Английская Википедия:67th Wisconsin Legislature
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The Sixty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from Шаблон:Nowrap to Шаблон:Nowrap in regular session, and reconvened in a special session in July 1946.[1]
This legislative term saw the end of World War II and the establishment of the United Nations. The term also saw the end of the Wisconsin Progressive Party, which formally disbanded at a 1946 convention.[2]
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 7, 1944. 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 3, 1942.[1]
Major events
- January 1, 1945: Second inauguration of Walter Samuel Goodland as Governor of Wisconsin.
- January 20, 1945: Fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States.
- February 11, 1945: The Yalta Conference concluded, agreeing to the denazification and postwar partition of Germany, as well as self-determination rights for a liberated Poland.
- April 3, 1945: Wisconsin voters ratified two amendments to the state constitution:
- Aboliting the office of justice of the peace in first class cities.
- Allowing the state to take on debt for aeronautical improvements.
- April 12, 1945: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office. Vice President Harry S. Truman immediately succeeded him as the 33rd President of the United States.
- April 28, 1945: Benito Mussolini was executed by partisans in Milan, Italy.
- April 29, 1945: Axis forces in Italy signed an unconditional surrender to the Allies.
- April 30, 1945: Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker in Berlin, Germany.
- May 2, 1945: Soviet forces captured Berlin.
- May 8, 1945: Representatives of the German Army signed the German Instrument of Surrender, formally ending Germany's part in Шаблон:Nowrap
- June 26, 1945: The Charter of the United Nations was published at the end of the United Nations Conference on International Organization.
- July 16, 1945: The first atomic bomb test took place at the Trinity site in New Mexico.
- July 21, 1945: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed an order approving the use of atomic bombs against Imperial Japan.
- August 6, 1945: U.S. forces detonated an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, killing at least 90,000 people and destroying much of the city.
- August 8, 1945: The United States ratified the Charter of the United Nations, becoming the third nation to ratify the document.
- August 9, 1945: U.S. forces detonated an atomic bomb over Nagasaki, killing at least 39,000 people.
- August 14, 1945: Emperor Hirohito agreed to the unconditional surrender of Japan to Allied forces, ending major combat in Шаблон:Nowrap
- October 24, 1945: The United Nations was established as a sufficient number of nations had ratified the Charter.
- March 17, 1946: At a convention in Portage, Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Progressive Party voted to disband. The majority of delegates voted to rejoin the Republican Party of Wisconsin.
- March 19, 1946: Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Joseph Martin died in office.
- April 2, 1946: Wisconsin voters rejected an amendment to the state constitution which would have removed term limits from the sheriffs.
- April 6, 1946: Wisconsin governor Walter Samuel Goodland appointed James Ward Rector to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to succeed the deceased justice Joseph Martin.
- April 18, 1946: The League of Nations met for the last time, transferred its mission to the United Nations and disbanded.
- August 14, 1946: Wisconsin's senior United States senator Robert M. La Follette Jr., after the dissolution of the Wisconsin Progressive Party, was defeated in the Republican Party primary by Wisconsin circuit court judge Joseph McCarthy.
- November 5, 1946:
- Walter Samuel Goodland re-elected Governor of Wisconsin.
- Joseph McCarthy elected United States senator from Wisconsin.
- Wisconsin voters ratified two amendments to the state constitution:
- Removing audit powers from the Secretary of State.
- Assigning audit powers to the Legislature.
- Wisconsin voters also rejected an amendment to the state constitution:
- Allowing public transportation to be used for students to attend private or parochial schools.
Major legislation
- July 30, 1945: An Act ... relating to aeronautics, and making an appropriation, 1945 Act 513. Established Wisconsin's Aeronautics Commission.
- August 27, 1945: An Act ... creating a Wisconsin department of veterans' affairs, providing educational aid, economic aid, medical, hospital, or other remedial care for World War II veterans and their dependents, transferring to said department certain powers, duties, and functions vested in the soldiers' rehabilitation board and adjutant general, and custodian of memorial hall, and making an appropriation, 1945 Act 580. Created the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs.
- 1945 Joint Resolution 2: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to abolish the office of justice of the peace in first class cities. This amendment was ratified by voters at the April 1945 election.
- 1945 Joint Resolution 3: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the state to take on debt to fund aeronautical improvements.
- 1945 Joint Resolution 47: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to abolish term limits for Wisconsin sheriffs. This amendment was rejected by voters at the April 1946 election.
- 1945 Joint Resolution 73: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to remove audit powers from the Secretary of State and transfer those powers to the Legislature. This amendment was ratified by voters in two separate questions at the November 1946 election.
- 1945 Joint Resolution 78: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow public transportation to be used for students to attend private and parochial schools in addition to existing transportation for public schools. This amendment was rejected by voters at the November 1946 election.
Party summary
Senate summary
| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" | | style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" | | style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" | | |||
| Dem. | Prog. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Legislature | 4 | 6 | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 22 | 32 | 1 |
| Start of Reg. Session | 6 | 5 | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 22 | 33 | 0 |
| From Mar. 19, 1946[note 1] | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 21 | 32 | 1 | ||
| Final voting share | Шаблон:Percentage | Шаблон:Percentage | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | Шаблон:Percentage | ||
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 5 | 1 | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 27 | 33 | 0 |
Assembly summary
| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" | | style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" | | style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color" | | |||
| Dem. | Prog. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Legislature | 14 | 13 | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 73 | 100 | 0 |
| Start of Reg. Session | 20 | 6 | rowspan="2" Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 74 | 100 | 0 |
| From Jul. 16, 1945[note 2] | 19 | 99 | 1 | ||
| From Oct. 11, 1945[note 3] | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 73 | 98 | 2 | ||
| From Oct. 29, 1945[note 4] | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 72 | 97 | 3 | ||
| From Mar. 25, 1946[note 5] | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 71 | 96 | 4 | ||
| From May 1, 1946[note 6] | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 70 | 95 | 5 | ||
| Final voting share | Шаблон:Percentage | Шаблон:Percentage | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | Шаблон:Percentage | ||
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 12 | 0 | Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 88 | 100 | 0 |
Sessions
- Regular session: January 10, 1945Шаблон:SpndSeptember 6, 1945
- July 1946 special session: July 29, 1946Шаблон:SpndJuly 30, 1946
Leaders
Senate leadership
- President of the Senate: Oscar Rennebohm (R)
- President pro tempore: Conrad Shearer (R–Kenosha)
- Majority leader: Warren P. Knowles (R–New Richmond)
- Minority leader: Anthony P. Gawronski (D–Milwaukee)
Assembly leadership
- Speaker of the Assembly: Donald C. McDowell (R–Soldiers Grove)
- Majority leader: Vernon W. Thomson (R–Richland Center)
- Minority leaders:
Members
Members of the Senate
Members of the Senate for the Sixty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:[3]
Members of the Assembly
Members of the Assembly for the Sixty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:[3]
Committees
Senate committees
- Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and LaborШаблон:SpndM. R. Laird, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on CommitteesШаблон:Spaced ndashW. P. Knowles, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on ConservationШаблон:Spaced ndashT. G. Brown, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Contingent ExpendituresШаблон:Spaced ndashE. F. Hilker, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Corporations and TaxationШаблон:Spaced ndashL. J. Fellenz, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public WelfareШаблон:Spaced ndashW. A. Freehoff, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on HighwaysШаблон:Spaced ndashJ. Miller, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on the JudiciaryШаблон:Spaced ndashG. W. Buchen, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Legislative ProcedureШаблон:Spaced ndashC. Shearer, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on State and Local GovernmentШаблон:Spaced ndashB. Gettelman, chair
- Senate Standing Committee on Veterans and Military AffairsШаблон:SpndR. Schlabach, chair
Assembly committees
- Assembly Standing Committee on AgricultureШаблон:Spaced ndashO. R. Rice, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and ManufacturesШаблон:Spaced ndashE. Grassman, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on ConservationШаблон:Spaced ndashJ. E. Youngs, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent ExpendituresШаблон:Spaced ndashA. A. Lenroot, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on EducationШаблон:Spaced ndashW. W. Clark, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on ElectionsШаблон:Spaced ndashC. E. Collar, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed BillsШаблон:Spaced ndashH. Youngblood, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled BillsШаблон:Spaced ndashF. E. Riley, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and FeesШаблон:Spaced ndashF. Pfennig, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on HighwaysШаблон:Spaced ndashH. A. Keegan, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and BankingШаблон:Spaced ndashB. M. Engebretson, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on the JudiciaryШаблон:Spaced ndashV. W. Thomson, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on LaborШаблон:Spaced ndashG. Benson, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on MunicipalitiesШаблон:Spaced ndashE. C. Krause, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on PrintingШаблон:Spaced ndashJ. C. Chapple, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Public WelfareШаблон:Spaced ndashE. W. Hanson, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on RulesШаблон:Spaced ndashW. J. Nuss, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on State AffairsШаблон:Spaced ndashA. E. Austin, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on TaxationШаблон:Spaced ndashJ. A. Canniff, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Third ReadingШаблон:Spaced ndashF. L. Feierstein, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on TransportationШаблон:Spaced ndashA. Van De Zande, chair
- Assembly Standing Committee on Veterans and Military AffairsШаблон:Spaced ndashC. C. Christensen, chair
Joint committees
- Joint Standing Committee on FinanceШаблон:SpndG. H. Hipke (Sen.) & J. Spearbraker (Asm.), co-chairs
- Joint Standing Committee on Revisions, Repeals, and Uniform LawsШаблон:SpndG. W. Buchen (Sen.) & C. F. Westfahl (Asm.), co-chairs
Employees
Senate employees
- Chief Clerk: Lawrence R. Larsen[4]
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Harold Damon
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Kenneth Hoard
Assembly employees
- Chief Clerk: Arthur L. May[4]
- Assistant Chief Clerk: Joseph S. Einberger
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Norris J. Kellman
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: J. Irvin Thomas
Notes
References
External links
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