History of PSC Commissioners
Commissioner Appointed By Start of Term End of Term
Joseph H Osborn Unknown 4/29/1874 3/10/1876
John W Hoyt Unknown 4/29/1874 3/10/1876
George H Paul Unknown 4/29/1874 3/10/1876
Dana C Lamb Unknown 3/19/1876 2/1/1878
A. J. Turner Unknown 2/1/1878 2/15/1882
N.P. Haugen Unknown 2/15/1882 1/3/1887
Atley Peterson Unknown 1/3/1887 1/5/1891
Thomas Thompson Unknown 1/5/1891 1/7/1895
Duncan J McKenzie Unknown 1/7/1895 1/2/1899
Graham L Rice Unknown 1/2/1899 1/5/1903
John W Thomas Unknown 1/5/1903 1/7/1907
B.H. Meyer R.M. LaFollette 6/16/1905
Halford Erickson R.M. LaFollette 6/16/1905
John Barnes R.M. LaFollette 6/19/1905 8/1/1907
John H Roemer J.E. Davidson 8/2/1907
B.H. Meyer J.O. Davidson 1/28/1909 1/1/1911
David Harlowe F.E. McGovern 1/17/1911 2/8/1915
Halford Erickson F.E. McGovern 1/24/1911 5/1/1916
John H. Roemer F.E. McGovern 1/20/1913 2/1/1915
Carl D. Jackson E.L. Phillipp 1/20/1915 1/1/1923
Walter Alexander E.L. Phillipp 1/27/1915 6/21/1917
Henry R. Trumbower E.L. Phillipp 5/27/1916 2/1/1923
John S. Allen E.L. Phillipp 6/21/1917 4/19/1921
Lewis E. Gettle John J. Blaine 4/19/1921
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Adolph Kanneberg John J. Blaine 1/17/1923 4/1/1931
A.R. McDonald John J. Blaine 4/30/1923
Lewis E. Gettle F.R. Zimmerman 1/19/1927 2/1/1930
A.R. McDonald Walter Kohler sr 1/29/1929 1/31/1937
Philip H. Porter W.J. Kohler Sr 6/12/1930 1/14/1931
David E. Lilienthal P.F. LaFollette 2/6/1931 6/23/1933
Theodore Kronshage Jr P.F. LaFollette 2/6/1931 7/29/1934
Fred S. Hunt A.G. Schmedeman 6/29/1933 10/4/1939
Robert A. Nixon P.F. LaFollette 2/19/1937 9/15/1942
R. Floyd Green P.F. LaFollette 6/24/1937 5/31/1939
Wildon F. Whitney Julius P. Heil 10/5/1939
Reuben W. Peterson Julius P. Heil 10/5/1939 1/31/1945
Lynn H. Ashley Walter Goodland 1/15/1943 3/31/1949
Samuel Bryan Walter Goodland 2/5/1945 5/11/1951
Wildon F. Whitney Oscar Rennebohm 3/18/1947
Timothy Brown Oscar Rennebohm 2/28/1949 7/4/1949
John C. Doerfer Oscar Rennebohm 7/5/1949 4/15/1953
James R. Durfee Walter Kohler Jr 2/20/1951 4/12/1956
Wildon F. Whitney Walter Kohler Jr 6/12/1953 10/31/1955
George P. Steinmetz Walter Kohler Jr 6/12/1953 10/29/1959
Nicholas J. Lesselyoun Walter Kohler Jr 3/7/1955 6/30/1958
Arthur L. Padrutt Walter Kohler Jr 4/13/1956
Arthur L. Padrutt Vernon W. Thomson 2/27/1957
Edmund J. Krawczyk Vernon W. Thomson 7/11/1958 1/11/1959
Martin G. Glaeser Gaylord Nelson 2/3/1959 7/31/1961
Leonard Bessman Gaylord Nelson 7/20/1959 2/28/1965
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Stanley P. Herbert Gaylord Nelson 5/29/1961 9/15/1963
David W. Adamany John W. Reynolds 9/20/1963 1/4/1965
Arthur L. Padrutt Warren Knowles 1/8/1965 5/1/1975
Walter J. Cole Warren Knowles 1/12/1965 12/28/1968
Stanley Gilbertson Warren Knowles 2/19/1965 12/31/1968
Walter J. Cole Warren Knowles 4/12/1967 12/28/1968
Chester Harrison Warren Knowles 2/6/1969 6/10/1971
Michael Komar Warren Knowles 2/6/1969 12/1/1972
William Eich Patrick Lucey 3/23/1971 1/5/1975
Richard Cudahy Patrick Lucey 10/13/1972 12/10/1975
Norman Clapp Patrick Lucey 12/26/1974 4/1/1977
Mathew Holden Patrick Lucey 5/5/1975 10/28/1977
John Oestreicher Patrick Lucey 1/26/1976 3/1/1979
Charles Cicchetti Patrick Lucey 5/16/1977 3/1/1983
Edward Parsons Jr Martin Schieber 11/7/1977 3/1/1981
Stanley York Lee Sherman Dreyfus 6/28/1979 1/1/1985
Willie J. Nunnery Lee Sherman Dreyfus 4/3/1980 3/1/1983
Branko Terzic Lee Sherman Dreyfus 3/18/1981 12/1/1986
Ness Flores Anthony Earl 1/20/1983 4/30/1986
Mary Lou Munts Anthony Earl 1/2/1985 2/1/1991
George R. Edgar Anthony Earl 5/1/1986 2/28/1989
Scott Neitzel Tommy Thompson 1/15/1987 9/27/1996
Charles H. Thompson Tommy Thompson 4/1/1987 12/31/1991
Cheryl L. Pofahl Tommy Thompson 2/24/1989 7/1/1989
John T. Coughlin Tommy Thompson 7/1/1989 2/28/1995
Cheryl L. Parrino Tommy Thompson 3/1/1991 5/15/1998
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Daniel Eastman Tommy Thompson 9/1/1995 4/30/1998
Joseph P. Mettner Tommy Thompson 10/3/1996 1/5/2003
John H. Farrow Tommy Thompson 7/20/1998 2/28/2001
Ave M. Bie Tommy Thompson 8/24/1998 7/23/2004
Robert M. Garvin Tommy Thompson 3/1/2001 2/23/2007
Burnetta Bridge Jim Doyle 1/6/2003 4/10/2005
Mark Meyer Jim Doyle 9/8/2004 4/1/2011
Daniel Ebert Jim Doyle 4/11/2005 5/23/2008
Lauren Azar Jim Doyle 3/12/2007 6/3/2011
Eric Callisto Jim Doyle 5/27/2008 3/1/2015
Phil Montgomery Scott Walker 4/4/2011 3/6/2017
Ellen Nowak Scott Walker 7/5/2011 3/5/2018
Mike Huebsch Scott Walker 3/1/2015 2/3/2020
Lon Roberts Scott Walker 3/6/2017 12/27/2018
Rich Zipperer Scott Walker 3/26/2018 1/6/2019
Ellen Nowak Scott Walker 12/28/2018
Rebecca Cameron Valcq Tony Evers 1/7/2019
Tyler Huebner Tony Evers 3/17/2020
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