List of Secretaries of State of Wisconsin

List of Secretaries of State of Wisconsin

Notes


* [A] note label|table|a|aWisconsin has had 28 secretaries of state. Two served non-consecutive terms, and are thus counted twice in this table. Theodore Dammann changed his party and is therefore counted twice also.

* [B] note label|left|a|aWhen there is no evidence to the contrary, it is assumed that secretaries of state left office the same day their successors were sworn in.

* [C] note label|terms|a|aThe fractional terms of some secretaries of state are not to be understood absolutely literally; rather, they are meant to show single terms during which multiple secretaries served due to death.

* [D] note label|harvey|a|aEarlier editions of the Wisconsin Blue Books refer to the sixth secretary of state as "Louis P. Harvey" and make it clear that he and "Louis Powell Harvey", the seventh governor of the state, are the same man.cite book |last=Toepel |first=M. G. |coauthors=Hazel L. Kuehn (eds.) |title=The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1960 |url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=header&id=WI.WIBlueBk1960&isize=M |accessdate=2008-03-07 |origdate=1960 |location=Madison, Wisconsin |publisher=The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library |chapter=Wisconsin's former governors, 1848–1949 |chapterurl=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=article&did=WI.WIBLUEBK1960.I0008&isize=M |pages=97] More recent editions, however, refer to the seventh governor as "Louis Powell Harvey" and the sixth secretary of state as "Lewis P. Harvey".

* [E] note label|3yearterm|a|aDuring Timme's first term, the Wisconsin Constitution 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 Timme, were extended by one year.

* [F] note label|died|a|aDied in office.

* [G] note label|vacantdeath|a|aVacant due to death of secretary of state.

* [H] note label|appointed|a|aAppointed to fill vacancy.

* [I] note label|wise|a|aBefore his death, Fred Zimmerman was elected to a ninth term as secretary of state, to last from 1955 until 1957. Wise was appointed to fill this term.

* [J] note label|4yearterms|a|aAs per a 1967 amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution, Zimmerman's eighth term, beginning in 1971, was the first to last for 4 years.

* [K] note label|lafollette|a|aAccording to the Office of the Secretary of State, Douglas LaFollette's surname is "LaFollette";cite web |title=Office of the Secretary of State, State of Wisconsin |url=http://www.sos.state.wi.us/ |accessdate=2008-05-10 |date=2008-02-25 |publisher=Secretary of State] the Wisconsin Blue Book, however, lists it as "La Follette".

* [L] note label|expire|a|aSecretary LaFollette's seventh term expires on January 3, 2011.

Other high offices held

This is a table of governorships, lieutenant governorships, congressional seats, and ranking diplomatic positions in foreign countries held by former Wisconsin secretaries of state.

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