- Source: 69th Wisconsin Legislature
The Sixty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1949, to September 13, 1949, in regular session.
This session saw the first legislative terms of Gaylord Nelson, Patrick Lucey, Ruth Bachhuber Doyle, and Robert T. Huber, all of whom would—over the course of the subsequent two decades—play important roles in the transition of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from a permanent minority party to competitive status with the state Republican Party, by winning over many former Wisconsin Progressive Party voters.
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 2, 1948. 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 5, 1946.
Major events
January 3, 1949: Second inauguration of Oscar Rennebohm as Governor of Wisconsin.
January 20, 1949: Second inauguration of Harry S. Truman as President of the United States.
April 4, 1949: The North Atlantic Treaty was signed by representatives of twelve countries, including the United States, establishing the NATO defensive alliance.
April 5, 1949: 1949 Wisconsin Spring election:
Edward J. Gehl was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Wisconsin voters ratified an amendment to the state constitution to allow the state to take on debt to pay for veterans' housing.
Wisconsin voters rejected an amendment to the state constitution to repeal the prohibition on taxing federal lands.
June 19, 1949: Wisconsin Supreme Court justice John D. Wickhem died in office.
August 29, 1949: The Soviet Union held their first succerssful atomic bomb test.
July 14, 1949: Wisconsin Governor Oscar Rennebohm appointed Timothy Brown to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, to succeed the deceased justice John D. Wickhem.
October 1, 1949: Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
December 7, 1949: The government of the Republic of China retreated to the island of Taiwan and declared Taipei to be their new capital.
June 25, 1950:
Forces of the Korean People's Army began an invasion of the Republic of Korea, initiating the Korean War.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted United Nations Security Council Resolution 82, condemning North Korea's invasion of South Korea.
June 27, 1950: U.S. president Harry Truman ordered U.S. forces to the defense of the Republic of Korea.
October 19, 1950: Chinese forces joined the Korean War, supporting North Korea.
November 7, 1950: 1950 United States general election:
Walter J. Kohler Jr. elected Governor of Wisconsin.
Alexander Wiley re-elected United States senator from Wisconsin.
Major legislation
August 11, 1949: An Act ... relating to discontinuing the Wisconsin veterans' authority and transferring its functions to the department of veterans' affairs, a veterans' housing trust fund, veterans' housing loans, incentive grants for veterans' housing and making appropriations, 1949 Act 627. Utilized the recently ratified amendment to the state constitution to create new veterans programs.
1949 Joint Resolution 1: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to enable the state to take on debt to pay for veterans' housing. This amendment was ratified by voters at the April 1949 election.
1949 Joint Resolution 2: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to repeal a portion of the constitution which had prohibited taxing land owned by the federal government. This amendment was rejected by voters at the April 1949 election. But the same amendment was later ratified in 1951.
Party summary
= Senate summary
== Assembly summary
=Sessions
Regular session: January 12, 1949 – September 13, 1949
Leaders
= Senate leadership
=President of the Senate: George M. Smith (R)
President pro tempore: Frank E. Panzer (R–Oakfield)
Majority leader: Warren P. Knowles (R–New Richmond)
= Assembly leadership
=Speaker of the Assembly: Alex L. Nicol (R–Sparta)
Majority leader: Vernon W. Thomson (R–Richland Center)
Minority leader: Leland McParland (D–Milwaukee)
Members
= Members of the Senate
=Members of the Senate for the Sixty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature:
= Members of the Assembly
=Members of the Assembly for the Sixty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature:
Committees
= Senate committees
=Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Conservation – M. Olson, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Committees – J. Miller, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures – B. Gettelman, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public Welfare – R. P. Robinson, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Highways – J. Miller, chair
Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary – G. W. Buchen, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Labor and Management – G. A. Bubolz, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Legislative Procedure – F. E. Panzer, chair
Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government – R. Schlabach, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs – M. Laird, chair
= Assembly committees
=Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture – O. R. Rice, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufacturing – E. A. Hinz, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Conservation – R. S. Travis, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures – B. Tremain, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Education – W. W. Clark, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Elections – H. W. Timmer, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills – W. M. Rohan, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills – T. S. Jones, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees – H. R. Abraham, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Highways – H. A. Harper, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking – F. Pfennig, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary – V. W. Thomson, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Labor – E. L. Genzmer, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities – P. A. Luedtke, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Printing – A. F. Betts, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare – E. W. Hanson, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Revision – E. W. Hanson, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Rules – J. Spearbraker, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs – B. J. Gehrmann, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation – M. F. Burmaster, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading – C. E. Nelson, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation – R. Bice, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs – M. Catlin, chair
= Joint committees
=Joint Standing Committee on Finance – F. B. Porter (Sen.) & A. R. Ludvigsen (Asm.), co-chairs
Joint Standing Committee on Revisions, Repeals, and Uniform Laws – A. Busby (Sen.) & C. Finch (Asm.), co-chairs
Joint Legislative Council – M. Laird (Sen.), chair
Employees
= Senate employees
=Chief Clerk: Thomas M. Donahue
Sergeant-at-Arms: Harold Damon
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Edward R. Stoker
= Assembly employees
=Chief Clerk: Arthur L. May
Assistant Chief Clerk: Robert H. Boyson
Sergeant-at-Arms: Norris J. Kellman
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Thomas A. Austin
Notes
References
External links
1949: Related Documents from Wisconsin Legislature
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