37th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887 | ||||
Election | November 4, 1884 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 33 | ||||
Senate President | Sam S. Fifield (R) | ||||
President pro tempore | Edward S. Minor (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 100 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | Hiram O. Fairchild (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The Thirty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1885, to April 13, 1885, in regular session.[1]
Senators representing even-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 even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 4, 1884. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 7, 1882.[1]
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | |||||
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Dem. | Lab. | Ind. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 15 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 32 | 1 |
1st Session | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 33 | 0 |
From Mar. 8, 1886 | 12 | 32 | 1 | |||
Final voting share | 39.39% | 60.61% | ||||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 33 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | ||||||
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Dem. | Gbk. | Lab. | Ind. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 53 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 100 | 0 |
Start of 1st Session | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 100 | 0 |
From Mar. 9, 1885[note 1] | 38 | 99 | 1 | ||||
From Mar. 25, 1885[note 2] | 39 | 100 | 0 | ||||
Final voting share | 39% | 61% | |||||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 34 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 57 | 100 | 0 |
Members of the Senate for the Thirty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:[2]
Members of the Assembly for the Thirty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:[2]