1st Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | June 5, 1848 – January 1, 1849 | ||||
Election | February 1, 1848 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 19 | ||||
Senate President | John Edwin Holmes | ||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 66 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | Ninian E. Whiteside | ||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||
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The First Wisconsin Legislature convened from June 5, 1848, to August 21, 1848, in regular session. Members of the Assembly and Senate were elected after an election on February 1, 1848, that ratified the proposed state constitution.