From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
January 2, 1860: Governor Alexander Randall was sworn in for his 2nd term as Governor of Wisconsin .
January 7, 1860: Assemblymember Andrew Eble, representing southwest Milwaukee County , died in a hunting accident.
January 17, 1860: Assemblymember Daniel C. Jenne, representing Outagamie County , resigned his seat after it was demonstrated that he had actually lost his election to Milo Coles.
January 23, 1860: Theodore Hartung won a special election to fill the Assembly vacancy created by Andrew Eble's death.
November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President of the United States .
December 24, 1860: Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union issued by the government of South Carolina .
Major legislation
March 27, 1860: Act to organize the county of Ashland , 1860 Act 211
March 28, 1860: Joint Resolution relative to grants of public lands to actual settlers and to passage of "The Homestead Bill ," 1860 Joint Resolution 1
March 30, 1860: Act to establish an official State paper, 1860 Act 240 . Established the Wisconsin State Journal as the official state paper.
March 30, 1860: Joint Resolution objecting to any change of the Naturalization Law, 1860 Joint Resolution 2
March 31, 1860: Joint Resolution in relation to the Homestead Bill in Congress, 1860 Joint Resolution 3
Party summary
Senate
Assembly
Sessions
1st Regular session: January 11, 1860 – April 2, 1860
Leaders
Senate
Assembly
Members
Senate
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]
District
Counties
Senator
Party
1
Sheboygan
Robert H. Hotchkiss
Democrat
2
Brown , Door , Kewaunee , Oconto , Outagamie , Shawanaw
Edward Decker
Democrat
3
Ozaukee
Frederick Hilgen
Democrat
4
Washington
Densmore W. Maxon
Democrat
5
Northern Milwaukee
Cicero Comstock
Republican
6
Southern Milwaukee
Michael J. Egan
Democrat
7
Racine
Nicholas D. Fratt
Democrat
8
Kenosha
George Bennett
Republican
9
Adams , Juneau , Sauk
Henry W. Curtis
Republican
10
Waukesha
Denison Worthington
Republican
11
Eastern Dane
William Robert Taylor
Democrat
12
Walworth
Oscar F. Bartlett
Republican
13
Lafayette
Philemon B. Simpson
Democrat
14
Northern Jefferson
Charles R. Gill
Republican
15
Iowa , Richland
Charles Rodolf
Democrat
16
Grant
Noah H. Virgin
Republican
17
Western Rock
Zebulon P. Burdick
Republican
18
Eastern Rock
Alden I. Bennett
Republican
19
Manitowoc , Calumet
Samuel H. Thurber
Democrat
20
Fond du Lac
Elihu Phillips
Republican
21
Winnebago
Ganem W. Washburn
Democrat
22
Dodge
Benjamin Ferguson
Republican
23
Southern Jefferson
Enias D. Masters
Republican
24
Green
John W. Stewart
Republican
25
Columbia
Moses M. Davis
Republican
26
Western Dane
John B. Sweat
Democrat
27
Marathon , Portage , Waupaca , Waushara , Wood
Luther Hanchett
Republican
28
Burnett , Chippewa , Clark , Douglas , Dunn , La Pointe , Pierce , Polk , St. Croix
Charles B. Cox
Democrat
29
Marquette
M. W. Seely
Republican
30
Bad Ax , Buffalo , Crawford , Jackson , La Crosse , Monroe , Tremealeau
Buel E. Hutchinson
Republican
Assembly
Members of the Assembly for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:[3]
Counties
Representative
Party
Adams , Juneau
Albert Wood
Republican
Ashland , Burnett , Douglas , La Pointe , Polk , St. Croix
Asaph Whittlesey
Republican
Bad Ax , Crawford
William C. McMichael
Republican
Brown
John C. Neville
Democrat
Buffalo , Jackson , Trempealeau
Romanzo Bunn
Republican
Calumet
Asaph Green
Democrat
Chippewa , Clark , Dunn , Pierce
William P. Bartlett
Republican
Columbia
1
Henry B. Munn
Democrat
2
William M. Griswold
Republican
3
Marcus Barden
Republican
Dane
1
William W. Blackman
Republican
2
Eleazor Grover, Jr.
Democrat
3
John Beath
Democrat
4
Francis Fischer
Republican
5
Leonard J. Farwell
Republican
6
Cassius Fairchild
Democrat
Dodge
1
Elva Simpson
Democrat
2
Max Bachhuber
Democrat
3
Jonathan W. Nash
Republican
4
Stoddard Judd
Republican
5
David S. Ordway
Republican
6
Harvey C. Griffin
Democrat
Door , Kewaunee , Oconto , Shawano
John Wiley
Democrat
Fond du Lac
1
Alvan E. Bovay
Republican
2
Benjamin H. Bettis
Republican
3
John C. Lewis
Republican
4
John Boyd
Democrat
5
Wolcott T. Brooks
Republican
Grant
1
James K. Spottswood
Republican
2
James Wilson Seaton
Democrat
3
Jonathan Baker Moore
Republican
4
Samuel F. Clise
Republican
5
George Ballantine
Republican
Green
1
Walter S. Wescott
Republican
2
Martin Mitchell
Republican
Green Lake
James W. Burt
Republican
Iowa
1
Gardner C. Meigs
Democrat
2
Amasa Cobb
Republican
Jefferson
1
Norman Horton
Republican
2
Charles Hammarquist
Republican
3
Heber Smith
Republican
4
Herman H. Winter
Democratic Republican
5
John Sutton
Democrat
Kenosha
1
Meredith Howland
Republican
2
Salmon Upson
Republican
La Crosse , Monroe
John J. McKay
Republican
Lafayette
1
Samuel Cole
Democrat
2
Thomas C. L. Mackay
Democrat
3
Elijah C. Townsend
Democrat
Manitowoc
1
Joseph Rankin
Democrat
2
Henry Mulholand
Democrat
Marathon , Portage , Wood
John Phillips
Republican
Marquette
Orrin W. Bow
Democrat
Milwaukee
1
Henry L. Palmer
Democrat
2
Leonard Schmidtner
Democrat
3
Edward Keogh
Democrat
4
Edward D. Holton
Republican
5
Edward G. Hayden
Republican
6
Matthias Humann
Democrat
7
Patrick Dockry
Democrat
8
John Ruan
Democrat
9
Andrew Eble Until January 7
Democrat
From February 2 Theodore Hartung
Democrat
Outagamie
Daniel C. Jenne Until January 17
Republican
From January 17 Milo Coles
Democrat
Ozaukee
1
Anthony Ahlhauser
Democrat
2
Frederick W. Horn
Douglas Democrat
Racine
1
William P. Lyon
Republican
2
Lewis L. Baldwin
Republican
3
Knud Langeland
Republican
4
Frederick A. Weage
Republican
Richland
Jeremiah L. Jackson
Democrat
Rock
1
William E. Wheeler
Republican
2
Thomas C. Westby
Republican
3
John P. Dickson
Republican
4
Jeremiah Johnson
Republican
5
George Golden
Republican
Sauk
1
Ephraim W. Young
Republican
2
Edward Sumner
Republican
Sheboygan
1
James T. Kingsbury
Democrat
2
Erastus W. Stannard
Republican
3
Oran Rogers
Republican
Walworth
1
Clarkson Miller
Republican
2
John DeWolf
Republican
3
Anderson Whiting
Republican
4
James Child
Republican
Washington
1
George Kiefer
Democrat
2
Matthias Altenhofen
Democrat
3
Tisdale E. Vander Cook
Republican
Waukesha
1
Albert Alden
Republican
2
William R. Hesk
Republican
3
Andrew E. Elmore
Democrat
4
Benjamin Hunkins
Democrat
5
Robert C. Robertson
Republican
Waupaca
Melvin B. Patchin
Democrat
Waushara
Jacob S. Bugh
Republican
Winnebago
1
Gabriel Bouck
Democrat
2
George B. Goodwin
Republican
3
George S. Barnum
Republican
Employees
Senate
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
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
References
Notes
External links