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13th Wisconsin Legislature

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13th Wisconsin Legislature
12th 14th
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 2, 1860 – January 7, 1861
ElectionNovember 8, 1859
Senate
Members30
Senate PresidentButler G. Noble (R)
President pro temporeMoses M. Davis (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members97
Assembly SpeakerWilliam P. Lyon (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 11, 1860 – April 2, 1860

The Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1860, to April 2, 1860, in regular session.

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. Assembly members and odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 8, 1859. 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, 1858.[1]

Major events

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Major legislation

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Party summary

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Senate summary

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Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican Vacant
End of previous Legislature 14 16 30 0
1st Session 11 19 30 0
Final voting share 36.67% 63.33%
Beginning of the next Legislature 8 22 30 0

Assembly summary

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Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Ind. Republican Vacant
End of previous Legislature 41 1 55 97 0
Start of 1st Session 37 1 59 97 0
after January 7[note 1] 36 96 1
after January 17[note 2] 37 58 97
after February 2[note 3] 38 0
Final voting share 39% 1% 60%
Beginning of the next Legislature 27 0 70 97 0

Sessions

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  • 1st Regular session: January 11, 1860 – April 2, 1860

Leaders

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Senate leadership

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Assembly leadership

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Members

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Members of the Senate

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Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Senate Partisan representation
  Democratic: 12 seats
  Republican: 18 seats
District Counties Senator Party Residence
01 Sheboygan Robert H. Hotchkiss Dem. Plymouth
02 Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw Edward Decker Dem. Kewaunee
03 Ozaukee Frederick Hilgen Dem. Cedarburg
04 Washington Densmore W. Maxon Dem. Cedar Creek
05 Northern Milwaukee Cicero Comstock Rep. Milwaukee
06 Southern Milwaukee Michael J. Egan Dem. Franklin
07 Racine Nicholas D. Fratt Dem. Racine
08 Kenosha George Bennett Rep. Kenosha
09 Adams, Juneau, Sauk H. W. Curtis Rep. Delton
10 Waukesha Denison Worthington Rep. Summit
11 Eastern Dane William R. Taylor Dem. Cottage Grove
12 Walworth Oscar F. Bartlett Rep. East Troy
13 Lafayette Philemon B. Simpson Dem. Shullsburg
14 Northern Jefferson Charles R. Gill Rep. Watertown
15 Iowa, Richland Charles Rodolf Dem. Orion
16 Grant Noah H. Virgin Rep. Platteville
17 Rock (Western Part) Zebulon P. Burdick Rep. Janesville
18 Rock (Eastern Part) Alden I. Bennett Rep. Beloit
19 Manitowoc, Calumet Samuel H. Thurber Dem. Manitowoc
20 Fond du Lac Elihu Phillips Rep. Fond du Lac
21 Winnebago Ganem W. Washburn Rep. Oshkosh
22 Dodge Benjamin Ferguson Rep. Fox Lake
23 Southern Jefferson Enias D. Masters Rep. Jefferson
24 Green John W. Stewart Rep. Monroe
25 Columbia Moses M. Davis Rep. Portage
26 Dane (Western Part) John B. Sweat Dem. Black Earth
27 Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood Luther Hanchett Rep. Stanton
28 Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Charles B. Cox Rep. River Falls
29 Marquette M. W. Seely Rep. Marquette
30 Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Tremealeau Buel E. Hutchinson Rep. Prairie du Chien

Members of the Assembly

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Members of the Assembly for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:[3][4]

Assembly partisan representation
  Democratic: 39 seats
  Republican: 58 seats
Senate
District
County District Representative Party Residence
09 Adams, Juneau Albert Wood Rep. Quincy
28 Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix Asaph Whittlesey Rep. Whittlesey
30 Bad Ax, Crawford William C. McMichael Rep. Viroqua
02 Brown John C. Neville Dem. Green Bay
30 Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau Romanzo Bunn Rep. Galesville
19 Calumet Asaph Green Dem. Chilton
28 Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Pierce William P. Bartlett Rep. Eau Claire
25 Columbia[4] 1 Henry B. Munn Dem. Portage
2 William M. Griswold Rep. Columbus
3 Marcus Barden Rep. Pardeeville
11 Dane[4] 1 William W. Blackman Rep. Stoughton
2 Eleazor Grover Jr. Dem. Madison
3 John Beath Dem. Verona
26 4 Francis Fischer Rep. Cross Plains
5 Leonard J. Farwell Rep. Madison
6 Cassius Fairchild Dem. Madison
22 Dodge[4] 1 Elva Simpson Dem. Iron Ridge
2 Max Bachhuber Dem. Farmersville
3 Jonathan W. Nash Rep. Oak Grove
4 Stoddard Judd Rep. Fox Lake
5 David S. Ordway Rep. Beaver Dam
6 Harvey C. Griffin Dem. Oak Grove
02 Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano John Wiley Dem. Shawano
20 Fond du Lac[4] 1 Alvan E. Bovay Rep. Ripon
2 Benjamin H. Bettis Rep. Ladoga
3 John C. Lewis Rep. Fond du Lac
4 John Boyd Dem. Calumet
5 Wolcott T. Brooks Rep. Fond du Lac
16 Grant[4] 1 James K. Spottswood Rep. Hazel Green
2 James W. Seaton Dem. Potosi
3 Jonathan B. Moore Rep. Muscoda
4 Samuel F. Clise Rep. Ellenboro
5 George Ballantine Rep. Patch Grove
24 Green[4] 1 Walter S. Wescott Rep. Monroe
2 Martin Mitchell Rep. Brodhead
29 Green Lake James W. Burt Rep. Mackford
15 Iowa[4] 1 Gardner C. Meigs Dem. Arena
2 Amasa Cobb Rep. Mineral Point
23 Jefferson[4] 1 Norman Horton Rep. Cold Spring
2 Charles Hammarquist Rep. Fort Atkinson
14 3 Heber Smith Rep. Watertown
4 H. H. Winter Dem. Rep. Watertown
5 John Sutton Dem. Milford
08 Kenosha[4] 1 Meredith Howland Rep. Kenosha
2 Salmon Upson Rep. Kenosha
30 La Crosse & Monroe John J. McKay Rep. Sparta
13 Lafayette[4] 1 Thomas C. L. Mackay Dem. Elk Grove
2 Samuel Cole Dem. Gratiot
3 Elijah C. Townsend Dem. Shullsburg
19 Manitowoc[4] 1 Joseph Rankin Dem. Mishicot
2 Henry Mulholand Dem. Meeme
27 Marathon, Portage, Wood John Phillips Rep. Stevens Point
29 Marquette Orrin W. Bow Dem. Kingston
05 Milwaukee[4] 1 Henry L. Palmer Dem. Milwaukee
2 Leonard Schmidtner Dem. Milwaukee
06 3 Edward Keogh Dem. Milwaukee
4 Edward D. Holton Rep. Milwaukee
5 Edward G. Hayden Rep. Milwaukee
05 6 Matthias Humann Dem. Milwaukee
7 Patrick Dockry Dem. Ten Mile House
06 8 John Ruan Dem. Oak Creek
9 Andrew Eble (died Jan. 7) Dem. Milwaukee
Theodore Hartung (from Feb. 2) Dem.
02 Outagamie Daniel C. Jenne (until Jan. 17) Rep. Appleton
Milo Coles (from Jan. 17) Dem. Gratiot
03 Ozaukee[4] 1 Anthony Ahlhauser Dem. Saukville
2 Frederick W. Horn Dem. Cedarburg
07 Racine[4] 1 William P. Lyon Rep. Racine
2 Lewis L. Baldwin Rep. Racine
3 Knud Langeland Rep. North Cape
4 Frederick A. Weage Rep. Waterford
15 Richland Jeremiah L. Jackson Dem. Viola
18 Rock[4] 1 William E. Wheeler Rep. Beloit
2 Thomas C. Westby Rep. Emerald Grove
17 3 John P. Dickson Rep. Janesville
4 Jeremiah Johnson Rep. Evansville
5 George Golden Rep. Brodhead
09 Sauk[4] 1 Ephraim W. Young Rep. Prairie du Sac
2 Edward Sumner Rep. Baraboo
01 Sheboygan[4] 1 James T. Kingsbury Dem. Sheboygan
2 Erastus W. Stannard Rep. Greenbush
3 Oran Rogers Rep. Cascade
12 Walworth[4] 1 Clarkson Miller Rep. Geneva
2 John DeWolf Rep. Delavan
3 Anderson Whiting Rep. Richmond
4 James Child Rep. East Troy
04 Washington[4] 1 George Kiefer Dem. Nenno
2 Matthias Altenhofen Dem. Kewaskum
3 Tisdale E. Vander Cook Rep. Newburg
10 Waukesha[4] 1 Albert Alden Rep. Delafield
2 William R. Hesk Rep. Menomonee Falls
3 Andrew E. Elmore Dem. Mukwonago
4 Benjamin Hunkins Dem. New Berlin
5 Robert C. Robertson Rep. Vernon
27 Waupaca Melvin B. Patchin Dem. Fremont
Waushara Jacob S. Bugh Rep. Wautoma
21 Winnebago[4] 1 Gabriel Bouck Dem. Oshkosh
2 George B. Goodwin Rep. Menasha
3 George S. Barnum Rep. Waukau

Employees

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Senate employees

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  • Chief Clerk: John H. Warren[2]
    • Assistant Clerk: Willard Merrill
    • Engrossing Clerk: J. B. Selby
    • Enrolling Clerk: G. M. Powell
    • Transcribing Clerk: A. L. Burke
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Asa Kinney
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: S. S. Keyes
  • Postmaster: James L. Wilder
    • Post Messenger: Garret J. Mahoney
  • Doorkeeper: Henry M. Higbee
  • Fireman: Franz G. L. Struve
  • Messengers:
    • William W. Worthington
    • Walter C. Wyman
    • Sylvester Mygatt

Assembly employees

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  • Chief Clerk: L. H. D. Crane[3]
    • Assistant Clerk: John S. Dean
    • Engrossing Clerk: R. S. Kingman
    • Enrolling Clerk: Thaddeus C. Pound
    • Transcribing Clerk: E. Gilbert Jackson
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Joseph Gates
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: A. Armstrong
  • Postmaster: Marcus Otterbourg
    • Assistant Postmaster: Chancey B. Valentine
  • Doorkeeper: William C. Lessure
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: John T. Taylor
  • Firemen:
    • Nelson C. Andrews
    • Stephen S. Woodward
    • Phillip Cary
    • Robert R. Jores
  • Messengers:
    • Samuel H. Fernandez
    • Carlton C. Hart
    • Edward Livingston
    • William H. Barnes
    • George W. Yout
    • William H. Bennett

Notes

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  1. ^ Andrew Eble (Milwaukee 9th district) died.
  2. ^ Milo Coles replaced Daniel C. Jenne (Outagamie County) due to successful election challenge.
  3. ^ Theodore Hartung replaced Andrew Eble (deceased; Milwaukee 9th district).

References

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  1. ^ "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1882 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 199–200.
  2. ^ a b "Statistical list of members of the Senate of the state of Wisconsin". A manual of customs, precedents, and forms, in use in the Assembly of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1860. pp. 12–13. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Statistical list of the members and officers of the Assembly of Wisconsin". A manual of customs, precedents, and forms, in use in the Assembly of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1860. pp. 7–11. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "List of Assembly Districts, with names of Members since the last Apportionment" (PDF). A manual of customs, precedents, and forms, in use in the Assembly of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1860. pp. 33–37. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
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