• Source: 58th Wisconsin Legislature

The Fifty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1927, to August 13, 1927, in regular session, and reconvened in two special sessions in 1928.
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 2, 1926. 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 4, 1924.




Major events


January 3, 1927: Inauguration of Fred R. Zimmerman as the 25th Governor of Wisconsin.
January 7, 1927: The first transatlantic telephone call was made via radio from New York City, United States, to London, United Kingdom.
January 24, 1927: United States marines invaded Nicaragua to bolster the conservative government forces against liberal rebels in the Nicaraguan Civil War.
February 23, 1927: U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signed the Radio Act of 1927, creating the Federal Radio Commission.
March 21, 1927: The Orpheum Theatre opened in Madison, Wisconsin.
April 5, 1927: 1927 Wisconsin Spring general election:
Wisconsin voters rejected an amendment to the state constitution to increase legislator pay to $1,000 per session.
Wisconsin voters approved an amendment to the state constitution to adjust taxation of forest land.
May 20–21, 1927: Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight—from New York to Paris—in his single-engine aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis.
July 2, 1927: The Oriental Theatre opened in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
August 2, 1927: U.S. President Calvin Coolidge announced he would not run for re-election in 1928.
September 13, 1927: The Eagles Club opened in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
October 3, 1927: Farmers Mutual Insurance Company—which later became American Family Insurance—was founded in Madison, Wisconsin.
June 29, 1928: Al Smith accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party for President of the United States, becoming the first Catholic presidential nominee of a major American political party.
August 27, 1928: The Kellogg–Briand Pact was signed in Paris, becoming the first treaty renouncing the policy of aggressive war.
September 4, 1928: Incumbent Wisconsin governor Fred R. Zimmerman lost renomination in the Republican primary.
November 6, 1928: 1928 United States general election:
Herbert Hoover elected President of the United States.
Walter J. Kohler Sr. elected Governor of Wisconsin.
Robert La Follette Jr. re-elected United States senator from Wisconsin.




Major legislation


1927 Joint Resolution 12: Joint Resolution to amend section 21 of article IV of the constitution, relating to compensation of members of the legislature and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the April election of 1927. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to increase legislator pay to $1,000 per session. This amendment was defeated by voters in the April 1927 election.
1927 Joint Resolution 13: Joint Resolution to amend section 1 of article VIII of the constitution, relating to taxation of forests and minerals and of forest and mineral lands, and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the April election of 1927. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to adjust taxation of forest land. This amendment was ratified by voters in the April 1927 election.
1927 Joint Resolution 18: Joint Resolution memorializing the Congress of the United States to provide for a nation-wide referendum on the question of modifying the Volstead act. Wisconsin made several appeals to amend the alcohol probition law in order to allow the manufacture and sale of beer.
1927 Joint Resolution 21: Joint Resolution to amend section 21 of article IV of the constitution, relating to compensation of members of the legislature. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow legislator pay to be set by law rather than fixed by the constitution. This amendment would eventually be ratified by voters in the April 1929 election. This was the sixth attempt in 20 years to amend the constitution to update legislator compensation. The previous attempts were rejected by voters in elections in 1910, 1914, 1920, 1924, and 1927.
1927 Joint Resolution 24: Joint Resolution to amend section 4, Article VI, of the constitution, relating to the election of sheriffs. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution allow sheriffs to serve two consecutive terms. This amendment would eventually be ratified by voters at the April 1929 election.
1927 Joint Resolution 37: Joint Resolution to amend section 10 of article V of the constitution, relating to the approval of bills by the governor. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to grant the Governor the power of a partial veto on appropriation bills. This amendment would eventually be ratified by voters at the November 1930 election.




Party summary






= Senate summary

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= Assembly summary

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Sessions


Regular session: January 12, 1927 – August 13, 1927
January 1928 special session: January 24, 1928 – February 4, 1928
March 1928 special session: March 6, 1928 – March 13, 1928




Leaders






= Senate leadership

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President of the Senate: Henry Huber (R)
President pro tempore: William L. Smith (R–Neillsville)




= Assembly leadership

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Speaker of the Assembly: John W. Eber (R–Milwaukee)




Members






= Members of the Senate

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Members of the Senate for the Fifty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature:




= Members of the Assembly

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




Committees






= Senate committees

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Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Labor – G. W. Hull, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Committees – H. Daggett, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures – H. E. Boldt, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Corporations and Taxation – H. T. Lange, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public Welfare – W. A. Titus, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Highways – C. B. Casperson, chair
Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary – I. P. Mehigan, chair
Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government – M. F. White, chair




= Assembly committees

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Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture – J. C. Hanson, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures – F. J. Petersen, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures – A. A. Huckstead, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Education – J. D. Millar, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Elections – J. Gamper, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills – H. F. Thompson, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills – T. Swanson, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees – M. Koenigs, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Fish and Game – R. Kamke, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Highways – C. N. Saugen, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking – M. Laffey, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary – A. C. Reis, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Labor – A. M. Miller, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities – F. L. Prescott, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Printing – G. Zittlow, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare – H. A. Staab, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Revision – C. Hillman, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Rules – A. C. Reis, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs – J. H. Kamper, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation – G. W. Schmidt, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading – M. A. Sellers, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation – E. D. Hall, chair




= Joint committees

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Joint Standing Committee on Finance – W. L. Smith (Sen.) & H. Ellenbecker (Asm.), co-chairs




Employees






= Senate employees

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Chief Clerk: Oliver Munson
Assistant Chief Clerk: A. J. Nelson
Sergeant-at-Arms: George W. Rickeman
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: E. A. Hartman
Postmaster: Arthur Dehring




= Assembly employees

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Chief Clerk: C. E. Shaffer
Journal Clerk: Max H. Albertz
Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles F. Moulton
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Lincoln Neprud
Postmaster: William Kasiska




References






External links


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