| 18th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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 Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863 | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
| Term | January 2, 1865 – January 1, 1866 | ||||
| Election | November 8, 1864 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 33 | ||||
| Senate President | Wyman Spooner (U) | ||||
| President pro tempore | Willard H. Chandler (U) | ||||
| Party control | National Union | ||||
| Assembly | |||||
| Members | 100 | ||||
| Assembly Speaker | William W. Field (U) | ||||
| Party control | National Union | ||||
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The Eighteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1865, to April 10, 1865, in regular session.
Senators representing even-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first year of a two-year term. Assembly members were elected to a one-year term. Assembly members and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 8, 1864. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 3, 1863.[1]
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican James T. Lewis, of Columbia County, serving the second year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
- ^ Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 210–212. Retrieved June 9, 2021.