The Forty-Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from to in regular session. They convened again in special session in February 1896 to pass a

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law. 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 6, 1894. 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 8, 1892.

Major events

* January 7, 1895: Inauguration of

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as 18th

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. * February 25, 1895: The first rebellions of the

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began. * May 27, 1895: The United States Supreme Court, in the case '' In re Debs'', ruled that the United States government had the authority to regulate interstate commerce. * July 14, 1895: Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice

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died in office. He was succeeded as chief justice by

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by rule of seniority. * August 5, 1895: Roujet D. Marshall was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Harlow S. Orton. * January 4, 1896: Utah was admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * May 18, 1896: The United States Supreme Court, in the case '' Plessy v. Ferguson'', ruled that racial segregation was legal as long as facilities were "equal", later referred to as the " separate but equal" doctrine. * May 25, 1896: Former three-term Wisconsin Governor and Union Army general Lucius Fairchild died in Madison. * June 6, 1896: U.S. President Grover Cleveland signed the "Filled Cheese Act", which established a prohibitive tax on cheese products that had been enhanced with vegetable oil or other fats. This law was proposed by Wisconsin congressman

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, and was part of a decades-long effort by Wisconsin's congressional delegation to prohibit selling

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or other alternatives to

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products. * July 9, 1896: William Jennings Bryan delivered his famous Cross of Gold speech at the

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. * August 23, 1896: The Cry of Pugad Lawin initiated the Philippine Revolution. * November 3, 1896: 1896 United States general election: ** William McKinley elected President of the United States. ** Edward Scofield elected

. ** Wisconsin voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to allow the Legislature to set the salary of the state superintendent of public instruction.

Major legislation

* Joint Resolution agreeing to a proposed amendment to section 1, article 10, of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin
1895 Joint Resolution 2
* Joint Resolution that section 7, article 7, constitution of Wisconsin, relating to circuit courts be amended so as to read as follows
1895 Joint Resolution 8
Proposed an amendment to the state constitution to allow counties with large populations to have more than one circuit judge. * 1896 Wisc. Special Session Act 1, a legislative

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law based on Wisconsin's mid-decade state census.

Summary

Senate summary

Assembly summary

Sessions

* 1st Regular session: January 9, 1895April 20, 1895 * February 1896 Special session: February 18, 1896February 28, 1896

Leaders

Senate leadership

* President of the Senate: Emil Baensch ( R) * President pro tempore: Thompson Weeks ( R)

Assembly leadership

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Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Senate for the Forty-Second Wisconsin Legislature: WI Senate Partisan Map 1895

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Forty-Second Wisconsin Legislature: WI Assembly Partisan Map 1895

Committees

Senate committees

* Senate Committee on AgriculturePeirce, chair * Senate Committee on Assessment and Collection of TaxesWoodworth, chair * Senate Committee on BankingDavis, chair * Senate Committee on Dairy and FoodMcGillivray, chair * Senate Committee on EducationStout, chair * Senate Committee on Enrolled BillsPhillips, chair * Senate Committee on Engrossed BillsConger, chair * Senate Committee on Federal RelationsAustin, chair * Senate Committee on IncorporationsMills, chair * Senate Committee on the JudiciarySpensley, chair * Senate Committee on Legislative ExpendituresMcGillivray, chair * Senate Committee on Manufacturing and CommerceThayer, chair * Senate Committee on Military AffairsWeeks, chair * Senate Committee on Privileges and ElectionsStebbins, chair * Senate Committee on Public LandsTimme, chair * Senate Committee on RailroadsWithee, chair * Senate Committee on Roads and BridgesYoumans, chair * Senate Committee on State AffairsPutnam, chair * Senate Committee on Town and County OrganizationsFisher, chair

Assembly committees

* Assembly Committee on AgricultureThomas H. Grier, chair * Assembly Committee on Assessment and Collection of TaxesN. B. Treat, chair * Assembly Committee on Bills on their Third ReadingCharles F. Hanke, chair * Assembly Committee on CitiesFrank Anson, chair * Assembly Committee on Dairy and FoodGeorge H. Blake, chair * Assembly Committee on EducationD. O. Mahoney, chair * Assembly Committee on Engrossed BillsJ. O. Davidson, chair * Assembly Committee on Enrolled BillsA. H. De Groff, chair * Assembly Committee on Federal RelationsG. J. Jeske, chair * Assembly Committee on Forestry and HorticultureCharles Hirschinger, chair * Assembly Committee on IncorporationsO. J. Williams, chair * Assembly Committee on Insurance, Banks, and BankingWilliam A. Jones, chair * Assembly Committee on the JudiciaryH. P. Burdick, chair * Assembly Committee on Labor and ManufacturesE. R. Stillman, chair * Assembly Committee on Legislative ExpendituresA. L. Utt, chair * Assembly Committee on Lumber and MiningA. R. Hall, chair * Assembly Committee on Medical SocietiesC. C. Harris, chair * Assembly Committee on MilitiaMarshall Cousins, chair * Assembly Committee on Privileges and ElectionsH. C. Sloan, chair * Assembly Committee on Public ImprovementsJ. B. Miller, chair * Assembly Committee on Public LandsC. A. Stanley, chair * Assembly Committee on RailroadsE. D. Hoyt, chair * Assembly Committee on Roads and BridgesL. B. Cox, chair * Assembly Committee on State AffairsJ. G. Lamberson, chair * Assembly Committee on Town and County OrganizationWilliam O'Neil, chair * Assembly Committee on Ways and MeansJames Freeman, chair

Joint committees

* Joint Committee on Charitable and Penal InstitutionsOfficer (Sen.) & Fenner Kimball (Asm.), co-chairs * Joint Committee on ClaimsBaxter(Sen.) & Frank L. Fraser (Asm.), co-chairs * Joint Committee on Fish and GameTimme (Sen.) & Henry L. Besse (Asm.), co-chairs * Joint Committee on PrintingPeirce (Sen.) & James T. Ellarson (Asm.), co-chairs

Employees

Senate employees

* Chief Clerk:

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** Assistant Chief Clerk: Fred W. Coon ** Journal Clerk:

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** Bookkeeper: E. S. Hotchkiss *** Assistant Bookkepper: I. S. Griffin ** Engrossing Clerk: Francis Stirn *** Assistant Engrossing Clerk: Helena Heyd ** Enrolling Clerk: L. J. Burlingame *** Assistant Enrolling Clerk: George L. Kingsley Jr. ** Proofreader: H. F. Poland ** Index Clerk: F. L. Perrin *** Assistant Index Clerk: Charles Jewell ** Copy Holder: E. A. Charlton ** Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: C. S. Spensley ** Clerk for the Committee on Incorporations: M. P. Schmitt ** Clerk for the Committee on Claims: James M. Hayden ** Clerk for the Committee on Town and County Organization: Fisher ** Clerk for the Committee on Railroads: W. E. Miner ** Clerk for the Committee on State Affairs: Fred Gilman ** Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: S. A. Pelton ** Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Hattie M. Phillips ** Document Clerk: Arton T. Sutton ** Comparing Clerks: *** Caroline Lawson *** S. N. Hartwell *** C. L. Fellows *** Edwin French ** General Clerks: *** C. P. Northrup *** LeRoy Thomas *** Horace G. Cole *** A. W. James ** Ruling Clerk: Eddie Sherman ** Printing Page: B. Staunchfield * Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles A. Pettibone ** Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Hans J. Jacobson * Postmaster: Harvey R. Rawson ** Assistant Postmaster: Charles W. Stewart * Gallery Attendants: Henry Grapengleser * General Attendants: ** Iver Torkelson ** George S. Sutherland * Document Room Attendant: Thomas R. McLean * Doorkeepers: ** Robert McCalvy ** Daniel E. Catlin ** John Keller ** Charles D. Nelson * Night Watch: George J. Walters * Custodian: Edwin Culver * Night Laborer: William Gillett * Messengers: ** Hugh W. Whitcomb ** James E. Calmso ** Walter E. Grams ** James S. Bartels ** Arthur Schempp ** Alfred Johnson ** Anton Kempter ** Eldon D. Woodworth ** Jacob G. Childs

Assembly employees

* Chief Clerk: N. A. Nowell ** Assistant Chief Clerk: Oliver G. Munson ** Journal Clerks: *** Charles M. Durkee *** B. H. Sanford ** Bookkeepers: *** C. E. Brightman *** Robert A. Gillett ** Engrossing Clerk: Julius Ewald ** Enrolling Clerk: John W. Hare ** Index Clerk: C. K. Pettingill ** Stationary Clerk: Frank S. Horner ** Proof Reader: John H. Frazier ** Printing Clerk: Samuel J. Williams ** Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: W. C. Reilly *** Stenographer for the Judiciary Committee: Ella K. Smith ** Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Andrew Rohrscheib ** Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: Joseph Smethurst ** Clerk for the Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes: Harvey Clark ** Clerk for the Committee on State Affairs: W. C. Thomas ** Clerk for the Committee on Railroads: Dan B. Starkey ** Clerk for the Committee on Insurance, Banks, and Banking: Ole Steensland ** Clerk for the Committee on Town and County Organization: Jery Palmer ** Clerk for the Committee on Bills on Third Reading: N. Marte ** Document Clerk: K. W. Jensen * Sergeant-at-Arms: Benjamin Franklin Millard ** Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Joseph B. Johnson * Postmaster: O. B. Moon ** Assistant Postmaster: C. H. Underhill * Doorkeepers: ** Edward Emerson ** Daniel Stromstad ** R. J. Jeskie ** William Disch * Document Room Attendant: A. C. Lymon * Gallery Attendants: ** Edwin Davis ** John Campbell * Day Attendant: T. F. Monty * Committee Room Attendants: ** F. G. Dahlberg ** Max Booth ** Wallace Hegelmire ** Henry Kessler ** S. H. Sorinson ** M. Nelson * Porter: Aretus Bond * Flagman: Harvey Allen * Night Watch: I. O. Hilmoe * Custodian of the Enrolling Room: Albert Glander * Custodian of the Engrossing Room: R. A. Vedder * Committee Room Custodians: ** C. E. Foot ** S. Teasdeal * Wash Room Attendants: ** Louis Donald ** Herman Miller * Coat Room Attendants: ** Frank Gaus ** Sam Debrozzo * Janitor: Jacob Dischler * Pages: ** Frank Howard ** Paul Sumers ** Claude Blake ** Alford Wilkey ** William Hoskosh ** Eddie Beebie ** Arthur Nichols ** Clyde Varley ** George Cary ** John Millard ** Kurt Pressentin ** George Thompson