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| U.S. Senators from Wisconsin: |
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Dates of Service |
| Class 1 |
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Henry Dodge (D)
James R. Doolittle (R)
Matthew H. Carpenter (R)
Angus Cameron (R)
Philetus Sawyer (R)
John L. Mitchell (D)
Joseph V. Quarles (R)
Robert M. La Follette (R)
Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (R,PR)
Joseph R. McCarthy (R)
William Proxmire (D)
Herbert H. Kohl (D)
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1848-1857
1857-1869
1869-1875
1875-1881
1881-1893
1893-1899
1899-1905
1906-1925
1925-1947
1947-1957
1957-1989
1989---
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| Name |
Dates of Service |
| Class 3 |
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Isaac P. Walker (D)
Charles Durkee (OP,R)
Timothy O. Howe (R)
Matthew H. Carpenter (R)
Angus Cameron (R)
John Coit Spooner (R)
William F. Vilas (D)
John Coit Spooner (R)
Isaac Stephenson (R)
Paul O. Husting (D)
Irvine L. Lenroot (R)
John J. Blaine (R)
F. Ryan Duffy (D)
Alexander Wiley (R)
Gaylord A. Nelson (D)
Robert W. Kasten, Jr. (R)
Russ Feingold (D)
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1848-1855
1855-1861
1861-1879
1879-1881
1881-1885
1885-1891
1891-1897
1897-1907
1907-1915
1915-1917
1918-1927
1927-1933
1933-1939
1939-1963
1963-1981
1981-1993
1993---
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| Senate Service |
Longest Service (24 years or more):
William Proxmire
Alexander Wiley
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Wisconsin Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions |
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President Pro Tempore: Matthew H. Carpenter
Republican Conference Secretary: Robert W. Kasten, Jr.
Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947:
- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: William Proxmire
- Foreign Relations: Alexander Wiley
- Government Operations: Joseph R. McCarthy
- Judiciary: Alexander Wiley
- Special Aging: Herbert H. Kohl
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Wisconsin Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection |
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Statuary: Pere Jacques Marquette by Gaetano Trentanove (House connecting corridor); Robert M. LaFollette, Sr. by Jo Davidson (Statuary Hall)
Portraits: Robert M. LaFollette, Sr., by Chester La Follette, one of the five outstanding senators memorialized in the Senate Reception Room (S-213).
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Unusual Facts |
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Henry Dodge represented Wisconsin in the Senate during the Thirtieth to Thirty-fourth congresses, while his son, Senator Augustus C. Dodge, was representing Iowa in the Thirtieth to Thirty-third congresses.
The La Follette family held the same Senate seat from 1905 to 1947; Robert, Sr. served in the Fifty-ninth to Sixty-ninth congresses, and Robert, Jr., in the Sixty-ninth to Seventy-ninth congresses.
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