Wisconsin legislative term for 1864
TheSeventeenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1864, to April 4, 1864, 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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 3, 1863. 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 4, 1862.[ 1]
Thegovernor of Wisconsin during this entire term was RepublicanJames T. Lewis , ofColumbia County , serving the first year of a two-year term, having won election in the1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election .
January 4, 1864: Inauguration ofJames T. Lewis as the 7thGovernor of Wisconsin . May 5–7, 1864:Battle of the Wilderness took place inSpotsylvania County andOrange County ,Virginia . Four regiments of Wisconsin Volunteers participated in the battle. May 9–21, 1864:Battle of Spotsylvania Court House took place inSpotsylvania County, Virginia . Five regiments of Wisconsin Volunteers participated in the battle. May 31 – June 12, 1864:Battle of Cold Harbor took place inHanover County, Virginia . Five regiments of Wisconsin Volunteers participated in the battle. September 2, 1864:Union Army occupiedAtlanta, Georgia . November 8, 1864:Abraham Lincoln re-elected asPresident of the United States . February 19, 1864: Act to organize the county ofBurnett , and locate the county seat thereof,1864 Act 74 February 26, 1864: Joint Resolution relative to the extension of time for the payment of government bounties to volunteers,1864 Joint Resolution 2 March 5, 1864: Joint Resolution relative to the vigorous prosecution of the war, the duty of congress and the people, tendering thanks to the army and navy, and suggesting the renomination ofAbraham Lincoln ,1864 Joint Resolution 4 March 22, 1864: Act to incorporate "Marquette College " in the second ward of the city ofMilwaukee ,1864 Act 180 April 4, 1864: Act to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise, and to preserve the purity of elections, by a registration of electors,1864 Act 445 Senate Partisan composition Democratic: 11 seats
National Union: 22 seats
Assembly Partisan composition Democratic: 29 seats
National Union: 71 seats
1st Regular session: January 13, 1864 – April 4, 1864Assembly leadership [ edit ] Members of the Senate [ edit ] Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Seventeenth Wisconsin Legislature:[ 2]
Senate partisan representation Democratic: 11 seats
Union: 22 seats
District Counties Senator Residence Party 01 Sheboygan John E. Thomas Sheboygan Falls Dem. 02 Brown ,Kewaunee Frederick S. Ellis Green Bay Dem. 03 Ozaukee John R. Bohan Ozaukee Dem. 04 Washington Frederick O. Thorpe West Bend Dem. 05 Milwaukee (Northern Part)William K. Wilson Milwaukee Dem. 06 Milwaukee (Southern Part)Hugh P. Reynolds Milwaukee Dem. 07 Racine Timothy D. Morris Whitesville Union 08 Kenosha Anthony Van Wyck Kenosha Union 09 Adams ,Juneau ,Waushara Alanson M. Kimball Pine River Union 10 Waukesha William Blair Waukesha Union 11 Dane (Eastern Part)Willard H. Chandler Windsor Union 12 Walworth Newton Littlejohn Whitewater Union 13 Lafayette James Earnest Shullsburg Dem. 14 Sauk Smith S. Wilkinson Prairie du Sac Union 15 Iowa George L. Frost Mineral Point Dem. 16 Grant Milas K. Young Glen Haven Union 17 Rock William A. Lawrence Janesville Union 18 Dodge (Western Part)William E. Smith Fox Lake Union 19 Manitowoc &Calumet Joseph Vilas Manitowoc Dem. 20 Fond du Lac George F. Wheeler Nanaupa Union 21 Winnebago Joseph B. Hamilton Neenah Union 22 Door ,Oconto ,Outagamie ,Shawanaw Joseph Harris Sturgeon Bay Union 23 Jefferson J. D. Clapp Fort Atkinson Dem. 24 Green Walter S. Wescott Monroe Union 25 Columbia Jonathan Bowman Kilbourn City Union 26 Dane (Western Part)Thomas Hood Madison Union 27 Marathon ,Portage ,Waupaca ,Wood Alexander S. McDill Plover Union 28 Ashland ,Burnett ,Dallas ,Douglas ,La Pointe ,Pierce ,Polk ,St. Croix Austin H. Young Prescott Union 29 Marquette ,Green Lake Charles S. Kelsey Montello Union 30 Bad Ax ,Crawford ,Richland William Ketcham Richland City Union 31 La Crosse ,Monroe Angus Cameron La Crosse Union 32 Buffalo ,Chippewa ,Clark ,Dunn ,Eau Claire ,Jackson ,Pepin ,Trempealeau Carl C. Pope Black River Falls Union 33 Dodge (Eastern Part)Satterlee Clark Horicon Dem.
Members of the Assembly [ edit ] Members of the Assembly for the Seventeenth Wisconsin Legislature:[ 2]
Assembly partisan representation Democratic: 29 seats
Union: 71 seats
Senate County District Representative Party Residence 09 Adams Anson Rood (Until March 16) Union Kilbourn City 28 Ashland ,Burnett ,Dallas ,Douglas ,La Pointe ,Polk Henry D. Barron Union St. Croix Falls 02 Brown William J. Abrams Dem. Green Bay 32 Buffalo ,Pepin ,Trempealeau Fayette Allen Union Durand 19 Calumet Thomas McLean Dem. Stockbridge 32 Chippewa ,Dunn ,Eau Claire Thaddeus C. Pound Union Chippewa Falls Clark ,Jackson Calvin R. Johnson Union Black River Falls 25 Columbia 1 A. J. Turner Union Portage 2 Edwin W. McNitt Union Otsego 3 Yates Ashley Union Pardeeville 30 Crawford Horace Beach Union Prairie du Chien 11 Dane 1 William W. Blackman Union Stoughton 2 William H. Miller Union Door Creek 26 3 Alden S. Sanborn Dem. Mazomanie 4 George Wright Union Mount Horeb 5 George B. Smith Dem. Madison 18 Dodge 1 George H. Adams Union Danville 2 William H. Green Union Lowell 3 Oscar F. Jones Dem. Juneau 33 4 Max Bachhuber Dem. Farmersville 5 John G. Daily Dem. Hustisford 22 Door ,Oconto ,Shawano Herman Naber Union Shawano 20 Fond du Lac 1 William Starr Union Ripon 2 James McElroy Union Waupun 3 Edwin H. Galloway Union Fond du Lac 4 Charles Geisse Dem. Taycheedah 5 Edgar Wilcox Union Byron 16 Grant 1 Hanmer Robbins Union Platteville 2 Allen Taylor Union Dickeyville 3 J. Allen Barber Union Lancaster 4 William W. Field Union Fennimore 5 Wood R. Beach Union Beetown 24 Green 1 William W. McLaughlin Union Oregon 2 Frederick B. Rolph Union Monroe 29 Green Lake James Field Union Berlin 15 Iowa 1 Wyman L. Lincoln Union Avoca 2 Francis Little Union Mineral Point 23 Jefferson 1 Robert Hass Dem. Watertown 2 Aaron B. Smith Union Lake Mills 3 Joseph Powers Union Hebron 4 James M. Bingham Union Palmyra 09 Juneau Lyman Clark Union Kildare 08 Kenosha A. Constantine Barry Union Sylvania 02 Kewaunee Nelson Boutin Dem. Kewaunee 31 La Crosse Samuel S. Burton Union La Crosse 13 Lafayette 1 Tarleton Dunn Dem. Elk Grove 2 Samuel Cole Union Gratiot 19 Manitowoc 1 Peter P. Fuessenich Union Eaton 2 Thomas Thornton Dem. Clark's Mills 3 David Smoke Dem. Two Rivers 27 Marathon ,Wood Bartholomew Ringle Dem. Wausau 29 Marquette Robert Cochran Dem. Westfield 05 Milwaukee 1 Levi Hubbell Union Milwaukee 2 David Knab Dem. Milwaukee 06 3 John W. Eviston Dem. Milwaukee 4 Napoleon B. Caswell Union Milwaukee 5 J. C. U. Niedermann Union Milwaukee 05 6 Frederick T. Zetteler Dem. Milwaukee 7 James Watts Dem. Granville 06 8 Edward McGarry Dem. Milwaukee 9 Anton Frey Dem. Franklin 31 Monroe Carleton E. Rice Union Sparta 22 Outagamie George Kreiss Dem. Appleton 03 Ozaukee William T. Bonniwell Jr. Dem. Cedarburg 28 Pierce ,St. Croix Joseph S. Elwell Union Hudson 27 Portage John Phillips Union Stevens Point 07 Racine 1 George C. Northrop Union Racine 2 Henry Stevens Union Caledonia 3 Philo Belden Union Rochester 30 Richland John Walworth Union Richland Center 17 Rock 1 Thomas Earle Union Fulton 2 Thomas H. Goodhue Union Whitewater 3 Guy Wheeler Union Janesville 4 Perry Bostwick Union Beloit 5 Hamilton Richardson Union Janesville 6 Jerome Burbank Union Brodhead 14 Sauk 1 Alonzo Wilcox Union Spring Green 2 Argalus W. Starks Union Baraboo 01 Sheboygan 1 Carl Zillier Dem. Sheboygan 2 Louis Wolf Dem. Sheboygan Falls 3 Michael Winter Union Adell 4 Mark Martin Union Onion River 30 Vernon 1 William H. Officer Union Springville 2 Albert Bliss Union Readstown 12 Walworth 1 John Jeffers Union Darien 2 Daniel Smith Union Richmond 3 Daniel C. Roundy Union Geneva 4 Lucius Allen Union East Troy 04 Washington 1 Nicholaus Marx Dem. Wayne 2 Henry Hildebrandt Dem. Station 3 Martin Schottler Dem. Staatsville 10 Waukesha 1 William Costigan Dem. Marshall 2 Joel R. Carpenter Union Oconomowoc 3 Norman Shultis Union North Prairie 4 John Schmidt Union Muskego 27 Waupaca Albert K. Osborn Union Iola 09 Waushara William C. Webb Union Wautoma 21 Winnebago 1 Richard C. Russell Union Oshkosh 2 Jeremiah Hunt Union Menasha 3 George S. Barnum Union Waukau
Chief Clerk: Frank M. Stewart[ 2] Assistant Clerk: P. H. Brady Engrossing Clerk: Sineus B. Dibble Enrolling Clerk: Thomas Marshall Transcribing Clerk: F. O. Wisner Sergeant-at-Arms:Nelson Williams 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: H. Esperson 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: John B. Eugene Postmaster: Henry H. TaylorAssistant Postmaster: S. Raymond Doorkeeper: G. M. CaryAssistant Doorkeeper: J. P. Miller Assistant Doorkeeper: J. H. Jones Assistant Doorkeeper: Otis A. Albee Assistant Doorkeeper: William P. Close Gallery Doorkeeper: B. S. Miller Firemen:Barnet Wilson William W. Baker William Holden Messengers:John C. Hutchins Albert F. Dexter Rufus H. Roys William C. Jones C. C. Frey Frank C. Freeman Porter: John Crowley Chief Clerk: John S. Dean[ 2] Assistant Clerk: Ephraim W. YoungBookkeeper: E. L. Fitzhugh Engrossing Clerk: A. L. Rockwell Enrolling Clerk: J. H. Balch Transcribing Clerk: A. C. Byers Sergeant-at-Arms:Alexander McDonald Thomson 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: William P. Forsyth 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Lewis M. Hammond Postmaster: N. A. Spooner1st Assistant Postmaster: Hiram Beckwith 2nd Assistant Postmaster: Oscar Babcock Doorkeepers:Franklin Kelly W. L. Abbott W. E. Angell C. Saran C. E. Tanburg William Spencer Firemen:Oliver Johnson A. C. Stannard Robert Axon C. McCarthy Speaker's Messenger: Adam C. Waltz Chief Clerk's Messenger: James E. Dean Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: Arthur Tilden Messengers:Moses Flesh Patrick McKanna Robert Airis Louis Sholes Marion M. Young William P. Beach Linus S. Webb Fred Chynoweth
