1950 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election

none April 2025 April 2025 1950 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election Wisconsin presidential no 1949 1951 April 4, 1950 John E. Martin (late portrait as Wisconsin Supreme Court justice) 3x4.jpg John E. Martin c0c0c0 300,476 58.89% Marshall Peterson (1950 Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate) portrait photograph.jpg Marshall Peterson c0c0c0 209,720 41.11% Justice John E. Martin John E. Martin 1941 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1941 1951 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1951 thumb|newspaper advertisement for Peterson's campaign The 1950 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election was a special election held on Tuesday, April 4, 1950, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Incumbent justice John E. Martin (appointed in 1948 to fill the vacancy created by the death on the bench of Chester A. FowlerFormer Chief Justice of State Court Dies https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2193484/john_e_martin_18911968/ The La Crosse Tribune December 10, 1968 1 Newspapers.com April 12, 2015 ) won election, defeating challenger Marshall Peterson. Candidates John E. Martin, incumbent justice Marshall L. Peterson, lawyer, former Green County judge (1938–43), former assistant district attorney of Green County, former public administrator, U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, candidate for Supreme Court in 1949For The Supreme Court; The Candidates https://www.newspapers.com/image/510900059 Newspapers.com subscription The La Crosse Tribune April 6, 2026 6 March 29, 1949 Results 1950 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1952 The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1952 State of Wisconsin Parties and elections: the judicial and nonpartisan elections April 24, 2019 755, 756 Nonpartisan politician John E. Martin (incumbent) 300,476 58.89 Nonpartisan politician Marshall Peterson 209,720 41.11 510,196 100 References Category:Wisconsin Supreme Court elections supreme court Supreme Court 1950 Wisconsin