53rd Wisconsin Legislature
{{short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1917–1918}}
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{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 53rd Wisconsin Legislature
| image = Wicapitol 1915.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Wisconsin State Capitol ca.1915
| body = Wisconsin Legislature
| meeting_place = {{nowrap|Wisconsin State Capitol}}
| election = {{nowrap|November 7, 1916}}
| term_start = {{nowrap|January 1, 1917}}
| term_end = {{nowrap|January 6, 1919}}
| before = 52nd
| after = 54th
| website =
| chamber1 = Senate
| membership1 = 33
| control1 = Republican
| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}
| chamber1_leader1 = {{nowrap|Edward Dithmar (R)}}
| chamber1_leader2_type = {{nowrap|President pro tempore}}
| chamber1_leader2 = {{nowrap|Timothy Burke (R)}}
| chamber2 = Assembly
| membership2 = 100
| control2 = Republican
| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}
| chamber2_leader1 = {{nowrap|Lawrence C. Whittet (R)}}
| chamber2_leader2_type =
| chamber2_leader2 =
| session1_type = Regular
| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 10, 1917}}
| session1_end = {{nowrap|July 16, 1917}}
| special_session1_type = {{nowrap|Feb. 1918 Spec.}}
| special_session1_start = {{nowrap|February 19, 1918}}
| special_session1_end = {{nowrap|March 9, 1918}}
| special_session2_type = {{nowrap|Sep. 1918 Spec.}}
| special_session2_start = {{nowrap|September 24, 1918}}
| special_session2_end = {{nowrap|September 25, 1918}}
}}
The Fifty-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from {{nowrap|January 10, 1917,}} to {{nowrap|July 16, 1917,}} in regular session, and re-convened in two special sessions in February and September 1918.{{cite report|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2021_2022/ |title= State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2021–2022 |year= 2021 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |isbn= 978-1-7333817-1-0 |editor1-last= Barish |editor1-first= Lawrence S. |editor2-last= Lemanski |editor2-first= Lynn |chapter-url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2021_2022/160_historical_lists.pdf |chapter= Historical Lists |pages= 467, 471, 475, 479–480 |access-date= March 11, 2023 }}
During this session, the new Wisconsin State Capitol was completed after 13 years of reconstruction following the 1904 fire. The official dedication ceremony was postponed until the end of World War I.{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-state-capitol-co/123721029/ |title= Cost of New Capitol is Fixed at $7,044,000; Building Now Complete |newspaper= Wisconsin State Journal |date= August 12, 1917 |page= 2 |accessdate= April 28, 2023 |via= Newspapers.com }}
Senators representing even-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first two years of a four-year term. Assembly members were elected to a two-year term. Assembly members and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 7, 1916. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 3, 1914.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Emanuel L. Philipp, of Milwaukee County, serving his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1916 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
Major events
- January 11, 1917: The Kingsland explosion destroyed approximately 500,000 rounds of artillery ammunition in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.
- February 1, 1917: The German Empire announced that it would resume unrestricted submarine warfare, rescinding the Sussex pledge.
- February 3, 1917: The United States severed diplomatic relations with Germany.
- February 24, 1917: British intelligence shared the Zimmermann Telegram with American Ambassador Walter Hines Page, in which the German Empire proposed a military alliance with Mexico if the United States entered the war against Germany.
- March 4, 1917: Second inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson.
- March 15, 1917: Following the February Revolution, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated his throne, bringing an end to the Russian Empire.
- April 3, 1917: Walter C. Owen was elected justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, defeating incumbent justice Roujet D. Marshall.
- April 6, 1917: The United States declared war on the German Empire, beginning their active participation in World War I.
- April 26, 1917: The Wisconsin Senate voted to expel senator Frank Raguse after he refused to affirm his allegiance to the United States. Raguse remains the only member of the Wisconsin State Legislature to have been expelled.
- May 18, 1917: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signed the Selective Service Act of 1917, giving the president the power of conscription.
- June 15, 1917: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signed the Espionage Act of 1917, to prevent interference with U.S. war activities or promoting the interests of U.S. war opponents.
- July 18, 1917: Regiments of the Wisconsin National Guard were activated and organized into the 32nd Infantry Division for federal service.
- October 6, 1917: The first University of Wisconsin football game to be played at Camp Randall Stadium.
- October 21, 1917: Wisconsin's junior United States senator, Paul O. Husting, died in a hunting accident.
- November 7, 1917: Amidst the October Revolution in Russia, workers stormed the Winter Palace and destroyed the Russian Provisional Government, triggering the Russian Civil War.
- November 24, 1917: A bomb killed 9 members of the Milwaukee Police Department in the most deadly single incident for American police until the September 11 attacks of 2001.
- January 1918: First known cases of Spanish flu were observed in Haskell County, Kansas.
- March 3, 1918: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Central Powers, ending Russia's involvement in World War I.
- April 2, 1918: Irvine Lenroot was elected United States senator from Wisconsin in a special election.
- May 18, 1918: Wisconsin's mobilized regiments in the 32nd Infantry Division arrived at the western front of World War I and continued on the line until the end of the war.
- November 5, 1918: Emanuel L. Philipp was re-elected Governor of Wisconsin, his third term.
- November 9, 1918: Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated his throne, ending the German Empire. The German Republic was proclaimed as successor state.
- November 11, 1918: The German Republic agreed to an armistice with the Entente, effectively ending major combat in World War I.
- December 4, 1918: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson departed to attend the Paris Peace Conference, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit Europe.
Major legislation
- 1917 Joint Resolution 20: Joint Resolution to amend sections 6 and 7, of article VII, of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, relating to circuit judges, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1917/related/joint_resolutions/20.pdf 1917 Joint Resolution 20]. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the constitution to allow the legislature to reduce the number of judicial circuits and assign multiple judges to single circuits.
- 1917 Joint Resolution 23: Joint Resolution to amend section 21 of article IV of the constitution, relating to compensation of members of the legislature, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1917/related/joint_resolutions/23.pdf 1917 Joint Resolution 23]. First legislative passage of a proposted amendment to allow legislative salaries to be set by law, rather than fixed by the constitution.
- 1917 Joint Resolution 24: Joint Resolution to provide for the appointment of a joint committee of the legislature to investigate the subject of "Social Insurance", [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1917/related/joint_resolutions/24.pdf 1917 Joint Resolution 24].
Party summary
=Senate summary=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |
| style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=3 | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
! rowspan=3 | Total ! |
| style="height:5px"
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of America}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! S.D. ! Rep. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| 9 | 1 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 20 ! 30 | 3 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of 1st Session
| rowspan="2" | 6 | 3 | rowspan=2 {{party shading/Republican}} | 24 ! 33 | 0 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From April 27, 1917Socialist Frank Raguse (District 8) was expelled after refusing to sign a statement affirming his allegiance to the United States.
| 2 ! 32 | 1 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! colspan=2 | {{percentage|8|32|2}} ! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|24|32|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 2 | 4 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 27 ! 33 | 0 |
=Assembly summary=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |
| style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=3 | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
! rowspan=3 | Total ! |
| style="height:5px"
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of America}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! S.D. ! Rep. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| 29 | 8 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 63 ! 100 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of 1st Session
| rowspan="2" | 13 | rowspan="7" | 7 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 80 ! 100 | 0 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Feb. 14, 1917Republican Isaac J. Kvam (Barron County) died February 14, 1917.
| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Republican}} | 79 ! 99 | 1 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Apr. 10, 1917Democrat Charles A. Beggs (Barron County) was sworn in to replace Isaac J. Kvam on April 10, 1917.
| rowspan="2" | 14 ! 100 | 0 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From July 1, 1917Republican Edward A. Everett (Iron & Vilas counties) resigned.
| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Republican}} | 78 ! 99 | 1 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Dec. 10, 1917Democrat William Arnemann (Winnebago County) died.
| rowspan="2" | 13 ! 98 | 2 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Dec. 25, 1917Republican D. S. Burnett (Marathon County) resigned.
| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Republican}} | 77 ! 97 | 3 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Jan. 3, 1918Democrat Carl Hansen (Manitowoc County) died.
| 12 ! 96 | 4 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Feb. 19, 1918Democrat Walter Wittman (Manitowoc County), Socialist Herman Marth (Marathon County), and Republicans Griffith Thomas (Iron & Vilas counties) and Publius Lawson (Winnebago County), were sworn in to fill vacancies.
| 13 | 8 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 79 ! 100 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! colspan=2 | {{percentage|21|100|2}} ! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|79|100|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 6 | 16 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 78 ! 100 | 0 |
Sessions
- Regular session: January 10, 1917{{spnd}}July 16, 1917
- February 1918 special session: February 19, 1918{{spnd}}March 9, 1918
- September 1918 special session: September 24, 1918{{spnd}}September 25, 1918
Leaders
=Senate leadership=
- President of the Senate: Edward Dithmar (R)
- President pro tempore: Timothy Burke (R–Green Bay)
=Assembly leadership=
Members
=Members of the Senate=
Members of the Senate for the Fifty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/OTX7AEYW2333W82 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1917 |publisher= Industrial Commission of Wisconsin |year= 1917 |chapter= Biographical Sketches |pages= 495–557 |access-date= April 28, 2023 }}
File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1917.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Dist. ! Counties ! Senator ! Residence ! Party |
| 01
| Door, Kewaunee, {{nowrap|& Marinette}} | {{sortname|M. W.|Perry}} | Algoma | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
|---|
| 02
| {{sortname|Timothy|Burke|Timothy Burke (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 03
| {{sortname|Charles H.|Everett}} | Racine | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 04
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Northern Part)}} | {{sortname|Herman C.|Schultz}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 05
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Middle-West County}} {{nowrap|& Central-Western City)}} | {{sortname|H. O.|Reinnoldt|Henry Otto Reinnoldt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 06
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Northern City)}} | {{sortname|W. C.|Zumach}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.D. |
| 07
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Southern County)}} | {{sortname|Louis A.|Arnold}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.D. |
| rowspan="2" | 08
| rowspan="2" | Milwaukee {{nowrap|(City South)}} | {{sortname|Frank|Raguse}} {{nowrap|{{small|(expelled April 27, 1917)}}}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.D. |
| colspan="3" | --Vacant from April 27, 1917-- |
| 09
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(City Downtown)}} | {{sortname|David V.|Jennings}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 10
| Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce, {{nowrap|& St. Croix}} | {{sortname|George B.|Skogmo}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 11
| Burnett, Douglas, {{nowrap|& Washburn}} | {{sortname|Fred A.|Baxter}} | Superior | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 12
| Ashland, Bayfield, Price, Rusk, {{nowrap|& Sawyer}} | {{sortname|A. H.|Wilkinson}} | Bayfield | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 13
| Dodge {{nowrap|& Washington}} | {{sortname|Byron|Barwig}} | Mayville | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 14
| Outagamie {{nowrap|& Shawano}} | {{sortname|Antone|Kuckuk}} | Shawano | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 15
| Calumet {{nowrap|& Manitowoc}} | {{sortname|Henry|Rollmann}} | Chilton | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 16
| Crawford, Grant, {{nowrap|& Richland}} | {{sortname|Henry E.|Roethe|Henry Edgar Roethe}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 17
| Green, Iowa, {{nowrap|& Lafayette}} | {{sortname|Platt|Whitman}} | Highland | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 18
| {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}} {{nowrap|& Green Lake}} | {{sortname|Albert J.|Pullen}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 19
| {{sortname|William M.|Bray}} | Oshkosh | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 20
| Ozaukee {{nowrap|& Sheboygan}} | {{sortname|Theodore|Benfey}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 21
| Adams, Juneau, Marquette, {{nowrap|& Waushara}} | {{sortname|Frank H.|Hanson}} | Mauston | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 22
| {{sortname|Lawrence E.|Cunningham}} | Beloit | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 23
| Portage {{nowrap|& Waupaca}} | {{sortname|Andrew R.|Potts}} | Dayton | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 24
| {{sortname|Isaac P.|Witter}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 25
| Langlade {{nowrap|& Marathon}} | {{sortname|W. W.|Albers}} | Wausau | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 26
| Dane | {{sortname|Henry|Huber}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 27
| {{sortname|George|Staudenmayer}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 28
| Chippewa, {{nowrap|& Eau Claire}} | {{sortname|Roy P.|Wilcox}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 29
| Barron, Dunn, {{nowrap|& Polk}} | {{sortname|Algodt C.|Anderson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 30
| Florence, Forest, Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Taylor, {{nowrap|& Vilas}} | {{sortname|Willard T.|Stevens}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 31
| Jackson, Monroe, {{nowrap|& Vernon}} | {{sortname|J. Henry|Bennett}} | Viroqua | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 32
| La Crosse {{nowrap|& Trempealeau}} | {{sortname|Eugene F.|Clark|Eugene Clark (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 33
| Jefferson {{nowrap|& Waukesha}} | {{sortname|Charles|Mulberger}} | {{nowrap|Watertown}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
=Members of the Assembly=
Members of the Assembly for the Fifty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1917.svg
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1917 MilwaukeeCo.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Senate ! County ! Dist. ! Representative ! Party ! Residence |
| 21
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Adams {{nowrap|& Marquette}} | {{sortname|Alan|Galbraith|Alan Galbraith (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
|---|
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ashland | {{sortname|John C.|Chapple}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Ashland |
| rowspan="2" | 29
| rowspan="2" text-align="left" colspan="2" | Barron | {{sortname|Isaac J.|Kvam}} {{small|{{nowrap|(died Feb. 14, 1917)}}}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| {{sortname|C. A.|Beggs|Charles A. Beggs}} {{small|{{nowrap|(from Apr. 10, 1917)}}}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Bayfield | {{sortname|Walter A.|Duffy}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | |
| rowspan="2" | 02
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Brown | 1 | {{sortname|Nicholas|Feldhausen}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Henry J.|Janssen}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | De Pere |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Buffalo {{nowrap|& Pepin}} | {{sortname|Frank|Schaettle}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Mondovi |
| 11
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Burnett {{nowrap|& Washburn}} | {{sortname|James H.|Jensen}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 15
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Calumet | {{sortname|Otto|Luehrs}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 28
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Chippewa | {{sortname|Western|Woodard}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Bloomer |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Clark | {{sortname|William L.|Smith|William Lyman Smith}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 27
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Columbia | {{sortname|W. R.|Chipman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Leeds |
| 16
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Crawford | {{sortname|O. P.|Vaughan|Orlando P. Vaughan}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Wauzeka |
| rowspan="3" | 26
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Dane | 1 | {{sortname|William T.|Evjue}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Madison |
| 2
| {{sortname|James C.|Hanson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Homer A.|Stone}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 13
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Dodge | 1 | {{sortname|Edmund J.|Labuwi}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Neosho |
| 2
| {{sortname|Samuel R.|Webster}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Elba |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Door | {{sortname|Frank N.|Graass}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | |
| rowspan="2" | 11
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Douglas | 1 | {{sortname|R. H.|Bradley}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Superior |
| 2
| {{sortname|J. W.|Conner}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Dunn | {{sortname|Carl|Pieper}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 28
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Eau Claire | {{sortname|C. N.|Saugen}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Florence, Forest, {{nowrap|& Oneida}} | {{sortname|Arthur M.|Rogers}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Ross |
| rowspan="2" | 18
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Fond du Lac | 1 | {{sortname|Herman|Schroeder}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Empire |
| 2
| {{sortname|John E.|Johnson|John E. Johnson (Brandon)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Brandon |
| rowspan="2" | 16
| text-align="left" rowspan="2"| Grant | 1 | {{sortname|Benjamin|Webster|Benjamin Webster (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|John J.|Ruka}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Boscobel |
| 17
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Green | {{sortname|S. A.|Schindler}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 18
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Green Lake | {{sortname|Newcomb|Spoor}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Berlin |
| 17
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Iowa | {{sortname|John T.|Williams|John T. Williams (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 30
| rowspan="2" text-align="left" colspan="2" | Iron {{nowrap|& Vilas}} | {{sortname|Edward A.|Everett|Edward A. Everett (Wisconsin politician)}} {{nowrap|{{small|(res. July 1, 1917)}}}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| {{sortname|Griffith|Thomas|Griffith Thomas (Wisconsin politician)}} {{nowrap|{{small|(from Feb. 19, 1918)}}}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Hurley |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jackson | {{sortname|Peter A.|Hemmy}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Alma |
| rowspan="2" | 33
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Jefferson | 1 | {{sortname|H. J.|Grell}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|William|Everson|William Everson (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 21
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Juneau | {{sortname|George|Frohmader}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 03
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Kenosha | {{sortname|Edward J.|Vincent}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Kewaunee | {{sortname|William H.|O'Brien}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Franklin |
| rowspan="2" | 32
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | La Crosse | 1 | {{sortname|Carl|Kurtenecker}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Henry|Freehoff}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 17
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Lafayette | {{sortname|Julius M.|Engebretson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Wiota |
| 25
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Langlade | {{sortname|Edward|Nordman}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Polar |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Lincoln | {{sortname|Robert|Kleinschmidt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Corning |
| rowspan="3" | 15
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Manitowoc | rowspan="2" | 1 | {{sortname|Carl|Hansen|Carl Hansen (Wisconsin politician)}} {{nowrap|{{small|(died Jan. 3, 1918)}}}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| {{sortname|Walter|Wittman}} {{nowrap|{{small|(from Feb. 19, 1918)}}}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Martin|Rappel}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Rockland |
| rowspan="3" | 25
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Marathon | 1 | {{sortname|Herman|Hedrich}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Holton |
| rowspan="2" | 2
| {{sortname|D. S.|Burnett}} {{nowrap|{{small|(res. Dec. 25, 1917)}}}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | |
| {{sortname|Herman|Marth}} {{nowrap|{{small|(from Feb. 19, 1918)}}}}
| {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. | Wausau |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Marinette | {{sortname|F. N.|Bernardy}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | |
| rowspan="3" | 09
| text-align="left" rowspan="19" | Milwaukee | 1 | {{sortname|Ben H.|Mahon}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|William A.|Campbell|William A. Campbell (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 3
| {{sortname|John P.|Donnelly}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 05
| 4 | {{sortname|Henry|Ohl Jr.}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| 08
| 5 | {{sortname|Gilbert|Poor}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| rowspan="2" | 05
| 6 | {{sortname|Charles|Schiewitz}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 7
| {{sortname|Bernhard|Gettelman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 08
| 8 | {{sortname|Frank|Kubatzki}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 06
| 9 | {{sortname|Herman O.|Kent}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| 04
| 10 | {{sortname|Glenn P.|Turner}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| rowspan="2" | 08
| 11 | {{sortname|William E.|Jordan}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| 12
| {{sortname|William L.|Smith|William L. Smith (barber)}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| 04
| 13 | {{sortname|Hugo|Jeske}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 07
| 14 | {{sortname|Thomas|Szewczykowski}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 05
| 15 | {{sortname|Theodore|Engel}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 16
| {{sortname|William A.|Schroeder}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 07
| 17 | {{sortname|Frank|Metcalfe}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| 04
| 18 | {{sortname|Arnold C.|Otto}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 07
| 19 | {{sortname|Delbert|Miller}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Monroe | {{sortname|Miles|Hineman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Tomah |
| 02
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Oconto | {{sortname|Albert|Marlett}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | |
| rowspan="2" | 14
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Outagamie | 1 | {{sortname|Herman W.|Wieckert}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | |
| 2
| {{sortname|Thomas W.|Armstrong|Thomas Armstrong (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Kaukauna |
| 20
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ozaukee | {{sortname|Eugene J.|Poole}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Pierce | {{sortname|Charles E.|Hanson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Polk | {{sortname|Carl B.|Casperson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Laketown |
| 23
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Portage | {{sortname|George D.|Whiteside}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Plover |
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Price | {{sortname|Hugo|Kandutsch}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Kennan |
| rowspan="2" | 03
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Racine | 1 | {{sortname|John|Dixon|John Dixon (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Racine |
| 2
| {{sortname|P. Walter|Petersen}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Racine |
| 28
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Richland | {{sortname|John C.|Anderson|John C. Anderson (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 22
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Rock | 1 | {{sortname|Lawrence C.|Whittet}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Edgerton |
| 2
| {{sortname|Charles D.|Rosa}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Beloit |
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Rusk {{nowrap|& Sawyer}} | {{sortname|V. V.|Miller}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Grant |
| 27
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Sauk | {{sortname|George|Carpenter|George Carpenter (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Baraboo |
| 14
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Shawano | {{sortname|J. H.|Van Doren}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 20
| text-align="left" rowspan="2"| Sheboygan | 1 | {{sortname|John J.|Koepsell}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|R. B.|Melvin}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | St. Croix | {{sortname|John A.|Chinnock}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Hudson |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Taylor | {{sortname|John|Gamper}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Medford |
| 32
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Trempealeau | {{sortname|John F.|Hager}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Vernon | {{sortname|Clarence H.|Carter|Clarence H. Carter (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | |
| 23
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Walworth | {{sortname|Riley S.|Young}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Darien |
| 13
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Washington | {{sortname|Jacob J.|Aulenbacher}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 33
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Waukesha | 1 | {{sortname|John F.|Buckley}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Waukesha |
| 2
| {{sortname|W. H.|Edwards|William Edwards (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Sussex |
| 23
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Waupaca | {{sortname|Fred|Hess|Fred Hess (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 21
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Waushara | {{sortname|F. M.|Clark|F. M. Clark (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="4" | 19
| text-align="left" rowspan="4" | Winnebago | 1 | {{sortname|Martin T.|Battis}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Oshkosh |
| rowspan="2" | 2
| {{sortname|William|Arnemann}} {{nowrap|{{small|(died Dec. 10, 1917)}}}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Neenah |
| {{sortname|Publius|Lawson|Publius Virgilius Lawson}} {{nowrap|{{small|(from Feb. 19, 1918)}}}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Menasha |
| 3
| {{sortname|Charles F.|Hart}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Oshkosh |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Wood | {{sortname|Byron|Whittingham}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Arpin |
Committees
=Senate committees=
- Senate Standing Committee on Committees{{spaced ndash}}M. W. Perry, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}C. H. Everett, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Corporations{{spaced ndash}}W. M. Bray, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}M. W. Perry, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}J. H. Bennett, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Legislative Procedure{{spaced ndash}}T. Burke, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}W. T. Stevens, chair
- Senate Special Committee on Conservation{{spaced ndash}} F. H. Hanson, chair
- Senate Special Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}L. E. Cunningham, chair
=Assembly committees=
- Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}H. J. Grell, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures{{spaced ndash}}C. F. Hart, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}R. B. Melvin, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}S. A. Schindler, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Elections{{spaced ndash}}G. Carpenter, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}W. R. Chipman, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}H. Freehoff, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees{{spaced ndash}}J. M. Engebretson, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Fish and Game{{spaced ndash}}J. A. Chinnock, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking{{spaced ndash}}J. C. Chapple, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}A. C. Otto, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Labor{{spaced ndash}}D. J. Vincent, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities{{spaced ndash}}J. Dixon, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Printing{{spaced ndash}}C. Pieper, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}G. D. Whiteside, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Revision{{spaced ndash}}C. S. Schiewitz, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Rules{{spaced ndash}}E. A. Everett, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}J. Gamper, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation{{spaced ndash}}W. H. Edwards, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading{{spaced ndash}}J. J. Aulenbacher, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation{{spaced ndash}}B. Webster, chair
=Joint committees=
- Joint Standing Committee on Finance{{spaced ndash}}P. Whitman (Sen.) & E. A. Everett (Asm.), co-chairs
Employees
=Senate employees=
- Chief Clerk: Oliver G. Munson{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/OTX7AEYW2333W82 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1917 |publisher= Industrial Commission of Wisconsin |year= 1917 |chapter= Organization of Legislature of 1917 |pages= 490–493 |access-date= April 28, 2023 }}
- Assistant Chief Clerk: C. E. Mullen
- Journal Clerk: James B. Ackley
- Bookkeeper: Carle E. Dietze
- Index Clerk: Don E. Mowry
- Enrolling Clerk: J. K. Kidder
- Revision Clerk: D. J. Hotchkiss
- Clerk of the Committee on Corporations: A. C. Miller
- Clerk of the Committee on Education and Public Welfare: R. H. Hillyer
- Clerk of the Committee on Finance: Arthur F. Steffen
- Clerk of the Committee on the Judiciary: L. G. Vogt
- Clerk of the Committee on State Affairs: A. A. Heinrich
- Stenographers:
- L. Schwartz
- J. W. Leonard
- Typists:
- C. L. Cass
- R. L. Jacobson
- Mailing Clerk: E. G. Cooper
- Sergeant-at-Arms: F. E. Andrews
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: John J. Knudsen
- Document Clerk: Emil Hartman
- Day Police: Albert Daley
- Night Police: Arlie M. Mucks
- Gallery Police: Herman A. Degner
- Night Laborers:
- Thomas R. Foulkes
- Ernest W. Rehnstrand
- Postmaster: Frank E. Riley
- Messengers:
- Paul W. Dietz
- Robert Kilgust
- Earl L. Marsh
- Robert A. Cobban
- John Lorigan
- Ivan P. Donaghey
- Glen A. Buerke
- Lloyd B. Cain
=Assembly employees=
- Chief Clerk: C. E. Shaffer
- Journal Clerk: W. W. Jones
- Assistant Journal Clerk: J. S. Miller
- Bookkeeper: W. J. Goldschmidt
- Assistant Bookkeeper: J. C. Hawker
- General Clerks:
- W. F. Bart
- L. J. Federer
- Index Clerk: Edwin M. Johnson
- Proofreaders and Enrolling Clerks:
- Geo. F. Sharpe
- Edward Oakey
- Mailing Clerk: Edwin L. Shaffer
- Stenographers:
- Alvah V. Gruhn
- L. M. Mielke
- Emil Lusthaus
- H. J. Campaign
- N. E. Lummerding
- P. J. Knippel
- Victor Gilbertson
- William L. Wollin
- O. B. Lovell
- Earl L. Dole
- Joseph Entringer Jr.
- Warren H. Schwartz
- Typists:
- L. L. Oeland
- H. S. Belowsky
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Thomas Grant Cretney
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Ernest F. Wright
- Document Room Custodian: Helmer O. Femrite
- Assistant Document Room Custodian: John D. Morner
- Floor Police: Peter Duex
- Cloak Room Attendant: John Holm
- Gallery Police:
- C. H. Sanderson
- A. H. Emerson
- Night Laborer: Hilding E. Anderson
- Night Watch: Elmer R. Meacham
- Postmaster: Clarence O. Livermore
- Post Office Messenger: Marshall M. Arnold
- Messengers:
- Helmer Hembre
- Burr C. Wilcox
- B. J. Glass
- William Crapser
- Austin Johnson
- Leo Levenick
- Isadore Perstein
- Casper Jaquish
- Orville Radke
- Henry Royce
- C. H. Meister
- Carl Isaacson
- Arthur Thorpe Jones
- Ray J. Carey
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1917/related 1917: Related Documents] from Wisconsin Legislature
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