The 1961 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 4, 1961 to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. The April general election was preceded by a nonpartisan primary election on March 7, 1961. Circuit Court judge Myron L. Gordon won election to succeed incumbent justice John E. Martin (who did not seek re-election). Chief Justice John E. Martin, Wisconsin Supreme CourtJohn E. Martin, Wisconsin Historical Society . Wisconsinhistory.org. Retrieved on 2016-01-22. He defeated Stewart G. Honeck (former Wisconsin attorney general) in the general election.
Candidates Christ Alexopoulos, Milwaukee-based attorney and perennial judicial candidate Myron L. Gordon, circuit court judge Stewart G. Honeck, former Wisconsin attorney general (1957–59) and unsuccessful candidate in the 1959 Supreme Court election
Results
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Nonpartisan Primary, March 7, 1961
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 4, 1961
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