أندرو بيملر

In 1936 he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly on the ticket of the Wisconsin Progressive Party (the Socialists and Progressives were practicing a form of electoral fusion during this period; his biography clearly identified him as an active Socialist) from the 2nd Milwaukee County district (the 2nd and 10th Wards of the City of Milwaukee), unseating Democratic incumbent Clarence Kretlow, with 6,767 votes to 5867 for Kretlow and 2129 for Republican Alex Klose. He was appointed to the standing committees on the judiciary and public welfare, to a specialjoint committee on "Legislation on Administration of State Government", and perhaps most importantly to the "Interim Committee" appointed in 1937 by the Legislature to discuss reorganization of Wisconsin government.^[8]

He was re-elected in 1938, with 5,098 votes to 2934 for Republican Edward J. Mueller and 2848 for Democrat William W. Murphy. He remained on the judiciary committee, and was appointed to special committees on "Revenue Needs of the State for the Current Biennium" and automobile title laws.^[9]

He was re-elected once more in 1940, with 7,812 votes to 4,869 for former Socialist State Representative Otto Kehrein (now running as a Republican) and 4095 for Democrat Elmer Foerster. He was moved to the committee on engrossed bills and to an additional special committee on "Subversive and Un-American Activities of Certain Groups of Employes Engaged in the Manufacture of National Defense Materials". His official biography no longer listed him as an active member of the Socialist Party, but did describe him as a member of the Progressive Party Federation; and he became the floor leader of the Progressive Party in the Assembly.^[10]

Biemiller continued to work as a special organizer for the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor through 1942, when he moved to Washington to take a position in the War Production Board. He did not run for re-election, and was succeeded in the Assembly by Democrat Michael F. O'Connell.

في عام 1944، انتُخب كديمقراطي (بعد أن تخلى بيميلر عن كل من الحزب الاشتراكي والتقدميين بحلول ذلك الوقت) لعضوية الكونغرس التاسع والسبعين عن الدائرة الخامسة في ولاية ويسكونسن التي تتخذ من ميلووكي مقراً لها ، وأطاح بالنائب الجمهوري الحالي لويس د. ثيل ، حيث حصل على 88606 أصوات مقابل 78834 صوتًا لثيل، و4758 صوتًا للاشتراكي النائب السابق عن الولاية إدوين كناب ، و2103 صوتًا للتقدمي المستقل إيروين آرون. ^{[ 11 ]}

خسر في انتخابات التجديد عام 1946 أمام الجمهوري تشارلز ج. كيرستن ، ثم عمل مديرًا للتثقيف السياسي في نقابة عمال التنجيد . خلال هذه الفترة، انضم بيملر إلى العديد من الاشتراكيين والتقدميين السابقين للمساهمة في تأسيس منظمة " أمريكيون من أجل العمل الديمقراطي" . وتعاون مع هوبرت همفري في الدعوة الناجحة لإدراج بند قوي للحقوق المدنية في المؤتمر الوطني الديمقراطي لعام 1948 ، حيث كان مندوبًا ورئيسًا للجنة البرنامج التي وضعت هذا البند.

لقد هزم كيرستن في مباراة إعادة عام 1948 لانتخابه في الكونغرس الحادي والثمانين ، لكنه خسر مرة أخرى محاولته لإعادة انتخابه عام 1950 أمام كيرستن.