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67th Wisconsin Legislature

{{short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1945–1946}}

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

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

{{Infobox legislative term

| name = 67th 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, 1944}}

| term_start = {{nowrap|January 1, 1945}}

| term_end = {{nowrap|January 6, 1947}}

| before = 66th

| after = 68th

| website =

| chamber1 = Senate

| membership1 = 33

| control1 = Republican

| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}

| chamber1_leader1 = {{nowrap|Oscar Rennebohm (R)}}

| chamber1_leader2_type = {{nowrap|President pro tempore}}

| chamber1_leader2 = {{nowrap|Conrad Shearer (R)}}

| chamber2 = Assembly

| membership2 = 100

| control2 = Republican

| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}

| chamber2_leader1 = {{nowrap|Donald C. McDowell (R)}}

| chamber2_leader2_type =

| chamber2_leader2 =

| session1_type = Regular

| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 10, 1945}}

| session1_end = {{nowrap|September 6, 1945}}

| special_session1_type = {{nowrap|Jul. 1946 Spec.}}

| special_session1_start = {{nowrap|July 29, 1946}}

| special_session1_end = {{nowrap|July 30, 1946}}

}}

The Sixty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from {{nowrap|January 10, 1945,}} to {{nowrap|September 6, 1945,}} in regular session, and reconvened in a special session in July 1946.{{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= August 5, 2023 }}

This legislative term saw the end of World War II and the establishment of the United Nations. The term also saw the end of the Wisconsin Progressive Party, which formally disbanded at a 1946 convention.{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times-progressive-party-diss/128943280/ |title= Progressives Reluctantly go Republican |newspaper= The Capital Times |date= March 18, 1946 |page= 1 |accessdate= July 26, 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, 1944. 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, 1942.

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Walter Samuel Goodland, of Racine County, serving his second two-year term, having won election in the 1944 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

  • January 1, 1945: Second inauguration of Walter Samuel Goodland as Governor of Wisconsin.
  • January 20, 1945: Fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States.
  • February 11, 1945: The Yalta Conference concluded, agreeing to the denazification and postwar partition of Germany, as well as self-determination rights for a liberated Poland.
  • April 3, 1945: Wisconsin voters ratified two amendments to the state constitution:
  • Aboliting the office of justice of the peace in first class cities.
  • Allowing the state to take on debt for aeronautical improvements.
  • April 12, 1945: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office. Vice President Harry S. Truman immediately succeeded him as the 33rd President of the United States.
  • April 28, 1945: Benito Mussolini was executed by partisans in Milan, Italy.
  • April 29, 1945: Axis forces in Italy signed an unconditional surrender to the Allies.
  • April 30, 1945: Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker in Berlin, Germany.
  • May 2, 1945: Soviet forces captured Berlin.
  • May 8, 1945: Representatives of the German Army signed the German Instrument of Surrender, formally ending Germany's part in {{nowrap|World War II.}}
  • June 26, 1945: The Charter of the United Nations was published at the end of the United Nations Conference on International Organization.
  • July 16, 1945: The first atomic bomb test took place at the Trinity site in New Mexico.
  • July 21, 1945: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed an order approving the use of atomic bombs against Imperial Japan.
  • August 6, 1945: U.S. forces detonated an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, killing at least 90,000 people and destroying much of the city.
  • August 8, 1945: The United States ratified the Charter of the United Nations, becoming the third nation to ratify the document.
  • August 9, 1945: U.S. forces detonated an atomic bomb over Nagasaki, killing at least 39,000 people.
  • August 14, 1945: Emperor Hirohito agreed to the unconditional surrender of Japan to Allied forces, ending major combat in {{nowrap|World War II.}}
  • October 24, 1945: The United Nations was established as a sufficient number of nations had ratified the Charter.
  • March 17, 1946: At a convention in Portage, Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Progressive Party voted to disband. The majority of delegates voted to rejoin the Republican Party of Wisconsin.
  • March 19, 1946: Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Joseph Martin died in office.
  • April 2, 1946: Wisconsin voters rejected an amendment to the state constitution which would have removed term limits from the sheriffs.
  • April 6, 1946: Wisconsin governor Walter Samuel Goodland appointed James Ward Rector to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to succeed the deceased justice Joseph Martin.
  • April 18, 1946: The League of Nations met for the last time, transferred its mission to the United Nations and disbanded.
  • August 14, 1946: Wisconsin's senior United States senator Robert M. La Follette Jr., after the dissolution of the Wisconsin Progressive Party, was defeated in the Republican Party primary by Wisconsin circuit court judge Joseph McCarthy.
  • November 5, 1946:
  • Walter Samuel Goodland re-elected Governor of Wisconsin.
  • Joseph McCarthy elected United States senator from Wisconsin.
  • Wisconsin voters ratified two amendments to the state constitution:
  • Removing audit powers from the Secretary of State.
  • Assigning audit powers to the Legislature.
  • Wisconsin voters also rejected an amendment to the state constitution:
  • Allowing public transportation to be used for students to attend private or parochial schools.

Major legislation

  • July 30, 1945: An Act ... relating to aeronautics, and making an appropriation, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1945/related/acts/513.pdf 1945 Act 513]. Established Wisconsin's Aeronautics Commission.
  • August 27, 1945: An Act ... creating a Wisconsin department of veterans' affairs, providing educational aid, economic aid, medical, hospital, or other remedial care for World War II veterans and their dependents, transferring to said department certain powers, duties, and functions vested in the soldiers' rehabilitation board and adjutant general, and custodian of memorial hall, and making an appropriation, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1945/related/acts/580.pdf 1945 Act 580]. Created the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs.
  • 1945 Joint Resolution 2: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to abolish the office of justice of the peace in first class cities. This amendment was ratified by voters at the April 1945 election.
  • 1945 Joint Resolution 3: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the state to take on debt to fund aeronautical improvements.
  • 1945 Joint Resolution 47: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to abolish term limits for Wisconsin sheriffs. This amendment was rejected by voters at the April 1946 election.
  • 1945 Joint Resolution 73: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to remove audit powers from the Secretary of State and transfer those powers to the Legislature. This amendment was ratified by voters in two separate questions at the November 1946 election.
  • 1945 Joint Resolution 78: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow public transportation to be used for students to attend private and parochial schools in addition to existing transportation for public schools. This amendment was rejected by voters at the November 1946 election.

Party summary

=Senate summary=

File:WI Senate 1945.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|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

| 4

| 6

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 22

! 32

| 1

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

| rowspan="2" | 6

| rowspan="2" | 5

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 22

! 33

| 0

style="font-size:80%;" | From Mar. 19, 1946Republican Melvin R. Laird Sr. (24th District) died.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 21

! 32

| 1

colspan=6 |
Final voting share

! {{percentage|6|32|2}}

! {{percentage|5|32|2}}

! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|21|32|2}}

! colspan=2 |

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

| 5

| 1

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 27

! 33

| 0

=Assembly summary=

File:WI Assembly 1945.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|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

| 14

| 13

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 73

! 100

| 0

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

| 20

| rowspan="6" | 6

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Republican}} | 74

! 100

| 0

style="font-size:80%;" | From Jul. 16, 1945Democrat Mary O. Kryszak (Milwaukee County) died.

| rowspan="5" | 19

! 99

| 1

style="font-size:80%;" | From Oct. 11, 1945Republican James C. Fritzen (Winnebago County) died.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 73

! 98

| 2

style="font-size:80%;" | From Oct. 29, 1945Republican Fred L. Feierstein (Ozaukee County) died.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 72

! 97

| 3

style="font-size:80%;" | From Mar. 25, 1946Republican Edward M. Schneider (Winnebago County) died.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 71

! 96

| 4

style="font-size:80%;" | From May 1, 1946Republican John C. Chapple (Ashland County) died.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 70

! 95

| 5

colspan=6 |
Final voting share

! {{percentage|19|95|2}}

! {{percentage|6|95|2}}

! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|70|95|2}}

! colspan=2 |

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

| 12

| 0

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 88

! 100

| 0

Sessions

  • Regular session: January 10, 1945{{spnd}}September 6, 1945
  • July 1946 special session: July 29, 1946{{spnd}}July 30, 1946

Leaders

=Senate leadership=

=Assembly leadership=

Members

=Members of the Senate=

Members of the Senate for the Sixty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/QVJ6L7MLLNNJK8H |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1946 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library |year= 1946 |editor-last1= Ohm|editor-first1= Howard F. |editor-last2= Kuehn |editor-first2= Hazel L. |chapter= Members of the Legislature |pages= 23–70 |access-date= August 9, 2023 }}

File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1945.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

| Brown {{nowrap|& Oconto}}

| {{sortname|Harold A.|Lytie}}

| Green Bay

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

03

| Milwaukee (South City)

| {{sortname|Clement J.|Zablocki}}

| Milwaukee

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

04

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

| {{sortname|John C.|McBride}}

| 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|Edward|Reuther}}

| Milwaukee

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

07

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

| {{sortname|Anthony P.|Gawronski}}

| Milwaukee

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

08

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

| {{sortname|Allen|Busby}}

| West Milwaukee

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

09

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

| {{sortname|Robert E.|Tehan|Robert Emmet Tehan}}

| Milwaukee

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

10

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

| {{sortname|Warren P.|Knowles}}

| New Richmond

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

11

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

| {{sortname|Elmer|Peterson}}

| Superior

| {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog.

12

| Ashland, Iron, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, {{nowrap|& Vilas}}

| {{sortname|Ernest A.|Heden}}

| Glidden

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

13

| Dodge {{nowrap|& Washington}}

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

| Oakfield

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

14

| Outagamie {{nowrap|& Shawano}}

| {{sortname|Gordon A.|Bubolz}}

| Appleton

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

15

| Rock

| {{sortname|Robert P.|Robinson|Robert P. Robinson (Wisconsin politician)}}

| Beloit

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

16

| Crawford, Grant, {{nowrap|& Vernon}}

| {{sortname|Foster B.|Porter}}

| Bloomington

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

17

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

| {{sortname|Melvin|Olson}}

| South Wayne

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

18

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

| {{sortname|Louis J.|Fellenz Jr.}}

| Fond du Lac

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

19

| Calumet {{nowrap|& Winnebago}}

| {{sortname|Taylor G.|Brown}}

| Oshkosh

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

20

| Ozaukee {{nowrap|& Sheboygan}}

| {{sortname|Gustave W.|Buchen}}

| Sheboygan

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

21

| Racine

| {{sortname|Edward F.|Hilker}}

| Racine

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

22

| Kenosha {{nowrap|& Walworth}}

| {{sortname|Conrad|Shearer}}

| Kenosha

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

23

| Portage {{nowrap|& Waupaca}}

| {{sortname|Harley M.|Jacklin}}

| Plover

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

24

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

| {{sortname|Melvin R.|Laird Sr.}} {{nowrap|{{small|(died Mar. 19, 1946)}}}}

| Marshfield

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

25

| Lincoln {{nowrap|& Marathon}}

| {{sortname|William|McNeight}}

| Unity

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

26

| Dane

| {{sortname|Fred|Risser|Fred Risser (Progressive politician)}}

| Madison

| {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog.

27

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

| {{sortname|Jess|Miller}}

| Richland Center

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

28

| Chippewa {{nowrap|& Eau Claire}}

| {{sortname|George H.|Hipke}}

| Stanley

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

29

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

| {{sortname|Charles D.|Madsen}}

| Luck

| {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog.

30

| Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, {{nowrap|& Oneida}}

| {{sortname|Philip|Downing}}

| Amberg

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

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|Rudolph|Schlabach}}

| La Crosse

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

33

| Jefferson {{nowrap|& Waukesha}}

| {{sortname|William A.|Freehoff}}

| {{nowrap|Waukesha}}

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

=Members of the Assembly=

Members of the Assembly for the Sixty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:

File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1945.svg

File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1945 MilwaukeeCo.svg

class="wikitable sortable"

! Senate
Dist.

! County

! Dist.

! Representative

! Party

! Residence

31

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

| {{sortname|Robert M.|Long}}

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

| Westfield

12

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

| {{sortname|John C.|Chapple}} {{nowrap|{{small|(died May 1, 1946)}}}}

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

| Ashland

29

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

| {{sortname|Charles H.|Sykes}}

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

| Cameron

11

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

| {{sortname|Samuel E.|Squires}}

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

| Mason

rowspan="2" | 02

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Robert E.|Lynch|Robert Lynch (Wisconsin politician)}}

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

| Green Bay

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|Grover L.|Broadfoot}}

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

| Mondovi

11

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Burnett {{nowrap|& Washburn}}

| {{sortname|Guy|Benson|Guy Benson (politician)}}

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

| Spooner

19

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

| {{sortname|Charles R.|Barnard}}

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

| Brillion

28

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

| {{sortname|Arthur L.|Padrutt}}

| {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog.

| Chippewa Falls

24

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

| {{sortname|Walter E.|Cook}}

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

| Unity

27

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

| {{sortname|Arthur E.|Austin}}

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

| Rio

16

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

| {{sortname|Donald C.|McDowell}}

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

| Soldiers Grove

rowspan="3" | 26

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Lyall T.|Beggs}}

| {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog.

| Madison

2

| {{sortname|Earl|Mullen}}

| {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog.

| Blooming Grove

3

| {{sortname|Rudy W.|Roethlisberger}}

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

| Verona

rowspan="2" | 13

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Elmer L.|Genzmer}}

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

| Mayville

2

| {{sortname|Jesse A.|Canniff}}

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

| Beaver Dam

01

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

| {{sortname|Alex|Meunier}}

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

| Sturgeon Bay

rowspan="2" | 11

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Frank D.|Sheahan}}

| {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog.

| Superior

2

| {{sortname|Arthur|Lenroot Jr.}}

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

| Superior

29

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

| {{sortname|Earl W.|Hanson}}

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

| Elk Mound

28

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

| {{sortname|John T.|Pritchard}}

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

| Eau Claire

30

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

| {{sortname|Walter S.|Fisher}}

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

| Minocqua

rowspan="2" | 18

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

| 1

| {{sortname|William J.|Nuss}}

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

| Fond du Lac

2

| {{sortname|Alfred|Van De Zande}}

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

| Campbellsport

rowspan="2" | 16

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

| 1

| {{sortname|William H.|Goldthorpe}}

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

| Cuba City

2

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

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

| Lancaster

17

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

| {{sortname|Harry A.|Keegan}}

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

| Monroe

18

| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Green Lake {{nowrap|& Waushara}}

| {{sortname|Halbert W.|Brooks}}

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

| Green Lake

17

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

| {{sortname|Glenn H.|James}}

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

| Montfort

12

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

| {{sortname|Alex J.|Raineri}}

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

| Hurley

32

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

| {{sortname|Casper D.|Waller}}

| {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog.

| Black River Falls

33

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

| {{sortname|Palmer F.|Daugs}}

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

| Lake Mills

31

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

| {{sortname|Pat W.|Brunner}}

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

| Lyndon Station

rowspan="2" | 22

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Frederick|Pfennig}}

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

| Kenosha

2

| {{sortname|Matt G.|Siebert}}

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

| Salem

01

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

| {{sortname|Joseph M.|Mleziva}}

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

| Luxemburg

rowspan="2" | 32

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Edward C.|Krause}}

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

| La Crosse

2

| {{sortname|Ernest F.|Storandt}}

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

| West Salem

17

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

| {{sortname|Henry|Youngblood}}

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

| Wiota

30

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

| {{sortname|Clair|Finch}}

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

| Antigo

25

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

| {{sortname|James H.|Hamlin}}

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

| Merrill

rowspan="2" | 01

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Otto A.|Vogel}}

| {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} |Prog.

| Manitowoc

2

| {{sortname|Frank E.|Riley}}

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

| Two Rivers

rowspan="2" | 25

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Martin C.|Lueck}}

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

| Hamburg

2

| {{sortname|Paul A.|Luedtke}}

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

| Wausau

30

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

| {{sortname|Orin W.|Angwall|Orin William Angwall}}

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

| Marinette

09

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Charles P.|Greene}}

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

| Milwaukee

06

| 2

| {{sortname|Michael F.|O'Connell}}

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

| Milwaukee

08

| 3

| {{sortname|Alfred|Swendson}}

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

| Greendale

09

| 4

| {{sortname|Frank E.|Schaeffer Jr.}}

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

| Milwaukee

03

| 5

| {{sortname|Mary O.|Kryszak}} {{nowrap|{{small|(died Jul. 16, 1945)}}}}

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

| Milwaukee

09

| 6

| {{sortname|Le Roy|Simmons}}

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

| Milwaukee

06

| 7

| {{sortname|Clyde|Follansbee}}

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

| Milwaukee

08

| 8

| {{sortname|Douglas C.|Steltz}}

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

| Milwaukee

05

| 9

| {{sortname|Edward L.|Graf}}

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

| Milwaukee

07

| 10

| {{sortname|Leland|McParland}}

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

| Cudahy

03

| 11

| {{sortname|Ervin J.|Ryczek}}

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

| Milwaukee

07

| 12

| {{sortname|Peter|Pyszczynski}}

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

| Milwaukee

rowspan="2" | 04

| 13

| {{sortname|William|Nawrocki}}

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

| Milwaukee

14

| {{sortname|John R.|Devitt}}

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

| Milwaukee

05

| 15

| {{sortname|Charles E.|Collar}}

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

| Milwaukee

06

| 16

| {{sortname|Ernest L.|Riebau}}

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

| Milwaukee

07

| 17

| {{sortname|Roman R.|Blenski}}

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

| Milwaukee

06

| 18

| {{sortname|Charles M.|Fisher}}

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

| Milwaukee

05

| 19

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

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

| Milwaukee

08

| 20

| {{sortname|Milton F.|Burmaster}}

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

| Wauwatosa

31

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

| {{sortname|Alex L.|Nicol}}

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

| Sparta

02

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

| {{sortname|John E.|Youngs}}

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

| Oconto

rowspan="2" | 14

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Fred H.|Frank}}

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

| Appleton

2

| {{sortname|Gustave|Hanges}}

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

| Kimberly

20

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

| {{sortname|Fred L.|Feierstein}} {{nowrap|{{small|(died Oct. 29, 1945)}}}}

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

| Random Lake

10

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

| {{sortname|Selmer W.|Gunderson}}

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

| Spring Valley

29

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

| {{sortname|Raymond A.|Peabody}}

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

| Milltown

23

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

| {{sortname|John|Kostuck}}

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

| Stevens Point

12

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

| {{sortname|Mike|Cummings}}

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

| Fifield

rowspan="3" | 21

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Carl C.|Christensen}}

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

| Racine

2

| {{sortname|Willis|Frazell}}

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

| Racine

3

| {{sortname|Randolph H.|Runden}}

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

| Union Grove

27

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

| {{sortname|Vernon W.|Thomson|Vernon Wallace Thomson}}

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

| Richland Center

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|Nicholas|Christman}}

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

| Tony

27

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

| {{sortname|George J.|Woerth}}

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

| Prairie du Sac

14

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

| {{sortname|Charles|Ebert}}

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

| Gresham

rowspan="2" | 20

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

| 1

| {{sortname|John|Schneider Jr.}}

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

| Sheboygan

2

| {{sortname|Henry W.|Timmer}}

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

| Waldo

10

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

| {{sortname|Elmer L.|Rundell|Elmer Lloyd Rundell}}

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

| Roberts

24

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

| {{sortname|Carl M.|Nelson}}

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

| Medford

32

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

| {{sortname|Chauncey E.|Heath}}

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

| Osseo

16

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

| {{sortname|Jerome H.|Wheelock}}

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

| Viroqua

22

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

| {{sortname|Ora R.|Rice}}

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

| Delavan

13

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

| {{sortname|Theodore|Holtebeck}}

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

| West Bend

rowspan="2" | 33

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Frederic|Woodhead}}

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

| Waukesha

2

| {{sortname|Alfred R.|Ludvigsen}}

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

| Hartland

23

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

| {{sortname|Julius|Spearbraker}}

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

| Clintonville

rowspan="2" | 19

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Edward M.|Schneider}} {{nowrap|{{small|(died Mar. 25, 1946)}}}}

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

| Oshkosh

2

| {{sortname|James C.|Fritzen}} {{nowrap|{{small|(died Oct. 11, 1945)}}}}

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

| Neenah

24

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

| {{sortname|William W.|Clark|William Walter Clark}}

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

| Vesper

Committees

=Senate committees=

  • Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Labor{{spnd}}M. R. Laird, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Committees{{spaced ndash}}W. P. Knowles, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Conservation{{spaced ndash}}T. G. Brown, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}E. F. Hilker, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Corporations and Taxation{{spaced ndash}}L. J. Fellenz, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}W. A. Freehoff, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}J. Miller, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}G. W. Buchen, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Legislative Procedure{{spaced ndash}}C. Shearer, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government{{spaced ndash}}B. Gettelman, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs{{spnd}}R. Schlabach, chair

=Assembly committees=

  • Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}O. R. Rice, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures{{spaced ndash}}E. Grassman, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Conservation{{spaced ndash}}J. E. Youngs, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}A. A. Lenroot, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}W. W. Clark, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Elections{{spaced ndash}}C. E. Collar, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}H. Youngblood, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}F. E. Riley, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees{{spaced ndash}}F. Pfennig, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}H. A. Keegan, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking{{spaced ndash}}B. M. Engebretson, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}V. W. Thomson, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Labor{{spaced ndash}}G. Benson, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities{{spaced ndash}}E. C. Krause, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Printing{{spaced ndash}}J. C. Chapple, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}E. W. Hanson, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Rules{{spaced ndash}}W. J. Nuss, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}A. E. Austin, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation{{spaced ndash}}J. A. Canniff, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading{{spaced ndash}}F. L. Feierstein, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation{{spaced ndash}}A. Van De Zande, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs{{spaced ndash}}C. C. Christensen, chair

=Joint committees=

  • Joint Standing Committee on Finance{{spnd}}G. H. Hipke (Sen.) & J. Spearbraker (Asm.), co-chairs
  • Joint Standing Committee on Revisions, Repeals, and Uniform Laws{{spnd}}G. W. Buchen (Sen.) & C. F. Westfahl (Asm.), co-chairs

Employees

=Senate employees=

  • Chief Clerk: Lawrence R. Larsen{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/QVJ6L7MLLNNJK8H |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1946 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library |year= 1946 |editor-last1= Ohm|editor-first1= Howard F. |editor-last2= Kuehn |editor-first2= Hazel L. |chapter= The State Government: Legislative Branch |pages= 251–258 |access-date= August 9, 2023 }}
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Harold Damon
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Kenneth Hoard

=Assembly employees=

  • Chief Clerk: Arthur L. May
  • Assistant Chief Clerk: Joseph S. Einberger
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Norris J. Kellman
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: J. Irvin Thomas

Notes

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References

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External links

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