69th Wisconsin Legislature
{{short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1949–1950}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 69th Wisconsin Legislature
| image = Wicapitol 1915.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Wisconsin State Capitol ca.1915
| body = Wisconsin Legislature
| meeting_place = {{nowrap|Wisconsin State Capitol}}
| election = {{nowrap|November 2, 1948}}
| term_start = {{nowrap|January 3, 1949}}
| term_end = {{nowrap|January 1, 1951}}
| before = 68th
| after = 70th
| website =
| chamber1 = Senate
| membership1 = 33
| control1 = Republican
| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}
| chamber1_leader1 = {{nowrap|George M. Smith (R)}}
| chamber1_leader2_type = {{nowrap|President pro tempore}}
| chamber1_leader2 = {{nowrap|Frank E. Panzer (R)}}
| chamber2 = Assembly
| membership2 = 100
| control2 = Republican
| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}
| chamber2_leader1 = {{nowrap|Alex L. Nicol (R)}}
| chamber2_leader2_type =
| chamber2_leader2 =
| session1_type = Regular
| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 12, 1949}}
| session1_end = {{nowrap|September 13, 1949}}
}}
The Sixty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from {{nowrap|January 12, 1949,}} to {{nowrap|September 13, 1949,}} in regular session.{{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 session saw the first legislative terms of Gaylord Nelson, Patrick Lucey, Ruth Bachhuber Doyle, and Robert T. Huber, all of whom would—over the course of the subsequent two decades—play important roles in the transition of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from a permanent minority party to competitive status with the state Republican Party, by winning over many former Wisconsin Progressive Party voters.
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 2, 1948. 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 5, 1946.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Oscar Rennebohm, of Dane County, serving his first full two-year term, having won election in the 1948 Wisconsin gubernatorial election. He had previously been elected lieutenant governor in 1946, and ascended to the gubernatorial office following the death of governor Walter Samuel Goodland in March 1947.
Major events
- January 3, 1949: Second inauguration of Oscar Rennebohm as Governor of Wisconsin.
- January 20, 1949: Second inauguration of Harry S. Truman as President of the United States.
- April 4, 1949: The North Atlantic Treaty was signed by representatives of twelve countries, including the United States, establishing the NATO defensive alliance.
- April 5, 1949: 1949 Wisconsin Spring election:
- Edward J. Gehl was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
- Wisconsin voters ratified an amendment to the state constitution to allow the state to take on debt to pay for veterans' housing.
- Wisconsin voters rejected an amendment to the state constitution to repeal the prohibition on taxing federal lands.
- June 19, 1949: Wisconsin Supreme Court justice John D. Wickhem died in office.
- August 29, 1949: The Soviet Union held their first succerssful atomic bomb test.
- July 14, 1949: Wisconsin Governor Oscar Rennebohm appointed Timothy Brown to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, to succeed the deceased justice John D. Wickhem.
- October 1, 1949: Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
- December 7, 1949: The government of the Republic of China retreated to the island of Taiwan and declared Taipei to be their new capital.
- June 25, 1950:
- Forces of the Korean People's Army began an invasion of the Republic of Korea, initiating the Korean War.
- The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted United Nations Security Council Resolution 82, condemning North Korea's invasion of South Korea.
- June 27, 1950: U.S. president Harry Truman ordered U.S. forces to the defense of the Republic of Korea.
- October 19, 1950: Chinese forces joined the Korean War, supporting North Korea.
- November 7, 1950: 1950 United States general election:
- Walter J. Kohler Jr. elected Governor of Wisconsin.
- Alexander Wiley re-elected United States senator from Wisconsin.
Major legislation
- August 11, 1949: An Act ... relating to discontinuing the Wisconsin veterans' authority and transferring its functions to the department of veterans' affairs, a veterans' housing trust fund, veterans' housing loans, incentive grants for veterans' housing and making appropriations, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1949/related/acts/627.pdf 1949 Act 627]. Utilized the recently ratified amendment to the state constitution to create new veterans programs.
- 1949 Joint Resolution 1: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to enable the state to take on debt to pay for veterans' housing. This amendment was ratified by voters at the April 1949 election.
- 1949 Joint Resolution 2: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to repeal a portion of the constitution which had prohibited taxing land owned by the federal government. This amendment was rejected by voters at the April 1949 election. But the same amendment was later ratified in 1951.
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
| 5 | 1 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 27 ! 33 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of Reg. SessionDemocrat Clement J. Zablocki (3rd District) and Republican Charles D. Madsen (29th District) resigned before the start of the session.
| rowspan="2" | 4 | rowspan="3" | 0 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 27 ! 31 | 2 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Mar. 4, 1949Republican Edward F. Hilker (21st District) died.
| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Republican}} | 26 ! 31 | 2 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Apr. 5, 1949Democrats Casimir Kendziorski (3rd District) and John E. Olson (29th District) were sworn in.
| 6 ! 32 | 1 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! colspan="2" | {{percentage|6|32|2}} ! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|26|32|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 7 | 0 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 26 ! 33 | 0 |
=Assembly summary=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |
| style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=2 | 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|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! Rep. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| 12 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 87 ! 98 | 1 |
| colspan=5 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of Reg. Session
| 26 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Republican}} | 74 ! 100 | 0 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Apr. 5, 1949Democrat Casimir Kendziorski (Milwaukee County) resigned after being elected to the Wisconsin Senate.
| rowspan="2" | 25 ! 99 | 1 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Jul. 23, 1949Republican John D. Heimick (Milwaukee County) died.
| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Republican}} | 73 ! 98 | 2 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Dec. 9, 1949Democrat William Banach (Milwaukee County) resigned.
| rowspan="2" | 24 ! 97 | 3 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Apr. 13, 1950Republican Glenn W. Birkett (Racine County) died.
| {{party shading/Republican}} | 72 ! 96 | 4 |
| colspan=5 | |
| Final voting share
! {{percentage|24|96|2}} ! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|72|96|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=5 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 24 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 76 ! 100 | 0 |
Sessions
- Regular session: January 12, 1949{{spnd}}September 13, 1949
Leaders
=Senate leadership=
- President of the Senate: George M. Smith (R)
- President pro tempore: Frank E. Panzer (R–Oakfield)
- Majority leader: Warren P. Knowles (R–New Richmond)
=Assembly leadership=
- Speaker of the Assembly: Alex L. Nicol (R–Sparta)
- Majority leader: Vernon W. Thomson (R–Richland Center)
- Minority leader: Leland McParland (D–Milwaukee)
Members
=Members of the Senate=
Members of the Senate for the Sixty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/CKSBXV5IMWXXJ8I |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1950 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library |year= 1950 |editor-last1= Ohm|editor-first1= Howard F. |editor-last2= Kuehn |editor-first2= Hazel L. |chapter= Members of the Legislature |pages= 27–72 |access-date= August 17, 2023 }}
File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1949.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Dist. ! Counties ! Senator ! Residence ! Party |
| 01
| Door, Kewaunee, {{nowrap|& Manitowoc}} | {{sortname|Everett|LaFond}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
|---|
| 02
| {{sortname|Fred F.|Kaftan}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 03
| rowspan="2" | Milwaukee (South City) | colspan="3" | --Vacant until Apr. 5, 1949-- |
| {{sortname|Casimir|Kendziorski}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 04
| Milwaukee (Northeast County {{nowrap|& Northeast City)}} | {{sortname|George A.|Mayer}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 05
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Northwest City)}} | {{sortname|Bernhard|Gettelman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 06
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(North-Central City)}} | {{sortname|William A.|Schmidt}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 07
| Milwaukee (Southeast County {{nowrap|& Southeast City)}} | {{sortname|Roman R.|Blenski}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 08
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Western County)}} | {{sortname|Allen|Busby}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 09
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(City Downtown)}} | {{sortname|Robert E.|Tehan|Robert Emmet Tehan}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 10
| Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce, {{nowrap|& St. Croix}} | {{sortname|Warren P.|Knowles}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 11
| Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, {{nowrap|& Washburn}} | {{sortname|Arthur|Lenroot Jr.}} | Superior | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 12
| Ashland, Iron, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, {{nowrap|& Vilas}} | {{sortname|Clayton|Hicks}} | Phillips | {{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}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 17
| Green, Iowa, {{nowrap|& Lafayette}} | {{sortname|Melvin|Olson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 18
| {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}}, {{nowrap|Green Lake}} {{nowrap|& Waushara}} | {{sortname|Alfred|Van De Zande}} | {{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}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 21
| rowspan="2" | Racine | {{sortname|Edward F.|Hilker}} {{small|{{nowrap|(died Mar. 4, 1949)}}}} | Racine | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| colspan="3" | --Vacant from Mar. 4, 1949-- |
| 22
| Kenosha {{nowrap|& Walworth}} | {{sortname|William|Trinke}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 23
| Portage {{nowrap|& Waupaca}} | {{sortname|Oscar W.|Neale}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 24
| Clark, Taylor, {{nowrap|& Wood}} | {{sortname|Melvin|Laird Jr.|Melvin Laird}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 25
| Lincoln {{nowrap|& Marathon}} | {{sortname|Clifford|Krueger}} | Merrill | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 26
| Dane | {{sortname|Gaylord|Nelson}} | Madison | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 27
| Columbia, Richland, {{nowrap|& Sauk}} | {{sortname|Jess|Miller}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 28
| Chippewa {{nowrap|& Eau Claire}} | {{sortname|Arthur L.|Padrutt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 29
| rowspan="2" |Barron, Dunn, {{nowrap|& Polk}} | colspan="3" | --Vacant until Apr. 5, 1949-- |
| {{sortname|John E.|Olson|John Olson (Wisconsin politician)}}
| Chetek | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 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/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 32
| Jackson, La Crosse, {{nowrap|& Trempealeau}} | {{sortname|Rudolph|Schlabach}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 33
| Jefferson {{nowrap|& Waukesha}} | {{sortname|Chester|Dempsey}} | {{nowrap|Hartland}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
=Members of the Assembly=
Members of the Assembly for the Sixty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature:
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1949.svg
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1949 MilwaukeeCo.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Senate ! County ! Dist. ! Representative ! Party ! Residence |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Adams {{nowrap|& Marquette}} | {{sortname|Louis C.|Romell}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Adams |
|---|
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ashland | {{sortname|Bernard J.|Gehrmann}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Mellen |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Barron | {{sortname|Charles 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. |
| 2
| {{sortname|William J.|Duffy}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Buffalo {{nowrap|& Pepin}} | {{sortname|Edmund|Hitt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Alma |
| 11
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Burnett {{nowrap|& Washburn}} | {{sortname|Holger|Rasmusen}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Spooner |
| 19
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Calumet | {{sortname|Henry M.|Peters}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Menasha |
| 28
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Chippewa | {{sortname|Sylvia H.|Raihle}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Clark | {{sortname|Arthur E.|Stadler}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Owen |
| 27
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Columbia | {{sortname|Arnie F.|Betts}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Lodi |
| 16
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Crawford | {{sortname|Patrick|Lucey}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="3" | 26
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Dane | 1 | {{sortname|Ruth Bachhuber|Doyle}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Madison |
| 2
| {{sortname|John M.|Blaska}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Marshall |
| 3
| {{sortname|Hermann|Eisner}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 13
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Dodge | 1 | {{sortname|Elmer L.|Genzmer}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Mayville |
| 2
| {{sortname|Elmer C.|Nitschke}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Burnett |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Door | {{sortname|Hallie H.|Rowe}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 11
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Douglas | 1 | {{sortname|Byron C.|Ostby}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Superior |
| 2
| {{sortname|Charles E.|Nelson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Superior |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Dunn | {{sortname|Earl W.|Hanson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 28
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Eau Claire | {{sortname|John T.|Pritchard}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Florence, Forest, {{nowrap|& Oneida}} | {{sortname|Clarence W.|Gilley}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 18
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Fond du Lac | 1 | {{sortname|Myrton H.|Duel}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Charles A.|Peterson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 16
| text-align="left" rowspan="2"| Grant | 1 | {{sortname|Robert S.|Travis}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Hugh A.|Harper}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 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. |
| 17
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Iowa | {{sortname|Robert|McCutchin}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Arena |
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Iron {{nowrap|& Vilas}} | {{sortname|William R.|Yeschek}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 32
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jackson | {{sortname|Casper D.|Waller}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 33
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jefferson | {{sortname|Theodore S.|Jones}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 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|Frederick|Pfennig}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Kenosha |
| 2
| {{sortname|George|Molinaro}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Kenosha |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Kewaunee | {{sortname|Julius|Stangel}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Kewaunee |
| rowspan="2" | 32
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | La Crosse | 1 | {{sortname|Raymond|Bice Sr.}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Harry W.|Schilling}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Onalaska |
| 17
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Lafayette | {{sortname|Martin O.|Monson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Langlade | {{sortname|Clair|Finch}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Antigo |
| 25
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Lincoln | {{sortname|Emil A.|Hinz}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Merrill |
| rowspan="2" | 01
| rowspan="2" text-align="left" | Manitowoc | 1 | {{sortname|John A.|Norman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Adolph|Strouf}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 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|Roy H.|Sengstock}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 09
| text-align="left" rowspan="21" | Milwaukee | 1 | {{sortname|Thomas A.|Hickey}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 06
| 2 | {{sortname|Michael F.|O'Connell}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 08
| 3 | {{sortname|Robert T.|Huber}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 09
| 4 | {{sortname|Frank E.|Schaeffer Jr.}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 03
| rowspan="2" | 5 | {{sortname|Casimir|Kendziorski}} {{small|{{nowrap|(until Apr. 5, 1949)}}}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| colspan="3" | --Vacant from Apr. 5, 1949-- |
| 09
| 6 | {{sortname|Le Roy|Simmons}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 06
| 7 | {{sortname|John|Schaller}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 08
| 8 | {{sortname|Albert|Hammond|Albert Hammond (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 05
| 9 | {{sortname|Eugene M.|Lamb}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 07
| 10 | {{sortname|Leland|McParland}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Cudahy |
| 03
| 11 | {{sortname|Ervin J.|Ryczek}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 07
| 12 | {{sortname|William|Banach}} {{small|{{nowrap|(res. Dec. 9, 1949)}}}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 04
| 13 | {{sortname|Ralph|Landowski}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 14
| {{sortname|John D.|Heimick}} {{small|{{nowrap|(died Jul. 23, 1949)}}}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 05
| 15 | {{sortname|Raleigh W.|Falbe}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 06
| 16 | {{sortname|Edward F.|Mertz}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 07
| 17 | {{sortname|Martin F.|Howard}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 06
| 18 | {{sortname|Charles J.|Schmidt}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 05
| 19 | {{sortname|Charles F.|Westfahl}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 08
| 20 | {{sortname|Milton F.|Burmaster}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 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|Mark|Catlin Jr.}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Appleton |
| 2
| {{sortname|William M.|Rohan}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Kaukauna |
| 20
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ozaukee | {{sortname|Ralph|Zaun}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Grafton |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Pierce | {{sortname|Selmer W.|Gunderson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 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. |
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Price | {{sortname|Vincent J.|Zellinger}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Phillips |
| rowspan="3" | 21
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Racine | 1 | {{sortname|Harold|Gade}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Racine |
| 2
| {{sortname|Thomas C.|Taylor|Thomas Cole Taylor}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Racine |
| 3
| {{sortname|Glenn W.|Birkett}} {{small|{{nowrap|(died Apr. 13, 1950)}}}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 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|Paul J.|Rogan}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 27
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Sauk | {{sortname|James R.|Stone|James R. Stone (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Baraboo |
| 14
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Shawano | {{sortname|Robert G.|Marotz}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Shawano |
| rowspan="2" | 20
| text-align="left" rowspan="2"| Sheboygan | 1 | {{sortname|John|Schneider Jr.}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Henry W.|Timmer}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Waldo |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | St. Croix | {{sortname|William A.|Bergeron}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Somerset |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Taylor | {{sortname|Nels|Andersen}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Gilman |
| 32
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Trempealeau | {{sortname|Guilford M.|Wiley}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 16
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Vernon | {{sortname|Arthur O.|Mockrud}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | 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|Theodore|Holtebeck}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 33
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Waukesha | 1 | {{sortname|Alvin J.|Redford}} | {{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. |
| rowspan="2" | 19
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Winnebago | 1 | {{sortname|Harvey R.|Abraham}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Oshkosh |
| 2
| {{sortname|Richard J.|Steffens}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Menasha |
| 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 Conservation{{spnd}}M. Olson, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Committees{{spaced ndash}}J. Miller, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}B. Gettelman, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}R. P. Robinson, 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 Labor and Management{{spaced ndash}}G. A. Bubolz, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Legislative Procedure{{spaced ndash}}F. E. Panzer, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government{{spaced ndash}}R. Schlabach, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs{{spnd}}M. Laird, chair
=Assembly committees=
- Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}O. R. Rice, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufacturing{{spaced ndash}}E. A. Hinz, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Conservation{{spaced ndash}}R. S. Travis, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}B. Tremain, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}W. W. Clark, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Elections{{spaced ndash}}H. W. Timmer, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}W. M. Rohan, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}T. S. Jones, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees{{spaced ndash}}H. R. Abraham, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}H. A. Harper, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking{{spaced ndash}}F. Pfennig, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}V. W. Thomson, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Labor{{spaced ndash}}E. L. Genzmer, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities{{spaced ndash}}P. A. Luedtke, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Printing{{spaced ndash}}A. F. Betts, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}E. W. Hanson, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Revision{{spaced ndash}}E. W. Hanson, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Rules{{spaced ndash}}J. Spearbraker, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}B. J. Gehrmann, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation{{spaced ndash}}M. F. Burmaster, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading{{spaced ndash}}C. E. Nelson, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation{{spaced ndash}}R. Bice, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs{{spaced ndash}}M. Catlin, chair
=Joint committees=
- Joint Standing Committee on Finance{{spnd}}F. B. Porter (Sen.) & A. R. Ludvigsen (Asm.), co-chairs
- Joint Standing Committee on Revisions, Repeals, and Uniform Laws{{spnd}}A. Busby (Sen.) & C. Finch (Asm.), co-chairs
- Joint Legislative Council{{spnd}}M. Laird (Sen.), chair
Employees
=Senate employees=
- Chief Clerk: Thomas M. Donahue{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/CKSBXV5IMWXXJ8I |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1950 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library |year= 1950 |editor-last1= Ohm|editor-first1= Howard F. |editor-last2= Kuehn |editor-first2= Hazel L. |chapter= The State Government: Legislative Branch |pages= 239-244 |access-date= August 17, 2023 }}
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Harold Damon
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Edward R. Stoker
=Assembly employees=
- Chief Clerk: Arthur L. May
- Assistant Chief Clerk: Robert H. Boyson
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Norris J. Kellman
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Thomas A. Austin
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1949/related 1949: Related Documents] from Wisconsin Legislature
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