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Past Presidents

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NameCountyYears
Moses M. StrongIowa1878-93
William M. SeamanSheboygan1893-98
John B. CassodayDane1898-99
Edwin E. BryantDane1899-00
Joshua StarkMilwaukee1900-01
F. C. WinklerMilwaukee1901-03
George G. GreenBrown1903-04
George H. NoyesMilwaukee1904-05
A. A. JacksonRock1905-06
L. J. NashManitowoc1906-07
Burr W. JonesDane1907-08
Neal BrownMarathon1908-09
James G. FlandersMilwaukee1909-10
M. A. HurleyMarathon1910-11
John M. OlinDane1911-13
C. B. BirdMarathon1913-14
Christian DoerflerMilwaukee1914-15
George B. HudnallDouglas1915-16
B. R. GogginsWood1916-17
Roujet D. MarshallDane1917-18
John B. WinslowDane1918-19
P. H. MartinBrown1919-20
John C. ThompsonWinnebago1920-21
John M. WhiteheadRock1921-22
William F. SheaAshland1922-23
William A. HayesMilwaukee1923-24
Wm. D. ThompsonRacine1924-25
Roy P. WilcoxEau Claire1925-26
Marvin B. RosenberryDane1926-27
Frank T. BoeselMilwaukee1927-28
Edward J. DempseyWinnebago1928-29
Arthur W. KoppGrant1929-30
J. Gilbert HardgroveMilwaukee1930-31
Clarence J. HartleyDouglas1931-32
W. T. DoarSt. Croix1932-33
Carl B. RixMilwaukee1933-34
T. L. DoyleFond du Lac1934-35
Otto A. OestreichRock1935-36
Ray B. GravesWood1936-37
Benjamin PossMilwaukee1937-38
Robert M. RieserDane1938-39
Harlan B. RogersColumbia1939-40
William DollMilwaukee1940-41
Walter W. HammondKenosha1941-42
A. J. O'MeliaOneida1942-43
R. T. ReinholdtPortage1943-44
Edmund B. SheaMilwaukee1944-45
Quincy H. HaleLa Crosse1945-46
John S. SprowlsDouglas1946-47
Marcus A. JacksonWaukesha1947-48
John P. McGalloway, Sr.Fond du Lac1948-49
Gerald P. HayesMilwaukee1949-50
Bailey E. RamsdellEau Claire1950-51
Alfred L. GodfreyWalworth1951-52
Oscar T. ToebaasDane1952-53
E. Harold HallowsMilwaukee1953-54
Frederick N. TrowbridgeBrown1954-55
Alfred E. LaFranceRacine1955-56
Robert D. JohnsLa Crosse1956-57
R. E. AndersonDouglas1957-58
Charles L. GoldbergMilwaukee1958-59
Herbert L. TerwilligerMarathon1959-60
Carroll B. CallahanColumbia1960-61
John C. WhitneyBrown1961-62
John A. KluwinMilwaukee1962-63
Francis J. WilcoxEau Claire1963-64
Lyall T. BeggsDane1964-65
Donald C. O’MeliaOneida1965-66
Ray T. McCannMilwaukee1966-67
Frank D. HamiltonIowa1967-68
Richard P. TinkhamMarathon1968-69
John C. WickhemRock1969-70
James D. GhiardiMilwaukee1970-71
Clyde C. CrossSauk1971-72
Thomas J. CurranJuneau1972-73
Victor A. MillerManitowoc1973-74
Patrick T. SheedyMilwaukee1974-75
Jack R. DeWittDane1975-76
Rodney O. KittelsenGreen1976-77
George K. SteilRock1977-78
Truman Q. McNultyMilwaukee1978-79
Richard E. SommerOneida1979-80
Lawrence J. BuggeDane1980-81
Myron E. LaRoweSauk1981-82
Edward A. DudekMilwaukee1982-83
Adrian P. SchooneRacine1983-84
Gregory B. ConwayBrown1984-85
Donald L. HeaneyDane1985-86
Franklyn M. GimbelMilwaukee1986-87
Gerald M. O’BrienPortage1987-88
John WalshDane1988-89
G. Lane WareMarathon1989-90
John R. DeckerMilwaukee1990-91
Daniel W. HildebrandDane1991-92
Thomas S. SleikLaCrosse1992-93
Pamela E. BarkerMilwaukee1993-94
Gary E. ShermanBayfield1994-95
John S. SkiltonDane1995-96
David A. SaichekMilwaukee1996-97
Steven R. SorensonFond du Lac1997-98
Susan R. SteingassDane1998-99
Leonard L. LoebMilwaukee1999-00
Gary L. BakkeSt. Croix2000-01
Gerald MowrisDane2001-02
Patricia K. BallmanMilwaukee2002-03
R. George BurnettBrown2003-04
Michelle A. BehnkeDane2004-05
D. Michael GuerinMilwaukee2005-06
Steven A. LevineDane2006-07
Thomas J. Basting, Sr.Dane2007-08
Diane DielMilwaukee2008-09
Douglas W. KammerColumbia2009-10
James C. Boll Jr.Dane2010-11
James M. BrennanMilwaukee2011-12
Kevin G. KleinPrice2012-13
Patrick J. FiedlerDane2013-14
Robert R. GaganBrown2014-15
Ralph M. Cagle Dane2015-16
Francis W. DeisingerMilwaukee2016-17
Paul G. SwansonWinnebago2017-18
Christopher E. RogersDane2018-19
Jill M. KastnerMilwaukee2019-20
Kathleen A. BrostWinnebago2020-21
Cheryl Furstace DanielsDane
2021-22
Margaret W. HickeyMilwaukee
2022-23
Dean R. DietrichMarathon
2023-24​
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