Abstract
Cl ONTEMPORARY American legislatures are organized around committee systems which are largely responsible for how legislatures work and what they accomplish. Any analysis or description of Congress or a state legislature gives a prominent position to committees and the roles they play; however, the emphasis in committee research has been on Congress. One important yet understudied area of state committee activity relates to the committee appointment process. In his review of committee selection, Eulau (1985) listed 4 studies at the state level, compared with 63 on Congress. In a modest effort to contribute to our knowledge of state committee selection, the present study provides insights regarding this process and its consequences for the legislature in one stateWisconsinfor six recent legislative sessions1975-76, 1979-80, 198182, 1983-84, 1985-86 and 1987-88. This analysis considers the applicability of Shepsle's accommodation explanation for committee appointments in American state legislatures.
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