1963 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

none April 2025 April 2025 1963 Wisconsin Supreme Court election Wisconsin presidential no 1961 1964 April 2, 1963 Bruce_F._Beilfuss_(Wisconsin_Supreme_Court_justice)_1960s_portrait.jpg Bruce F. Beilfuss c0c0c0 411,428 64.75% 3x4.svg Harry E. Larsen c0c0c0 224,022 35.25% Justice Timothy Brown Bruce F. Beilfuss 1953 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1953 1973 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1973 The 1963 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 2, 1963 to elect a justice to a full ten-year seat the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Bruce F. Beilfuss won an open race to succeed retiring justice Timothy Brown. Background As a result of the mandatory retirement age for state judges of 70 that was in effect at the time of the election, incumbent justice Timothy Brown was precluded from seeking re-election in 1963. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-times-timothy-brown-chief-ju/138099367/ Timothy Brown Racine Journal Times May 24, 1962 10 January 5, 2024 Newspapers.com This made the election an open-seat race. The 1961 and 1963 elections were the first instance in the court's history in which multiple consecutive elections were for open seats (without an incumbent running). 2026, this has only occurred in five further instances.The five subsequent instances of this have been:Ostermeier Dr Eric Wisconsin Supreme Court 2025 Election by the Numbers https://smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2025/01/12/wisconsin-supreme-court-2025-election-by-the-numbers/ Smart Politics (University of Minnesota) 5 July 2025 13 January 2025 1977 and 1978 1980 and 1983 1995 and 1996 2018 and 2019 2023, 2025, 2026 Candidates Advanced to the general election Bruce F. Beilfuss, Wisconsin Circuit Court justice Harry E. Larsen, Superior-based attorneyFebruary 22, 1964 40-Hour Week for State Judges Urged by Larsen https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-40-hour-week-for/184062859/ subscription Wisconsin State Journal 12 en Newspapers.com United Press International Eliminated in the primary Christ Alexopoulos, Milwaukee-based attorney and perennial judicial candidateAlexopolous had unsuccessfully run For Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1959 and 1961; had unsuccessfully run for Circuit Court in 1960 and 1962; and had run other civil court campaigns as far back as 1954. He would later unsuccessfully run again for Supreme Court in 1974, 1975, and 1976For State Supreme Court; Alexopoulos Tries Again https://www.newspapers.com/image/293516541 Newspapers.com subscription Herald-Times-Reporter The Associated Press 10 April 2026 8 February 5, 1976 Davis Donnelly William H. Evans Results Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, 1963 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Nonpartisan Primary, March 5, 1963https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oshkosh-northwestern-judicial-electi/138015141/ Veteran Jurist Favored to Win Oshkosh Northwestern March 6, 1963 1 January 4, 2024 Newspapers.com Nonpartisan politician Bruce F. Beilfuss 126,765 53.36 Nonpartisan politician Harry E. Larsen 38,374 16.15 Nonpartisan politician William H. Evans 31,071 13.08 Nonpartisan politician Davis Donnelly 25,241 10.63 Nonpartisan politician Christ Alexopoulos 16,095 6.78 237,546 100 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 2, 1963https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/XF6R5VAIXPXFS8Y The Wisconsin Blue Book 1964 1964 Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Theobald H. Rupert Elections in Wisconsin 769 January 4, 2024 Nonpartisan politician Bruce F. Beilfuss 411,428 64.75 Nonpartisan politician Harry E. Larsen 224,022 35.25 187,406 29.49 635,450 100 Notes References Category:Wisconsin Supreme Court elections supreme court Wisconsin