13th Wisconsin Legislature

13th Wisconsin Legislature
12th 14th
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 2, 1860 – January 7, 1861
ElectionNovember 8, 1859
Senate
Members30
Senate PresidentButler G. Noble (R)
President pro temporeMoses M. Davis (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members97
Assembly SpeakerWilliam P. Lyon (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 11, 1860 – April 2, 1860

The Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1860, to April 2, 1860, in regular session.

Senators representing even-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 8, 1859. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 2, 1858.[1]

  1. ^ "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1882 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 199–200.