43rd Wisconsin Legislature
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.
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1887 | |||||
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| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
| Term | January 4, 1897 – January 2, 1899 | ||||
| Election | November 3, 1896 | ||||
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| Members | 33 | ||||
| Senate President | Emil Baensch (R) | ||||
| President pro tempore | Lyman W. Thayer (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
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| Members | 100 | ||||
| Assembly Speaker | George A. Buckstaff (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 3, 1896. 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 6, 1894.