First ladies of Wisconsin

The following is a list of the spouses of Wisconsin governors from 1933 to present, a position that is styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the State of Wisconsin. As of 2017, there have been no female governors of the State of Wisconsin, and all first spouses have been first ladies.[1][2]

Name Took office Left office Image Spouse of
Catherine Dunn 1848 1852 Nelson Dewey
Frances Cross 1852 1854 Leonard J. Farwell
Aurelia Belcher 1856 1856 Arthur MacArthur Sr.
Frances Forman 1856 1858 Coles Bashford
Cordelia Perrine 1862 1862 Louis P. Harvey
Elise Salomon 1862 1964 Edward Salomon
Orlina Sturgis 1864 1866 James T. Lewis
Frances Bull 1866 1872 Lucius Fairchild
Jeanette Garr 1872 1874 Cadwallader C. Washburn
Catherine Hurd 1874 1876 William Robert Taylor
E. Macy Tobey 1876 1878 Harrison Ludington
Mary Booth 1878 1882 William E. Smith
Agnes Bragg 1889 1891 William D. Hoard
Francena Rowley 1891 1895 George Wilbur Peck
Mary Kelly 1895 1897 William H. Upham
Agnes Potter 1897 1901 Edward Scofield
Belle Case 1901 1906 Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Helen Bliss 1906 1911 James O. Davidson
Bertha Schweke 1915 1921 Emanuel L. Philipp
Anna McSpaden 1921 1927 John J. Blaine
Charlotte Schroeder 1929 1931 Walter J. Kohler Sr.
Isabel Bacon 1931 1933 Philip La Follette
Katherine Regan (née Judefind) 1933 1935 Albert G. Schmedeman
Isabel Bacon 1935 1939 Philip La Follette
Elizabeth Conrad 1939 1943 Julius P. Heil
Myrtle Ennor Oliver Thye 1943 1947 Walter Samuel Goodland
Mary Fowler 1947 1951 Oscar Rennebohm
Celeste McVoy Holden 1951 1957 Walter J. Kohler, Jr.
Helen Davis Thomson 1957 1959 Vernon Wallace Thomson
Carrie Lee Dotson 1959 1963 Gaylord Nelson
Patricia Ann Brady 1963 1965 John W. Reynolds, Jr.
Dorothy Guidry 1965 1971 Warren P. Knowles
Jean Vlasis Lucey 1971 1977 Patrick Joseph Lucey
Elaine Schreiber (née Thaney) 1977 1979 Martin J. Schreiber
Joyce Dreyfus (née Unke) 1979 1983 Lee S. Dreyfus
Sheila Coyle Earl 1983 1987 Tony Earl
Sue Ann Thompson (née Mashak) 1987 2001 Tommy Thompson
Laurie McCallum 2001 2003 Scott McCallum
Jessica Doyle (née Laird) 2003 2010 Jim Doyle
Tonette Walker (née Tarantino) 2011 2019 Scott Walker
Kathy Evers 2019 Present Tony Evers
  1. ^ "Explore Our Collections". 12 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin First Lady Jessica Doyle". Archived from the original on 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2010-01-17.