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6 unusual facts about Wisconsin State Assembly


Babcock-Macomb House

Babcock had had a successful career in the lumber industry while serving two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Charles Edward Barns

Though claiming little motivation for public life, Caleb Barns served in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1850 and 1855).

Experience Estabrook

Estabrook was a delegate to the second Wisconsin State Constitutional Convention in 1848; in 1851, he became a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Government of Milwaukee

As of 1960, membership on the Common Council was considered more desirable than membership in the Wisconsin State Assembly, and incumbent legislators would often seek a position on the Council, resigning their legislative positions if they were victorious.

Herman Marth

Herman Arthur Marth (January 28, 1880 - March 11, 1970) was a chef, restaurateur, union organizer, and Socialist state legislator from Wausau, Wisconsin who served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, from 1918-1920.

Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors

As of 1960, membership on the Board was considered more desirable than membership in the Wisconsin State Assembly, and incumbent legislators would often seek a position on the Board, resigning their legislative positions if they were victorious.


Brett Hulsey

Hulsey was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly's 77th district in 2010 to succeed fellow Democrat Spencer Black, receiving a plurality of 12,138 votes to 7,761 for Green Ben Manski, 4,666 for Republican David Redick, and 372 for David Olson of the Constitution Party.

Daniel Riemer

Daniel Riemer (born December 10, 1986) is an American legislator and law student from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin who currently serves in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

David Clarenbach

In 1974, he was elected a Madison alderman, before being elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly that same year at the age of 21, succeeding fellow Democrat Edward Nager.

Frank Kubatzki

Frank Kubatzki (May 12, 1877 - ?) was an American blacksmith from Milwaukee who served three terms as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing the 8th Milwaukee County District (8th Ward of the City of Milwaukee).

Fred Schmitz

Schmitz (December 25, 1820 - February 8, 1905) was an American musician and farmer from Northeim, Wisconsin who served a single term as a Reform Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Manitowoc County.

George M. Robinson

George M. Robinson was an American from Salem, Wisconsin, who served a single one-year term as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from southern Racine County, succeeding fellow Free Soiler Herman Thorp.

Houston, Minnesota

Everett Bidwell, Wisconsin legislator, served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin Senate; born in Houston.

J. B. Van Hollen

His father is John C. Van Hollen, a realtor and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

James Cabanis

James Henry Cabanis (December 25, 1838 - ?) was an American merchant from Georgetown, Grant County, Wisconsin who spent two years as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Grant County.

John A. Cadigan

In 1930, Cadigan was an unsuccessful candidate for the Wisconsin State Assembly, losing to K. J. Callahan.

John Scanlon

John Scanlon (September 10, 1841 - ?) was an American farmer from Symco, Wisconsin who spent one term as a Greenback Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

Kelda Roys

In 2008, Roys won election to the Wisconsin State Assembly representing the 81st Assembly district, filling the seat left vacant by the retirement of Dave Travis, who had held the seat since 1983.

Louise M. Tesmer

Louise M. Tesmer is a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge and a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Obed Hale

Obed Pease Hale (1809–1892) was an American farmer from Paris, Wisconsin who spent a single one-year term as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, having been elected to represent the newly created Kenosha County.

Raymond Joseph Cannon

In 1932, Cannon was the Democratic nominee for the 4th District seat in the 73rd United States Congress, unseating Republican incumbent John C. Schafer with 61,038 votes to 33,609 for Schafer and 24,377 for Socialist Assemblyman Walter Polakowski.

Rosemary Hinkfuss

Rosemary Hinkfuss is a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and a member of the Green Bay Packers Board of Directors.


see also

Albert Osborn

Albert L. Osborn (1858–1940), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Baumgart

James Baumgart (born 1938), former American member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate

Lloyd R. Baumgart (1908–1985), former American member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Cabanis

George Cabanis, a carpenter and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Cassville, Wisconsin

Patrick H. Kelly, educator and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Charles Barnard

Charles R. Barnard (1883–1948), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Clement Warner

He married Eliza Noble; their son Ernest Noble Warner would represent Madison in the Wisconsin State Assembly; his grandson Fred Risser in the State Senate; and his great-grandson Fred A. Risser would represent Madison both in the Assembly and the State Senate.

Ferrall

R. Michael Ferrall, an American politician and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Gary Schmidt

Gary J. Schmidt (born 1947), former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

John Sell

John M. Sell (1862–?), Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1919–1920

Joseph Reynolds

Joseph B. Reynolds (1836-1898), Greenback member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

Robert Wirch (D) and John Lehman (D) represent Mount Pleasant in the Wisconsin State Senate, and Robin Vos (R), Tom Weatherston (R), and Peter Barca (D) represent Mount Pleasant in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Norman Anderson

Norman C. Anderson (born 1928), Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Robert Behnke

Robert E. Behnke (1932–1999), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Schaber

Penny Bernard Schaber, Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, elected in 2008

Toles

Barbara Toles, (1956 - ) Democratic representative of the Wisconsin State Assembly

William McCoy

William John McCoy (1834–1897), American politician and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

William Nye

William M. Nye (1829–??), former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Ziegelbauer

Bob Ziegelbauer (born 1951), American politician, Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Żukowski

Robert K. Zukowski (born 1925), American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly