59th Wisconsin Legislature

59th Wisconsin Legislature
58th 60th
Wisconsin State Capitol ca.1915
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 7, 1929 – January 5, 1931
ElectionNovember 6, 1928
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentHenry Huber (R)
President pro temporeOscar Morris (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerCharles B. Perry (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
RegularJanuary 9, 1929 – September 20, 1929

The Fifty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1929, to September 20, 1929, in regular session.[1]

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, 1928. 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, 1926.[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. 468, 471, 475, 479–480. ISBN 978-1-7333817-1-0. Retrieved March 11, 2023.