39th Wisconsin Legislature
The Thirty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened 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 6, 1888. 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 2, 1886. Major events January 7, 1889: Inauguration of William D. Hoard as the 16th Governor of Wisconsin. March 4, 1889: Inauguration of Benjamin Harrison as the 23rd President of the United States April 2, 1889: At the state's spring general election, Wisconsin voters approved an amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin which abolished the separate offices of "chief justice" and "associate justices" of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, converting all members to "justices" and designating that the most senior justice would serve as chief justice. May 1889: First reported cases associated with the 1889–1890 pandemic. November 8, 1889: Montana was