29th Wisconsin Legislature

The Twenty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from to 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.

Major events

January 3, 1876: Inauguration of Harrison Ludington as the 13th Governor of Wisconsin.
February 2, 1876: The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs was founded at a meeting in Chicago.
March 7, 1876: Alexander Graham Bell was granted a United States patent for the telephone.
March 27, 1876: The United States Supreme Court decided the case United States v. Reese, narrowing the scope of the Fifteenth Amendment to the [United States Constitution], and enabling the creation of new laws to limit the voting rights of African Americans. On the same day, the court also decided the case United States v. Cruikshank, significantly limiting the power of the federal government to enforce civil rights protections.
June 25June 26, 1876: 300 men of the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment were killed by a force of Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
July 4, 1876: United States Centennial.
November 7, 1876: The 1876 United States presidential election was held. Rutherford B. Hayes was the apparent winner of the electoral college votes, but the results were bitterly disputed due to various fraud schemes in southern states, and the fact that Samuel J. Tilden was the apparent winner of the popular vote.

Major legislation

March 13, 1876: An Act to apportion the state into senate and assembly districts, .

Sessions

1st Regular session: January 12, 1876March 14, 1876

Leaders

Senate leadership

President of the Senate: D. Parker">Democratic Party (United States)">D. Parker
President pro tempore: Robert L. D. Potter

Assembly leadership

Speaker of the Assembly: Sam S. Fifield

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Senate for the Twenty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature:

Dist.	Counties	Senator	Residence	Party
01	Sheboygan		Plymouth	Dem.
02	Brown, Door, & Kewaunee		Green Bay	Ref.
03	Milwaukee		Milwaukee	Ref.
04	Monroe & Vernon		Viroqua	Rep.
05	Racine		Racine	Rep.
06	Milwaukee		Milwaukee	Dem.
07	Dane		Madison	Rep.
08	Kenosha & Walworth		Kenosha	Rep.
09	Iowa		Highland	Ref.
10	Waukesha		Waukesha	Rep.
11	Lafayette		Gratiot	Rep.
12	Green		Monroe	Rep.
13	Dodge		Mayville	Dem.
14	Sauk		Baraboo	Rep.
15	Manitowoc		Manitowoc	Rep.
16	Grant		Beetown	Rep.
17	Rock		Beloit	Rep.
18			Fond du Lac	Rep.
19	Winnebago		Menasha	Rep.
20			Osceola	Dem.
21	Marathon, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca,		Wausau	Ref.
22	Calumet & Southern Outagamie		Appleton	Dem.
23	Jefferson		Jefferson	Lib.R.
24	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk,			Rep.
25	Green Lake, Marquette, & Waushara		Wautoma	Rep.
26	Dane		Middleton	Lib.R.
27	Columbia		Portage	Rep.
28	Crawford & Richland			Rep.
29	Adams, Juneau, Portage,		Grand Rapids	Rep.
30	Chippewa, Dunn,, Pepin,			Rep.
31	La Crosse		La Crosse	Rep.
32	Buffalo, Clark, Jackson,		Melrose	Rep.
33	Ozaukee & Washington		West Bend	Dem.

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Twenty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature:

Employees

Senate employees

Chief Clerk: Andrew Jackson Turner
* Assistant Clerk: J. F. A. Williams
* Bookkeeper: J. T. Huntington
* Engrossing Clerk: Ms. Georgie Clise
* Enrolling Clerk: J. T. Jacobson
* Transcribing Clerk: Ed. Borcherdt
Sergeant-at-Arms: R. T. Gardner
* Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: George Hawley
Postmaster: D. McBride
* Assistant Postmaster: C. A. Carter
Gallery Attendant: R. B. Winsor
* Assistant Attendant: A. T. Conger
* Committee Room Attendants:
** H. A. Head
** Alfred Newgent
** C. H. Newton
Doorkeepers:
* M. Lynch
* T. Torkelson
* S. F. Leavitt
* Hohn Hallahan
Porter: T. H. Hanson
Janitor: P. Gilluly
Messengers:
* Arthur A. Hills
* Sherman G. Potter
* Daniel Trainer
* Herbert Rinder
* Eugene Abbott
* Fred Richards
* George Gewicke
* Lucien Pickarts
* Willie Scampton

Assembly employees

Chief Clerk: Rollin M. Strong
* Assistant Clerk: Chester Deming Long
* Bookkeeper: William M. Fogo
* Engrossing Clerk: Mrs. Fannie Vilas
* Enrolling Clerk: R. A. Gillett
* Transcribing Clerk: J. P. Cooper
* Clerk for the Committee on Judiciary: Frank O. Wisner
Sergeant-at-Arms: Elisha Starr
* Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: George H. Osgood
Postmaster: John H. Manschot
* Assistant Postmaster: Fred M. Griswold
Doorkeepers:
* Henry Matthews
* William F. Shallock
* T. E. Abbott
* E. S. Chase
Committee Room Attendants:
* John Hannon
* W. H. Bell
* W. R. Kent
* Richard Prichard
Gallery Attendants:
* W. Alten
* Frank Burgess
Porter: W. F. Bingman
Night Watch: C. F. Ainsworth
Fireman: Thomas Nelson
Speaker's Messenger: Charles Weight
Chief Clerk's Messenger: Theo. Thorson
Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: M. L. Parker
Messengers:
* Willie Betts
* Walter Holt
* Joseph Ready
* Mark Baker
* Harry Meeker
* B. B. Jones
* Lyman Curtis
* James DeBauker
* Willie Plumb
* Julius Voltz
* Lucius Cannon
* Freddie D. Fagg
* Henry Delaney