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The 1957 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 2, 1957 to elect a justice to a full ten-year seat the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Incumbent justice George R. Currie was re-elected without an opponent.[1] Currie had been appointed in August 1951 by Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Justice Henry P. Hughes)[2] At the time, his appointment was praised as diversifying the experiences of the Supreme Court to include a recent practicing attorney.[3]
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- ^ a b Toepel, M. G.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1958). "Parties and Elections" (PDF). The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1958 (Report). State of Wisconsin. p. 782. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ "Currie, George R. 1900". Wisconsin Historical Society. August 8, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ "Currie Appointment Wins Wide Approval". Wisconsin State Journal. August 29, 1951. p. 6. Retrieved June 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.