Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly

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Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly

The Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly is the presiding officer of the Wisconsin State Assembly, the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Article IV of the Constitution of Wisconsin, ratified in 1848, establishes the legislature and specifies the election of officers. The role and responsibilities of the speaker are defined in the Assembly Rules, originally in Rule 1, and also, under the present rules, Rule 3.[2]

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Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
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Incumbent
Robin Vos
since January 7, 2013
Wisconsin State Assembly
Style
StatusPresiding officer
SeatWisconsin State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin
AppointerThe Assembly
Term lengthAt the Assembly's pleasure; elected at the beginning of the new Legislature by a majority of the representatives-elect, and upon a vacancy during a session.
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Wisconsin
FormationJune 5, 1848; 176 years ago (1848-06-05)
First holderNinian E. Whiteside
June 5, 1848
DeputySpeaker pro tempore
Salary$53,299[1]
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Selection

The speaker is chosen by a majority vote of the Assembly members at the start of each session or whenever a vacancy occurs in the role during a session, as such, the speaker is almost always the de facto leader of the Assembly's majority party. A speaker pro tempore is elected concurrent with the election of the speaker, to carry out the speaker's duties in his or her absence. Unlike the United States House of Representatives, the rules of the Assembly require that the speaker and speaker pro tempore be elected from among the members of the Assembly.[2]

Powers and duties

The speaker is empowered to make all Assembly committee assignments and office assignments for members, and supervises all officers of the Assembly. The speaker is required to authenticate all acts, orders, or proceedings from the Assembly, and, with the countersignature of the chief clerk, issues all subpoenas on behalf of the Assembly or its committees.[2]

Current Speaker

The current Speaker of the Assembly for the 105th Wisconsin Legislature is Robin Vos of Burlington, Racine County, Wisconsin. He is the 79th speaker since the establishment of the State Assembly and the 75th person to hold the office. He is currently serving his fourth term as speaker, first elected to the role on January 7, 2013.[3]

The Speaker pro tempore is Representative Tyler August of Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin. This is his third full term in the role after being elected by the caucus in the October 2013.[3]

List of speakers

Wisconsin Territory (1836–1848)

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Assembly Session
(years)
Speaker[4]PartyResidenceNotes
1st 1st Session
(1836)
Peter H. Engle Democratic Dubuque
2nd Session
(1837  1838)
Isaac Leffler Whig Des Moines
Special Session
(1838)
William B. Sheldon Democratic Milwaukee
2nd 1st Session
(1838)
Thumb John Wilford Blackstone Sr. Whig Iowa County
2nd Session
(1839)
Lucius Israel Barber Whig Milwaukee
3rd Session
(1839  1840)
Thumb Edward V. Whiton Whig Rock County
4th Session
(1840)
Thumb Nelson Dewey Democratic Grant County
3rd 1st Session
(1840  1841)
David Newland Democratic Iowa County
2nd Session
(1841  1842)
4th 1st Session
(1842  1843)
Thumb Albert Gallatin Ellis Democratic Portage
2nd Session
(1843  1844)
Thumb George H. Walker Democratic Milwaukee
3rd Session
(1845)
4th Session
(1846)
Thumb Mason C. Darling Democratic Fond du Lac
5th 1st Session
(1847)
William Shew Democratic Milwaukee
Special Session
(1847)
Thumb Isaac P. Walker Democratic Milwaukee
2nd Session
(1848)
Timothy Burns Democratic Iowa County
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Wisconsin State Assembly (1848–Present)

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Order Legislature
(years)
Speaker[5]PartyResidenceNotes
1 1st
(1848)
Ninian E. Whiteside Democratic Belmont, Lafayette County
2 2nd
(1849)
Thumb Harrison Carroll Hobart Democratic Sheboygan, Sheboygan County
3 3rd
(1850)
Thumb Moses M. Strong Democratic Mineral Point, Iowa County
4 4th
(1851)
Thumb Frederick W. Horn Democratic Cedarburg, Washington County
5 5th
(1852)
Thumb James McMillan Shafter Whig Sheboygan, Sheboygan County
6 6th
(1853)
Thumb Henry L. Palmer Democratic Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
7 7th
(1854)
Thumb Frederick W. Horn Democratic Cedarburg, Ozaukee County
8 8th
(1855)
Thumb Charles C. Sholes Republican Kenosha, Kenosha County
9 9th
(1856)
William Hull Democratic Potosi, Grant County
10 10th
(1857)
Thumb Wyman Spooner Republican Elkhorn, Walworth County
11 11th
(1858)
Thumb Frederick S. Lovell Republican Kenosha, Kenosha County
12 12th
(1859)
Thumb William P. Lyon Republican Racine, Racine County
13th
(1860)
13 14th
(1861)
Amasa Cobb Republican Mineral Point, Iowa County
14 15th
(1862)
Joseph W. Beardsley Union Democrat Prescott, Pierce County
15 16th
(1863)
Thumb J. Allen Barber Republican Lancaster, Grant County
16 17th
(1864)
Thumb William W. Field Union Fennimore, Grant County
18th
(1865)
17 19th
(1866)
Thumb Henry D. Barron Republican St. Croix Falls, Polk County
18 20th
(1867)
Thumb Angus Cameron Republican La Crosse, La Crosse County
19 21st
(1868)
Thumb Alexander McDonald Thomson Republican Janesville, Rock County
22nd
(1869)
20 23rd
(1870)
James M. Bingham Republican Palmyra, Jefferson County
21 24th
(1871)
Thumb William E. Smith Republican Fox Lake, Dodge County
22 25th
(1872)
Daniel Hall Republican Watertown, Jefferson County
23 26th
(1873)
Thumb Henry D. Barron Republican St. Croix Falls, Polk County
24 27th
(1874)
Thumb Gabriel Bouck Democratic Oshkosh, Winnebago County
25 28th
(1875)
Thumb Frederick W. Horn Democratic Cedarburg, Ozaukee County
26 29th
(1876)
Thumb Sam S. Fifield Republican Ashland, Ashland County
27 30th
(1877)
Thumb John B. Cassoday Republican Janesville, Rock County
28 31st
(1878)
Augustus Barrows Greenbacker Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County
29 32nd
(1879)
David M. Kelly Republican Green Bay, Brown County
30 33rd
(1880)
Thumb Alexander A. Arnold Republican Galesville, Trempealeau County
31 34th
(1881)
Ira B. Bradford Republican Augusta, Eau Claire County
32 35th
(1882)
Thumb Franklin L. Gilson Republican Ellsworth, Pierce County
33 36th
(1883  1884)
Earl P. Finch Democratic Oshkosh, Winnebago County
34 37th
(1885  1886)
Thumb Hiram Orlando Fairchild Republican Marinette, Marinette County
35 38th
(1887  1888)
Thomas Brooks Mills Republican Millston, Jackson County
39th
(1889  1890)
36 40th
(1891  1892)
James J. Hogan Democratic La Crosse, La Crosse County
37 41st
(1893  1894)
Thumb Edward Keogh Democratic Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
38 42nd
(1895  1896)
George B. Burrows Republican Madison, Dane County
39 43rd
(1897  1898)
Thumb George A. Buckstaff Republican Oshkosh, Winnebago County
40 44th
(1899  1900)
George H. Ray Republican La Crosse, La Crosse County
45th
(1901  1902)
41 46th
(1903  1904)
Thumb Irvine Lenroot Republican West Superior, Douglas County
47th
(1905  1906)
42 48th
(1907  1908)
Thumb Herman L. Ekern Republican Whitehall, Trempealeau County
43 49th
(1909  1910)
Thumb Levi H. Bancroft Republican Richland Center, Richland County
44 50th
(1911  1912)
Thumb Charles A. Ingram Republican Durand, Pepin County
45 51st
(1913  1914)
Thumb Merlin Hull Republican Black River Falls, Jackson County
46 52nd
(1915  1916)
Thumb Lawrence C. Whittet Republican Edgerton, Rock County
53rd
(1917  1918)
47 54th
(1919  1920)
Riley S. Young Republican Darien, Walworth County
55th
(1921  1922)
48 56th
(1923  1924)
Thumb John L. Dahl Republican Rice Lake, Barron County
49 57th
(1925  1926)
Herman W. Sachtjen Republican Madison, Dane County
50 Thumb George A. Nelson Republican Milltown, Polk County
51 58th
(1927  1928)
John W. Eber Republican Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
52 59th
(1929  1930)
Thumb Charles B. Perry Republican Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County
60th
(1931  1932)
53 61st
(1933  1934)
Cornelius T. Young Democratic Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
54 62nd
(1935  1936)
Jorge W. Carow Progressive Ladysmith, Rusk County
55 63rd
(1937  1938)
Paul R. Alfonsi Progressive Pence, Iron County
56 64th
(1939  1940)
Thumb Vernon Wallace Thomson Republican Richland Center, Richland County
65th
(1941  1942)
66th
(1943  1944)
57 67th
(1945  1946)
Donald C. McDowell Republican Soldiers Grove, Crawford County
68th
(1947  1948)
58 69th
(1949  1950)
Thumb Alex L. Nicol Republican Sparta, Monroe County
59 70th
(1951  1952)
Thumb Ora R. Rice Republican Delavan, Walworth County
71st
(1953  1954)
60 72nd
(1955  1956)
Thumb Mark Catlin, Jr. Republican Appleton, Outagamie County
61 73rd
(1957  1958)
Robert G. Marotz Republican Shawano, Shawano County
62 74th
(1959  1960)
George Molinaro Democratic Kenosha, Kenosha County
63 75th
(1961  1962)
David J. Blanchard Republican Edgerton, Rock County
64 76th
(1963  1964)
Robert D. Haase Republican Marinette, Marinette County
65 77th
(1965  1966)
Robert T. Huber Democratic West Allis, Milwaukee County
66 78th
(1967  1968)
Thumb Harold Vernon Froehlich Republican Appleton, Outagamie County
79th
(1969  1970)
67 80th
(1971  1972)
Robert T. Huber Democratic West Allis, Milwaukee County
68 Norman C. Anderson Democratic Madison, Dane County
81st
(1973  1974)
82nd
(1975  1976)
69 83rd
(1977  1978)
Edward G. Jackamonis Democratic Waukesha, Waukesha County
84th
(1979  1980)
85th
(1981  1982)
70 86th
(1983  1984)
Thumb Thomas A. Loftus Democratic Sun Prairie, Dane County
87th
(1985  1986)
88th
(1987  1988)
89th
(1989  1990)
71 90th
(1991  1992)
Walter Kunicki Democratic Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
91st
(1993  1994)
72 92nd
(1995  1996)
David Prosser, Jr. Republican Appleton, Outagamie County
73 93rd
(1997  1998)
Ben Brancel Republican Endeavor, Marquette County
74 Scott R. Jensen Republican Waukesha, Waukesha County
94th
(1999  2000)
95th
(2001  2002)
75 96th
(2003  2004)
John Gard Republican Peshtigo, Marinette County
97th
(2005  2006)
76 98th
(2007  2008)
Thumb Michael Huebsch Republican West Salem, La Crosse County
77 99th
(2009  2010)
Thumb Michael J. Sheridan Democratic Janesville, Rock County
78 100th
(2011  2012)
Thumb Jeff Fitzgerald Republican Horicon, Dodge County
79 101st
(2013  2014)
Thumb Robin Vos Republican Burlington, Racine County Longest-serving speaker
102nd
(2015  2016)
103rd
(2017  2018)
104th
(2019  2020)
105th
(2021  2022)
106th
(2023  2024)
107th
(2025  2026)
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