The Fifty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from  to  in regular session, and reconvened in a special session in April 1926.

This was the first session in the history of the Wisconsin Legislature with female legislators.  There were three in this session: Mildred Barber, Hellen M. Brooks, and Helen F. Thompson.

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 4, 1924. 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 7, 1922.

Major events
 January 5, 1925: Third inauguration of John J. Blaine as Governor of Wisconsin.
 March 4, 1925: Second inauguration of President Calvin Coolidge.
 April 7, 1925: E. Ray Stevens was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
 June 18, 1925: Wisconsin's senior United States senator, Robert M. La Follette, died in Washington, D.C.
 June 24, 1925: A statue of Hans Christian Heg was unveiled on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
 August 8, 1925: Roughly 30,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan paraded through Washington, D.C.
 September 18, 1925: The Green Bay Packers played their first game at City Stadium.
 September 29, 1925: Robert M. La Follette Jr. won a special election to succeed his father as United States senator from Wisconsin.
 December 31, 1925: Wisconsin Assembly speaker Herman W. Sachtjen resigned from the Assembly after being appointed a Wisconsin circuit court judge.
 March 16, 1926: Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fuel rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts.
 May 20, 1926: The Air Commerce Act was signed into law by U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, establishing the first flight safety regulations in the United States.
 November 2, 1926: 1926 United States general election:
 Fred R. Zimmerman elected Governor of Wisconsin.
 Incumbent Wisconsin governor John J. Blaine elected United States senator from Wisconsin.
 Wisconsin voters ratified two amendments to the state constitution:
 Allowing the Governor's salary to be set by legislation rather than fixed in the constitution.
 Allowing the recall of elected officials to be initiated by public petition.
 November 11, 1926: The United States Numbered Highway System was established by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

Major legislation
 May 21, 1925: An Act ... relating to the minimum wage for women and minor employes, 1925 Act 176.  Created new regulatory and permitting powers for the Wisconsin Industrial Commission to ensure adequate compensation for women and children in the workplace.
 1925 Joint Resolution 7: Joint Resolution ratifying an amendment to the constitution of the United States relating to child labor.  Wisconsin's ratification of the Child Labor Amendment.
 1925 Joint Resolution 16: Joint Resolution to create section 12 of article XIII of the constitution, relating to the recall of elective public officers.  Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to enable the recall of public officials, initiated by public petition.  This amendment was ratified at the November 1926 election.
 1925 Joint Resolution 24: Joint Resolution memorializing congress to provide for earlier seating of senators and representatives elect.  Endorsed moving the start of congressional sessions from March to January.
 1925 Joint Resolution 26: Joint Resolution to amend sections 2 and 3 of article VII of the constitution, relating to the jurisdiction of the judiciary over acts of the legislature.  In an attempted power grab by the Legislature, this amendment to the state constitution was proposed to require a two-thirds majority of the state supreme court to find an act of the legislature unconstitutional.  This amendment was never ratified.
 1925 Joint Resolution 29: Joint Resolution memorializing the congress to propose an amendment to the constitution of the United States providing for the election of president and vice-president by popular vote.  
 1925 Joint Resolution 33: Joint Resolution to amend section 21 of article IV of the constitution, relating to compensation of members of the legislature.  First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to update the legislator salary to $1,000 per term.  This amendment was rejected by voters in 1927.
 1925 Joint Resolution 52: Joint Resolution to amend section 5 of article V of the constitution, relating to the compensation of the governor.  Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the governor's pay to be set by legislation rather than fixed in the constitution.  This amendment was ratified at the November 1926 election.
 1925 Joint Resolution 61: Joint Resolution to amend section 1 of article VIII of the constitution, relating to taxation of forests and minerals and of forest and mineral lands.  First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to adjust taxation of forest land.  This amendment was ratified by voters in 1927.

Party summary

Senate summary

Assembly summary

Sessions
 Regular session: January 14, 1925June 29, 1925
 April 1926 special session: April 15, 1926April 16, 1926

Leaders

Senate leadership
 President of the Senate: Henry Huber (R)
 President pro tempore: Howard Teasdale (R–Sparta)

Assembly leadership
 Speaker of the Assembly: Herman W. Sachtjen  (R–Madison) (until Dec. 31, 1925)
 George A. Nelson (R–Milltown) (from April 15, 1926)

Members

Members of the Senate
Members of the Senate for the Fifty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:

Members of the Assembly
Members of the Assembly for the Fifty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:

Committees

Senate committees
 Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture, Labor, and IndustriesH. J. Severson, chair
 Senate Standing Committee on CommitteesA. E. Garey, chair
 Senate Standing Committee on Contingent ExpendituresH. J. F. Bilgrien, chair
 Senate Standing Committee on Corporations and TaxationO. H. Johnson, chair
 Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public WelfareC. B. Casperson, chair
 Senate Standing Committee on HighwaysJ. E. Cashman, chair
 Senate Standing Committee on the JudiciaryM. W. Heck, chair
 Senate Standing Committee on State and Local GovernmentJ. L. Barber, chair

Assembly committees
 Assembly Standing Committee on AgricultureA. Holly, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and ManufacturesA. M. Warden, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent ExpendituresH. W. Stokes, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on EducationG. Slack, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on ElectionsA. Beversdorf, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed BillsE. E. Royce, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled BillsT. Swanson, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and FeesG. W. Meggers, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on Fish and GameF. E. Moul, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on HighwaysF. A. Frederick, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and BankingC. G. Price, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on the JudiciaryJ. W. Eber, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on LaborA. M. Miller, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on MunicipalitiesT. Engel, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on PrintingG. Zittlow, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on Public WelfareM. Koenigs, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on RevisionC. Hillman, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on RulesC. G. Price, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on State AffairsJ. Goodman, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on TaxationG. W. Schmidt, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on Third ReadingR. Naumann, chair
 Assembly Standing Committee on TransportationE. B. Minier, chair

Joint committees
 Joint Standing Committee on FinanceG. Staudenmayer (Sen.) & G. A. Nelson (Asm.), co-chairs

Employees

Senate employees
 Chief Clerk: F. W. Schoenfeld
 Assistant Chief Clerk: Charles E. Mullen
 Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles A. Leicht
 Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Carl A. Pfeiffer
 Postmaster: William A. Kuehl

Assembly employees
 Chief Clerk: C. E. Shaffer
 Journal Clerk: Max H. Albertz
 Sergeant-at-Arms: C. E. Hanson
 Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Stephen P. Saunders
 Postmaster: Frank C. Densmore

Notes

References

External links
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