73rd Wisconsin Legislature

• January 7, 1957:
  • Inauguration of Vernon W. Thomson as the 34th Governor of Wisconsin.
  • John E. Martin became chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court by seniority rule at the expiration of Edward T. Fairchild's term.
• January 20, 1957: Second inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States.
• May 2, 1957: Wisconsin's senior United States senator, Joseph McCarthy, died in office.
• August 28, 1957: William Proxmire (D) elected United States senator from Wisconsin.
• September 9, 1957: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law.
• October 4, 1957: The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
• October 10, 1957: The Milwaukee Braves won the 1957 World Series.
• November 3, 1957: The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, carrying the first animal to orbit the Earth.
• January 22, 1958: Wisconsin U.S. representative Lawrence H. Smith (WI-01) died in office.
• January 31, 1958: The United States launched Explorer 1, its first successful satellite.
• March 8, 1958: The USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was decommissioned, leaving the U.S. Navy without an active battleship for the first time since 1896.
• July 29, 1958: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, establishing NASA.
• October 9, 1958: Pope Pius XII died.
• October 28, 1958: The 1958 papal conclave elected Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli as the next pope, he then took the papal name John XXIII.
• November 4, 1958: 1958 United States general election:
  • Gaylord Nelson (D) elected Governor of Wisconsin.
  • William Proxmire (D) re-elected United States senator from Wisconsin.

• 1957 Joint Resolution 32: First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to set a county and municipal debt limit of five percent of taxable property. This amendment was eventually ratified at the November 1960 election.
• 1957 Joint Resolution 58: First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the state to take on debt to pay for port improvements. This amendment was eventually ratified at the April 1960 election.

• Regular session: January 9, 1957 – September 27, 1957
• June 1958 special session: June 11, 1958 – June 13, 1958

• President of the Senate: Warren P. Knowles (R)
• President pro tempore: Frank E. Panzer (R–Oakfield)
• Majority leader: Robert S. Travis (R–Platteville)
• Minority leader: Henry Maier (D–Milwaukee)

• Speaker of the Assembly: Robert G. Marotz (R–Shawano)
• Majority leader: Warren A. Grady (R–Port Washington)
• Minority leader: Robert T. Huber (D–West Allis)

Members of the Senate for the Seventy-Third Wisconsin Legislature:^[2]

Members of the Assembly for the Seventy-Third Wisconsin Legislature:^[2]

• Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture – H. M. Jones, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on Conservation – C. Krueger, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on Education – W. W. Clark, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on Governmental and Veterans Affairs – L. P. O'Brien, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on Highways – J. Miller, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on Interstate Cooperation – F. E. Panzer, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary – W. L. Merten, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on Labor, Taxation, Insurance, and Banking – W. Trinke, chair
• Senate Standing Committee on Public Welfare – P. P. Carr, chair
• Senate Special Committee on Committees – J. Miller, chair
• Senate Special Committee on Contingent Expenditures – L. H. Prange, chair
• Senate Special Committee on Legislative Procedure – F. E. Panzer, chair

• Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture – O. R. Rice, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures – J. S. Crawford, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Conservation – M. E. Dillman, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures – B. Lewison, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Education – W. B. Calvert, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Elections – V. C. Wallin, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills – M. C. Kintz, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills – C. H. Sykes, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees – H. R. Abraham, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Highways – E. C. Nitschke, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking – R. E. Peterson, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary – E. A. Toepel, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Labor – E. L. Genzmer, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities – P. A. Luedtke, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Printing – E. A. Hinz, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare – M. H. Ward, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Revision – A. J. Redford, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Rules – W. A. Grady, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs – D. Blanchard, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation – G. Pommerening, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading – H. M. Peters, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation – L. M. Hagen, chair
• Assembly Standing Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs – B. F. Wackett, chair

• Joint Standing Committee on Finance – A. A. Laun (Sen.) & J. R. Stone (Asm.), co-chairs
• Joint Standing Committee on Revisions, Repeals, and Uniform Laws – A. Busby (Sen.) & A. J. Cane (Asm.), co-chairs
• Joint Legislative Council – R. G. Marotz, chair

• Chief Clerk: Lawrence R. Larsen^[3]
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Harold Damon

• Chief Clerk: Arthur L. May^[3]
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Norris J. Kellman

• 1957: Related Documents from Wisconsin Legislature