Wisconsin legislative term for 1861
TheFourteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1861, to April 17, 1861, in regular session. The legislature re-convened in special session from May 15, 1861, to May 27, 1861, at the request ofWisconsin Governor Alexander Randall , to approve funding for abrigade ofvolunteers for theAmerican Civil War .
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 6, 1860. 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 8, 1859.[ 1]
Thegovernor of Wisconsin during this entire term was RepublicanAlexander Randall , ofWaukesha County , serving the second year of his second two-year term, having won re-election in the1859 Wisconsin gubernatorial election .
January 23, 1861:Timothy O. Howe electedUnited States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature in Joint Session. March 4, 1861:Inauguration ofAbraham Lincoln as the16th President of the United States . April 12, 1861:South Carolina militia beganbombarding Fort Sumpter inCharleston Harbor . April 15, 1861: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation requesting the states provide75,000 volunteers for service in the American Civil War. April 16, 1861:1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment raised inMilwaukee . May 9, 1861: Wisconsin Governor Alexander Randall called for a special session of the Wisconsin Legislature. July 21, 1861:First Battle of Bull Run took place inPrince William County, Virginia , one regiment of Wisconsin volunteers participated in the battle. November 8, 1861:Louis P. Harvey elected Governor of Wisconsin . January 21, 1861: Joint Resolution, co-operating with friends of the Union throughout the United States,1861 Joint Resolution 1 April 11, 1861: Act toapportion the State into Senate and AssemblyDistricts .1861 Act 216 April 13, 1861: Act to provide for apportioning the State into Congressional Districts,1861 Act 238 April 13, 1861: Act to provide for the defence of the State, and to aid in enforcing the laws and maintaining the authority of the Federal Government,1861 Act 239 April 17, 1861: Act to declare the rights and privileges of such persons as may enroll themselves into the service of the country.1861 Act 309 May 21, 1861: Joint Resolution, authorizing the Governor to be absent from the State during the present war,1861 Special Session Joint Resolution 1 May 25, 1861: Joint Resolution, recommending to theWar Department the formation of a brigade, and the appointment of Hon.Rufus King to its command,1861 Special Session Joint Resolution 2 May 25, 1861: Joint Resolution, in regard to the assassination of Col.Ellsworth ,1861 Special Session Joint Resolution 3 May 25, 1861: Act to provide for the assistance of volunteers in the service of the United States Government,1861 Special Session Act 2 May 25, 1861: Act to provide a military force for immediate service to aid in protecting and defending theConstitution and theUnion ,1861 Special Session Act 4 May 25, 1861: Act to prevent rendering aid toRebels ,1861 Special Session Act 5 May 25, 1861: Act to provide for the purchasing ofArms and Equipments for the use of the State,1861 Special Session Act 6 May 27, 1861: Act to provide for the payment of discharged Volunteers,1861 Special Session Act 9 May 27, 1861: Act to provide for borrowing money to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, and defend the State in time of war,1861 Special Session Act 13 Senate partisan composition Democratic: 8 seats
Republican: 22 seats
Assembly partisan composition Democratic: 26 seats
Republican: 71 seats
1st Regular session: January 9, 1861 – April 17, 1861Special session: May 15, 1861 – May 27, 1861Assembly leadership [ edit ] Members of the Senate [ edit ] Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Fourteenth Wisconsin Legislature:[ 2]
Senate partisan representation Democratic: 8 seats
Republican: 22 seats
District Counties Senator Party Residence 01 Sheboygan Luther H. Cary Rep. Greenbush 02 Brown ,Door ,Kewaunee ,Oconto ,Outagamie ,Shawanaw Edward Decker Dem. Kewaunee 03 Ozaukee Hugh Cunning Dem. Ozaukee 04 Washington Densmore W. Maxon Dem. Cedar Creek 05 Milwaukee (Northern Half) Charles Quentin Dem. Milwaukee 06 Milwaukee (Southern Half) Michael J. Egan Dem. Milwaukee 07 Racine William L. Utley Rep. Racine 08 Kenosha George Bennett Rep. Kenosha 09 Adams ,Juneau ,Sauk John T. Kingston Rep. Necedah 10 Waukesha Denison Worthington Rep. Summit 11 Dane (Eastern Part) Samuel C. Bean Rep. Sun Prairie 12 Walworth Oscar F. Bartlett Rep. East Troy 13 Lafayette Samuel Cole Dem. Gratiot 14 Jefferson (Northern Part)&Dodge (Southern Part) Charles R. Gill Rep. Watertown 15 Iowa &Richland Lemuel W. Joiner Rep. Wyoming 16 Grant Noah H. Virgin Rep. Platteville 17 Rock (Western Part) Ezra A. Foot Rep. Footville 18 Rock (Eastern Part) Alden I. Bennett Rep. Beloit 19 Manitowoc &Calumet Benjamin J. Sweet Rep. Chilton 20 Fond du Lac Elihu Phillips Rep. Fond du Lac 21 Winnebago Horace O. Crane (resigned Jun. 1861) Rep. Neenah 22 Dodge Benjamin Ferguson Rep. Fox Lake 23 Jefferson (Southern Part) Edwin Montgomery Rep. Farmington 24 Green John W. Stewart Rep. Monroe 25 Columbia Gerry W. Hazelton Rep. Columbus 26 Dane (Western Part) John B. Sweat Dem. Black Earth 27 Marathon ,Portage ,Waupaca ,Waushara ,Wood Edward L. Browne Rep. Waupaca 28 Burnett ,Chippewa ,Clark ,Douglas ,Dunn ,La Pointe Pierce ,Polk ,St. Croix Charles B. Cox Rep. River Falls 29 Marquette Charles S. Kelsey Rep. Montello 30 Bad Ax ,Buffalo ,Crawford ,Jackson ,La Crosse ,Monroe ,Tremealeau Buel E. Hutchinson Rep. Prairie du Chien
Members of the Assembly [ edit ] Members of the Assembly for the Fourteenth Wisconsin Legislature:[ 3] [ 4]
Assembly partisan representation Democratic: 26 seats
Republican: 71 seats
Senate County District Representative Party Residence 09 Adams ,Juneau Otis B. Lapham Rep. Friendship 28 Ashland ,Burnett ,Douglas ,La Pointe Polk ,St. Croix John Comstock Rep. Hudson 30 Bad Ax ,Crawford Daniel H. Johnson Rep. Prairie du Chien 02 Brown Frederick S. Ellis Dem. Green Bay 30 Buffalo ,Jackson ,Trempealeau Calvin R. Johnson Rep. Black River Falls 19 Calumet Le Roy Graves Rep. Gravesville 28 Chippewa ,Clark ,Dunn ,Pierce Rodman Palmer Rep. Chippewa Falls 25 Columbia [ 4] 1 Harvey W. Emery Rep. Portage 2 Nathan Hazen Rep. Poynette 3 James H. Bonney Rep. Belle Fountain 11 Dane [ 4] 1 Sereno W. Graves Rep. Rutland 2 Willard H. Chandler Rep. Windsor 3 Edward W. Dwight Rep. Oregon 26 4 Frederick A. Pfaff Dem. Cross Plains 5 Dominick O'Malley Dem. Westport 6 David Atwood Rep. Madison 22 Dodge [ 4] 1 Peter Peters Dem. Rubicon 2 Jacob Bodden Dem. Theresa 3 David N. Minor Rep. Rubicon 4 George W. Bly Rep. Waupun 5 Frederick H. Kribs Rep. Beaver Dam 6 John J. Williams Rep. Lowell 02 Door ,Kewaunee ,Oconto ,Shawano William S. Finley Rep. Kewaunee 20 Fond du Lac [ 4] 1 Charles F. Hammond Rep. Ripon 2 Benjamin H. Bettis Rep. Ladoga 3 Selim Newton Rep. Fond du Lac 4 John W. Hall Dem. Dotyville 5 Horace Stanton Dem. Fond du Lac 16 Grant [ 4] 1 Joseph Harris Rep. Hazel Green 2 Henry L. Massey Rep. Potosi 3 Hanmer Robbins Rep. Platteville 4 John G. Clark Rep. Lancaster 5 Jared Warner Rep. Patch Grove 24 Green [ 4] 1 James Campbell Rep. Albany 2 Obadiah J. White Rep. Monroe 29 Green Lake Alvin L. Flint Rep. Princeton 15 Iowa [ 4] 1 Franklin Z. Hicks Rep. Avoca 2 Amasa Cobb Rep. Mineral Point 23 Jefferson [ 4] 1 Jost D. Petrie Rep. Concord 2 Horace B. Willard Rep. Lake Mills 14 3 Theodore Prentiss Dem. Watertown 4 Samuel Hays Dem. Neosho 5 Sterling M. Cone Dem. Waterloo 08 Kenosha [ 4] 1 Michael Frank Rep. Kenosha 2 Marcus Linsley Rep. Kenosha 30 La Crosse &Monroe Isaac E. Messmore Rep. La Crosse 13 Lafayette [ 4] 1 Thomas C. L. Mackay Dem. Elk Grove 2 Lloyd T. Pullen Rep. Argyle 3 Elijah C. Townsend Dem. Shullsburg 19 Manitowoc [ 4] 1 Jabez L. Fobes Rep. Two Rivers 2 Joseph Stephenson Rep. Meeme 27 Marathon ,Portage ,Wood Orestes Garrison Rep. Centralia 29 Marquette Erastus J. Buck Rep. Westfield 05 Milwaukee [ 4] 1 Robert Haney Dem. Milwaukee 2 George Abert Dem. Milwaukee 06 3 Edward Keogh Dem. Milwaukee 4 Charles Caverno Rep. Milwaukee 5 John Rugee Rep. Milwaukee 05 6 Carl Winkler Dem. Milwaukee 7 William Dieves Dem. Greenfield 06 8 John Hanrahan Dem. Good Hope 9 James Riordan Dem. Franklin 02 Outagamie Almeron B. Everts Dem. Appleton 03 Ozaukee [ 4] 1 William H. Ramsey Dem. Ozaukee 2 William F. Opitz Dem. Mequon 07 Racine [ 4] 1 Gilbert Knapp Rep. Racine 2 Orlando C. Munroe Rep. Racine 3 Simeon S. Bradford Rep. Union Grove 4 Samuel E. Chapman Rep. Waterford 15 Richland Elihu Bailey Rep. Mill Creek 18 Rock [ 4] 1 Stiles S. Northrop Rep. Ogden 2 Benjamin F. Cary Rep. Johnstown 17 3 Alexander Graham Rep. Janesville 4 Anson W. Pope Rep. Janesville 5 James Kirkpatrick Rep. Brodhead 09 Sauk [ 4] 1 John Bear Rep. Plain 2 Marsena Temple Rep. Newport 01 Sheboygan [ 4] 1 John Gee Dem. Sheboygan 2 John Bredemeyer Rep. Edwards 3 Cadwaller W. Humphrey (until Jan. 25) Dem. Cascade William F. Mitchell (from Jan. 25) Rep. Gibbsville 12 Walworth [ 4] 1 Schuyler W. Benson Rep. Bloomfield 2 Chester D. Long Rep. Darien 3 Francis Smith Rep. Millard 4 Wyman Spooner Rep. Elkhorn 04 Washington [ 4] 1 Nathan Parker Rep. Hartford 2 Leander F. Frisby Rep. West Bend 3 Valentine Schaetzel Dem. Menomonee Falls 10 Waukesha [ 4] 1 Daniel Cottrell Rep. Oconomowoc 2 William H. Thomas Dem. Lisbon 3 Henry A. Youmans Rep. Mukwonago 4 Myron Gilbert Rep. Prospect Hill 5 Isaac Lain Rep. Waukesha 27 Waupaca Chester D. Combs Rep. North Royalton Waushara Henry G. Webb Rep. Wautoma 21 Winnebago [ 4] 1 Philetus Sawyer Rep. Oshkosh 2 Curtis Reed Dem. Menasha 3 Armine Pickett Rep. Weelaunee
Chief Clerk:John H. Warren [ 2] Sergeant-at-Arms: J. A. HadleyAssistant Sergeant-at-Arms: David M. McBride Postmaster: James MooreAssistant Postmaster: A. B. Finch Doorkeeper: Phillip CareyAssistant Doorkeeper: Henry Case Fireman: George Wittle Messengers:Walter C. Wyman Albert F. Dexter Patrick Lanner Chief Clerk: L. H. D. Crane[ 3] Assistant Clerk: John S. DeanBookkeeper: Ephraim W. Young Engrossing Clerk: Joseph C. Pickard Enrolling Clerk: Nathaniel F. Lund Transcribing Clerk: Harvey Briggs Sergeant-at-Arms: Craig B. BeeseAssistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Asher Armstrong Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Ebenezer Sprague Postmaster: Hiram BeckworthAssistant Postmaster: John N. Stone Doorkeeper: Joel BarberAssistant Doorkeeper: Joshua W. Tolford Firemen:William C. Lasure Reese Evans Henry N. Solbert Messengers:William H. Barnes William Benedict William Bennett H. M. Bingham Charles L. Catlin Edwin C. Mason William E. Miller James H. Neavill George D. Potter William H. Smith ^ "Annals of the legislature".The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1882 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 201– 202. RetrievedOctober 12, 2019 . ^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. 1861. pp. 12– 13. RetrievedOctober 12, 2019 . ^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. 1861. pp. 7– 11. RetrievedOctober 12, 2019 . ^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. 1861. pp. 34– 39. RetrievedSeptember 6, 2021 .
