Margaret Farrow

Margaret Farrow
Member of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
In office
June 18, 2013 – December 7, 2017
Appointed byScott Walker
Preceded byJudith Crane
42nd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
In office
May 9, 2001 – January 6, 2003
GovernorScott McCallum
Preceded byScott McCallum
Succeeded byBarbara Lawton
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 33rd district
In office
January 2, 1989 – May 9, 2001
Preceded bySusan Engeleiter
Succeeded byTed Kanavas
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 99th district
In office
January 5, 1987 – January 2, 1989
Preceded byJohn M. Young
Succeeded byFrank Urban
Personal details
Born
Margaret Ann Nemitz

(1934-11-28)November 28, 1934
Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedMarch 8, 2022(2022-03-08) (aged 87)
Pewaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJohn Farrow
ChildrenPaul Farrow
ProfessionTeacher, realtor

Margaret Ann Farrow (née Nemitz; November 28, 1934 – March 8, 2022) was an American Republican politician from Wisconsin. She was the 42nd lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and the first woman to hold that office. She previously served twelve years in the Wisconsin Senate and two years in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Later in life, she also served as a member of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.

Her son, Paul Farrow, also served in the state legislature and is county executive of Waukesha County, Wisconsin.