Robert T. Huber | |
Order: | 65th & 67th |
Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly | |
Term Start: | January 4, 1971 |
Term End: | January 18, 1972 |
Predecessor: | Harold Vernon Froehlich |
Successor: | Norman C. Anderson |
Term Start1: | January 13, 1965 |
Term End1: | January 11, 1967 |
Predecessor1: | Robert D. Haase |
Successor1: | Harold Vernon Froehlich |
Office2: | Wisconsin Assembly Minority Leader |
Term Start2: | January 11, 1967 |
Term End2: | January 4, 1971 |
Preceded2: | Paul Alfonsi |
Succeeded2: | Harold Vernon Froehlich |
Term Start3: | January 11, 1961 |
Term End3: | January 13, 1965 |
Preceded3: | David Blanchard |
Succeeded3: | Robert D. Haase |
Term Start4: | January 12, 1955 |
Term End4: | January 14, 1959 |
Preceded4: | George Molinaro |
Succeeded4: | David Blanchard |
Office5: | Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
Constituency5: | Milwaukee 22nd district |
Term Start5: | January 1, 1955 |
Term End5: | January 18, 1972 |
Preceded5: | Position established |
Succeeded5: | Position abolished |
Constituency6: | Milwaukee 3rd district |
Term Start6: | January 1, 1949 |
Term End6: | January 1, 1955 |
Preceded6: | Louis Hicks |
Succeeded6: | Joseph A. Greco |
Birth Date: | August 29, 1920 |
Birth Place: | Eckelson, North Dakota |
Restingplace: | Mount Olivet Cemetery Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Spouse: | Beatrice Johanna Bartlein |
Father: | Theodore J. Huber |
Mother: | Rose (Ziebert) Huber |
Party: | Democratic |
Robert T. Huber (August 29, 1920October 20, 1991) was an American politician. He was the 65th and 67th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He served a total of 23 years in the Assembly - from 1949 to 1972 - and was Democratic leader in the Assembly for 17 years.[1]
Huber was born on August 29, 1920, in Eckelson, North Dakota.[2] In his youth, he moved to Wisconsin and graduated from West Allis Central High School in West Allis, Wisconsin. He worked as a contractor and sold auto parts and merchandise.
Huber was first elected to the Assembly in 1948. He was chosen as Minority Leader in the 1955-1956 session, and subsequently served as the Democrats' leader in the minority until 1965, when the Democrats gained the majority. Huber was Speaker for the 1965-1966 session, before returning to the minority for another four years. He served as Speaker when the Democrats again retook the majority in 1971, but resigned in 1972 to accept an appointment to become Chair of the State Highway Commission.
Huber married Beatrice Bartlein in 1944. They had two children. Huber was a member of the Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus, the Society of the Holy Name and the Brewery Workers' Union. He died on October 20, 1991.[3]
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