List of Wisconsin attorneys general

{{Short description|Chief law officer of the state of Wisconsin}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox official post | post = Attorney General | body = Wisconsin | insignia = File:Seal of the Wisconsin Attorney General.png | insigniasize = 180px | insigniacaption = Seal of the attorney general of Wisconsin | image = Attorney Josh Kaul.jpg | imagesize = | incumbent = Josh Kaul | incumbentsince = January 7, 2019 | style = {{ublist|Mr. or Madam Attorney General (informal)|The Honorable (formal)}} | department = Wisconsin Department of Justice | seat = Wisconsin State Capitol Madison, Wisconsin | residence = | appointer = General election | termlength = Four years, no term limits | formation = {{start date and age|June 7, 1848|p=1|br=1}} | inaugural = James S. Brown | deputy = | salary = $148,242<ref>{{cite report|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/lrb_reports/lrb_reports_3_3.pdf |title= Salaries of Wisconsin State Elected Officials |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |access-date= April 3, 2020 |year= 2019 |page=2 }}</ref> | constituting_instrument = Wisconsin Constitution of 1848, Article VI | website = [https://www.doj.state.wi.us/ Official page] [https://twitter.com/WisDOJ Official twitter] }} The '''attorney general of Wisconsin''' is a constitutional officer of the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the chief law enforcement officer of Wisconsin, and the head of the Wisconsin Department of Justice. It is part of Wisconsin's administrative branch as defined in {{nowrap|Article VI}} of the Constitution of Wisconsin. The attorney general is elected to four-year terms by statewide partisan election in non-presidential election years. If a vacancy occurs, the governor of Wisconsin is empowered to appoint a replacement to serve the remainder of the unexpired term; there are no term limits for this office.

Forty-five individuals have held the office of attorney general since Wisconsin achieved statehood in 1848. The incumbent is Josh Kaul, a Democrat; he was elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.doj.state.wi.us/professional-profiles|title = Executive Profiles | Wisconsin Department of Justice}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://joshkaul.org/|title=Kaul for Attorney General|date=April 4, 2023|website=Kaul for Attorney General}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wisdems.org/our-party/constitutional-offices|title = Constitutional Offices}}</ref>

== Election and term of office == The attorney general is elected in a partisan general election held on Election Day in November of even-numbered non-presidential election years, for a four-year term which starts on the first Monday of the January following the election.<ref name="article13">{{cite book |editor-last=Barish |editor-first=Lawrence S. |title=State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007–2008 |year=2007 |url=http://www.legis.wisconsin/gov/lrb/bb/07bb/ |format=PDF |access-date=2008-05-10 |publisher=Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |location=Madison, Wisconsin |isbn=978-0-9752820-2-1 |chapter=Chapter 3: Wisconsin Constitution (Article XIII) |chapter-url=http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/constitution.htm |page=234 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> There is no limit to the number of terms an attorney general may serve. 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 or by recall election.<ref name="article7">{{cite book |editor-last=Barish |editor-first=Lawrence S. |title=State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007–2008 |year=2007 |url=http://www.legis.wisconsin/gov/lrb/bb/07bb/ |format=PDF |access-date=2008-05-10 |publisher=Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |location=Madison, Wisconsin |isbn=978-0-9752820-2-1 |chapter=Chapter 3: Wisconsin Constitution (Article VII) |chapter-url=http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/constitution.htm |page=218 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> They may also choose to resign from office. In Wisconsin's history, six attorney generals have resigned, none have ever been recalled or impeached.

==Powers and duties== The powers of the attorney general are largely defined in chapters 15.25 and 165.015 of the Wisconsin statutes. Chapter 15.25 establishes the Wisconsin Department of Justice and assigns the attorney general as the head of that department.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.doj.state.wi.us/|title=Wisconsin Department of Justice | WisDOJ}}</ref> Chapter 165.015 defines the primary powers and duties of the attorney general, but other powers and duties of the attorney general can be found throughout chapter 165.

Under current law, 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 of Wisconsin, 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/165/|title = Wisconsin Legislature: Chapter 165}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/related/wiscon/wi/VI/3|title=Wisconsin Legislature: VI,3|website=docs.legis.wisconsin.gov}}</ref>

In accordance with Article X, Section 7, of the Wisconsin Constitution, the attorney general is also 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 state Insurance Security Fund.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/15/II/255/1/a/6|title=Wisconsin Legislature: 15.255(1)(a)6.|website=docs.legis.wisconsin.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://claimsboard.wi.gov/Pages/home.aspx|title=Claims Board Home|website=claimsboard.wi.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wilifega.org/|title=Wisconsin Insurance Security Fund - Welcome|website=www.wilifega.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/wiscon/_20|title = Wisconsin Legislature: ARTICLE X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/committees/joint/1974|title = 2019 Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://etf.wi.gov/about-etf/governing-boards/group-insurance-board|title = Group Insurance Board}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wilawlibrary.gov/judicialcouncil/index.htm|title = Wisconsin Judicial Council}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://publicrecordsboard.wi.gov/Pages/home.aspx|title = Public Records Board Home}}</ref>

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

{| class=wikitable style="float:right; margin:0 0 0.5em 1em;" |+Number of attorneys general of Wisconsin by party affiliation !Party !Attorneys |- {{party shading/Republican}} |Republican |align=right|28 |- {{party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic |align=right|16 |- {{party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Progressive |align=right|1 |}

===Wisconsin Territory=== Before statehood, the Wisconsin Territory also had several attorneys general appointed by the governor of the territory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wi/state/wihist-2.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012083614/http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wi/state/wihist-2.htm|title=Wisconsin Territory|archivedate=October 12, 2008}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Image ! Name ! Took office ! Left office ! Territorial governor |- | 60px | Henry S. Baird | 1836 | 1839 | Henry Dodge |- | | Horatio N. Wells | 1839 | 1841 | Henry Dodge |- | 60px | Mortimer M. Jackson | 1842 | 1844 | James Doty |- | 60px | William Pitt Lynde | 1844 | 1845 | Nathaniel P. Tallmadge |- | 60px | Mortimer M. Jackson | 1845 | 1846 | rowspan="2"| Henry Dodge |- | | A. Hyatt Smith | 1846 | 1848 |}

===State of Wisconsin===

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! # ! Image ! Name ! Party ! Took office ! Left office |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 1 | 60px | James S. Brown (1824–1878) | Democratic | June 7, 1848<ref name="bluebook1929">{{cite book |last=Anderson |first=William J. |editor=William A. Anderson |title=The Wisconsin blue book, 1929 |year=1929 |url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=header&id=WI.WIBlueBk1929&isize=M |access-date=2008-05-08 |publisher=Democrat Printing Company |location=Madison, Wisconsin |page=152}}</ref> | January 7, 1850 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 2 | | S. Park Coon (1820–1883) | Democratic | January 7, 1850<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 5, 1852 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 3 | 60px | Experience Estabrook (1813–1894) | Democratic | January 5, 1852<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 2, 1854 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 4 | 60px | George Baldwin Smith (1823–1879) | Democratic | January 2, 1854<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 7, 1856 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 5 | 60px | William Rudolph Smith (1787–1868) | Democratic | January 7, 1856<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 4, 1858 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 6 | 60px | Gabriel Bouck (1828–1904) | Democratic | January 4, 1858<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 2, 1860 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 7 | | James Henry Howe<ref group="note" name="resigned">Resigned from office.</ref> (1827–1893) | Republican | January 2, 1860<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | October 7, 1862<ref name="bluebook1929" /><ref name="bluebook2007">{{cite book|editor-last=Barish |editor-first=Lawrence S. |title=State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007–2008 |url=http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/ |format=PDF |year=2007 |location=Madison, Wisconsin |publisher=Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |chapter=Chapter 8: Statistical Information on Wisconsin |chapter-url=http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/statistics.htm |pages=722–724 |isbn=978-0-9752820-2-1 |access-date=2008-05-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811080930/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/ |archive-date=2011-08-11 }}</ref> |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 8 | 60px | Winfield Smith<ref group="note" name="appointed">Appointed to fill unexpired term.</ref> (1827–1899) | Republican | October 7, 1862<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 1, 1866 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 9 | 60px | Charles R. Gill (1830–1883) | Republican | January 1, 1866<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 3, 1870 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 10 | | Stephen Steele Barlow (1818–1900) | Republican | January 3, 1870<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 5, 1874 |- {{Party shading/Liberal Republican}} | 11 | 60px | A. Scott Sloan (1820–1895) | Liberal Republican | January 5, 1874<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 7, 1878 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 12 | | Alexander Wilson (1833–1888) | Republican | January 7, 1878<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 2, 1882 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 13 | 60px | Leander F. Frisby{{#tag:ref|Some sources record Leander Frisby's surname as "Frisbie".<ref name="bluebook1929" />|group="note"}} (1825–1889) | Republican | January 2, 1882<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 3, 1887 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 14 | 60px | Charles E. Estabrook (1847–1918) | Republican | January 3, 1887<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 5, 1891 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 15 | | James L. O'Connor (1858–1931) | Democratic | January 5, 1891<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 7, 1895 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 16 | | William H. Mylrea (1853–1916) | Republican | January 7, 1895<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 2, 1899 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 17 | | Emmett R. Hicks (1854–1925) | Republican | January 2, 1899<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 5, 1903 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 18 | | Lafayette M. Sturdevant (1856–1923) | Republican | January 5, 1903<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 7, 1907 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 19 | | Frank L. Gilbert (1864–1930) | Republican | January 7, 1907<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 2, 1911 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 20 | 60px | Levi H. Bancroft (1861–1948) | Republican | January 2, 1911<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 6, 1913 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 21 | 60px | Walter C. Owen<ref group="note" name="resigned" /> (1868–1934) | Republican | January 6, 1913<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 7, 1918<ref name="bluebook1929" /> |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 22 | | Spencer Haven<ref group="note" name="appointed" /> (1868–1938) | Republican | January 7, 1918<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 6, 1919 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 23 | 60px | John J. Blaine (1875–1934) | Republican | January 6, 1919<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 3, 1921 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 24 | 60px | William J. Morgan (1883–1983) | Republican | January 3, 1921<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 1, 1923 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 25 | 60px | Herman L. Ekern (1872–1954) | Republican | January 1, 1923<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 3, 1927 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 26 | | John W. Reynolds Sr. (1876–1958) | Republican | January 3, 1927<ref name="bluebook1929" /> | January 2, 1933 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 27 | 60px | James E. Finnegan (1892–1966) | Democratic | January 2, 1933<ref name="wisjournal1933">{{cite news |title=Governor Takes Oath Amid Cheers of 5,000 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |date=January 3, 1933 |page=1 |location=Madison, Wisconsin |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=99852035 |format=PDF |access-date=2010-04-21}}</ref> | January 4, 1937 |- {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | 28 | 60px | Orland Steen Loomis (1893–1942) | Progressive | January 4, 1937<ref name="dailynorthwestern1937">{{cite news |title=New Administrations Started |work=Oshkosh Daily Northwestern |date=January 4, 1937 |page=6 |location=Oshkosh, Wisconsin |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=7578853 |format=PDF |access-date=2010-04-21}}</ref> | January 2, 1939 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 29 | 60px | John E. Martin<ref group="note" name="resigned" /> (1891–1968) | Republican | January 2, 1939<ref name="sheboygan1939">{{cite news |title=Gov. Julius P. Heil Takes Office |work=The Sheboygan Press |date=January 2, 1939 |page=1 |location=Sheboygan, Wisconsin |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=8716084 |format=PDF |access-date=2010-04-21}}</ref> | June 1, 1948<ref name="bluebook2007" /> |- |colspan="4"| ''vacant'' | June 1, 1948 | June 5, 1948 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 30 | 60px | Grover L. Broadfoot<ref group="note" name="appointed" /><ref group="note" name="resigned" /> (1892-1962) | Republican | June 5, 1948<ref name="bluebook2007" /> | November 12, 1948<ref name="bluebook2007" /> |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 31 | 60px | Thomas E. Fairchild<ref group="note" name="appointed" /> (1912–2007) | Democratic | November 12, 1948<ref name="bluebook2007" /> | January 1, 1951 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 32 | 60px | Vernon W. Thomson (1905–1988) | Republican | January 1, 1951<ref name="wisjournal1951">{{cite news |title=Highlights of Inauguration Ceremony as Five State Republican Officials Take Oaths in Capitol |work=Wisconsin State Journal |date=January 2, 1951 |page=2 |location=Madison, Wisconsin |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=99989278 |format=PDF |access-date=2010-04-21}}</ref> | January 7, 1957 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 33 | 60px | Stewart G. Honeck (1906–1999) | Republican | January 7, 1957<ref name="dailyjournal1957">{{cite news |title=Thomson Takes Oath, Pledges Common Sense |work=Stevens Point Daily Journal |date=January 7, 1957 |page=1 |location=Stevens Point, Wisconsin |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=7195629 |format=PDF |access-date=2010-04-21}}</ref> | January 5, 1959 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 34 | 60px | John W. Reynolds Jr. (1921–2002) | Democratic | January 5, 1959<ref name="dailyjournal1959">{{cite news |title=Gaylord Nelson Becomes State's 34th Governor |work=Stevens Point Daily Journal |date=January 5, 1959 |page=1 |location=Stevens Point, Wisconsin |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=43361 |format=PDF |access-date=2010-04-21}}</ref> | January 7, 1963 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 35 | 60px | George Thompson (1918–1992) | Republican | January 7, 1963<ref name="northwestern1963">{{cite news |title=Reynolds Calls for Unity At Inaugural Ceremonies |work=Oshkosh Daily Northwestern |date=January 7, 1963 |page=1 |location=Oshkosh, Wisconsin |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=17738968n |format=PDF |access-date=2010-04-21}}</ref> | January 4, 1965 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 36 | 60px | Bronson La Follette (1936–2018) | Democratic | January 4, 1965<ref name="wisjournal1965">{{cite news |title=Knowles Seeks State's Aid in Move Forward |work=Wisconsin State Journal |date=January 5, 1965 |page=1 |location=Madison, Wisconsin |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=103358189 |format=PDF |access-date=2010-04-21}}</ref> | January 6, 1969 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 37 | 60px | Robert W. Warren<ref group="note" name="resigned" /> (1925–1998) | Republican | January 6, 1969<ref name="heraldtimes1969">{{cite news |title=Knowles Stresses Need for Priorities |work=Manitowoc Herald Times |date=January 6, 1969 |page=1 |location=Manitowoc, Wisconsin |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=17096116 |format=PDF |access-date=2010-04-21}}</ref> | October 8, 1974<ref name="bluebook2007" /> |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 38 | | Victor A. Miller<ref group="note" name="appointed" /><ref group="note" name="resigned" /> (1916–1984) | Democratic | October 8, 1974<ref name="bluebook2007" /> | November 25, 1974<ref name="bluebook2007" /> |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 39 | 60px | Bronson La Follette<ref group="note" name="appointed" /> (1936–2018) | Democratic | November 25, 1974<ref name="bluebook2007" /> | January 5, 1987 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 40 | 60px | Don Hanaway (1933–1995) | Republican | January 5, 1987 {{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} | January 7, 1991 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 41 | 60px | Jim Doyle (born 1945) | Democratic | January 7, 1991<ref name="dailyglobe1991">{{cite news |title=Thompson takes oath, praises school choice |work=Ironwood Daily Globe |date=January 8, 1991 |page=7 |location=Ironwood, Michigan |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=153641549 |format=PDF |access-date=2010-04-21}}</ref> | January 6, 2003 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 42 | 60px | Peggy Lautenschlager (1955–2018) | Democratic | January 6, 2003<ref name="journalsentinel2003">{{cite news |title=The guard changes |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=January 7, 2003 |page=1A |location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin |id={{ProQuest|261710319}} }}</ref> | January 3, 2007 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 43 | 60px | J.B. Van Hollen (born 1966) | Republican | January 3, 2007<ref name="journalsentinel2007">{{cite news |title=At inauguration, Doyle keeps focus on health care, schools; Legislative leaders make bipartisan pledges after Capitol ceremonies |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=January 4, 2007 |page=1B |location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin |id={{ProQuest|263656000}} }}</ref> | January 5, 2015 |- {{Party shading/Republican}} | 44 | 60px | Brad Schimel (born 1965) | Republican | January 5, 2015 | January 7, 2019 |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 45 | 60px | Josh Kaul (born 1981) | Democratic | January 7, 2019 | ''Incumbent'' |- | colspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | '''Notes:''' {{reflist|group="note"}} |}

== References == === General === *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071025041703/http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/05bb/695-743.pdf ''Wisconsin Blue Book''], 2005–2006 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081012083614/http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wi/state/wihist-2.htm "Wisconsin as a Territory"] from ''History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin''. Springfield, Illinois: Union Publishing Company, 1884. pp. 34–41.

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