The Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1853, to April 4, 1853, in regular session.

This was the first legislative session after the first expansion and redistricting of the Senate and Assembly.

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

[1] The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Whig Leonard J. Farwell, of Dane County, serving the second year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1851 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Sixth Wisconsin Legislature (25): Members of the Assembly for the Sixth Wisconsin Legislature (82): The most significant structural change to the Legislature between the 5th and 6th sessions was the reapportionment and redistricting of legislative seats.