6th Wisconsin Legislature

6th Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855
Overview
Legislative body	Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place	Wisconsin State Capitol
Term	January 3, 1853 – January 2, 1854
Election	November 2, 1852
Senate
Members	25
Senate President	Timothy Burns Until September 21, 1853
President pro tempore	Duncan Reed
Party control	Democratic
Assembly
Members	82
Assembly Speaker	Henry L. Palmer
Party control	Democratic
Sessions
1st January 12, 1853 – April 4, 1853 Special June 6, 1853 – July 13, 1853

The Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1853, to April 4, 1853, in regular session. They reconvened from June 6 to July 13 to sit as a court of impeachment for Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge Levi Hubbell.

This was the first legislative session after the first expansion and redistricting of the Senate and Assembly. The Senate grew from 19 to 25 seats; the Assembly grew from 66 to 82 seats.

Senators representing odd-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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 2, 1852. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 4, 1851, or were elected in the 1852 election for a newly created district and were serving a one-year term.^[1]