67th Wisconsin Legislature
The Sixty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1945, to September 6, 1945, in regular session, and reconvened in a special session in July 1946.
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| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
| Term | January 1, 1945 – January 6, 1947 | ||||
| Election | November 7, 1944 | ||||
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| Members | 33 | ||||
| Senate President | Oscar Rennebohm (R) | ||||
| President pro tempore | Conrad Shearer (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
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| Members | 100 | ||||
| Assembly Speaker | Donald C. McDowell (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
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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.
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.