74th Wisconsin Legislature
{{short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1959–1960}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 74th 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, 1958}}
| term_start = {{nowrap|January 5, 1959}}
| term_end = {{nowrap|January 2, 1961}}
| before = 73rd
| after = 75th
| website =
| chamber1 = Senate
| membership1 = 33
| control1 = Republican
| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}
| chamber1_leader1 = {{nowrap|Philleo Nash (D)}}
| chamber1_leader2_type = {{nowrap|President pro tempore}}
| chamber1_leader2 = {{nowrap|Frank E. Panzer (R)}}
| chamber2 = Assembly
| membership2 = 100
| control2 = Democratic
| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}
| chamber2_leader1 = {{nowrap|George Molinaro (D)}}
| chamber2_leader2_type =
| chamber2_leader2 =
| session1_type = Regular
| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 14, 1959}}
| session1_end = {{nowrap|May 27, 1960}}
}}
The Seventy-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened from {{nowrap|January 14, 1959,}} to {{nowrap|May 27, 1960,}} 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 }}
Senators representing odd-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first two years of a four-year term. Assembly members were elected to a two-year term. Assembly members and odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 4, 1958. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 6, 1956.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Democrat Gaylord Nelson, of Dane County, serving a two-year term, having won election in the 1958 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
Major events
- January 5, 1959: Inauguration of Gaylord Nelson as the 35th Governor of Wisconsin.
- February 16, 1959: Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba.
- April 25, 1959: The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to traffic, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
- August 21, 1959: Hawaii was admitted as the 50th U.S. state.
- April 5, 1960: Voters approved an amendment to the state constitution to allow the state to take on debt to pay for port improvements.
- May 6, 1960: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1960 into law.
- September 14, 1960: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.
- November 8, 1960: 1960 United States general election:
- John F. Kennedy (D) elected President of the United States.
- Gaylord Nelson (D) re-elected Governor of Wisconsin.
- Wisconsin voters approved an amendment to the state constitution to set a county and municipal debt limit of five percent of taxable property.
Major legislation
- July 24, 1959: An Act ... relating to group health insurance and the group life insurance program for state employes, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1959/related/acts/211.pdf 1959 Act 211]. Created group life and health insurance programs for state employees.
- July 31, 1959: An Act ... relating to the abolition of the department of budget and accounts, bureau of engineering, bureau of personnel, bureau of purchases, division of departmental research and the creation of a state department of administration, a board on government operations and making appropriations, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1959/related/acts/228.pdf 1959 Act 228]. Created the Wisconsin Department of Administration.
- September 19, 1959: An Act ... relating to the abolition of the state planning division, division of industrial development, the creation of a department of resource development, and increasing the appropriation to the university of Wisconsin, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1959/related/acts/442.pdf 1959 Act 442]. Created the Wisconsin Department of Resource Development.
- October 2, 1959: An Act ... relating to rights of employes of local units of government to form and join labor organizations, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1959/related/acts/509.pdf 1959 Act 509]. Allowed Wisconsin municipal employees to unionize.
- 1959 Joint Resolution 15: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the state to take on debt to pay for port improvements. This amendment was ratified at the April 1960 election.
- 1959 Joint Resolution 32: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to set a county and municipal debt limit of five percent of taxable property. This amendment was ratified at the November 1960 election.
Party summary
=Senate 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
| 10 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 22 ! 32 | 1 |
| colspan=5 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of Reg. Session
| 13 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 20 ! 33 | 0 |
| colspan=5 | |
| Final voting share
! {{percentage|13|33|2}} ! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|20|33|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=5 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 13 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 20 ! 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
| 33 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 66 ! 99 | 1 |
| colspan=5 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of Reg. Session
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 55 | rowspan="2" | 45 ! 100 | 0 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Apr. 23, 1960Democrat Robert M. Curley (Milwaukee County) resigned to accept appointment as a Wisconsin circuit court judge.
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 54 ! 99 | 1 |
| colspan=5 | |
| Final voting share
! {{party shading/Democratic}} | {{percentage|54|99|2}} ! {{percentage|45|99|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=5 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 45 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 55 ! 100 | 0 |
Sessions
- Regular session: January 14, 1959{{spnd}}May 27, 1960
Leaders
=Senate leadership=
- President of the Senate: Philleo Nash (D)
- President pro tempore: Frank E. Panzer (R–Oakfield)
- Majority leader: Robert S. Travis (R–Platteville)
- Minority leader: Henry Maier (D–Milwaukee)
=Assembly leadership=
- Speaker of the Assembly: George Molinaro (D–Kenosha)
- Majority leader: Keith C. Hardie (D–Taylor)
- Minority leader: David Blanchard (R–Edgerton)
Members
=Members of the Senate=
Members of the Senate for the Seventy-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/LRZ6UQ3SNASLD9C |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1960 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library |year= 1960 |editor-last1= Toepel |editor-first1= M. G. |editor-last2= Kuehn |editor-first2= Hazel L. |chapter= Biographies |pages= 19–64 |access-date= October 10, 2023 }}
File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1959.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Dist. ! Counties ! Senator ! Residence ! Party |
| 01
| Door, Kewaunee, {{nowrap|& Manitowoc}} | {{sortname|Alfred A.|Laun Jr.}} | Kiel | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
|---|
| 02
| Brown | {{sortname|Leo P.|O'Brien}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 03
| Milwaukee (South City) | {{sortname|Casimir|Kendziorski}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 04
| Milwaukee (North County) | {{sortname|Kirby|Hendee}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 05
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Northwest City)}} | {{sortname|James B.|Brennan}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 06
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Northeast City)}} | {{sortname|William R.|Moser}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 07
| Milwaukee (South County {{nowrap|& Southeast City)}} | {{sortname|Leland|McParland}} | Cudahy | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 08
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Western County)}} | {{sortname|Allen|Busby}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 09
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(City Downtown)}} | {{sortname|Henry|Maier}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 10
| Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, {{nowrap|& St. Croix}} | {{sortname|Robert P.|Knowles}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 11
| Milwaukee (Western City) | {{sortname|Richard J.|Zaborski}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 12
| Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Taylor, {{nowrap|& Vilas}} | {{sortname|Clifford|Krueger}} | Merrill | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 13
| Dodge {{nowrap|& Washington}} | {{sortname|Frank E.|Panzer}} | Oakfield | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 14
| Outagamie {{nowrap|& Waupaca}} | {{sortname|Gerald|Lorge}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 15
| Rock | {{sortname|Peter P.|Carr}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 16
| Dane (Excluding Madison) | {{sortname|Carl W.|Thompson}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 17
| Grant, Green, Iowa, {{nowrap|& Lafayette}} | {{sortname|Robert S.|Travis}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 18
| {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}}, {{nowrap|Green Lake}} {{nowrap|& Waushara}} | {{sortname|Walter G.|Hollander}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 19
| Calumet {{nowrap|& Winnebago}} | {{sortname|William|Draheim}} | Neenah | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 20
| Ozaukee {{nowrap|& Sheboygan}} | {{sortname|Harold F.|Huibregtse}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 21
| Racine | {{sortname|Lynn E.|Stalbaum}} | Racine | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 22
| Kenosha {{nowrap|& Walworth}} | {{sortname|William|Trinke}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 23
| Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, {{nowrap|& Washburn}} | {{sortname|Howard W.|Cameron}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 24
| Clark, Portage, {{nowrap|& Wood}} | {{sortname|William W.|Clark|William Walter Clark}} | Vesper | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 25
| Ashland, Bayfield, {{nowrap|& Douglas}} | {{sortname|Carl|Lauri}} | Merrill | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 26
| Dane (Madison) | {{sortname|Horace W.|Wilkie}} | Madison | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 27
| Columbia, Crawford, Richland, {{nowrap|& Sauk}} | {{sortname|Jess|Miller}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 28
| Chippewa {{nowrap|& Eau Claire}} | {{sortname|Davis A.|Donnelly}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 29
| Marathon {{nowrap|& Shawano}} | {{sortname|Robert W.|Dean}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 30
| Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, {{nowrap|& Oconto}} | {{sortname|Reuben|La Fave}} | Oconto | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 31
| Adams, Juneau, Monroe, Marquette, {{nowrap|& Vernon}} | {{sortname|J. Earl|Leverich|James Earl Leverich}} | Sparta | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 32
| Jackson, La Crosse, {{nowrap|& Trempealeau}} | {{sortname|Raymond|Bice Sr.}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 33
| Jefferson {{nowrap|& Waukesha}} | {{sortname|Chester|Dempsey}} | Hartland | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
=Members of the Assembly=
Members of the Assembly for the Seventy-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature:
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1959.svg
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1959 MilwaukeeCo.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Senate ! County ! Dist. ! Representative ! Party ! Residence |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Adams, Juneau, {{nowrap|& Marquette}} | {{sortname|Ben|Tremain}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Hustler |
|---|
| 25
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ashland {{nowrap|& Bayfield}} | {{sortname|Robert F.|Barabe}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Mellen |
| 23
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Barron | {{sortname|George|Mireau}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="3" | 02
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Brown | 1 | {{sortname|Jerome|Quinn}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Adolph A.|Deering}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Cletus J.|Vanderperren}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Buffalo, Pepin, {{nowrap|& Pierce}} | {{sortname|Edwin|Rohl}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Prescott |
| 23
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Burnett {{nowrap|& Polk}} | {{sortname|Harvey L.|Dueholm}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Luck |
| 19
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Calumet | {{sortname|Gilbert|Hipke}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 28
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Chippewa | {{sortname|Clifford E.|Dorr}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Clark | {{sortname|Frank|Nikolay}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 27
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Columbia | {{sortname|Everett|Bidwell}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Portage |
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Crawford {{nowrap|& Richland}}
| {{sortname|Frank J.|Cosgrove}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="3" | 26
| text-align="left" rowspan="5" | Dane | 1 | {{sortname|Glenn L.|Henry}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Madison |
| 2
| {{sortname|Fred A.|Risser|Fred Risser}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Madison |
| 3
| {{sortname|Richard|Cates}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Madison |
| rowspan="2" | 16
| 4 | {{sortname|Jerome L.|Blaska}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 5
| {{sortname|David D.|O'Malley}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Waunakee |
| 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. |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Door {{nowrap|& Kewaunee}} | {{sortname|Frank N.|Graass}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 25
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Douglas | 1 | {{sortname|Reino A.|Perala}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Superior |
| 2
| {{sortname|Frank|Christopherson Jr.}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Superior |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Dunn | {{sortname|Einer P.|Lund}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 28
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Eau Claire | 1 | {{sortname|Karl J.|Goethel}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|John T.|Pritchard}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Florence, Forest, {{nowrap|& Langlade}} | {{sortname|John R.|Gray|John R. Gray (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Antigo |
| rowspan="2" | 18
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Fond du Lac | 1 | {{sortname|Earl F.|McEssy}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Fred W.|Schlueter}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Ripon |
| rowspan="2" | 17
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Grant | {{sortname|Hugh A.|Harper}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Green
| {{sortname|Christian M.|Stauffer}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 18
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Green Lake {{nowrap|& Waushara}} | {{sortname|Franklin M.|Jahnke}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Markesan |
| 17
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Iowa {{nowrap|& Lafayette}} | {{sortname|Walter B.|Calvert}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Benton |
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Iron, Oneida, {{nowrap|& Vilas}} | {{sortname|Paul|Alfonsi}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Minocqua |
| 32
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jackson {{nowrap|& Trempealeau}} | {{sortname|Keith C.|Hardie}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Taylor |
| 33
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jefferson | {{sortname|Byron F.|Wackett}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 22
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Kenosha | 1 | {{sortname|George|Molinaro}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Kenosha |
| 2
| {{sortname|Earl D.|Morton}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Kenosha |
| rowspan="2" | 32
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | La Crosse | 1 | {{sortname|James D. H.|Peterson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Leland E.|Mulder}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Holmen |
| 12
| 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|Hugo E.|Vogel}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Ewald J.|Schmeichel}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 29
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Marathon | 1 | {{sortname|Ben A.|Riehle}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Athens |
| 2
| {{sortname|Paul A.|Luedtke}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Wausau |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Marinette | {{sortname|Robert|Haase}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 04
| text-align="left" rowspan="24" | Milwaukee | 1 | {{sortname|Louis L.|Merz}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 09
| 2 | {{sortname|Norman|Sussman}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Joseph A.|Greco}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 11
| 4 | {{sortname|Frank E.|Schaeffer Jr.}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 05
| 5 | {{sortname|Lawrence W.|Timmerman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 09
| 6 | {{sortname|Isaac N.|Coggs}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 06
| 7 | {{sortname|Allen J.|Flannigan}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 11
| 8 | {{sortname|George|Talsky}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 05
| 9 | {{sortname|Charles J.|Schmidt}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 06
| 10 | {{sortname|Patrick H.|Kelly}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 03
| 11 | {{sortname|Ervin J.|Ryczek}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 12
| {{sortname|George|Sokolowski}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 06
| 13 | {{sortname|Marty|Larsen}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 03
| 14 | {{sortname|David|Mogilka}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 05
| 15 | {{sortname|Wilfred|Schuele}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 11
| 16 | {{sortname|Thomas J.|Duffey}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 07
| 17 | {{sortname|Howard F.|Pellant}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 04
| 18 | {{sortname|Robert M.|Curley}} {{nowrap|{{small|(res. Apr. 23, 1960)}}}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 19
| {{sortname|Jerris|Leonard}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Bayside |
| rowspan="3" | 08
| 20 | {{sortname|Glen|Pommerening}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 21
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Collins}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 22
| {{sortname|Robert T.|Huber}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 07
| 23 | {{sortname|William|Luebke}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 24
| {{sortname|Sherman R.|Sobocinski}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Monroe | {{sortname|Kyle|Kenyon}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Tomah |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Oconto | {{sortname|Lloyd R.|Baumgart}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Lena |
| rowspan="2" | 14
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Outagamie | 1 | {{sortname|Kenneth E.|Priebe}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Appleton |
| 2
| {{sortname|William T.|Sullivan}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Kaukauna |
| 20
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ozaukee | {{sortname|Warren A.|Grady}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Portage | {{sortname|John|Kostuck}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Price {{nowrap|& Taylor}} | {{sortname|Andrew F.|Warga}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Phillips |
| rowspan="3" | 21
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Racine | 1 | {{sortname|Earl W.|Warren}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Racine |
| 2
| {{sortname|Roy E.|Naleid}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Racine |
| 3
| {{sortname|John R.|Hansen|John Hansen (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Raymond |
| rowspan="3" | 15
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Rock | 1 | {{sortname|William|Merriam|William Merriam (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|David|Blanchard}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Edgerton |
| 3
| {{sortname|George B.|Belting}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Beloit |
| 23
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Rusk, Sawyer, {{nowrap|& Washburn}} | {{sortname|Willis J.|Hutnik}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Tony |
| 27
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Sauk | {{sortname|Walter|Terry}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Baraboo |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Shawano | {{sortname|Theodore|Abrahamson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Tigerton |
| rowspan="2" | 20
| text-align="left" rowspan="2"| Sheboygan | 1 | {{sortname|Henry A.|Hillemann}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Walter|Ireland}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | St. Croix | {{sortname|William W.|Ward}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 16
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Vernon | {{sortname|Paul|Haugh}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 22
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Walworth | {{sortname|Ora R.|Rice}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Delavan |
| 13
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Washington | {{sortname|Elmer J.|Schowalter}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Jackson |
| rowspan="2" | 33
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Waukesha | 1 | {{sortname|Vincent R.|Mathews}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Waukesha |
| 2
| {{sortname|Harold W.|Clemens}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 14
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Waupaca | {{sortname|Richard E.|Peterson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="3" | 19
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Winnebago | 1 | {{sortname|Harvey R.|Abraham}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Oshkosh |
| 2
| {{sortname|Floyd E.|Shurbert}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Oshkosh |
| 3
| {{sortname|Arnold J.|Cane}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Menasha |
| rowspan="2" | 24
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Wood | 1 | {{sortname|John S.|Crawford}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Arthur H.|Treutel}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
Committees
=Senate committees=
- Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture{{spnd}}J. E. Leverich, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Conservation{{spaced ndash}}C. Krueger, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}W. W. Clark, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Governmental and Veterans Affairs{{spnd}}{{nowrap|L. P. O'Brien}}, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}J. Miller, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Interstate Cooperation{{spaced ndash}}F. E. Panzer, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}A. Busby, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Labor, Taxation, Insurance, and Banking{{spnd}}W. Trinke, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Public Welfare{{spnd}}P. P. Carr, chair
- Senate Special Committee on Committees{{spnd}}J. Miller, chair
- Senate Special Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spnd}}R. Bice, chair
- Senate Special Committee on Legislative Procedure{{spnd}}F. E. Panzer, chair
=Assembly committees=
- Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}J. T. Pritchard, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures{{spaced ndash}}L. L. Merz, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Conservation{{spaced ndash}}H. F. Pellant, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}J. Kostuck, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}K. C. Hardie, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Elections{{spaced ndash}}S. R. Sobocinski, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}G. Talsky, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}E. W. Warren, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees{{spaced ndash}}E. J. Ryczek, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}R. T. Huber, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking{{spaced ndash}}G. Sokolowski, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}W. W. Ward, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Labor{{spaced ndash}}A. J. Flannigan, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities{{spaced ndash}}N. Sussman, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Printing{{spaced ndash}}B. A. Riehle, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}I. N. Coggs, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Revision{{spaced ndash}}D. Mogilka, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Rules{{spaced ndash}}K. C. Hardie, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}C. J. Schmidt, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation{{spaced ndash}}R. A. Perala, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading{{spaced ndash}}R. E. Naleid, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation{{spaced ndash}}F. Christopherson, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs{{spaced ndash}}J. A. Greco, chair
=Joint committees=
- Joint Standing Committee on Finance{{spnd}}W. Draheim (Sen.) & F. A. Risser (Asm.), co-chairs
- Joint Standing Committee on Revisions, Repeals, and Uniform Laws{{spnd}}G. Lorge (Sen.) & T. J. Duffey (Asm.), co-chairs
- Joint Legislative Council{{spnd}}G. Molinaro, chair
Employees
=Senate employees=
- Chief Clerk: Lawrence R. Larsen{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/LRZ6UQ3SNASLD9C |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1960 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library |year= 1960 |editor-last1= Toepel |editor-first1= M. G. |editor-last2= Kuehn |editor-first2= Hazel L. |chapter= The Legislative Branch |pages= 292–302 |access-date= October 10, 2023 }}
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Harold Damon
=Assembly employees=
- Chief Clerk: Norman C. Anderson
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Thomas H. Browne
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1959/related 1959: Related Documents] from Wisconsin Legislature
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