Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 12th district
In office January 3, 2005 – January 1, 2019
Preceded by
Shirley Krug
Succeeded by
LaKeshia Myers
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judgefor the Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 11
In office August 1, 1986 – February 9, 1988
Preceded by
Christ T. Seraphim
Succeeded by
Dominic S. Amato
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judgefor the Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 23
In office August 1, 1978 – June 2, 1981
Preceded by
Transitioned from County Court
Succeeded by
Janine P. Geske
County Judge of Milwaukee County Branch 4
In office July 5, 1972 – July 31, 1978
Appointed by
Patrick Lucey
Preceded by
Christ T. Seraphim
Succeeded by
Transitioned to Circuit Court
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Milwaukee 10th district
In office January 4, 1965 – July 5, 1972
Preceded by
Patrick H. Kelly
Succeeded by
Position Abolished
In office January 2, 1961 – January 7, 1963
Preceded by
Patrick H. Kelly
Succeeded by
Patrick H. Kelly
Personal details
Born
(1940-01-11) January 11, 1940 (age 84) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Judge Joan F. Kessler
Children
2
Residence(s)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Alma mater
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Profession
attorney, arbitrator, redistricting consultant, former judge
Website
Official Website
Frederick P. Kessler (born January 11, 1940) is a retired American lawyer, arbitrator, judge, and Democratic Party politician. He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for 24 years between 1961 and 2019, and served 11 years as a state judge in the 1970s and 1980s.[1]
He is married to retired Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Joan F. Kessler.
^Kessler, Frederick P. 1940 Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
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southern Democratic nominee for vice president of the United States (1860). FredKessler Wisconsin Democratic Jan 11, 1940 20 years, 357 days Jan 3, 1961 – Jan...
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William Kessler was born in 1924 in Reading, Pennsylvania. His father, Fred H. Kessler, established the Lumberman's Merchandising Corporation (LMC) as a cooperative...
Richmond) Majority leader: Jerris Leonard (R–Milwaukee) Minority leader: Fred Risser (D–Madison) Speaker of the Assembly: Harold V. Froehlich (R–Appleton)...
Richmond) Majority leader: Ernest Keppler (R–Sheboygan) Minority leader: Fred Risser (D–Madison) Speaker of the Assembly: Robert T. Huber (D–West Allis)...
Adrian Manders Dem. Milwaukee 05 9 Edward F. Mertz Dem. Milwaukee 11 10 FredKessler Dem. Milwaukee 03 11 Raymond J. Tobiasz Dem. Milwaukee 12 Albert R. Tadych...
but has instructed Kessler to disband the Boys. She did not approve Kessler's nomination to become the full-time CIA director. Kessler would have his revenge...
Richmond) Majority leader: Ernest Keppler (R–Sheboygan) Minority leader: Fred Risser (D–Madison) Speaker of the Assembly: Harold V. Froehlich (R–Appleton)...
its release. Two American graduate students from New York City, David Kessler and Jack Goodman, are trekking across the moors in Yorkshire. As night...
representative FredKessler led the effort to produce a map which took radical new steps to meet the "one-person, one-vote" requirement. The Kessler plan reduced...
capacity. The Milwaukee Lutheran Fieldhouse opened on the campus in 1998. FredKessler, judge and former Wisconsin state legislator Donald Knuth - author of...
Erich Kessler, an Austrian who speaks with a pronounced accent, and begins working at Hamilton's company, unaware that he married Elizabeth. Kessler is accompanied...
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