The Thirty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1881, to April 4, 1881, in regular session.

This was the first legislative session after the 1880 United States census, and—as prescribed by the Wisconsin Constitution—this legislature attempted to pass a redistricting law.

For the first time, the legislature failed in this task due to a technical problem with the proposed legislation—they forgot to include the town of Ridgeway, in Iowa County.

Since the legislature had already adjourned for the year, it was considered too late to complete redistricting before the 1881 election.

[1] Senators representing odd-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first year of a two-year term.