54th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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![]() Wisconsin State Capitol ca.1915 | |||||
Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 6, 1919 – January 3, 1921 | ||||
Election | November 5, 1918 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 33 | ||||
Senate President | Edward Dithmar (R) | ||||
President pro tempore | Willard T. Stevens (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 100 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | Riley S. Young (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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Special sessions | |||||
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The Fifty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 8, 1919, to July 30, 1919, in regular session, and re-convened in two special sessions in September 1919 and May 1920.[1]
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 5, 1918. 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 7, 1916.[1]
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | ||||
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Dem. | Soc. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 6 | 2 | 24 | 32 | 1 |
Start of 1st Session | 2 | 4 | 27 | 33 | 0 |
Final voting share | 18.18% | 81.82% | |||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 2 | 4 | 27 | 33 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Dem. | Soc. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 13 | 8 | 79 | 100 | 0 |
Start of 1st Session | 6 | 16 | 78 | 100 | 0 |
From May 1, 1919[note 1] | 77 | 99 | 1 | ||
From Nov. 19, 1919[note 2] | 76 | 98 | 2 | ||
Final voting share | 22.45% | 77.55% | |||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 2 | 6 | 92 | 100 | 0 |
Members of the Senate for the Fifty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]
Members of the Assembly for the Fifty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]