46th Wisconsin Legislature
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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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1887 | |||||
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| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
| Term | January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905 | ||||
| Election | November 4, 1902 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 33 | ||||
| Senate President | James O. Davidson (R) | ||||
| President pro tempore | James J. McGillivray (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
| Assembly | |||||
| Members | 100 | ||||
| Assembly Speaker | Irvine Lenroot (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
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This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to acts of the previous session.
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, 1902. 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, 1900.