60th Wisconsin Legislature

The Sixtieth Wisconsin Legislature convened from to in regular session, and reconvened in a special session from to.
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 4, 1930. 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 6, 1928.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Philip La Follette, of Dane County, serving a two-year term, having won election in the 1930 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

January 5, 1931: Inauguration of Philip La Follette as the 27th Governor of Wisconsin.
March 1, 1931: Wisconsin congressman Henry Allen Cooper died in office.
December 13, 1931: The Green Bay Packers were the champions of the 1931 NFL season.
July 8, 1932: The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its lowest level of the Great Depression.
July 31, 1932: The July 1932 German federal election resulted in the Nazi Party becoming the largest party in the Reichstag.
September 20, 1932: Wisconsin partisan primary election. In the ongoing intra-party feud in the Republican Party between Progressives and Stalwarts, the Stalwarts struck back in this primary:
* Incumbent governor Philip La Follette was defeated by stalwart former governor Walter J. Kohler Sr.
* Incumbent U.S. senator John J. Blaine was defeated by stalwart John B. Chapple.
November 8, 1932: 1932 United States general election:
* Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President of the United States.
* Albert G. Schmedeman elected Governor of Wisconsin.
* F. Ryan Duffy elected United States senator from Wisconsin.
* Wisconsin voters ratified four amendments to the state constitution:
** to allow the Governor's salary to be set by legislation rather than fixed in the constitution
** to allow the Lieutenant Governor's salary to be set by legislation rather than fixed in the constitution
** to make technical corrections to the impeachment clause
** to allow new options for municipal indebtedness

Major legislation

Regular session

1931 Joint Resolution 52: Joint Resolution to amend Section 5 of Article V of the constitution, relating to the compensation of the governor, so as to in effect repeal the said section, and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the general election of November 1932. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the governor's salary to be set by legislation rather than fixed in the constitution. This amendment was ratified by voters at the November 1932 election.
1931 Joint Resolution 53: Joint Resolution to amend Section 9 of Article V of the constitution, relating to the compensation of the lieutenant governor, so as to in effect repeal this section, and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the general election of November 1932. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the lieutenant governor's salary to be set by legislation rather than fixed in the constitution. This amendment was ratified by voters at the November 1932 election.
1931 Joint Resolution 58: Joint Resolution to amend Section 1 of Article VII of the constitution, relating to impeachments, and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the general election of November 1932. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to make technical fixes to the impeachment section. This amendment was ratified by voters at the November 1932 election.
1931 Joint Resolution 71: Joint Resolution to amend section 3 of article XI of the constitution, relating to indebtedness secured by public utility and other income producing property of municipalities, and to submit this amendment to vote of the people at the general election of November, 1932. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow new options and exceptions for municipalities taking on debt. This amendment was ratified by voters at the November 1932 election.
1931 Joint Resolution 86: Joint Resolution to amend section 1 of article IV and article XII of the constitution to give the people the power to propose laws and amendments to the constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls, and to approve and reject at the polls any act of the legislature. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow legislation to be proposed and enacted by public petition and referendum. This was the second time such an amendment was proposed, but this amendment also would not be enacted.
1931 Joint Resolution 86: Joint Resolution to amend section 1 of article III of the constitution, relating to suffrage, to eliminate obsolete provisions. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to make technical updates to the suffrage section, removing references to "male" in qualifications for electors. Legally, women already had the right to vote in Wisconsin due to the federal constitution's 19th amendment. This amendment would eventually be ratified by voters at the November 1934 election.
1931 Joint Resolution 125: Joint Resolution memorializing The Congress to propose an amendment to the constitution of the United States repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. One of many Wisconsin resolutions objecting to the prohibition of alcohol and seeking to limit or repeal prohibition.

Special session

January 19, 1932: An Act... relating to the banking department, the banking review board, and the regulation of banks, providing penalties, and making appropriations, . Created the state Banking Review Board.
January 29, 1932: An Act... relating to unemployment reserves and compensation, providing penalties, and making appropriations, . Established Wisconsin's unemployment insurance program, the first such program in the United States and a model for the future Social Security Act.
February 8, 1932: An Act... relating to reapportionment of assembly and senatorial districts, .
February 8, 1932: An Act... relating to congressional districts, . Reduced the number of Wisconsin congressional districts from 11 to 10, the first time Wisconsin lost a representative in Congress during reapportionment.

Sessions

Regular session: January 14, 1931June 27, 1931November 1931 special session: November 24, 1931February 5, 1932

Leaders

Senate leadership

President of the Senate: Henry Huber
President pro tempore: Herman J. Severson

Assembly leadership

Speaker of the Assembly: Charles B. Perry

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Senate for the Sixtieth Wisconsin Legislature:

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

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Sixtieth Wisconsin Legislature:

Committees

Senate committees

Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and LaborV. S. Keppel, chair
Senate Standing Committee on CommitteesW. H. Hunt, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Contingent ExpendituresP. J. Smith, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Corporations and TaxationH. J. Severson, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public WelfareW. H. Hunt, chair
Senate Standing Committee on HighwaysJ. E. Cashman, chair
Senate Standing Committee on the JudiciaryW. J. Rush, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Legislative ProcedureH. J. Severson, chair
Senate Standing Committee on State and Local GovernmentA. M. Miller, chair
Senate Special Committee on Lobbying on Power BillsW. S. Goodland, chair

Assembly committees

Assembly Standing Committee on AgricultureB. J. Gehrmann, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and ManufacturesW. A. Meyer, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on ConservationJ. R. Fronek, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent ExpendituresA. J. Baker, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on EducationJ. D. Millar, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on ElectionsJ. Gamper, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed BillsP. T. Fuhrman, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled BillsJ. Kostuck, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and FeesA. J. Piper, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on HighwaysH. Ellenbecker, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and BankingE. M. Rowlands, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on the JudiciaryR. A. Nixon, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on LaborC. W. Mauthe, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on MunicipalitiesT. Engel, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on PrintingD. F. Burnham, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Public WelfareD. V. Smith, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on RevisionG. J. Zittlow, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on RulesJ. W. Carow, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on State AffairsJ. H. Kamper, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on TaxationA. A. Hitt, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Third ReadingC. Schoenebeck, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on TransportationE. D. Hall, chair
Assembly Special Committee on Highway InvestigationsD. M. Langve, chair
Assembly Special Committee on Forest FiresC. A. Budlong, chair
Assembly Special Committee on Conservation Commission InvestigationC. B. Perry, chair

Joint committees

Joint Standing Committee on FinanceT. M. Duncan & C. A. Beggs, co-chairs
Joint Special Committee on Congressional Reapportionment
Joint Special Committee on Investigation of Memorial Union
Joint Special Committee on Manufacture of Farm Machinery in State Prison
Joint Special Committee on Northern Wisconsin Problems
Joint Special Committee on University and Capitol Heating Plants

Employees

Senate employees

Chief Clerk: R. A. Cobban
* Assistant Chief Clerk: C. J. Knoche
Sergeant-at-Arms: Emil A. Hartman
* Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Norman J. Hippert
Postmaster: Joseph Kernler

Assembly employees

Chief Clerk: C. E. Shaffer
* Journal Clerk: Charles E. Tuffley
Sergeant-at-Arms: Gustave Rheingans
* Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Edward J. Konkol
Postmaster: William H. Kasiska