Assembly Notables
Many notable men and women have passed through the Assembly Chamber to serve Wisconsin in other governmental capacities. Following is a list of those individuals and the positions they held. The (*) indicates posts currently serving.
Governor
Anthony Earl, Patrick Lucey, Vernon W. Thomson, Tommy G. Thompson, Scott Walker*
Lieutenant Governor
Patrick Lucey, Russell Olson, Margaret Farrow
Attorney General
Grover L. Broadfoot, Vernon W. Thomson, Peggy Lautenschlager
Secretary of State
Fred R. Zimmerman
State Treasurer
Harold W. Clemens, Cate Zeuske
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Herbert J. Grover
Federal Judge
John Shabaz
U.S. Senator
Tammy Baldwin*, Angus Cameron, Irvine L. Lenroot, William Proxmire, Joseph V. Quarles, Philetus Sawyer, John C. Spooner, William F. Vilas
U.S. Representative
There have been 59 Wisconsin Assembly members elected to the House of Representatives, including most recently:
Al Baldus, Tammy Baldwin, Peter Barca, Tom Barrett, Harold Froehlich, Mark Green, Steve Gunderson, Gerald Kleczka, Jim Moody, Gwen Moore*, David Obey, Mark Pocan*, Tobias Roth, F. James Sensenbrenner*
Supreme Court Justice
Grover L. Broadfoot, John B. Cassoday, Louis J. Ceci, William P. Lyon, Alfred W. Newman, Harlow S. Orton, Silas U. Pinney, David T. Prosser, Jr.*, E. Ray Stevens, David Taylor, Jon Wilcox
Presidential Appointments
Alexander Randall: First Wisconsinite to be named to a presidential cabinet post as Postmaster General for President Andrew Johnson in 1866
William F. Vilas: Postmaster General in 1855 and Secretary of the Interior Department in 1888, named by President Grover Cleveland
Tommy G. Thompson: Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services (2001-2004), named by President George. W. Bush
Federal Appointments
Peter Barca: Small Business Administration
Susan Engeleiter: Small Business Administration
Peggy Lautenschlager: U.S. District Attorney
Tom Loftus: U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Betty Jo Nelson: Department of Agriculture
Appeals, Courts and County Court Judge
Thomas Barland, Michael Barron, Ervin M. Bruner, David Dancey, David Deininger, William J. Duffy, Harold Froehlich, Alexander Grant, Frederick Kessler, Robert W. Landry, Ernest Keppler, John McCormick, Earl Schmidt, Harry Synder, Louise Tesmer, Mary K. Wagner, Joseph Wimmer
State Senator
There have been 442 Wisconsin Assembly members elected to the Wisconsin Senate, including the following members of the 2013-2014 session:
Tim Carpenter, Robert Cowles, Alberta Darling, Michael Ellis, Paul Farrow, Glenn Grothman, Sheila Harsdorf, Robert Jauch, Neal Kedzie, Frank Lasee, Julie Lassa, Mary Lazich, John Lehman, Joseph Leibham, Mark Miller, Terry Moulton, Luther Olsen, Jerry Petrowski, Fred Risser, Dale Schultz, Jennifer Shilling, Lena Taylor, Leah Vukmir and Robert Wirch
State Agency Secretary
Mike Huebsch*: Secretary of
Administration
LaVerne Ausman: Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection
G. H. Bakke, Mark Gottlieb*:Transportation
Ben Brancel*, James Harsdorf: Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Dennis J. Conta: Revenue
Anthony Earl: Administration and Natural Resources
Patricia Goodrich: Health and Social Services
Robert Haase: Insurance Commission
Doris Hanson: Executive Director of TEACH Wisconsin
Jim Rutkowski: Labor and Industry Review Commission
Carl Thompson: Labor & Industry Review Commission
Stanley York: Industry, Labor & Human Relations, & Public
Service Commission
Phil Montgomery: Public Service Commission
Cate Zeuske: Secretary of Revenue
Jim Holperin: Secretary of Tourism
Antonio Riley: Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
Mayor
John Antaramian, Kenosha; Tom Barrett, Milwaukee*; Jeannette Bell, West Allis; Lawrence P. Kelly, Cudahy; John Medinger, LaCrosse; John Norquist, Milwaukee; John Robinson, Wausau; Harvey Stower, Amery
County Executive
Jonathon Barry and Joe Parisi*, Dane; Scott Walker, Milwaukee