45th Wisconsin Legislature

• January 7, 1901: Inauguration of Robert M. La Follette as the 20th Governor of Wisconsin. He was the first governor of Wisconsin to have been born in Wisconsin.
• January 22, 1901: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom died and was succeeded by her son, Edward VII.
• March 4, 1901: Second inauguration of U.S. President William McKinley.
• September 6, 1901: President William McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, New York. He would die 8 days later.
• September 14, 1901: Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as the 26th President of the United States, following the death of President William McKinley.
• October 1, 1901: The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library was opened in the State Capitol under chief Charles McCarthy. The library was the first of its kind and was a model for the Congressional Research Service.
• April 2, 1902: The Electric Theatre, the first movie theater in the United States, opened in Los Angeles, California.
• May 11, 1902: Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Jesse Stone died of stomach cancer at Watertown, Wisconsin.
• June 29, 1902: The federal Spooner Act, named for Wisconsin's U.S. senator John Coit Spooner, was signed by President Theodore Roosevelt, to purchase land that would become the Panama Canal Zone.
• July 1, 1902: The Philippine Organic Act was signed by President Theodore Rooselvelt, bringing an end to the Philippine–American War.
• November 4, 1902: Wisconsin general election:
• Robert M. La Follette re-elected as Governor of Wisconsin.
• Voters approved an amendment to the Wisconsin constitution to authorize a general banking law and remove previous referendum requirements for banking laws.
• Voters approved an amendment to the Wisconsin constitution to convert the Superintendent of Public Instruction to a nonpartisan, 4-year office, with pay set by legislation.
• Voters approved an amendment to the Wisconsin constitution to prohibit individuals, companies, political committees, and other entities from providing any free pass, free transportation, or free communication to any officer of state, local, or county government in Wisconsin.

• April 12, 1901: An Act to apportion and district anew the state of Wisconsin into assembly districts, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1901/related/acts/164.pdf 1901 Act 164].
• May 6, 1901: An Act to apportion and district anew the state of Wisconsin into senate districts, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1901/related/acts/309.pdf 1901 Act 309].
• May 13, 1901: An Act to apportion and district anew the state of Wisconsin into congressional districts, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1901/related/acts/398.pdf 1901 Act 398].
• Joint Resolution agreeing to a proposed amendment to article XI of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, giving the legislature power to pass a general banking law, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1901/related/joint_resolutions/2.pdf 1901 Joint Resolution 2]. This was the second required legislative approval of this amendment, which was then ratified by voters in November 1902.
• Joint Resolution agreeing to constitutional amendment, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1901/related/joint_resolutions/3.pdf 1901 Joint Resolution 3]. Amendment (1) converting the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin from a political to nonpartisan office, (2) moving the elections for superintendent from Fall to Spring, (3) changing the term from two years to four years, (4) moving inauguration from the first Monday in the January following the election to the first Monday in the July following the election, and (5) enabling the Legislature to set the pay of the superintendent through law. This was the second required legislative approval of this amendment, which was then ratified by voters in November 1902.
• Joint Resolution for the submission of an amendment to section 1 of article VII of the constitution relating to the justices of the supreme court, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1901/related/joint_resolutions/8.pdf 1901 Joint Resolution 8]. Proposed adding two more justices to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and proposing a process to determine the chief justice when two justices held equal seniority.
• Joint Resolution agreeing to a proposed amendment to article XIII of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, to prohibit the pass system, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1901/related/joint_resolutions/9.pdf 1901 Joint Resolution 9]. This was the second required legislative approval of this amendment, which was then ratified by voters in November 1902.
• Joint Resolution providing for an amendment of section 23, article IV of the constitution and for separate county government in certain counties, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1901/related/joint_resolutions/12.pdf 1901 Joint Resolution 12]. Suggested an amendment to allow the Legislature to establish a separate system of county government that could be applied to creating new counties around cities with populations greater than 100,000.

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• 1st Regular session: January 9, 1901{{spaced ndash}}May 15, 1901

• President of the Senate: Jesse Stone (R) (until May 11, 1902)
• President pro tempore: James J. McGillivray (R–Black River Falls)

• Speaker of the Assembly: George H. Ray (R–La Crosse)

Members of the Senate for the Forty-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/CBGYKVQXTDC5U8P |title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1901 |editor-last= Froehlich|editor-first= William H. |chapter= Biographical Sketches |pages= 721–770 |access-date= December 19, 2022 }}

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Members of the Assembly for the Forty-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:

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• Senate Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}Reynolds, chair
• Senate Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes{{spaced ndash}}Whitehead, chair
• Senate Committee on Banks and Insurance{{spaced ndash}}Roehr, chair
• Senate Committee on Bills on Third Reading{{spaced ndash}}Gaveney, chair
• Senate Committee on Corporations{{spaced ndash}}Devos, chair
• Senate Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}Stout, chair
• Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}Fearne, chair
• Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}Miller, chair
• Senate Committee on Federal Relations{{spaced ndash}}Martin, chair
• Senate Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}Kreutzer, chair
• Senate Committee on Legislative Expenses{{spaced ndash}}Willy, chair
• Senate Committee on Manufactures and Labor{{spaced ndash}}Anson, chair
• Senate Committee on Military Affairs{{spaced ndash}}Knudsen, chair
• Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections{{spaced ndash}}Hatton, chair
• Senate Committee on Public Health{{spaced ndash}}Eaton, chair
• Senate Committee on Public Lands{{spaced ndash}}Hagemeister, chair
• Senate Committee on Railroads{{spaced ndash}}Harris, chair
• Senate Committee on Roads and Bridges{{spaced ndash}}O'Neil, chair
• Senate Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}Jones, chair
• Senate Committee on Town and County Organizations{{spaced ndash}}Riordans, chair

• Assembly Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}R. Holland, chair
• Assembly Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes{{spaced ndash}}A. R. Hall, chair
• Assembly Committee on Bills on Third Reading{{spaced ndash}}G. Ela, chair
• Assembly Committee on Cities{{spaced ndash}}F. B. Keene, chair
• Assembly Committee on Corporations{{spaced ndash}}L. M. Sturdevant, chair
• Assembly Committee on Dairy and Food{{spaced ndash}}S. D. Slade, chair
• Assembly Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}J. Johnston, chair
• Assembly Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}A. Jensen, chair
• Assembly Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}J. M. Barlow, chair
• Assembly Committee on Federal Relations{{spaced ndash}}C. Sarau, chair
• Assembly Committee on Finance, Banks and Insurance{{spaced ndash}}E. A. Williams, chair
• Assembly Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}P. A. Orton, chair
• Assembly Committee on Legislative Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}M. O. Galaway, chair
• Assembly Committee on Lumber and Mining{{spaced ndash}}A. E. Smith, chair
• Assembly Committee on Manufactures{{spaced ndash}}R. F. Thiessenhusen, chair
• Assembly Committee on Military Affairs{{spaced ndash}}A. C. Dodge, chair
• Assembly Committee on Privileges and Elections{{spaced ndash}}E. H. Steiger, chair
• Assembly Committee on Public Health and Sanitation{{spaced ndash}}J. Willott, chair
• Assembly Committee on Public Improvements{{spaced ndash}}E. F. Clark, chair
• Assembly Committee on Public Lands{{spaced ndash}}D. Evans, chair
• Assembly Committee on Railroads{{spaced ndash}}J. W. Thomas, chair
• Assembly Committee on Roads and Bridges{{spaced ndash}}F. J. Frost, chair
• Assembly Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}K. E. Rasmussen, chair
• Assembly Committee on Town and County Organizations{{spaced ndash}}W. J. Middleton, chair
• Assembly Committee on Ways and Means{{spaced ndash}}H. Overbeck, chair

• Joint Committee on Charitable and Penal Institutions{{spaced ndash}}Stebbins (Sen.) & A. H. Dahl (Asm.), co-chairs
• Joint Committee on Claims{{spaced ndash}}Mills (Sen.) & Fred Hartung (Asm.), co-chairs
• Joint Committee on Fish and Game{{spaced ndash}}Green (Sen.) & August Zinn (Asm.), co-chairs
• Joint Committee on Forestry and Lumber{{spaced ndash}}McDonough (Sen.) & Ole Erickson (Asm.), co-chairs
• Joint Committee on Printing{{spaced ndash}}Munson (Sen.) & Ole K. Roe (Asm.), co-chairs
• Special Joint Committee on Apportionment{{spaced ndash}}Riordan (Sen.) & George H. Ray (Asm.), co-chairs

• Chief Clerk: Walter Houser{{Cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/CBGYKVQXTDC5U8P |title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1901 |editor-last= Froehlich|editor-first= William H. |chapter= Legislative Employees |pages= 398–399 |access-date= December 19, 2022 }}
• Journal Clerk: F. E. Andrews
• Bookkeeper: Andrew Rood
• Proofreader: I. S. Dunn
• Engrossing Clerk: Fred Peterson
• Assistant Engrossing Clerk: D. G. Sampson
• Enrolling Clerk: A. B. Cargill
• Assistant Enrolling Clerk: G. A. Tucker
• Index Clerk: Frank Eaton
• Assistant Index Clerk: Ed. F. Ditmar
• Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: Percy S. Elwell
• Clerk for the Committee on Bills on 3rd Reading: John Meili
• Clerk for the Committee on Claims: G. I. McDonald
• Clerk for the Committee on State Affairs: Hugh Wilson
• Committee Clerks and Assistants:
• Arthur M. Fisher
• M. V. Dorwin
• Stenographers:
• E. B. Yule
• John D. Gill
• Robert M. Davis
• Nelson M. Wilcox
• Comparing Clerks:
• E. D. Peake
• Mrs. Maud Barnes
• Ida M. Goss
• Oscar Kreutzer
• Telephone Attendant: Harry Lamphere
• Custodian of the Engrossing Room: B. H. Strow
• Custodian of the Enrolling Room: A. Burson

• Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles A. Pettibone
• Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: O. B. Moon
• Postmaster: Christoph Paulus
• Assistant Postmaster: H. W. Rood
• Document Clerk: E. A. Hanks
• Document Room Attendant: L. L. Lathrop
• Doorkeepers:
• Fred Hanson
• Robert Lowerre
• Richard Lubnow
• S. A. Pettibone
• Gallery Attendant: Will Thomas
• General Attendants:
• Hugo Jeske
• F. F. Massant
• Night Watch: Walther Abel
• Janitor: Dana Woodworth
• Custodian: Jacob Ditschler
• Laborer: James F. Holt
• Messengers:
• Harry Kelly
• Darwin Fallott
• Jno. Taylor
• Jno. F. Trainor
• Harry E. May
• E. C. Mills
• Emil J. Reuther
• William Holmes

• Chief Clerk: Winslow A. Nowell
• Assistant Chief Clerk: Frederic W. Coon
• Journal Clerks:
• Fred Nelson
• Edward H. McNeill
• Bookkeepers:
• Jos. B. Foster
• C. E. Shaffer
• Proofreader: J. H. Waggoner
• Engrossing Clerk: C. H. Carter
• Assistant Engrossing Clerk: Claire Currier
• Enrolling Clerk: J. K. Smith
• Assistant Enrolling Clerk: John Eckstrome
• Index Clerk: Fred H. Hartwell
• Assistant Index Clerk: Bert S. Oscar
• Stationary Clerk: Henry H. McGraw
• Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: James McKesson
• Clerk for the Committee on Bills on 3rd Reading: Edgar I. Waring
• Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Jessie A. Jensen
• Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: James DeGarmo
• Clerk for the Committee on State Affairs: E. N. Bowers
• General Committee Clerks:
• Thomas Toner
• Thomas Hayes
• Stenographers:
• Almeda Sturdevant
• Louis Kloepfel
• Raymond Frazier
• Charles Voigt
• Comparing Clerks:
• Mary E. Chadwick
• Effie Heydlauff
• Aluna Christie
• Nellie L. Proctor

• Sergeant-at-Arms: A. M. Anderson
• Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Jeremiah Wallace Baldock
• Postmaster: E. B. Tousley
• Assistant Postmaster: J. A. Kellman
• Document Clerks:
• J. H. Foster
• J. J. Osborn
• Day Attendant: H. T. Mower
• Doorkeepers:
• Victor Cronk
• Charles J. Weisser
• J. B. Nuegent
• Lansing Williams
• Gallery Attendants:
• Julius Howland
• Peter Steinert
• Porter: George Coulter
• Flagman: Frank Voeltner
• Night Watch: J. R. Fisher
• Committee Room Custodians:
• Robert Drews
• Abe Herman
• Cloak Room Attendants:
• J. T. Johnson
• J. R. Jones

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