U.S. Representatives from Wisconsin, 1950-59 (may be
incomplete!)
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
U.S. Representatives from Wisconsin: Events
and Candidates of the 1950's (may be incomplete!)
- 1st District:
- 1950 Nov 7:
Lawrence
H. Smith (Rep), elected;
Jack
Harvey (Dem), defeated.
- 1952 Nov 4:
Lawrence
H. Smith (Rep), elected;
Arnie
W. Agnew (Dem), defeated.
- 1954 Nov 2:
Lawrence
H. Smith (Rep), elected;
Edward
A. Krenzke (Dem), defeated.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Gerald
T. Flynn (Dem), nominated;
Erling
E. Johnson (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Lawrence
H. Smith (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1956 Nov 6:
Lawrence
H. Smith (Rep), elected;
Gerald
T. Flynn (Dem), defeated.
- 1958 Jan 22:
Lawrence
H. Smith, died in office.
- 1958 Nov 4:
Gerald
T. Flynn (Dem), elected;
Eleanor
J. Smith (Rep), defeated.
- 2nd District:
- 1950 Nov 7:
Glenn
R. Davis (Rep), elected;
Horace
W. Wilkie (Dem), defeated;
Nathan
Sadowsky (Socialist), defeated.
- 1952 Nov 4:
Glenn
R. Davis (Rep), elected;
Horace
W. Wilkie (Dem), defeated.
- 1954 Nov 2:
Glenn
R. Davis (Rep), elected;
Gaylord
A. Nelson (Dem), defeated.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Robert
W. Kastenmeier (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Donald
E. Tewes (Rep), nominated;
Chester
E. Dempsey (Rep), defeated in primary;
Vernon
H. Halle (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1956 Nov 6:
Donald
E. Tewes (Rep), elected;
Robert
W. Kastenmeier (Dem), defeated.
- 1958 Nov 4:
Robert
W. Kastenmeier (Dem), elected;
Donald
E. Tewes (Rep), defeated.
- 3rd District:
- 1950 Nov 7:
Gardner
R. Withrow (Rep), elected;
Patrick
J. Lucey (Dem), defeated;
Walter
L. Alexander (Socialist), defeated.
- 1952 Nov 4:
Gardner
R. Withrow (Rep), elected;
Edna
Brown (Dem), defeated.
- 1954 Nov 2:
Gardner
R. Withrow (Rep), elected;
Joseph
A. Seep (Dem), defeated.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Norman
M. Clapp (Dem), nominated;
Leroy
Gore (Dem), defeated in primary;
Richard
S. McKnight (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Gardner
R. Withrow (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1956 Nov 6:
Gardner
R. Withrow (Rep), elected;
Norman
M. Clapp (Dem), defeated.
- 1958 Nov 4:
Gardner
R. Withrow (Rep), elected;
Norman
M. Clapp (Dem), defeated.
- 4th District:
- 1950 Nov 7:
Clement
J. Zablocki (Dem), elected;
John
C. Brophy (Rep), defeated.
- 1952 Nov 4:
Clement
J. Zablocki (Dem), elected;
John
C. Schafer (Rep), defeated.
- 1954 Nov 2:
Clement
J. Zablocki (Dem), elected;
John
C. Schafer (Rep), defeated.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Clement
J. Zablocki (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1956 Sep 11:
William
J. Burke (Rep), nominated;
George
M. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1956 Nov 6:
Clement
J. Zablocki (Dem), elected;
William
J. Burke (Rep), defeated.
- 1958 Nov 4:
Clement
J. Zablocki (Dem), elected;
James
J. Arnold (Rep), defeated.
- 5th District:
- 1950 Nov 7:
Charles
J. Kersten (Rep), elected;
Andrew
J. Biemiller (Dem), defeated.
- 1952 Nov 4:
Charles
J. Kersten (Rep), elected;
Andrew
J. Biemiller (Dem), defeated.
- 1954 Nov 2:
Henry
S. Reuss (Dem), elected;
Charles
J. Kersten (Rep), defeated.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Henry
S. Reuss (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Russell
Wirth, Jr. (Rep), nominated;
Charles
J. Kersten (Rep), defeated in primary;
Leon
J. Dealy (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1956 Nov 6:
Henry
S. Reuss (Dem), elected;
Russell
Wirth, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
- 1958 Nov 4:
Henry
S. Reuss (Dem), elected;
Otto
R. Werkmeister (Rep), defeated.
- 6th District:
- 1950 Nov 7:
William
K. Van Pelt (Rep), elected;
Kenneth
L. Kunde (Dem), defeated.
- 1952 Nov 4:
William
K. Van Pelt (Rep), elected;
Ralph
A. Norem (Dem), defeated.
- 1954 Nov 2:
William
K. Van Pelt (Rep), elected;
Russell
S. Johnson (Dem), defeated.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Rudolph
J. Ploetz (Dem), nominated;
Donald
E. Bonk (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1956 Sep 11:
William
K. Van Pelt (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1956 Nov 6:
William
K. Van Pelt (Rep), elected;
Rudolph
J. Ploetz (Dem), defeated.
- 1958 Nov 4:
William
K. Van Pelt (Rep), elected;
James
Megellas (Dem), defeated.
- 7th District:
- 1950 Nov 7:
Reid
F. Murray (Rep), elected;
Edward
G. Gilbertson (Dem), defeated.
- 1952 Apr 29:
Reid
F. Murray, died in office.
- 1952 Nov 4:
Melvin
R. Laird (Rep), elected;
Ernest
Kluck (Dem), defeated.
- 1954 Nov 2:
Melvin
R. Laird (Rep), elected;
Kenneth
E. Anderson (Dem), defeated.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Kenneth
E. Anderson (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Melvin
R. Laird (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1956 Nov 6:
Melvin
R. Laird (Rep), elected;
Margaret
Anderson (Dem), defeated.
- 1958 Nov 4:
Melvin
R. Laird (Rep), elected;
Kenneth
Traeger (Dem), defeated.
- 8th District:
- 1950 Nov 7:
John
W. Byrnes (Rep), elected;
John
W. Reynolds, Jr. (Dem), defeated;
Lee
M. Schaal (Socialist), defeated.
- 1952 Nov 4:
John
W. Byrnes (Rep), elected;
Robert
C. Schultz (Dem), defeated.
- 1954 Nov 2:
John
W. Byrnes (Rep), elected;
Jerome
J. Reinke (Dem), defeated.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Milo
Singler (Dem), nominated;
Martin
J. Kujawa (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1956 Sep 11:
John
W. Byrnes (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1956 Nov 6:
John
W. Byrnes (Rep), elected;
Milo
Singler (Dem), defeated.
- 1958 Nov 4:
John
W. Byrnes (Rep), elected;
Milo
Singler (Dem), defeated.
- 9th District:
- 1950 Nov 7:
Merlin
Hull (Rep), elected;
Arthur
L. Henning (Dem), defeated.
- 1952 Nov 4:
Merlin
Hull (Rep), elected;
Kent
L. Pillsbury (Dem), defeated.
- 1953 May 17:
Merlin
Hull, died in office.
- 1953 Sep 15:
Lester
Johnson (Dem), nominated;
Kent
L. Pillsbury (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1953 Sep 15:
Arthur
L. Padrutt (Rep), nominated;
George
Rowe (Rep), defeated in primary;
Arthur
L. Peterson (Rep), defeated in primary;
Willis
E. Donley (Rep), defeated in primary;
Dennis
B. Danielson (Rep), defeated in primary;
Mike
Krultz, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1953 Oct 13:
Lester
Johnson (Dem), elected;
Arthur
L. Padrutt (Rep), defeated.
- 1954 Nov 2:
Lester
Johnson (Dem), elected;
William
E. Owen (Rep), defeated.
- 1956:
Lynn
A. Mason (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Lester
Johnson (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Arthur
L. Peterson (Rep), nominated;
Perry
M. Hull (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1956 Nov 6:
Lester
Johnson (Dem), elected;
Arthur
L. Peterson (Rep), defeated.
- 1958 Nov 4:
Lester
Johnson (Dem), elected;
Charles
A. Hornback (Rep), defeated.
- 10th District:
- 1950 Nov 7:
Alvin
E. O'Konski (Rep), elected;
Rodney
J. Edwards (Dem), defeated.
- 1952 Nov 4:
Alvin
E. O'Konski (Rep), elected;
Roland
E. Kannenberg (Dem), defeated.
- 1954 Nov 2:
Alvin
E. O'Konski (Rep), elected;
Basil
G. Kennedy (Dem), defeated.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Carl
E. Lauri (Dem), nominated;
Basil
G. Kennedy (Dem), defeated in primary;
Thomas
J. Joyce (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1956 Sep 11:
Alvin
E. O'Konski (Rep), nominated unopposed.
- 1956 Nov 6:
Alvin
E. O'Konski (Rep), elected;
Carl
E. Lauri (Dem), defeated.
- 1958 Nov 4:
Alvin
E. O'Konski (Rep), elected;
Basil
G. Kennedy (Dem), defeated.
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