Scott McCallum

Scott McCallum ( born 2 May 1950 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin ) is an American politician of the Republican Party. He was from 2001 to 2003 the 43rd Governor of the State of Wisconsin.

Early years

McCallum was born the eldest of four children. He studied at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he graduated in economics and political science in 1972. He attended Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and graduated in 1974 with a Masters in International Economics. The mid-1970s, he founded a real estate company.

Political career

As a member of the Republican Party McCallum was an assistant of Congressman William A. Steiger. In 1976, McCallum was elected to the Senate from Wisconsin. From 1976 to 1986 he was State Senator and supported at this time the then active New Republican Conference, whose policy was economically conservative, but was considered in social questions rather than liberal. He achieved within his party 's nomination for the U.S. Senate in 1982 but lost with 34 percent of the vote, the election to Democrat William Proxmire (64 percent). In 1986 he applied for the post of Lieutenant Governor in the gubernatorial election of Republican Tommy Thompson. Thompson and McCallum were chosen and have held their offices for four legislative sessions.

Since Thompson was appointed by President George W. Bush to the U.S. health minister in 2001, McCallum took over the office of the Governor of Wisconsin. This he held between February 2001 and January 6, 2003 1. Politically, he has not set any new accents in these years. In the 2002 elections he lost to the Democratic candidate Jim Doyle ( Doyle 45 percent; McCallum 41 percent; Ed Thompson, the Libertarian Party, 11 percent).

McCallum is the CEO of Aidmatrix, a development organization in Texas. He lives in Lodi in Columbia County, is married to Laurie McCallum and has three children ( Zachary, Rory and Cara ).