Political party strength in 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
[edit]Wisconsin Territory: 1836–1848
[edit]| Year | Executive offices | Territorial Assemb. | U.S. Congress | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]1900–1949
[edit]1950–1999
[edit]| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) 
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| 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) 
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of superintendents of public instruction of Wisconsin
- Politics in Wisconsin
- Elections in Wisconsin
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Died in office.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Appointed to fill a vacancy.
- ^ Resigned to become Chicago superintendent of schools.
- ^ Elected a Unionist, James W. Beardsley, as Speaker.[2]
- ^ a b c d As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for remainder of unexpired term.
- ^ Elected a Republican, Sam Fifield, as Speaker.[2]
- ^ Elected an Independent, John B. Cassoday, as Speaker. He ran on a Unionist ticket.[2]
- ^ Elected a Greenback, Augustus Barrows, as Speaker.[2]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Also nominated by the Democratic Party and the Prohibition Party.
- ^ a b c d Resigned.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Failed to give required bond.
- ^ Elected a Democrat, Harry W. Bolens, as President Pro Tempore.[3]
- ^ Elected a Progressive, Jorge W. Carow, as Speaker.[4]
- ^ Resigned to take an appointment to the state tax commission.
- ^ Elected a Progressive, Walter J. Rush, as President Pro Tempore.[5]
- ^ Elected a Progressive, Paul Alfonsi, as Speaker.[6]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Resigned to become State Insurance Commissioner.
- ^ The 47th Assembly district was vacant for most of this term due to a resignation followed by a disputed special election.
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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]
- ^ Resigned to become United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
- ^ Ascended to the governorship upon Gov. Thompson's resignation.
- ^ See 2011 Wisconsin Senate recall elections.
- ^ See 2012 Wisconsin Senate recall elections.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d The State of Wisconsin Blue Book. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales. 1973. p. 649.
- ^ The State of Wisconsin Blue Book. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales. 1973. p. 648.
- ^ 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.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YQUtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6tMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4362,5129113&hl=en [dead link]
- ^ The State of Wisconsin Blue Book. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales. 1973.
- ^ Journal of the Senate
- ^ a b President of the Senate Brian Rude
- ^ "Wisconsin Legislature: SJ96171". docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
- ^ "Wisconsin Legislature: sj042198e". docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
External links
[edit]- "Wisconsin Blue Books". The State of Wisconsin Collection. Retrieved 2021-07-19.