5th Wisconsin Legislature

5th Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 5, 1852 – January 3, 1853
ElectionNovember 4, 1851
Senate
Members19
Senate PresidentTimothy Burns
President pro temporeEliab B. Dean, Jr.
Party controlDemocratic
Assembly
Members66
Assembly SpeakerJames McMillan Shafter
Party controlWhig
Sessions
1stJanuary 14, 1852 – April 19, 1852

The Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1852, to April 19, 1852, in regular session. Senators representing even-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first year of a two-year term. Assemblymembers were elected to a one-year term. Assemblymembers and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 4, 1851. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 5, 1850.[1]

  1. ^ "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1881 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 183–184.