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71st Wisconsin Legislature

{{short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1953–1954}}

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

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

{{Infobox legislative term

| name = 71st Wisconsin Legislature

| image = Wis-capitol.jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption = Wisconsin State Capitol

| body = Wisconsin Legislature

| meeting_place = {{nowrap|Wisconsin State Capitol}}

| election = {{nowrap|November 4, 1952}}

| term_start = {{nowrap|January 5, 1953}}

| term_end = {{nowrap|January 3, 1955}}

| before = 70th

| after = 72nd

| 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|Ora R. Rice (R)}}

| chamber2_leader2_type =

| chamber2_leader2 =

| session1_type = Regular

| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 14, 1953}}

| session1_end = {{nowrap|November 6, 1953}}

}}

The Seventy-First Wisconsin Legislature convened from {{nowrap|January 14, 1953,}} to {{nowrap|November 6, 1953,}} 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 }}

During this session, the Legislature attempted to pass another redistricting plan to supersede the "Rosenberry plan" that had passed during the previous session. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ultimately struck down this second plan, finding that the state constitution did not allow for the Legislature to pass more than one redistricting plan per decennial census. The Rosenberry plan went into effect for the 1954 election.{{cite court|url= https://cite.case.law/wis/264/644/ |litigants= State ex rel. Thomson v. Zimmerman |court= Wisconsin Supreme Court |date= October 6, 1953 |vol= 264 |reporter= Wis. |opinion= 644 |accessdate= September 1, 2023 }} This was the first time in 60 years that the court got involved in a Wisconsin redistricting dispute, but it would be the start of a pattern of state and federal courts handling Wisconsin redistricting for subsequent decades.

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 4, 1952. 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 7, 1950.

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Walter J. Kohler Jr., of Sheboygan County, serving his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1952 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

  • January 5, 1953: Second inauguration of Walter J. Kohler Jr. as Governor of Wisconsin.
  • January 20, 1953: Inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower as 34th President of the United States.
  • March 5, 1953: Joseph Stalin, the premier of the Soviet Union, died after suffering a stroke.
  • March 18, 1953: Major League Baseball's National League approved the relocation of the Boston Braves franchise to Milwaukee.
  • March 26, 1953: Jonas Salk announced his polio vaccine.
  • April 7, 1953: Wisconsin voters approved two amendments to the state constitution:
  • Changing the apportionment rules for legislative districts to include consideration of district size alongside consideration of population.
  • Changing judicial term rules so that judicial special elections would be for a new full term, rather than for the remaining years on the previous incomplete term.
  • April 13, 1953: The Milwaukee Braves Major League Baseball team played their first game at Milwaukee County Stadium.
  • July 27, 1953: The Korean Armistice Agreement was signed, dividing Korea and effectively ending the Korean War.
  • October 6, 1953: The Wisconsin Supreme Court, in the case State ex rel. Thomson v. Zimmerman, resolved the several questions arising from the legislative redistricting process. They ruled the April 1953 constitutional amendment was nullified because the ballot language did not properly describe the proposed amendment. They further found that the state constitution did not allow the legislature to enact more than one redistricting plan per census.
  • January 1, 1954: Wisconsin chief justice Oscar M. Fritz resigned due to poor health. Justice Edward T. Fairchild immediately succeeded to the position of chief justice due to the rule of seniority. Wisconsin Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. appointed Roland J. Steinle to succeed him as justice.
  • March 9, 1954: Journalists Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly released their 30-minute documentary on Wisconsin's controversial U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy.
  • April 7, 1954: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his "Domino theory" speech, warning of the spread of communism in southeast Asia.
  • May 17, 1954: The United States Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education, ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional.
  • July 21, 1954: The 1954 Geneva Conference dismantled French Indochina and divided Vietnam.
  • September 8, 1954: The Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty was signed, establishing the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization defensive alliance.
  • November 2, 1954: Walter J. Kohler Jr. re-elected as Governor of Wisconsin.
  • December 2, 1954: The United States Senate voted 67–22 to condemn Wisconsin's U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."

Major legislation

  • June 6, 1953: An Act ... relating to the apportionment of assemblymen and senators, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1953/related/acts/242 1953 Act 242]. This was a new redistricting plan to supersede the plan they passed in 1951 utilizing the language of the constitutional amendment passed in April 1953. The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down this act, along with the related constitutional amendment, in October 1953.
  • 1953 Joint Resolution 9: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to change the apportionment rules for legislative districts to add consideration for district size. This amendment was approved by voters at the April 1953 election, but was that referendum was later ruled invalid.
  • 1953 Joint Resolution 12: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to change judicial terms in cases of special elections, so that special elections would now award a full term rather than the remainder of any incomplete term. This amendment was approved by voters at the April 1953 election.

Party summary

=Senate summary=

File:WI Senate 1951.svg

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

| 7

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 25

! 32

| 1

colspan=5 |
style="font-size:80%;" | Start of Reg. Session

| rowspan="5" | 7

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 26

! 33

| 0

style="font-size:80%;" | From Feb. 10, 1953Republican Rudolph Schlabach (32nd District) resigned.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 25

! 32

| 1

style="font-size:80%;" | From Apr. 23, 1953Republican Raymond Bice Sr. (32nd District) sworn in to replace Rudolph Schlabach.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 26

! 33

| 0

style="font-size:80%;" | From Oct. 22, 1953Republican Gordon A. Bubolz (14th District) resigned.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 25

! 32

| 1

style="font-size:80%;" | From Dec. 26, 1953Republican Robert P. Robinson (15th District) died.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 24

! 31

| 2

colspan=5 |
Final voting share

! {{percentage|7|31|2}}

! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|24|31|2}}

! colspan=2 |

colspan=5 |
style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature

| 8

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 25

! 33

| 0

=Assembly summary=

File:WI Assembly 1949.svg

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

| 23

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 76

! 99

| 1

colspan=5 |
style="font-size:80%;" | Start of Reg. Session

| rowspan="4" | 25

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 75

! 100

| 0

style="font-size:80%;" | From Apr. 23, 1953Republican Raymond Bice Sr. ({{nowrap|La Crosse}} County) resigned after being elected to the state senate.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 74

! 99

| 1

style="font-size:80%;" | From Aug. 14, 1953Republican Charles A. Peterson ({{nowrap|Fond du Lac}} County) resigned.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 73

! 98

| 2

style="font-size:80%;" | From Dec. 31, 1953Republican John E. Reilly Jr. (Milwaukee County) resigned to become a county judge.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 72

! 97

| 3

colspan=5 |
Final voting share

! {{percentage|25|97|2}}

! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|72|97|2}}

! colspan=2 |

colspan=5 |
style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature

| 36

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 64

! 100

| 0

Sessions

  • Regular session: January 14, 1953{{spnd}}November 6, 1953

Leaders

=Senate leadership=

=Assembly leadership=

Members

=Members of the Senate=

Members of the Senate for the Seventy-First Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/N6Q3X3SXGLMTH8Z |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1954 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library |year= 1954 |editor-last1= Toepel |editor-first1= M. G. |editor-last2= Kuehn |editor-first2= Hazel L. |chapter= Biographies |pages= 22–68 |access-date= September 1, 2023 }}

File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1951.svg

class="wikitable sortable"

! Dist.

! Counties

! Senator

! Residence

! Party

01

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

| {{sortname|Everett|LaFond}}

| Two Rivers

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

02

| Brown {{nowrap|& Oconto}}

| {{sortname|Leo P.|O'Brien}}

| Green Bay

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

03

| Milwaukee (South City)

| {{sortname|Casimir|Kendziorski}}

| Milwaukee

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

04

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

| {{sortname|Harry F.|Franke Jr.}}

| 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|William A.|Schmidt}}

| Milwaukee

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

07

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

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

| 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|Henry|Maier}}

| 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|Arthur|Lenroot Jr.}}

| Superior

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

12

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

| {{sortname|Paul J.|Rogan}}

| Ladysmith

| {{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}} {{nowrap|{{small|(res. Oct. 22, 1953)}}}}

| Appleton

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

15

| Rock

| {{sortname|Robert P.|Robinson|Robert P. Robinson (Wisconsin politician)}} {{nowrap|{{small|(died Dec, 26, 1953)}}}}

| 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|Alfred|Van De Zande}}

| Campbellsport

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

19

| Calumet {{nowrap|& Winnebago}}

| {{sortname|William|Draheim}}

| Neenah

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

20

| Ozaukee {{nowrap|& Sheboygan}}

| {{sortname|Louis H.|Prange}}

| Sheboygan Falls

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

21

| Racine

| {{sortname|Gerald T.|Flynn}}

| Racine

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

22

| Kenosha {{nowrap|& Walworth}}

| {{sortname|William|Trinke}}

| Lake Geneva

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

23

| Portage {{nowrap|& Waupaca}}

| {{sortname|Oscar W.|Neale}}

| Stevens Point

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

24

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

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

| Vesper

| {{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}}

| Richland Center

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

28

| Chippewa {{nowrap|& Eau Claire}}

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

| Chippewa Falls

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

29

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

| {{sortname|William E.|Owen}}

| Menomonie

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

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.

rowspan="2" | 32

| rowspan="2" | Jackson, La Crosse, {{nowrap|& Trempealeau}}

| {{sortname|Rudolph|Schlabach}} {{nowrap|{{small|(res. Feb. 10, 1953)}}}}

| La Crosse

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

{{sortname|Raymond|Bice Sr.}} {{nowrap|{{small|(from Apr. 23, 1953)}}}}

| La Crosse

| {{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 Seventy-First Wisconsin Legislature:

File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1953.svg

File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1953 MilwaukeeCo.svg

class="wikitable sortable"

! Senate
Dist.

! 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|Vic C.|Wallin}}

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

| Grand View

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|Harvey|Larsen}}

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

| Denmark

10

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Buffalo {{nowrap|& Pepin}}

| {{sortname|Mamre H.|Ward}}

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

| Durand

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.

| 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|Everett|Bidwell}}

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

| Portage

16

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

| {{sortname|Rodney J.|Satter}}

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

| Prairie du Chien

rowspan="3" | 26

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Floyd E.|Wheeler}}

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

| Madison

2

| {{sortname|Carl W.|Thompson}}

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

| Stoughton

3

| {{sortname|Ervin M.|Bruner}}

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

| Verona

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|Frank N.|Graass}}

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

| Sturgeon Bay

rowspan="2" | 11

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Reino A.|Perala}}

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

| Superior

2

| {{sortname|Lawrence M.|Hagen}}

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

| Superior

29

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

| {{sortname|G. H.|Bakke}}

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

| Menomonie

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|Clarence W.|Gilley}}

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

| Rhinelander

rowspan="2" | 18

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Nicholas J.|Lesselyoung}}

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

| Fond du Lac

2

| {{sortname|Charles A.|Peterson}} {{nowarp|{{small|(died Aug. 14, 1953)}}}}

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

| Rosendale

rowspan="2" | 16

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Robert S.|Travis}}

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

| Platteville

2

| {{sortname|William A.|Loy}}

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

| Fennimore

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|William|Belter}}

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

| Wautoma

17

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

| {{sortname|John R.|Petrus}}

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

| Highland

12

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

| {{sortname|Arne H.|Wicklund}}

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

| Gile

32

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

| {{sortname|Keith C.|Hardie}}

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

| Taylor

33

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

| {{sortname|Byron F.|Wackett}}

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

| Watertown

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|Joseph|Lourigan}}

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

| 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="3" | 32

| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | La Crosse

| rowspan="2" | 1

| {{sortname|Raymond|Bice Sr.}} {{nowrap|{{small|(until Apr. 23, 1953)}}}}

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

| La Crosse

colspan="3" | --Vacant from Apr. 23, 1953--
2

| {{sortname|Eugene A.|Toepel}}

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

| Medary

17

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

| {{sortname|Martin O.|Monson}}

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

| South Wayne

30

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

| {{sortname|Walter D.|Cavers}}

| {{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.

| Manitowoc

2

| {{sortname|Frank J.|LeClair}}

| {{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|Roy H.|Sengstock}}

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

| Marinette

09

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Robert W.|Landry|Robert Watson Landry}}

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

| Milwaukee

06

| 2

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

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

| Milwaukee

08

| 3

| {{sortname|Robert T.|Huber}}

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

| West Allis

09

| 4

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

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

| Milwaukee

03

| 5

| {{sortname|George|Sokolowski}}

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

| Milwaukee

09

| 6

| {{sortname|Isaac N.|Coggs}}

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

| Milwaukee

06

| 7

| {{sortname|John|Schaller}}

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

| Milwaukee

08

| 8

| {{sortname|Joseph P.|Murphy}}

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

| Milwaukee

05

| 9

| {{sortname|Eugene M.|Lamb}}

| {{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|Richard B.|Nowakowski}}

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

| Milwaukee

rowspan="2" | 04

| 13

| {{sortname|Ralph|Landowski}}

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

| Milwaukee

14

| {{sortname|Arthur R.|Godar}}

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

| Milwaukee

05

| 15

| {{sortname|Raleigh W.|Falbe}}

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

| Milwaukee

06

| 16

| {{sortname|Edward F.|Mertz}}

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

| Milwaukee

07

| 17

| {{sortname|Howard F.|Pellant}}

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

| Milwaukee

06

| 18

| {{sortname|Charles J.|Schmidt}}

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

| Milwaukee

05

| 19

| {{sortname|Walter L.|Merten}}

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

| Milwaukee

08

| 20

| {{sortname|John E.|Reilly Jr.}} {{nowrap|{{small|(res. Dec. 31, 1953)}}}}

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

| Wauwatosa

31

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

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

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

| Tomah

02

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

| {{sortname|Reuben|La Fave}}

| {{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|Gerald|Lorge}}

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

| Bear Creek

20

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

| {{sortname|Warren A.|Grady}}

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

| Port Washington

10

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

| {{sortname|Arthur L.|Peterson}}

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

| Prescott

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|Vincent J.|Zellinger}}

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

| Phillips

rowspan="3" | 21

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

| 1

| {{sortname|William C.|Giese}}

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

| Racine

2

| {{sortname|Lawrence R.|Larsen}}

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

| Racine

3

| {{sortname|Robert J.|Matheson}}

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

| Mount Pleasant

27

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

| {{sortname|Milford C.|Kintz}}

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

| Richland Center

rowspan="2" | 15

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Clyde|Jewett}}

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

| Janesville

2

| {{sortname|Burger M.|Engebretson}}

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

| Beloit

12

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

| {{sortname|Willis J.|Hutnik}}

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

| Tony

27

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

| {{sortname|James R.|Stone|James R. Stone (Wisconsin politician)}}

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

| Reedsburg

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|Fred E.|Nuernberg}}

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

| Sheboygan

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|Fred|Rust}}

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

| Medford

32

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

| {{sortname|Russell|Paulson}}

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

| Strum

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|Kenneth W.|Haebig|Kenneth William Haebig}}

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

| West Bend

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|Richard E.|Peterson}}

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

| Clintonville

rowspan="2" | 19

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Harvey R.|Abraham}}

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

| Oshkosh

2

| {{sortname|Arnold J.|Cane}}

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

| Menasha

24

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

| {{sortname|Donald E.|Reiland}}

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

| Wisconsin Rapids

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}}F. B. Porter, 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}}W. P. Knowles, 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}}B. Gettelman, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs{{spnd}}J. E. Leverich, chair

=Assembly committees=

  • Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}J. T. Pritchard, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufacturing{{spaced ndash}}E. L. Genzmer, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Conservation{{spaced ndash}}R. S. Travis, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}E. D. Hall, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}M. C. Kintz, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Elections{{spaced ndash}}H. W. Timmer, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}L. R. Larsen, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}R. A. Peabody, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees{{spaced ndash}}H. R. Abraham, 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}}A. O. Mockrud, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Labor{{spaced ndash}}W. E. Cook, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities{{spaced ndash}}P. A. Luedtke, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Printing{{spaced ndash}}C. H. Sykes, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}H. Rasmusen, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Revision{{spaced ndash}}C. A. Peterson, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Rules{{spaced ndash}}B. M. Engebretson, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}B. J. Gehrmann, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation{{spaced ndash}}E. C. Nitschke, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading{{spaced ndash}}M. O. Monson, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation{{spaced ndash}}J. R. Stone, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs{{spaced ndash}}G. H. Bakke, chair

=Joint committees=

  • Joint Standing Committee on Finance{{spnd}}A. Lenroot (Sen.) & A. R. Ludvigsen (Asm.), co-chairs
  • Joint Standing Committee on Revisions, Repeals, and Uniform Laws{{spnd}}A. Busby (Sen.) & R. G. Marotz (Asm.), co-chairs

Employees

=Senate employees=

  • Chief Clerk: Thomas M. Donahue{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/N6Q3X3SXGLMTH8Z |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1954 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library |year= 1954 |editor-last1= Toepel |editor-first1= M. G. |editor-last2= Kuehn |editor-first2= Hazel L. |chapter= The State Government: Legislative Branch |pages= 246-250 |access-date= September 1, 2023 }}
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Harold Damon
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Anton J. Oelmiller

=Assembly employees=

  • Chief Clerk: Arthur L. May
  • Assistant Chief Clerk: Lois H. Vethe
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Norris J. Kellman

Notes

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References

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External links

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