20th Wisconsin Legislature

20th Wisconsin Legislature
19th 21st
Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 7, 1867 – January 6, 1868
ElectionNovember 6, 1866
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentWyman Spooner (U)
President pro temporeGeorge F. Wheeler (U)
Party controlNational Union
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerAngus Cameron (U)
Party controlNational Union
Sessions
1stJanuary 9, 1867 – April 11, 1867

The Twentieth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1867, to April 11, 1867, in regular session.

This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session.

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 6, 1866. 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 7, 1865.[1]

  1. ^ Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 214–216. Retrieved July 21, 2021.