• Source: 54th Wisconsin Legislature

The Fifty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 8, 1919, to July 30, 1919, in regular session, and re-convened in two special sessions in September 1919 and May 1920.
Senators representing odd-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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 5, 1918. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 7, 1916.




Major events


January 16, 1919: The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the prohibition of alcohol, was ratified by the requisite number of states to come into force.
January 21, 1919: The Irish Republic declared independence from the United Kingdom, initiating the Irish War of Independence.
January 25, 1919: The League of Nations was founded in Paris.
June 28, 1919: The Treaty of Versailles was signed, formalizing Germany's settlement with the Entente at the end of World War I.
August 11, 1919: The Green Bay Packers American football club was founded by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun.
October 2, 1919: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a severe stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed, with permanent neurological damage.
October 28, 1919: The U.S. Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson's veto of the Volstead Act, which established prohibition of alcohol enabled by the new 18th amendment.
November 30, 1919: Health officials declared an end to the Spanish flu pandemic.
March 19, 1920: The U.S. Senate failed in its last attempt to ratify the Treaty of Versailles. Wisconsin's senior U.S. senator Robert M. La Follette was among the leading "irreconcilable" holdouts preventing ratification.
April 6, 1920: Wisconsin voters rejected two amendments to the state constitution:
to allow legislator pay to be set by law rather than fixed in the constitution.
to allow the legislature to decrease the number of state judicial circuits while maintaining or increasing the number of judges.
July 13, 1920: Wisconsin chief justice John B. Winslow died in office. Justice Robert G. Siebecker immediately succeeded to the position of chief justice due to the rule of seniority.
August 18, 1920: The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was ratified by the requisite number of states to come into force.
September 6, 1920: Attorney Burr W. Jones was appointed a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court by Governor Emanuel L. Philipp, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of chief justice John B. Winslow.
November 2, 1920: 1920 United States general election:
Warren G. Harding elected President of the United States.
John J. Blaine elected Governor of Wisconsin.
Irvine Lenroot re-elected United States senator from Wisconsin.
December 1, 1920: Mexican revolutionary general Álvaro Obregón was inaugurated as president of Mexico, effectively ending the Mexican Revolution.




Major legislation


Joint Resolution ratifying an amendment to the constitution of the United States relating to intoxicating liquors, 1919 Joint Resolution 1. Wisconsin's ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Joint Resolution relating to the league of nations, 1919 Joint Resolution 26. Endorsed the League of Nations and supported the United States joining.
Joint Resolution relating to the establishment of a Jewish State of Palestine and for the granting of complete liberty to the Jewish people in all countries, 1919 Joint Resolution 34.
Joint Resolution to amend section 21 of article IV of the constitution, relating to compensation of members of the legislature, 1919 Joint Resolution 37. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the Legislature to set its own salary through the normal legislative process. The amendment was defeated by voters in the April 1920 election.
Joint Resolution to amend section 4 of article VI of the constitution, relating to county officers, 1919 Joint Resolution 38. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to remove term limits for sheriffs.
Joint Resolution to amend sections 6 and 7, of article VII, of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, relating to circuit judges, 1919 Joint Resolution 47. Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the Legislature to decrease the number of state judicial circuits. This amendment was also defeated by voters in the April 1920 election.
Joint Resolution memorializing congress in behalf of the farmers to repeal the law advancing the time one hour, 1919 Joint Resolution 48. Communicating to Congress disapproval of daylight saving time.
Joint Resolution to create section 3b of article XI of the constitution, relating to the indebtedness of municipal corporations, 1919 Joint Resolution 53. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to extend the allowance for municipal indebtedness for the purpose of establishing street rail projects or for heat, water, and power utility purposes.
Joint Resolution to amend section 5, article I, of the constitution, relating to trial by jury, 1919 Joint Resolution 58. First legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to change the jury rules for civil cases to require a minimum of five-sixths majority for a valid verdict.
Joint Resolution ratifying an amendment to the constitution of the United States relating to woman's suffrage, 1919 Joint Resolution 64. Wisconsin's ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.




Party summary






= Senate summary

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= Assembly summary

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Sessions


Regular session: January 8, 1919 – July 30, 1919
September 1919 special session: September 4, 1919 – September 8, 1919
May 1920 special session: May 25, 1920 – June 4, 1920




Leaders






= Senate leadership

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President of the Senate: Edward Dithmar (R)
President pro tempore: Willard T. Stevens (R–Rhinelander)




= Assembly leadership

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Speaker of the Assembly: Riley S. Young (R–Darien)




Members






= Members of the Senate

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Members of the Senate for the Fifty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature:




= Members of the Assembly

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Members of the Assembly for the Fifty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature:




Committees






= Senate committees

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Senate Standing Committee on Committees – I. P. Witter, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures – H. E. Roethe, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Corporations – J. H. Bennett, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Education and Public Welfare – A. J. Pullen, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Highways – L. E. Cunningham, chair
Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary – T. Benfey, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Legislative Procedure – W. T. Stevens, chair
Senate Standing Committee on Reconstruction and Readjustment – R. P. Wilcox, chair
Senate Standing Committee on State Affairs – W. T. Stevens, chair




= Assembly committees

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Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture – S. R. Webster, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures – J. E. Johnson, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Contingent Expenditures – J. W. Conner, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Education – M. L. Hineman, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Elections – W. R. Chipman, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Engrossed Bills – E. F. Ganz, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Enrolled Bills – C. E. Hanson, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees – J. C. Anderson, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Fish and Game – H. Kandutsch, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Highways – J. J. Ruka, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking – J. C. Chapple, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary – T. S. Nolan, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Labor – J. H. Jensen, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities – F. N. Graass, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Printing – G. H. Hood, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare – R. B. Melvin, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Revision – W. F. Dettinger, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Rules – J. F. Buckley, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs – A. Johnson, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation – W. H. Edwards, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Third Reading – G. E. Ansorge, chair
Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation – C. H. Carter, chair




= Joint committees

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Joint Standing Committee on Finance – A. H. Wilkinson (Sen.) & C. Kurtenacker (Asm.), co-chairs
Joint Special Committee on Drainage – I. P. Witter (Sen.), chair
Joint Special Committee for the Historical Society Investigation – H. E. Roethe (Sen.), chair
Joint Special Committee for the International Harvester Co. Investigation – J. H. Bennett (Sen.), chair
Joint Special Committee on Legislative Visiting – E. F. Clark (Sen.), chair
Joint Special Committee for the Milwaukee Street Railway Investigation – G. B. Skogmo (Sen.), chair
Joint Special Committee on Pensions, Annuities, and Retirement Funds for Teachers – A. Kuckuk (Sen.), chair




Employees






= Senate employees

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Chief Clerk: Oliver G. Munson
Assistant Chief Clerk: C. E. Mullen
Sergeant-at-Arms: John Turner
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Olaf Goldstrand
Postmaster: Frank C. Densmore




= Assembly employees

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Chief Clerk: C. E. Shaffer
Journal Clerk: Charles E. Tuffley
Sergeant-at-Arms: Thomas Grant Cretney
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: E. F. Wright
Postmaster: J. E. Barnard




Notes






References






External links


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