List of United States Attorneys for Wisconsin
The office of United States Attorney for the Wisconsin Territory came into being when the Wisconsin Territory was created from the remnants of the Michigan Territory. When Wisconsin became the 30th state in 1848, the United States Attorney for the District of Wisconsin was established. In 1870, the state was split into two jurisdictions, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and the United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Territory
District of Wisconsin
Eastern and Western District
U.S. Attorney, Western Dist. | Years | Notes | President | U.S. Attorney, Eastern Dist. | Years | Notes |
Charles M. Webb | 1870 - 1878 | Ulysses S. Grant | Levi Hubbell | 1870 - 1875 | ||
Charles M. Webb | 1870 - 1878 | Ulysses S. Grant | Gerry Whiting Hazelton | 1876 - 1885 | ||
Charles M. Webb | 1870 - 1878 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Gerry Whiting Hazelton | 1876 - 1885 | ||
H. M. Lewis | 1878 - 1886 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Gerry Whiting Hazelton | 1876 - 1885 | ||
H. M. Lewis | 1878 - 1886 | James A. Garfield | Gerry Whiting Hazelton | 1876 - 1885 | ||
H. M. Lewis | 1878 - 1886 | Chester A. Arthur | Gerry Whiting Hazelton | 1876 - 1885 | ||
H. M. Lewis | 1878 - 1886 | Grover Cleveland | Arthur K. Delaney | 1885 - 1887 | ||
Allen R. Bushnell | 1886 - 1890 | Grover Cleveland | Arthur K. Delaney | 1885 - 1887 | ||
Allen R. Bushnell | 1886 - 1890 | Grover Cleveland | William A. Walker | 1887 - 1890 | ||
Allen R. Bushnell | 1886 - 1890 | Benjamin Harrison | William A. Walker | 1887 - 1890 | ||
Samuel A. Harper | 1890 - 1894 | Benjamin Harrison | Elihu Colman | 1890 - 1893 | ||
Samuel A. Harper | 1890 - 1894 | Grover Cleveland | John H. M. Wigman | 1893 - 1897 | ||
Harry E. Briggs | 1894 - 1898 | Grover Cleveland | John H. M. Wigman | 1893 - 1897 | ||
Harry E. Briggs | 1894 - 1898 | William McKinley | Milton E. Phillips | 1897 - 1901 | ||
David F. Jones | 1898 - 1901 | William McKinley | Milton E. Phillips | 1897 - 1901 | ||
William G. Wheeler | 1901 - 1909 | Theodore Roosevelt | H. K. Butterfield | 1901 - 1910 | ||
George H. Gordon | 1909 - 1913 | William Howard Taft | H. K. Butterfield | 1901 - 1910 | ||
George H. Gordon | 1909 - 1913 | William Howard Taft | E. A. Henning | 1910 - 1911 | ||
George H. Gordon | 1909 - 1913 | William Howard Taft | Guy D. Goff | 1911 - 1915 | Later U.S. Senator | |
John A. Aylward | 1913 - 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | Guy D. Goff | 1911 - 1915 | Later U.S. Senator | |
John A. Aylward | 1913 - 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | H. A. Sawyer | 1915 - 1923 | ||
Arthur Mulberger | 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | H. A. Sawyer | 1915 - 1923 | ||
William F. Wolfe | 1916 - 1917 | Woodrow Wilson | H. A. Sawyer | 1915 - 1923 | ||
Albert C. Wolfe | 1917 - 1921 | Woodrow Wilson | H. A. Sawyer | 1915 - 1923 | ||
William H. Dougherty | 1921 - 1927 | Warren G. Harding | H. A. Sawyer | 1915 - 1923 | ||
William H. Dougherty | 1921 - 1927 | Warren G. Harding | Edward W. Miller | 1923 | ||
William H. Dougherty | 1921 - 1927 | Calvin Coolidge | William O. Meilahm | 1923 | ||
William H. Dougherty | 1921 - 1927 | Calvin Coolidge | Roy L. Morse | 1923 - 1927 | ||
Stanley M. Ryan | 1927 - 1944 | Grandfather of | Calvin Coolidge | Levi H. Bancroft | 1927 - 1932 | |
Stanley M. Ryan | 1927 - 1944 | Grandfather of | Herbert Hoover | Levi H. Bancroft | 1927 - 1932 | |
Stanley M. Ryan | 1927 - 1944 | Grandfather of | Herbert Hoover | Edward J. Gehl | ||
Stanley M. Ryan | 1927 - 1944 | Grandfather of | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Bert Husting | ||
Charles H. Cashin | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Timothy T. Cronin | ||||
Charles H. Cashin | Harry S. Truman | Timothy T. Cronin | ||||
Thomas E. Fairchild | Later Senior Judge of the | Harry S. Truman | Timothy T. Cronin | |||
Frank Nikolay | Harry S. Truman | Timothy T. Cronin | ||||
George E. Rapp | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Timothy T. Cronin | ||||
George E. Rapp | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Edward G. Minor | ||||
George E. Rapp | John F. Kennedy | James B. Brennan | ||||
Nathan Heffernan | Later Chief Justice of the | John F. Kennedy | James B. Brennan | |||
Nathan Heffernan | Later Chief Justice of the | Lyndon B. Johnson | James B. Brennan | |||
Michael J. Wyngaard | Lyndon B. Johnson | James B. Brennan | ||||
Edmond A. Nix | 1969 | Richard Nixon | David J. Cannon | |||
John O. Olson | Richard Nixon | David J. Cannon | ||||
John O. Olson | Richard Nixon | David B. Bukey | ||||
Steven C. Underwood | 1974 | Richard Nixon | David B. Bukey | |||
David C. Mebane | Gerald Ford | William J. Mulligan | ||||
Frank M. Tuerkheimer | Jimmy Carter | William J. Mulligan | ||||
Frank M. Tuerkheimer | Jimmy Carter | Joan F. Kessler | First female for Wisconsin | |||
John R. Byrnes | Ronald Reagan | Joseph Peter Stadtmueller | ||||
Patrick J. Fiedler | Ronald Reagan | Patricia J. Gorence | ||||
Patrick J. Fiedler | Ronald Reagan | John E. Fryatt | ||||
Patrick J. Fiedler | George H. W. Bush | John E. Fryatt | ||||
Kevin C. Potter | George H. W. Bush | John E. Fryatt | ||||
Peg Lautenschlager | Bill Clinton | Thomas Paul Schneider | ||||
J. B. Van Hollen | George W. Bush | Steven M. Biskupic | ||||
Erik C. Peterson | George W. Bush | Steven M. Biskupic | ||||
Erik C. Peterson | Barack Obama | James Santelle | ||||
John W. Vaudreuil | Barack Obama | James Santelle | ||||
John W. Vaudreuil | Barack Obama | Gregory Haanstad | ||||
Scott Blader | Donald Trump | Matthew Krueger |