Patrick Lucey | |
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![]() circa 1971 | |
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 March 21, 1918 La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | May 10, 2014 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | (aged 96)
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.