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Wyoming State Legislature
67th Wyoming Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Type
TypeBicameral
HousesSenate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate PresidentOgden Driskill (R)
since January 10, 2023
House SpeakerAlbert Sommers (R)
since January 10, 2023
Structure
Seats93 voting members:
31 Senators
62 Representatives
Senate political groupsMajority (29)

Minority (2)

House political groupsMajority (57)

Minority (5)

AuthorityArticle III, Wyoming Constitution
Salary$150/day + per diem
Elections
Last Senate electionNovember 5, 2024
Last House electionNovember 5, 2024
Next Senate electionNovember 3, 2026
Next House electionNovember 3, 2026
Meeting place
Wyoming State Capitol
Cheyenne
Website
http://legisweb.state.wy.us

The Wyoming State Legislature is the legislative branch of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is a bicameral state legislature, consisting of a 62-member Wyoming House of Representatives, and a 31-member Wyoming Senate. The legislature meets at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne. There are no term limits for either chamber.

The Republican Party holds a supermajority in the current legislature, which began meeting in 2023; 57 of the 62 seats in the House and 29 of the 31 seats in the Senate are held by Republicans.

History

The Wyoming State Legislature began like other Western states as a territorial legislature, with nearly (though with not all) the parliamentary regulations that guide other fully-fledged state legislatures.

Women's Suffrage

During its territorial era, the Wyoming Legislature played a crucial role in the Suffragette Movement in the United States. In 1869, only four years following the American Civil War, and another 35 years before women's suffrage became a highly visible political issue in both the U.S., Britain, and elsewhere, the Wyoming Legislature granted all women above the age of 21 the right to vote. The legislature's move made Wyoming the first territory of the United States where women were explicitly granted the voting franchise. News spread quickly to other neighboring territories and states. In 1870, the Utah Territorial Legislature followed suit and granted the voting franchise to women.

The move by the legislature was motivated by a number of factors, including bringing Eastern women to the territory to increase its population (it has consistently been among the least-populated states in America), to publicize the new territory, to bring more voters into the fold (both for existing political elites and again due to its small population), and by genuine concerns that women should be allowed the vote.

Due to the territory's change of voting laws in 1869, the U.S. Congress was hostile to Wyoming and its legislature. During proceedings to make Wyoming a U.S. state in 1889 and 1890 in writing a new constitution that would continue female suffrage, Congress threatened to withhold statehood unless women's suffrage were abolished.

After the Wyoming Legislature and territorial government sent a telegram back to Washington with the ultimatum that Wyoming would remain a territory rather than become a state without women's suffrage, Congress withdrew its threat, and on July 10, 1890, President Benjamin Harrison signed into law Wyoming becoming the 44th U.S. state.

Wyoming's early entry into female politics continued into the 20th century. In 1925, Democrat Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first elected female governor of a U.S. state.

See also

References

  1. "Nellie Tayloe Ross Biography". Encyclopedia Britannica. July 2, 1998. Retrieved March 6, 2021.

External links

Members of the Wyoming Senate
67th Legislature (2023)
President
Ogden Driskill (R)
Vice President
Dave Kinskey (R)
Majority Leader
Larry Hicks (R)
Minority Leader
Chris Rothfuss (D)
  1. ▌Ogden Driskill (R)
  2. ▌Brian Boner (R)
  3. ▌Cheri Steinmetz (R)
  4. ▌Tara Nethercott (R)
  5. ▌Lynn Hutchings (R)
  6. ▌Anthony Bouchard (R)
  7. ▌Stephan Pappas (R)
  8. ▌Affie Ellis (R)
  9. ▌Chris Rothfuss (D)
  10. ▌Dan Furphy (R)
  11. ▌Larry Hicks (R)
  12. ▌John Kolb (R)
  13. ▌Stacy Jones (R)
  14. ▌Fred Baldwin (R)
  15. ▌Wendy Schuler (R)
  16. ▌Dan Dockstader (R)
  17. ▌Mike Gierau (D)
  18. ▌Tim French (R)
  19. ▌Dan Laursen (R)
  20. ▌Ed Cooper (R)
  21. ▌Bo Biteman (R)
  22. ▌Dave Kinskey (R)
  23. ▌Eric Barlow (R)
  24. ▌Troy McKeown (R)
  25. ▌Cale Case (R)
  26. ▌Tim Salazar (R)
  27. ▌Bill Landen (R)
  28. ▌Jim Anderson (R)
  29. ▌Bob Ide (R)
  30. ▌Charles Scott (R)
  31. ▌Evie Brennan (R)
Members of the Wyoming House of Representatives
67th Legislature (2023)
Speaker of the House
Albert Sommers (R)
Speaker pro tempore
Clark Stith (R)
Majority Leader
Chip Neiman (R)
Minority Leader
Mike Yin (D)
  1. ▌Chip Neiman (R)
  2. ▌Allen Slagle (R)
  3. ▌Abby Angelos (R)
  4. ▌Jeremy Haroldson (R)
  5. ▌Scott Smith (R)
  6. ▌Tomi Strock (R)
  7. ▌Bob Nicholas (R)
  8. ▌David Zwonitzer (R)
  9. ▌Landon Brown (R)
  10. ▌John Eklund Jr. (R)
  11. ▌Jared Olsen (R)
  12. ▌Clarence Styvar (R)
  13. ▌Ken Chestek (D)
  14. ▌Trey Sherwood (D)
  15. ▌Donald Burkhart (R)
  16. ▌Mike Yin (D)
  17. ▌J.T. Larson (R)
  18. ▌Scott Heiner (R)
  19. ▌Jon Conrad (R)
  20. ▌Albert Sommers (R)
  21. ▌Lane Allred (R)
  22. ▌Andrew Byron (R)
  23. ▌Liz Storer (D)
  24. ▌Sandy Newsome (R)
  25. ▌David Northrup (R)
  26. ▌Dalton Banks (R)
  27. ▌Martha Lawley (R)
  28. ▌John Winter (R)
  29. ▌Ken Pendergraft (R)
  30. ▌Mark Jennings (R)
  31. ▌John Bear (R)
  32. ▌Ken Clouston (R)
  33. ▌Sarah Penn (R)
  34. ▌Pepper Ottman (R)
  35. ▌Tony Locke (R)
  36. ▌Art Washut (R)
  37. ▌Steve Harshman (R)
  38. ▌Tom Walters (R)
  39. ▌Cody Wylie (R)
  40. ▌Barry Crago (R)
  41. ▌Bill Henderson (R)
  42. ▌Ben Hornok (R)
  43. ▌Dan Zwonitzer (R)
  44. ▌Tamara Trujillo (R)
  45. ▌Karlee Provenza (D)
  46. ▌Ocean Andrew (R)
  47. ▌Bob Davis (R)
  48. ▌Clark Stith (R)
  49. ▌Ryan Berger (R)
  50. ▌Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (R)
  51. ▌Cyrus Western (R)
  52. ▌Reuben Tarver (R)
  53. ▌Chris Knapp (R)
  54. ▌Lloyd Larsen (R)
  55. ▌Ember Oakley (R)
  56. ▌Jerry Obermueller (R)
  57. ▌Jeanette Ward (R)
  58. ▌Bill Allemand (R)
  59. ▌Kevin O'Hearn (R)
  60. ▌Tony Niemiec (R)
  61. ▌Daniel Singh (R)
  62. ▌Forrest Chadwick (R)
Majority caucus
▌Republican (57)
Minority caucus
▌Democratic (5)
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