7th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 2, 1854 – January 1, 1855 | ||||
Election | November 8, 1853 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 25 | ||||
Senate President | James T. Lewis (W) | ||||
President pro tempore | Benjamin Allen (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 82 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | Frederick W. Horn (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1854, to April 3, 1854, in regular session.
Senators representing even-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 8, 1853. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 2, 1852. [1]
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||||
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Dem. | F.S. | Whig | Ind. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Start of 1st Session | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Final voting share | 88.00% | 0.0% | 12.00% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||||
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Dem. | F.S. | Whig | Ind. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 55 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 |
1st Session | 51 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 |
Final voting share | 62.20% | 4.88% | 32.92% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 82 | 0 |
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:
Members of the Assembly for the Seventh Wisconsin Legislature (82): [2]
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David Noggle was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist. He was chief justice of the Supreme Courtof the Idaho Territory from 1869 to 1874, appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant. Earlier, he served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and a Wisconsin circuit court judge.
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The Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1856, to March 31, 1856, in regular session, and re-convened from September 3, 1856, to October 14, 1856.
The Tenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1857, to March 9, 1857, in regular session.
The Eleventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1858, to March 17, 1858, in regular session.
The Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1860, to April 2, 1860, in regular session.
The Fifteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 8, 1862, to April 7, 1862, in regular session, and re-convened from June 3, 1862, through June 17, 1862. The legislature further convened in a special session from September 10, 1862, through September 26, 1862.
The Seventeenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1864, to April 4, 1864, in regular session.
The Twenty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1874, to March 12, 1874, in regular session.
The Thirty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1881, to April 4, 1881, in regular session.
The Thirty-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1882, to March 31, 1882, in regular session.
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-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.
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.
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