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WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1987-1988


    ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS, SENATE PRESIDENTS PRO TEMPORE
                          OR PRESIDENTS, 1848-19871-Cont.

                                     Residence and        Senate Presidents
Pro         Residence and
                                                              Tempore
Session  Assembly Speakers2          District No.3        or Presidents1'
2             District No.
1975     Norman C. Anderson (D)      Madison (37)         Fred A. Risser
(D)              Madison (26)
1977-81  Edward G. Jackamonis (D)    Waukesha (98)        Fred A. Risser
(D)'             Madison (26)
1983-87  Thomas A. Loftus (D)        Sun Prairie (46)     Fred A. Risser
(D)              Madison (26)
'President pro tempore is listed until11979. After May 1, 1979, the president
of the Senate is listed; the lieutenant governor's
  function as president was deleted by constitutional amendment adopted in
April 1979.
2Political party indicated is for session elected: D-Democrat; GB-Greenback;
P-Progressive; R-Republican; U-Union; UD-
  Union Democrat.
3Assembly districts were not numbered until the 1973 session.
4George A. Nelson (R), Polk County, was elected to serve at special session,
4/15/26 to 4/16/26, following the resignation of
  Herman Sachtjen after the regular session to accept circuit judge appointment.
5Resigned 12/12/71 to accept Highway Commission chairman appointment.
6Elected Speaker 1/18/72, succeeding Robert Huber.
Source: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, January 1987.


             U.S. SENATORS FROM WISCONSIN, 1848-1987
Note: Each state has 2 U.S. Senators. In this compilation the sequence of
persons holding each of the positions is
carried out separately and the 2 positions are designated as Post 1 and Post
2.
            (D) - Democrat (P) _ Progressive (R)- Republican (UR)- Union
Republican

                     Post 1                                             Post
2
    Name                                Term           Name             
                  Term
Isaac P. Walker (D) ..............  1848-1849      Henry Dodge (D)1................
    1848-1851
                                      1849-1855                         
                1851-1857
Charles Durkee (UR) ..............1855-1861        James R. Doolittle (R)
.............1857-1863
Timothy 0. Howe (UR) ...........      1861-1867                         
                1863-1869
                                      1867-1873    Matthew H. Carpenter (R)
..........1869-1875
                                      1873-1879    Angus Cameron (R)...............
    1875-1881
Matthew H. Carpenter (R).........     1879-1881    Philetus Sawyer (R)...............
  1881-1887
Angus Cameron (R)2..............     1881-1885                          
                1887-1893
John C. Spooner (R) ...............1885-1891       John Lendrum Mitchell
(D) .........1893-1899
William F. Vilas (D) ...............1891-1897      Joseph Very Quarles (R)
............1899-1905
John C. Spooner (R) ...............1897-1903       Robert M. La Follette,
Sr. (R)5       1906-1911
                                      1903-1907                         
                1911-1917
Isaac Stephenson (R)3............ ..1907-1909                           
                1917-1923
                                      1909-1915                         
                1923-1925
Paul 0. Husting (D) ...............1915-1917       Robert M. La Follette,
Jr. (R)6 ....  1925-1929
Irvine L. Lenroot (R)4.............   1918-1921                         
                1929-1935
                                      1921-1927                         
  (P) .....     1935-1941
John J. Blaine (R).................1927-1933                            
                1941-1947
F. Ryan Duffy (D).................  1933-1939      Joseph R. McCarthy (R)..........
    1947-1953
Alexander Wiley (R) ...............1939-1945                            
                1953-1957
                                      1945-1951    William Proxmire (D)7..............1957-1959
                                      1951-1957                         
                1959-1965
                                      1957-1963                         
                1965-1971
Gaylord A. Nelson (D) .............1963-1969                            
                1971-1977
                                      1969-1975                         
                1977-1983
                                      1975-1981                         
                1983-
Robert W. Kasten, Jr. (R) ..........1981-1987
                                      1987-
'Length of the first term of senators when new states are created is determined
by lot. See Article I, Section 3,
  Clause 2, U.S. Constitution.
2Not a candidate for re-election to Post 2, but elected 3/10/1881, to fill
unexpired term caused by death of
  Senator Carpenter on 2/24/1881.
3Elected in 5/17/1907, to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Senator Spooner
on 4/30/1907.
4Elected 5/2/1918, to fill unexpired term caused by death of Senator Husting
on 10/21/1917.
'Elected 1/25/1905, but continued to serve as Governor until 1/1/1906.
6Elected 9/29/1925, to fill unexpired term caused by death of Senator La
Follette,Sr. on 6/18/1925.
7Elected 8/27/1957, to fill unexpired term caused by death of Senator McCarthy
on 5/2/1957.