Howard Marklein

Howard Marklein
Senate Co-Chair of the Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Finance Committee
Assumed office
January 4, 2021
Preceded byAlberta Darling
President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate
In office
January 3, 2017 – January 4, 2021
Preceded byRick Gudex
Succeeded byPatrick Testin
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 17th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2015
Preceded byDale Schultz
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 51st district
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015
Preceded bySteve Hilgenberg
Succeeded byTodd Novak
Personal details
Born (1954-10-03) October 3, 1954
PartyRepublican
SpousePeggy McNeil
Children2
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin, Whitewater (BBA)
OccupationCertified Public Accountant
WebsiteOfficial website

Howard L. Marklein (born October 3, 1954) is an American politician and retired accountant and fraud examiner from Iowa County, Wisconsin. A member of the Republican Party, he has represented Wisconsin's 17th Senate district in the Wisconsin Senate since 2015 and was Senate president pro tempore from 2017 to 2021. Marklein is a Senate co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee. From 2011 to 2015, he represented the 51st Assembly district in the Wisconsin State Assembly.