Frank Edward Panzer (September 1, 1890 – August 26, 1969) was an American farmer, teacher, and Progressive Republican politician.
He served 30 years in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Dodge County, and was president pro tempore from 1947 through 1966.
He attended Oakfield High School, worked as a farmer, banker, schoolteacher, and telegraph operator.
He was first elected to the Assembly in 1930 as a Progressive Republican with 4,129 votes to 1,582 for Democrat Jacob Scharpf and 68 for Socialist Ada Burow.
[2] In 1934 (after the split between the Republicans and the Wisconsin Progressive Party), Panzer was narrowly elected as a Progressive state senator from the 13th district (Dodge and Jefferson counties), with 10,545 votes to 10,089 for Democrat Paul Hemmy; 5,313 for regular Republican Jesse Peters and 528 for Socialist Alfred Nabor.