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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 1, 1883 – January 5, 1885 | ||||
Election | November 7, 1882 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 33 | ||||
Senate President | Sam S. Fifield (R) | ||||
President pro tempore | George W. Ryland (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 100 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | Earl Finch (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1883, to April 4, 1883, in regular session. [1]
This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session.
This session also saw the implementation of an 1881 amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin. The amendment converted the Legislature from annual sessions to biennial sessions, and doubled the length of terms for legislative officeholders.
Senators representing odd-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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 7, 1882. Senators representing even-numbered districts had been elected in the general election of November 8, 1881, and their term was extended from two years to three years, with the end of their term coinciding with the end of this (36th) legislative term. [1]
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||
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Dem. | Rep. | Vacant | |||
End of previous Legislature | 10 | 23 | 33 | 0 | |
Start of 1st Session | 15 | 18 | 33 | 0 | |
From April 1883 | 17 | 32 | 1 | ||
Final voting share | 45.45% | 51.52% | |||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 13 | 20 | 33 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||||
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Dem. | Gbk. | Lab. | Ind. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 100 | 0 |
1st Session | 53 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 100 | 0 |
Final voting share | 57% | 43% | |||||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 100 | 0 |
Members of the Senate for the Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature: [2]
Members of the Assembly for the Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature: [2]
New districts for the 36th Legislature were defined in 1882 Wisconsin Act 242, passed into law in the 35th Wisconsin Legislature.
Dist. | 35th Legislature | 36th Legislature |
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1 | Door, Kewaunee, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto, Shawano counties | Door, Florence, Kewaunee, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto counties |
2 | Brown County | Brown County |
3 | Racine County | Racine County |
4 | Crawford, Vernon counties | Crawford, Vernon counties |
5 | Northern Milwaukee County | Northern Milwaukee County |
6 | Southern Milwaukee County | Southern Milwaukee County |
7 | Central Milwaukee County | Central Milwaukee County |
8 | Kenosha, Walworth counties | Kenosha, Walworth counties |
9 | Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara counties | Green Lake, Portage, Waushara counties |
10 | Waukesha County | Waukesha County |
11 | Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Price, Taylor, Wood counties | Ashland, Clark, Lincoln, Price, Taylor, Wood counties |
12 | Green, Lafayette counties | Green, Lafayette counties |
13 | Dodge County | Dodge County |
14 | Juneau, Sauk counties | Juneau, Sauk counties |
15 | Manitowoc County | Manitowoc County |
16 | Grant County | Grant County |
17 | Rock County | Rock County |
18 | Western Fond du Lac County | Western Fond du Lac County |
19 | Winnebago County | Winnebago County |
20 | Sheboygan, Eastern Fond du Lac counties | Sheboygan, Eastern Fond du Lac counties |
21 | Marathon, Portage, Waupaca counties | Marathon, Shawano, Waupaca counties |
22 | Calumet, Outagamie counties | Calumet, Outagamie counties |
23 | Jefferson County | Jefferson County |
24 | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, St. Croix counties | Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, St. Croix counties |
25 | Eastern Dane County | Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce counties |
26 | Western Dane County | Dane County |
27 | Adams, Columbia counties | Adams, Columbia, Marquette counties |
28 | Iowa, Richland counties | Iowa, Richland counties |
29 | Buffalo, Pepin, Trempealeau counties | Buffalo, Trempealeau counties |
30 | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pierce counties | Chippewa, Dunn counties |
31 | La Crosse County | La Crosse County |
32 | Jackson & Monroe counties | Jackson & Monroe counties |
33 | Ozaukee, Washington counties | Ozaukee, Washington counties |
County | Districts in 35th Legislature | Districts in 36th Legislature | Change |
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Adams | 1 District | Shared with Marquette | ![]() |
Ashland | Shared with Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk | Shared with Lincoln, Price, Taylor | ![]() |
Barron | Shared with Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk | Shared with Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas | ![]() |
Bayfield | Shared with Ashland, Barron, Burnett, Douglas, Polk | Shared with Barron, Burnett, Douglas | ![]() |
Brown | 3 Districts | 2 Districts | ![]() |
Buffalo | 2 shared with Pepin | 1 District | ![]() |
Burnett | Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Polk | Shared with Barron, Bayfield, Douglas | ![]() |
Calumet | 1 District | 2 shared with Outagamie | ![]() |
Chippewa | Shared with Price | 1 District | ![]() |
Clark | Shared with Lincoln, Taylor & Wood | 1 District | ![]() |
Columbia | 3 Districts | 2 Districts | ![]() |
Crawford | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Dane | 3 Districts | 5 Districts | ![]() ![]() |
Dodge | 4 Districts | 4 Districts | ![]() |
Door | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Douglas | Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Polk | Shared with Barron, Bayfield, Burnett | ![]() |
Dunn | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Eau Claire | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Fond du Lac | 4 Districts | 3 Districts | ![]() |
Grant | 3 Districts | 3 Districts | ![]() |
Green | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | ![]() |
Green Lake | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Iowa | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | ![]() |
Jackson | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Jefferson | 3 Districts | 2 Districts | ![]() |
Juneau | 2 Districts | 1 District | ![]() |
Kenosha | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Kewaunee | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
La Crosse | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Lafayette | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | ![]() |
Langlade | Shared with Marinette, Oconto, Shawano | Shared with Oconto | ![]() |
Lincoln | Shared with Clark, Taylor, Wood | Shared with Ashland, Price, Taylor | ![]() |
Manitowoc | 3 Districts | 3 Districts | ![]() |
Marathon | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Marinette | Shared with Langlade, Oconto, Shawano | Shared with Florence | ![]() |
Marquette | 1 District | Shared with Adams | ![]() |
Milwaukee | 11 Districts | 12 Districts | ![]() |
Monroe | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | ![]() |
Oconto | Shared with Langlade, Marinette, Shawano | Shared with Langlade | ![]() |
Outagamie | 2 Districts | 3 shared with Calumet | ![]() |
Ozaukee | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Pepin | Shared with Buffalo | 1 District | ![]() |
Pierce | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Polk | Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas | 1 District | ![]() |
Portage | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Price | Shared with Chippewa | Shared with Ashland, Lincoln, Taylor | ![]() |
Racine | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | ![]() |
Richland | 2 Districts | 1 District | ![]() |
Rock | 3 Districts | 3 Districts | ![]() |
Sauk | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | ![]() |
Shawano | Shared with Oconto | 1 District | ![]() |
Sheboygan | 3 Districts | 3 Districts | ![]() |
St. Croix | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Taylor | Shared with Clark, Lincoln, Wood | Shared with Ashland, Lincoln, Price | ![]() |
Trempealeau | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Vernon | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | ![]() |
Walworth | 3 Districts | 2 Districts | ![]() |
Washington | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | ![]() |
Waukesha | 2 Districts | 1 District | ![]() |
Waupaca | 2 Districts | 2 Districts | ![]() |
Waushara | 1 District | 1 District | ![]() |
Winnebago | 4 Districts | 3 Districts | ![]() |
Wood | Shared with Clark, Lincoln, Taylor | 1 District | ![]() |
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