The Thirty-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1882, to March 31, 1882, in regular session.

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

Assembly members were elected to a one-year term.

Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 2, 1880.

[1] The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Jeremiah M. Rusk, of Vernon County, serving the first year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1881 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.