39th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 7, 1889 – January 5, 1891 | ||||
Election | November 6, 1888 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 33 | ||||
Senate President | George W. Ryland (R) | ||||
President pro tempore | Thomas A. Dyson (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 100 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | Thomas B. Mills (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The Thirty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1889, to April 19, 1889, in regular session.[1]
This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session.
Senators representing even-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first two years of a four-year term. Assembly members were elected to a two-year term. Assembly members and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 6, 1888. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 2, 1886.[1]