LRB-4164/2
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
February 27, 2008 - Introduced by Senators Coggs, Taylor, Carpenter, Lassa and
Roessler. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.
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1Relating to: the life and public service of Assemblyman Lucien Palmer.
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Whereas, Assemblyman Lucien Palmer became the first African-American
3elected to the Wisconsin legislature with his election to the state assembly in 1906,
4where he served a single term; and
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Whereas, Assemblyman Lucien Palmer was a resort manager and hotel
6steward in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, prior to his election and his election resonated
7beyond Milwaukee and Wisconsin with articles showing up in other newspapers in
8cities such as Chicago, Illinois; and
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Whereas, Assemblyman Lucien Palmer continued to have been the only
10African-American elected to the legislature until the election in 1944 of
11Assemblyman Le Roy J. Simmons to the state assembly; and
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Whereas, after Lucien Palmer's and Le Roy Simmons' elections, the state of
13Wisconsin began a continuous string of representation by at least one
14African-American in each legislative session since; and
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1Whereas, the adoption of this senate resolution is supported not only by the
2senate, but also by members of the assembly, including specifically Representatives
3Young, Grigsby, Turner, Zepnick, Sheridan, and Toles; now, therefore, be it
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4Resolved by the senate, That the members of the Wisconsin senate honor the
5trailblazing election of Assemblyman Lucien Palmer to the 1906 state assembly, an
6event that we are honoring more than 100 years later with a ceremony in the
7Wisconsin state senate in celebration of Black History Month.
