63rd Wisconsin Legislature
{{short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1937–1938}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 63rd 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 3, 1936}}
| term_start = {{nowrap|January 4, 1937}}
| term_end = {{nowrap|January 2, 1939}}
| before = 62nd
| after = 64th
| website =
| chamber1 = Senate
| membership1 = 33
| control1 = Progressive
| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}
| chamber1_leader1 = {{unbulleted list
| {{nowrap|Henry Gunderson (P)}} {{nowrap|{{small|(resigned Oct. 16, 1937)}}}}
| {{nowrap|Herman Ekern (P)}} {{nowrap|{{small|(from May 16, 1938)}}}}
}}
| chamber1_leader2_type = {{nowrap|President pro tempore}}
| chamber1_leader2 = {{nowrap|Walter J. Rush (P)}}
| chamber2 = Assembly
| membership2 = 100
| control2 = Progressive
| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}
| chamber2_leader1 = Paul Alfonsi (P)
| chamber2_leader2_type =
| chamber2_leader2 =
| session1_type = Regular
| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 13, 1937}}
| session1_end = {{nowrap|July 2, 1937}}
| special_session1_type = {{nowrap|Sep. 1937 Spec.}}
| special_session1_start = {{nowrap|September 15, 1937}}
| special_session1_end = {{nowrap|October 16, 1937}}
}}
The Sixty-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from {{nowrap|January 13, 1937,}} to {{nowrap|July 2, 1937,}} in regular session, and reconvened in a special session from {{nowrap|September 15, 1937,}} to {{nowrap|October 16, 1937}}.{{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 }}
This was the high water mark for the power of the Wisconsin Progressive Party, as they controlled both chambers of the Legislature and the Governor's office.
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 3, 1936. 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 6, 1934.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Progressive Philip La Follette, of Dane County, serving his third two-year term, having won re-election in the 1936 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
Major events
- January 4, 1937: Third inauguration of Philip La Follette as Governor of Wisconsin.
- January 20, 1937: Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States. The first presidential inauguration to take place on January 20.
- May 6, 1937: The commercial airship LZ 129 Hindenburg was destroyed in an accidental fire while attempting to dock at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, in New Jersey, killing 35 passengers and crew.
- July 7, 1937: The Marco Polo Bridge Incident between forces of the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China, ignited the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- July 22, 1937: The United States Senate rejected U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's proposal to add seats to the United States Supreme Court.
- October 16, 1937: Wisconsin lieutenant governor Henry Gunderson resigned.
- March 13, 1938: German leader Adolf Hitler declared the annexation of Austria.
- May 16, 1938: Herman Ekern was appointed lieutenant governor of Wisconsin to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Gunderson.
- September 29, 1938: The Munich Agreement was signed by German, Italian, French, and British delegates, resolving the Sudetenland crisis by allowing Germany to annex the contested territory from Czechoslovakia.
- November 8, 1938: 1938 United States general election:
- Julius P. Heil (R) elected Governor of Wisconsin.
- Alexander Wiley (R) elected United States senator from Wisconsin.
- November 9, 1938: Nazi activists and paramilitaries in Germany engaged in a nationwide pogrom against Jewish businesses and religious spaces, known as Kristallnacht.
- December 17, 1938: Otto Hahn discovered the nuclear fission of Uranium.
Major legislation
- 1937 Act 51: Created the Wisconsin Labor Relations Board.
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|Wisconsin Progressive Party}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! Prog. ! Rep. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 14 | {{party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | 13 | 6 ! 33 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of Reg. Session
| 9 | {{party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | 16 | 8 ! 33 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! {{percentage|9|33|2}} ! {{party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | {{percentage|16|33|2}} ! {{percentage|6|33|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 6 | 11 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 16 ! 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|Wisconsin Progressive Party}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! Soc. ! Prog. ! Rep. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| 35 | 3 | {{party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | 43 | 17 ! 98 | 2 |
| colspan=7 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of Reg. Session
| rowspan="2" | 31 | rowspan="2" | 0 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | 48 | 21 ! 100 | 0 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From May 30, 1937Republican Nels Larson (Winnebago County) died.
| 20 ! 99 | 1 |
| colspan=7 | |
| Final voting share
! colspan="2" | {{percentage|31|99|2}} ! {{party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | {{percentage|48|99|2}} ! {{percentage|20|99|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=7 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 15 | 0 | 32 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 53 ! 100 | 0 |
Sessions
- Regular session: January 13, 1937{{spnd}}July 2, 1937
- September 1937 special session: September 15, 1937{{spnd}}October 16, 1937
Leaders
=Senate leadership=
- President of the Senate: Henry Gunderson (P) {{nowrap|(resigned Oct. 16, 1937)}}
- Herman Ekern (P) {{nowrap|(appointed May 16, 1938)}}
- President pro tempore: Walter J. Rush (P–Neillsville)
=Assembly leadership=
Members
=Members of the Senate=
Members of the Senate for the Sixty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/XHRYO3YEVDUIK8X |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1937 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library |year= 1937 |editor-last1= Ohm|editor-first1= Howard F. |editor-last2= Bryhan |editor-first2= Leone G. |chapter= Members of the Legislature |pages= 23–70 |access-date= August 1, 2023 }}
File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1937.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Dist. ! Counties ! Senator ! Residence ! Party |
| 01
| Door, Kewaunee, {{nowrap|& Manitowoc}} | {{sortname|John E.|Cashman}} | Denmark | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
|---|
| 02
| {{sortname|Michael F.|Kresky Jr.}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 03
| Milwaukee (South City) | {{sortname|Arthur L.|Zimny}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 04
| Milwaukee (Northeast County {{nowrap|& Northeast City)}} | {{sortname|Oscar|Morris}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 05
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Northwest City)}} | {{sortname|Harold V.|Schoenecker}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 06
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(North-Central City)}} | {{sortname|George|Hampel|George Hampel (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 07
| Milwaukee (Southeast County {{nowrap|& Southeast City)}} | {{sortname|Max|Galasinski}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 08
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Western County)}} | {{sortname|Allen|Busby}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 09
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(City Downtown)}} | {{sortname|James L.|Callan}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 10
| Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce, {{nowrap|& St. Croix}} | {{sortname|Kenneth S.|White}} | {{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|Joseph E.|McDermid}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 13
| Dodge {{nowrap|& Washington}} | {{sortname|Frank E.|Panzer}} | Oakfield | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 14
| Outagamie {{nowrap|& Shawano}} | {{sortname|Mike|Mack}} | Shiocton | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 15
| Rock | {{sortname|Maurice|Coakley}} | Beloit | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 16
| Crawford, Grant, {{nowrap|& Vernon}} | {{sortname|Edward J.|Roethe}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 17
| Green, Iowa, {{nowrap|& Lafayette}} | {{sortname|George|Engebretson}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 18
| {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}}, {{nowrap|Green Lake}} {{nowrap|& Waushara}} | {{sortname|Morvin|Duel}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 19
| Calumet {{nowrap|& Winnebago}} | {{sortname|Pierce A.|Morrissey}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 20
| Ozaukee {{nowrap|& Sheboygan}} | {{sortname|Harry W.|Bolens}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 21
| Racine | {{sortname|Joseph|Clancy|Joseph Clancy (politician)}} | Racine | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 22
| Kenosha {{nowrap|& Walworth}} | {{sortname|Conrad|Shearer}} | Kenosha | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 23
| Portage {{nowrap|& Waupaca}} | {{sortname|Herman J.|Severson}} | Iola | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 24
| Clark, Taylor, {{nowrap|& Wood}} | {{sortname|Walter J.|Rush}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 25
| Lincoln {{nowrap|& Marathon}} | {{sortname|Roland E.|Kannenberg}} | Wausau | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 26
| Dane | {{sortname|Fred|Risser|Fred Risser (Progressive politician)}} | Madison | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 27
| Columbia, Richland, {{nowrap|& Sauk}} | {{sortname|E. Myrwyn|Rowlands|Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands}} | Cambria | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 28
| Chippewa {{nowrap|& Eau Claire}} | {{sortname|G. Erle|Ingram}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 29
| Barron, Dunn, {{nowrap|& Polk}} | {{sortname|John A.|Anderson|John Anderson (Wisconsin senator)}} | Barron | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 30
| Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, {{nowrap|& Oneida}} | {{sortname|Ernest|Sauld}} | Pembine | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 31
| Adams, Juneau, Monroe, {{nowrap|& Marquette}} | {{sortname|J. Earl|Leverich|James Earl Leverich}} | Sparta | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 32
| Jackson, La Crosse, {{nowrap|& Trempealeau}} | {{sortname|Oscar S.|Paulson}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 33
| Jefferson {{nowrap|& Waukesha}} | {{sortname|Chester|Dempsey}} | {{nowrap|Merton}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
=Members of the Assembly=
Members of the Assembly for the Sixty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1937.svg
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1937 MilwaukeeCo.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Senate ! County ! Dist. ! Representative ! Party ! Residence |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Adams {{nowrap|& Marquette}} | {{sortname|Edwin W.|Blomquist}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Adams |
|---|
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ashland | {{sortname|Harry P.|Van Guilder}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Ashland |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Barron | {{sortname|Charles A.|Beggs}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 11
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Bayfield | {{sortname|Laurie E.|Carlson}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Bayfield |
| rowspan="2" | 02
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Brown | 1 | {{sortname|Harold A.|Lytie}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|William J.|Sweeney|William J. Sweeney (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | De Pere |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Buffalo {{nowrap|& Pepin}} | {{sortname|Arthur A.|Hitt}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Alma |
| 11
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Burnett {{nowrap|& Washburn}} | {{sortname|Harry|Bergren}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Siren |
| 19
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Calumet | {{sortname|Henry W.|Hupfauf}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Harrison |
| 28
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Chippewa | {{sortname|George H.|Hipke}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Stanley |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Clark | {{sortname|Victor|Nehs}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 27
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Columbia | {{sortname|Robert H.|Roche}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Portage |
| 16
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Crawford | {{sortname|Donald C.|McDowell}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="3" | 26
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Dane | 1 | {{sortname|Herbert C.|Schenk}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Madison |
| 2
| {{sortname|James C.|Hanson}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Albert J.|Baker}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| rowspan="2" | 13
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Dodge | 1 | {{sortname|Elmer L.|Genzmer}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Mayville |
| 2
| {{sortname|Henry E.|Krueger}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 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|Michael H.|Hall}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Superior |
| 2
| {{sortname|Elmer|Peterson}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Poplar |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Dunn | {{sortname|James D.|Millar}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 28
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Eau Claire | {{sortname|John T.|Pritchard}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Florence, Forest, {{nowrap|& Oneida}} | {{sortname|Henry J.|Berquist}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| rowspan="2" | 18
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Fond du Lac | 1 | {{sortname|Maurice J.|Fitzsimons Jr.}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Arthur F.|Hinz}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Ripon |
| rowspan="2" | 16
| text-align="left" rowspan="2"| Grant | 1 | {{sortname|William H.|Goldthorpe}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|P. Bradley|McIntyre}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 17
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Green | {{sortname|Ernst J.|Hoesly}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 18
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Green Lake {{nowrap|& Waushara}} | {{sortname|Reuben W.|Peterson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Berlin |
| 17
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Iowa | {{sortname|John S.|Jackson|John S. Jackson (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Iron {{nowrap|& Vilas}} | {{sortname|Paul|Alfonsi}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Pence |
| 32
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jackson | {{sortname|Peter A.|Hemmy}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Humbird |
| 33
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jefferson | {{sortname|Palmer F.|Daugs}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Juneau | {{sortname|William H.|Barnes|William H. Barnes (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| rowspan="2" | 22
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Kenosha | 1 | {{sortname|Alfred C.|Grosvenor}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Kenosha |
| 2
| {{sortname|Emil|Costello}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Kenosha |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Kewaunee | {{sortname|Albert D.|Shimek}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Algoma |
| rowspan="2" | 32
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | La Crosse | 1 | {{sortname|Oliver H.|Fritz}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Harry W.|Schilling}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Onalaska |
| 17
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Lafayette | {{sortname|Henry|Youngblood}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Wiota |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Langlade | {{sortname|James T.|Cavanaugh}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Antigo |
| 25
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Lincoln | {{sortname|Reno W.|Trego}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Merrill |
| rowspan="2" | 01
| rowspan="2" text-align="left" | Manitowoc | 1 | {{sortname|Francis A.|Yindra}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|David|Sigman}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| rowspan="2" | 25
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Marathon | 1 | {{sortname|Joseph L.|Barber}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Marathon |
| 2
| {{sortname|Rudolph|Meisner}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Wausau |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Marinette | {{sortname|Charles A.|Budlong}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 09
| text-align="left" rowspan="20" | Milwaukee | 1 | {{sortname|Cornelius T.|Young}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 06
| 2 | {{sortname|Andrew|Biemiller}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 08
| 3 | {{sortname|Arthur J.|Balzer}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Prog.Dem. |
| 09
| 4 | {{sortname|Robert E.|Tehan|Robert Emmet Tehan}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 03
| 5 | {{sortname|Mary O.|Kryszak}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 09
| 6 | {{sortname|Ben|Rubin|Ben Rubin (legislator)}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 06
| 7 | {{sortname|Arthur|Koegel}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 08
| 8 | {{sortname|Donald P.|Ryan|Donald P. Ryan (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 05
| 9 | {{sortname|Joseph F.|Mueller|Joseph Mueller (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 07
| 10 | {{sortname|John W.|Grobschmidt}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 03
| 11 | {{sortname|Martin|Franzkowiak}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 07
| 12 | {{sortname|Peter|Pyszczynski}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 04
| 13 | {{sortname|Bernard B.|Kroenke}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 14
| {{sortname|Milton T.|Murray}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 05
| 15 | {{sortname|Francis T.|Murphy}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 06
| 16 | {{sortname|Herman B.|Wegner}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 07
| 17 | {{sortname|Martin F.|Howard}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 06
| 18 | {{sortname|Edward H.|Kiefer}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 05
| 19 | {{sortname|Joseph L.|Garvens}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 08
| 20 | {{sortname|Charles B.|Perry}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Monroe | {{sortname|Earl D.|Hall}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
| 02
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Oconto | {{sortname|Frank J.|Lingelbach}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Oconto |
| rowspan="2" | 14
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Outagamie | 1 | {{sortname|Mark|Catlin Jr.}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Appleton |
| 2
| {{sortname|William M.|Rohan}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Kaukauna |
| 20
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ozaukee | {{sortname|Nicholas J.|Bichler}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Belgium |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Pierce | {{sortname|Theodore|Swanson}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Polk | {{sortname|Dougald D.|Kennedy}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Amery |
| 23
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Portage | {{sortname|John|Kostuck}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Price | {{sortname|Felix A.|Kremer}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Phillips |
| rowspan="3" | 21
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Racine | 1 | {{sortname|John L.|Sieb}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Racine |
| 2
| {{sortname|Jack|Harvey|Jack Harvey (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Racine |
| 3
| {{sortname|Edward F.|Rakow}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 27
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Richland | {{sortname|Vernon W.|Thomson|Vernon Wallace Thomson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 15
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Rock | 1 | {{sortname|Edward|Grassman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Edgerton |
| 2
| {{sortname|Burger M.|Engebretson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Beloit |
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Rusk {{nowrap|& Sawyer}} | {{sortname|Carl R.|Nyman}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Hayward |
| 27
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Sauk | {{sortname|George J.|Woerth}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. |
| 14
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Shawano | {{sortname|Paul T.|Fuhrman}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Bowler |
| rowspan="2" | 20
| text-align="left" rowspan="2"| Sheboygan | 1 | {{sortname|Joseph M.|Theisen}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Charles A.|Laack}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Plymouth |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | St. Croix | {{sortname|Arthur D.|Kelly}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog. | Hudson |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Taylor | {{sortname|Carl M.|Nelson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Medford |
| 32
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Trempealeau | {{sortname|Tom|Lomsdahl}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. | Osseo |
| 16
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Vernon | {{sortname|Hjalmer S.|Halvorsen}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. | Westby |
| 22
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Walworth | {{sortname|Ora R.|Rice}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Delavan |
| 13
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Washington | {{sortname|Henry O.|Schowalter}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 33
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Waukesha | 1 | {{sortname|Lyle E.|Douglass}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Waukesha |
| 2
| {{sortname|Alfred R.|Ludvigsen}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Pewaukee |
| 23
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Waupaca | {{sortname|Alvin A.|Handrich}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. | Manawa |
| rowspan="2" | 19
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Winnebago | 1 | {{sortname|Leo T.|Niemuth}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Oshkosh |
| 2
| {{sortname|Nels|Larson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Neenah |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Wood | {{sortname|Byrde M.|Vaughan}} | {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. |
Committees
=Senate committees=
- Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Labor{{spnd}}J. E. Leverich, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Committees{{spaced ndash}}E. M. Rowlands, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}R. E. Kannenberg, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Corporations and Taxation{{spaced ndash}}W. J. Rush, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}P. E. Nelson, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}F. E. Panzer, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}H. J. Severson, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Legislative Procedure{{spaced ndash}}W. J. Rush, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government{{spaced ndash}}A. L. Zimny, chair
=Assembly committees=
- Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}H. W. Schilling, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures{{spaced ndash}}E. W. Blomquist, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Conservation{{spaced ndash}}P. A. Hemmy, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}J. L. Sieb, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}A. A. Hitt, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Elections{{spaced ndash}}A. D. Kelly, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}B. B. Kroenke, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}M. Franzkowiak, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees{{spaced ndash}}A. J. Balzer, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}E. D. Hall, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking{{spaced ndash}}J. W. Grobschmidt, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}B. M. Vaughan, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Labor{{spaced ndash}}D. Sigman, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities{{spaced ndash}}M. H. Hall, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Printing{{spaced ndash}}T. Swanson, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}E. H. Kiefer, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Revision{{spaced ndash}}J. L. Barber, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Rules{{spaced ndash}}H. B. Wegner, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}J. D. Millar, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation{{spaced ndash}}H. S. Halvorsen, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading{{spaced ndash}}M. O. Kryszak, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation{{spaced ndash}}J. T. Pritchard, chair
=Joint committees=
- Joint Standing Committee on Finance{{spnd}}E. M. Rowlands (Sen.) & E. J. Hoesly (Asm.), co-chairs
Employees
=Senate employees=
- Chief Clerk: Lawrence R. Larsen{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/XHRYO3YEVDUIK8X |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1937 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library |year= 1937 |editor-last1= Ohm|editor-first1= Howard F. |editor-last2= Bryhan |editor-first2= Leone G. |chapter= Officers of the Senate and Assembly |pages= 541–546 |access-date= August 1, 2023 }}
- Assistant Chief Clerk: Arno C. Handel
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Emil A. Hartman
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Albert E. Daley
=Assembly employees=
- Chief Clerk: Lester R. Johnson
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Gustave Rheingans
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Phillip K. Lalor
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1937/related 1937: Related Documents] from Wisconsin Legislature
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