| 10th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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 Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855 | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
| Term | January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858 | ||||
| Election | November 4, 1856 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 30 | ||||
| Senate President | Arthur MacArthur, Sr. (D) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
| Assembly | |||||
| Members | 97 | ||||
| Assembly Speaker | Wyman Spooner (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
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The Tenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1857, to March 9, 1857, in regular session.
This was the first legislative session after the expansion and redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session. The Senate grew from 25 to 30 seats; the Assembly grew from 82 to 97 seats.
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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 4, 1856. 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 6, 1855, or were elected in the 1856 election for a newly created district and were serving a one-year term.[1]
- ^ "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1881 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 193–194.