Carol A. Roessler
StateWisconsin
State senateWisconsin
District18th
Term startApril 21, 1987
Term endJuly 4, 2008
PredecessorScott McCallum
SuccessorRandy Hopper
Office 1Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Constituency 154th district
Term start 1January 7, 1985
Term end 1April 21, 1987
Predecessor 1Cathy Zeuske
Successor 1Gregg Underheim
Constituency 281st district
Term start 2January 3, 1983
Term end 2January 7, 1985
Predecessor 2Randall J. Radtke
Successor 2David Travis
PartyRepublican
Birth dateJanuary 16, 1948 (age 78)
Birth placeMadison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Spouse
  • Douglas W. Buettner
  • Paul Roessler (m. 1997)

Carol A. Roessler (born January 16, 1948) is an American politician and public administrator. She served as a Republican in the Wisconsin State Senate (1987–2008) and State Assembly (1983–1987). She left the State Senate in 2008 to join the administration of Democratic Governor Jim Doyle as Administrator of State and Local Finance in the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. Until 1997, she was known as Carol A. Buettner.

Biography

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, she graduated from Madison West High School and went on to earn her bachelor's degree from University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh.[1]

She was elected as a Republican to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1982, and was subsequently elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in an April 1987 special election.[1][2]

Roessler later joined the faculty of Fox Valley Technical College.[3]

Personal life and family

Rossler married Douglas W. Buettner, an Oshkosh, Wisconsin rental property owner, and took his last name. They divorced in 1993 and, in 1997, she married Paul Roessler and took his name.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Roessler, Carol A. 1948". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "SUBJECT INDEX TO THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE JOURNALS, Period ending December 31, 1998". Wisconsin Senate. Retrieved September 11, 2020. Name changed to Carol A. Roessler effective 4/28/97 - S 141
  3. ^ "Buettner, Carol A. 1948". Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived September 30, 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Venturini, Angie (1992-06-16). "Buettner does some housecleaning". The Oshkosh Northwestern. Retrieved 2021-09-30. She can not assure anyone there will be no more housing problems but said there would never be any delinquent taxes or utility bills.
  5. ^ "Mrs. Roessler". The Capital Times. April 26, 1997. p. 2. Retrieved January 25, 2021. – via Newspapers.com