32nd Wisconsin Legislature

32nd Wisconsin Legislature
31st 33rd
Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 6, 1879 January 5, 1880
ElectionNovember 5, 1878
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentJames M. Bingham (R)
President pro temporeWilliam T. Price (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerDavid M. Kelly (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 8, 1879 March 5, 1879

The Thirty-Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 8, 1879, to March 5, 1879, 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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 5, 1878. 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 6, 1877.

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican William E. Smith, of Milwaukee County, serving the second year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1877 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.