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75th Wisconsin Legislature

{{short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1961–1962}}

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

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

{{Infobox legislative term

| name = 75th 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 8, 1960}}

| term_start = {{nowrap|January 2, 1961}}

| term_end = {{nowrap|January 7, 1963}}

| before = 74th

| after = 76th

| website =

| chamber1 = Senate

| membership1 = 33

| control1 = Republican

| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}

| chamber1_leader1 = {{nowrap|Warren P. Knowles (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|David Blanchard (R)}} {{nowrap|{{small|(until Dec. 23, 1962)}}}}

| chamber2_leader2_type = {{nowrap|Speaker pro tempore}}

| chamber2_leader2 = {{nowrap|Willis J. Hutnik (R)}}

| session1_type = Regular

| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 11, 1961}}

| session1_end = {{nowrap|January 9, 1963}}

}}

The Seventy-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from {{nowrap|January 11, 1961,}} to {{nowrap|January 9, 1963,}} in regular session. This was the first time that the legislative session was kept open for the entire term of the legislature.{{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 represents the second time the Legislature failed to pass a redistricting act on schedule. Ultimately, the legislature and governor would not be able to agree on a redistricting act in the 1960s, and for the first time in state history, the maps would be drawn by the Wisconsin Supreme Court (in 1964).

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 8, 1960. 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 4, 1958.

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Democrat Gaylord Nelson, of Dane County, serving his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1960 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

  • January 2, 1961: Second inauguration of Gaylord Nelson as Governor of Wisconsin.
  • January 20, 1961: Inauguration of John F. Kennedy as the 35th President of the United States.
  • January 25, 1961: John F. Kennedy delivered the first live televised press conference by a U.S. president.
  • March 1, 1961: U.S. President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps by executive order.
  • March 29, 1961: The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution came into force after it was ratified by the requisite number of states.
  • April 4, 1961: 1961 Wisconsin spring election:
  • Myron L. Gordon was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to succeed John E. Martin.
  • Wisconsin voters approved four amendments to the state constitution:
  • Directing the legislature to set a plan for continuity of government.
  • Establishing taxation rules for commercial stock and property.
  • Allowing the legislature to set rules for municipal eminent domain seizures and removing a jury from the process.
  • Allowing an additional 10% municipal indebtedness for school purposes in districts that offer all levels of primary schooling.
  • Wisconsin voters also rejected two amendments to the state constitution:
  • Allowing sheriffs to serve successive terms. This was the fifth failed attempt to remove or alter these term limits for sheriffs.
  • Allowing the legislature to vote a pay increase for the same session of the legislature.
  • April 12, 1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, piloting the Vostok 1 mission.
  • April 19, 1961: The Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba ended in failure.
  • May 5, 1961: Astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space, piloting the Mercury-Redstone 3.
  • May 25, 1961: At a joint session of congress, U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced his goal to put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade.
  • August 13, 1961: Construction of the Berlin Wall began.
  • November 18, 1962: U.S. President John F. Kennedy ordered 18,000 U.S. military advisors to South Vietnam.
  • December 31, 1961: The Green Bay Packers won the 1961 NFL Championship Game.
  • January 1, 1962: Grover L. Broadfoot became the 17th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court by rule of seniority, at the expiration of the term of justice John E. Martin.
  • May 18, 1962: Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice Grover L. Broadfoot died in office. Justice Timothy Brown became the 18th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court due to the rule of seniority.
  • October 28, 1962: Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announced that he ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  • November 6, 1962: 1962 United States general election:
  • John W. Reynolds Jr. (D) elected Governor of Wisconsin.
  • Gaylord Nelson (D) elected United States senator from Wisconsin.
  • Wisconsin voters approved three amendments to the state constitution:
  • Removing the exemption for "indians not taxed" from the legislative apportionment rules.
  • Allowing the legislature to create the office of county executive for counties with more than 500,000 residents (only Milwaukee County).
  • Establishing the rules of the veto power for the county executive.
  • December 23, 1962: Wisconsin Assembly speaker David Blanchard died in office.
  • December 30, 1962: The Green Bay Packers won the 1962 NFL Championship Game.

Major legislation

  • 1961 Joint Resolution 8: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow an additional 10% municipal indebtedness for school purposes in districts that offer all levels of primary schooling. This amendment was ratified by voters at the April 1961 election.
  • 1961 Joint Resolution 9: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow sheriffs to serve successive terms. This amendment was rejected by voters at the April 1961 election.
  • 1961 Joint Resolution 10: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to create section 34 of article IV, directing the legislature to create a plan for continuity of government in the event of an emergency. This amendment was ratified by voters at the April 1961 election.
  • 1961 Joint Resolution 11: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow legislators to change their own salary within the same session. This amendment was rejected by voters at the April 1961 election.
  • 1961 Joint Resolution 12: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the legislature to set new rules for municipal eminent domain acquisitions, and removing the constitutional requirement for a jury verdict in such cases. This amendment was ratified by voters at the April 1961 election.
  • 1961 Joint Resolution 13: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to add rules for taxation of commercial goods and property. This amendment was ratified by voters at the April 1961 election.
  • 1961 Joint Resolution 32: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to remove exemption of "indians not taxed" from the legislative apportionment rules. This amendment was ratified by voters at the November 1962 election.
  • 1961 Joint Resolution 64: Second legislative passage of two proposed amendments to the state constitution to allow the legislature to establish the office of county executive for any county with a population over five hundred thousand (at the time, only Milwaukee County fit this criterion). The amendment also proposed a veto power for the county executive over the acts of the county board, including a powerful partial veto for appropriations. Both amendments were ratified by voters at the November 1962 election.

Party summary

=Senate summary=

File:WI Senate 1961.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

| 13

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 20

! 33

| 0

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

| 13

| rowspan="4" {{party shading/Republican}} | 20

! 33

| 0

style="font-size:80%;" | From Apr. 29, 1961Democrat James B. Brennan (5th District) resigned to accept appointment as U.S. attorney.

| 12

! 32

| 1

style="font-size:80%;" | From Dec. 22, 1961Democrat Carl Lauri (25th District) resigned to accept appointment to Wisconsin Industrial Commission.

| 11

! 31

| 2

style="font-size:80%;" | From Feb. 1, 1962Democrat William R. Moser (6th District) resigned to accept appointment as a county judge.

| 10

! 30

| 3

colspan=5 |
Final voting share

! {{percentage|10|30|2}}

! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|20|30|2}}

! colspan=2 |

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

| 11

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 22

! 33

| 0

=Assembly summary=

File:WI Assembly 1961.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

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 54

| 45

! 99

| 1

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

| 45

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Republican}} | 55

! 100

| 0

style="font-size:80%;" | From Sep. 1, 1961Democrat Henry A. Hillemann (Sheboygan County) resigned to accept appointment as executive secretary of the Wisconsin Judicial Council.

| rowspan="2" | 44

! 99

| 1

style="font-size:80%;" | From Dec. 23, 1962Republican speaker David Blanchard (Rock County) died.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 54

! 98

| 2

colspan=5 |
Final voting share

! {{percentage|44|98|2}}

! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|54|98|2}}

! colspan=2 |

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

| 47

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 52

! 99

| 1

Sessions

  • Regular session: January 11, 1961{{spnd}}January 9, 1963

Leaders

=Senate leadership=

=Assembly leadership=

Members

=Members of the Senate=

Members of the Senate for the Seventy-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/5BZZBS2FDP3LV8O |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1962 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library |year= 1962 |editor-last1= Toepel |editor-first1= M. G. |editor-last2= Theobald |editor-first2= H. Rupert |chapter= Biographies |pages= 19–66 |access-date= October 11, 2023 }}

File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1961.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}}

| Green Bay

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

03

| Milwaukee (South City)

| {{sortname|Casimir|Kendziorski}}

| Milwaukee

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

04

| Milwaukee (North County)

| {{sortname|Jerris|Leonard}}

| Milwaukee

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

rowspan="2" | 05

| rowspan="2" | Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Northwest City)}}

| {{sortname|James B.|Brennan}} {{nowrap|{{small|(res. Apr. 29, 1961)}}}}

| Milwaukee

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

colspan="3" | --Vacant from Apr. 29, 1961--
06

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

| {{sortname|William R.|Moser}} {{nowrap|{{small|(res. Feb. 1, 1962)}}}}

| Milwaukee

| {{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}}

| West Milwaukee

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

09

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

| {{sortname|Norman|Sussman}}

| Milwaukee

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

10

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

| {{sortname|Robert P.|Knowles}}

| New Richmond

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

11

| Milwaukee (Western City)

| {{sortname|Richard J.|Zaborski}}

| Milwaukee

| {{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}}

| Bear Creek

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

15

| Rock

| {{sortname|Peter P.|Carr}}

| Janesville

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

16

| Dane (Excluding Madison)

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

| Stoughton

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

17

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

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

| Platteville

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

18

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

| {{sortname|Walter G.|Hollander}}

| Rosendale

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

19

| Calumet {{nowrap|& Winnebago}}

| {{sortname|William|Draheim}}

| Neenah

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

20

| Ozaukee {{nowrap|& Sheboygan}}

| {{sortname|Ernest|Keppler}}

| Sheboygan Falls

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

21

| Racine

| {{sortname|Lynn E.|Stalbaum}}

| Racine

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

22

| Kenosha {{nowrap|& Walworth}}

| {{sortname|Earl D.|Morton}}

| Kenosha

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

23

| Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, {{nowrap|& Washburn}}

| {{sortname|Howard W.|Cameron}}

| Rice Lake

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

24

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

| {{sortname|John M.|Potter}}

| Port Edwards

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

25

| Ashland, Bayfield, {{nowrap|& Douglas}}

| {{sortname|Carl|Lauri}} {{nowrap|{{small|(res. Dec. 22, 1961)}}}}

| Superior

| {{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}}

| Richland Center

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

28

| Chippewa {{nowrap|& Eau Claire}}

| {{sortname|Davis A.|Donnelly}}

| Eau Claire

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

29

| Marathon, Menominee, {{nowrap|& Shawano}}

| {{sortname|Robert W.|Dean}}

| Rothschild

| {{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.}}

| La Crosse

| {{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-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:

File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1961.svg

File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1961 MilwaukeeCo.svg

class="wikitable sortable"

! Senate
Dist.

! County

! Dist.

! Representative

! Party

! Residence

31

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

| {{sortname|Louis C.|Romell}}

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

| Adams

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|Thomas|St. Angelo}}

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

| Cumberland

rowspan="3" | 02

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Jerome|Quinn}}

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

| Green Bay

2

| {{sortname|Alexander R.|Grant}}

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

| Green Bay

3

| {{sortname|Cletus J.|Vanderperren}}

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

| Green Bay

10

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

| {{sortname|Robert I.|Johnson}}

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

| Mondovi

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.

| New Holstein

28

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

| {{sortname|Clifford E.|Dorr}}

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

| Chippewa Falls

24

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

| {{sortname|Frank|Nikolay}}

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

| Abbotsford

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|Milford C.|Kintz}}

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

| Richland Center

rowspan="3" | 26

| text-align="left" rowspan="5" | Dane

| 1

| {{sortname|Norman C.|Anderson}}

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

| Madison

2

| {{sortname|Fred A.|Risser|Fred Risser}}

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

| Madison

3

| {{sortname|Robert|Uehling}}

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

| Madison

rowspan="2" | 16

| 4

| {{sortname|Jerome L.|Blaska}}

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

| Sun Prairie

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.

| Beaver Dam

01

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Door {{nowrap|& Kewaunee}}

| {{sortname|Lawrence|Johnson|Lawrence Johnson (Wisconsin politician)}}

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

| Algoma

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|William E.|Owen}}

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

| Menomonie

rowspan="2" | 28

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Thomas H.|Barland}}

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

| Eau Claire

2

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

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

| Eau Claire

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.

| Fond du Lac

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.

| Lancaster

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

| {{sortname|Christian M.|Stauffer}}

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

| Monticello

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|Merlin J.|Peterson}}

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

| Black River Falls

33

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

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

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

| Watertown

rowspan="2" | 22

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

| 1

| {{sortname|George|Molinaro}}

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

| Kenosha

2

| {{sortname|Russell|Olson}}

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

| Randall

rowspan="2" | 32

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

| 1

| {{sortname|D. Russell|Wartinbee}}

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

| La Crosse

2

| {{sortname|Norbert|Nuttelman}}

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

| West Salem

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.

| Manitowoc

2

| {{sortname|Everett E.|Bolle}}

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

| Two Rivers

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.

| Marinette

04

| text-align="left" rowspan="24" | Milwaukee

| 1

| {{sortname|Louis L.|Merz}}

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

| Milwaukee

rowspan="2" | 09

| 2

| {{sortname|Frank G.|Dionesopulos}}

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

| Milwaukee

3

| {{sortname|Angelo F.|Greco}}

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

| Milwaukee

11

| 4

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

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

| Milwaukee

05

| 5

| {{sortname|Mark W.|Ryan|Mark Ryan (Wisconsin politician)}}

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

| Milwaukee

09

| 6

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

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

| Milwaukee

06

| 7

| {{sortname|Allen J.|Flannigan}}

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

| Milwaukee

11

| 8

| {{sortname|Adrian|Manders}}

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

| Milwaukee

05

| 9

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

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

| Milwaukee

06

| 10

| {{sortname|Fred|Kessler}}

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

| Milwaukee

rowspan="2" | 03

| 11

| {{sortname|Raymond J.|Tobiasz}}

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

| Milwaukee

12

| {{sortname|Albert R.|Tadych}}

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

| Milwaukee

06

| 13

| {{sortname|Ervin|Mueller}}

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

| Milwaukee

03

| 14

| {{sortname|Richard C.|Nowakowski}}

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

| Milwaukee

05

| 15

| {{sortname|Wilfred|Schuele}}

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

| Milwaukee

11

| 16

| {{sortname|Wayne F.|Whittow}}

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

| Milwaukee

07

| 17

| {{sortname|John E.|McCormick}}

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

| Milwaukee

rowspan="2" | 04

| 18

| {{sortname|Michael J.|Barron}}

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

| Milwaukee

19

| {{sortname|Nile|Soik}}

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

| Whitefish Bay

rowspan="3" | 08

| 20

| {{sortname|Glen|Pommerening}}

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

| Wauwatosa

21

| {{sortname|Robert A.|Collins}}

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

| Wauwatosa

22

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

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

| West Allis

rowspan="2" | 07

| 23

| {{sortname|Robert|Schmidt|Robert Schmidt (American politician)}}

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

| West Allis

24

| {{sortname|Sherman R.|Sobocinski}}

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

| South Milwaukee

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|Marvin E.|Babbitt}}

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

| Seymour

20

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

| {{sortname|J. Curtis|McKay}}

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

| Thiensville

24

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

| {{sortname|Norman|Myhra}}

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

| Stevens Point

12

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Price {{nowrap|& Taylor}}

| {{sortname|Vincent J.|Zellinger}}

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

| 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|Merrill E.|Stalbaum}}

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

| Waterford

rowspan="3" | 15

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

| 1

| {{sortname|William|Merriam|William Merriam (Wisconsin politician)}}

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

| Janesville

2

| {{sortname|David|Blanchard}} {{nowrap|{{small|(died Dec. 23, 1962)}}}}

| {{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 {{nowrap|& Menominee}}

| {{sortname|Theodore|Abrahamson}}

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

| Tigerton

rowspan="2" | 20

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Henry A.|Hillemann}} {{nowrap|{{small|(res. Sep. 1, 1961)}}}}

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

| Sheboygan

2

| {{sortname|Harry L.|Gessert}}

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

| Elkhart Lake

10

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

| {{sortname|William W.|Ward}}

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

| New Richmond

16

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

| {{sortname|Bernard|Lewison}}

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

| Viroqua

22

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

| {{sortname|George M.|Borg}}

| {{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.

| Oconomowoc

14

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

| {{sortname|Richard E.|Peterson}}

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

| Clintonville

rowspan="3" | 19

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

| 1

| {{sortname|William A.|Steiger}}

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

| Oshkosh

2

| {{sortname|Floyd E.|Shurbert}}

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

| Oshkosh

3

| {{sortname|David O.|Martin|David Martin (Wisconsin politician)}}

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

| Menasha

rowspan="2" | 24

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Raymond F.|Heinzen}}

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

| Marshfield

2

| {{sortname|Harvey F.|Gee}}

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

| Wisconsin Rapids

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}}P. P. Carr, 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}}A. A. Laun, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Public Welfare{{spnd}}R. Bice, chair
  • Senate Special Committee on Committees{{spnd}}C. Dempsey, chair
  • Senate Special Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spnd}}{{nowrap|R. La Fave}}, chair
  • Senate Special Committee on Legislative Procedure{{spnd}}F. E. Panzer, chair

=Assembly committees=

  • Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}W. Merriam, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures{{spaced ndash}}G. Hipke, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Conservation{{spaced ndash}}P. Alfonsi, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}L. R. Baumgart, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}W. B. Calvert, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Elections{{spaced ndash}}G. Pommerening, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}E. J. Schowalter, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}V. J. Zellinger, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees{{spaced ndash}}F. E. Shurbert, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}H. A. Harper, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking{{spaced ndash}}K. E. Priebe, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}R. E. Peterson, 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}}M. C. Kintz, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}W. Terry, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Revision{{spaced ndash}}W. E. Owen, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Rules{{spaced ndash}}R. Haase, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}W. J. Hutnik, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation{{spaced ndash}}G. B. Belting, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading{{spaced ndash}}C. M. Stauffer, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation{{spaced ndash}}B. Lewison, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs{{spaced ndash}}K. Kenyon, chair

=Joint committees=

  • Joint Standing Committee on Finance{{spnd}}W. Draheim (Sen.) & E. Bidwell (Asm.), co-chairs
  • Joint Standing Committee on Revisions, Repeals, and Uniform Laws{{spnd}}G. Lorge (Sen.) & R. Uehling (Asm.), co-chairs
  • Joint Legislative Council{{spnd}}D. Blanchard, chair

Employees

=Senate employees=

  • Chief Clerk: Lawrence R. Larsen{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/5BZZBS2FDP3LV8O |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1962 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library |year= 1962 |editor-last1= Toepel |editor-first1= M. G. |editor-last2= Theobald |editor-first2= H. Rupert |chapter= Legislative Branch |pages= 358-370 |access-date= October 11, 2023 }}
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Harold E. Damon

=Assembly employees=

Notes

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References

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External links

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