43rd Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899 | ||||
Election | November 3, 1896 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 33 | ||||
Senate President | Emil Baensch (R) | ||||
President pro tempore | Lyman W. Thayer (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 100 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | George A. Buckstaff (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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Special sessions | |||||
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The Forty-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1897, to April 21, 1897, in regular session. They also convened in a special session from August 17 through August 20, 1897.[1]
This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session.
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 3, 1896. 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 6, 1894.[1]
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Dem. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 13 | 20 | 33 | 0 |
Start of 1st Session | 4 | 29 | 33 | 0 |
Final voting share | 12.12% | 87.88% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 2 | 31 | 33 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Dem. | Pop. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 19 | 0 | 81 | 100 | 0 |
Start of 1st Session | 9 | 1 | 90 | 100 | 0 |
From Apr. 21, 1897[note 1] | 89 | 99 | 1 | ||
Final voting share | 10% | 90% | |||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 19 | 0 | 81 | 100 | 0 |
Members of the Senate for the Forty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:[2]
Members of the Assembly for the Forty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:[2]
New districts for the 43rd Legislature were defined in 1896 Wisconsin Special Session Act 1, passed into law in the 42nd Wisconsin Legislature.
Dist. | 42nd Legislature | 43rd Legislature |
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1 | Door, Kewaunee, Marinette counties | Door, Kewaunee, Marinette counties |
2 | Brown, Oconto counties | Brown, Oconto counties |
3 | Kenosha, Racine counties | Kenosha, Racine counties |
4 | Milwaukee County (city northeast) | Milwaukee County (northern quarter) |
5 | Milwaukee County (city south) | Milwaukee County (city center) |
6 | Milwaukee County (city center) | Milwaukee County (city northwest) |
7 | Northern Milwaukee and eastern Waukesha | Milwaukee County (southern & west) |
8 | Milwaukee County (county south) | Milwaukee County (city south) |
9 | Adams, Juneau, Marquette, Green Lake counties | Adams, Marquette, Waushara, Wood counties |
10 | Pierce, Polk, St. Croix counties | Pierce, St. Croix counties |
11 | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn counties | Burnett, Douglas, Polk counties |
12 | Marathon, Wood counties | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties |
13 | Dodge County | Dodge County |
14 | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Shawano counties | Outagamie, Shawano counties |
15 | Calumet, Manitowoc counties | Calumet, Manitowoc counties |
16 | Crawford, Richland, northern Grant counties | Grant, Iowa counties |
17 | Green, southeast Dane, western Rock counties | Green, Lafayette, southern Rock counties |
18 | Fond du Lac County | Fond du Lac & Green Lake |
19 | Winnebago County | Winnebago County |
20 | Sheboygan County | Ozaukee, Sheboygan county |
21 | Portage, Waushara, western Waupaca counties | Portage, Waupaca counties |
22 | Outagamie, eastern Waupaca counties | Northern Rock, western Jefferson counties |
23 | Jefferson, western Waukesha counties | Walworth, eastern Jefferson counties |
24 | Walworth, eastern Rock counties | Buffalo, Eau Claire, Pepin counties |
25 | Clark, Eau Claire counties | Clark, Marathon counties |
26 | Most of Dane County | Dane County |
27 | Sauk, western Columbia counties | Columbia, Sauk counties |
28 | Iowa, Lafayette, southern Grant counties | Crawford, Richland, Vernon counties |
29 | Buffalo, Barron, Dunn, Pepin counties | Chippewa, Dunn counties |
30 | Chippewa, Oneida, Price, Taylor counties | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Taylor, Vilas counties |
31 | Jackson, Monroe, Vernon counties | Jackson, Juneau, Monroe counties |
32 | La Crosse, Trempealeau counties | La Crosse, Trempealeau counties |
33 | Ozaukee, Washington, northern Dodge counties | Washington, Waukesha counties |
County | Districts in 42nd Legislature | Districts in 43rd Legislature | Change |
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Adams | Shared with Marquette | Shared with Marquette | |
Ashland | 1 District | Shared with Iron | [note 2] |
Barron | 1 District | 1 District | |
Bayfield | Shared with Burnett, Sawyer, & Washburn | Shared with Sawyer, & Washburn | |
Brown | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Buffalo | Shared with Pepin | Shared with Pepin | |
Burnett | Shared with Bayfield, Sawyer, & Washburn | Shared with Polk | |
Calumet | 1 District | 1 District | |
Chippewa | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Clark | 1 District | 1 District | |
Columbia | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Crawford | 1 District | 1 District | |
Dane | 4 Districts | 3 Districts | |
Dodge | 3 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Door | 1 District | 1 District | |
Douglas | 1 District | 2 Districts | |
Dunn | 1 District | 1 District | |
Eau Claire | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Florence | Shared with Ashland, Forest, Oneida, & Price | Shared with Forest & Langlade | |
Fond du Lac | 3 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Forest | Shared with Florence & Langlade | Shared with Florence & Langlade | |
Grant | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Green | 1 District | 1 District | |
Green Lake | 1 District | 1 District | |
Iowa | 1 District | 1 District | |
Iron | Did not exist | Shared with Ashland | |
Jackson | 1 District | 1 District | |
Jefferson | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Juneau | 1 District | 1 District | |
Kenosha | 1 District | 1 District | |
Kewaunee | 1 District | 1 District | |
La Crosse | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Lafayette | 1 District | 1 District | |
Langlade | Shared with Florence & Forest | Shared with Florence & Forest | |
Lincoln | 1 District | Shared with Taylor | |
Manitowoc | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Marathon | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Marinette | 1 District | 1 District | |
Marquette | Shared with Adams | Shared with Adams | |
Milwaukee | 14 Districts | 15 Districts | |
Monroe | 1 District | 1 District | |
Oconto | 1 District | 1 District | |
Outagamie | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Ozaukee | 1 District | 1 District | |
Pepin | Shared with Buffalo | Shared with Buffalo | |
Pierce | 1 District | 1 District | |
Polk | 1 District | 1 District | |
Portage | 1 District | 2 Districts | |
Price | Shared with Oneida & Taylor | Shared with Oneida & Vilas | |
Racine | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Richland | 1 District | 1 District | |
Rock | 3 Districts | 3 Districts | |
Sauk | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Sawyer | Shared with Bayfield, Burnett, & Washburn | Shared with Bayfield & Washburn | |
Shawano | 1 District | 1 District | |
Sheboygan | 3 Districts | 3 Districts | |
St. Croix | 1 District | 1 District | |
Taylor | Shared with Oneida & Price | Shared with Lincoln | |
Trempealeau | 1 District | 1 District | |
Vernon | 1 District | 1 District | |
Walworth | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Washburn | Shared with Bayfield, Burnett, & Sawyer | Shared with Bayfield & Sawyer | |
Washington | 1 District | 1 District | |
Waukesha | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Waupaca | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | |
Waushara | 1 District | 1 District | |
Winnebago | 3 Districts | 3 Districts | |
Wood | 1 District | 1 District |