Howard Marklein

Howard Marklein
Senate Co-Chair of the Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Finance Committee
Assumed office
January 4, 2021
Preceded byAlberta Darling
President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate
In office
January 3, 2017 – January 4, 2021
Preceded byRick Gudex
Succeeded byPatrick Testin
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 17th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2015
Preceded byDale Schultz
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 51st district
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015
Preceded bySteve Hilgenberg
Succeeded byTodd Novak
Personal details
Born (1954-10-03) October 3, 1954 (age 70)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpousePeggy McNeil
Children2
ResidenceSpring Green, Wisconsin
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin, Whitewater (BBA)
OccupationFarmer
WebsiteOfficial website

Howard L. Marklein (born October 3, 1954) is an American Republican politician and retired accountant and fraud examiner from Sauk County, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 17th Senate district since 2015; he was president pro tempore of the Senate from 2017 through 2021, and is now the Senate co-chair of the Legislature's influential Joint Finance Committee. Previously, he served four years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 51st Assembly district.