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Northern U.S States
 
Alaska
 
 
Alaska, state seal
 
25 Sep 1745 - 18 Oct 1867 Russian colony
18 Oct 1867               Sold to the US
18 Oct 1867 - 15 Sep 1884 US Armed forces administration
17 May 1884               District
24 Aug 1912               Territory
03 Jan 1959 -             State of Alaska
 
Capital: Juneau.
Language: English, Russian, Inuit languages.
Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic, Mormon, Orthodox.
State Anthem: "Alaska's flag."
State Motto: North to the Future.
State Emblem:
 
Governors
04 Jul 1884 - 07 May 1885 John Henry Kinhead
07 May 1885 - 20 Apr 1889 Alfred Peter Swineford
20 Apr 1889 - 18 Jun 1893 Lyman Enos Knapp
18 Jun 1893 - 23 Jul 1897 James Sheakley
23 Jul 1897 - 02 Mar 1906 John Green Brady
02 Mar 1906 - 20 May 1909 Wilford Bacon Hoggatt
20 May 1909 - 18 Apr 1913 Walter Eli Clark
18 Apr 1913 - 12 Apr 1918 John Franklin Alexander Strong
12 Apr 1918 - 16 Jun 1921 Thomas Christmas Riggs
16 Jun 1921 - 16 Aug 1925 Scott Cordelle Bone
16 Aug 1925 - 19 Apr 1933 George Alexander Parks
19 Apr 1933 - 06 Dec 1939 John Weir Troy
06 Dec 1939 - 10 Apr 1953 Ernest Henry Gruening
10 Apr 1953 - 03 Jan 1957 Benjamin Franklin Heintzleman
03 Jan      - 08 Apr 1957 Waino Edward Henrickson .......................... 1896-1983
                          (1st Time, acting)
08 Apr 1957 - 09 Aug 1958 Michael Anthony Stepovich ........................ 1919-2014
09 Aug 1958 - 03 Jan 1959 Waino Edward Henrickson (2nd Time)
03 Jan 1959 - 05 Dec 1966 William Allen Egan ............................... 1914-1984 D
05 Dec 1966 - 29 Jan 1969 Walter Joseph Hickel ............................. 1919-2010 R/AL
29 Jan 1969 - 07 Dec 1970 Keith Harvey Miller .............................. 1925-     R
07 Dec 1970 - 02 Dec 1974 William Allen Egan (2nd Time)
02 Dec 1974 - 06 Dec 1982 Jay Sterner Hammond .............................. 1922-2005 R
06 Dec 1982 - 01 Dec 1986 William Jennings Sheffield ....................... 1928-     D
01 Dec 1986 - 03 Dec 1990 Steven Camberling Cowper ......................... 1938-     D
03 Dec 1990 - 05 Dec 1994 Walter Joseph Hickel (2nd Time)
05 Dec 1994 - 02 Dec 2002 Anthony Caroll Knowles ........................... 1943-     D
02 Dec 2002 - 04 Dec 2006 Francis Hughes Murkowski ......................... 1933-     R
04 Dec 2006 - 26 Jul 2009 Sarah Louise Palin ............................... 1964-     R
26 Jul 2009 - 01 Dec 2014 Sean R. Parnell .................................. 1962-     R
01 Dec 2014 -             William M. Walker ................................ 1951-     I
 
 
AL=Alaskan Independence
 
Idaho
 
 
Idaho, state seal
 
Capital: Boise.
Language: English.
Religion: Protestant, Mormon.
State Anthem: "Here we have Idaho."
State Motto: Esto perpetua (Let it be perpetual).
State Emblem: Western White Pine.
 
Governors
10 Mar      -        1863 William Henson Wallace
       1863 - 01 Aug 1864 William B. Daniels
                          (acting 26 Feb - 01 Aug 1864)
26 Feb 1864 - 10 Apr 1866 Caleb Dell Lyon
                          (arrived 01 Aug 1864)
10 Apr 1866 - 01 Jul 1870 Davis W. Ballard
12 Jun 1870 - 15 Mar 1871 Alexander Hamilton Conner
                          (did not take office)
15 Mar      - 19 Apr 1871 Ebenezer Dumont
                          (did not take office)
19 Apr      - 05 Sep 1871 Thomas Meade Bowen
05 Sep      - 24 Oct 1871 Edward J. Curtis
                          (1st Time), acting)
24 Oct 1871 - 03 Mar 1875 Thomas Warren Bennett
03 Mar      - 16 Dec 1875 Edward J. Curtis
                          (2nd Time), acting)
16 Dec 1875 - 24 Jul 1876 David Preston Thompson
24 Jul 1876 - 07 Aug 1878 Mason Brayman
                          (Suspended Jun - Aug 1878)
07 Aug 1878 - 12 Jun 1880 John Philo Hoyt
                          (did not take office)
07 Aug 1878 - 12 Jun 1880 Robert A. Sidebotham
                          (acting)
12 Jul 1880 - 02 Mar 1883 John Baldwin Neil
02 Mar      -        1883 John N. Erwin
       1883 - 26 Mar 1884 Edward J. Curtis
                          (2nd Time), acting)
26 Mar 1884 - 30 Sep 1885 William Malcolm Bunn
01 Oct 1885 - 01 Apr 1889 Edward A. Stevenson
01 Apr 1889 - 19 Dec 1890 George Laird Shoup
19 Dec 1890 - 05 Jan 1893 Norman Bushnell Willey
05 Jan 1893 - 04 Jan 1897 William John McConnell
04 Jan 1897 - 07 Jan 1901 Frank Steuenberg
07 Jan 1901 - 05 Jan 1903 Frank Williams Hunt
05 Jan 1903 - 02 Jan 1905 John Tracy Morrison
02 Jan 1905 - 04 Jan 1909 Frank Robert Gooding
04 Jan 1909 - 02 Jan 1911 James Henry Brady
02 Jan 1911 - 06 Jan 1913 James Henry Hawley
06 Jan 1913 - 04 Jan 1915 John Michiner Haines
04 Jan 1915 - 06 Jan 1919 Moses Alexander
06 Jan 1919 - 31 Dec 1922 David Williams Davis
01 Jan 1923 - 03 Jan 1927 Charles Calvin Moore
03 Jan 1927 - 05 Jan 1931 Henry Clarence Baldridge
05 Jan 1931 - 04 Jan 1937 Charles Benjamin Ross
04 Jan 1937 - 02 Jan 1939 Barzilla Worth Clark
02 Jan 1939 - 05 Jan 1941 Clarence Alfred Bottolfsen (1st Time)
06 Jan 1941 - 04 Jan 1943 Chase Addisson Clark
04 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1944 Clarence Alfred Bottolfsen (2nd Time)
01 Jan      - 17 Nov 1945 Charles Clinton Gossett ......... 1888-1974 D
17 Nov 1945 - 06 Jan 1947 Arnold Williams ................. 1898-1970 D
06 Jan 1947 - 31 Dec 1950 Charles Armington Robins ........ 1884-1970 R
01 Jan 1951 - 03 Jan 1955 Leonard Beck Jordan ............. 1899-1983 R
03 Jan 1955 - 02 Jan 1967 Robert Eben Smylie .............. 1914-2004 R
02 Jan 1967 - 04 Jan 1971 Donald Williams Samuelson ....... 1913-2000 R
04 Jan 1971 - 24 Jan 1977 Cecil Dale Andrus ............... 1931-     D
24 Jan 1977 - 05 Jan 1987 John Victor Evans ............... 1925-2014 D
05 Jan 1987 - 02 Jan 1995 Cecil Dale Andrus (2nd Time)
02 Jan 1995 - 08 Jan 1999 Philip Eugene Batt .............. 1927-     R
08 Jan 1999 - 26 May 2006 Dirk Arthur Kempthorne .......... 1951-     R
26 May      - 31 Dec 2006 James Elroy Risch ............... 1943-     R
01 Jan 2007 -             Clement Leroy Otter ............. 1942-     R
 
 
Michigan
 
 
Michigan, state seal
 
Capital: Lansing.
Language: English, French.
Religion: Roman Catholic, Lutheran.
State Anthem: "My Michigan."
State Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice
            (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you).
State Emblem: White-tailed Deer.
Governors
01 Jul 1905 - 29 Oct 1813 William Hull
29 Oct 1813 - 06 Aug 1831 Lewis Cass
06 Aug 1831 - 06 Jul 1834 George Bryan Porter
06 Jul 1834 - 01 Sep 1835 Steven Thomas Mason (1st Time)
01 Sep      - 31 Oct 1835 John Scott Horner
01 Nov 1835 - 07 Jan 1840 Steven Thomas Mason (2nd Time)
07 Jan 1840 - 23 Feb 1841 William Woodbridge
24 Feb 1841 - 03 Jan 1842 James Wright Gordon
03 Jan 1842 - 05 Jan 1846 John Stweart Barry (1st Time)
05 Jan 1846 - 03 Mar 1847 Alpheus Felch
03 Mar 1847 - 03 Jan 1848 William L. Greenly
03 Jan 1848 - 07 Jan 1850 Epaphroditus Ransom
07 Jan 1850 - 31 Dec 1851 John Stweart Barry (2nd Time)
01 Jan 1852 - 07 Mar 1853 Robert McCelland
08 Mar 1853 - 03 Jan 1855 Andrew Parsons
03 Jan 1855 - 05 Jan 1859 Kingsley Scott Bingham
05 Jan 1859 - 02 Jan 1861 Moses Wisner
02 Jan 1861 - 03 Jan 1865 Austin Blair
03 Jan 1865 - 06 Jan 1869 Henry Howland Crapo
06 Jan 1869 - 31 Dec 1872 Henry Porter Baldwin
01 Jan 1873 - 03 Jan 1877 John Judson Bagley
03 Jan 1877 - 31 Dec 1880 Charles Miller Croswell
01 Jan 1881 - 31 Dec 1882 David Howell Jones
01 Jan 1883 - 31 Dec 1884 Josiah Williams Begole
01 Jan 1885 - 31 Dec 1886 Russell Alexander Alger
01 Jan 1887 - 31 Dec 1890 Gyrus Gray Luce
01 Jan 1891 - 31 Dec 1892 Edwin Baruch Winans
01 Jan 1893 - 31 Dec 1896 John Tyler Rich
01 Jan 1897 - 31 Dec 1900 Hazen Stuart Pingree
01 Jan 1901 - 01 Jan 1905 Aaron Thomas Bliss
02 Jan 1905 - 01 Jan 1911 Frederick Maltby Warner
02 Jan 1911 - 31 Dec 1912 Chase Salmon Osborn
01 Jan 1913 - 31 Dec 1916 Woodbridge Nathan Ferris
01 Jan 1917 - 31 Dec 1920 Albert Eeson Sleeper
01 Jan 1921 - 31 Dec 1926 Alexander Joseph Groesbeck
01 Jan 1927 - 31 Dec 1930 Frederick Warren Green
01 Jan 1931 - 31 Dec 1932 Wilber Marion Brucker
01 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1934 William Alfred Comstock
01 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1936 Frank Dwight Fitzgerald (1st Time)
01 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1938 Frank William Murphy
01 Jan      - 16 Mar 1939 Frank Dwight Fitzgerald (2nd Time)
16 Mar 1939 - 31 Dec 1940 Luren Dudley Dickinson
01 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1942 Murray Delos van Wagoner
01 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1946 Henry Francis Kelly ............... 1895-1971 R
01 Jan 1947 - 31 Dec 1948 Kimber Cornellus Sigler ........... 1894-1953 R
01 Jan 1949 - 31 Dec 1960 Gehard Mennen Williams ............ 1911-1988 D
01 Jan 1961 - 31 Dec 1962 John Burley Swainson .............. 1925-1994 D
01 Jan 1963 - 22 Jan 1969 George Wilcken Rommey ............. 1907-1995 R
22 Jan 1969 - 31 Dec 1982 William Grawn Milliken ............ 1922-     R
01 Jan 1983 - 31 Dec 1990 James Johnstone Blanchard ......... 1942-     D
01 Jan 1991 - 31 Dec 2002 John M. Engler .................... 1948-     R
01 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2010 Jennifer Mulhern Granholm ......... 1959-     D
01 Jan 2011               Richard D. Snyder ................. 1959-     D
 
 
Minnesota
 
Minnesota, state seal
 
Capital: St. Paul.
Language: English, French.
Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant.
State Anthem: "Hail Minnesota."
State Motto: L'Etoile du Nord (Star of the North).
State Emblem: 
Governors
01 Jun 1849 - 15 May 1853 Alexander Ramsey (1st Time)
15 May 1853 - 23 Apr 1857 Willis Arnold Gorman
23 Apr 1857 - 24 May 1858 Samuel Medary
24 May 1858 - 02 Jan 1860 Henry Hastings Sibley
02 Jan 1860 - 10 Jul 1863 Alexander Ramsey (2nd Time)
10 Jul 1863 - 11 Jan 1864 Henry Adoniram Swift
11 Jan 1864 - 08 Jan 1866 Steven Miller
08 Jan 1866 - 09 Jan 1870 William Rainey Marshall
09 Jan 1870 - 07 Jan 1874 Horace Austins
07 Jan 1874 - 07 Jan 1876 Cushman Kellogg Davis
07 Jan 1876 - 10 Jan 1882 John Sargent Pillsbury
10 Jan 1882 - 05 Jan 1887 Lucius Frederick Hubbard
05 Jan 1887 - 09 Jan 1889 Andrew Ryan McGill
09 Jan 1889 - 04 Jan 1893 William Rush Merriam
09 Jan 1893 - 31 Jan 1895 Knute Nelson
01 Feb 1895 - 02 Jan 1899 David Marston Clough
02 Jan 1899 - 07 Jan 1901 John Lind
07 Jan 1901 - 04 Jan 1905 Samuel Van Sant
04 Jan 1905 - 21 Sep 1909 John Albert Johnson
21 Sep 1909 - 05 Jan 1915 Adolph Olson Eberhard
05 Jan      - 30 Dec 1915 Winfield Scott Hammond
30 Dec 1915 - 05 Jan 1921 Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist
05 Jan 1921 - 06 Jan 1925 Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus
06 Jan 1925 - 06 Jan 1931 Theodoro Christianson
06 Jan 1931 - 24 Aug 1936 Floyd Bjornstjerne Olson
24 Aug 1936 - 04 Jan 1937 Hjalmar Petersen
04 Jan 1937 - 02 Jan 1939 Elmer Austin Benson
02 Jan 1939 - 27 Apr 1943 Harold Edward Stassen
27 Apr 1943 - 08 Jan 1947 Edward John Thye ................ 1896-1969 R
08 Jan 1947 - 27 Sep 1951 Luther Wallace Youngdahl ........ 1896-1978 R
27 Sep 1951 - 05 Jan 1955 Clyde Elmer Anderson ............ 1912-1998 R
05 Jan 1955 - 02 Jan 1961 Orville Lothrop Freeman ......... 1918-2003 DFL
02 Jan 1961 - 25 Mar 1963 Elmer Lee Anderson .............. 1909-2004 R
25 Mar 1963 - 02 Jan 1967 Karl Fritjof Rolvaag ............ 1913-1990 DFL
02 Jan 1967 - 04 Jan 1971 Karl Harold Phillip LeVander .... 1910-1992 R
04 Jan 1971 - 29 Dec 1976 Wendell Richard Anderson ........ 1933-     DFL
29 Dec 1976 - 04 Jan 1979 Rudolph George Perpich .......... 1928-1995 DFL
04 Jan 1979 - 03 Jan 1983 Albert Harold Quie .............. 1923-     R
03 Jan 1983 - 07 Jan 1991 Rudolph George Perpich (2nd Time)
07 Jan 1991 - 04 Jan 1999 Arne Helge Carlson .............. 1924-     R
04 Jan 1999 - 06 Jan 2003 James"Jesse Ventura" George Janos 1951-     DFL/I
06 Jan 2003 - 03 Jan 2011 Timothy James Pawlenty .......... 1961-     R
03 Jan 2011 -             Mark Brandt Dayton .............. 1947-     DFL
 
 
DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor
I=Independent
 
Montana
 
Montana, state seal
 
Capital: Helena.
Language: English.
Religion: Protestant.
State Anthem: "Montana."
State Motto: Oro y Plata (Gold and Silva)
State Emblem:.
 
Governors
08 Nov 1889 - 01 Jan 1893 Joseph Kemp Toole (1st Time)
02 Jan 1893 - 03 Jan 1897 John Ezra Rickards
03 Jan 1897 - 07 Jan 1901 Robert Burns Smith
07 Jan 1901 - 31 Mar 1908 Joseph Kemp Toole (2nd Time)
01 Apr 1908 - 05 Jan 1913 Edwin L. Norris
05 Jan 1913 - 02 Jan 1921 Samuel Vernon Stewart
02 Jan 1921 - 04 Jan 1925 Joseph Moore Dixon
04 Jan 1925 - 13 Mar 1933 John Edward Erickson
13 Mar 1933 - 15 Dec 1935 Frank Henry Cooney
15 Dec 1935 - 04 Jan 1937 William Elmer Holt
04 Jan 1937 - 06 Jan 1941 Roy Elmer Ayers
06 Jan 1941 - 03 Jan 1949 Samuel Clarence Ford ............ 1882-1961 R
03 Jan 1949 - 04 Jan 1953 John Woodrow Bonner ............. 1902-1970 D
04 Jan 1953 - 04 Jan 1961 John Hugo Aronson ............... 1891-1978 R
04 Jan 1961 - 25 Jan 1962 Donald Grant Nutter ............. 1915-1962 R
25 Jan 1962 - 06 Jan 1969 Timothy Milford Babock .......... 1919-     R
06 Jan 1969 - 31 Dec 1972 Forrest Howard Anderson ......... 1913-1989 D
01 Jan 1973 - 05 Jan 1981 Thomas Lee Judge ................ 1934-2006 D
05 Jan 1981 - 02 Jan 1989 Theodore Schwinden .............. 1925-     D
02 Jan 1989 - 04 Jan 1993 Stanley Graham Stephens ......... 1929-     R
04 Jan 1993 - 02 Jan 2001 Marc F. Racicot ................. 1948-     R
02 Jan 2001 - 03 Jan 2005 Judy Martz ...................... 1943-     R
03 Jan 2005 - 07 Jan 2013 Brian David Schweitzer .......... 1955-     D
07 Jan 2013 -             Steven Bullock .................. 1966-     D
 
 
North Dakota
 
 
North Dakota, state seal
 
02 Mar 1861 - 02 Nov 1889 Part od Dakota territory
02 Nov 1889 -             State
 
Capital: Bismark.
Language: English, German.
Religion: Lutheran, Roman Catholic.
State Anthem: "North Dakota Hymn."
State Motto: Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseprable.
State Emblem:
 
Governors
20 Nov 1889 - 07 Jan 1891 John Miller
07 Jan 1891 - 03 Jan 1893 Andrew Horace Burke
03 Jan 1893 - 10 Jan 1895 Eli C.D Shortridge
10 Jan 1895 - 06 Jan 1897 Roger Allin
06 Jan 1897 - 09 Aug 1898 Frank Arlington Briggs
09 Aug 1898 - 03 Jan 1899 Joseph McMurray Devine
03 Jan 1899 - 10 Jan 1901 Frederick Bartlett Fancher
10 Jan 1901 - 04 Jan 1905 Frank White
04 Jan 1905 - 09 Jan 1907 Elmore Yocum Sarles
09 Jan 1907 - 08 Jan 1912 John Burke
08 Jan 1912 - 03 Jan 1917 Louis Benjamin Hanna
03 Jan 1917 - 23 Nov 1921 Lynn Joseph Frazier
23 Nov 1921 - 07 Jan 1925 Ragnvald Anderson Nestos
07 Jan 1925 - 28 Aug 1928 Arthur Gustav Sorlie
28 Aug 1928 - 09 Jan 1929 Walter Jeremiah Maddock
09 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1932 George Frederick Shafer
01 Jan 1933 - 21 Jun 1934 William Langer (1st Time)
21 Jun 1934 - 07 Jan 1935 Ole H. Olson
07 Jan      - 02 Feb 1935 Thomas Hilliard Moodie
02 Feb 1935 - 06 Jan 1937 Walter Welford
06 Jan 1937 - 05 Jan 1939 William Langer (2nd Time)
05 Jan 1939 - 04 Jan 1945 John Moses
04 Jan 1945 - 03 Jan 1951 Frederick George Aandahl ......... 1897-1966 R
03 Jan 1951 - 09 Jan 1957 Norman Brunsdale ................. 1891-1978 R
09 Jan 1957 - 04 Jan 1961 John Edward Davis ................ 1913-1990 R
04 Jan 1961 - 02 Jan 1973 William Lewis Guy ................ 1919-2013 D
02 Jan 1973 - 06 Jan 1981 Arthur Albert Link ............... 1914-     D
06 Jan 1981 - 31 Dec 1984 Allen Ingvar Olson ............... 1938-     R
01 Jan 1985 - 15 Dec 1992 George Albert Sinner ............. 1928-     D
15 Dec 1992 - 15 Dec 2000 Edward Thomas Schafer ............ 1946-     R
15 Dec 2000 - 07 Dec 2010 John Henry Hoeven ................ 1957-     R
07 Dec 2010 -             John "Jack" Dalrymple ............ 1948-     R
 
 
Washington
 
Washington, state seal
 
15 Feb 1812               Claimed by US
20 Oct 1818 - 17 Jul 1846 Joint US-British administration
17 Jul 1846 - 02 Mar 1853 Part of Oregon
02 Mar 1853               Territory
11 Nov 1889 -             State
 
Capital: Olympia.
Language: English.
Religion: Protestant.
State Anthem: "Washington, my home."
State Motto: Chinook Wawa (By and by).
State Emblem:
 
Governors
17 Mar 1853 - 31 Aug 1857 Isaac Ingalls Stevens
01 Sep 1857 -    Aug 1858 Fayette McMullen
   Aug 1858 - 29 Jul 1859 Charles H. Mason
29 Jul 1859 -    May 1860 Rochard Dickerson Gholson
   May 1860 - 09 Apr 1861 Henry M. McGill
09 Apr 1861 - 21 Nov 1866 William Pickering
21 Nov 1866 - 04 Mar 1867 George Edward Cole
04 Mar 1867 - 05 Apr 1869 Marshall F. Moore
05 Apr 1869 -    Apr 1870 Alvan Flanders
   Apr 1870 -    Apr 1872 Edward Seling Saloman
   Apr 1872 -    Apr 1880 Elisha Peyre Ferry (1st Time)
   Apr 1880 -    Apr 1884 William Augustus Newell
   Apr 1884 -    Apr 1887 Watson Carvosso Squire
   Apr 1887 -    Mar 1889 Eugene Semple
   Mar      - 11 Nov 1889 Miles Conway Moore
11 Nov 1889 - 09 Jan 1893 Elisha Peyre Ferry (2nd Time)
09 Jan 1893 - 11 Jan 1897 John Harte McGraw
11 Jan 1897 - 26 Dec 1901 John Rankin Rogers
26 Dec 1901 - 09 Jan 1905 Henry McBride
09 Jan 1905 - 27 Jan 1909 Albert Edward Mead
27 Jan      - 28 Mar 1909 Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove
28 Mar 1909 - 09 Jan 1913 Marion E. Hay
05 Jan 1913 - 14 Jun 1919 Ernest Lister
14 Jun 1919 - 12 Jan 1925 Louis Folwell Hart
12 Jan 1925 - 09 Jan 1933 Roland Hill Hartley
09 Jan 1933 - 13 Jan 1941 Clarence Daniel Martin
13 Jan 1941 - 08 Jan 1945 Arthur Bernard Langlie .......... 1900-1966 R
08 Jan 1945 - 12 Jan 1949 Monrad Charles Wallgren ......... 1891-1961 D
12 Jan 1949 - 14 Jan 1957 Arthur Bernard Langlie (2nd Time)
14 Jan 1957 - 11 Jan 1965 Albert Dean Rosellini ........... 1910-2011 D
11 Jan 1965 - 12 Jan 1977 Daniel Jackson Evans ............ 1925-     R
12 Jan 1977 - 14 Jan 1981 Marguerite 'Dixy' Lee Ray ....... 1914-1994 D
14 Jan 1981 - 16 Jan 1985 John Dennis Spellman ............ 1926-     R
16 Jan 1985 - 13 Jan 1993 Booth Gardner ................... 1936-2013 D
13 Jan 1993 - 15 Jan 1997 Michael Edward Lowry ............ 1939-     D
15 Jan 1997 - 12 Jan 2005 Gary Faye Locke (Lok Gaa-Fai) ... 1950-     D
12 Jan 2005 - 16 Jan 2013 Christine O'Grady Gregoire ...... 1947-     D
16 Jan 2013 -             Jay Robert Inslee ............... 1951-     D
 
 
Wisconsin
 
 
Wisconsin, state seal
 
04 Jul 1836              Wisconsin territory
29 May 1848              State
 
Capital: Madison.
Language: English.
Religion: Protestant.
State Anthem: "On, Wisconsin."
State Motto: Forward.
State Emblem:
 
Governors
04 Jul 1836 - 13 Sep 1841 Henry Dodge (1st Time)
01 Oct 1841 - 21 Jun 1844 James Duane Doty
21 Jun 1844 - 08 Apr 1845 Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge
08 Apr 1845 - 07 Jun 1848 Henry Dodge (2nd Time)
07 Jun 1848 - 05 Jan 1852 Nelson Dewey
05 Jan 1852 - 02 Jan 1854 Leonard James Farwell
02 Jan 1854 - 21 Mar 1856 William Augustus Barstow
21 Mar      - 25 Mar 1856 Arthur MacArthur
25 Mar 1856 - 04 Jan 1858 Coles Bashford
04 Jan 1858 - 06 Jan 1862 Alexander Williams Randall
06 Jan      - 19 Apr 1862 Louis Powell Harvey
19 Apr 1862 - 04 Jan 1864 Edward P. Salomon
04 Jan 1864 - 31 Dec 1865 James Taylor Lewis
01 Jan 1866 - 31 Dec 1871 Lucius Fairchild
01 Jan 1872 - 05 Jan 1874 Cadwallader
05 Jan 1874 - 03 Jan 1876 William Robert Taylor
03 Jan 1876 - 07 Jan 1878 Harrison Ludington
07 Jan 1878 - 02 Jan 1882 William E. Smith
02 Jan 1882 - 07 Jan 1889 Jeremiah McLain Rusk
07 Jan 1889 - 05 Jan 1891 William Dempster Hoard
05 Jan 1891 - 07 Jan 1895 George Wilbur Peck
07 Jan 1895 - 07 Jan 1897 William Henry Upham
07 Jan 1897 - 07 Jan 1901 Edward Scofield
07 Jan 1901 - 31 Dec 1905 Robert Marion La Follette
01 Jan 1906 - 02 Jan 1911 James Ole Davidson
02 Jan 1911 - 04 Jan 1915 Francis Edward McGovern
05 Jan 1915 - 03 Jan 1921 Emanuel Lorenz Philipp
03 Jan 1921 - 03 Jan 1927 John James Bains
03 Jan 1927 - 07 Jan 1929 Frederick R. Zimmerman
07 Jan 1929 - 05 Jan 1931 Walter Jodok Kohler Sr
05 Jan 1931 - 02 Jan 1933 Philip Fox La Forllette (1st Time)
02 Jan 1933 - 07 Jan 1935 Albert George Schmedeman
07 Jan 1935 - 02 Jan 1939 Philip Fox La Forllette (2nd Time)
02 Jan 1939 - 04 Jan 1943 Julius Peter Heil
04 Jan 1943 - 12 Mar 1947 Walter Samuel Goodhard
12 Mar 1947 - 31 Dec 1950 Oscar Rennebohn .................. 1889-1968 R 
01 Jan 1951 - 07 Jan 1957 Walter Jodok Kohler Jr ........... 1904-1976 R
07 Jan 1957 - 05 Jan 1959 Vernon Wallace Thomson ........... 1905-1988 R
05 Jan 1959 - 07 Jan 1963 Gaylord Anton Nelson ............. 1916-2005 D
07 Jan 1963 - 05 Jan 1965 John Whitcome Reynolds ........... 1921-2002 D
05 Jan 1965 - 04 Jan 1971 Warren Perley Knowles ............ 1908-1993 R
04 Jan 1971 - 07 Jul 1977 Patrick Joseph Lucey ............. 1918-     D
07 Jul 1977 - 31 Dec 1978 Martin James Schreiber ........... 1939-     D
01 Jan 1979 - 03 Jan 1983 Lee Sherman Dreyfuss ............. 1926-2008 R
03 Jan 1983 - 05 Jan 1987 Anthony Scully Earl .............. 1936-     D
05 Jan 1987 - 31 Jan 2001 Thomas George Thompson ........... 1941-     R
01 Feb 2001 - 06 Jan 2003 James Scott McCallum ............. 1950-     R
06 Jan 2003 - 03 Jan 2011 James Edward Doyle ............... 1945-     D
03 Jan 2011 -             Scott K. Walker .................. 1967-     R
 
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