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60th Wisconsin Legislature

{{short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1931–1932}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox legislative term

| name = 60th 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 4, 1930}}

| term_start = {{nowrap|January 5, 1931}}

| term_end = {{nowrap|January 2, 1933}}

| before = 59th

| after = 61st

| 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|Herman J. Severson (R)}}

| chamber2 = Assembly

| membership2 = 100

| control2 = Republican

| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}

| chamber2_leader1 = Charles B. Perry (R)

| chamber2_leader2_type =

| chamber2_leader2 =

| session1_type = Regular

| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 14, 1931}}

| session1_end = {{nowrap|June 27, 1931}}

| special_session1_type = {{nowrap|Nov. 1931 Spec.}}

| special_session1_start = {{nowrap|November 24, 1931}}

| special_session1_end = {{nowrap|February 5, 1932}}

}}

The Sixtieth Wisconsin Legislature convened from {{nowrap|January 14, 1931,}} to {{nowrap|June 27, 1931,}} in regular session, and reconvened in a special session from {{nowrap|November 24, 1931,}} to {{nowrap|February 5, 1932}}.{{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= 468, 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 4, 1930. 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 6, 1928.

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Philip La Follette, of Dane County, serving a two-year term, having won election in the 1930 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

Major legislation

=Regular session=

  • 1931 Joint Resolution 52: Joint Resolution to amend Section 5 of Article V of the constitution, relating to the compensation of the governor, so as to in effect repeal the said section, and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the general election of November 1932. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the governor's salary to be set by legislation rather than fixed in the constitution. This amendment was ratified by voters at the November 1932 election.
  • 1931 Joint Resolution 53: Joint Resolution to amend Section 9 of Article V of the constitution, relating to the compensation of the lieutenant governor, so as to in effect repeal this section, and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the general election of November 1932. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the lieutenant governor's salary to be set by legislation rather than fixed in the constitution. This amendment was ratified by voters at the November 1932 election.
  • 1931 Joint Resolution 58: Joint Resolution to amend Section 1 of Article VII of the constitution, relating to impeachments, and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the general election of November 1932. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to make technical fixes to the impeachment section. This amendment was ratified by voters at the November 1932 election.
  • 1931 Joint Resolution 71: Joint Resolution to amend section 3 of article XI of the constitution, relating to indebtedness secured by public utility and other income producing property of municipalities, and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the general election of November, 1932. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow new options and exceptions for municipalities taking on debt. This amendment was ratified by voters at the November 1932 election.
  • 1931 Joint Resolution 86: Joint Resolution to amend section 1 of article IV and article XII of the constitution to give the people the power to propose laws and amendments to the constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls, and to approve and reject at the polls any act of the legislature. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow legislation to be proposed and enacted by public petition and referendum. This was the second time such an amendment was proposed, but this amendment also would not be enacted.
  • 1931 Joint Resolution 86: Joint Resolution to amend section 1 of article III of the constitution, relating to suffrage, to eliminate obsolete provisions. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to make technical updates to the suffrage section, removing references to "male" in qualifications for electors. Legally, women already had the right to vote in Wisconsin due to the federal constitution's 19th amendment. This amendment would eventually be ratified by voters at the November 1934 election.
  • 1931 Joint Resolution 125: Joint Resolution memorializing The Congress to propose an amendment to the constitution of the United States repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. One of many Wisconsin resolutions objecting to the prohibition of alcohol and seeking to limit or repeal prohibition.

=Special session=

  • January 19, 1932: An Act ... relating to the banking department, the banking review board, and the regulation of banks, providing penalties, and making appropriations, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1931/related/acts/31ssact010.pdf 1932 Special Session Act 10]. Created the state Banking Review Board.
  • January 29, 1932: An Act ... relating to unemployment reserves and compensation, providing penalties, and making appropriations, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1931/related/acts/31ssact020.pdf 1932 Special Session Act 20]. Established Wisconsin's unemployment insurance program, the first such program in the United States and a model for the future Social Security Act.
  • February 8, 1932: An Act ... relating to reapportionment of assembly and senatorial districts, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1931/related/acts/31ssact027.pdf 1931 Special Session Act 27].
  • February 8, 1932: An Act ... relating to congressional districts, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1931/related/acts/31ssact028.pdf 1931 Special Session Act 28]. Reduced the number of Wisconsin congressional districts from 11 to 10, the first time Wisconsin lost a representative in Congress during reapportionment.

Party summary

=Senate summary=

File:WI Senate 1931.svg

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

| 2

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 31

! 33

| 0

colspan=6 |
style="font-size:80%;" | Start of Reg. Session

| rowspan="2" | 1

| rowspan="2" | 2

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 30

! 33

| 0

style="font-size:80%;" | From Nov. 1, 1931Republican William Olson (17th District) died.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 29

! 32

| 1

colspan=6 |
Final voting share

! colspan=2 | {{percentage|3|32|2}}

! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|29|32|2}}

! colspan=2 |

colspan=6 |
style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature

| 9

| 1

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 23

! 33

| 0

=Assembly summary=

File:WI Assembly 1931.svg

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

| 5

| 3

| 1

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 90

! 99

| 1

colspan=7 |
style="font-size:80%;" | Start of Reg. Session

| rowspan="5" | 3

| rowspan="5" | 9

| rowspan="5" | 0

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 88

! 100

| 0

style="font-size:80%;" | From Feb. 26, 1931Republican Hans A. Aune (St. Croix County) died.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 87

! 99

| 1

style="font-size:80%;" | From Nov. 27, 1931Republican William A. Kay (Pierce County) died.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 86

! 98

| 2

style="font-size:80%;" | From July 13, 1932Republican Joseph Schmittfranz (Clark County) died.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 85

! 97

| 3

style="font-size:80%;" | From Sep. 11, 1932Republican Henry Ellenbecker (Marathon County) died.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 84

! 96

| 4

colspan=7 |
Final voting share

! colspan=3 | {{percentage|12|96|2}}

! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|84|96|2}}

! colspan=2 |

colspan=7 |
style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 59

| 3

| 0

| 38

! 100

| 0

Sessions

  • Regular session: January 14, 1931{{spnd}}June 27, 1931
  • November 1931 special session: November 24, 1931{{spnd}}February 5, 1932

Leaders

=Senate leadership=

=Assembly leadership=

Members

=Members of the Senate=

Members of the Senate for the Sixtieth Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/ABWTCD5E6MWIC8O |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1931 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library |year= 1931 |editor-last1= Witte |editor-first1= Edwin E. |editor-last2= Kelly |editor-first2= Alice |chapter= Legislative Branch of the State Government |pages= 177-246 |access-date= July 28, 2023 }}

File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1931.svg

class="wikitable sortable"

! Dist.

! Counties

! Senator

! Residence

! Party

01

| Door, Kewaunee, {{nowrap|& Manitowoc}}

| {{sortname|John E.|Cashman}}

| Denmark

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

02

| Brown {{nowrap|& Oconto}}

| {{sortname|Elmer|Hall}}

| Green Bay

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

03

| Milwaukee (South City)

| {{sortname|Walter|Polakowski}}

| Milwaukee

| {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.

04

| Milwaukee (Northeast County {{nowrap|& Northeast City)}}

| {{sortname|Oscar|Morris}}

| Milwaukee

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

05

| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Northwest City)}}

| {{sortname|Bernhard|Gettelman}}

| Milwaukee

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

06

| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(North-Central City)}}

| {{sortname|Thomas M.|Duncan|Thomas Duncan (American politician)}}

| Milwaukee

| {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.

07

| Milwaukee (Southeast County {{nowrap|& Southeast City)}}

| {{sortname|Leonard|Fons}}

| Milwaukee

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

08

| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Western County)}}

| {{sortname|Harry|Daggett}}

| Milwaukee

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

09

| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(City Downtown)}}

| {{sortname|Irving P.|Mehigan}}

| Milwaukee

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

10

| Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce, {{nowrap|& St. Croix}}

| {{sortname|Walter H.|Hunt|Walter Hunt (politician)}}

| River Falls

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

11

| Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, {{nowrap|& Washburn}}

| {{sortname|Philip E.|Nelson|Philip Nelson (Wisconsin politician)}}

| Maple

| {{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|Eugene A.|Clifford}}

| Juneau

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

14

| Outagamie {{nowrap|& Shawano}}

| {{sortname|Anton M.|Miller}}

| Kaukauna

| {{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}}

| Fennimore

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

17

| Green, Iowa, {{nowrap|& Lafayette}}

| {{sortname|William|Olson}}

| Monroe

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

18

| {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}}, {{nowrap|Green Lake}} {{nowrap|& Waushara}}

| {{sortname|L. J.|Fellenz}}

| Fond du Lac

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

19

| Calumet {{nowrap|& Winnebago}}

| {{sortname|Merritt F.|White}}

| Winneconne

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

20

| Ozaukee {{nowrap|& Sheboygan}}

| {{sortname|Herman E.|Boldt}}

| Sheboygan Falls

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

21

| Racine

| {{sortname|Walter S.|Goodland|Walter Samuel Goodland}}

| Racine

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

22

| Kenosha {{nowrap|& Walworth}}

| {{sortname|Conrad|Shearer}}

| Kenosha

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

23

| Portage {{nowrap|& Waupaca}}

| {{sortname|Herman J.|Severson}}

| Iola

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Prog.Rep.

24

| Clark, Taylor, {{nowrap|& Wood}}

| {{sortname|Walter J.|Rush}}

| Neillsville

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

25

| Lincoln {{nowrap|& Marathon}}

| {{sortname|Otto|Mueller|Otto Mueller (politician)}}

| Wausau

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

26

| Dane

| {{sortname|Glenn D.|Roberts}}

| Madison

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

27

| Columbia, Richland, {{nowrap|& Sauk}}

| {{sortname|Fred W.|Zantow}}

| Baraboo

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

28

| Chippewa {{nowrap|& Eau Claire}}

| {{sortname|Peter J.|Smith|Peter J. Smith (politician)}}

| Eau Claire

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

29

| Barron, Dunn, {{nowrap|& Polk}}

| {{sortname|John A.|Anderson|John Anderson (Wisconsin senator)}}

| Barron

| {{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|Orland S.|Loomis|Orland Steen Loomis}}

| Mauston

| {{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|William H.|Edwards}}

| {{nowrap|Sussex}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

=Members of the Assembly=

Members of the Assembly for the Sixtieth Wisconsin Legislature:

File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1931.svg

File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1931 MilwaukeeCo.svg

class="wikitable sortable"

! Senate
Dist.

! County

! Dist.

! Representative

! Party

! Residence

31

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Adams {{nowrap|& Marquette}}

| {{sortname|K. J.|Callahan}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Montello

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.

| Rice Lake

11

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Bayfield

| {{sortname|Robert A.|Nixon}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Washburn

rowspan="2" | 02

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Brown

| 1

| {{sortname|Harold C.|Malchow}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Green Bay

2

| {{sortname|Gustav J.|Zittlow}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| West De Pere

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|James H.|Jensen}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Grantsburg

19

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Calumet

| {{sortname|Jerome F.|Fox}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

| Chilton

28

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Chippewa

| {{sortname|Ingolf E.|Rasmus}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Chippewa Falls

24

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Clark

| {{sortname|Joseph|Schmittfranz}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Thorp

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|W. R.|Graves}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Prairie du Chien

rowspan="3" | 26

| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Dane

| 1

| {{sortname|Harold|Groves}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Madison

2

| {{sortname|James C.|Hanson}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Deerfield

3

| {{sortname|Albert J.|Baker}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Mount Horeb

rowspan="2" | 13

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Dodge

| 1

| {{sortname|Frank E.|Panzer}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Oakfield

2

| {{sortname|Ira E.|Burtis}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Beaver Dam

01

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Door

| {{sortname|Moulton|Goff}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Sturgeon Bay

rowspan="2" | 11

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Douglas

| 1

| {{sortname|Agnes|Charbonneau}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Superior

2

| {{sortname|Joseph|Westlund}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Superior

29

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Dunn

| {{sortname|James D.|Millar}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Menomonie

28

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Eau Claire

| {{sortname|G. Erle|Ingram}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Eau Claire

30

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Florence, Forest, {{nowrap|& Oneida}}

| {{sortname|S. J.|Gwidt}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Rhinelander

rowspan="2" | 18

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Fond du Lac

| 1

| {{sortname|Carlton W.|Mauthe}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Fond du Lac

2

| {{sortname|H. Albert|Wrucke}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Campbellsport

rowspan="2" | 16

| text-align="left" rowspan="2"| Grant

| 1

| {{sortname|Harry E.|Stephens}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Platteville

2

| {{sortname|Hugh A.|Harper}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Lancaster

17

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Green

| {{sortname|Ernst J.|Hoesly}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Prog.Rep.

| New Glarus

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.

| Mineral Point

12

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Iron {{nowrap|& Vilas}}

| {{sortname|John|Benson|John Benson (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Land o' Lakes

32

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jackson

| {{sortname|William F.|Dettinger}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Hixton

33

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jefferson

| {{sortname|Don V.|Smith|Don Smith (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Lake Mills

31

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Juneau

| {{sortname|Ben|Tremain}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Hustler

rowspan="2" | 22

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Kenosha

| 1

| {{sortname|Lewis W.|Powell}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Kenosha

2

| {{sortname|August J.|Piper}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Somers

01

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Kewaunee

| {{sortname|Jacob J.|Blahnik}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

| Algoma

rowspan="2" | 32

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | La Crosse

| 1

| {{sortname|John|Mulder}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| La Crosse

2

| {{sortname|William F.|Miller|William F. Miller (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| West Salem

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}} | Prog.Rep.

| Antigo

25

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Lincoln

| {{sortname|Leo|Gesicki}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Merrill

rowspan="2" | 01

| rowspan="2" text-align="left" | Manitowoc

| 1

| {{sortname|John|Lorfeld}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Cleveland

2

| {{sortname|David|Sigman}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Prog.Rep.

| Two Rivers

rowspan="2" | 25

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Marathon

| 1

| {{sortname|Ben|Lang}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Marshfield

2

| {{sortname|Henry|Ellenbecker}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Wausau

30

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Marinette

| {{sortname|Charles A.|Budlong}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Marinette

rowspan="2" | 09

| text-align="left" rowspan="20" | Milwaukee

| 1

| {{sortname|Cornelius T.|Young}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Milwaukee

2

| {{sortname|Michael|Laffey}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Milwaukee

rowspan="2" | 04

| 3

| {{sortname|George|Hampel|George Hampel (politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.

| Milwaukee

4

| {{sortname|Emil|Meyer|Emil Meyer (legislator)}}

| {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.

| Milwaukee

07

| 5

| {{sortname|John|Ermenc}}

| {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.

| Milwaukee

rowspan="2" | 06

| 6

| {{sortname|Ben|Rubin|Ben Rubin (legislator)}}

| {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.

| Milwaukee

7

| {{sortname|Philip|Wenz}}

| {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.

| Milwaukee

03

| 8

| {{sortname|Ben|Wiczynski}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Milwaukee

06

| 9

| {{sortname|Otto|Kehrein}}

| {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.

| Milwaukee

08

| 10

| {{sortname|John W.|Eber}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Milwaukee

03

| 11

| {{sortname|George L.|Tews}}

| {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.

| Milwaukee

05

| 12

| {{sortname|Charles F.|Westfahl}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Milwaukee

04

| 13

| {{sortname|Walter P.|Kuptz}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Milwaukee

07

| 14

| {{sortname|Marshall|Reckard}}

| {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.

| Milwaukee

05

| 15

| {{sortname|Theodore|Engel}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Milwaukee

08

| 16

| {{sortname|Charles B.|Perry}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Wauwatosa

07

| 17

| {{sortname|John W.|Grobschmidt}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| South Milwaukee

04

| 18

| {{sortname|Milton T.|Murray}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Whitefish Bay

08

| 19

| {{sortname|Allen|Busby}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| West Milwaukee

05

| 20

| {{sortname|Edward H.|Kiefer}}

| {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.

| Milwaukee

31

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Monroe

| {{sortname|Earl D.|Hall}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Greenfield

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|William|Bay|William Bay (Wisconsin legislator)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Prog.Rep.

| Kaukauna

20

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ozaukee

| {{sortname|John L.|Long|John Long (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Grafton

10

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Pierce

| {{sortname|William A.|Kay}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Spring Valley

29

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Polk

| {{sortname|Marius|Dueholm}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Luck

23

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Portage

| {{sortname|John|Kostuck}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Prog.Rep.

| Stevens Point

12

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Price

| {{sortname|L. S.|Shauger}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Ogema

rowspan="3" | 21

| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Racine

| 1

| {{sortname|John L.|Sieb}}

| {{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|A. Ray|Lawton}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Viola

rowspan="2" | 15

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Rock

| 1

| {{sortname|Stanley|Slagg}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Edgerton

2

| {{sortname|Erastus G.|Smith}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Beloit

12

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Rusk {{nowrap|& Sawyer}}

| {{sortname|Jorge W.|Carow}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Ladysmith

27

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Sauk

| {{sortname|Robert J.|Keller}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Sauk City

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|Curt W.|Janke}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Sheboygan

2

| {{sortname|Frederick W.|Krez}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Plymouth

10

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | St. Croix

| {{sortname|Hans A.|Aune}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Baldwin

24

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Taylor

| {{sortname|John|Gamper}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Medford

32

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Trempealeau

| {{sortname|Frank A.|Kellman}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Galesville

16

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Vernon

| {{sortname|Dedrick M.|Langve|Dedrick Martin Langve}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Westby

22

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Walworth

| {{sortname|Daniel E.|LaBar}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Delavan

13

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Washington

| {{sortname|Joseph J.|Huber}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| West Bend

rowspan="2" | 33

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Waukesha

| 1

| {{sortname|Evan G.|Davies}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Wales

2

| {{sortname|William H.|Steele|William H. Steele (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Pewaukee

23

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Waupaca

| {{sortname|Daniel F.|Burnham}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Waupaca

rowspan="2" | 19

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Winnebago

| 1

| {{sortname|William|Meyer|William Meyer (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{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.

| Marshfield

Committees

=Senate committees=

  • Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Labor{{spnd}}V. S. Keppel, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Committees{{spaced ndash}}W. H. Hunt, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}P. J. Smith, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Corporations and Taxation{{spaced ndash}}H. J. Severson, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}W. H. Hunt, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}J. E. Cashman, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}W. J. Rush, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Legislative Procedure{{spaced ndash}}H. J. Severson, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government{{spaced ndash}}A. M. Miller, chair
  • Senate Special Committee on Lobbying on Power Bills{{spnd}}W. S. Goodland, chair

=Assembly committees=

  • Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}B. J. Gehrmann, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures{{spaced ndash}}W. A. Meyer, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Conservation{{spaced ndash}}J. R. Fronek, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}A. J. Baker, 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}}P. T. Fuhrman, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}J. Kostuck, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees{{spaced ndash}}A. J. Piper, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}H. Ellenbecker, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking{{spaced ndash}}E. M. Rowlands, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}R. A. Nixon, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Labor{{spaced ndash}}C. W. Mauthe, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities{{spaced ndash}}T. Engel, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Printing{{spaced ndash}}D. F. Burnham, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}D. V. Smith, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Revision{{spaced ndash}}G. J. Zittlow, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Rules{{spaced ndash}}J. W. Carow, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}J. H. Kamper, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation{{spaced ndash}}A. A. Hitt, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading{{spaced ndash}}C. Schoenebeck, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation{{spaced ndash}}E. D. Hall, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Highway Investigations{{spnd}}D. M. Langve, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Forest Fires{{spnd}}C. A. Budlong, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Conservation Commission Investigation{{spnd}}C. B. Perry, chair

=Joint committees=

  • Joint Standing Committee on Finance{{spnd}}T. M. Duncan (Sen.) & C. A. Beggs (Asm.), co-chairs
  • Joint Special Committee on Congressional Reapportionment
  • Joint Special Committee on Investigation of Memorial Union
  • Joint Special Committee on Manufacture of Farm Machinery in State Prison
  • Joint Special Committee on Northern Wisconsin Problems
  • Joint Special Committee on University and Capitol Heating Plants

Employees

=Senate employees=

  • Chief Clerk: R. A. Cobban
  • Assistant Chief Clerk: C. J. Knoche
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Emil A. Hartman
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Norman J. Hippert
  • Postmaster: Joseph Kernler

=Assembly employees=

Notes

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References

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External links

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