Emmert Laurson Wingert (April 2, 1899 – February 1, 1971) was an American lawyer and judge from Wisconsin. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and executive counsel to Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr.

The Honorable
Emmert L. Wingert
Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
In office
September 5, 1956 – January 1, 1959
Appointed byWalter J. Kohler, Jr.
Preceded byEdward J. Gehl
Succeeded byWilliam H. Dieterich
Personal details
Born
Emmert Laurson Wingert

(1899-04-02)April 2, 1899
Mount Carroll, Illinois
DiedFebruary 1, 1971(1971-02-01) (aged 71)
Wisconsin
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery
Madison, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
Education
Professionlawyer, judge

Biography

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Born in Mount Carroll, Illinois, Wingert graduated from Harvard Law School. He practiced law in Madison, Wisconsin, worked in office of the Wisconsin Attorney General, and was executive counsel to Walter J. Kohler, Sr., when he was Governor of Wisconsin. During Kohler's term, Wingert represented Wisconsin at the National Conference on Uniform State Laws. Years later, under Kohler's son, Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., Wingert was Vice Chairman of the Governor's Commission on the Study of Retirement Systems, and, after the death of Justice Edward J. Gehl, in 1956, Governor Kohler appointed Wingert to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Wingert was defeated in his first Supreme Court election, in April 1958, and left office at the end of his term, on January 1, 1959.[1][2]

Electoral history

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, 1958[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, April 1, 1958
Nonpartisan William H. Dieterich 232,955 52.43% +30.02%
Nonpartisan Emmert L. Wingert (incumbent) 211,319 47.57%
Total votes 444,274 100.0% -41.32%

Notes

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  1. ^ "Justice Emmert Wingert, Wisconsin Supreme Court". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
  2. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1958, biographical sketch of Justice Emmert Wingert, pg. 9
  3. ^ Toepel, M.G.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1960). "Wisconsin state party platforms and elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1960 (Report). State of Wisconsin. p. 701. Retrieved November 23, 2019.