Margaret Farrow
| Margaret Farrow | |
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| Member of the UW System Board of Regents | |
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Assumed office June 18, 2013 |
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| Governor | Scott Walker |
| Preceded by | Judith Crane |
| 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin | |
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In office May 9, 2001 - January 6, 2003 |
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| Governor | Scott McCallum |
| Preceded by | Scott McCallum |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Lawton |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Senate from the 33rd District | |
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In office January 2, 1989 - May 9, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Susan Engeleiter |
| Succeeded by | Ted Kanavas |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 99th District | |
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In office January 6, 1986 - January 2, 1989 |
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| Preceded by | John M. Young |
| Succeeded by | Frank Urban |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 28, 1934 Kenosha, Wisconsin |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | John Farrow |
| Profession | Teacher, Realtor |
Margaret A. Farrow (born November 28, 1934) was the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and the first woman to hold the office. She was born and raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and attended Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois for one year before receiving her B.A. from Marquette University. She is a current member of the Board of Regents for the University of Wisconsin System.
Farrow served on the Elm Grove, Wisconsin Board of Appeals from 1971-1974 and the Village Board from 1976-1987, spending the last five years of her tenure as president. After her time with the Village Board, Farrow was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly, and later the Wisconsin State Senate, from a district comprising most of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. The first female lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, Farrow was appointed to the position after then-Lieutenant Governor Scott McCallum was elevated to the office of governor upon the departure of Gov. Tommy Thompson to join the administration of George W. Bush in January 2001.
As Lieutenant Governor, she served as chair of the Governor’s Work-Based Learning Board, co-chair of the Governor’s Task Force on Invasive Species, and chair of the Wisconsin’s Women’s Council. Farrow authored and served as vice chair of the SAVE Commission and was appointed by Governor Tommy Thompson to serve on the Governor’s Blue-Ribbon Commission on State-Local Partnerships for the 21st Century. Farrow also served on the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Passenger Rail.
McCallum and Farrow ran for a full four-year term in 2002, but their Republican ticket lost the race to Democrat Jim Doyle.
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