12th Wisconsin Legislature
| 12th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
| Term | January 3, 1859 – January 2, 1860 | ||||
| Election | November 2, 1858 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 30 | ||||
| Senate President | Erasmus D. Campbell (D) | ||||
| President pro tempore | Denison Worthington (R) | ||||
| Party control | Democratic | ||||
| Assembly | |||||
| Members | 97 | ||||
| Assembly Speaker | William P. Lyon (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
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The Twelfth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1859, to March 21, 1859, in regular session.
Senators representing odd-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 2, 1858. 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 3, 1857.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Alexander Randall, of Waukesha County, serving the second year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1857 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.