Patrick Lucey

Patrick Lucey
United States Ambassador to Mexico
In office July 19, 1977 – October 31, 1979
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Joseph Jova
Succeeded by	Julian Nava
38th Governor of Wisconsin
In office January 4, 1971 – July 6, 1977
Lieutenant	Martin Schreiber
Preceded by	Warren Knowles
Succeeded by	Martin Schreiber
36th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
In office January 4, 1965 – January 2, 1967
Governor	Warren Knowles
Preceded by	Jack Olson
Succeeded by	Jack Olson
Chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party
In office 1957–1963
Preceded by	Philleo Nash
Succeeded by	Louis Hanson
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Crawford County
In office 1949–1951
Preceded by	Donald C. McDowell
Succeeded by	Rodney J. Satter
Personal details
Born	Patrick Joseph Lucey (1918-03-21)March 21, 1918 La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	May 10, 2014(2014-05-10) (aged 96) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political party	Democratic (before 1979; 1980–2014) Independent (1979–1980)
Spouse	Jean Vlasis ​ ​ (m. 1951; died 2011)​
Children	3
Education	University of St. Thomas, Minnesota University of Wisconsin, Madison (BA)

Patrick Joseph Lucey (March 21, 1918 – May 10, 2014) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 38th Governor of Wisconsin from 1971 to 1977.^[1] He was also independent presidential candidate John B. Anderson's running mate in the 1980 presidential election.

Born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Lucey served in state and local government offices after graduating from the University of Wisconsin. He served in the Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army during World War II. He held the position of Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1965 to 1967 and unsuccessfully challenged Governor Warren P. Knowles in the 1966 gubernatorial election.

Lucey won the 1970 Wisconsin gubernatorial election and served as governor until 1977, when he accepted President Jimmy Carter's appointment to the position of United States Ambassador to Mexico. As governor, Lucey presided over the merger of the Wisconsin State University system and the University of Wisconsin System. In 1980, he agreed to serve as the running mate to John B. Anderson, a former Republican congressman running an independent campaign. The ticket of Anderson and Lucey won 6.6% of the popular vote in the 1980 election, which saw Carter unseated by Republican nominee Ronald Reagan.