42nd Wisconsin Legislature

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42nd Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1887
Overview
Legislative body Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place Wisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 7, 1895 January 4, 1897
ElectionNovember 6, 1894
Senate
Members33
Senate President Emil Baensch (R)
President pro tempore Thompson Weeks (R)
Party control Republican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly Speaker George B. Burrows (R)
Party control Republican
Sessions
1stJanuary 9, 1895 April 20, 1895
Special sessions
1896 SpecialFebruary 18, 1896 February 28, 1896

The Forty-Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1895, to April 20, 1895, in regular session. [1] They convened again in special session in February 1896 to pass a legislative redistricting law.

Contents

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 6, 1894. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 8, 1892. [1]

Major events

Major legislation

Summary

Senate summary

Senate partisan composition
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Democratic: 13 seats
Republican: 20 seats WI Senate 1895.svg
Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 13 seats
  Republican: 20 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 257321
Start of 1st Session1320330
Final voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature 429330

Assembly summary

Assembly partisan composition
Democratic: 19 seats
Republican: 81 seats WI Assembly 1895.svg
Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 19 seats
  Republican: 81 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. Pop. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 560441000
Start of 1st Session190811000
Final voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature 91901000

Sessions

Leaders

Senate leadership

Assembly leadership

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Senate for the Forty-Second Wisconsin Legislature: [2]

Senate partisan representation
Democratic: 13 seats
Republican: 20 seats WI Senate Partisan Map 1895.svg
Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 13 seats
  Republican: 20 seats
Dist.CountiesSenatorResidenceParty
01 Door, Kewaunee, & Marinette De Wayne Stebbins Ahnapee Rep.
02 Brown & Oconto Robert J. McGeehan De Pere Dem.
03 Kenosha & Racine Ernst Timme Kenosha Rep.
04 Milwaukee (City Northeast) James C. Officer Milwaukee Rep.
05 Milwaukee (City South) William H. Austin Milwaukee Rep.
06 Milwaukee (City Center) Oscar Altpeter Milwaukee Dem.
07 Northern Milwaukee & eastern Waukesha Charles T. Fisher Milwaukee Rep.
08 Milwaukee (County South) Michał Kruszka Milwaukee Dem.
09 Adams, Juneau, Marquette, & Green Lake Clarence V. Peirce Germania Rep.
10 Pierce, Polk, & St. Croix Dempster Woodworth Ellsworth Rep.
11 Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, & Washburn Thomas B. Mills West Superior Rep.
12 Marathon & Wood Neal Brown Wausau Dem.
13 Eastern Columbia & southern Dodge Michael E. Burke Beaver Dam Dem.
14 Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, & Shawano Dayne Wescott Shawano Dem.
15 Calumet & Manitowoc John E. McMullen Chilton Dem.
16 Crawford, Richland, & northern Grant Charles H. Baxter Lancaster Rep.
17 Green, southeast Dane , & western Rock Henry Putnam Brodhead Rep.
18 Fond du Lac Lyman W. Thayer Ripon Rep.
19 Winnebago Charles W. Davis Oshkosh Rep.
20 Sheboygan Dennis T. Phalen Sheboygan Dem.
21 Portage, Waushara, & western Waupaca John Phillips Stevens Point Rep.
22 Outagamie & eastern Waupaca William Kennedy Appleton Dem.
23 Jefferson & western Waukesha Albert Solliday Watertown Dem.
24 Walworth & eastern Rock Thompson Weeks Whitewater Rep.
25 Clark & Eau Claire Clarion A. Youmans Neillsville Rep.
26 Dane (Most) Robert M. Bashford Madison Dem.
27 Sauk & western Columbia William F. Conger Prairie du Sac Rep.
28 Iowa, Lafayette, & southern Grant Calvert Spensley Mineral Point Rep.
29 Buffalo, Barron, Dunn, & Pepin James H. Stout Menomonie Rep.
30 Chippewa, Oneida, Price, & Taylor Levi F. Martin Chippewa Falls Dem.
31 Jackson, Monroe, & Vernon James J. McGillivray Black River Falls Rep.
32 La Crosse & Trempealeau Levi Withee La Crosse Rep.
33 Ozaukee, Washington, & northeast Dodge Stephen F. Mayer West Bend Dem.

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Forty-Second Wisconsin Legislature: [2]

Assembly partisan composition
Democratic: 19 seats
Republican: 81 seats WI Assembly Partisan Map 1895.svg
Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 19 seats
  Republican: 81 seats
Senate
District
CountyDist.RepresentativePartyResidence
09 Adams & Marquette Sophronius S. Landt Rep. Friendship
11 Ashland Henry L. Besse Rep. Butternut
29 Barron Jonathan J. Smith Rep. Barron
11 Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer, & Washburn William O'Neill Rep. Washburn
02 Brown 1 Henry F. Hagemeister Dem. Green Bay
2 Timothy Burke Rep. Morrison
29 Buffalo & Pepin Allen H. DeGroff Rep. Nelson
15 Calumet Joseph Wolfinger Dem. Woodville
30 Chippewa 1 Charles A. Stanley Rep. Chippewa Falls
2 John W. Thomas Rep. Anson
25 Clark Joseph C. Marsh Rep. Loyal
27 Columbia 1 Charles Mohr Rep. Portage
13 2 Joseph Sanderson Rep. Randolph
16 Crawford James O. Davidson Rep. Soldiers Grove
26 Dane 1 George B. Burrows Rep. Madison
2 Hiland J. Spaulding Rep. Vienna
17 3 Ole C. Lee Rep. Stoughton
26 4 Henry F. Wilke Rep. Verona
33 Dodge 1 Herman Rosenkranz Dem. Lomira
13 2 Henry Gilmore Dem. Beaver Dam
3 William Jeche Dem. Hustisford
01 Door James Hanson Rep. Ephraim
11 Douglas Henry C. Sloan Rep. Superior
29 Dunn Albert R. Hall Rep. Knapp
25 Eau Claire 1 Marshall Cousins Rep. Eau Claire
2 Charles F. Hanke Rep. Augusta
18 Fond du Lac 1 Frank L. Bacon Rep. Waupun
2 Louie A. Lange Dem. Fond du Lac
3 Peter McGalloway Dem. Forest
16 Grant 1 Adelbert L. Utt Rep. Platteville
28 2 Joshua B. Bradbury Rep. Mount Ida
17 Green Nathaniel B. Treat Rep. Monroe
09 Green Lake Frank E. Clark Rep. Princeton
28 Iowa William A. Jones Rep. Mineral Point
31 Jackson Jerome B. Miller Rep. Alma
23 Jefferson 1 John G. Conway Dem. Watertown
2 Henry C. Christians Dem. Johnson Creek
09 Juneau Frank E. Hurd Rep. New Lisbon
03 Kenosha John F. Reynolds Rep. Randall
01 Kewaunee Jacob Rodrian Dem. Ahnapee
32 La Crosse 1 George H. Ray Rep. La Crosse
2 Lemuel B. Cox Rep. Farmington
28 Lafayette James W. Freeman Rep. Shullsburg
14 Florence, Forest, & Langlade George W. Latta Rep. Antigo
14 Lincoln David Finn Dem. Merrill
15 Manitowoc 1 Fred C. Maertz Dem. Reedsville
2 William Croll Dem. Manitowoc
12 Marathon 1 Robert Plisch Dem. Berlin
2 George Werheim Rep. Wausau
01 Marinette George W. Taylor Rep. Marinette
04 Milwaukee 1 Henry S. Dodge Rep. Milwaukee
2 George R. Mahoney Dem. Milwaukee
3 Gustav Jeske Rep. Milwaukee
05 4 Frank A. Anson Rep. Milwaukee
07 5 Albert Woller Rep. Milwaukee
06 6 Reinhard Klabunde Rep. Milwaukee
7 Edward C. Notbohm Rep. Milwaukee
05 8 Ellicott R. Stillman Rep. Milwaukee
9 Charles A. Winters Rep. Milwaukee
08 10 Theodore Prochnow Rep. Milwaukee
06 11 Christoph Paulus Rep. Milwaukee
08 12 Andrew H. Boncel Dem. Milwaukee
13 Barney A. Eaton Rep. Cudahy
07 14 Emerson D. Hoyt Rep. Wauwatosa
31 Monroe Thomas L. Martin Rep. Wilton
02 Oconto Andrew C. Frost Rep. Mountain
30 Oneida, Price, & Taylor Cyrus C. Yawkey Rep. Hazelhurst
22 Outagamie 1 Hubert Wolf Dem. Greenville
2 John Uecke Rep. Seymour
33 Ozaukee Herman Schellenberg Dem. Cedarburg
10 Pierce Freeman Lord Rep. River Falls
Polk Henry P. Burdick Rep. Osceola
21 Portage Herman H. Hoffman Rep. Amherst
03 Racine 1 Charles M. Hambright Rep. Racine
2 George H. Blake Rep. Rochester
16 Richland Jay G. Lamberson Rep. Buena Vista
17 Rock 1 Edward F. Hansen Rep. Beloit
24 2 Samuel S. Jones Rep. Clinton
3 Fenner Kimball Rep. Janesville
27 Sauk 1 Charles Hirschinger Rep. Baraboo
2 Henry W. Sorge Dem. Reedsburg
14 Shawano Christian Bonnin Rep. Bonduel
20 Sheboygan 1 Christian Ackerman Rep. Sheboygan
2 William F. Sieker Rep. Herman
3 George W. Wolff Rep. Rhine
10 St. Croix Orrin J. Williams Rep. New Richmond
32 Trempealeau Eugene F. Clark Rep. Galesville
31 Vernon Daniel O. Mahoney Rep. Viroqua
24 Walworth 1 Frank L. Fraser Rep. East Troy
2 Thomas H. Grier Rep. Bloomfield
33 Washington William Froehlich Rep. Jackson
07 Waukesha 1 Delbert K. Smith Rep. Big Bend
23 2 Caleb C. Harris Rep. Dousman
22 Waupaca 1 Roger S. Johnson Rep. New London
21 2 Philip A. Ham Rep. Crystal Lake
Waushara James T. Ellarson Rep. Wautoma
19 Winnebago 1 August Thalacker Rep. Oshkosh
2 Silas Bullard Rep. Menasha
3 George A. Buckstaff Rep. Oshkosh
12 Wood Herman C. Wipperman Rep. Grand Rapids

Committees

Senate committees

Assembly committees

Joint committees

Employees

Senate employees

Assembly employees

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References

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