54th Wisconsin Legislature
The Fifty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened from to 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