16th Wisconsin Legislature

16th Wisconsin Legislature
15th 17th
Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 5, 1863 – January 4, 1864
ElectionNovember 4, 1862
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentVacant
President pro temporeWyman Spooner (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerJ. Allen Barber (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 14, 1863 – April 2, 1863

The Sixteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1863, to April 2, 1863, in regular session.

Senators representing odd-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first year of a two-year term. Assembly members were elected to a one-year term. Assembly members and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 4, 1862. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 5, 1861.[1]

  1. ^ "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1882 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 205–207. Retrieved October 20, 2019.