1957 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

1957 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
April 2, 1957
 
Candidate George R. Currie
Popular vote 757,065
Percentage unopposed
Justice before election

George R. Currie

 Elected Justice

George R. Currie

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. 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) At the time, his appointment was praised as diversifying the experiences of the Supreme Court to include a recent practicing attorney.

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