12th Wisconsin Legislature
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Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 3, 1859 – January 2, 1860
ElectionNovember 2, 1858
Senate
Members30
Senate PresidentErasmus D. Campbell (D)
President pro temporeDenison Worthington (R)
Party controlDemocratic
Assembly
Members97
Assembly SpeakerWilliam P. Lyon (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 12, 1859 – March 21, 1859

The Twelfth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1859, to March 21, 1859, in regular session.

Senators representing odd-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 even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 2, 1858. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 3, 1857.[1]

Major events

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate summary

Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Ind. Republican Vacant
End of previous Legislature 12 0 18 30 0
1st Session 14 0 16 30 0
From Oct. 1[note 1] 13 29 1
Final voting share 47% 0% 53%
Beginning of the next Legislature 11 0 19 30 0

Assembly summary

Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Ind. Republican Vacant
End of previous Legislature 44 0 53 97 0
Start of 1st Session 41 1 54 96 1
after January 17 40 55
after January 20 41 97 0
Final voting share 43% 0% 57%
Beginning of the next Legislature 37 1 59 97 0

Sessions

  • 1st Regular session: January 12, 1859 – March 21, 1859

Leaders

Senate leadership

Assembly leadership

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Twelfth Wisconsin Legislature (30):

Senate Partisan representation
  Democratic: 14 seats
  Republican: 16 seats
District Counties Senator Party Residence
01 Sheboygan Robert H. Hotchkiss Dem. Plymouth
02 Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw Morgan Lewis Martin Dem. Green Bay
03 Ozaukee Lion Silverman Dem. Ozaukee
04 Washington Densmore W. Maxon Dem. Cedar Creek
05 Milwaukee (Northern Half) Cicero Comstock Rep. Milwaukee
06 Milwaukee (Southern Half) Patrick Walsh Dem. Milwaukee
07 Racine Nicholas D. Fratt Dem. Racine
08 Kenosha Samuel R. McClellan Rep. Wilmot
09 Adams, Juneau, Sauk H. W. Curtis Rep. Delton
10 Waukesha Denison Worthington Rep. Summit
11 Dane (Eastern Part) William Robert Taylor Dem. Cottage Grove
12 Walworth John W. Boyd Rep. Geneva
13 Lafayette Philemon B. Simpson Dem. Shullsburg
14 Jefferson (Northern Part) and Dodge (Southern Part) William Chappell Dem. 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 Edward Pier Rep. Fond du Lac
21 Winnebago Ganem W. Washburn Rep. Oshkosh
22 Dodge (Northern Part) William E. Smith Rep. Fox Lake
23 Jefferson (Southern Part) Enias D. Masters Rep. Jefferson
24 Green John H. Warren Rep. Albany
25 Columbia Moses M. Davis Rep. Portage
26 Dane (Western Part) Andrew Proudfit Dem. Madison
27 Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood Luther Hanchett Rep. Stanton
28 Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Daniel Mears Dem. Osceola Mills
29 Marquette M. W. Seely Rep. Marquette
30 Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Tremealeau William H. Tucker Dem. La Crosse

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Twelfth Wisconsin Legislature:

Assembly partisan representation
  Democratic: 41 seats
  Independent: 1 seat
  Republican: 55 seats
Senate
District		 County District Representative Party Residence
09 Adams & Juneau John Turner Rep. Mauston
28 Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk, & St. Croix Moses S. Gibson (Until Jan. 17) Dem. Hudson
Marcus W. McCracken (From Jan. 17) Rep. Superior
30 Bad Ax & Crawford Thomas R. Tower Rep. Towerville
02 Brown William Field Jr. Dem. De Pere
30 Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau Jesse Bennett Rep. Fountain City
19 Calumet Harrison C. Hobart Dem. Chilton
28 Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, & Pierce Richard Dewhurst Rep. Neillsville
25 Columbia[2] 1 Gysbert Van Steenwyk Rep. Kilbourn City
2 William M. Griswold Rep. Columbus
3 John O. Jones Rep. Cambria
11 Dane[2] 1 William W. Blackman Rep. Stoughton
2 Adam Smith Dem. Burke
3 John Keenan Dem. Fitchburg
26 4 Chester N. Waterbury Dem. Roxbury
5 Harlow S. Orton Dem. Madison
6 George B. Smith Dem. Madison
22 Dodge[2] 1 Thomas Palmer Dem. Mayville
2 John C. Bishop Dem. LeRoy
3 Waldo Lyon Rep. Hustisford
4 Cyrus S. Kneeland Rep. Waupun
5 Lorenzo Merrill Rep. Burnett
6 John Lowth Dem. Lowell
02 Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano Matthias Simon Dem. Ahnapee
20 Fond du Lac[2] 1 Alvan E. Bovay Rep. Ripon
2 Warren Whiting Rep. Ladoga
3 John C. Lewis Rep. Fond du Lac
4 --Vacant-- (until Jan. 21)[note 2]
O. Hugo Petters (from Jan. 21) Dem. Murone
5 Silas C. Matteson Rep. Waucousta
16 Grant[2] 1 George Broderick Dem. Hazel Green
2 James W. Seaton Dem. Potosi
3 Jesse Waldorf Rep. Platteville
4 Hugh A. W. McNair Rep. Fennimore
5 Luther Basford Rep. Glen Haven
24 Green[2] 1 Albert H. Pierce Rep. Monticello
2 Edmund A. West Rep. Monroe
15 Iowa[2] 1 Gardner C. Meigs Dem. Arena
2 John Toay Rep. Mineral Point
23 Jefferson[2] 1 Alexander J. Craig Rep. Palmyra
2 George C. Smith Rep. Oakland
14 3 Luther A. Cole Rep. Watertown
4 Ferdinand Wagner Dem. Watertown
5 Sylvester J. Conklin Rep. Waterloo
08 Kenosha[2] 1 George Bennett Rep. Kenosha
2 James C. McKisson Rep. Wheatland
30 La Crosse & Monroe Charles W. Marshall Rep. La Crosse
13 Lafayette[2] 1 James S. Murphy Dem. Benton
2 William M. McGranahan Dem. Fayette
3 David W. Kyle Dem. Shullsburg
19 Manitowoc[2] 1 William Aldrich Rep. Two Rivers
2 James B. Dunn Dem. Manitowoc
27 Marathon, Portage, & Wood James S. Young Dem. Stevens Point
29 Marquette & Green Lake[2] 1 Jesse Thomas Rep. Green Lake
2 James B. Ormsby Rep. Oxford
05 Milwaukee[2] 1 Edwin Palmer Rep. Milwaukee
2 Charles J. Kern Dem. Milwaukee
06 3 Thomas H. Eviston Ind. Milwaukee
4 James A. Swain Rep. Milwaukee
5 William S. Cross Rep. Milwaukee
05 6 Joseph Walter Dem. Milwaukee
7 Frederick Moskowitt Dem. Milwaukee
06 8 Jacob Beck Dem. Milwaukee
9 Edward Hasse Dem. Milwaukee
02 Outagamie Perry H. Smith Dem. Appleton
03 Ozaukee[2] 1 John R. Bohan Dem. Ozaukee
2 Frederick W. Horn Dem. Cedarburg
07 Racine[4] 1 William P. Lyon Rep. Racine
2 Leonard S. Van Vliet Rep. Caledonia
3 William Ballach Rep. Yorkville
4 Franklin E. Hoyt Dem. Rochester
15 Richland William Dixon Rep. Lone Rock
18 Rock[2] 1 William E. Wheeler Rep. Beloit
2 Edward Vincent Rep. Milton
17 3 John P. Dickson Rep. Janesville
4 Joseph K. P. Porter Rep. Cooksville
5 Elisha L. Carpenter Rep. Beloit
09 Sauk[2] 1 Nelson Wheeler Rep. Humboldt
2 Eli Otis Rudd Rep. Reedsburg
01 Sheboygan[2] 1 William N. Shafter Rep. Sheboygan
2 James Little Dem. Sheboygan Falls
3 Stephen D. Littlefield Dem. Sheboygan Falls
12 Walworth[2] 1 Reuben Rockwell Rep. Springfield
2 Edward P. Cornick Rep. Delavan
3 Newton S. Murphy Rep. Whitewater
4 Daniel Hooper Rep. Troy
04 Washington[2] 1 Gustave Streckewald Dem. Hartford
2 James Vollmar Dem. West Bend
3 Phillip Zimmerman Dem. Staatsville
10 Waukesha[2] 1 Parker Sawyer Rep. Summit
2 William P. King Dem. Merton
3 Andrew E. Elmore Dem. Mukwonago
4 Charles T. Deissner Dem. Waukesha
5 Ira Blood Rep. Mukwonago
27 Waupaca Warner C. Carr Dem. Crystal Lake
Waushara Charles White Rep. Coloma
21 Winnebago[2] 1 Richard P. Eighme Dem. Oshkosh
2 John D. Rush Dem. Winneconne
3 George W. Beckwith Rep. Omro

Employees

Senate employees

  • Chief Clerk: Hiram Bowen
    • Assistant Clerk: C. M. Cook
    • Engrossing Clerk: A. M. Thomson
    • Enrolling Clerk: C. T. Overton
    • Transcribing Clerk: G. M. O'Brien
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Asa Kinney
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Jacob Low
  • Postmaster: E. G. Garner
    • Post Messenger: Garrit Mahony
  • Doorkeeper: D. C. Shelden
  • Messengers:
    • William W. Worthington
    • Dwight Allen

Assembly employees

  • Chief Clerk: L. H. D. Crane
    • Assistant Clerk: John S. Dean
    • Engrossing Clerk: George Burnside
    • Enrolling Clerk: George W. Stoner
    • Transcribing Clerk: Oliver Gibbs, Jr.
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Emanuel Munk
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Joseph Gates
  • Postmaster: Sewall W. Smith
    • Assistant Postmaster: Cyrus Fertig
  • Doorkeeper: G. W. Munderloh
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: William Adams
  • Firemen:
    • F. Brown
    • N. L. Andrews
  • Messengers:
    • Cyrus Lanyon
    • John Ford
    • W. Howard Aldrich (12-year-old son of Assembly member William Aldrich)
    • Edward Livingston
    • Samuel Fernandez

References

  1. ↑ "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1881 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 197–198.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Crane, L. H. D., ed. (1859). "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 the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 58–64. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Thursday, January 20–10 o'clock, A.M." Journal of the Assembly of Wisconsin. State of Wisconsin: 88. 1859. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Republican Nominations". Racine Daily News. October 26, 1858. p. 2. Retrieved September 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

Notes

  1. ↑ Democrat Lion Silverman (District 3) resigned October 1, 1859, to run for State Treasurer.
  2. ↑ S. K. Barnes was elected to this seat in the November 1858 general election, but died before inauguration. O. Hugo Petters was chosen in a special election held January 13, 1859.[3]
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