Attorney General of Wisconsin

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The attorney general of Wisconsin is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Forty-five individuals have held the office of attorney general since statehood. The incumbent is Josh Kaul, a Democrat.[1][2][3]

Election and term of office

The attorney general is elected on Election Day in November, and takes office on the first Monday of the next January.[4] There is no limit to the number of terms an attorney general may hold. From 1848 to 1968, the attorney general was elected to a two-year term in the November general election. Since 1970, following ratification of a constitutional amendment in April 1967, the attorney general has been elected to a four-year term.

In the event of a vacancy in the office of the attorney general, the governor of Wisconsin may appoint a replacement to fill the remainder of the term. The attorney general may be removed from office through an impeachment trial.[5] They may also choose to resign from office.

Powers and duties

The attorney general is the chief law officer of the state of Wisconsin, and amongst other duties has charge and conduct for the state of all suits instituted for and against the government thereof, certifies all bonds issued by the state, protects the School Trust Funds managed by the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, and provides written opinions on questions of law to either house of the Wisconsin Legislature or the head of any state agency.[6][7] By virtue of office, the attorney general directs and supervises the Wisconsin Department of Justice.[8] In accordance with Article X, Section 7 of the Wisconsin State Constitution, the attorney general is a member of the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands; the same is also a member of, or designates members to, the Claims Board, Crime Victims Rights Board, Group Insurance Board, Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions, Judicial Council, Law Enforcement Standards Board, Public Records Board, and the Board of Directors of the Insurance Security Fund.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

List of attorneys general of Wisconsin

This is a list of attorneys general for Wisconsin, from before statehood to present.

Number of attorneys general of Wisconsin by party affiliation
Party Attorneys
Republican 28
Democratic 16
Progressive 1

Wisconsin Territory

Before statehood, the Wisconsin Territory also had several attorneys general appointed by the governor of the territory.[17]

Image Name Took office Left office Territorial governor
File:Henry S. Baird.jpg Henry S. Baird 1836 1839 Henry Dodge
Horatio N. Wells 1839 1841 Henry Dodge
File:Mortimer M. Jackson.png Mortimer M. Jackson 1842 1844 James Doty
File:William Pitt Lynde (Wisconsin Congressman) (3x4a).jpg William Pitt Lynde 1844 1845 Nathaniel P. Tallmadge
File:Mortimer M. Jackson.png Mortimer M. Jackson 1845 1846 Henry Dodge
A. Hyatt Smith 1846 1848

State of Wisconsin

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# Image Name Party Took office Left office
1 File:James Sproat Brown (3x4a).png James S. Brown
(1824–1878) 		Democratic June 7, 1848[18] January 7, 1850
2 S. Park Coon
(1820–1883) 		Democratic January 7, 1850[18] January 5, 1852
3 File:Experience Estabrook (Nebraska Congressman).jpg Experience Estabrook
(1813–1894) 		Democratic January 5, 1852[18] January 2, 1854
4 File:George Baldwin Smith.png George Baldwin Smith
(1823–1879) 		Democratic January 2, 1854[18] January 7, 1856
5 File:William Rudolph Smith.png William Rudolph Smith
(1787–1868) 		Democratic January 7, 1856[18] January 4, 1858
6 File:GabrielBouck.jpg Gabriel Bouck
(1828–1904) 		Democratic January 4, 1858[18] January 2, 1860
7 James Henry Howe[note 1]
(1827–1893) 		Republican January 2, 1860[18] October 7, 1862[18][19]
8 File:Winfield Smith.png Winfield Smith[note 2]
(1827–1899) 		Republican October 7, 1862[18] January 1, 1866
9 File:Charles R Gill.png Charles R. Gill
(1830–1883) 		Republican January 1, 1866[18] January 3, 1870
10 Stephen Steele Barlow
(1818–1900) 		Republican January 3, 1870[18] January 5, 1874
11 File:Andrew Scott Sloan (Wisconsin Congressman).jpg A. Scott Sloan
(1820–1895) 		Liberal Republican January 5, 1874[18] January 7, 1878
12 Alexander Wilson
(1833–1888) 		Republican January 7, 1878[18] January 2, 1882
13 File:Leander F. Frisby.png Leander F. Frisby[note 3]
(1825–1889) 		Republican January 2, 1882[18] January 3, 1887
14 File:Charles Edward Estabrook.png Charles E. Estabrook
(1847–1918) 		Republican January 3, 1887[18] January 5, 1891
15 James L. O'Connor
(1858–1931) 		Democratic January 5, 1891[18] January 7, 1895
16 William H. Mylrea
(1853–1916) 		Republican January 7, 1895[18] January 2, 1899
17 Emmett R. Hicks
(1854–1925) 		Republican January 2, 1899[18] January 5, 1903
18 Lafayette M. Sturdevant
(1856–1923) 		Republican January 5, 1903[18] January 7, 1907
19 Frank L. Gilbert
(1864–1930) 		Republican January 7, 1907[18] January 2, 1911
20 File:Levi Horace Bancroft.png Levi H. Bancroft
(1861–1948) 		Republican January 2, 1911[18] January 6, 1913
21 File:Judge Walter C. Owen.png Walter C. Owen[note 1]
(1868–1934) 		Republican January 6, 1913[18] January 7, 1918[18]
22 Spencer Haven[note 2]
(1868–1938) 		Republican January 7, 1918[18] January 6, 1919
23 File:John J Blaine Bain crop.jpg John J. Blaine
(1875–1934) 		Republican January 6, 1919[18] January 3, 1921
24 File:William J Morgan.png William J. Morgan
(1883–1983) 		Republican January 3, 1921[18] January 1, 1923
25 File:Herman Ekern (WI).jpg Herman L. Ekern
(1872–1954) 		Republican January 1, 1923[18] January 3, 1927
26 John W. Reynolds Sr.
(1876–1958) 		Republican January 3, 1927[18] January 2, 1933
27 File:James E. Finnegan (WI).png James E. Finnegan
(1892–1966) 		Democratic January 2, 1933[20] January 4, 1937
28 File:Orland Steen Loomis (Wisconsin governor-elect).jpg Orland Steen Loomis
(1893–1942) 		Progressive January 4, 1937[21] January 2, 1939
29 File:John E. Martin (1891-1968) (8254108492) (1).jpg John E. Martin[note 1]
(1891–1968) 		Republican January 2, 1939[22] June 1, 1948[19]
vacant June 1, 1948 June 5, 1948
30 File:Grover L. Broadfoot (WI).png Grover L. Broadfoot[note 2][note 1]
(1892-1962) 		Republican June 5, 1948[19] November 12, 1948[19]
31 File:Thomas E. Fairchild (WI) (3x4a).png Thomas E. Fairchild[note 2]
(1912–2007) 		Democratic November 12, 1948[19] January 1, 1951
32 File:Vernon Wallace Thomson (1905-1988) (8276634634) (1).jpg Vernon W. Thomson
(1905–1988) 		Republican January 1, 1951[23] January 7, 1957
33 File:Stewart G. Honeck (WI).png Stewart G. Honeck
(1906–1999) 		Republican January 7, 1957[24] January 5, 1959
34 File:John W. Reynolds Jr. (WI).png John W. Reynolds Jr.
(1921–2002) 		Democratic January 5, 1959[25] January 7, 1963
35 File:George Thompson (WI).png George Thompson
(1918–1992) 		Republican January 7, 1963[26] January 4, 1965
36 File:Bronson La Follette (WI) (cropped).jpg Bronson La Follette
(1936–2018) 		Democratic January 4, 1965[27] January 6, 1969
37 File:Robert W. Warren (WI).png Robert W. Warren[note 1]
(1925–1998) 		Republican January 6, 1969[28] October 8, 1974[19]
38 Victor A. Miller[note 2][note 1]
(1916–1984) 		Democratic October 8, 1974[19] November 25, 1974[19]
39 File:Bronson La Follette (WI) (cropped).jpg Bronson La Follette[note 2]
(1936–2018) 		Democratic November 25, 1974[19] January 5, 1987
40 File:Don Hanaway (WI).png Don Hanaway
(1933–1995) 		Republican January 5, 1987
Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 		January 7, 1991
41 File:Jim Doyle (3x4) a.jpg Jim Doyle
(born 1945) 		Democratic January 7, 1991[29] January 6, 2003
42 File:Peg Lautenschlager Headshot.jpg Peggy Lautenschlager
(1955–2018) 		Democratic January 6, 2003[30] January 3, 2007
43 File:J.B.VanHollen (cropped).jpg J.B. Van Hollen
(born 1966) 		Republican January 3, 2007[31] January 5, 2015
44 File:Brad Schimel.jpg Brad Schimel
(born 1965) 		Republican January 5, 2015 January 7, 2019
45 File:Attorney Josh Kaul.jpg Josh Kaul
(born 1981) 		Democratic January 7, 2019 Incumbent
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References

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