Emmert Laurson Wingert (April 2, 1899 – February 1, 1971) was an American lawyer and judge from

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. He was a justice of the

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and executive counsel to Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr.

Biography

Born in

Mount Carroll, Illinois Mount Carroll is a city in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. It is the Carroll County seat. The population was 1479 at the 2020 census. Due to its elevation and northwesterly location, Mount Carroll is subject to unusually cold winter wea ...

, Wingert graduated from

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. He practiced law in

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, worked in office of the Wisconsin Attorney General, and was executive counsel to Walter J. Kohler, Sr., when he was

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. During Kohler's term, Wingert represented Wisconsin at the

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. Years later, under Kohler's son, Governor

Walter J. Kohler, Jr. Walter Jodok Kohler Jr. (April 4, 1904 – March 21, 1976) was a member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin and was the 33rd Governor of Wisconsin, serving three terms from 1951 to 1957. He was a leading figure in state and national Republican Pa ...

, Wingert was Vice Chairman of the Governor's Commission on the Study of Retirement Systems, and, after the death of Justice

Edward J. Gehl Edward John Gehl (January 26, 1890 – August 28, 1956) was an American jurist from Wisconsin. Born in Hartford, Wisconsin, Gehl graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1913. During World War I, he served in the United States ...

, in 1956, Governor Kohler appointed Wingert to the

. Wingert was defeated in his first Supreme Court election, in April 1958, and left office at the end of his term, on January 1, 1959.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1958, biographical sketch of Justice Emmert Wingert, pg. 9

Electoral history

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