41st Wisconsin Legislature

The Forty-First Wisconsin Legislature convened in the U.S. state of Wisconsin from to in regular session.
This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session.
Senators representing even-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first two years of a four-year term. Assembly members were elected to a two-year term. Assembly members and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 8, 1892. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 4, 1890.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Democrat George Wilbur Peck, of Milwaukee County, serving his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1892 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

January 17, 1893: Hawaiian queen Liliʻuokalani was overthrown by American agents with the assistance of United States marines, ending the Hawaiian monarchy.
January 27, 1893: John L. Mitchell was elected United States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature in joint session.
March 4, 1893: Inauguration of Grover Cleveland as the 24th President of the United States.
April 7, 1893: Alfred W. Newman was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, to the seat being vacated by the retirement of William P. Lyon.
May 5, 1893: A crash of the New York Stock Exchange began the Panic of 1893.
June 4, 1893: The Anti-Saloon League was incorporated at Oberlin, Ohio.
January 1, 1894: As the senior-most member of the court, Harlow S. Orton became the 8th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court due to the retirement of William P. Lyon.
April 4, 1894: Wisconsin lieutenant governor Charles Jonas resigned from office to accept appointment as U.S. consul to Saint Petersburg, Russia.
April 21, 1894: The bituminous coal miners' strike of 1894 began, shutting down coal mines across the United States.
July 4, 1894: The Republic of Hawaii was proclaimed by American agents.
August 27, 1894: The Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act, which slightly reduced tariffs and imposed a tax on incomes over $4000, became law without the signature of President Grover Cleveland.
November 6, 1894: William H. Upham elected Governor of Wisconsin.

Major legislation

April 19, 1893: An Act to make labor day a legal holiday, .
Joint Resolution in relation to immigration, . Expressing opposition to proposed immigration restrictions being considered in Congress.
Joint Resolution to amend section 1, article 10, of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, . This was another attempt to update the section of the state constitution referring to the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin to attempt to remove the constitutional limit on annual compensation. The previous attempt was rejected by voters in the 1888 general election.
Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to subdivision 9, of section 31, of article 4, of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, . This was a proposed amendment to the state constitution to undo a constitutional amendment which had just been approved by the voters in 1892.

Sessions

1st Regular session: January 11, 1893April 21, 1893

Leaders

Senate leadership

President of the Senate: Charles Jonas
President pro tempore: Robert MacBride

Assembly leadership

Speaker of the Assembly: Edward Keogh

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Senate for the Forty-First Wisconsin Legislature:

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Forty-First Wisconsin Legislature:

Committees

Senate committees

Senate Committee on AgricultureAdam Apple, chair
Senate Committee on Assessment and Collection of TaxesSamuel Smead, chair
Senate Committee on EducationRussel C. Falconer, chair
Senate Committee on Enrolled BillsWilliam F. Voss, chair
Senate Committee on Engrossed BillsDayne Wescott, chair
Senate Committee on Federal RelationsOscar Altpeter, chair
Senate Committee on Finance, Banks, and InsuranceFerdinand Yahr, chair
Senate Committee on IncorporationsRobert J. MacBride, chair
Senate Committee on the JudiciaryWilliam Kennedy, chair
Senate Committee on Legislative ExpendituresRobert McGeehan, chair
Senate Committee on Manufacturing and CommerceChristian Koenitzer, chair
Senate Committee on Military AffairsAlbert Solliday, chair
Senate Committee on Privileges and ElectionsJ. W. Murphy, chair
Senate Committee on Public LandsHenry Conner, chair
Senate Committee on RailroadsG. W. Pratt, chair
Senate Committee on Roads and BridgesJohn Fetzer, chair
Senate Committee on State AffairsRobert Lees, chair
Senate Committee on Town and County OrganizationsJohn T. Kingston, chair

Assembly committees

Assembly Committee on AgricultureWilliam Schwefel, chair
Assembly Committee on Assessment and Collection of TaxesJ. W. Parkinson, chair
Assembly Committee on Bills on their Third ReadingD. Jennings, chair
Assembly Committee on CitiesPeter J. Rademacher, chair
Assembly Committee on EducationA. O. Wilson, chair
Assembly Committee on Engrossed BillsH. C. Hunt, chair
Assembly Committee on Enrolled BillsJ. Deuster, chair
Assembly Committee on Federal RelationsJ. W. Liebenstein, chair
Assembly Committee on IncorporationsH. F. Hagemeister, chair
Assembly Committee on Insurance, Banks, and BankingGustave S. Luscher, chair
Assembly Committee on the JudiciaryM. E. Burke, chair
Assembly Committee on Labor and ManufacturesP. J. Conway, chair
Assembly Committee on Legislative ExpendituresC. Hugo Jacobi, chair
Assembly Committee on Lumber and MiningW. Peter Wheelihan, chair
Assembly Committee on Medical SocietiesC. E. Quigg, chair
Assembly Committee on MilitiaGeorge Abert, chair
Assembly Committee on Privileges and ElectionsJ. Montgomery Smith, chair
Assembly Committee on Public ImprovementsJoseph Filz, chair
Assembly Committee on Public LandsJohn Schmidt, chair
Assembly Committee on RailroadsB. E. Sampson, chair
Assembly Committee on Roads and BridgesCharles Couch, chair
Assembly Committee on State AffairsJohn Ringle, chair
Assembly Committee on Town and County OrganizationM. G. McGeehan, chair
Assembly Committee on Ways and MeansA. Konrad, chair

Joint committees

Joint Committee on Charitable and Penal InstitutionsJ. H. Woodnorth & John Tracy, co-chairs
Joint Committee on ClaimsW. F. Nash & W. H. Fitzgerald, co-chairs
Joint Committee on Fish and Game D. E. Wescott & C. W. Heyl, co-chairs
Joint Committee on PrintingM. Kruszka & L. A. Lange, co-chairs
Joint Committee on the World's FairJ. H. Woodnorth & A. O. Wilson, co-chairs

Changes from the 40th Legislature

New districts for the 41st Legislature were defined in, passed into law in the 40th Wisconsin Legislature.

Senate redistricting

Summary of changes

Only 1 district was left unchanged.
Fond du Lac County became its own district after previously having been split between two districts.
Milwaukee County went from having 4 districts to 4 plus one district shared with Waukesha County.
Only three single-county districts remain.
Seven counties are split between multi-county senate districts.

Assembly redistricting

Summary of changes

25 districts were left unchanged.
Ashland County became its own district after previously having been in a shared district with Florence, Forest, Oneida, and Price counties.
Buffalo and Pepin were combined into a shared district after previously having each been separate districts.
Douglas County became its own district after previously having been in a shared district with Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer, and Washburn counties.
Grant County went from having 2 districts to 1.
Iowa County went from having 2 districts to 1.
Lincoln County became its own district after previously having been in a shared district with Langlade and Taylor.
Milwaukee County went from having 12 districts to 14.
Monroe County went from having 2 districts to 1.
Racine County went from having 1 district to 2.
Vernon County went from having 2 districts to 1.

Employees

Senate employees

Chief Clerk: Sam J. Shafer
* Assistant Chief Clerk: Franklin Bowen
* Journal Clerk: Jackson Silbaugh
* Bookkeeper: Edward Malone
** Assistant Bookkepper: P. T. Diamond
* Engrossing Clerk: Will N. Wells
** Assistant Engrossing Clerk: Thomas O'Hara
* Enrolling Clerk: John G. Faulds
** Assistant Enrolling Clerk: Hames McBrien
* Proofreader: Anton Boex
* Index Clerk: Jessie Knowles
** Assistant Index Clerk: May Armstrong
* Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: William F. Collins
* Clerk for the Committee on Incorporations: Robert J. MacBride Jr.
* Clerk for the Committee on Claims: W. H. Wieboldt
* Clerk for the Committee on Town and County Organization: Bert Williams
* Clerk for the Committee on Charitable and Penal Institutions: B. A. Weatherby
* Clerk for the Committee on Railroads: R. B. Pratt
* Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: Minnie LeClaire
* Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Fred Smith
* Document Clerk: Frank W. Teske
* Comparing Clerks:
** Nellie Gates
** Lizzie Jahnke
** C. T. Bundy
** A. P. Deignan
* General Clerks:
** J. T. Sims
** E. R. Petherick
** O. F. Huhn
** Clifford P. Best
** Joseph Mashek
* Ruling Clerk: Anna Hurley
* Printing Page: Noel Nash
Sergeant-at-Arms: J. R. Becker
* Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: K. Owocki
Postmaster: Michael W. Ryan
* Assistant Postmaster: A. Wagener
Gallery Attendants: N. Biever
General Attendants:
* J. O'Rourk
* J. W. Reed
Document Room Attendant: Carl Schneider
Committee Room Attendants:
* Thomas Kennedy
* R. Huyck
* J. J. Jacobs
* Carl Felker
Doorkeepers:
* R. Tuttle
* S. Sherwood
* S. C. Baas
* R. Carey
Night Watch: John Arendt
Janitor: R. M. Burk
Custodian of the Enrolling Room: J. M. Frey
Custodian of the Engrossing Room: George Malone
Night Laborer: John D. Fay
Messengers:
* R. E. Taylor
* M. Norris
* Charles Seller
* John Hayes
* Bert Levy
* Don Frank
* M. Baumgartner
* B. Husting
* H. Tierney
* A. Cavenaugh
* J. A. Adamson
* Bernie Erickson

Assembly employees

Chief Clerk: G. W. Porth
* Assistant Chief Clerk: E. D. Doney
* Journal Clerk: John E. Wright
** Assistant Journal Clerk: Louis K. Wright
* Bookkeeper: William Mayworm
** Assistant Bookkeeper: Joseph D. O'Brien
* Engrossing Clerk: S. D. Goodell
** Assistant Engrossing Clerk: Tom Overland
* Enrolling Clerk: A. Goerz
** Assistant Enrolling Clerk: J. J. Gleason
* Index Clerk: Charles A. Leicht
** Assistant Index Clerk: Willard Temple
* Stationary Clerk: Elmer Skelly
* Proof Reader: F. A. Bartlett
* Copy Holder: Bessie Lusk
* Ruling Clerk: W. J. Taylor
* Comparing Clerk: Charles Reuschlein
* General Clerks:
** James Carroll
** C. B. Goodwin
** George Silbernagel
** Ed Conway Jr.
* Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: F. M. Shaughnessy
** Stenographer for the Judiciary Committee: Hattie Pier
* Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Thomas McBean
* Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: C. W. Hunt
* Clerk for the Committee on Incorporations: Pat Ryan
* Clerk for the Committee on State Affairs: William Ringle
* Clerk for the Committee on Railroads: Ella Graham
* Clerk for the Committee on Privileges and Elections: A. S. White
* Clerk for the Committee on Insurance, Banks, and Banking: George Coughran
* Clerk for the Committee on Town and County Organization: W. P. Hyland
* Clerk for the Committee on Bills on Third Reading: E. L. Hardy
* Document Clerk: J. A. Venus
Sergeant-at-Arms: Theodore Knapstein
* Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: John H. Rooney
Postmaster: William McMullen
* Assistant Postmaster: G. T. McElroy
Doorkeepers:
* S. Hanizeski
* Ole Neilson
* Casper Lebeis
* T. E. Chubbuck
General Attendant: Albert Stoppenbach
Document Room Attendant: Ulrich Wettstein
Gallery Attendants:
* August C. Mann
* F. Herman
Committee Room Attendants:
* L. J. Evans
* George Nebel
* John F. Harnes
* D. C. Clune
* Valentine Klesges
* Joseph E. Grassberger
* Robert Plisch
* A. D. Kildowe
* T. A. Blackwell
Porter: John Pinzger
Flagman: Byron Moore
Night Watch: Fred Bishop
Custodian of the Enrolling Room: George Sherer
Custodian of the Engrossing Room: C. J. Courtenan
Committee Room Custodians:
* Joseph Hortel
* William Croll
Wash Room Attendant: Jacob Beth
Cloak Room Attendants:
* John O'Keefe
* Peter Spehn
Janitor: William Fahringer
Messengers:
* James Whitty
* John Conway
* Frank Sims
* Frank Shealy
* Eddie Ballschmider
* Arthur Gardener
* Bennie Dodge
* Thomas Burke
* Archie McCoy
* S. Andrzejewski
* Louis Corey
* Everett Monshan