| 53rd Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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 Wisconsin State Capitol ca.1915 | |||||
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| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
| Term | January 1, 1917 – January 6, 1919 | ||||
| Election | November 7, 1916 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 33 | ||||
| Senate President | Edward Dithmar (R) | ||||
| President pro tempore | Timothy Burke (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
| Assembly | |||||
| Members | 100 | ||||
| Assembly Speaker | Lawrence C. Whittet (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
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The Fifty-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1917, to July 16, 1917, in regular session, and re-convened in two special sessions in February and September 1918.[1]
During this session, the new Wisconsin State Capitol was completed after 13 years of reconstruction following the 1904 fire. The official dedication ceremony was postponed until the end of World War I.[2]
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 7, 1916. 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 3, 1914.[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, 475, 479–480. ISBN 978-1-7333817-1-0. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Cost of New Capitol is Fixed at $7,044,000; Building Now Complete". Wisconsin State Journal. August 12, 1917. p. 2. Retrieved April 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.