56th Wisconsin Legislature

The Fifty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1923, to July 14, 1923, in regular session.

56th Wisconsin Legislature
55th 57th
Wisconsin State Capitol ca.1915
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 1, 1923 January 5, 1925
ElectionNovember 7, 1922
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentGeorge Comings (R)
President pro temporeHenry Huber (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerJohn L. Dahl (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
RegularJanuary 10, 1923 July 14, 1923

This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session. This was the first session in Wisconsin history in which the Democratic Party held no seats in the State Senate, and with only one seat in the Assembly, this session represents the smallest legislative delegation for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin in its history (tied with 1925).

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 7, 1922. 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 3, 1920.

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