The town was originally created in 1851, and was officially named after Erasmus D. Campbell, a former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.
The town is named after Sam Fifield, a politician and businessperson who served as Wisconsin's 14th Lieutenant Governor.
In 1938, following the resignation of lieutenant governor Henry Gunderson, Governor Philip La Follette appointed Herman Ekern lieutenant governor to fill the vacancy.
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Forty-one individuals have held the office of lieutenant governor since Wisconsin's admission to the Union in 1848, two of whom—Warren Knowles and Jack Olson—have served for non-consecutive terms.
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She faced Democrat Mahlon Mitchell and won the election with a six percent majority.
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He was lieutenant governor of Wisconsin from 1860 to 1862 before becoming governor after Harvey drowned in the Tennessee River while visiting Wisconsin troops after the Battle of Shiloh.
In 1986, McCallum ran for lieutenant governor on the Republican ticket with Tommy Thompson running for governor.
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Prior to assuming the role of governor upon the appointment of Tommy Thompson as Secretary of Health and Human Services, McCallum served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.
Schmidt would remain a member of the Senate through 1956, but did not run for re-election, but instead ran for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin; Schmidt and gubernatorial running mate William Proxmire lost in the general election.
Arthur MacArthur, Sr. (1815–1896), lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and acting governor for four days; United States federal judge
Timothy Burns (1820–1853), lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, 1851–1853