74th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 5, 1959 – January 2, 1961 | ||||
Election | November 4, 1958 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 33 | ||||
Senate President | Philleo Nash (D) | ||||
President pro tempore | Frank E. Panzer (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 100 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | George Molinaro (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The Seventy-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1959, to May 27, 1960, in regular session. [1]
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 4, 1958. 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 6, 1956. [1]
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
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Dem. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 10 | 22 | 32 | 1 |
Start of Reg. Session | 13 | 20 | 33 | 0 |
Final voting share | 39.39% | 60.61% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 13 | 20 | 33 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
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Dem. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 33 | 66 | 99 | 1 |
Start of Reg. Session | 55 | 45 | 100 | 0 |
From Apr. 23, 1960 [note 1] | 54 | 99 | 1 | |
Final voting share | 54.55% | 45.45% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 45 | 55 | 100 | 0 |
Members of the Senate for the Seventy-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature: [2]
Members of the Assembly for the Seventy-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature: [2]
The Fortieth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1891, to April 25, 1891, in regular session. They met again for two special sessions in June 1892 and October 1892 to pass redistricting laws. The extra sessions were necessitated by court cases which threw out the Legislature's previous attempts at redistricting. The final redistricting act was signed just 12 days before the 1892 general election.
The Forty-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1901, to May 15, 1901, in regular session.
The Forty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1903, to May 23, 1903, in regular session. During this legislative term but after the end of the legislative session, in February 1904, the Wisconsin State Capitol suffered a severe fire that destroyed two wings and damaged the rotunda.
The Fiftieth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1911, to July 15, 1911, in regular session, and re-convened in a special session from April 30, 1912, to May 6, 1912. During this term, legislative business was largely held in the north wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol, which was the only part of the capitol to remain intact after the 1904 fire.
The Fifty-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1921, to July 14, 1921, in regular session, and re-convened in a special session in March 1922.
The Fifty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1927, to August 13, 1927, in regular session, and reconvened in two special sessions in 1928.
The Sixtieth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1931, to June 27, 1931, in regular session, and reconvened in a special session from November 24, 1931, to February 5, 1932.
The Sixty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1943, to January 22, 1944, in regular session.
The Sixty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1945, to September 6, 1945, in regular session, and reconvened in a special session in July 1946.
The Sixty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 8, 1947, to September 11, 1947, in regular session, and reconvened in a special session in July 1948.
The Sixty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1949, to September 13, 1949, in regular session.
The Seventieth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1951, to June 14, 1951, in regular session.
The Seventy-First Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1953, to November 6, 1953, in regular session.
The Seventy-Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1955, to October 21 1955, in regular session.
The Seventy-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1957, to September 27, 1957, in regular session, and reconvened in a special session in June 1958.
The Seventy-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1961, to January 9, 1963, in regular session. This was the first time that the legislative session was kept open for the entire term of the legislature.
The Seventy-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1963, to January 13, 1965, in regular session, and convened in a special session in December 1963.
The Seventy-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1965, to January 2, 1967, in regular session.
The Seventy-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1967, to January 6, 1969, in regular session.
The Seventy-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 6, 1969, to January 4, 1971, in regular session and also convened in two special sessions in the fall of 1969 and on December 22, 1970.