30th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 1, 1877 – January 7, 1878 | ||||
Election | November 7, 1876 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 33 | ||||
Senate President | Charles D. Parker (D) | ||||
President pro tempore | William Hiner (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 100 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | John B. Cassoday (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The Thirtieth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1877, to March 8, 1877, 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 7, 1876. 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 2, 1875.[1]