63rd Wisconsin Legislature

63rd Wisconsin Legislature
63rd Wisconsin Legislature
	Wisconsin State Capitol ca.1915
Overview
Legislative body	Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place	Wisconsin State Capitol
Term	January 4, 1937 – January 2, 1939
Election	November 3, 1936
Senate
Members	33
Senate President	Henry Gunderson (P) (resigned Oct. 16, 1937); Herman Ekern (P) (from May 16, 1938);
President pro tempore	Walter J. Rush (P)
Party control	Progressive
Assembly
Members	100
Assembly Speaker	Paul Alfonsi (P)
Party control	Progressive
Sessions
Regular
Regular	January 13, 1937 – July 2, 1937
Special sessions
Sep. 1937 Spec.
Sep. 1937 Spec.	September 15, 1937 – October 16, 1937

The Sixty-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1937, to July 2, 1937, in regular session, and reconvened in a special session from September 15, 1937, to October 16, 1937.^[1]

This was the high water mark for the power of the Wisconsin Progressive Party, as they controlled both chambers of the Legislature and the Governor's office.

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 3, 1936. 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 6, 1934.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2021). "Historical Lists" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2021–2022 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 468, 471, 475, 479–480. ISBN 978-1-7333817-1-0. Retrieved March 11, 2023.

[historical-1] Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2021). "Historical Lists" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2021–2022 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 468, 471, 475, 479–480. ISBN 978-1-7333817-1-0. Retrieved March 11, 2023.

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