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75th Wisconsin Legislature
74th 76th
Wisconsin State Capitol
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 2, 1961 – January 7, 1963
ElectionNovember 8, 1960
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentWarren P. Knowles (R)
President pro temporeFrank E. Panzer (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerDavid Blanchard (R) (until Dec. 23, 1962)
Speaker pro temporeWillis J. Hutnik (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
RegularJanuary 11, 1961 – January 9, 1963

The Seventy-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1961, to 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.[1]

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.[1]

Major events

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Senate summary

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Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 12 seats
  Republican: 20 seats
  Vacant: 1 seat
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 13 20 33 0
Start of Reg. Session 13 20 33 0
From Apr. 29, 1961[note 1] 12 32 1
From Dec. 22, 1961[note 2] 11 31 2
From Feb. 1, 1962[note 3] 10 30 3
Final voting share 33.33% 66.67%
Beginning of the next Legislature 11 22 33 0

Assembly summary

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Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 45 seats
  Republican: 55 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 54 45 99 1
Start of Reg. Session 45 55 100 0
From Sep. 1, 1961[note 4] 44 99 1
From Dec. 23, 1962[note 5] 54 98 2
Final voting share 44.9% 55.1%
Beginning of the next Legislature 47 52 99 1

Sessions

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  • Regular session: January 11, 1961 – January 9, 1963

Leaders

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Senate leadership

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Assembly leadership

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Members

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Members of the Senate

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Members of the Senate for the Seventy-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 12 seats
  Republican: 20 seats
  Vacant: 1 seat
Dist. Counties Senator Residence Party
01 Door, Kewaunee, & Manitowoc Alfred A. Laun Jr. Kiel Rep.
02 Brown Leo P. O'Brien Green Bay Rep.
03 Milwaukee (South City) Casimir Kendziorski Milwaukee Dem.
04 Milwaukee (North County) Jerris Leonard Milwaukee Rep.
05 Milwaukee (Northwest City) James B. Brennan (res. Apr. 29, 1961) Milwaukee Dem.
--Vacant from Apr. 29, 1961--
06 Milwaukee (Northeast City) William R. Moser (res. Feb. 1, 1962) Milwaukee Dem.
07 Milwaukee (South County & Southeast City) Leland McParland Cudahy Dem.
08 Milwaukee (Western County) Allen Busby West Milwaukee Rep.
09 Milwaukee (City Downtown) Norman Sussman Milwaukee Dem.
10 Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, & St. Croix Robert P. Knowles New Richmond Rep.
11 Milwaukee (Western City) Richard J. Zaborski Milwaukee Dem.
12 Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Taylor, & Vilas Clifford Krueger Merrill Rep.
13 Dodge & Washington Frank E. Panzer Oakfield Rep.
14 Outagamie & Waupaca Gerald Lorge Bear Creek Rep.
15 Rock Peter P. Carr Janesville Rep.
16 Dane (Excluding Madison) Carl W. Thompson Stoughton Dem.
17 Grant, Green, Iowa, & Lafayette Robert S. Travis Platteville Rep.
18 Fond du Lac, Green Lake & Waushara Walter G. Hollander Rosendale Rep.
19 Calumet & Winnebago William Draheim Neenah Rep.
20 Ozaukee & Sheboygan Ernest Keppler Sheboygan Falls Rep.
21 Racine Lynn E. Stalbaum Racine Dem.
22 Kenosha & Walworth Earl D. Morton Kenosha Rep.
23 Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, & Washburn Howard W. Cameron Rice Lake Dem.
24 Clark, Portage, & Wood John M. Potter Port Edwards Rep.
25 Ashland, Bayfield, & Douglas Carl Lauri (res. Dec. 22, 1961) Superior Dem.
26 Dane (Madison) Horace W. Wilkie Madison Dem.
27 Columbia, Crawford, Richland, & Sauk Jess Miller Richland Center Rep.
28 Chippewa & Eau Claire Davis A. Donnelly Eau Claire Dem.
29 Marathon, Menominee, & Shawano Robert W. Dean Rothschild Dem.
30 Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, & Oconto Reuben La Fave Oconto Rep.
31 Adams, Juneau, Monroe, Marquette, & Vernon J. Earl Leverich Sparta Rep.
32 Jackson, La Crosse, & Trempealeau Raymond Bice Sr. La Crosse Rep.
33 Jefferson & Waukesha Chester Dempsey Hartland Rep.

Members of the Assembly

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Members of the Assembly for the Seventy-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 45 seats
  Republican: 55 seats
Milwaukee County districts
Senate
Dist.
County Dist. Representative Party Residence
31 Adams, Juneau, & Marquette Louis C. Romell Rep. Adams
25 Ashland & Bayfield Robert F. Barabe Dem. Mellen
23 Barron Thomas St. Angelo Rep. Cumberland
02 Brown 1 Jerome Quinn Rep. Green Bay
2 Alexander R. Grant Rep. Green Bay
3 Cletus J. Vanderperren Dem. Green Bay
10 Buffalo, Pepin, & Pierce Robert I. Johnson Rep. Mondovi
23 Burnett & Polk Harvey L. Dueholm Dem. Luck
19 Calumet Gilbert Hipke Rep. New Holstein
28 Chippewa Clifford E. Dorr Dem. Chippewa Falls
24 Clark Frank Nikolay Dem. Abbotsford
27 Columbia Everett Bidwell Rep. Portage
Crawford & Richland Milford C. Kintz Rep. Richland Center
26 Dane 1 Norman C. Anderson Dem. Madison
2 Fred A. Risser Dem. Madison
3 Robert Uehling Rep. Madison
16 4 Jerome L. Blaska Dem. Sun Prairie
5 David D. O'Malley Dem. Waunakee
13 Dodge 1 Elmer L. Genzmer Rep. Mayville
2 Elmer C. Nitschke Rep. Beaver Dam
01 Door & Kewaunee Lawrence Johnson Rep. Algoma
25 Douglas 1 Reino A. Perala Dem. Superior
2 Frank Christopherson Jr. Dem. Superior
10 Dunn William E. Owen Rep. Menomonie
28 Eau Claire 1 Thomas H. Barland Rep. Eau Claire
2 John T. Pritchard Dem. Eau Claire
30 Florence, Forest, & Langlade John R. Gray Dem. Antigo
18 Fond du Lac 1 Earl F. McEssy Rep. Fond du Lac
2 Fred W. Schlueter Rep. Ripon
17 Grant Hugh A. Harper Rep. Lancaster
Green Christian M. Stauffer Rep. Monticello
18 Green Lake & Waushara Franklin M. Jahnke Rep. Markesan
17 Iowa & Lafayette Walter B. Calvert Rep. Benton
12 Iron, Oneida, & Vilas Paul Alfonsi Rep. Minocqua
32 Jackson & Trempealeau Merlin J. Peterson Rep. Black River Falls
33 Jefferson Byron F. Wackett Rep. Watertown
22 Kenosha 1 George Molinaro Dem. Kenosha
2 Russell Olson Rep. Randall
32 La Crosse 1 D. Russell Wartinbee Rep. La Crosse
2 Norbert Nuttelman Rep. West Salem
12 Lincoln Emil A. Hinz Rep. Merrill
01 Manitowoc 1 Hugo E. Vogel Dem. Manitowoc
2 Everett E. Bolle Dem. Two Rivers
29 Marathon 1 Ben A. Riehle Dem. Athens
2 Paul A. Luedtke Rep. Wausau
30 Marinette Robert Haase Rep. Marinette
04 Milwaukee 1 Louis L. Merz Dem. Milwaukee
09 2 Frank G. Dionesopulos Dem. Milwaukee
3 Angelo F. Greco Dem. Milwaukee
11 4 Frank E. Schaeffer Jr. Dem. Milwaukee
05 5 Mark W. Ryan Dem. Milwaukee
09 6 Isaac N. Coggs Dem. Milwaukee
06 7 Allen J. Flannigan Dem. Milwaukee
11 8 Adrian Manders Dem. Milwaukee
05 9 Charles J. Schmidt Dem. Milwaukee
06 10 Fred Kessler Dem. Milwaukee
03 11 Raymond J. Tobiasz Dem. Milwaukee
12 Albert R. Tadych Dem. Milwaukee
06 13 Ervin Mueller Dem. Milwaukee
03 14 Richard C. Nowakowski Dem. Milwaukee
05 15 Wilfred Schuele Dem. Milwaukee
11 16 Wayne F. Whittow Dem. Milwaukee
07 17 John E. McCormick Dem. Milwaukee
04 18 Michael J. Barron Dem. Milwaukee
19 Nile Soik Rep. Whitefish Bay
08 20 Glen Pommerening Rep. Wauwatosa
21 Robert A. Collins Dem. Wauwatosa
22 Robert T. Huber Dem. West Allis
07 23 Robert Schmidt Dem. West Allis
24 Sherman R. Sobocinski Dem. South Milwaukee
31 Monroe Kyle Kenyon Rep. Tomah
30 Oconto Lloyd R. Baumgart Rep. Lena
14 Outagamie 1 Kenneth E. Priebe Rep. Appleton
2 Marvin E. Babbitt Rep. Seymour
20 Ozaukee J. Curtis McKay Rep. Thiensville
24 Portage Norman Myhra Dem. Stevens Point
12 Price & Taylor Vincent J. Zellinger Rep. Phillips
21 Racine 1 Earl W. Warren Dem. Racine
2 Roy E. Naleid Dem. Racine
3 Merrill E. Stalbaum Rep. Waterford
15 Rock 1 William Merriam Rep. Janesville
2 David Blanchard (died Dec. 23, 1962) Rep. Edgerton
3 George B. Belting Rep. Beloit
23 Rusk, Sawyer, & Washburn Willis J. Hutnik Rep. Tony
27 Sauk Walter Terry Rep. Baraboo
29 Shawano & Menominee Theodore Abrahamson Rep. Tigerton
20 Sheboygan 1 Henry A. Hillemann (res. Sep. 1, 1961) Dem. Sheboygan
2 Harry L. Gessert Rep. Elkhart Lake
10 St. Croix William W. Ward Dem. New Richmond
16 Vernon Bernard Lewison Rep. Viroqua
22 Walworth George M. Borg Rep. Delavan
13 Washington Elmer J. Schowalter Rep. Jackson
33 Waukesha 1 Vincent R. Mathews Dem. Waukesha
2 Harold W. Clemens Rep. Oconomowoc
14 Waupaca Richard E. Peterson Rep. Clintonville
19 Winnebago 1 William A. Steiger Rep. Oshkosh
2 Floyd E. Shurbert Rep. Oshkosh
3 David O. Martin Rep. Menasha
24 Wood 1 Raymond F. Heinzen Rep. Marshfield
2 Harvey F. Gee Rep. Wisconsin Rapids

Committees

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Senate committees

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  • Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture – J. E. Leverich, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Conservation – C. Krueger, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Education – P. P. Carr, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Governmental and Veterans Affairs – L. P. O'Brien, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Highways – J. Miller, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Interstate Cooperation – F. E. Panzer, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary – A. Busby, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Labor, Taxation, Insurance, and Banking – A. A. Laun, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Public Welfare – R. Bice, chair
  • Senate Special Committee on Committees – C. Dempsey, chair
  • Senate Special Committee on Contingent Expenditures – R. La Fave, chair
  • Senate Special Committee on Legislative Procedure – F. E. Panzer, chair

Assembly committees

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

Joint committees

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

Employees

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Senate employees

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Assembly employees

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Notes

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  1. ^ Democrat James B. Brennan (5th District) resigned to accept appointment as U.S. attorney.
  2. ^ Democrat Carl Lauri (25th District) resigned to accept appointment to Wisconsin Industrial Commission.
  3. ^ Democrat William R. Moser (6th District) resigned to accept appointment as a county judge.
  4. ^ Democrat Henry A. Hillemann (Sheboygan County) resigned to accept appointment as executive secretary of the Wisconsin Judicial Council.
  5. ^ Republican speaker David Blanchard (Rock County) died.

References

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  1. ^ a b Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2021). "Historical Lists" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2021–2022 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 468, 471, 475, 479–480. ISBN 978-1-7333817-1-0. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Toepel, M. G.; Theobald, H. Rupert, eds. (1962). "Biographies". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1962 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. pp. 19–66. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Toepel, M. G.; Theobald, H. Rupert, eds. (1962). "Legislative Branch". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1962 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. pp. 358–370. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
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