Fred Risser, America's Longest-Serving Legislator, Retires
Source: Governing
Wisconsin state Sen. Fred Risser is America’s longest-serving legislator. When his current term ends at 2 p.m. on Jan. 4, 2021, it will mark the end of a 64-year career at the Capitol in Madison. Retiring at the age of 93, Risser was first elected to the Assembly in 1956 when he was 29. He is the fourth generation in his family to serve in the state Legislature, following in the footsteps of his great grandfather, grandfather and father. Even in retirement, the Capitol will never be far from Risser’s mind. He lives directly across the street. In recognition of Sen. Risser’s milestone of public service, we are rerunning a day-in-the-life photo essay, first published in 2012.
Risser was among the 14 Senate Democrats who left the state in order to prevent a vote on the controversial "Budget Repair Bill," which limits collective bargaining by public employees. An admirer pays tribute.
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We’ll miss him. 
Though I suppose he has earned his retirement...
