47th Wisconsin Legislature

• January 24, 1905: Wisconsin governor {{nobreak|Robert M. La Follette}} was elected United States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature in joint session. La Follette, who had just been re-elected as governor, then delayed accepting the office until the end of the year, leaving Wisconsin with only one U.S. senator for most of 1905.
• January 30, 1905: The United States Supreme Court decided the case of Swift & Co. v. United States, determining that the commerce clause of the U.S. constitution allowed the Congress to regulate monopolies.
• March 4, 1905: Second inauguration of President Theodore Roosevelt.
• June 30, 1905: Albert Einstein submitted his paper "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", establishing his theory of special relativity.
• July 21, 1905: The Taft–Katsura agreement was reached between representatives of the United States and the Empire of Japan, to define separate spheres of influence in east Asia.
• September 5, 1905: The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed at Kittery, Maine, by representatives of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan, bringing an end to the Russo-Japanese War. U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his part in the negotiations.
• September 27, 1905: Albert Einstein submitted his paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", in which he postulated mass–energy equivalence.
• January 1, 1906: {{nobreak|Robert La Follette}} officially resigned as Governor of Wisconsin and began his term as U.S. senator. Lieutenant Governor James O. Davidson was sworn in as the 21st governor of Wisconsin.
• February 7, 1906: The revolutionary British Navy battleship HMS Dreadnought was launched, kicking off a naval arms race with the Imperial German Navy.
• April 3, 1906: William H. Timlin was elected to a new seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
• April 18, 1906: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroyed much of San Francisco, resulting in at least 3,000 deaths and leaving over 200,000 homeless.
• May 14, 1906: The Wisconsin Supreme Court decided the case Nunnemacher v. State (129 Wis. 190) in favor of the State of Wisconsin — validating the constitutionality of the new state inheritance tax.{{Cite court|url= https://cite.case.law/wis/129/190/ |litigants= Nunnemacher v. State |court= Wisconsin Supreme Court |date= May 14, 1906 |vol=129 |reporter= Wis. |opinion= 190 |accessdate= January 25, 2023 |via= Case Law Project }}
• August 23, 1906: Forces of the United States military arrived in Cuba at the request of embattled president Tomás Estrada Palma, beginning the second occupation of Cuba.
• November 3, 1906: SOS became an internationally recognized signal of distress.
• November 6, 1906: James O. Davidson elected Governor of Wisconsin.

• April 26, 1905: An Act providing for the location of a state normal school at the city of La Crosse, and making an appropriation therefor, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1905/related/acts/121.pdf 1905 Act 121]. Origin of the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse.
• May 12, 1905: An Act prescribing the duties of physicians and others relative to infectious diseases, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1905/related/acts/121.pdf 1905 Act 192]. Mandated reporting of statistics of certain infectious diseases to state health authorities, and setting requirements for quarantining, decontamination, and public information. Also criminalized interfering with public health actions, and mandated reporting of any such interference.
• May 12, 1905: An Act relating to inn-keepers and for the promotion of the public health, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1905/related/acts/198.pdf 1905 Act 198]. Required innkeepers to deny service to people suffering from communicable diseases.
• June 5, 1905: An Act regulating automobiles, auto-cars and other similar motor vehicles on the public highways within the state, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1905/related/acts/305.pdf 1905 Act 305]. First law for registration and licensing of automobiles in the state, and establishing speed limits.
• June 13, 1905: An Act to regulate railroads and other common carriers in this state, create a board of railroad commissioners, fix their salaries, define their duties, prevent the imposition of unreasonable rates, prevent unjust discriminations, insure an adequate railway service, prescribe the mode of procedure and the rules of evidence in relation thereto, prescribe penalties for violations, and making an appropriation therefor, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1905/related/acts/362.pdf 1905 Act 362]. Abolished the statewide elected office of Railroad Commissioner and created a board of commissioners.
• June 14, 1905: An Act in relation to the civil service of the state of Wisconsin and making an appropriation, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1905/related/acts/363.pdf 1905 Act 363]. Established a civil service commission and mandated that all future government appointments must follow merit-based rules defined by the civil service commission.
• June 19, 1905: An Act to amend chapter 569 of the laws of 1901 entitled "An Act to detach certain territory from the county of Chippewa and to create the county of Gates," [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1905/related/acts/463.pdf 1905 Act 463]. Renamed Gates County to Rusk County.
• June 20, 1905: An Act prohibiting legislative counsel and agents from attempting to influence members of the legislature other than by appearance before the committees therof, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1905/related/acts/473.pdf 1905 Act 473]. Attempted to ban lobbying.
• June 21, 1905: An Act relating to the use of money by corporations in elections, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1905/related/acts/473.pdf 1905 Act 492]. Attempted to ban corporations from spending money on political campaigns or candidates.
• Joint Resolution granting return of confederate flags to state of Alabama, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1905/related/joint_resolutions/10.pdf 1905 Joint Resolution 10]. Returned several regimental flags captured by Wisconsin regiments during the American Civil War.
• Joint Resolution providing for an amendment to section 10, article 8 of the constitution, relating to internal improvement, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1905/related/joint_resolutions/11.pdf 1905 Joint Resolution 11]. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to authorize appropriations for highway construction.
• [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1905/related/joint_resolutions/12.pdf 1905 Joint Resolution 12]. Proposing an amendment to the state constitution to allow an income tax. This amendment had different language from a similar 1903 proposed amendment, and therefore was the first legislative passage of the amendment.
• Joint Resolution to amend section 10 article 5 of the constitution relating to the approval of bills by the governor, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1905/related/joint_resolutions/14.pdf 1905 Joint Resolution 14]. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to put a time limit on gubernatorial vetos.
• Joint Resolution providing for an amemlnient to section 1 of article 3 of the constitution, relating to electors, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1905/related/joint_resolutions/15.pdf 1905 Joint Resolution 15]. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to remove voting rights from non-citizens.

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• 1st Regular session: January 11, 1905{{spaced ndash}}June 21, 1905
• December 1905 Special session: December 4, 1905{{spaced ndash}}December 19, 1905

• President of the Senate: James O. Davidson (R) (until Jan. 1, 1906)
• President pro tempore: James J. McGillivray (R–Black River Falls)

• Speaker of the Assembly: Irvine Lenroot (R–Superior)

Members of the Senate for the Forty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|chapter-url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/LVHJTC5U76EDH9D |title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1905 |editor-last= Beck |editor-first= J.D. |chapter= Biographical Sketches |pages= 1065–1127 |access-date= January 22, 2023 }}

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

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• Senate Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}G. Wylie, chair
• Senate Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes{{spaced ndash}}Hudnall, chair
• Senate Committee on Corporations{{spaced ndash}}Beach, chair
• Senate Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}J. H. Stout, chair
• Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}Merton, chair
• Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}Wilcox, chair
• Senate Committee on Federal Relations{{spaced ndash}}Froemming, chair
• Senate Committee on Finance, Banks, and Insurance{{spaced ndash}}J. E. Roehr, chair
• Senate Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}A. L. Kreutzer, chair
• Senate Committee on Legislative Expenses{{spaced ndash}}Stevens, chair
• Senate Committee on Manufactures and Labor{{spaced ndash}}Rummel, chair
• Senate Committee on Military Affairs{{spaced ndash}}Frear, chair
• Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections{{spaced ndash}}Martin, chair
• Senate Committee on Public Health{{spaced ndash}}Noble, chair
• Senate Committee on Public Lands{{spaced ndash}}C. C. Rogers, chair
• Senate Committee on Railroads{{spaced ndash}}Hatton, chair
• Senate Committee on Roads and Bridges{{spaced ndash}}G. W. Wolff, chair
• Senate Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}Munson, chair
• Senate Committee on Town and County Organizations{{spaced ndash}}Sanborn, chair

• Assembly Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}J. A. Fridd, chair
• Assembly Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes{{spaced ndash}}A. H. Dahl, chair
• Assembly Committee on Cities{{spaced ndash}}W. W. Andrew, chair
• Assembly Committee on Corporations{{spaced ndash}}F. J. Carpenter, chair
• Assembly Committee on Dairy and Food{{spaced ndash}}J. S. Donald, chair
• Assembly Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}D. McGregor, chair
• Assembly Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}F. J. Bohri, chair
• Assembly Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}J. S. Bletcher, chair
• Assembly Committee on Federal Relations{{spaced ndash}}A. J. Jerdee, chair
• Assembly Committee on Finance, Banks, and Insurance{{spaced ndash}}R. E. Tarrell, chair
• Assembly Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}H. L. Ekern, chair
• Assembly Committee on Legislative Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}R. C. Smelker, chair
• Assembly Committee on Lumber and Mining{{spaced ndash}}G. E. Beedle, chair
• Assembly Committee on Manufactures{{spaced ndash}}P. H. Hamm, chair
• Assembly Committee on Military Affairs{{spaced ndash}}J. A. Henry, chair
• Assembly Committee on Privileges and Elections{{spaced ndash}}E. W. LeRoy, chair
• Assembly Committee on Public Health and Sanitation{{spaced ndash}}J. Dinsdale, chair
• Assembly Committee on Public Improvements{{spaced ndash}}J. P. Chandler, chair
• Assembly Committee on Public Lands{{spaced ndash}}G. P. Stevens, chair
• Assembly Committee on Railroads{{spaced ndash}}W. S. Braddock, chair
• Assembly Committee on Roads and Bridges{{spaced ndash}}T. Johnson, chair
• Assembly Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}O. G. Kinney, chair
• Assembly Committee on Town and County Organization{{spaced ndash}}W. S. Irvine, chair
• Assembly Committee on Ways and Means{{spaced ndash}}F. Hartung, chair

• Joint Committee on Charitable and Penal Institutions{{spaced ndash}}Hagemeister(Sen.) & H. Johnson (Asm.), co-chairs
• Joint Committee on Claims{{spaced ndash}}Burns (Sen.) & R. Ainsworth (Asm.), co-chairs
• Joint Committee on Fish and Game{{spaced ndash}}Wipperman (Sen.) & J. Swenholt (Asm.), co-chairs
• Joint Committee on Forestry and Lumber{{spaced ndash}}Bird (Sen.) & E. E. Winch (Asm.), co-chairs
• Joint Committee on Printing{{spaced ndash}}Morris (Sen.) & J. B. Hagarty (Asm.), co-chairs
• Joint Committee on Revision of Bills{{spaced ndash}}Whitehead (Sen.) & R. C. Smelker (Asm.), co-chairs
• Special Joint Committee on Capitol and Grounds{{spaced ndash}}Stout (Sen.) & I. L. Lenroot (Asm.), co-chairs
• Special Joint Committee on Rules{{spaced ndash}}Johnson (Sen.) & H. L. Ekern (Asm.), co-chairs

• Chief Clerk: Leo K. Eaton{{cite report|chapter-url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/LVHJTC5U76EDH9D |title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1905 |editor-last= Beck |editor-first= J.D. |chapter= Legislative Officers and Committees |pages= 565–567 |access-date= January 22, 2023 }}
• Journal Clerk: A. R. Emerson
• Bookkeeper: J. D. O'Brien
• General Clerk: Ralph Pomeroy
• Engrossing Clerk: H. Wipperman Jr.
• Enrolling Clerk: O. G. Briggs
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Russell C. Falconer
• Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles Good
• Document Clerk: Thomas Walby
• Postmaster: Christoph Paulus

• Chief Clerk: C. O. Marsh
• Journal Clerk: Chas. A. Leicht
• Bookkeeper: C. E. Shaffer
• General Clerk: Ralph E. Smith
• 2nd General Clerk: L. B. Nagler
• Enrolling Clerk: A. W. Pott
• Engrossing Clerk: J. E. Noyes
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Nicholas Streveler
• Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: C. H. Collins
• 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Walter Eagan
• Document Clerk: Burne Pollock
• Postmaster: John Harris

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