Wisconsin legislative term for 1959–1960
TheSeventy-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened fromJanuary 14, 1959, toMay 27, 1960, in regular session.[ 1]
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.[ 1]
Thegovernor of Wisconsin during this entire term was DemocratGaylord Nelson , ofDane County , serving a two-year term, having won election in the1958 Wisconsin gubernatorial election .
January 5, 1959: Inauguration ofGaylord Nelson as the 35thGovernor of Wisconsin . February 16, 1959:Fidel Castro became premier ofCuba . April 25, 1959: TheSt. Lawrence Seaway opened to traffic, linking theGreat Lakes to theAtlantic Ocean . August 21, 1959: Hawaii was admitted as the 50thU.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. PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower signed theCivil 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 : 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,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,1959 Act 228 . Created theWisconsin 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,1959 Act 442 . Created theWisconsin 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,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. Senate partisan composition Democratic: 13 seats
Republican: 20 seats
Assembly partisan composition Democratic: 55 seats
Republican: 45 seats
Regular session: January 14, 1959 – May 27, 1960Assembly leadership [ edit ] Members of the Senate [ edit ] Members of the Senate for the Seventy-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature:[ 2]
Senate partisan representation Democratic: 13 seats
Republican: 20 seats
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)Kirby Hendee Milwaukee Rep. 05 Milwaukee (Northwest City) James B. Brennan Milwaukee Dem. 06 Milwaukee (Northeast City) William R. Moser 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) Henry Maier 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 Harold F. Huibregtse Sheboygan Falls Rep. 21 Racine Lynn E. Stalbaum Racine Dem. 22 Kenosha &Walworth William Trinke Lake Geneva Rep. 23 Barron ,Burnett ,Polk ,Rusk ,Sawyer ,&Washburn Howard W. Cameron Rice Lake Dem. 24 Clark ,Portage ,&Wood William W. Clark Vesper Rep. 25 Ashland ,Bayfield ,&Douglas Carl Lauri Merrill 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 &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 [ edit ] Members of the Assembly for the Seventy-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature:[ 2]
Assembly partisan composition Democratic: 55 seats
Republican: 45 seats
Milwaukee County districts Senate County Dist. Representative Party Residence 31 Adams ,Juneau ,&Marquette Ben Tremain Rep. Hustler 25 Ashland &Bayfield Robert F. Barabe Dem. Mellen 23 Barron George Mireau Rep. Rice Lake 02 Brown 1 Jerome Quinn Rep. Green Bay 2 Adolph A. Deering Rep. Green Bay 3 Cletus J. Vanderperren Dem. Green Bay 10 Buffalo ,Pepin ,&Pierce Edwin Rohl Dem. Prescott 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 Frank J. Cosgrove Dem. Richland Center 26 Dane 1 Glenn L. Henry Dem. Madison 2 Fred A. Risser Dem. Madison 3 Richard Cates Dem. 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 Frank N. Graass Rep. Sturgeon Bay 25 Douglas 1 Reino A. Perala Dem. Superior 2 Frank Christopherson Jr. Dem. Superior 10 Dunn Einer P. Lund Dem. Menomonie 28 Eau Claire 1 Karl J. Goethel Dem. 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 Keith C. Hardie Dem. Taylor 33 Jefferson Byron F. Wackett Rep. Watertown 22 Kenosha 1 George Molinaro Dem. Kenosha 2 Earl D. Morton Rep. Kenosha 32 La Crosse 1 James D. H. Peterson Rep. La Crosse 2 Leland E. Mulder Dem. Holmen 12 Lincoln Emil A. Hinz Rep. Merrill 01 Manitowoc 1 Hugo E. Vogel Dem. Manitowoc 2 Ewald J. Schmeichel Rep. 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 Norman Sussman Dem. Milwaukee 3 Joseph A. Greco Dem. Milwaukee 11 4 Frank E. Schaeffer Jr. Dem. Milwaukee 05 5 Lawrence W. Timmerman Rep. Milwaukee 09 6 Isaac N. Coggs Dem. Milwaukee 06 7 Allen J. Flannigan Dem. Milwaukee 11 8 George Talsky Dem. Milwaukee 05 9 Charles J. Schmidt Dem. Milwaukee 06 10 Patrick H. Kelly Dem. Milwaukee 03 11 Ervin J. Ryczek Dem. Milwaukee 12 George Sokolowski Dem. Milwaukee 06 13 Marty Larsen Dem. Milwaukee 03 14 David Mogilka Dem. Milwaukee 05 15 Wilfred Schuele Dem. Milwaukee 11 16 Thomas J. Duffey Dem. Milwaukee 07 17 Howard F. Pellant Dem. Milwaukee 04 18 Robert M. Curley (res. Apr. 23, 1960) Dem. Milwaukee 19 Jerris Leonard Rep. Bayside 08 20 Glen Pommerening Rep. Wauwatosa 21 Robert A. Collins Dem. Wauwatosa 22 Robert T. Huber Dem. West Allis 07 23 William Luebke Dem. Milwaukee 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 William T. Sullivan Rep. Kaukauna 20 Ozaukee Warren A. Grady Rep. Port Washington 24 Portage John Kostuck Dem. Stevens Point 12 Price &Taylor Andrew F. Warga Dem. Phillips 21 Racine 1 Earl W. Warren Dem. Racine 2 Roy E. Naleid Dem. Racine 3 John R. Hansen Dem. Raymond 15 Rock 1 William Merriam Rep. Janesville 2 David Blanchard 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 Theodore Abrahamson Rep. Tigerton 20 Sheboygan 1 Henry A. Hillemann Dem. Sheboygan 2 Walter Ireland Rep. Sheboygan 10 St. Croix William W. Ward Dem. New Richmond 16 Vernon Paul Haugh Dem. Hillsboro 22 Walworth Ora R. Rice 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 Harvey R. Abraham Rep. Oshkosh 2 Floyd E. Shurbert Rep. Oshkosh 3 Arnold J. Cane Rep. Menasha 24 Wood 1 John S. Crawford Rep. Marshfield 2 Arthur H. Treutel Dem. Wisconsin Rapids
Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture – J. E. Leverich, chair Senate Standing Committee on Conservation – C. Krueger, chair Senate Standing Committee on Education – W. W. Clark, 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 – W. Trinke, chair Senate Standing Committee on Public Welfare – P. P. Carr, chair Senate Special Committee on Committees – J. Miller, chair Senate Special Committee on Contingent Expenditures – R. Bice, chair Senate Special Committee on Legislative Procedure – F. E. Panzer, chair Assembly committees [ edit ] Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture – J. T. Pritchard, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures – L. L. Merz, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Conservation – H. F. Pellant, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures – J. Kostuck, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Education – K. C. Hardie, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Elections – S. R. Sobocinski, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills – G. Talsky, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills – E. W. Warren, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees – E. J. Ryczek, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Highways – R. T. Huber, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking – G. Sokolowski, chair Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary – W. W. Ward, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Labor – A. J. Flannigan, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities – N. Sussman, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Printing – B. A. Riehle, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare – I. N. Coggs, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Revision – D. Mogilka, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Rules – K. C. Hardie, chair Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs – C. J. Schmidt, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation – R. A. Perala, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading – R. E. Naleid, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation – F. Christopherson, chair Assembly Standing Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs – J. A. Greco, chair Joint Standing Committee on Finance – W. Draheim (Sen.) & F. A. Risser (Asm.), co-chairs Joint Standing Committee on Revisions, Repeals, and Uniform Laws – G. Lorge (Sen.) & T. J. Duffey (Asm.), co-chairs Joint Legislative Council – G. Molinaro, chair ^ DemocratRobert M. Curley (Milwaukee County) resigned to accept appointment as a Wisconsin circuit court judge. ^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 . RetrievedAugust 5, 2023 . ^a b Toepel, M. G.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1960). "Biographies".The Wisconsin Blue Book 1960 (Report).Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library . pp. 19– 64. RetrievedOctober 10, 2023 . ^a b Toepel, M. G.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1960). "The Legislative Branch".The Wisconsin Blue Book 1960 (Report).Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library . pp. 292– 302. RetrievedOctober 10, 2023 .
