| 8th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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 Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855 | |||||
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| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
| Term | January 1, 1855 – January 7, 1856 | ||||
| Election | November 7, 1854 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 25 | ||||
| Senate President | James T. Lewis (R) | ||||
| President pro tempore | Eleazer Wakeley (D) | ||||
| Party control | Democratic | ||||
| Assembly | |||||
| Members | 82 | ||||
| Assembly Speaker | Charles C. Sholes (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
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The Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1855, to April 2, 1855, in regular session.
This was the first Wisconsin legislature seated after the establishment of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.
Senators representing odd-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first year of a two-year term. Assemblymembers were elected to a one-year term. Assemblymembers and odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 7, 1854. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 8, 1853.[1]
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Democrat William A. Barstow, of Waukesha County, serving the second year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1853 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. 189–191.