Wisconsin legislative term for 1897-1898
The Forty-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1897, to April 21, 1897, in regular session. They also convened in a special session from August 17 through August 20, 1897.[1]
This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session.
Senators representing even-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first two years of a four-year term. Assembly members were elected to a two-year term. Assembly members and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 3, 1896. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 6, 1894.[1]