Political party strength in Wisconsin

Politics in the US state of Wisconsin

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,[1] State Assembly,[1] 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

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### Wisconsin Territory: 1836–1848

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Year | Executive offices | Territorial Assemb. | U.S. Congress

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Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Council | House | Delegate
1836  | Henry Dodge (J)  | John S. Horner | Henry S. Baird (W)  | 1 | 1 | none
1837  | William B. Slaughter | 1 | 1 | George Wallace Jones (J)
1838  | Henry Dodge (D)  | 1 | 1 | George Wallace Jones (D)
1839  | 2 | 2 | James D. Doty (D)
1840  | Horatio Wells (D)  | 2 | 2
1841  | Francis J. Dunn | 3 | 3 | Henry Dodge (D)
1842  | James Duane Doty (D)  | Alexander Pope Field (W)  | Mortimer M. Jackson (W)  | 3 | 3
1843  | 4 | 4
1844  | Nathaniel P. Tallmadge (W)  | George R. C. Floyd | William Pitt Lynde (D)  | 4 | 4
1845  | Henry Dodge (D)  | Mortimer M. Jackson (W)  | 4 | 4 | Morgan L. Martin (D)
1846  | John Catlin (D)  | A. Hyatt Smith (D)  | 4 | 4
1847  | 5 | 5 | John H. Tweedy (W)
1848  | 5 | 5 | Henry Hastings Sibley (D)

### 1848–1899

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Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes

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Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | State Senate | State Assembly | U.S. Senator
(Class I) | U.S. Senator
(Class III) | U.S.
House
1848  | Nelson Dewey (D) | John Edwin Holmes (D) | Thomas McHugh (D) | James S. Brown (D) | Jairus C. Fairchild (D) | Eleazer Root (W) | 16D, 3W | 49D, 17W | Henry Dodge (D) | Isaac P. Walker (D) | 2D  | Cass/
Butler (D) N
1849  | 14D, 4FS, 1W | 36D, 16FS, 14W | 1FS, 1W, 1D
1850  | Samuel Beall (D) | William A. Barstow (D) | S. Park Coon (D) | 12D, 4W, 2FS, 1? | 41D, 17W, 8FS
1851  | 14D, 3W, 2FS | 46D, 11W, 9FS | 2D, 1FS
1852  | Leonard J. Farwell (W) | Timothy Burns (D)[a] | Charles D. Robinson (D) | Experience Estabrook (D) | Edward H. Janssen (D) | Azel P. Ladd (D) | 13D, 5W, 1FS | 31W, 28D, 6FS, 1 vac. | Pierce/
King (D) Y
1853  | vacant | 18D, 7W | 51D, 22W, 7FS, 2I | 3D
1854  | William A. Barstow (D)[b] | James T. Lewis (D) | Alexander T. Gray (D) | George Baldwin Smith (D) | Hiram A. Wright (D)[a] | 20D, 5W | 50D, 25W, 8FS
1855  | 13D, 12R | 44R, 33D, 5I, 1? | Charles Durkee (R) | 2R, 1D
1856  | Arthur MacArthur Sr. (D) | David W. Jones (D) | William R. Smith (D) | Charles Kuehn (D) | A. Constantine Barry (D)[c] | 13R, 12D | 45D, 35R, 1I, 2? | Fremont/
Dayton (R) N
Arthur MacArthur Sr. (D)[b] | vacant
Coles Bashford (R)[b] | Arthur MacArthur Sr. (D)
1857  | 19R, 11D | 62R, 33D, 2I | James R. Doolittle (R) | 3R
1858  | Alexander Randall (R) | Erasmus D. Campbell (D) | Gabriel Bouck (D) | Samuel D. Hastings (R) | Lyman Draper (D) | 18R, 12D | 49R, 48D
1859  | 16R, 14D | 55R, 42D | 2R, 1D
1860  | Butler Noble (R) | Louis P. Harvey (R) | James Henry Howe (R) | Josiah Little Pickard (R)[d] | 17R, 13D | 58R, 39D | Lincoln/
Hamlin (R) Y
1861  | 22R, 8D | 70R, 27D | Timothy O. Howe (R) | 3R
1862  | Louis P. Harvey (U)[a] | Edward Salomon (U) | James T. Lewis (U) | Winfield Smith (R) | 20R, 11D, 3U | 44R, 33D, 23U[e]
Edward Salomon (U)[f] | vacant
1863  | 18R, 16D, 1U | 53R, 45D, 2U | 3D, 3R
1864  | James T. Lewis (NU) | Wyman Spooner (NU) | Lucius Fairchild (D) | John G. McMynn (NU) | 22NU, 11D | 75NU, 25D | Lincoln/
Johnson (NU) Y
1865  | 25NU, 8D | 67NU, 33D | 5R, 1D
1866  | Lucius Fairchild (NU) | Thomas Allen (NU) | Charles R. Gill (NU) | William E. Smith (NU) | 23NU, 10D | 67NU, 33D
1867  | 22NU, 11D | 74NU, 25D, 1WD
1868  | Alexander J. Craig (R) | 18R, 15D | 59R, 41D | Grant/
Colfax (R) Y
1869  | 19R, 14D | 68R, 32D | Matthew H. Carpenter (R)
1870  | Thaddeus C. Pound (R) | Llywelyn Breese (R) | Stephen Steele Barlow (R) | Henry Baetz (R) | Samuel Fallows (R) | 19R, 11D, 3I | 55R, 38D, 7I
1871  | 19R, 14D | 57R, 41D, 2I | 4R, 2D
1872  | Cadwallader C. Washburn (R) | Milton Pettit (R)[a] | 23R, 9D, 1I | 58R, 38D, 4I | Grant/
Wilson (R) Y
1873  | vacant | 17R, 16D | 60D, 40R | 6R, 2D
1874  | William Robert Taylor (D) | Charles D. Parker (D) | Peter Doyle (D) | A. Scott Sloan (R) | Ferdinand Kuehn (D) | Edward Searing (LR) | 17R, 15D, 1I | 64R, 35D, 4I
1875  | 60D, 40R | Angus Cameron (R) | 5R, 3D
1876  | Harrison Ludington (R) | 21R, 12D | 49D, 47R, 4I[g] | Hayes/
Wheeler (R) Y
1877  | 48R, 40D, 7GB, 4I, 1S[h]
1878  | William E. Smith (R) | James M. Bingham (R) | Hans Warner (R) | Alexander Wilson (R) | Richard W. Guenther (R) | William Clarke Whitford (R) | 24R, 9D | 45R, 41D, 13GB, 1S[i]
1879  | 66R, 25D, 9GB | Matthew H. Carpenter (R)[a]
1880  | 25R, 8D | 70R, 29D, 1GB | Garfield/
Arthur (R) Y
1881  | 24R, 9D | 78R, 22D | Philetus Sawyer (R) | Angus Cameron (R)
1882  | Jeremiah M. Rusk (R)[j] | Sam Fifield (R) | Ernst Timme (R) | Leander F. Frisby (R) | Edward C. McFetridge (R) | Robert Graham (R)[k] | 23R, 10D | 64R, 34D, 2I
1883  | 18R, 15D | 63R, 37D | 6D, 3R
1884  | Blaine/
Logan (R) N
1885  | 20R, 13D | 61R, 39D | John Coit Spooner (R) | 7R, 2D
1886
1887  | George Washington Ryland (R) | Charles E. Estabrook (R) | Henry B. Harshaw (R) | Jesse B. Thayer (R) | 25R, 6D, 1Pop, 1I | 57R, 30D, 6Pop, 4ID, 3I | 7R, 1D, 1Lab
1888  | Harrison/
Morton (R) Y
1889  | William D. Hoard (R) | 24R, 6D, 2UL, 1I | 71R, 29D | 7R, 2D
1890
1891  | George Wilbur Peck (D) | Charles Jonas (D) | Thomas Cunningham (D) | James L. O'Connor (D) | John Hunner (D) | Oliver Elwin Wells (D) | 19D, 14R | 66D, 33R, 1UL | William F. Vilas (D) | 8D, 1R
1892  | Cleveland/
Stevenson (D) Y
1893  | 26D, 7R | 56D, 44R | John L. Mitchell (D) | 6D, 4R
1894
1895  | William H. Upham (R) | Emil Baensch (R) | Henry Casson (R) | William H. Mylrea (R) | Sewell A. Peterson (R) | John Q. Emery (R) | 20R, 13D | 81R, 19D | 10R
1896  | McKinley/
Hobart (R) Y
1897  | Edward Scofield (R) | 29R, 4D | 90R, 9D, 1Fus | John Coit Spooner (R)[l]
1898
1899  | Jesse Stone (R)[a] | William Froehlich (R) | Emmett R. Hicks (R) | James O. Davidson (R) | Lorenzo D. Harvey (R) | 31R, 2D | 81R, 19D | Joseph V. Quarles (R)

### 1900–1949

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Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral
votes

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Governor | Lieutenant
Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | State Senate | State Assembly | U.S. Senator
(Class I) | U.S. Senator
(Class III) | U.S.
House
1900  | Edward Scofield (R) | Jesse Stone (R)[a] | William Froehlich (R) | Emmett R. Hicks (R) | James O. Davidson (R) | Lorenzo D. Harvey (R) | 31R, 2D  | 81R, 19D  | Joseph V. Quarles (R) | John Coit Spooner (R)[l] | 10R  | McKinley/
Roosevelt (R) Y
1901  | Robert M. La Follette (R)[m] | 82R, 18D
1902  | James O. Davidson (R)
1903  | Walter Houser (R) | Lafayette M.
Sturdevant (R) | John J. Kempf (R)[n] | Charles P. Cary (R) | 30R, 3D  | 75R, 25D  | 10R, 1D
1904  | Thomas M. Purtell (R)[c] | Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R) Y
1905  | John J. Kempf (R)[n] | Charles P. Cary (NP/R) | 28R, 4D, 1SD  | 85R, 11D, 4SD  | 10R, 1D
1906  | James O. Davidson (R)[f] | vacant | Robert M. La Follette (R)
1907  | William D. Connor (R) | James A. Frear (R) | Frank L. Gilbert (R) | Andrew H. Dahl (R) | 27R, 5D, 1SD  | 76R, 19D, 5SD  | Isaac Stephenson (R) | 9R, 2D
1908  | Taft/
Sherman (R) Y
1909  | John Strange (R) | 28R, 4D, 1SD  | 80R, 17D, 3SD  | 10R, 1D
1910
1911  | Francis E. McGovern (R) | Thomas Morris (R) | Levi H. Bancroft (R) | 27R, 4D, 2SD  | 59R, 29D, 12SD  | 8R, 2D, 1Soc
1912  | Wilson/
Marshall (D) Y
1913  | John Donald (R) | Walter C. Owen (R)[l] | Henry Johnson (R) | 23R, 9D, 1SD  | 57R, 37D, 6SD  | 8R, 3D
1914
1915  | Emanuel L. Philipp (R) | Edward Dithmar (R) | 21R, 11D, 1SD  | 63R, 29D, 8SD  | Paul O. Husting (D)[a]
1916  | Hughes/
Fairbanks (R) N
1917  | Merlin Hull (R) | 24R, 6D, 3Soc  | 79R, 14D, 7Soc  | 11R
1918  | Spencer Haven (R)[c] | Irvine Lenroot (R)
1919  | John J. Blaine (R) | 27R, 4Soc, 2D  | 79R, 16Soc, 5D  | 10R, 1Soc
1920  | Harding/
Coolidge (R) Y
1921  | John J. Blaine (R) | George Comings (R) | Elmer Hall (R) | William J. Morgan (R) | John Callahan (NP) | 92R, 6Soc, 2D  | 11R
1922
1923  | Fred R. Zimmerman (R)[a] | Herman Ekern (R) | Solomon Levitan (R) | 30R, 3Soc  | 89R, 10Soc, 1D  | 10R, 1Soc
1924  | La Follette/
Wheeler (Prog) N
1925  | Henry Huber (R) | 29R, 4Soc  | 91R, 8Soc, 1D  | Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R)
1926
1927  | Fred R. Zimmerman (R) | Theodore Dammann (R) | John W. Reynolds Sr. (R) | 31R, 2Soc  | 89R, 8Soc, 3D  | John J. Blaine (R)
1928  | Hoover/
Curtis (R) Y
1929  | Walter J. Kohler Sr. (R) | 91R, 5D, 3Soc, 1I | 11R
1930
1931  | Philip La Follette (R) | 30R, 2Soc, 1D | 88R, 9Soc, 3D | 10R, 1D
1932  | Roosevelt/
Garner (D) Y
1933  | Albert G. Schmedeman (D) | Thomas J. O'Malley (D)[a] | James E. Finnegan (D) | Robert Kirkland Henry (D) | 23R, 9D, 1Soc | 59D, 38R, 3Soc | F. Ryan Duffy (D) | 5D, 5R
1934
1935  | Philip La Follette (WP) | Theodore Dammann (WP) | 14D, 13WP, 6R[o] | 45WP, 35D, 17R, 3Soc[p] | Robert M. La Follette Jr. (WP) | 7WP, 3D
1936  | Henry Gunderson (WP)[q]
1937  | Herman Ekern (WP) | Orland Steen Loomis (WP) | Solomon Levitan (WP) | 16WP, 9D, 8R[r] | 46WP, 31D, 21R, 2Soc[s]
1938
1939  | Julius P. Heil (R) | Walter Samuel Goodland (R) | Fred R. Zimmerman (R) | John E. Martin (R)[a] | John M. Smith (R)[a] | 16R, 11WP, 6D  | 53R, 32WP, 15D  | Alexander Wiley (R) | 8R, 2WP
1940  | Roosevelt/
Wallace (D) Y
1941  | 23R, 6WP, 4D  | 60R, 25WP, 15D  | 6R, 3WP, 1D
1942
1943  | Orland Steen Loomis (WP)[t] | 73R, 14D, 13WP  | 5R, 3D, 2WP
Walter Samuel
Goodland (R)[a][t] | vacant
1944  | Dewey/
Bricker (R) N
1945  | Oscar Rennebohm (R) | 22R, 6D, 5WP  | 75R, 19D, 5WP  | 7R, 2D, 1WP
1946
1947  | Oscar Rennebohm (R)[f] | vacant | John L. Sonderegger (R)[c][u] | 27R, 5D, 1WP  | 88R, 12D  | Joseph McCarthy (R) | 10R
1948
Grover L. Broadfoot (R)[c] | Clyde M. Johnston (NP)[c] | Truman/
Barkley (D) Y
1949  | George M. Smith (R) | Thomas E. Fairchild (D) | Warren R. Smith (R) | George Earl Watson (NP) | 28R, 5D  | 74R, 26D  | 8R, 2D

### 1950–1999

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Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes

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Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | State Senate | State Assembly | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House
1950  | Oscar Rennebohm (R)[f] | George M. Smith (R) | Fred R. Zimmerman (R) | Thomas E. Fairchild (D) | Warren R. Smith (R)[a] | 28R, 5D  | 74R, 26D  | Joseph McCarthy (R) | Alexander Wiley (R) | 8R, 2D  | Truman/
Barkley (D)
1951  | Walter J. Kohler Jr. (R) | Vernon W. Thomson (R) | 26R, 7D  | 76R, 24D  | 9R, 1D
1952  | Eisenhower/
Nixon (R) Y
1953  | 75R, 25D
1954  | Louis Allis (R)[c]
1955  | Warren P. Knowles (R) | Glenn M. Wise (R) | 25R, 8D  | 64R, 36D  | 7R, 3D
1956
1957  | Vernon W. Thomson (R) | Robert C. Zimmerman (R) | Stewart G. Honeck (R) | 23R, 10D  | 67R, 33D  | William Proxmire (D)
1958  | Dena A. Smith (R)[c]
1959  | Gaylord Nelson (D) | Philleo Nash (D) | John W. Reynolds Jr. (D) | Eugene M. Lamb (D) | 20R, 13D  | 55D, 45R  | 5D, 5R
1960  | Nixon/
Lodge (R) N
1961  | Warren P. Knowles (R) | Dena A. Smith (R)[a] | 55R, 45D  | 6R, 4D
1962
1963  | John W. Reynolds Jr. (D) | Jack B. Olson (R) | George Thompson (R) | 22R, 11D  | 53R, 47D  | Gaylord Nelson (D)
1964  | Johnson/
Humphrey (D) Y
1965  | Warren P. Knowles (R) | Patrick Lucey (D) | Bronson La Follette (D) | 20R, 13D  | 52D, 48R  | 5D, 5R
1966
1967  | 21R, 12D  | 52R, 48D  | 7R, 3D
1968  | Jack B. Olson (R) | Harold W. Clemens (R)[c] | Nixon/
Agnew (R) Y
1969  | Robert W. Warren (R) | 23R, 10D  | 52R, 48D  | 6R, 4D
1970
1971  | Patrick Lucey (D) | Martin J. Schreiber (D) | Charles P. Smith (D) | 20R, 13D  | 67D, 33R  | 5D, 5R
1972
1973  | Victor A. Miller (D) | 18R, 15D  | 62D, 37R  | 5D, 4R
1974  | Bronson La Follette (D)
1975  | Doug La Follette (D) | 19D, 14R  | 63D, 36R  | 7D, 2R
1976  | Carter/
Mondale (D) Y
1977  | Martin J. Schreiber (D) | vacant | 23D, 10R  | 66D, 33R
1978
1979  | Lee S. Dreyfus (R) | Russell Olson (R) | Vel Phillips (D) | 21D, 12R  | 60D, 39R  | 6D, 3R
1980  | Reagan/
Bush (R) Y
1981  | 19D, 14R  | 58D, 40R, 1 vac.[v] | Bob Kasten (R) | 5D, 4R
1982
1983  | Tony Earl (D) | James Flynn (D) | Doug La Follette (D) | 19D, 14R  | 59D, 40R
1984
1985  | 19D, 14R  | 52D, 47R
1986
1987  | Tommy Thompson (R) | Scott McCallum (R) | Don Hanaway (R) | 54D, 45R
1988  | Dukakis/
Bentsen (D) N
1989  | 20D, 13R  | 56D, 43R  | Herb Kohl (D)
1990
1991  | Jim Doyle (D) | Cathy Zeuske (R) | 19D, 14R  | 58D, 41R  | 5R, 4D
1992  | Clinton/
Gore (D) Y
1993  | 18D, 15R  | 52D, 47R  | Russ Feingold (D)
17R, 16D[w]
1994
1995  | Jack Voight (R) | 51R, 48D  | 6R, 3D
1996
17D, 16R[x]
1997  | 52R, 47D  | 5D, 4R
1998
17R, 16D[y]
1999  | 17D, 16R  | 54R, 45D

### 2000–present

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Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes

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Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary
of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Sup. of Pub. Inst. | State Senate | State Assembly | U.S. Senator
(Class I) | U.S. Senator
(Class III) | U.S.
House
2000  | Tommy Thompson (R)[z] | Scott McCallum (R) | Doug La Follette (D)[l] | Jim Doyle (D) | Jack Voight (R) | John T. Benson (NP/D) | 17D, 16R  | 54R, 45D  | Herb Kohl (D) | Russ Feingold (D) | 5D, 4R  | Gore/
Lieberman (D) N
2001  | Scott McCallum (R)[aa] | Margaret Farrow (R) | Elizabeth Burmaster (NP/D) | 18D, 15R  | 56R, 43D
2002
2003  | Jim Doyle (D) | Barbara Lawton (D) | Peg Lautenschlager (D) | 18R, 15D  | 58R, 41D  | 4R, 4D
2004  | Kerry/
Edwards (D) N
2005  | 19R, 14D  | 60R, 39D
2006
2007  | J. B. Van Hollen (R) | Dawn Marie Sass (D) | 18D, 15R  | 52R, 47D  | 5D, 3R
2008  | Obama/
Biden (D) Y
2009  | Tony Evers (NP/D) | 52D, 46R, 1I
2010
2011  | Scott Walker (R) | Rebecca Kleefisch (R) | Kurt W. Schuller (R) | 19R, 14D  | 59R, 39D, 1I  | Ron Johnson (R) | 5R, 3D
17R, 16D[ab]
2012  | 17D, 16R[ac]
2013  | 18R, 15D  | 60R, 39D  | Tammy Baldwin (D)
2014
2015  | Brad Schimel (R) | Matt Adamczyk (R) | 19R, 14D  | 63R, 36D
2016  | Trump/
Pence (R) Y
2017  | 20R, 13D  | 64R, 35D
2018  | 18R, 15D
2019  | Tony Evers (D) | Mandela Barnes (D) | Josh Kaul (D) | Sarah Godlewski (D) | Carolyn Stanford
Taylor (NP/D)[c] | 19R, 14D  | 63R, 36D
2020  | Biden/
Harris (D) Y
2021  | Jill Underly (NP/D) | 21R, 12D  | 61R, 38D
2022
2023  | Sara Rodriguez (D) | Sarah Godlewski (D)[c] | John Leiber (R) | 22R, 11D  | 64R, 35D  | 6R, 2D
2024  | Trump/
Vance (R)Y
2025  | [to be determined] | 18R, 15D  | 54R, 45D
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials  | Alaskan Independence (AKIP)

Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
| Democratic (D)

Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
| Free Soil (FS)

Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
| Libertarian (L)

National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
| Prohibition (Proh)

Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
| Vermont Progressive (VP)

Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)

## See also

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* List of superintendents of public instruction of Wisconsin
* Politics in Wisconsin
* Elections in Wisconsin

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Died in office.
2. ^ a b c Initially, Barstow was declared the winner of the 1855 election, but soon resigned amid claims that he had won through fraudulent means. MacArthur, as lieutenant governor, acted as governor for five days, until the Wisconsin Supreme Court declared Barstow's opponent, Bashford, the legitimate governor. Bashford completed the term, with MacArthur continuing to serve as lieutenant governor.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Appointed to fill a vacancy.
4. ^ Resigned to become Chicago superintendent of schools.
5. ^ Elected a Unionist, James W. Beardsley, as Speaker.[2]
6. ^ a b c d As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for remainder of unexpired term.
7. ^ Elected a Republican, Sam Fifield, as Speaker.[2]
8. ^ Elected an Independent, John B. Cassoday, as Speaker. He ran on a Unionist ticket.[2]
9. ^ Elected a Greenback, Augustus Barrows, as Speaker.[2]
10. ^ During Rusk's first term, the Wisconsin Constitution was amended to provide that all elections of state and county officers would henceforth take place in even-numbered years. By the provisions of the amendment, the terms of all officials who would have left office in 1884, including Rusk, were extended by one year.
11. ^ Also nominated by the Democratic Party and the Prohibition Party.
12. ^ a b c d Resigned.
13. ^ La Follette nominated himself to Wisconsin's vacant U.S. Senate seat in 1905 and was confirmed by the state Senate; he held both offices, leaving the senate seat unfilled, until he resigned from the office of governor to take his seat in the Senate.
14. ^ a b Failed to give required bond.
15. ^ Elected a Democrat, Harry W. Bolens, as President Pro Tempore.[3]
16. ^ Elected a Progressive, Jorge W. Carow, as Speaker.[4]
17. ^ Resigned to take an appointment to the state tax commission.
18. ^ Elected a Progressive, Walter J. Rush, as President Pro Tempore.[5]
19. ^ Elected a Progressive, Paul Alfonsi, as Speaker.[6]
20. ^ a b Loomis was elected in 1942 but died before taking office. Per a ruling of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Goodland, who had been re-elected lieutenant governor in the same election, acted as governor for the term.
21. ^ Resigned to become State Insurance Commissioner.
22. ^ The 47th Assembly district was vacant for most of this term due to a resignation followed by a disputed special election.
23. ^ On April 6, 1993, three special elections were held, and in two of them, Republicans flipped the seats to their control, and thus took control of the chamber on April 20.[7][8]
24. ^ On June 4, 1996, a special election was held, and Democrats flipped the seat to their control, and thus took control of the chamber on June 19.[9]
25. ^ On April 7, 1998, a special election was held, and Republicans flipped the seat to their control, and thus took control of the chamber on April 20.[10][8]
26. ^ Resigned to become United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
27. ^ Ascended to the governorship upon Gov. Thompson's resignation.
28. ^ See 2011 Wisconsin Senate recall elections.
29. ^ See 2012 Wisconsin Senate recall elections.

## References

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1. ^ a b Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (comp.). State of Wisconsin 2005-2006 Blue Book. Madison: Wisconsin Legislature Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, 2005, p. 271.
2. ^ a b c d The State of Wisconsin Blue Book. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales. 1973. p. 649.
3. ^ The State of Wisconsin Blue Book. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales. 1973. p. 648.
4. ^ Sharp, Nancy Weatherly; Sharp, James Roger; Ritter, Charles F.; Wakelyn, Jon L. (1997). American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 83\. ISBN 978-0-313-30214-5.
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* "Wisconsin Blue Books". The State of Wisconsin Collection. Retrieved 2021-07-19.

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Political party strength in U.S. states

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* Alabama
* Alaska
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Florida
* Georgia
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming

Federal district|

Washington, D.C.

Territories|

* American Samoa
* Guam
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Puerto Rico
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List of third-party and independent performances in United States elections
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