Bill Kramer | |
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Majority Leader of the Wisconsin Assembly | |
In office September 16, 2013 –March 4, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Scott Suder |
Succeeded by | Patricia Strachota |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 97th district | |
In office January 1,2007 –January 5,2015 | |
Preceded by | Ann Nischke |
Succeeded by | Scott Allen |
Personal details | |
Born | Waukesha,Wisconsin | January 21,1965
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Waukesha,Wisconsin |
Alma mater | Duke University,University of Wisconsin–Whitewater |
Profession | attorney |
Website | Official website |
Bill Kramer (born January 21,1965) is an American attorney,businessman,and former politician. A Republican,he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for 8 years and was majority leader from September 2013 to March 2014,when he was forced to quit the leadership due to sexual misconduct charges.
Born in Waukesha,Wisconsin,Kramer graduated from Waukesha South High School,He then graduated from University of Wisconsin–Whitewater with a degree in accounting and received his J.D. degree from Duke University. Kramer is the owner of an accounting business and has served in the Wisconsin State Assembly since 2007 as a Republican. [1] [2] [3] In 2013,the Republican members of the Wisconsin Assembly named Kramer majority leader of the Wisconsin Assembly,replacing Scott Suder,who resigned. [4]
Kramer was removed from this position on March 4,2014,following several allegations of sexual harassment. [5] He was arrested in March 2014 after a GOP staffer accused him of sexual assault. She alleged that Kramer had grabbed her breasts and groin after a Republican event at a bar in Muskego on April 8,2011. [6] Kramer pleaded not guilty to those charges. [7]
Kramer was sentenced to five months in jail,after pleading no contest to two charges of sexual assault with three years probation and was stripped of his Majority Leader status. He was allowed to finish out his term,but did not seek re-election. [8] [9]
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