52nd Wisconsin Legislature

52nd Wisconsin Legislature
51st 53rd
Wisconsin State Capitol ca.1915
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 4, 1915 – January 1, 1917
ElectionNovember 3, 1914
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentEdward Dithmar (R)
President pro temporeEdward T. Fairchild (R)
until September 25, 1916
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerLawrence C. Whittet (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
RegularJanuary 13, 1915 – August 24, 1915
Special sessions
Oct. 1916 Spec.October 10, 1916 – October 11, 1916

The Fifty-Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1915, to August 24, 1915, in regular session, and re-convened in a special session on October 10 and October 11, 1916.[1]

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 3, 1914. 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 5, 1912.[1]

  1. ^ a b Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2021). "Historical Lists" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2021–2022 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 467, 471, 474, 479–480. ISBN 978-1-7333817-1-0. Retrieved March 11, 2023.