• Source: 72nd Wisconsin Legislature

The Seventy-Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1955, to October 21 1955, in regular session.
This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the 1951 session (The implementation of that redistricting act had been delayed to the 1954 election).
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, 1954. 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, 1952.




Major events


January 3, 1955: Third inauguration of Walter J. Kohler Jr. as Governor of Wisconsin.
April 5, 1955: 1955 Wisconsin spring election:
Wisconsin voters ratified two amendments to the state constitution:
created a new section in Article VII (judiciary) establishing qualifications for state judges and setting a mandatory retirement age at 70.
adjusted debt limit rules for school districts.
May 14, 1955: Eight communist bloc counties, including the Soviet Union, signed the Warsaw Pact, establishing a defensive alliance.
August 28, 1955: Emmett Till was lynched in Money, Mississippi.
November 1, 1955: The United States Military Assistance Advisory Group for South Vietnam was established. This was later identified as the start of formal U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
December 5, 1955: The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged, forming the AFL–CIO.
April 3, 1956: 1956 Wisconsin spring election:
Thomas E. Fairchild was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to succeed his father Edward T. Fairchild.
Wisconsin voters ratified two amendments to the state constitution:
expanded the language around circumstances where municipalities could acquire land for public purposes.
created an exception to changes to compensation for retired teachers.
Wisconsin voters rejected two other amendements to the state constitution:
would have abolished limits on sheriffs serving consecutive terms in office.
would have created exceptions in the prohibition on free passes for state officers.
June 29, 1956: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, establishing the Interstate Highway System in the United States.
August 28, 1956: Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Edward J. Gehl died in office.
September 5, 1956: Wisconsin Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. appointed Emmert L. Wingert to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, to succeed the deceased justice Edward J. Gehl.
November 1, 1956: Soviet forces invaded Hungary to put down the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
November 5, 1956: Following Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Company, French and English forces invaded the Suez Canal zone and took control of the canal. Due to sunken commercial ships in the canal, it was closed to traffic until March 1957, resulting in shortages and rationing.
November 6, 1956: 1956 United States general election:
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) re-elected President of the United States.
Vernon Wallace Thomson (R) elected Governor of Wisconsin.
Alexander Wiley (R) re-elected United States senator from Wisconsin.
November 13, 1956: The United States Supreme Court, in the case Browder v. Gayle, found that state and local ordinances which enforced racial segregation of buses were unconstitutional.




Major legislation


August 3, 1955: An Act ... relating to incorporation of certain towns as fourth class cities, 1955 Act 500. This act dramatically reduced the population density requirements in order for a community to incorporate as a fourth-class city. The act was commonly known as the "Oak Creek Law", because the Milwaukee suburb had worked to pass this law in order to avoid further annexation to the city of Milwaukee.
1955 Joint Resolution 14. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to create a new section establishing qualifications for state judges and allowing the legislature to set a mandatory retirement age. This amendment was ratified by voters at the 1955 April election.
1955 Joint Resolution 17. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to add an exception for retired teachers in the rules on changes to compensation for state employees. This amendment was ratified by voters at the 1956 April election.




Party summary






= Senate summary

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= Assembly summary

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Sessions


Regular session: January 12, 1955 – October 21, 1955




Leaders






= Senate leadership

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President of the Senate: Warren P. Knowles (R)
President pro tempore: Frank E. Panzer (R–Oakfield)
Majority leader: Paul J. Rogan (R–Ladysmith)
Minority leader: Henry Maier (D–Milwaukee)




= Assembly leadership

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Speaker of the Assembly: Mark Catlin Jr. (R–Appleton)
Majority leader: Robert G. Marotz (R–Shawano)
Minority leader: Robert T. Huber (D–West Allis)




Members






= Members of the Senate

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Members of the Senate for the Seventy-Second Wisconsin Legislature:




= Members of the Assembly

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




Committees






= Senate committees

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Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Conservation – J. E. Leverich, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Committees – J. Miller, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures – L. H. Prange, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public Welfare – W. W. Clark, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Governmental and Veterans Affairs – A. L. Padrutt, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Highways – J. Miller, chair
Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary – A. Busby, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Labor, Taxation, Insurance, and Banking – A. Van De Zande, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Legislative Procedure – F. E. Panzer, chair




= Assembly committees

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Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture – O. R. Rice, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures – M. H. Ward, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Conservation – R. La Fave, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures – W. Belter, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Education – W. J. Hutnik, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Elections – F. E. Nuernberg, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills – L. M. Hagen, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills – R. A. Peabody, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees – E. L. Genzmer, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Highways – G. H. Bakke, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking – R. H. Sengstock, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary – N. J. Lesselyoung, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Labor – W. E. Cook, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities – P. A. Luedtke, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Printing – F. J. LeClair, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare – S. H. Raihle, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Revision – E. C. Nitschke, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Rules – R. G. Marotz, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs – E. A. Toepel, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation – W. A. Grady, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading – A. J. Redford, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation – L. C. Romell, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs – B. F. Wackett, chair




= Joint committees

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Joint Standing Committee on Finance – F. B. Porter (Sen.) & A. R. Ludvigsen (Asm.), co-chairs
Joint Standing Committee on Revisions, Repeals, and Uniform Laws – W. Trinke (Sen.) & A. J. Cane (Asm.), co-chairs




Employees






= Senate employees

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Chief Clerk: Lawrence R. Larsen
Sergeant-at-Arms: Harold Damon
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Anton J. Oelmiller




= Assembly employees

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Chief Clerk: Arthur L. May
Sergeant-at-Arms: Norris J. Kellman




Changes from the 71st Legislature


New districts for the 72nd Legislature were defined in 1951 Wisconsin Act 728, passed into law in the 70th Wisconsin Legislature. This was the most significant redistricting of the state since 1896.




= Senate redistricting

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Summary of Senate changes

11 districts were left unchanged.
Brown County became its own district (2) after previously having been in a shared district with Oconto.
Dane County went from having 1 district to 2 (16, 26).
Milwaukee County went from having 7 districts to 8 (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11), representing nearly a quarter of State Senate seats.



Senate districts





= Assembly redistricting

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Summary of Assembly changes

36 districts were left unchanged.
The number of counties in shared districts doubled from 15 to 30.
Brown County went from having 2 districts to 3.
Dane County went from having 3 districts to 5.
Eau Claire County went from having 1 district to 2.
Milwaukee County went from having 20 districts to 24.
Rock County went from having 2 districts to 3.
Winnebago County went from having 2 districts to 3.
Wood County went from having 1 district to 2.



Assembly districts





Notes






References






External links


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