| 26th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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 Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863 | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
| Term | January 6, 1873 – January 5, 1874 | ||||
| Election | November 5, 1872 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 33 | ||||
| Senate President | Milton Pettit (R) | ||||
| President pro tempore | Henry L. Eaton (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
| Assembly | |||||
| Members | 100 | ||||
| Assembly Speaker | Henry D. Barron (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
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The Twenty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 8, 1873, to March 20, 1873, in regular 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 5, 1872. 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, 1871.[1]
- ^ Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 229–231. Retrieved December 11, 2021.