Jim Doyle
| Jim Doyle | |
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Governor Doyle speaking to reporters in 2008
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| 44th Governor of Wisconsin | |
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In office January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Lieutenant | Barbara Lawton |
| Preceded by | Scott McCallum |
| Succeeded by | Scott Walker |
| 41st Attorney General of Wisconsin | |
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In office January 7, 1991 – January 6, 2003 |
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| Governor |
Tommy Thompson Scott McCallum |
| Preceded by | Don Hanaway |
| Succeeded by | Peg Lautenschlager |
| District Attorney of Dane County | |
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In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Humphrey Lynch |
| Succeeded by | Harold Harlowe |
| Personal details | |
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James Edward Doyle November 23, 1945 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Jessica Laird |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
University of Wisconsin, Madison Harvard University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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James Edward "Jim" Doyle, Jr. (born November 23, 1945) is a Wisconsin politician and member of the Democratic Party. He was the 44th Governor of Wisconsin, serving from January 6, 2003 to January 3, 2011. He defeated incumbent Governor Scott McCallum by a margin of 45 percent to 41 percent; the Libertarian Party candidate Ed Thompson carried 10 percent of the vote. Although in 2002 Democrats increased their number of governorships, Doyle was the only one of them to unseat a sitting Republican governor. He is currently an attorney 'of counsel' in the Madison, Wisconsin office of the law firm of Foley & Lardner.
Jim Doyle was born on November 23, 1945 in Washington, D.C., the son of Ruth Bachhuber Doyle and James Edward Doyle, who were influential leaders of the post-1946 Democratic Party of Wisconsin. James E. Doyle Sr. ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1954 and was appointed as a federal judge in 1965. Ruth Bachhuber Doyle was the first woman from Dane County to be elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1948.
Doyle, who graduated from Madison West High School in 1963, attended Stanford University for three years, then returned home to Madison to finish his senior year at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After graduating from college and inspired by John F. Kennedy's call to public service, Doyle worked as a teacher with his wife, Jessica Doyle in Tunisia as part of the Peace Corps from 1967 to 1969.
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