1959 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

none April 2025 April 2025 1959 Wisconsin Supreme Court election Wisconsin presidential no 1958 1961 April 7, 1959 E. Harold Hallows (Wisconsin Supreme Court justice) 1960s portrait (3x4 crop).jpg E. Harold Hallows c0c0c0 326,510 51.28% Stewart G. Honeck (WI) (3x4).png Stewart G. Honeck c0c0c0 310,168 48.72% Justice E. Harold Hallows E. Harold Hallows 1954 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1954 1969 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1969 The 1959 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 7, 1959, to elect a justice to a full ten-year seat the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The general election was preceded by a nonpartisan primary held on March, from which E. Harold Hallows (the incumbent justice, who had been appointed in 1958 to fill a vacancy) and Stewart G. Honeck (former state attorney general) advanced from a field of eight candidates. Hallows was re-elected, defeating Honeck in the general election. Scheduling Hallows was appointed in 1958 to fill a vacancy.http://www.wicourts.gov/about/judges/supreme/retired/hallows.htm Chief Justice E. Harold Hallows, Wisconsin Supreme Court 2011-03-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20100609145234/http://www.wicourts.gov/about/judges/supreme/retired/hallows.htm 2010-06-09 dead http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=3026&search_term=hallows E. Harold Hallows, Wisconsin Historical Society 2011-03-18 2012-11-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20121107023652/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=3026&search_term=hallows dead The Constitution of Wisconsin stipulates that early elections full terms can be triggered by a vacancy. The constitution stipulates that it is impermissible for more than one seat to be up for election in the same year. Elections must be moved to an earlier year after a vacancy, but only if there is a more immediate year without a scheduled contest.Wisconsin Question 2, Unified Court System Amendment (April 1977) https://ballotpedia.org/Wisconsin_Question_2,_Unified_Court_System_Amendment_(April_1977) Ballotpedia 27 March 2025 en All supreme court elections are held during the spring elections in early April.Portraits of Justice https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/supreme/docs/portraitsofjustice.pdf Wisconsin Courts Wisconsin Historical Society Press 27 March 2025 IX, X, and 59 2003 While the previous election to this seat had been in 1954, which meant it normally would not have needed another election until 1964, the vacancy changed this. Since there were was no supreme court election scheduled in 1959, the election was shifted to then. Candidates thumb|1959 portrait photograph of Hallows Advanced to general election E. Harold Hallows, incumbent justice Stewart G. Honeck, former attorney general of Wisconsin Eliminated in primary Christ Alexopoulos, attorneyFor 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 Bruno V. Bitker William S. Clark Willis E. Donley, attorney and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Harry Halloway, attorneyCurrie and Hansen High Court Nominees https://www.newspapers.com/image/248788198 Newspapers.com subscription The Daily Northwestern The Associated Press 4 July 2025 1 en March 8, 1967 John E. Krueger Results 1959 Wisconsin Supreme Court election https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/5BZZBS2FDP3LV8O The Wisconsin Blue Book 1962 1962 Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Wisconsin Elections 870, 871, 872 April 8, 2023 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Nonpartisan primary (March 10, 1959) Nonpartisan politician E. Harold Hallows (incumbent) 61,697 27.55 Nonpartisan politician Stewart G. Honeck 42,381 18.93 Nonpartisan politician Bruno V. Bitker 39,297 17.55 Nonpartisan politician Willis E. Donley 21,807 9.74 Nonpartisan politician Harry Halloway 20,631 9.21 Nonpartisan politician John E. Krueger 18,975 8.47 Nonpartisan politician William S. Clark 14,380 6.42 Nonpartisan politician Christ Alexopoulos 4,747 2.12 223,915 100 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General election (April 7, 1959) Nonpartisan politician E. Harold Hallows (incumbent) 326,510 51.28 Nonpartisan politician Stewart G. Honeck 310,168 48.72 16,342 2.57 636,678 100 References Category:Wisconsin Supreme Court elections supreme court Wisconsin