List of Wisconsin governors from first to last

Wisconsin joined the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state. This event marked the transition of Wisconsin from a U.S. territory into a full state of the United States of America, following the approval of its state constitution and the fulfillment of other requirements set by Congress.

Nelson Dewey became the first governor of Wisconsin on June 7, 1848.

Here is a chronological list of the governors of Wisconsin from First to last.

No.	Governor	Term in Office	Party
1	Nelson Dewey	June 7, 1848 – January 5, 1852	Democratic
2	Leonard J. Farwell	January 5, 1852 – January 2, 1854	Whig
3	William A. Barstow	January 2, 1854 – March 21, 1856	Democratic
4	Arthur MacArthur Sr.	March 21, 1856 – March 25, 1856	Democratic
5	Coles Bashford	March 25, 1856 – January 4, 1858	Republican
6	Alexander Randall	January 4, 1858 – January 6, 1862	Republican
7	Louis P. Harvey	January 6, 1862 – April 19, 1862	Republican
8	Edward Salomon	April 19, 1862 – January 4, 1864	Republican
9	James T. Lewis	January 4, 1864 – January 1, 1866	Republican
10	Lucius Fairchild	January 1, 1866 – January 1, 1872	Republican
11	Cadwallader C. Washburn	January 1, 1872 – January 5, 1874	Republican
12	William Robert Taylor	January 5, 1874 – January 3, 1876	Reform
13	Harrison Ludington	January 3, 1876 – January 7, 1878	Republican
14	William E. Smith	January 7, 1878 – January 2, 1882	Republican
15	Jeremiah McLain Rusk	January 2, 1882 – January 7, 1889	Republican
16	William D. Hoard	January 7, 1889 – January 5, 1891	Republican
17	George Wilbur Peck	January 5, 1891 – January 7, 1895	Democratic
18	William H. Upham	January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897	Republican
19	Edward Scofield	January 4, 1897 – January 7, 1901	Republican
20	Robert M. La Follette	January 7, 1901 – January 1, 1906	Republican
21	James O. Davidson	January 1, 1906 – January 2, 1911	Republican
22	Francis E. McGovern	January 2, 1911 – January 4, 1915	Republican
23	Emanuel L. Philipp	January 4, 1915 – January 3, 1921	Republican
24	John J. Blaine	January 3, 1921 – January 3, 1927	Republican
25	Fred R. Zimmerman	January 3, 1927 – January 7, 1929	Republican
26	Walter J. Kohler Sr.	January 7, 1929 – January 5, 1931	Republican
27	Philip La Follette	January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933	Republican
28	Albert G. Schmedeman	January 2, 1933 – January 7, 1935	Democratic
29	Philip La Follette	January 7, 1935 – January 2, 1939	Progressive
30	Julius P. Heil	January 2, 1939 – January 4, 1943	Republican
31	Walter Samuel Goodland	January 4, 1943 – March 12, 1947	Republican
32	Oscar Rennebohm	March 12, 1947 – January 1, 1951	Republican
33	Walter J. Kohler Jr.	January 1, 1951 – January 7, 1957	Republican
34	Vernon Wallace Thomson	January 7, 1957 – January 5, 1959	Republican
35	Gaylord Nelson	January 5, 1959 – January 7, 1963	Democratic
36	John W. Reynolds Jr.	January 7, 1963 – January 4, 1965	Democratic
37	Warren P. Knowles	January 4, 1965 – January 4, 1971	Republican
38	Patrick Lucey	January 4, 1971 – July 6, 1977	Democratic
39	Martin J. Schreiber	July 6, 1977 – January 3, 1979	Democratic
40	Lee S. Dreyfus	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	Republican
41	Tony Earl	January 3, 1983 – January 5, 1987	Democratic
42	Tommy Thompson	January 5, 1987 – February 1, 2001	Republican
43	Scott McCallum	February 1, 2001 – January 6, 2003	Republican
44	Jim Doyle	January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2011	Democratic
45	Scott Walker	January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2019	Republican
46	Tony Evers	January 7, 2019 – Incumbent	Democratic

Note: Orland Steen Loomis won election in 1942 as a Progressive but died before taking office