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78th Wisconsin Legislature

{{short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1967–1968}}

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

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

{{Infobox legislative term

| name = 78th 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, 1966}}

| term_start = {{nowrap|January 2, 1967}}

| term_end = {{nowrap|January 6, 1969}}

| before = 77th

| after = 79th

| website =

| chamber1 = Senate

| membership1 = 33

| control1 = Republican

| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}

| chamber1_leader1 = {{nowrap|Jack B. Olson (R)}}

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

| chamber1_leader2 = {{nowrap|Robert P. Knowles (R)}}

| chamber2 = Assembly

| membership2 = 100

| control2 = Republican

| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}

| chamber2_leader1 = {{nowrap|Harold V. Froehlich (R)}}

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

| chamber2_leader2 = {{nowrap|Elmer C. Nitschke (R)}}

| session1_type = Regular

| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 11, 1967}}

| session1_end = {{nowrap|January 6, 1969}}

}}

The Seventy-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from {{nowrap|January 11, 1967,}} to {{nowrap|January 6, 1969,}} in regular session.{{cite report|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2021_2022/ |title= State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2021–2022 |year= 2021 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |isbn= 978-1-7333817-1-0 |editor1-last= Barish |editor1-first= Lawrence S. |editor2-last= Lemanski |editor2-first= Lynn |chapter-url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2021_2022/160_historical_lists.pdf |chapter= Historical Lists |pages= 468, 471, 475, 479–480 |access-date= August 5, 2023 }}

This session saw the culmination of Governor Warren P. Knowles state government reorganization and modernization plan, including the passage of the signature government reorganization law, which consolidated 85 executive branch agencies into 32 executive departments, and the passage of twelve amendments to the state constitution (the most in any single legislative session).

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 8, 1966. 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 3, 1964.

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Warren P. Knowles, of St. Croix County, serving his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1966 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

  • January 2, 1967: Second inauguration of Warren P. Knowles as Governor of Wisconsin.
  • January 15, 1967: The Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl I.
  • January 27, 1967: An accidental fire destroyed Apollo 1 during a launch rehearsal at Cape Canaveral, killing all three astronauts assigned to the mission.
  • February 10, 1967: The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution came into force when a sufficient number of states ratified.
  • March 4, 1967: Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Myron L. Gordon resigned after he was confirmed as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
  • March 13, 1967: Wisconsin governor Warren P. Knowles appointed county judge Connor Hansen to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, to succeed Myron L. Gordon.
  • April 4, 1967: 1967 Wisconsin Spring election:
  • Robert W. Hansen was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, defeating incumbent chief justice George R. Currie. He was the only Wisconsin chief justice ever defeated seeking re-election.
  • Wisconsin voters ratified eight amendments to the state constitution:
  • Combining the election of governor and lieutenant governor into a single ticket election rather than two separate elections.
  • Doubling the term of the governor and lieutenant governor to four years from two.
  • Doubling the term of the secretary of state to four years from two.
  • Doubling the term of the attorney general to four years from two.
  • Doubling the term of the state treasurer to four years from two.
  • Abolishing term limits for sheriffs.
  • Adding section 23 to Article I of the constitution, establishing that the prohibition on sectarian instruction in public education should not prevent state entities from paying for transportation for children to attend private schools.
  • Allowing for judicial salary increases to take effect during the immediate term, rather than waiting until after the next election.
  • July 30, 1967: A fight between teenagers in Milwaukee escalated into the 1967 Milwaukee riot—one of 159 race riots which swept the country in the long, hot summer of 1967.
  • August 30, 1967: The United States Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, making him the first African American to serve on the court.
  • October 18, 1967: A student anti-war protest on the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Madison devolved into a riot, injuring 76 people.
  • December 31, 1967: The Green Bay Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys in the 1967 NFL Championship Game. The game was referred to as "the Ice Bowl" due to the game-time temperature of {{nowrap|−15 °F (−36 °F wind chill).}}
  • January 1, 1968: E. Harold Hallows became the 20th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court by rule of seniority, at the expiration of the term of chief justice George R. Currie.
  • January 14, 1968: The Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl II.
  • March 31, 1968: U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson announced, during a speech about the status of the Vietnam War, that he would not run for another term as president.
  • April 2, 1968: 1968 Wisconsin Spring election:
  • Wisconsin voters ratified four amendments to the state constitution:
  • Allowing the legislature to hold more than one session per biennium.
  • Allowing the legislature to set a uniform retirement age for state judges.
  • Clarifying that a judge may serve in a temporary role by appointment beyond the retirement age.
  • Allowing for appropriations for forestry improvements from funding sources other than a property tax.
  • April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • June 6, 1968: Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles, California.
  • November 5, 1968: 1968 United States general election:
  • Richard Nixon (R) elected President of the United States.
  • Warren P. Knowles (R) re-elected to a third term as Governor of Wisconsin.
  • Gaylord Nelson (D) re-elected United States senator from Wisconsin.

Major legislation

  • July 19, 1967: An Act to provide for the functional reorganization of the executive branch of Wisconsin state government by the orderly transfer of all functions now assigned by law to the 91 separate departments of the executive branch into a streamlined new structure of constitutional offices, operating departments, and independent institutions and agencies, and to make appropriations, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1967/related/acts/75.pdf 1967 Act 75]. This was the signature legislative package of the major executive branch reorganization, championed by governor Warren P. Knowles. It reorganized the state executive branch into 32 executive agencies, down from 85 (or 91 by some measures).

Party summary

=Senate summary=

File:WI Senate 1967.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

| rowspan="3" | 12

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 21

! 33

| 0

style="font-size:80%;" | From Aug. 9, 1967Republican George M. Borg (15th District) resigned.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 20

! 32

| 1

style="font-size:80%;" | From Oct. 17, 1967Republican James D. Swan (15th District) was sworn in to replace George M. Borg.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 21

! 33

| 0

colspan=5 |
Final voting share

! {{percentage|12|33|2}}

! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|21|33|2}}

! colspan=2 |

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

| 10

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 23

! 33

| 0

=Assembly summary=

File:WI Assembly 1967.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}} | 53

| 47

! 100

| 0

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

| rowspan="3" | 48

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 52

! 100

| 0

style="font-size:80%;" | From Jan. 10, 1967Republican G. Fred Galli (Green & Lafayette counties) died.

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 51

! 99

| 1

style="font-size:80%;" | From Apr. 10, 1967Republican Joseph E. Tregoning (Green & Lafayette counties) was sworn in to replace G. Fred Galli.

| rowspan="3" {{party shading/Republican}} | 52

! 100

| 0

style="font-size:80%;" | From Jun. 22, 1967Democrat Adrian Manders (Milwaukee County) died.

| 47

! 99

| 1

style="font-size:80%;" | From Aug. 11, 1967Democrat Kenneth Kunde (Sheboygan County) resigned.

| rowspan="2" | 46

! 98

| 2

style="font-size:80%;" | From Oct. 15, 1967Republican James E. Held (Milwaukee County) died.

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Republican}} | 51

! 97

| 3

style="font-size:80%;" | From Oct. 16, 1967Democrats Carl Otte (Sheboygan County) and Verna Manders (Milwaukee County) were sworn in to replace Kenneth Kunde and Adrian Manders.

| 48

! rowspan="2" | 99

| rowspan="2" | 1

style="font-size:80%;" | From Oct. 27, 1967Democrat Milton McDougal (Langlade & Oconto counties) switched his part affiliation to Republican.

| 47

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Republican}} | 52

style="font-size:80%;" | From Nov. 27, 1967Democrat Ben A. Riehle (Marathon County) died.

| 46

! 98

| 2

colspan=5 |
Final voting share

! {{percentage|46|98|2}}

! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|52|98|2}}

! colspan=2 |

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

| 48

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 52

! 100

| 0

Sessions

  • Regular session: January 11, 1967{{spnd}}January 6, 1969

Leaders

=Senate leadership=

=Assembly leadership=

Members

=Members of the Senate=

Members of the Senate for the Seventy-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/W5GGNB5NK26Z38S |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1968 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |year= 1968 |editor-last1= Theobald |editor-first1= H. Rupert |editor-last2= Robbins |editor-first2= Patricia V. |chapter= Biographies |pages= 20–68 |access-date= October 20, 2023 }}

File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1967.svg

class="wikitable sortable"

! Dist.

! Counties

! Senator

! Residence

! Party

01

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

| {{sortname|Alex|Meunier}}

| Sturgeon Bay

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

02

| Southern Brown {{nowrap|& Calumet}}

| {{sortname|Robert W.|Warren}}

| Green Bay

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

03

| Milwaukee (Southwest City)

| {{sortname|Casimir|Kendziorski}}

| Milwaukee

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

04

| Milwaukee (North County)

| {{sortname|Jerris|Leonard}}

| Milwaukee

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

05

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

| {{sortname|Wilfred|Schuele}}

| Milwaukee

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

06

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

| {{sortname|Martin J.|Schreiber}}

| Milwaukee

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

07

| Milwaukee (Southeast 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, Burnett, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, {{nowrap|& St. Croix}}

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

| New Richmond

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

11

| Milwaukee (Western City)

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

| Milwaukee

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

12

| Clark, Forest, Lincoln, Oneida, Taylor, {{nowrap|& Vilas}}

| {{sortname|Clifford|Krueger}}

| Merrill

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

13

| Eastern Dodge, Jefferson, {{nowrap|& Washington}}

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

| Oakfield

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

14

| Outagamie {{nowrap|& Waupaca}}

| {{sortname|Gerald|Lorge}}

| Bear Creek

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

rowspan="2" | 15

| rowspan="2" | Eastern Rock {{nowrap|& Walworth}}

| {{sortname|George M.|Borg}} {{nowrap|{{small|(res. Aug. 9, 1967)}}}}

| Delavan

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

{{sortname|James D.|Swan}} {{nowrap|{{small|(from Oct. 17, 1967)}}}}

| Elkhorn

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

16

| Most of Dane {{nowrap|& Western Rock}}

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

| Stoughton

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

17

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

| {{sortname|Gordon|Roseleip}}

| Darlington

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

18

| {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}} {{nowrap|& Western Dodge}}

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

| Rosendale

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

19

| Winnebago

| {{sortname|William|Draheim}}

| Neenah

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

20

| Ozaukee {{nowrap|& Sheboygan}}

| {{sortname|Ernest|Keppler}}

| Sheboygan

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

21

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

| {{sortname|Henry|Dorman}}

| Racine

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

22

| Kenosha

| {{sortname|Joseph|Lourigan}}

| Kenosha

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

23

| Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, {{nowrap|& Washburn}}

| {{sortname|Holger|Rasmusen}}

| Spooner

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

24

| Green Lake, Portage, Waushara, {{nowrap|& Wood}}

| {{sortname|William C.|Hansen}}

| Stevens Point

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

25

| Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Price, Rusk, {{nowrap|& Sawyer}}

| {{sortname|Arthur|Cirilli}}

| Superior

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

26

| Dane (Madison)

| {{sortname|Fred|Risser}}

| Madison

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

27

| Adams, Columbia, Juneau, Marquette, {{nowrap|& Sauk}}

| {{sortname|Walter|Terry}}

| Baraboo

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

28

| Southwest Milwaukee, {{nowrap|Most of Racine,}} {{nowrap|& Southern Waukesha}}

| {{sortname|Taylor|Benson}}

| Raymond

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

29

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

| {{sortname|Walter|Chilsen}}

| Wausau

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

30

| Northern Brown, Florence, Langlade, Marinette, {{nowrap|& Oconto}}

| {{sortname|Reuben|La Fave}}

| Oconto

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

31

| Eau Claire, Jackson, Monroe, {{nowrap|& Trempealeau}}

| {{sortname|Raymond C.|Johnson}}

| Eau Claire

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

32

| Crawford, La Crosse, {{nowrap|& Vernon}}

| {{sortname|Raymond|Bice Sr.}}

| La Crosse

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

33

| Waukesha {{nowrap|(Northern half)}}

| {{sortname|Chester|Dempsey}}

| Hartland

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

=Members of the Assembly=

Members of the Assembly for the Seventy-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature:

File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1967.svg

File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1967 MilwaukeeCo.svg

class="wikitable sortable"

! Senate
Dist.

! County

! Dist.

! Representative

! Party

! Residence

27

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

| {{sortname|Tommy|Thompson}}

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

| Elroy

25

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ashland, Bayfield, {{nowrap|& Iron}}

| {{sortname|Bernard E.|Gehrmann}}

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

| Ashland

23

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

| {{sortname|John C.|Van Hollen}}

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

| Chetek

rowspan="3" | 02

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Jerome|Quinn}}

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

| Green Bay

2

| {{sortname|Lawrence J.|Kafka}}

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

| New Denmark

3

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

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

| Green Bay

rowspan="2" | 10

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

| {{sortname|Stanley|York}}

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

| River Falls

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

| {{sortname|Harvey L.|Dueholm}}

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

| Luck

02

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

| {{sortname|Gervase|Hephner}}

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

| Chilton

23

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

| {{sortname|Bruce|Peloquin}}

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

| Chippewa Falls

12

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

| {{sortname|William C.|Kavanaugh}}

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

| Greenwood

27

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

| {{sortname|Wesley L.|Packard}}

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

| Lodi

32

| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Crawford {{nowrap|& Vernon}}

| {{sortname|Bernard|Lewison}}

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

| Viroqua

rowspan="3" | 26

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

| 1

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

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

| Madison

2

| {{sortname|Edward|Nager}}

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

| Madison

3

| {{sortname|Robert|Uehling}}

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

| Madison

rowspan="2" | 16

| 4

| {{sortname|Russel R.|Weisensel}}

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

| Sun Prairie

5

| {{sortname|David D.|O'Malley}}

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

| Waunakee

13

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Esther|Doughty Luckhardt}}

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

| Horicon

18

| 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

25

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

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

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

| Superior

23

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

| {{sortname|Alvin|Baldus}}

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

| Menomonie

rowspan="2" | 31

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Wilmer R.|Waters}}

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

| Eau Claire

2

| {{sortname|Louis V.|Mato}}

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

| Fairchild

30

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Florence {{nowrap|& Marinette}}

| {{sortname|Leslie R.|Stevenson}}

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

| Marinette

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|William S.|Schwefel}}

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

| Oakfield

12

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

| {{sortname|Paul|Alfonsi}}

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

| Minocqua

rowspan="3" | 17

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

| {{sortname|James N.|Azim Jr.}}

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

| Muscoda

rowspan="2" text-align="left" colspan="2" | Green {{nowrap|& Lafayette}}

| {{sortname|G. Fred|Galli}} {{nowrap|{{small|(died Jan. 10, 1967)}}}}

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

| Monroe

{{sortname|Joseph E.|Tregoning}} {{nowrap|{{small|(from Apr. 10, 1967)}}}}

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

| Shullsburg

24

| 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|& Richland}}

| {{sortname|Gregor J.|Bock}}

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

| Highland

31

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jackson {{nowrap|& Trempealeau}}

| {{sortname|John Q.|Radcliffe}}

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

| Strum

13

| 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

rowspan="2" | 30

| rowspan="2" text-align="left" colspan="2" | Langlade {{nowrap|& Oconto}}

| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Milton|McDougal}}

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

| rowspan="2" | Oconto Falls

{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.
12

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

| {{sortname|Joseph|Sweda}}

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

| Lublin

rowspan="2" | 01

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Eugene S.|Kaufman}}

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

| Manitowoc

2

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

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

| Two Rivers

rowspan="4" | 29

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

| rowspan="2" | 1

| {{sortname|Ben A.|Riehle}} {{nowrap|{{small|(died Nov. 27, 1967)}}}}

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

| Athens

colspan="3" | --Vacant from Nov. 27, 1967--
2

| {{sortname|Dave|Obey}}

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

| Wausau

text-align="left" colspan="2" | Menominee {{nowrap|& Shawano}}

| {{sortname|Herbert J.|Grover}}

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

| Shawano

06

| text-align="left" rowspan="27" | Milwaukee

| 1

| {{sortname|Mark|Lipscomb Jr.}}

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

| Milwaukee

05

| 2

| {{sortname|Joseph E.|Jones}}

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

| Milwaukee

04

| 3

| {{sortname|Joseph F.|Bellante Jr.}}

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

| Milwaukee

09

| 4

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

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

| Milwaukee

06

| 5

| {{sortname|Paul|Sicula}}

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

| Milwaukee

09

| 6

| {{sortname|Lloyd|Barbee}}

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

| Milwaukee

06

| 7

| {{sortname|William A.|Johnson|William A. Johnson (Wisconsin politician)}}

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

| Milwaukee

rowspan="2" | 11

| rowspan="2" | 8

| {{sortname|Adrian |Manders}} {{nowrap|{{small|(died Jun. 22, 1967)}}}}

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

| Milwaukee

{{sortname|Verna|Manders}} {{nowrap|{{small|(from Oct. 16, 1967)}}}}

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

| Milwaukee

05

| 9

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

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

| Milwaukee

11

| 10

| {{sortname|Fred|Kessler}}

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

| Milwaukee

rowspan="2" | 03

| 11

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

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

| Milwaukee

12

| {{sortname|Sam L.|Orlich}}

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

| Milwaukee

09

| 13

| {{sortname|Ronald G.|Parys}}

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

| Milwaukee

03

| 14

| {{sortname|Robert P.|Kordus}}

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

| Milwaukee

05

| 15

| {{sortname|James|McCann|James McCann (Wisconsin politician)}}

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

| Milwaukee

11

| 16

| {{sortname|Richard E.|Pabst}}

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

| Milwaukee

07

| 17

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

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

| Milwaukee

rowspan="2" | 04

| rowspan="2" | 18

| {{sortname|James E.|Held}} {{nowrap|{{small|(died Oct. 15, 1967)}}}}

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

| Milwaukee

colspan="3" | --Vacant from Oct. 15, 1967--
07

| 19

| {{sortname|Daniel D.|Hanna}}

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

| Milwaukee

rowspan="3" | 08

| 20

| {{sortname|George|Klicka}}

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

| Wauwatosa

21

| {{sortname|Richard J.|Lynch}}

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

| West Allis

22

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

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

| West Allis

28

| 23

| {{sortname|James C.|Devitt|James Devitt (politician)}}

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

| Greendale

07

| 24

| {{sortname|William P.|Atkinson}}

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

| South Milwaukee

04

| 25

| {{sortname|Nile|Soik}}

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

| Whitefish Bay

31

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

| {{sortname|Kyle|Kenyon}}

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

| Tomah

rowspan="3" | 14

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Harold V.|Froehlich|Harold Vernon Froehlich}}

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

| Appleton

2

| {{sortname|William J.|Rogers}}

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

| Kaukauna

3

| {{sortname|Ervin|Conradt}}

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

| Shiocton

20

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

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

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

| Thiensville

24

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

| {{sortname|Leonard A.|Groshek}}

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

| Stevens Point

25

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

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

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

| Ladysmith

rowspan="2" | 21

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Earl W.|Warren}}

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

| Racine

2

| {{sortname|Manny S.|Brown}}

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

| Racine

28

| 3

| {{sortname|Merrill E.|Stalbaum}}

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

| Waterford

15

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Lewis T.|Mittness}}

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

| Janesville

16

| 2

| {{sortname|Carolyn|Blanchard|Carolyn Blanchard Allen}}

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

| Edgerton

15

| 3

| {{sortname|George B.|Belting}}

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

| Beloit

27

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

| {{sortname|Oscar A.|Laper Jr.}}

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

| Rock Springs

rowspan="3" | 20

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

| rowspan="2" | 1

| {{sortname|Kenneth|Kunde}} {{nowrap|{{small|(res. Aug. 11, 1967)}}}}

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

| Sheboygan

{{sortname|Carl|Otte}} {{nowrap|{{small|(from Oct. 16, 1967)}}}}

| {{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|Robert M.|Boche}}

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

| Star Prairie

22

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

| {{sortname|Clarence J.|Wilger}}

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

| Elkhorn

13

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

| {{sortname|Frederick C.|Schroeder}}

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

| West Bend

rowspan="3" | 33

| text-align="left" rowspan="4" | Waukesha

| 1

| {{sortname|Kenneth|Merkel}}

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

| Brookfield

2

| {{sortname|Harold W.|Clemens}}

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

| Oconomowoc

3

| {{sortname|Vincent R.|Mathews}}

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

| Waukesha

28

| 4

| {{sortname|John C.|Shabaz}}

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

| New Berlin

14

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

| {{sortname|Gerald K.|Anderson}}

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

| Waupaca

rowspan="3" | 19

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

| 1

| {{sortname|Jack D.|Steinhilber}}

| {{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}}F. E. Panzer, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Conservation{{spaced ndash}}C. Krueger, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}H. Rasmusen, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Governmental and Veterans Affairs{{spnd}}W. Draheim, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}R. La Fave, 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}}G. Lorge, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Public Welfare{{spnd}}A. Meunier, chair
  • Senate Special Committee on Committees{{spnd}}R. Bice, chair
  • Senate Special Committee on Legislative Procedure{{spnd}}R. P. Knowles, chair
  • Senate Special Committee on Senate Organization{{spnd}}J. Leonard, chair

=Assembly committees=

  • Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}N. Nuttelman, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures{{spaced ndash}}L. H. Johnson, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Conservation{{spaced ndash}}P. Alfonsi, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}D. R. Wartinbee, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Elections{{spaced ndash}}E. F. McEssy, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees{{spaced ndash}}F. E. Shurbert, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Highways{{spaced ndash}}W. J. Hutnik, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking{{spaced ndash}}K. Kenyon, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}G. K. Anderon, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Labor{{spaced ndash}}N. Soik, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities{{spaced ndash}}J. C. McKay, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Printing{{spaced ndash}}F. C. Schroeder, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare{{spaced ndash}}H. F. Gee, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}B. Lewison, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation{{spaced ndash}}F. M. Jahnke, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation{{spaced ndash}}E. C. Nitschke, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs{{spaced ndash}}H. W. Clemens, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Assembly Organization{{spaced ndash}}H. V. Froehlich, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Contingent Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}G. J. Bock, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}E. Doughty, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}R. Uehling, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Revision{{spaced ndash}}H. L. Gessert, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Rules{{spaced ndash}}W. J. Hutnik, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Third Reading{{spaced ndash}}C. Blanchard, chair

=Joint committees=

  • Joint Standing Committee on Finance{{spnd}}W. G. Hollander (Sen.) & B. F. Wackett (Asm.), co-chairs
  • Joint Standing Committee on Legislative Organization{{spnd}}R. P. Knowles (Sen.) & H. V. Froehlich (Asm.), co-chairs
  • Joint Standing Committee on Revisions, Repeals, and Uniform Laws{{spnd}}E. Keppler (Sen.) & G. B. Belting (Asm.), co-chairs
  • Joint Legislative Council{{spnd}}J. Leonard, chair

Employees

=Senate employees=

  • Chief Clerk: William P. Nugent{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/W5GGNB5NK26Z38S |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1968 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |year= 1968 |editor-last1= Theobald |editor-first1= H. Rupert |editor-last2= Robbins |editor-first2= Patricia V. |chapter= The Legislative Branch |pages= 342-362 |access-date= October 23, 2023 }}
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Harry O. Levander (died Nov. 16, 1967)
  • Kenneth Nicholson (from Nov. 16, 1967)

=Assembly employees=

Notes

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References

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External links

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