Don Hanaway

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The Honorable
Don Hanaway
Don Hanaway (WI).png
40th Attorney General of Wisconsin
In office
January 3, 1987 – January 7, 1991
GovernorTommy Thompson
Preceded byBronson La Follette
Succeeded byJim Doyle
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the Brown Circuit, Branch 4
In office
July 1991 – September 7, 1995
Appointed byTommy Thompson
Preceded byJohn Jaekels
Succeeded byWilliam C. Griesbach
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 2nd district
In office
July 11, 1979 – January 3, 1987
Preceded byTom Petri
Succeeded byRobert Cowles
Mayor of De Pere, Wisconsin
In office
1972–1974
Personal details
Born(1933-12-25)December 25, 1933
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
DiedSeptember 7, 1995(1995-09-07) (aged 61)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Resting placeAllouez Catholic Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Jo Ann
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin Law School
Professionattorney, judge
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1954–1956

Donald J. Hanaway (December 25, 1933 – September 7, 1995) was the 40th Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin, serving from 1987 to 1991. He defeated incumbent Democrat Bronson La Follette in 1986, but was himself defeated for re-election by Democrat Jim Doyle in 1990.[1]

Biography[]

Hanaway was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Commerce in 1958, and received his juris doctor from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1961. He had previously served in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956.[2]

Before being elected Attorney General, Hanaway served as a Brown County Assistant District Attorney from 1962 to 1964, and later as a special prosecutor in Brown County from 1967 to 1968. He also served concurrently as the De Pere city attorney from 1965 to 1972, and again from 1976 to 1979. In between those stints as city attorney, he served as mayor of De Pere from 1972 to 1974.[3]

Hanaway was elected as a Republican in a special election to the Wisconsin State Senate in July 1979. He was re-elected to the State Senate's 2nd District in 1980, and again in 1984. He served as an assistant minority leader from 1981 to 1982.[4]

In 1986, Hanaway ran for attorney general, defeating incumbent Bronson La Follette. He served one term, being defeated for re-election by Jim Doyle in 1990.[5]

Hanaway went on to serve as a Brown County Circuit Judge from 1991 until his death in 1995.[6] Hanaway died from cancer at a hospital in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He and his wife, Jo Ann, had four children.[7][8]

Electoral history[]

  • 1990 Race for state Attorney General
    • Jim Doyle (D), 51%
    • Don Hanaway (R) (inc.), 47%

Notes[]

  1. ^ Our Campaigns
  2. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1989-1990,' Biographical Sketch of Donald Hanaway, pg. 6
  3. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1989-1990,' Biographical Sketch of Donald Hanaway, pg. 6
  4. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1989-1990,' Biographical Sketch of Donald Hanaway, pg. 9
  5. ^ Hanaway, Donald J. 1933
  6. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1991-1992,' Judicial Branch, pg. 960
  7. ^ 'Donald J. Hanaway-obituary,' Wisconsin State Journal, September 9, 1995, pg. 4B
  8. ^ Former attorney general Don Hanaway dies from cancer,' Wisconsin State Journal, September 9, 1995, pg. 3B
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Preceded by Attorney General of Wisconsin
1987–1991 		Succeeded by
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