58th Wisconsin Legislature
{{short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1927–1928}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 58th 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 2, 1926}}
| term_start = {{nowrap|January 3, 1927}}
| term_end = {{nowrap|January 7, 1929}}
| before = 57th
| after = 59th
| website =
| chamber1 = Senate
| membership1 = 33
| control1 = Republican
| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}
| chamber1_leader1 = {{nowrap|Henry Huber (R)}}
| chamber1_leader2_type = {{nowrap|President pro tempore}}
| chamber1_leader2 = {{nowrap|William L. Smith (R)}}
| chamber2 = Assembly
| membership2 = 100
| control2 = Republican
| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}
| chamber2_leader1 = John W. Eber (R)
| chamber2_leader2_type =
| chamber2_leader2 =
| session1_type = Regular
| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 12, 1927}}
| session1_end = {{nowrap|August 13, 1927}}
| special_session1_type = {{nowrap|Jan. 1928 Spec.}}
| special_session1_start = {{nowrap|January 24, 1928}}
| special_session1_end = {{nowrap|February 4, 1928}}
| special_session2_type = {{nowrap|Mar. 1928 Spec.}}
| special_session2_start = {{nowrap|March 6, 1928}}
| special_session2_end = {{nowrap|March 13, 1928}}
}}
The Fifty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from {{nowrap|January 12, 1927,}} to {{nowrap|August 13, 1927,}} in regular session, and reconvened in two special sessions in 1928.{{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 }}
Senators representing odd-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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 2, 1926. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 4, 1924.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Fred R. Zimmerman, of Milwaukee County, serving a two-year term, having won election in the 1926 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
Major events
- January 3, 1927: Inauguration of Fred R. Zimmerman as the 25th Governor of Wisconsin.
- January 7, 1927: The first transatlantic telephone call was made via radio from New York City, United States, to London, United Kingdom.
- January 24, 1927: United States marines invaded Nicaragua to bolster the conservative government forces against liberal rebels in the Nicaraguan Civil War.
- February 23, 1927: U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signed the Radio Act of 1927, creating the Federal Radio Commission.
- March 21, 1927: The Orpheum Theatre opened in Madison, Wisconsin.
- April 5, 1927: 1927 Wisconsin Spring general election:
- Wisconsin voters rejected an amendment to the state constitution to increase legislator pay to $1,000 per session.
- Wisconsin voters approved an amendment to the state constitution to adjust taxation of forest land.
- May 20–21, 1927: Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight—from New York to Paris—in his single-engine aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis.
- July 2, 1927: The Oriental Theatre opened in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- August 2, 1927: U.S. President Calvin Coolidge announced he would not run for re-election in 1928.
- September 13, 1927: The Eagles Club opened in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- October 3, 1927: Farmers Mutual Insurance Company—which later became American Family Insurance—was founded in Madison, Wisconsin.
- June 29, 1928: Al Smith accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party for President of the United States, becoming the first Catholic presidential nominee of a major American political party.
- August 27, 1928: The Kellogg–Briand Pact was signed in Paris, becoming the first treaty renouncing the policy of aggressive war.
- September 4, 1928: Incumbent Wisconsin governor Fred R. Zimmerman lost renomination in the Republican primary.
- November 6, 1928: 1928 United States general election:
- Herbert Hoover elected President of the United States.
- Walter J. Kohler Sr. elected Governor of Wisconsin.
- Robert La Follette Jr. re-elected United States senator from Wisconsin.
Major legislation
- 1927 Joint Resolution 12: Joint Resolution to amend section 21 of article IV of the constitution, relating to compensation of members of the legislature and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the April election of 1927. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to increase legislator pay to $1,000 per session. This amendment was defeated by voters in the April 1927 election.
- 1927 Joint Resolution 13: Joint Resolution to amend section 1 of article VIII of the constitution, relating to taxation of forests and minerals and of forest and mineral lands, and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the April election of 1927. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to adjust taxation of forest land. This amendment was ratified by voters in the April 1927 election.
- 1927 Joint Resolution 18: Joint Resolution memorializing the Congress of the United States to provide for a nation-wide referendum on the question of modifying the Volstead act. Wisconsin made several appeals to amend the alcohol probition law in order to allow the manufacture and sale of beer.
- 1927 Joint Resolution 21: Joint Resolution to amend section 21 of article IV of the constitution, relating to compensation of members of the legislature. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow legislator pay to be set by law rather than fixed by the constitution. This amendment would eventually be ratified by voters in the April 1929 election. This was the sixth attempt in 20 years to amend the constitution to update legislator compensation. The previous attempts were rejected by voters in elections in 1910, 1914, 1920, 1924, and 1927.
- 1927 Joint Resolution 24: Joint Resolution to amend section 4, Article VI, of the constitution, relating to the election of sheriffs. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution allow sheriffs to serve two consecutive terms. This amendment would eventually be ratified by voters at the April 1929 election.
- 1927 Joint Resolution 37: Joint Resolution to amend section 10 of article V of the constitution, relating to the approval of bills by the governor. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to grant the Governor the power of a partial veto on appropriation bills. This amendment would eventually be ratified by voters at the November 1930 election.
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|Socialist Party of America}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! Soc. ! Rep. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| 0 | 3 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 30 ! 33 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of Reg. Session
| 0 | 2 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 31 ! 33 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! colspan=2 | {{percentage|2|33|2}} ! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|31|33|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 0 | 2 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 31 ! 33 | 0 |
=Assembly summary=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |
| style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=4 | 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|Socialist Party of America}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! Soc. ! Ind. ! Rep. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| 1 | 7 | 0 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 88 ! 96 | 4 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of Reg. Session
| 2 | 8 | 1 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 89 ! 100 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! colspan=3 | {{percentage|11|100|2}} ! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|89|100|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 5 | 3 | 1 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 91 ! 100 | 0 |
Sessions
- Regular session: January 12, 1927{{spnd}}August 13, 1927
- January 1928 special session: January 24, 1928{{spnd}}February 4, 1928
- March 1928 special session: March 6, 1928{{spnd}}March 13, 1928
Leaders
=Senate leadership=
- President of the Senate: Henry Huber (R)
- President pro tempore: William L. Smith (R–Neillsville)
=Assembly leadership=
Members
=Members of the Senate=
Members of the Senate for the Fifty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/UD5FWPOZSCOKV84 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1927 |publisher= Wisconsin State Printing Board |year= 1927 |editor-last= Holmes |editor-first= Fred L. |chapter= Biographical |pages= 665-727 |access-date= July 24, 2023 }}
File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1927.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Dist. ! Counties ! Senator ! Residence ! Party |
| 01
| Door, Kewaunee, {{nowrap|& Manitowoc}} | {{sortname|John E.|Cashman}} | Denmark | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
|---|
| 02
| {{sortname|John B.|Chase}} | Oconto | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 03
| Milwaukee (South City) | {{sortname|Walter|Polakowski}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| 04
| Milwaukee (Northeast County {{nowrap|& Northeast City)}} | {{sortname|Oscar|Morris}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 05
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Northwest City)}} | {{sortname|Bernhard|Gettelman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 06
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(North-Central City)}} | {{sortname|Alex C.|Ruffing}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| 07
| Milwaukee (Southeast County {{nowrap|& Southeast City)}} | {{sortname|Herbert H.|Smith}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 08
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Western County)}} | {{sortname|Harry|Daggett}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 09
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(City Downtown)}} | {{sortname|Irving P.|Mehigan}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 10
| Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce, {{nowrap|& St. Croix}} | {{sortname|Walter H.|Hunt|Walter Hunt (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 11
| Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, {{nowrap|& Washburn}} | {{sortname|R. Bruce|Johnson|Bruce Johnson (Wisconsin politician)}} | Superior | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 12
| Ashland, Iron, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, {{nowrap|& Vilas}} | {{sortname|James H.|Carroll}} | Glidden | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 13
| Dodge {{nowrap|& Washington}} | {{sortname|William H.|Markham}} | Horicon | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 14
| Outagamie {{nowrap|& Shawano}} | {{sortname|John|Englund}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 15
| Rock | {{sortname|George W.|Blanchard|George Washington Blanchard}} | Edgerton | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 16
| Crawford, Grant, {{nowrap|& Vernon}} | {{sortname|Edward J.|Roethe}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 17
| Green, Iowa, {{nowrap|& Lafayette}} | {{sortname|Charles W.|Hutchison}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 18
| {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}}, {{nowrap|Green Lake}} {{nowrap|& Waushara}} | {{sortname|William A.|Titus}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 19
| Calumet {{nowrap|& Winnebago}} | {{sortname|Merritt F.|White}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 20
| Ozaukee {{nowrap|& Sheboygan}} | {{sortname|Herman E.|Boldt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 21
| Racine | {{sortname|Walter S.|Goodland|Walter Samuel Goodland}} | Racine | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 22
| Kenosha {{nowrap|& Walworth}} | {{sortname|George W.|Hull}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 23
| Portage {{nowrap|& Waupaca}} | {{sortname|Herman J.|Severson}} | Iola | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 24
| Clark, Taylor, {{nowrap|& Wood}} | {{sortname|William L.|Smith|William Lyman Smith}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 25
| Lincoln {{nowrap|& Marathon}} | {{sortname|Otto|Mueller|Otto Mueller (politician)}} | Wausau | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 26
| Dane | {{sortname|Harry|Sauthoff}} | Madison | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 27
| Columbia, Richland, {{nowrap|& Sauk}} | {{sortname|Robert|Caldwell|Robert Caldwell (Wisconsin politician)}} | Lodi | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 28
| Chippewa {{nowrap|& Eau Claire}} | {{sortname|Herman|Lange}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 29
| Barron, Dunn, {{nowrap|& Polk}} | {{sortname|Carl B.|Casperson}} | Frederic | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 30
| Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, {{nowrap|& Oneida}} | {{sortname|James A.|Barker}} | Antigo | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 31
| Adams, Juneau, Monroe, {{nowrap|& Marquette}} | {{sortname|Howard|Teasdale}} | Sparta | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 32
| Jackson, La Crosse, {{nowrap|& Trempealeau}} | {{sortname|V. S.|Keppel|Valentine S. Keppel}} | Holmen | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 33
| Jefferson {{nowrap|& Waukesha}} | {{sortname|John C.|Schumann}} | {{nowrap|Watertown}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
=Members of the Assembly=
Members of the Assembly for the Fifty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature:
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1927.svg
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1927 MilwaukeeCo.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Senate ! County ! Dist. ! Representative ! Party ! Residence |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Adams {{nowrap|& Marquette}} | {{sortname|Robert B.|Wood|Robert Wood (American politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Adams |
|---|
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ashland | {{sortname|Bernard J.|Gehrmann}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Mellen |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Barron | {{sortname|Charles A.|Beggs}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 11
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Bayfield | {{sortname|Paul|Ungrodt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Washburn |
| rowspan="2" | 02
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Brown | 1 | {{sortname|Malcolm A.|Sellers}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Gustav J.|Zittlow}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Buffalo {{nowrap|& Pepin}} | {{sortname|Arthur A.|Hitt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Alma |
| 11
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Burnett {{nowrap|& Washburn}} | {{sortname|Louis|Thayer}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 19
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Calumet | {{sortname|Carl|Hillmann}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Brillion |
| 28
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Chippewa | {{sortname|Gustave|Rheingans}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Prog.Rep. |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Clark | {{sortname|Arlo|Huckstead}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 27
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Columbia | {{sortname|E. Myrwyn|Rowlands|Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Cambria |
| 16
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Crawford | {{sortname|Archie J.|McDowell}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="3" | 26
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Dane | 1 | {{sortname|Alvin C.|Reis}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Madison |
| 2
| {{sortname|James C.|Hanson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Albert J.|Baker}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 13
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Dodge | 1 | {{sortname|John M.|Dihring}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Philip J.|Zink}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Door | {{sortname|Bernard|Hahn}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 11
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Douglas | 1 | {{sortname|Walter W.|Lang|Walter Lang (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Superior |
| 2
| {{sortname|Philip E.|Nelson|Philip Nelson (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Maple |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Dunn | {{sortname|James D.|Millar}} | {{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|Joseph D.|Grandine}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Argonne |
| rowspan="2" | 18
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Fond du Lac | 1 | {{sortname|Math|Koenigs}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Thomas|Dieringer}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Prog.Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 16
| text-align="left" rowspan="2"| Grant | 1 | {{sortname|Harry E.|Stephens}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Leroy D.|Eastman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Boscobel |
| 17
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Green | {{sortname|Ernst J.|Hoesly}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Prog.Rep. |
| 18
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Green Lake {{nowrap|& Waushara}} | {{sortname|George M.|O'Connor|George O'Connor (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Hancock |
| 17
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Iowa | {{sortname|John S.|Jackson|John S. Jackson (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Iron {{nowrap|& Vilas}} | {{sortname|Richard C.|Trembath}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Hurley |
| 32
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jackson | {{sortname|Emil G.|Gilbertson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 33
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jefferson | {{sortname|Don V.|Smith|Don Smith (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Juneau | {{sortname|A. A.|Telfer}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Elroy |
| rowspan="2" | 22
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Kenosha | 1 | {{sortname|Conrad|Shearer}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Kenosha |
| 2
| {{sortname|Don J.|Vincent}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Kewaunee | {{sortname|Anton G.|Schauer}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Kewaunee |
| rowspan="2" | 32
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | La Crosse | 1 | {{sortname|Gardner R.|Withrow}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|John|Larson|John Larson (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 17
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Lafayette | {{sortname|S. Dell|Penniston}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Argyle |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Langlade | {{sortname|John R.|Fronek}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Antigo |
| 25
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Lincoln | {{sortname|Richard|Kamke}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Merrill |
| rowspan="2" | 01
| rowspan="2" text-align="left" | Manitowoc | 1 | {{sortname|Charles|Schuette}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Herman|Roethel}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Kiel |
| rowspan="2" | 25
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Marathon | 1 | {{sortname|Mathias J.|Berres}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Edgar |
| 2
| {{sortname|Henry|Ellenbecker}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Wausau |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Marinette | {{sortname|Charles A.|Budlong}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 09
| text-align="left" rowspan="20" | Milwaukee | 1 | {{sortname|Thomas H.|Conway}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Michael|Laffey}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 04
| 3 | {{sortname|Albert F.|Woller}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| 4
| {{sortname|Thomas|Duncan|Thomas Duncan (American politician)}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| 07
| 5 | {{sortname|George L.|Tews}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| rowspan="2" | 06
| 6 | {{sortname|Frederick|Petersen}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 7
| {{sortname|Philip|Wenz}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| 03
| 8 | {{sortname|Louis|Polewczynski}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 06
| 9 | {{sortname|Julius|Kiesner}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| 08
| 10 | {{sortname|John W.|Eber}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 03
| 11 | {{sortname|Elmer|Baumann}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| 05
| 12 | {{sortname|Henry A.|Staab}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 04
| 13 | {{sortname|Barney F.|Spott}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 07
| 14 | {{sortname|George|Gauer}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| 05
| 15 | {{sortname|Theodore|Engel}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 08
| 16 | {{sortname|Arthur J.|Miller}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 07
| 17 | {{sortname|Clarence C.|Krause}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Lake |
| 04
| 18 | {{sortname|Frank L.|Prescott}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 08
| 19 | {{sortname|George C.|Hinkley}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 05
| 20 | {{sortname|William|Coleman|William Coleman (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc. |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Monroe | {{sortname|Earl D.|Hall}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 02
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Oconto | {{sortname|Carl|Schoenebeck}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Lena |
| rowspan="2" | 14
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Outagamie | 1 | {{sortname|Oscar J.|Schmiege}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Appleton |
| 2
| {{sortname|Anton M.|Miller}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Kaukauna |
| 20
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ozaukee | {{sortname|John J.|Jungers}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Grafton |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Pierce | {{sortname|Theodore|Swanson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Polk | {{sortname|E. E.|Husband}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 23
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Portage | {{sortname|Michael J.|Mersch}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Price | {{sortname|Helen F.|Thompson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="3" | 21
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Racine | 1 | {{sortname|Wallace|Ingalls}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Racine |
| 2
| {{sortname|Edward F.|Hilker}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Racine |
| 3
| {{sortname|John H.|Kamper}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Raymond |
| 27
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Richland | {{sortname|Harley A.|Martin}} | {{Party shading/Independent}} |Ind. |
| rowspan="2" | 15
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Rock | 1 | {{sortname|John S.|Baker|John Baker (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Erastus G.|Smith}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Beloit |
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Rusk {{nowrap|& Sawyer}} | {{sortname|A. C.|Schultz|Alfred Schultz}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Bruce |
| 27
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Sauk | {{sortname|Carl|Koenig}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 14
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Shawano | {{sortname|Paul T.|Fuhrman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Bowler |
| rowspan="2" | 20
| text-align="left" rowspan="2"| Sheboygan | 1 | {{sortname|Ernst A.|Sonnemann}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|John|Mentink}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | St. Croix | {{sortname|Robert M.|Graham|Robert M. Graham (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Roberts |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Taylor | {{sortname|John|Gamper}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Medford |
| 32
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Trempealeau | {{sortname|George|Schmidt|George Schmidt (Wisconsin politician, born 1857)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Arcadia |
| 16
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Vernon | {{sortname|August E.|Smith}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Viroqua |
| 22
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Walworth | {{sortname|Frank E.|Lawson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Walworth |
| 13
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Washington | {{sortname|Joseph J.|Huber}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 33
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Waukesha | 1 | {{sortname|Evan G.|Davies}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Wales |
| 2
| {{sortname|W. H.|Edwards|William Edwards (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Sussex |
| 23
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Waupaca | {{sortname|Adam A.|Schider}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Manawa |
| rowspan="2" | 19
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Winnebago | 1 | {{sortname|Chester D.|Seftenberg}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Oshkosh |
| 2
| {{sortname|Nels|Larson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Neenah |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Wood | {{sortname|Peter|Ebbe}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
Committees
=Senate committees=
- Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Labor{{spnd}}G. W. Hull, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Committees{{spaced ndash}}H. Daggett, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}H. E. Boldt, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Corporations and Taxation{{spaced ndash}}H. T. Lange, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}W. A. Titus, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}C. B. Casperson, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}I. P. Mehigan, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government{{spaced ndash}}M. F. White, chair
=Assembly committees=
- Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}J. C. Hanson, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures{{spaced ndash}}F. J. Petersen, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}A. A. Huckstead, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}J. D. Millar, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Elections{{spaced ndash}}J. Gamper, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}H. F. Thompson, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}T. Swanson, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees{{spaced ndash}}M. Koenigs, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Fish and Game{{spaced ndash}}R. Kamke, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}C. N. Saugen, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking{{spaced ndash}}M. Laffey, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}A. C. Reis, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Labor{{spaced ndash}}A. M. Miller, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities{{spaced ndash}}F. L. Prescott, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Printing{{spaced ndash}}G. Zittlow, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}H. A. Staab, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Revision{{spaced ndash}}C. Hillman, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Rules{{spaced ndash}}A. C. Reis, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}J. H. Kamper, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation{{spaced ndash}}G. W. Schmidt, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading{{spaced ndash}}M. A. Sellers, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation{{spaced ndash}}E. D. Hall, chair
=Joint committees=
- Joint Standing Committee on Finance{{spnd}}W. L. Smith (Sen.) & H. Ellenbecker (Asm.), co-chairs
Employees
=Senate employees=
- Chief Clerk: Oliver Munson{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/UD5FWPOZSCOKV84 |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1927 |publisher= Wisconsin State Printing Board |year= 1927 |editor-last= Holmes |editor-first= Fred L. |chapter= Legislative |pages= 652-655 |access-date= July 24, 2023 }}
- Assistant Chief Clerk: A. J. Nelson
- Sergeant-at-Arms: George W. Rickeman
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: E. A. Hartman
- Postmaster: Arthur Dehring
=Assembly employees=
References
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External links
- [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1927/related 1927: Related Documents] from Wisconsin Legislature
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