The 1963 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 2, 1963 to elect a justice to a full ten-year seat the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Bruce F. Beilfuss won an open race to succeed retiring justice Timothy Brown.
As a result of the mandatory retirement age for state judges of 70 that was in effect at the time of the election, incumbent justice Timothy Brown was precluded from seeking re-election in 1963.[1] This made the election an open-seat race. The 1961 and 1963 elections were the first instance in the court's history in which two consecutive elections were for open seats (without an incumbent running).[2] As of 2025[update], this has only occurred in five further instances.[a]
