33rd Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863 | |||||
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| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
| Term | January 5, 1880 – January 3, 1881 | ||||
| Election | November 4, 1879 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 33 | ||||
| Senate President | James M. Bingham (R) | ||||
| President pro tempore | Thomas B. Scott (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
| Assembly | |||||
| Members | 100 | ||||
| Assembly Speaker | Alexander A. Arnold (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
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The Thirty-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1880, to March 17, 1880, 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 4, 1879. 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 5, 1878.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican William E. Smith, of Milwaukee County, serving the first year of his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.