42nd Wisconsin Legislature
{{short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1895-1896}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 42nd Wisconsin Legislature
| image = Third_Wisconsin_State_Capitol_1887.png
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Wisconsin State Capitol, 1887
| body = Wisconsin Legislature
| meeting_place = {{nowrap|Wisconsin State Capitol}}
| election = {{nowrap|November 6, 1894}}
| term_start = {{nowrap|January 7, 1895}}
| term_end = {{nowrap|January 4, 1897}}
| before = 41st
| after = 43rd
| website =
| chamber1 = Senate
| membership1 = 33
| control1 = Republican
| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}
| chamber1_leader1 = {{nowrap|Emil Baensch (R)}}
| chamber1_leader2_type = {{nowrap|President pro tempore}}
| chamber1_leader2 = {{nowrap|Thompson Weeks (R)}}
| chamber2 = Assembly
| membership2 = 100
| control2 = Republican
| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}
| chamber2_leader1 = {{nowrap|George B. Burrows (R)}}
| chamber2_leader2_type =
| chamber2_leader2 =
| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 9, 1895}}
| session1_end = {{nowrap|April 20, 1895}}
| special_session1_type = {{nowrap|1896 Special}}
| special_session1_start = {{nowrap|February 18, 1896}}
| special_session1_end = {{nowrap|February 28, 1896}}
}}
The Forty-Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from {{nowrap|January 9, 1895,}} to {{nowrap|April 20, 1895,}} in regular session.{{cite report|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2011_2012 |title= State of Wisconsin 2011–2012 Blue Book |year= 2011 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |isbn= 978-0-9752820-1-4 |editor1-last= Barish |editor1-first= Lawrence S. |editor2-last= Lemanski |editor2-first= Lynn |chapter-url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2011_2012/840_stats_history.pdf |chapter= Statistics: History |pages= 709, 714, 717, 719 |access-date= April 3, 2022 }} They convened again in special session in February 1896 to pass a legislative redistricting law.
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 6, 1894. 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 8, 1892.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican William H. Upham, of Wood County, serving a two-year term, having won election in the 1894 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
Major events
- January 7, 1895: Inauguration of William H. Upham as 18th Governor of Wisconsin.
- February 25, 1895: The first rebellions of the Cuban War of Independence began.
- May 27, 1895: The United States Supreme Court, in the case In re Debs, ruled that the United States government had the authority to regulate interstate commerce.
- July 14, 1895: Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice Harlow S. Orton died in office. He was succeeded as chief justice by John B. Cassoday by rule of seniority.
- August 5, 1895: Roujet D. Marshall was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Harlow S. Orton.
- January 4, 1896: Utah was admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
- May 18, 1896: The United States Supreme Court, in the case Plessy v. Ferguson, ruled that racial segregation was legal as long as facilities were "equal", later referred to as the "separate but equal" doctrine.
- May 25, 1896: Former three-term Wisconsin Governor and Union Army general Lucius Fairchild died in Madison.
- June 6, 1896: U.S. President Grover Cleveland signed the "Filled Cheese Act", which established a prohibitive tax on cheese products that had been enhanced with vegetable oil or other fats. This law was proposed by Wisconsin congressman Samuel A. Cook, and was part of a decades-long effort by Wisconsin's congressional delegation to prohibit selling margarine or other alternatives to dairy products.
- July 9, 1896: William Jennings Bryan delivered his famous Cross of Gold speech at the 1896 Democratic National Convention.
- August 23, 1896: The Cry of Pugad Lawin initiated the Philippine Revolution.
- November 3, 1896: 1896 United States general election:
- William McKinley elected President of the United States.
- Edward Scofield elected Governor of Wisconsin.
- Wisconsin voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to allow the Legislature to set the salary of the state superintendent of public instruction.
Major legislation
- Joint Resolution agreeing to a proposed amendment to section 1, article 10, of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1895/related/joint_resolutions/2.pdf 1895 Joint Resolution 2].
- Joint Resolution that section 7, article 7, constitution of Wisconsin, relating to circuit courts be amended so as to read as follows, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1895/related/joint_resolutions/8.pdf 1895 Joint Resolution 8]. Proposed an amendment to the state constitution to allow counties with large populations to have more than one circuit judge.
- 1896 Wisc. Special Session Act 1, a legislative redistricting law based on Wisconsin's mid-decade state census.
Summary
=Senate summary=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |
| style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=2 | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
! rowspan=3 | Total ! |
| style="height:5px"
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! Rep. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 25 | 7 ! 32 | 1 |
| colspan=5 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of 1st Session
| 13 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 20 ! 33 | 0 |
| colspan=5 | |
| Final voting share
! {{percentage|13|33|2}} ! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|20|33|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=5 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 4 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 29 ! 33 | 0 |
=Assembly summary=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |
| style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=3 | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
! rowspan=3 | Total ! |
| style="height:5px"
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|People's Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! Pop. ! Rep. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 56 | 0 | 44 ! 100 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of 1st Session
| 19 | 0 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 81 ! 100 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! colspan=2 | {{percentage|19|100|2}} ! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|81|100|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=7 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 9 | 1 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 90 ! 100 | 0 |
Sessions
- 1st Regular session: January 9, 1895{{spaced ndash}}April 20, 1895
- February 1896 Special session: February 18, 1896{{spaced ndash}}February 28, 1896
Leaders
=Senate leadership=
- President of the Senate: Emil Baensch (R)
- President pro tempore: Thompson Weeks (R)
=Assembly leadership=
Members
=Members of the Senate=
Members of the Senate for the Forty-Second Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1895 |title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1895 |editor-last= Casson |editor-first= Henry |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1895/reference/wi.wibluebk1895.i0016.pdf |chapter= Biographical Sketches |pages= 661–696 |access-date= April 15, 2022 }}
File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1895.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Dist. ! Counties ! Senator ! Residence ! Party |
| 01
| Door, Kewaunee, {{nowrap|& Marinette}} | {{sortname|De Wayne|Stebbins}} | Ahnapee | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
|---|
| 02
| {{sortname|Robert J.|McGeehan}} | De Pere | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 03
| {{sortname|Ernst|Timme}} | Kenosha | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 04
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(City Northeast)}} | {{sortname|James C.|Officer}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 05
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(City South)}} | {{sortname|William H.|Austin}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 06
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(City Center)}} | {{sortname|Oscar|Altpeter}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 07
| Northern Milwaukee {{nowrap|& eastern Waukesha}} | {{sortname|Charles T.|Fisher|Charles Thompson Fisher}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 08
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(County South)}} | {{sortname|Michał|Kruszka}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 09
| Adams, Juneau, Marquette, {{nowrap|& Green Lake}} | {{sortname|Clarence V.|Peirce}} | Germania | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 10
| Pierce, Polk, {{nowrap|& St. Croix}} | {{sortname|Dempster|Woodworth}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 11
| Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, {{nowrap|& Washburn}} | {{sortname|Thomas B.|Mills|Thomas Brooks Mills}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 12
| {{sortname|Neal|Brown|Neal Brown (politician)}} | Wausau | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 13
| Eastern Columbia {{nowrap|& southern Dodge}} | {{sortname|Michael E.|Burke}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 14
| Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, & Shawano | {{sortname|Dayne|Wescott}} | Shawano | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 15
| Calumet {{nowrap|& Manitowoc}} | {{sortname|John E.|McMullen|John McMullen (politician)}} | Chilton | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 16
| Crawford, Richland, {{nowrap|& northern Grant}} | {{sortname|Charles H.|Baxter}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 17
| Green, {{nowrap|southeast Dane}}, {{nowrap|& western Rock}} | {{sortname|Henry|Putnam}} | Brodhead | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 18
| {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}} | {{sortname|Lyman W.|Thayer|Lyman Wellington Thayer}} | Ripon | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 19
| {{sortname|Charles W.|Davis|Charles W. Davis (politician)}} | Oshkosh | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 20
| {{sortname|Dennis T.|Phalen}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 21
| Portage, Waushara, {{nowrap|& western Waupaca}} | {{sortname|John|Phillips|John Phillips (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 22
| Outagamie {{nowrap|& eastern Waupaca}} | {{sortname|William|Kennedy|William Kennedy (Wisconsin politician)}} | Appleton | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 23
| Jefferson {{nowrap|& western Waukesha}} | {{sortname|Albert|Solliday}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 24
| Walworth {{nowrap|& eastern Rock}} | {{sortname|Thompson|Weeks}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 25
| Clark {{nowrap|& Eau Claire}} | {{sortname|Clarion A.|Youmans}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 26
| Dane (Most) | {{sortname|Robert M.|Bashford|Robert McKee Bashford}} | Madison | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 27
| Sauk {{nowrap|& western Columbia}} | {{sortname|William F.|Conger}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 28
| Iowa, Lafayette, {{nowrap|& southern Grant}} | {{sortname|Calvert|Spensley}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 29
| Buffalo, Barron, Dunn, {{nowrap|& Pepin}} | {{sortname|James H.|Stout|James Huff Stout}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 30
| Chippewa, Oneida, Price, {{nowrap|& Taylor}} | {{sortname|Levi F.|Martin}} | {{nowrap|Chippewa Falls}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 31
| Jackson, Monroe, {{nowrap|& Vernon}} | {{sortname|James J.|McGillivray}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 32
| La Crosse {{nowrap|& Trempealeau}} | {{sortname|Levi|Withee}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 33
| Ozaukee, Washington, {{nowrap|& northeast Dodge}} | {{sortname|Stephen F.|Mayer}} | {{nowrap|West Bend}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
=Members of the Assembly=
Members of the Assembly for the Forty-Second Wisconsin Legislature:
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1895.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Senate ! County ! Dist. ! Representative ! Party ! Residence |
| 09
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Adams {{nowrap|& Marquette}} | {{sortname|Sophronius S.|Landt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
|---|
| 11
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ashland | {{sortname|Henry L.|Besse}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Barron | {{sortname|Jonathan J.|Smith}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Barron |
| 11
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer, {{nowrap|& Washburn}} | {{sortname|William|O'Neill|William O'Neill (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Washburn |
| rowspan="2" | 02
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Brown | 1 | {{sortname|Henry F.|Hagemeister}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Timothy|Burke|Timothy Burke (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Morrison |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Buffalo {{nowrap|& Pepin}} | {{sortname|Allen H.|DeGroff}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Nelson |
| 15
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Calumet | {{sortname|Joseph|Wolfinger}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 30
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Chippewa | 1 | {{sortname|Charles A.|Stanley|Charles Stanley (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|John W.|Thomas|John W. Thomas (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Anson |
| 25
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Clark | {{sortname|Joseph C.|Marsh|Joseph Marsh (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Loyal |
| 27
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Columbia | 1 | {{sortname|Charles|Mohr|Charles Mohr (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Portage |
| 13
| 2 | {{sortname|Joseph|Sanderson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Randolph |
| 16
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Crawford | {{sortname|James O.|Davidson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 26
| text-align="left" rowspan="4" | Dane | 1 | {{sortname|George B.|Burrows}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Madison |
| 2
| {{sortname|Hiland J.|Spaulding}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Vienna |
| 17
| 3 | {{sortname|Ole C.|Lee}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 26
| 4 | {{sortname|Henry F.|Wilke}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Verona |
| 33
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Dodge | 1 | {{sortname|Herman|Rosenkranz}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Lomira |
| rowspan="2" | 13
| 2 | {{sortname|Henry|Gilmore|Henry Gilmore (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 3
| {{sortname|William|Jeche}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Door | {{sortname|James|Hanson|James Hanson (Wisconsin politician, born 1852)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Ephraim |
| 11
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Douglas | {{sortname|Henry C.|Sloan|Henry Clay Sloan}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Superior |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Dunn | {{sortname|Albert R.|Hall|Albert R. Hall (Minnesota and Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Knapp |
| rowspan="2" | 25
| rowspan="2" text-align="left" | Eau Claire | 1 | {{sortname|Marshall|Cousins}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Charles F.|Hanke}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Augusta |
| rowspan="3" | 18
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Fond du Lac | 1 | {{sortname|Frank L.|Bacon}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Waupun |
| 2
| {{sortname|Louie A.|Lange|Louie Augustus Lange}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Peter|McGalloway}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Forest |
| 16
| text-align="left" rowspan="2"| Grant | 1 | {{sortname|Adelbert L.|Utt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 28
| 2 | {{sortname|Joshua B.|Bradbury}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 17
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Green | {{sortname|Nathaniel B.|Treat}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Monroe |
| 09
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Green Lake | {{sortname|Frank E.|Clark|Frank Clark (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 28
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Iowa | {{sortname|William A.|Jones|William A. Jones (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jackson | {{sortname|Jerome B.|Miller}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Alma |
| rowspan="2" | 23
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Jefferson | 1 | {{sortname|John G.|Conway|John Conway (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Henry C.|Christians}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 09
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Juneau | {{sortname|Frank E.|Hurd}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 03
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Kenosha | {{sortname|John F.|Reynolds|John F. Reynolds (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Randall |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Kewaunee | {{sortname|Jacob|Rodrian}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Ahnapee |
| rowspan="2" | 32
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | La Crosse | 1 | {{sortname|George H.|Ray}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Lemuel B.|Cox}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 28
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Lafayette | {{sortname|James W.|Freeman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 14
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Florence, Forest, {{nowrap|& Langlade}} | {{sortname|George W.|Latta}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Antigo |
| 14
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Lincoln | {{sortname|David|Finn|David Finn (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Merrill |
| rowspan="2" | 15
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Manitowoc | 1 | {{sortname|Fred C.|Maertz}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|William|Croll|William Croll (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 12
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Marathon | 1 | {{sortname|Robert|Plisch}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Berlin |
| 2
| {{sortname|George|Werheim}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Wausau |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Marinette | {{sortname|George W.|Taylor|George W. Taylor (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="3" | 04
| text-align="left" rowspan="14" | Milwaukee | 1 | {{sortname|Henry S.|Dodge|Henry Schooley Dodge}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|George R.|Mahoney|George R. Mahoney (Wisconsin politician, born 1858)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Gustav|Jeske}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 05
| 4 | {{sortname|Frank A.|Anson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 07
| 5 | {{sortname|Albert|Woller|Albert Woller (Republican)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 06
| 6 | {{sortname|Reinhard|Klabunde}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 7
| {{sortname|Edward C.|Notbohm}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 05
| 8 | {{sortname|Ellicott R.|Stillman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 9
| {{sortname|Charles A.|Winters|Charles Winters (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 08
| 10 | {{sortname|Theodore|Prochnow}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 06
| 11 | {{sortname|Christoph|Paulus}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 08
| 12 | {{sortname|Andrew H.|Boncel}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 13
| {{sortname|Barney A.|Eaton|Barney Augustus Eaton}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Cudahy |
| 07
| 14 | {{sortname|Emerson D.|Hoyt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Monroe | {{sortname|Thomas L.|Martin|Thomas Martin (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Wilton |
| 02
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Oconto | {{sortname|Andrew C.|Frost|Andrew Frost (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Mountain |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Oneida, Price, {{nowrap|& Taylor}} | {{sortname|Cyrus C.|Yawkey}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 22
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Outagamie | 1 | {{sortname|Hubert|Wolf|Hubert Wolf (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|John|Uecke}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Seymour |
| 33
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ozaukee | {{sortname|Herman|Schellenberg}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Pierce | {{sortname|Freeman|Lord}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Polk
| {{sortname|Henry P.|Burdick|Henry Peleg Burdick}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Osceola |
| 21
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Portage | {{sortname|Herman H.|Hoffman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Amherst |
| rowspan="2" | 03
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Racine | 1 | {{sortname|Charles M.|Hambright}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Racine |
| 2
| {{sortname|George H.|Blake|George Blake (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 16
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Richland | {{sortname|Jay G.|Lamberson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 17
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Rock | 1 | {{sortname|Edward F.|Hansen}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Beloit |
| rowspan="2" | 24
| 2 | {{sortname|Samuel S.|Jones|Samuel S. Jones (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Clinton |
| 3
| {{sortname|Fenner|Kimball}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 27
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Sauk | 1 | {{sortname|Charles|Hirschinger}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Baraboo |
| 2
| {{sortname|Henry W.|Sorge}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 14
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Shawano | {{sortname|Christian|Bonnin}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Bonduel |
| rowspan="3" | 20
| text-align="left" rowspan="3"| Sheboygan | 1 | {{sortname|Christian|Ackerman|Christian Ackerman (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|William F.|Sieker}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Herman |
| 3
| {{sortname|George W.|Wolff}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Rhine |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | St. Croix | {{sortname|Orrin J.|Williams}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 32
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Trempealeau | {{sortname|Eugene F.|Clark|Eugene Clark (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Vernon | {{sortname|Daniel O.|Mahoney}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Viroqua |
| rowspan="2" | 24
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Walworth | 1 | {{sortname|Frank L.|Fraser}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Thomas H.|Grier}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 33
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Washington | {{sortname|William|Froehlich}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Jackson |
| 07
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Waukesha | 1 | {{sortname|Delbert K.|Smith}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Big Bend |
| 23
| 2 | {{sortname|Caleb C.|Harris}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Dousman |
| 22
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Waupaca | 1 | {{sortname|Roger S.|Johnson|Roger Johnson (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 21
| 2 | {{sortname|Philip A.|Ham}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Waushara
| {{sortname|James T.|Ellarson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Wautoma |
| rowspan="3" | 19
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Winnebago | 1 | {{sortname|August|Thalacker}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Oshkosh |
| 2
| {{sortname|Silas|Bullard}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Menasha |
| 3
| {{sortname|George A.|Buckstaff}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Oshkosh |
| 12
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Wood | {{sortname|Herman C.|Wipperman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
Committees
=Senate committees=
- Senate Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}Peirce, chair
- Senate Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes{{spaced ndash}}Woodworth, chair
- Senate Committee on Banking{{spaced ndash}}Davis, chair
- Senate Committee on Dairy and Food{{spaced ndash}}McGillivray, chair
- Senate Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}Stout, chair
- Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}Phillips, chair
- Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}Conger, chair
- Senate Committee on Federal Relations{{spaced ndash}}Austin, chair
- Senate Committee on Incorporations{{spaced ndash}}Mills, chair
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}Spensley, chair
- Senate Committee on Legislative Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}McGillivray, chair
- Senate Committee on Manufacturing and Commerce{{spaced ndash}}Thayer, chair
- Senate Committee on Military Affairs{{spaced ndash}}Weeks, chair
- Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections{{spaced ndash}}Stebbins, chair
- Senate Committee on Public Lands{{spaced ndash}}Timme, chair
- Senate Committee on Railroads{{spaced ndash}}Withee, chair
- Senate Committee on Roads and Bridges{{spaced ndash}}Youmans, chair
- Senate Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}Putnam, chair
- Senate Committee on Town and County Organizations{{spaced ndash}}Fisher, chair
=Assembly committees=
- Assembly Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}Thomas H. Grier, chair
- Assembly Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes{{spaced ndash}}N. B. Treat, chair
- Assembly Committee on Bills on their Third Reading{{spaced ndash}}Charles F. Hanke, chair
- Assembly Committee on Cities{{spaced ndash}}Frank Anson, chair
- Assembly Committee on Dairy and Food{{spaced ndash}}George H. Blake, chair
- Assembly Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}D. O. Mahoney, chair
- Assembly Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}J. O. Davidson, chair
- Assembly Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}A. H. De Groff, chair
- Assembly Committee on Federal Relations{{spaced ndash}}G. J. Jeske, chair
- Assembly Committee on Forestry and Horticulture{{spaced ndash}}Charles Hirschinger, chair
- Assembly Committee on Incorporations{{spaced ndash}}O. J. Williams, chair
- Assembly Committee on Insurance, Banks, and Banking{{spaced ndash}}William A. Jones, chair
- Assembly Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}H. P. Burdick, chair
- Assembly Committee on Labor and Manufactures{{spaced ndash}}E. R. Stillman, chair
- Assembly Committee on Legislative Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}A. L. Utt, chair
- Assembly Committee on Lumber and Mining{{spaced ndash}}A. R. Hall, chair
- Assembly Committee on Medical Societies{{spaced ndash}}C. C. Harris, chair
- Assembly Committee on Militia{{spaced ndash}}Marshall Cousins, chair
- Assembly Committee on Privileges and Elections{{spaced ndash}}H. C. Sloan, chair
- Assembly Committee on Public Improvements{{spaced ndash}}J. B. Miller, chair
- Assembly Committee on Public Lands{{spaced ndash}}C. A. Stanley, chair
- Assembly Committee on Railroads{{spaced ndash}}E. D. Hoyt, chair
- Assembly Committee on Roads and Bridges{{spaced ndash}}L. B. Cox, chair
- Assembly Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}J. G. Lamberson, chair
- Assembly Committee on Town and County Organization{{spaced ndash}}William O'Neil, chair
- Assembly Committee on Ways and Means{{spaced ndash}}James Freeman, chair
=Joint committees=
- Joint Committee on Charitable and Penal Institutions{{spaced ndash}}Officer (Sen.) & Fenner Kimball (Asm.), co-chairs
- Joint Committee on Claims{{spaced ndash}}Baxter(Sen.) & Frank L. Fraser (Asm.), co-chairs
- Joint Committee on Fish and Game{{spaced ndash}}Timme (Sen.) & Henry L. Besse (Asm.), co-chairs
- Joint Committee on Printing{{spaced ndash}}Peirce (Sen.) & James T. Ellarson (Asm.), co-chairs
Employees
=Senate employees=
- Chief Clerk: Walter Houser{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1895 |title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1895 |editor-last= Casson |editor-first= Henry |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1895/reference/wi.wibluebk1895.i0015.pdf |chapter= The judiciary, United States government, state government, miscellaneous state societies, etc. |pages= 646–653 |access-date= April 16, 2022 }}
- Assistant Chief Clerk: Fred W. Coon
- Journal Clerk: William M. Fogo
- Bookkeeper: E. S. Hotchkiss
- Assistant Bookkepper: I. S. Griffin
- Engrossing Clerk: Francis Stirn
- Assistant Engrossing Clerk: Helena Heyd
- Enrolling Clerk: L. J. Burlingame
- Assistant Enrolling Clerk: George L. Kingsley Jr.
- Proofreader: H. F. Poland
- Index Clerk: F. L. Perrin
- Assistant Index Clerk: Charles Jewell
- Copy Holder: E. A. Charlton
- Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: C. S. Spensley
- Clerk for the Committee on Incorporations: M. P. Schmitt
- Clerk for the Committee on Claims: James M. Hayden
- Clerk for the Committee on Town and County Organization: Fisher
- Clerk for the Committee on Railroads: W. E. Miner
- Clerk for the Committee on State Affairs: Fred Gilman
- Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: S. A. Pelton
- Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Hattie M. Phillips
- Document Clerk: Arton T. Sutton
- Comparing Clerks:
- Caroline Lawson
- S. N. Hartwell
- C. L. Fellows
- Edwin French
- General Clerks:
- C. P. Northrup
- LeRoy Thomas
- Horace G. Cole
- A. W. James
- Ruling Clerk: Eddie Sherman
- Printing Page: B. Staunchfield
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles A. Pettibone
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Hans J. Jacobson
- Postmaster: Harvey R. Rawson
- Assistant Postmaster: Charles W. Stewart
- Gallery Attendants: Henry Grapengleser
- General Attendants:
- Iver Torkelson
- George S. Sutherland
- Document Room Attendant: Thomas R. McLean
- Doorkeepers:
- Robert McCalvy
- Daniel E. Catlin
- John Keller
- Charles D. Nelson
- Night Watch: George J. Walters
- Custodian: Edwin Culver
- Night Laborer: William Gillett
- Messengers:
- Hugh W. Whitcomb
- James E. Calmso
- Walter E. Grams
- James S. Bartels
- Arthur Schempp
- Alfred Johnson
- Anton Kempter
- Eldon D. Woodworth
- Jacob G. Childs
=Assembly employees=
- Chief Clerk: N. A. Nowell
- Assistant Chief Clerk: Oliver G. Munson
- Journal Clerks:
- Charles M. Durkee
- B. H. Sanford
- Bookkeepers:
- C. E. Brightman
- Robert A. Gillett
- Engrossing Clerk: Julius Ewald
- Enrolling Clerk: John W. Hare
- Index Clerk: C. K. Pettingill
- Stationary Clerk: Frank S. Horner
- Proof Reader: John H. Frazier
- Printing Clerk: Samuel J. Williams
- Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: W. C. Reilly
- Stenographer for the Judiciary Committee: Ella K. Smith
- Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Andrew Rohrscheib
- Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: Joseph Smethurst
- Clerk for the Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes: Harvey Clark
- Clerk for the Committee on State Affairs: W. C. Thomas
- Clerk for the Committee on Railroads: Dan B. Starkey
- Clerk for the Committee on Insurance, Banks, and Banking: Ole Steensland
- Clerk for the Committee on Town and County Organization: Jery Palmer
- Clerk for the Committee on Bills on Third Reading: N. Marte
- Document Clerk: K. W. Jensen
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Benjamin Franklin Millard
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Joseph B. Johnson
- Postmaster: O. B. Moon
- Assistant Postmaster: C. H. Underhill
- Doorkeepers:
- Edward Emerson
- Daniel Stromstad
- R. J. Jeskie
- William Disch
- Document Room Attendant: A. C. Lymon
- Gallery Attendants:
- Edwin Davis
- John Campbell
- Day Attendant: T. F. Monty
- Committee Room Attendants:
- F. G. Dahlberg
- Max Booth
- Wallace Hegelmire
- Henry Kessler
- S. H. Sorinson
- M. Nelson
- Porter: Aretus Bond
- Flagman: Harvey Allen
- Night Watch: I. O. Hilmoe
- Custodian of the Enrolling Room: Albert Glander
- Custodian of the Engrossing Room: R. A. Vedder
- Committee Room Custodians:
- C. E. Foot
- S. Teasdeal
- Wash Room Attendants:
- Louis Donald
- Herman Miller
- Coat Room Attendants:
- Frank Gaus
- Sam Debrozzo
- Janitor: Jacob Dischler
- Pages:
- Frank Howard
- Paul Sumers
- Claude Blake
- Alford Wilkey
- William Hoskosh
- Eddie Beebie
- Arthur Nichols
- Clyde Varley
- George Cary
- John Millard
- Kurt Pressentin
- George Thompson
References
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External links
- [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1895/related 1895: Related Documents] from Wisconsin Legislature
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