laird) | 2003 | 2010 |  | Jim Doyle
Tonette Walker (née Tarantino) | 2011 | 2019 |  | Scott Walker
Kathy Evers | 2019 | Present |  | Tony Evers

## References

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1. ^ "Explore Our Collections". May 12, 2017.
2. ^ "Wisconsin First Lady Jessica Doyle". Archived from the original on January 16, 2010. Retrieved January 17, 2010.

## Sources

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* Wisconsin Historical Society