Bill Dyke | |
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| Chief Judge of the 7th District of Wisconsin Circuit Courts | |
| In office August 1, 2007 – July 31, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Michael J. Rosborough |
| Succeeded by | James J. Duvall |
| Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the Iowa Circuit | |
| In office January 1, 1997 – January 2016 | |
| Appointed by | Tommy Thompson |
| Preceded by | James P. Fiedler |
| Succeeded by | Margaret M. Koehler |
| 49th Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin | |
| In office April 1969 – April 17, 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Otto Festge |
| Succeeded by | Paul Soglin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 25, 1930 Princeton, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 10, 2016 (aged 85) Dodgeville, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Pancreatic cancer |
| Political party | Republican |
| Other political affiliations | American Independent (1976) |
| Spouse | Christine |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | DePauw University University of Wisconsin Law School |
William D. "Bill" Dyke (April 25, 1930 – March 10, 2016) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. He was the 49th mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, from 1969 to 1973, and ran for Vice President of the United States on the American Independent Party ticket with presidential candidate Lester Maddox in the 1976 presidential election. He was also the Republican nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in the 1974 gubernatorial election. From 1996 until two months before his death, in 2016, he served as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Iowa County, Wisconsin; he was chief judge of the 7th Judicial Administrative District from 2007 to 2013.