Number of Lieutenant Governors of Wisconsin by party affiliation

Party	Lt. Governors
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	29
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	13
Progressive Progressive Party (United States, 1924) The Progressive Party of 1924 was a new party created as a vehicle for Robert M. La Follette, Sr. to run for president in the 1924 election. It did not run candidates for other offices, and it disappeared after the election except in Wisconsin. Its name resembles the 1912 Progressive Party, which...	2

The following is a list of lieutenant governors of the State of Wisconsin. The lieutenant governor

Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

The Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin is the first person in the order of succession of Wisconsin's executive branch, thus serving as governor in the event of the death, resignation, removal, impeachment, absence from the state, or incapacity due to illness of the Governor of Wisconsin...

 is the first person in the order of succession

Order of succession

An order of succession is a formula or algorithm that determines who inherits an office upon the death, resignation, or removal of its current occupant.-Monarchies and nobility:...

 of Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

's executive branch, thus serving as governor in the event of the death, resignation, removal, impeachment

Impeachment

Impeachment is a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which, depending on the country, may include the removal of that official from office as well as other punishment....

, absence from the state, or incapacity due to illness of the Governor of Wisconsin

Governor of Wisconsin

The Governor of Wisconsin is the highest executive authority in the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The position was first filled by Nelson Dewey on June 7, 1848, the year Wisconsin became a state...

.

Until 1979, the Wisconsin Constitution

Wisconsin Constitution

The Constitution of the State of Wisconsin is the governing document of the U.S. State of Wisconsin. It establishes the structure and function of state government, describes the state boundaries, and declares the rights of state citizens...

 merely stated that in any of these events, "the powers and duties of the office [of Governor of Wisconsin] shall devolve upon the lieutenant governor". Lieutenant governors who served as governor during this period are referred to as "acting governor

Acting governor

An acting governor is a constitutional position created in some U.S. states when the governor dies in office or resigns. In some states, the governor may also be declared to be incapacitated and unable to function for various reasons, including illness and absence from the state for more than a...

s". In 1979, the constitution was amended

Constitutional amendment

A constitutional amendment is a formal change to the text of the written constitution of a nation or state.Most constitutions require that amendments cannot be enacted unless they have passed a special procedure that is more stringent than that required of ordinary legislation...

 to make this more specific: in the event of the governor's death, resignation, or removal from office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor; in the event of the governor's impeachment, absence, or incapacity, the lieutenant governor becomes acting governor until the governor is again able to serve.

Under the original terms of the state constitution, the lieutenant governor was elected for a two-year term on a separate ticket

Ticket (election)

A ticket refers to a single election choice which fills more than one political office or seat. For example, in the U.S., the candidates for President and Vice President run on the same "ticket", because they are elected together on a single ballot question rather than separately.A ticket can also...

 from the governor; because of this, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin have not always been of the same party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

. After a 1967 amendment, however, the two have been nominated, and voted upon, as a single ticket. Another 1967 amendment increased the terms of both the governor and lieutenant governor to four years. There is no limit

Term limit

A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method to curb the potential for monopoly, where a leader effectively becomes "president for...

 to the number of terms a lieutenant governor may hold.

The original constitution made no provision for a vacancy in the office of the lieutenant governor; in the event of the lieutenant governor's death or resignation, the lieutenant governorship usually remained vacant until the end of the term. In 1938, following the resignation of lieutenant governor Henry Gunderson

Henry Gunderson

Henry A. Gunderson was a Wisconsin politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.Henry A. Gunderson was born in Columbia County, Wisconsin in 1878, the son of Norwegian immigrants. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1900, and in 1903 he received a law degree...

, Governor Philip La Follette

Philip La Follette

Philip Fox La Follette was an American politician from the US state of Wisconsin. He served three terms as the Governor of Wisconsin and helped create the Wisconsin Progressive Party.-Early life and family:...

 appointed Herman Ekern

Herman Ekern

Herman L. Ekern was a Wisconsin politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. He was one of the founders of Lutheran Brotherhood.-Background:...

 lieutenant governor to fill the vacancy. This appointment was challenged in court, and ruled valid in the case State ex rel. Martin v. Ekern. In 1979 the constitution was amended to explicitly allow this: in the event of a vacancy in the office of the lieutenant governor, the governor nominates a candidate who becomes lieutenant governor for the remainder of the term upon his approval by the Wisconsin Assembly and Wisconsin State Senate

Wisconsin State Senate

The Wisconsin Senate, the powers of which are modeled after those of the U.S. Senate, is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature, smaller than the Wisconsin State Assembly...

.

Forty-one individuals have held the office of lieutenant governor since Wisconsin's admission to the Union

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 in 1848, two of whom—Warren Knowles

Warren P. Knowles

Warren Perley Knowles , born in River Falls, Wisconsin, was an American lawyer and politician from New Richmond, Wisconsin.-Biography:...

 and Jack Olson

Jack B. Olson

Jack B. Olson was an American businessman, politician, and Republican from the U.S. state of Wisconsin.Olson was born in Kilbourn in Columbia County, Wisconsin on August 29, 1920, to Jane Zimmerman Olson and Grover Olson. He graduated from Wisconsin Dells High School and attended Western Michigan...

—have served for non-consecutive terms. The first lieutenant governor was John Holmes

John Edwin Holmes

John Edwin Holmes was the first Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. He was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut. He was ordained a Universalist minister in 1833 and preached for a short time in Michigan and Ohio. He soon began to study law in Illinois and joined the Democratic Party...

, who took office on June 7, 1848. The current lieutenant governor is Rebecca Kleefisch

Rebecca Kleefisch

Rebecca Kleefisch is a former television news anchor, turned American politician, and is currently serving as the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin...

, who took office on January 3, 2010; her term expires in 2015.

Lieutenant Governors of Wisconsin

From 1836, until 1848, what is now Wisconsin was part of Wisconsin Territory

Wisconsin Territory

The Territory of Wisconsin was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 3, 1836, until May 29, 1848, when an eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Wisconsin...

. There was no position of "Territorial Lieutenant Governor"; however, the territory had a Secretary who was similar in that one of his functions was to assume the powers and duties of the territorial governor if he were unable to carry them out. For the secretaries from the territorial period, see the List of Secretaries of Wisconsin Territory.

Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848. Since then, it has had 41 lieutenant governors, two of whom have served non-consecutive terms.

#	Name	Party	Took office	Left officeWhen there is no evidence to the contrary, it is assumed that lieutenant governors left office the same day their successors were sworn in Oath of office An oath of office is an oath or affirmation a person takes before undertaking the duties of an office, usually a position in government or within a religious body, although such oaths are sometimes required of officers of other organizations... .	Governor	TermsThe fractional terms of some lieutenant governors are not to be understood absolutely literally; rather, they are meant to show single terms during which multiple lieutenant governors served, due to resignations, deaths, and delayed inaugurations.
1	John E. Holmes	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	June 7, 1848	January 7, 1850	Nelson Dewey Nelson Dewey Nelson Dewey was a politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin; he was the first Governor of Wisconsin, serving from 1848 until 1852.- Early life :...	1
2	Samuel W. Beall	Democratic	January 7, 1850	January 5, 1852	Nelson Dewey	1
3	Timothy Burns Timothy Burns Timothy Burns was Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1851 until his death while in office in 1853, serving as a Democrat. Timothy Burns was born in Dublin, Ireland. As a young man, he settled in Iowa County, Wisconsin....	Democratic	January 5, 1852	September 21, 1853	Leonard Farwell	Died in office.
vacant			September 21, 1853	January 2, 1854	Leonard Farwell	Vacant due to death of lieutenant governor.
4	James T. Lewis James T. Lewis James Taylor Lewis was an American lawyer and politician who served as the ninth Governor of Wisconsin.Lewis was born in Clarendon, New York, and in 1845 he settled in Columbus, Wisconsin. He held the positions of district attorney and county judge, and he was elected to terms in both the...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	January 2, 1854	January 7, 1856	William Barstow	1
5	Arthur MacArthur, Sr.	Democratic	January 7, 1856	March 21, 1856	William Barstow	MacArthur was elected lieutenant governor in the 1855 election; initially Barstow was declared the winner of the gubernatorial election, but when he resigned amid claims that he had won by fraudulent means, MacArthur began to act as governor. After five days, the Wisconsin Supreme Court Wisconsin Supreme Court The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...  ruled that Bartow's opponent, Bashford, was the legitimate governor, at which point MacArthur returned to serving as lieutenant governor.
	MacArthur acting as governorPeriods during which the liutenant governor acted as governor are listed only if they would have caused the lieutenant governor to become governor had the 1979 amendment existed during that time; that is, those resulting from the death, resignation, or removal of the governor. Those resulting from the governor's temporary absence from the state, impeachment, or his inability to serve due to illness are not listed.		March 21, 1856	March 25, 1856	Arthur MacArthur, Sr.
	Arthur MacArthur, Sr.	Democrat	March 25, 1856	January 4, 1858	Coles Bashford Coles Bashford Coles Bashford was an American lawyer and politician who became the fifth Governor of Wisconsin. His one term as governor ended in a bribery scandal that forced him to leave the state, but he was later instrumental in the government of the newly formed Arizona Territory.-Early life and...
6	Erasmus D. Campbell Erasmus D. Campbell Erasmus Daniel Campbell , was a Wisconsin politician. In 1857, he became mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin. The Town of Campbell in La Crosse County, Wisconsin was named after E.D. Campbell...	Democratic	January 4, 1858	January 2, 1860	Alexander Randall Alexander Randall Alexander Williams Randall was a lawyer, judge and politician from Wisconsin. He served as the sixth Governor of Wisconsin from 1858 until 1861. He was instrumental in raising and organizing the first Wisconsin volunteer troops for the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:Randall...	1
7	Butler G. Noble	Republican	January 2, 1860	January 6, 1862	Alexander Randall	1
8	Edward Salomon Edward Salomon Edward Salomon was the eighth Governor of Wisconsin during the Civil War after the accidental drowning of his predecessor, Louis P. Harvey.Salomon was born in Ströbeck, Prussian Saxony...	Republican	January 6, 1862	April 19, 1862	Louis Harvey
	Salomon acting as governor		April 19, 1862	January 4, 1864	Edward Salomon Edward Salomon Edward Salomon was the eighth Governor of Wisconsin during the Civil War after the accidental drowning of his predecessor, Louis P. Harvey.Salomon was born in Ströbeck, Prussian Saxony...
vacant			January 4, 1864	by January 13, 1864	James Lewis James T. Lewis James Taylor Lewis was an American lawyer and politician who served as the ninth Governor of Wisconsin.Lewis was born in Clarendon, New York, and in 1845 he settled in Columbus, Wisconsin. He held the positions of district attorney and county judge, and he was elected to terms in both the...
9	Wyman Spooner Wyman Spooner Wyman Spooner was a Wisconsin politician. He was born in 1795 in Hardwick, Massachusetts, where he worked as a printer. He studied law in Vermont until, in 1835, he moved to Ohio. In 1842, he moved to Wisconsin; from 1847 until 1859 he served as Walworth County's probate judge. He became a...	Republican	by January 13, 1864	January 3, 1870	James Lewis	2
					Lucius Fairchild Lucius Fairchild Lucius Fairchild was an American politician, army general, and diplomat. He served as the tenth Governor of Wisconsin and as U.S. Minister to Spain.-Military career:...
10	Thaddeus C. Pound Thaddeus C. Pound Thaddeus Coleman Pound was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. Pound was Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin 1870 - 1872...	Republican	January 3, 1870	January 1, 1872	Lucius Fairchild	1
11	Milton H. Pettit	Republican	January 1, 1872	March 23, 1873	Cadwallader Washburn
vacant			March 23, 1873	January 5, 1874	Cadwallader Washburn
12	Charles D. Parker Charles D. Parker Charles Durwin Parker was a Wisconsin politician. He was born in New Hampshire in 1827; his family moved to Waukesha County, Wisconsin in 1836. He served as a Democrat in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1869 to 1870 and served two terms as Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, from 1874 until 1878...	Democratic	January 5, 1874	January 7, 1878	William Taylor William Robert Taylor William Robert Taylor was an American politician and the 12th Governor of Wisconsin from 1874 to 1876.Taylor was born in Connecticut. He was orphaned at age 6 when his father's ship was lost at sea; his mother had died when he was an infant. He then lived with his guardians in Jefferson County,...	2
					Harrison Ludington Harrison Ludington Harrison Ludington was an American Republican politician who served as the 13th Governor of Wisconsin and a mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.- Ancestry :...
13	James M. Bingham James M. Bingham James M. Bingham was a Wisconsin politician. He was born in Perry, New York in 1828, and moved to Palmyra, Wisconsin in 1854, where he practiced law. He served multiple terms as a Republican in the Wisconsin State Assembly, and was elected its speaker in 1870...	Republican	January 7, 1878	January 2, 1882	William Smith William E. Smith William E. Smith was the 14th Governor of Wisconsin.Born in Kincardineshire, Scotland, and moved to the United States with his family as a child. He had lived in New York City and Michigan before settling in Fox Lake, Wisconsin in 1849...	2
14	Sam S. Fifield	Republican	January 2, 1882	January 3, 1887	Jeremiah Rusk	2During Fifield's first term, the Wisconsin Constitution Wisconsin Constitution The Constitution of the State of Wisconsin is the governing document of the U.S. State of Wisconsin. It establishes the structure and function of state government, describes the state boundaries, and declares the rights of state citizens...  was amended to say 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 Fifield, were extended by one year.
15	George W. Ryland	Republican	January 3, 1887	January 5, 1891	Jeremiah Rusk	2
					William Hoard
16	Charles Jonas Charles Jonas (Wisconsin politician) Charles Jonas was a Czech journalist, linguist and political activist, who became a Wisconsin journalist and politician.- Background :Karel Jonáš was born in Malešov, Bohemia...	Democratic	January 5, 1891	April 4, 1894	George Peck George Wilbur Peck George Wilbur Peck was an American writer and politician who served as the 17th Governor of Wisconsin.Peck was born in 1840 in Henderson, New York, the oldest of three children of David B. and Alzina P. Peck. In 1843, the family moved to Cold Spring, Wisconsin...	1Resigned from office.
vacant			April 4, 1894	January 7, 1895	George Peck	Vacant due to resignation of lieutenant governor.
17	Emil Baensch Emil Baensch Emil Baensch was a Wisconsin politician. He was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1857. He served as the county judge of Manitowoc County from 1888 until 1897; he founded the Lake Shore Times in 1881 and became a co-owner of the Manitowoc Post in 1896...	Republican	January 7, 1895	January 2, 1899	William Upham	2
					Edward Scofield Edward Scofield Edward Scofield was an American politician who served as the 19th Governor of Wisconsin.-Biography:Scofield was born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. He fought in the American Civil War as a member of the 11th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment and eventually rose to the rank of major. He moved to Oconto,...
18	Jesse Stone Jesse Stone (Wisconsin politician) Jesse Stone was a Wisconsin politician. He was born in England in 1836, but his family emigrated to Waterford, New York in 1841. Stone moved to Louisville, Kentucky in 1855, and then to Watertown, Wisconsin in 1869...	Republican	January 2, 1899	May 11, 1902	Edward Scofield	1
					Robert La Follette, Sr.
vacant			May 11, 1902	January 5, 1903	Robert La Follette, Sr.
19	James O. Davidson James O. Davidson James Ole Davidson was the 21st Governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.-Background:Jens Ole Davidson was born in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway. He immigrated in 1872 to the United States when he was 18 years old...	Republican	January 5, 1903	January 1, 1906	Robert La Follette, Sr.	1
	Davidson acting as governor		January 1, 1906	January 7, 1907	James Davidson James O. Davidson James Ole Davidson was the 21st Governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.-Background:Jens Ole Davidson was born in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway. He immigrated in 1872 to the United States when he was 18 years old...
20	William D. Connor William D. Connor William Duncan Connor was Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1907 - 1909. He was a Republican....	Republican	January 7, 1907	January 4, 1909	James Davidson	1
21	John Strange John Strange (Wisconsin politician) John Strange was a Wisconsin politician and businessman. He was born in Oakfield, Wisconsin in 1852, where he worked in various woodenware factories; as a young man he attempted various professions, including schoolteacher while travelling across the Midwestern United States...	Republican	January 4, 1909	January 2, 1911	James Davidson	1
22	Thomas Morris Thomas Morris (Wisconsin politician) Thomas Morris was Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin from 1911 until 1915. He was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, St. Arnold Parish, Quebec. Morris settled in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where, he was a barber. Thomas Morris went to law school in Madison, Wisconsin, and returned to La...	Republican	January 2, 1911	January 4, 1915	Francis McGovern	2
23	Edward F. Dithmar	Republican	January 4, 1915	January 3, 1921	Emanuel Philipp	3
24	George F. Comings	Republican	January 3, 1921	January 5, 1925	John Blaine	2
25	Henry A. Huber	Republican	January 5, 1925	January 2, 1933	John Blaine	4
					Fred Zimmerman
					Walter Kohler, Sr.
					Philip La Follette Philip La Follette Philip Fox La Follette was an American politician from the US state of Wisconsin. He served three terms as the Governor of Wisconsin and helped create the Wisconsin Progressive Party.-Early life and family:...
26	Thomas J. O'Malley Thomas J. O'Malley Thomas J. O'Malley was a Wisconsin politician. He was born in Menasha, Wisconsin in 1868. He initially worked in the railway industry, eventually becoming a passenger conductor for the North Western Railroad. He was active in the railway union, and in 1932 he became the first Democrat elected...	Democratic	January 2, 1933	May 27, 1936	Albert Schmedeman	1
					Philip La Follette
vacant			May 27, 1936	January 4, 1937	Philip La Follette
27	Henry A. Gunderson	Progressive Progressive Party (United States, 1924) The Progressive Party of 1924 was a new party created as a vehicle for Robert M. La Follette, Sr. to run for president in the 1924 election. It did not run candidates for other offices, and it disappeared after the election except in Wisconsin. Its name resembles the 1912 Progressive Party, which...	January 4, 1937	October 16, 1937	Philip La Follette
vacant			October 16, 1937	May 16, 1938	Philip La Follette
28	Herman L. Ekern	Progressive	May 16, 1938	January 2, 1939	Philip La Follette	Appointed to fill vacancy.
29	Walter S. Goodland	Republican	January 2, 1939	January 4, 1943	Julius Heil	2
	Goodland acting as governor		January 4, 1943	January 1, 1945	Walter Goodland	1Goodland was re-elected lieutenant governor in the 1942 election, and Orland Loomis Orland Steen Loomis Orland Steen Loomis was an American lawyer and governor-elect of Wisconsin. He was born in Mauston, Wisconsin and was a member of the Progressive Party....  was elected governor. When Loomis died before taking office, Goodland acted as governor for the entire term, per a ruling of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
30	Oscar Rennebohm Oscar Rennebohm Oscar Rennebohm was the 32nd Governor of Wisconsin. He was born in Leeds, Wisconsin, in Columbia County. Rennebohm served in the United States Navy during World War I. Rennebohm, a Republican, was a pharmacist. In 1945, he was elected lieutenant governor of Wisconsin...	Republican	January 1, 1945	March 12, 1947	Walter Goodland	1
	Rennebohm acting as governor		March 12, 1947	January 3, 1949	Oscar Rennebohm Oscar Rennebohm Oscar Rennebohm was the 32nd Governor of Wisconsin. He was born in Leeds, Wisconsin, in Columbia County. Rennebohm served in the United States Navy during World War I. Rennebohm, a Republican, was a pharmacist. In 1945, he was elected lieutenant governor of Wisconsin...
31	George M. Smith George M. Smith George M. Smith was a Wisconsin politician. He was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1912 and attended college in Winnipeg. He emigrated to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the United States in 1941, and became an United States citizen in 1944...	Republican	January 3, 1949	January 3, 1955	Oscar Rennebohm	3
					Walter Kohler, Jr.
32	Warren P. Knowles Warren P. Knowles Warren Perley Knowles , born in River Falls, Wisconsin, was an American lawyer and politician from New Richmond, Wisconsin.-Biography:...	Republican	January 3, 1955	January 5, 1959	Walter Kohler, Jr.	2
					Vernon Thomson
33	Philleo Nash Philleo Nash Philleo Nash was a government official, educator, anthropolologist, and Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1959-1961 as a Democrat.-Early life and family:...	Democratic	January 5, 1959	January 2, 1961	Gaylord Nelson Gaylord Nelson Gaylord Anton Nelson was an American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States Senator and governor. A Democrat, he was the principal founder of Earth Day.-Public service and leadership:...	1
34	Warren P. Knowles	Republican	January 2, 1961	January 7, 1963	Gaylord Nelson	1
35	Jack B. Olson Jack B. Olson Jack B. Olson was an American businessman, politician, and Republican from the U.S. state of Wisconsin.Olson was born in Kilbourn in Columbia County, Wisconsin on August 29, 1920, to Jane Zimmerman Olson and Grover Olson. He graduated from Wisconsin Dells High School and attended Western Michigan...	Republican	January 7, 1963	January 4, 1965	John Reynolds	1
36	Patrick J. Lucey Patrick Joseph Lucey Patrick Joseph Lucey is a member of the United States Democratic Party who served as the 38th Governor of the US state of Wisconsin from 1971 to 1977. In 1977, he was appointed ambassador to Mexico by President Jimmy Carter, a post he held until 1979...	Democratic	January 4, 1965	January 2, 1967	Warren Knowles	1
37	Jack B. Olson	Republican	January 2, 1967	January 4, 1971	Warren Knowles	2
38	Martin J. Schreiber Martin J. Schreiber Martin James "Marty" Schreiber is an American politician, publisher, and lobbyist. A Democrat, Schreiber served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1963 to 1971 before becoming lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and Governor of Wisconsin...	Democratic	January 4, 1971	July 6, 1977	Patrick Lucey	1As per a 1967 amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution, Schreiber's first term was the first lieutenant gubernatorial term to last for 4 years.
	Schreiber acting as governor		July 6, 1977	January 3, 1979	Martin Schreiber Martin Schreiber Martin Schreiber was the name of two notable Wisconsin politicians:*Martin E. Schreiber, Republican legislator and Milwaukee alderman*Martin J. Schreiber, son of Martin E. Schreiber, Democratic legislator and Acting Governor of Wisconsin...
39	Russell A. Olson	Republican	January 3, 1979	January 3, 1983	Lee Dreyfus	1
40	James T. Flynn	Democratic	January 3, 1983	January 5, 1987	Anthony Earl	1
41	Scott McCallum Scott McCallum Scott McCallum is a member of the Republican Party who served as the 43rd Governor of Wisconsin, from 2001 to 2003. Prior to assuming the role of governor upon the appointment of Tommy Thompson as Secretary of Health and Human Services, McCallum served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and...	Republican	January 5, 1987	February 1, 2001	Tommy Thompson Tommy Thompson Thomas George "Tommy" Thompson , a United States Republican politician, was the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin, after which he served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Thompson was a candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, but dropped out early after a poor performance in polls...	3
vacant			February 1, 2001	May 9, 2001	Scott McCallum	Vacant due to lieutenant governor becoming governor for remainder of unexpired term.
42	Margaret A. Farrow Margaret Farrow Margaret Farrow is a former state senator and former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. She was born and raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and attended Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois for one year before receiving her B.A...	Republican	May 9, 2001	January 6, 2003	Scott McCallum Scott McCallum Scott McCallum is a member of the Republican Party who served as the 43rd Governor of Wisconsin, from 2001 to 2003. Prior to assuming the role of governor upon the appointment of Tommy Thompson as Secretary of Health and Human Services, McCallum served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and...
43	Barbara Lawton Barbara Lawton Barbara Lawton is an American politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin and member of the Democratic Party. She was the Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. She became the first woman elected to the position in 2002, as the running mate of former Democratic Governor Jim Doyle...	Democratic	January 6, 2003	January 3, 2011	Jim Doyle Jim Doyle James Edward "Jim" Doyle is a Wisconsin politician and member of the Democratic Party. He was the 44th Governor of Wisconsin, serving from January 6, 2003 to January 3, 2011. He defeated incumbent Governor Scott McCallum by a margin of 45 percent to 41 percent; the Libertarian Party candidate Ed...	2Lieutenant Governor Lawton's second term expires on January 3, 2011.
44	Rebecca Kleefisch Rebecca Kleefisch Rebecca Kleefisch is a former television news anchor, turned American politician, and is currently serving as the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin...	Republican	January 3, 2011	Incumbent	Scott Walker Scott Walker (politician) Scott Kevin Walker is an American Republican politician who began serving as the 45th Governor of Wisconsin on January 3, 2011, after defeating Democratic candidate Tom Barrett, 52 percent to 47 percent in the November 2010 general election...

Living former lieutenant governors

, six former lieutenant governors are alive, the oldest being Patrick Joseph Lucey

Patrick Joseph Lucey

Patrick Joseph Lucey is a member of the United States Democratic Party who served as the 38th Governor of the US state of Wisconsin from 1971 to 1977. In 1977, he was appointed ambassador to Mexico by President Jimmy Carter, a post he held until 1979...

 (1965–1967, born 1918). The most recent death of a former lieutenant governor was that of Russell Olson

Russell Olson

Russell A. Olson was a Wisconsin politician. He was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1924; he served in the Marines from 1942 until 1946. After World War II, he moved to rural Kenosha County, Wisconsin where he raised cattle. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly for the first time in 1960,...

 (1979–1983), on April 14, 2010.

Name	Lieutenant Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Patrick Joseph Lucey Patrick Joseph Lucey Patrick Joseph Lucey is a member of the United States Democratic Party who served as the 38th Governor of the US state of Wisconsin from 1971 to 1977. In 1977, he was appointed ambassador to Mexico by President Jimmy Carter, a post he held until 1979...	1965–1967	March 21, 1918 (age 93)
Martin J. Schreiber Martin J. Schreiber Martin James "Marty" Schreiber is an American politician, publisher, and lobbyist. A Democrat, Schreiber served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1963 to 1971 before becoming lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and Governor of Wisconsin...	1971–1977	April 08, 1939 (age 72)
James T. Flynn	1983–1987	September 25, 1944 (age 67)
Scott McCallum Scott McCallum Scott McCallum is a member of the Republican Party who served as the 43rd Governor of Wisconsin, from 2001 to 2003. Prior to assuming the role of governor upon the appointment of Tommy Thompson as Secretary of Health and Human Services, McCallum served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and...	1987–2001	May 02, 1950 (age 61)
Margaret Farrow Margaret Farrow Margaret Farrow is a former state senator and former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. She was born and raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and attended Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois for one year before receiving her B.A...	2001–2003	November 28, 1934 (age 77)
Barbara Lawton Barbara Lawton Barbara Lawton is an American politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin and member of the Democratic Party. She was the Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. She became the first woman elected to the position in 2002, as the running mate of former Democratic Governor Jim Doyle...	2003–2011	July 05, 1951 (age 60)

Other high offices held

This is a table of governorships, congressional seats and other federal offices, and ranking diplomatic positions in foreign countries held by former Wisconsin lieutenant governors.

Name	Term	Other offices held
James Lewis James T. Lewis James Taylor Lewis was an American lawyer and politician who served as the ninth Governor of Wisconsin.Lewis was born in Clarendon, New York, and in 1845 he settled in Columbus, Wisconsin. He held the positions of district attorney and county judge, and he was elected to terms in both the...	1854–1856	Governor of Wisconsin Governor of Wisconsin The Governor of Wisconsin is the highest executive authority in the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The position was first filled by Nelson Dewey on June 7, 1848, the year Wisconsin became a state...
Arthur MacArthur, Sr.	1856	Acting Governor of Wisconsin;Lieutenant governor resigned or otherwise left office to take this position. Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia United States District Court for the District of Columbia The United States District Court for the District of Columbia is a federal district court. Appeals from the District are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a...
Edward Salomon Edward Salomon Edward Salomon was the eighth Governor of Wisconsin during the Civil War after the accidental drowning of his predecessor, Louis P. Harvey.Salomon was born in Ströbeck, Prussian Saxony...	1862	Acting Governor of Wisconsin
Thaddeus Pound Thaddeus C. Pound Thaddeus Coleman Pound was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. Pound was Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin 1870 - 1872...	1870–1872	Representative from Wisconsin United States Congressional Delegations from Wisconsin These are tables of congressional delegations from Wisconsin to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. -United States Senate:-Delegates from Wisconsin Territory:-Members of the United States House of Representatives :-Notes:...
James Davidson James O. Davidson James Ole Davidson was the 21st Governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.-Background:Jens Ole Davidson was born in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway. He immigrated in 1872 to the United States when he was 18 years old...	1903–1906	Acting Governor of Wisconsin; Governor of Wisconsin
Walter Goodland Walter Samuel Goodland Walter Samuel Goodland was an American politician and the 31st Governor of Wisconsin. He was a Republican. He attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin....	1939–1943	Acting Governor of Wisconsin; Governor of Wisconsin
Oscar Rennebohm Oscar Rennebohm Oscar Rennebohm was the 32nd Governor of Wisconsin. He was born in Leeds, Wisconsin, in Columbia County. Rennebohm served in the United States Navy during World War I. Rennebohm, a Republican, was a pharmacist. In 1945, he was elected lieutenant governor of Wisconsin...	1945–1947	Acting Governor of Wisconsin; Governor of Wisconsin
Warren Knowles Warren P. Knowles Warren Perley Knowles , born in River Falls, Wisconsin, was an American lawyer and politician from New Richmond, Wisconsin.-Biography:...	1955–1959 1961–1963	Governor of Wisconsin
Jack Olson Jack B. Olson Jack B. Olson was an American businessman, politician, and Republican from the U.S. state of Wisconsin.Olson was born in Kilbourn in Columbia County, Wisconsin on August 29, 1920, to Jane Zimmerman Olson and Grover Olson. He graduated from Wisconsin Dells High School and attended Western Michigan...	1963–1965 1967–1971	Ambassador to the Bahamas United States Ambassador to the Bahamas The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Bahamas, usually simply called U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas, is an official position and title appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate by majority vote...
Patrick Lucey Patrick Joseph Lucey Patrick Joseph Lucey is a member of the United States Democratic Party who served as the 38th Governor of the US state of Wisconsin from 1971 to 1977. In 1977, he was appointed ambassador to Mexico by President Jimmy Carter, a post he held until 1979...	1965–1967	Governor of Wisconsin; Ambassador to Mexico United States Ambassador to Mexico The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Mexico since 1823, when Andrew Jackson was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to that country. Jackson declined the appointment, however, and Joel R. Poinsett became the first U.S. envoy to Mexico in 1825. The rank...
Martin Schreiber Martin J. Schreiber Martin James "Marty" Schreiber is an American politician, publisher, and lobbyist. A Democrat, Schreiber served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1963 to 1971 before becoming lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and Governor of Wisconsin...	1971–1977	Acting Governor of Wisconsin
Scott McCallum Scott McCallum Scott McCallum is a member of the Republican Party who served as the 43rd Governor of Wisconsin, from 2001 to 2003. Prior to assuming the role of governor upon the appointment of Tommy Thompson as Secretary of Health and Human Services, McCallum served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and...	1987–2001	Governor of WisconsinDue to a 1979 amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution Wisconsin Constitution The Constitution of the State of Wisconsin is the governing document of the U.S. State of Wisconsin. It establishes the structure and function of state government, describes the state boundaries, and declares the rights of state citizens... , Scott McCallum became governor, rather than acting as governor, upon the resignation of Governor Tommy Thompson Tommy Thompson Thomas George "Tommy" Thompson , a United States Republican politician, was the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin, after which he served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Thompson was a candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, but dropped out early after a poor performance in polls... .

See also

• Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
  Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
  The Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin is the first person in the order of succession of Wisconsin's executive branch, thus serving as governor in the event of the death, resignation, removal, impeachment, absence from the state, or incapacity due to illness of the Governor of Wisconsin...
  
  
• List of current United States Lieutenant Governors