Jim Doyle

Jim Doyle
Doyle in 2009
44th Governor of Wisconsin
In office January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2011
Lieutenant	Barbara Lawton
Preceded by	Scott McCallum
Succeeded by	Scott Walker
41st Attorney General of Wisconsin
In office January 7, 1991 – January 6, 2003
Governor	Tommy Thompson Scott McCallum
Preceded by	Don Hanaway
Succeeded by	Peg Lautenschlager
District Attorney of Dane County
In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1982
Preceded by	Humphrey Lynch
Succeeded by	Harold Harlowe
Personal details
Born	James Edward Doyle, Jr. (1945-11-23) November 23, 1945 (age 78) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Jessica Laird
Relations	James Edward Doyle (father) Ruth Bachhuber Doyle (mother)
Children	2
Education	University of Wisconsin, Madison (BA) Harvard University (JD)
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James Edward Doyle Jr. (born November 23, 1945) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th governor of Wisconsin from 2003 to 2011. In his first election to the governorship, he narrowly defeated incumbent Republican governor Scott McCallum. Although in 2002 Democrats increased their number of governorships, Doyle was the only one of them to unseat a Republican.

Prior to the governorship, Doyle served as Wisconsin Attorney General from 1991 to 2003. He is currently an attorney 'of counsel' in the Madison, Wisconsin office of the law firm of Foley & Lardner and serves on the corporate board of Epic Systems and Exact Sciences.^[1][2]