57th Wisconsin Legislature

The Fifty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from to in regular session, and reconvened in a special session in April 1926.
This was the first session in the history of the Wisconsin Legislature with female legislators. There were three in this session: Mildred Barber, Hellen M. Brooks, and Helen F. Thompson.
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 4, 1924. 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 7, 1922.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican John J. Blaine, of Grant County, serving his third two-year term, having won re-election in the 1924 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

January 5, 1925: Third inauguration of John J. Blaine as Governor of Wisconsin.
March 4, 1925: Second inauguration of President Calvin Coolidge.
April 7, 1925: E. Ray Stevens was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
June 18, 1925: Wisconsin's senior United States senator, Robert M. La Follette, died in Washington, D.C.
June 24, 1925: A statue of Hans Christian Heg was unveiled on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
August 8, 1925: Roughly 30,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan paraded through Washington, D.C.
September 18, 1925: The Green Bay Packers played their first game at City Stadium.
September 29, 1925: Robert M. La Follette Jr. won a special election to succeed his father as United States senator from Wisconsin.
December 31, 1925: Wisconsin Assembly speaker Herman W. Sachtjen resigned from the Assembly after being appointed a Wisconsin circuit court judge.
March 16, 1926: Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fuel rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts.
May 20, 1926: The Air Commerce Act was signed into law by U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, establishing the first flight safety regulations in the United States.
November 2, 1926: 1926 United States general election:
* Fred R. Zimmerman elected Governor of Wisconsin.
* Incumbent Wisconsin governor John J. Blaine elected United States senator from Wisconsin.
* Wisconsin voters ratified two amendments to the state constitution:
** Allowing the Governor's salary to be set by legislation rather than fixed in the constitution.
** Allowing the recall of elected officials to be initiated by public petition.
November 11, 1926: The United States Numbered Highway System was established by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

Major legislation

May 21, 1925: An Act... relating to the minimum wage for women and minor employes, . Created new regulatory and permitting powers for the Wisconsin Industrial Commission to ensure adequate compensation for women and children in the workplace.
1925 Joint Resolution 7: Joint Resolution ratifying an amendment to the constitution of the United States relating to child labor. Wisconsin's ratification of the Child Labor Amendment.
1925 Joint Resolution 16: Joint Resolution to create section 12 of article XIII of the constitution, relating to the recall of elective public officers. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to enable the recall of public officials, initiated by public petition. This amendment was ratified at the November 1926 election.
1925 Joint Resolution 24: Joint Resolution memorializing congress to provide for earlier seating of senators and representatives elect. Endorsed moving the start of congressional sessions from March to January.
1925 Joint Resolution 26: Joint Resolution to amend sections 2 and 3 of article VII of the constitution, relating to the jurisdiction of the judiciary over acts of the legislature. In an attempted power grab by the Legislature, this amendment to the state constitution was proposed to require a two-thirds majority of the state supreme court to find an act of the legislature unconstitutional. This amendment was never ratified.
1925 Joint Resolution 29: Joint Resolution memorializing Congress to propose an amendment to the constitution of the United States providing for the election of president and vice-president by popular vote.
1925 Joint Resolution 33: 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 update the legislator salary to $1,000 per term. This amendment was rejected by voters in 1927.
1925 Joint Resolution 52: Joint Resolution to amend section 5 of article V of the constitution, relating to the compensation of the governor. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the governor's pay to be set by legislation rather than fixed in the constitution. This amendment was ratified at the November 1926 election.
1925 Joint Resolution 61: 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. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to adjust taxation of forest land. This amendment was ratified by voters in 1927.

Sessions

Regular session: January 14, 1925June 29, 1925April 1926 special session: April 15, 1926April 16, 1926

Leaders

Senate leadership

President of the Senate: Henry Huber
President pro tempore: Howard Teasdale

Assembly leadership

Members

Members of the Senate

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

Dist.	Counties	Senator	Residence	Party
01	Door, Kewaunee,		Denmark	Rep.
02	Brown		Oconto	Rep.
03	Milwaukee		Milwaukee	Soc.
04	Milwaukee (Northeast County		Milwaukee	Rep.
05	Milwaukee		Milwaukee	Rep.
06	Milwaukee		Milwaukee	Soc.
07	Milwaukee (Southeast County		Milwaukee	Soc.
08	Milwaukee		West Milwaukee	Rep.
09	Milwaukee		Milwaukee	Rep.
10	Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce,		River Falls	Rep.
11	Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas,		Superior	Rep.
12	Ashland, Iron, Price, Rusk, Sawyer,		Glidden	Rep.
13	Dodge		Iron Ridge	Rep.
14	Outagamie		Wittenberg	Rep.
15	Rock		Edgerton	Rep.
16	Crawford, Grant,		Fennimore	Rep.
17	Green, Iowa,		Gratiot	Rep.
18	,		Fond du Lac	Rep.
19	Calumet		Winneconne	Rep.
20	Ozaukee		Sheboygan Falls	Rep.
21	Racine		Racine	Rep.
22	Kenosha		Whitewater	Rep.
23	Portage		Iola	Rep.
24	Clark, Taylor,		Neillsville	Rep.
25	Lincoln		Marathon City	Rep.
26	Dane		Madison	Rep.
27	Columbia, Richland,		Portage	Rep.
28	Chippewa		Eau Claire	Rep.
29	Barron, Dunn,		Frederic	Rep.
30	Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette,		Antigo	Rep.
31	Adams, Juneau, Monroe,		Sparta	Rep.
32	Jackson, La Crosse,		Holmen	Rep.
33	Jefferson			Rep.

Members of the Assembly

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

Committees

Senate committees

Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture, Labor, and IndustriesH. J. Severson, chair
Senate Standing Committee on CommitteesA. E. Garey, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Contingent ExpendituresH. J. F. Bilgrien, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Corporations and TaxationO. H. Johnson, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public WelfareC. B. Casperson, chair
Senate Standing Committee on HighwaysJ. E. Cashman, chair
Senate Standing Committee on the JudiciaryM. W. Heck, chair
Senate Standing Committee on State and Local GovernmentJ. L. Barber, chair

Assembly committees

Assembly Standing Committee on AgricultureA. Holly, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and ManufacturesA. M. Warden, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent ExpendituresH. W. Stokes, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on EducationG. Slack, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on ElectionsA. Beversdorf, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed BillsE. E. Royce, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled BillsT. Swanson, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and FeesG. W. Meggers, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Fish and GameF. E. Moul, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on HighwaysF. A. Frederick, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and BankingC. G. Price, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on the JudiciaryJ. W. Eber, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on LaborA. M. Miller, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on MunicipalitiesT. Engel, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on PrintingG. Zittlow, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Public WelfareM. Koenigs, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on RevisionC. Hillman, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on RulesC. G. Price, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on State AffairsJ. Goodman, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on TaxationG. W. Schmidt, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Third ReadingR. Naumann, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on TransportationE. B. Minier, chair

Joint committees

Joint Standing Committee on FinanceG. Staudenmayer & G. A. Nelson, co-chairs

Employees

Senate employees

Chief Clerk: F. W. Schoenfeld
* Assistant Chief Clerk: Charles E. Mullen
Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles A. Leicht
* Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Carl A. Pfeiffer
Postmaster: William A. Kuehl

Assembly employees

Chief Clerk: C. E. Shaffer
* Journal Clerk: Max H. Albertz
Sergeant-at-Arms: C. E. Hanson
* Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Stephen P. Saunders
Postmaster: Frank C. Densmore