29th Wisconsin Legislature

29th Wisconsin Legislature
28th 30th
Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 3, 1876 January 1, 1877
ElectionNovember 2, 1875
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentCharles D. Parker (D)
President pro temporeRobert L. D. Potter (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerSam S. Fifield (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 12, 1876 March 14, 1876

The Twenty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1876, to March 14, 1876, 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 2, 1875. 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, 1874.

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Harrison Ludington, of Milwaukee County, serving the first year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1875 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.