39th Wisconsin Legislature
The Thirty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1889, to April 19, 1889, in regular session.
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1887 | |||||
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| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
| Term | January 7, 1889 – January 5, 1891 | ||||
| Election | November 6, 1888 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 33 | ||||
| Senate President | George W. Ryland (R) | ||||
| President pro tempore | Thomas A. Dyson (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
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| Members | 100 | ||||
| Assembly Speaker | Thomas B. Mills (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
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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 6, 1888. 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 2, 1886.
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