42nd Wisconsin Legislature

42nd Wisconsin Legislature
42nd Wisconsin Legislature
	Wisconsin State Capitol, 1887
Overview
Legislative body	Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place	Wisconsin State Capitol
Term	January 7, 1895 – January 4, 1897
Election	November 6, 1894
Senate
Members	33
Senate President	Emil Baensch (R)
President pro tempore	Thompson Weeks (R)
Party control	Republican
Assembly
Members	100
Assembly Speaker	George B. Burrows (R)
Party control	Republican
Sessions
1st
1st	January 9, 1895 – April 20, 1895
Special sessions
1896 Special
1896 Special	February 18, 1896 – February 28, 1896

The Forty-Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1895, to April 20, 1895, in regular session.^[1] They convened again in special session in February 1896 to pass a legislative redistricting law.

Senators representing odd-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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 6, 1894. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 8, 1892.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2011). "Statistics: History" (PDF). State of Wisconsin 2011–2012 Blue Book (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 709, 714, 717, 719. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4. Retrieved April 3, 2022.

[historical-1] Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2011). "Statistics: History" (PDF). State of Wisconsin 2011–2012 Blue Book (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 709, 714, 717, 719. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4. Retrieved April 3, 2022.

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