Who was the Governor of Wisconsin in 1987?

Answer 1

Emanuel L. Philipp (born March 25, 1861 in Honey Creek, Wisconsin; died June 15, 1925 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) succeeded Francis E. McGovern as the twenty-third Governor of Wisconsin, serving between January 4, 1915 and January 3, 1921, including the whole of 1918.

Answer 2

Tony Earl (born April 12, 1936 in Lansing, Michigan) succeeded Lee Sherman Dreyfus as the forty-first Governor of Wisconsin, serving between January 3, 1983 and January 5, 1987. Following the end of Earl's term as Governor, Tommy Thompson (born November 19, 1941 in Elroy, Wisconsin) became the forty-second Governor of Wisconsin, serving between January 5, 1987 and February 1, 2001.

Answer 3

Alexander W. Randall (born October 31, 1819 in Ames, New York; died July 25, 1872 in Elmira, New York) succeeded Coles Bashford as the sixth Governor of Wisconsin, serving between January 4, 1858 and January 6, 1862. Following the end of Randall's term as Governor, Louis P. Harvey (born July 22, 1820 in East Haddam, Connecticut; died April 19, 1862 in Savannah, Tennessee) became the seventh Governor of Wisconsin, serving between January 6, 1862 and April 19, 1862. Following Harvey's death by drowning, Edward Saloman (born August 11, 1828 in Strobeck, Prussian Saxony; died April 20, 1909) became the eighth Governor of Wisconsin, serving between April 19, 1862 and January 4, 1864.

Answer 4

Robert M. La Follette Sr. (born June 14, 1855 in Primrose, Wisconsin; died June 18, 1925 in Washington DC) succeeded Edward Schofield as the twentieth Governor of Wisconsin, serving between January 7, 1901 and January 1, 1906, including the whole of 1905.

Answer 5

Albert G. Schmedeman (born November 25, 1864 in Madison, Wisconsin; died November 26, 1946 in Madison, Wisconsin) succeeded Philip La Follette as the twenty-eighth Governor of Wisconsin, serving between January 2, 1933 and January 7, 1935, including the whole of 1934.

Answer 6

Vernon W. Thompson (born November 5, 1905 in Richland Center, Wisconosin; died April 2, 1988 in Washington DC) succeeded Walter J. Kohler, Jr. as the thirty-fourth Governor of Wisconsin, serving between January 7, 1957 and January 5, 1959, including the whole of 1958.