57th Wisconsin Legislature

57th Wisconsin Legislature
57th Wisconsin Legislature
	Wisconsin State Capitol ca.1915
Overview
Legislative body	Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place	Wisconsin State Capitol
Term	January 5, 1925 – January 3, 1927
Election	November 4, 1924
Senate
Members	33
Senate President	Henry Huber (R)
President pro tempore	Howard Teasdale (R)
Party control	Republican
Assembly
Members	100
Assembly Speaker	Herman W. Sachtjen (R); (until Dec. 31, 1925); George A. Nelson (R); (from Apr. 15, 1926);
Party control	Republican
Sessions
Regular
Regular	January 14, 1925 – June 29, 1925
Special sessions
Apr. 1926 Spec.
Apr. 1926 Spec.	April 15, 1926 – April 16, 1926

The Fifty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1925, to June 29, 1925, in regular session, and reconvened in a special session in April 1926.^[1]

This was the first session in the history of the Wisconsin Legislature with female legislators. There were three in this session: Mildred Barber, Hellen M. Brooks, and Helen F. Thompson.

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 4, 1924. 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 7, 1922.^[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.

[historical-1] 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.

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