43rd Wisconsin Legislature

43rd Wisconsin Legislature
42nd 44th
Wisconsin State Capitol, 1887
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899
ElectionNovember 3, 1896
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentEmil Baensch (R)
President pro temporeLyman W. Thayer (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerGeorge A. Buckstaff (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 13, 1897 – April 21, 1897
Special sessions
Aug. SpecialAugust 17, 1897 – August 20, 1897

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]

  1. ^ a b Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2011). "Statistics: History" (PDF). State of Wisconsin 2011–2012 Blue Book (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 709, 714, 717, 719. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4. Retrieved April 3, 2022.