Jon P. Wilcox

Jon P. Wilcox (born September 5, 1936) is a former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He was appointed to the Court by Governor Tommy G. Thompson in 1992 and elected to the court in 1997. His term expired July 31, 2007. Wilcox did not seek re-election, and Washington County Circuit Court Judge Annette K. Ziegler won the April 3, 2007 statewide election to succeed Wilcox to this seat.

Wilcox was born in Berlin, Wisconsin, and grew up in nearby Wild Rose. He earned a bachelor's degree from Ripon College in 1958 and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1965. From 1959 to 1961, he served as an officer in the United States Army. Wilcox began in private law practice by starting his own law firm. He served three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 72nd Assembly District from 1969 to 1975. He was elected to the Wisconsin Conservation Congress from 1975 to 1980. Wilcox then served as a circuit court judge in Waushara County for 13 years, as chief judge of the Sixth Judicial Administrative District from 1985 to 1992, and as chairman of the Wisconsin Committee of Chief Judges. He also served as chair of the Wisconsin Sentencing Commission from 1987 to 1992.

Wilcox was involved in a controversy in 2001 when his 1997 re-election campaign was accused of an illegally coordinated get-out-the-vote effort with the group Wisconsin Coalition for Voter Participation. The group, which supported school choice, apparently put more than $200,000 into last-minute mailings and phone calls supporting Wilcox's candidacy. The Wisconsin State Elections Board alleged that Wilcox's campaign violated state election law, which bans any cooperation between independent groups and a candidate or a candidate's campaign organization.

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