73rd Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 7, 1957 – January 5, 1959 | ||||
Election | November 6, 1956 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 33 | ||||
Senate President | Warren P. Knowles (R) | ||||
President pro tempore | Frank E. Panzer (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 100 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | Robert G. Marotz (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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Special sessions | |||||
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The Seventy-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1957, to September 27, 1957, in regular session, and reconvened in a special session in June 1958.[1]
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 6, 1956. 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 2, 1954.[1]
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | |||
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Dem. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 8 | 23 | 31 | 2 |
Start of Reg. Session | 10 | 23 | 33 | 0 |
From Aug. 19, 1957[note 1] | 22 | 32 | 1 | |
Final voting share | 31.25% | 68.75% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 13 | 20 | 33 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | |||
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Dem. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 35 | 63 | 98 | 2 |
Start of Reg. Session | 33 | 67 | 100 | 0 |
From Jul. 10, 1957[note 2] | 66 | 99 | 1 | |
Final voting share | 33.33% | 66.67% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 55 | 45 | 100 | 0 |
Members of the Senate for the Seventy-Third Wisconsin Legislature:[2]
Members of the Assembly for the Seventy-Third Wisconsin Legislature:[2]