19th Wisconsin Legislature

Summary

The Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1866, to April 12, 1866, in regular session.

19th Wisconsin Legislature
18th 20th
Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 1, 1866 – January 7, 1867
ElectionNovember 7, 1865
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentWyman Spooner (U)
President pro temporeWillard H. Chandler (U)
Party controlNational Union
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerHenry D. Barron (U)
Party controlNational Union
Sessions
1stJanuary 10, 1866 – April 12, 1866

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 even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 7, 1865. 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 8, 1864.[1]

Major events edit

Major legislation edit

  • April 21, 1866: Act to apportion the state into Senate and Assembly districts, 1866 Act 101

Party summary edit

Senate summary edit

 
Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 10 seats
  National Union: 23 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Union Republican Vacant
End of previous Legislature 8 25 0 33 0
1st Session 10 23 0 33 0
Final voting share 30.3% 69.7%
Beginning of the next Legislature 11 22 0 33 0

Assembly summary edit

 
Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 33 seats
  National Union: 67 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Union Republican Vacant
End of previous Legislature 33 67 0 100 0
Start of 1st Session 34 66 0 100 0
From January 30 33 67 0 100 0
Final voting share 33% 67%
Beginning of the next Legislature 26 74 0 100 0

Sessions edit

  • 1st Regular session: January 10, 1866 – April 12, 1866

Leaders edit

Senate leadership edit

Assembly leadership edit

Members edit

Members of the Senate edit

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

 
Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 10 seats
  Union: 23 seats
Dist. Counties Senator Residence Party
1 Sheboygan John A. Bentley Sheboygan Union
2 Brown, Kewaunee Matthew J. Meade Green Bay Dem.
3 Ozaukee Lyman Morgan Ozaukee Dem.
4 Washington Frederick O. Thorpe West Bend Dem.
5 Milwaukee (Northern Part) William K. Wilson Milwaukee Dem.
6 Milwaukee (Southern Part) Charles H. Larkin Milwaukee Dem.
7 Racine Jerome I. Case Racine Union
8 Kenosha Charles C. Sholes Kenosha Union
9 Adams, Juneau, Waushara Henry G. Webb Wautoma Union
10 Waukesha Orson Reed Summit Dem.
11 Dane (Eastern Part) Willard H. Chandler Windsor Union
12 Walworth Newton Littlejohn Whitewater Union
13 Lafayette Samuel Cole Gratiot Union
14 Sauk Argalus Starks Baraboo Union
15 Iowa Wyman Lincoln Avoca Union
16 Grant John H. Rountree Platteville Union
17 Rock William A. Lawrence Janesville Union
18 Dodge (Western Part) Stoddard Judd Fox Lake Union
19 Manitowoc, Calumet George B. Reed Manitowoc Dem.
20 Fond du Lac George F. Wheeler Nanaupa Union
21 Winnebago George S. Barnum Waukau Union
22 Door, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw Augustus L. Smith Appleton Dem.
23 Jefferson S. W. Budlong Waterloo Dem.
24 Green Henry Adams Monticello Union
25 Columbia Jonathan Bowman Kilbourn City Union
26 Dane (Western Part) James K. Proudfit Madison Union
27 Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood Milan H. Sessions Waupaca Union
28 Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Marcus A. Fulton Hudson Union
29 Marquette, Green Lake G. DeWitt Elwood Princeton Union
30 Bad Ax, Crawford, Richland Benjamin Bull Prairie du Chien Union
31 La Crosse, Monroe John A. Chandler Sparta Union
32 Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau Joseph G. Thorp Eau Claire Union
33 Dodge (Eastern Part) Satterlee Clark Horicon Dem.

Members of the Assembly edit

Members of the Assembly for the Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

 
Assembly partisan representation
  Democratic: 33 seats
  Union: 67 seats
Senate
District
County Dist. Representative Party Residence
09 Adams Thomas B. Marsden Union Friendship
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 William H. Thomas Union Sumner
19 Calumet George Baldwin Dem. Chilton
32 Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire Thaddeus C. Pound Union Chippewa Falls
Clark, Jackson Lorenzo Merrill Union Black River Falls
25 Columbia 1 A. J. Turner Union Portage
2 Robert B. Sanderson Union Poynette
3 Evan O. Jones Union Cambria
30 Crawford George E. Harrington Union Boscobel
11 Dane 1 William D. Potter Union Cambridge
2 John M. Flint Union Sun Prairie
26 3 George H. Slaughter Dem. Mendota
4 William Charlton Union Verona
5 Benjamin F. Hopkins Union Madison
18 Dodge 1 Oliver Ashley Union Westford
2 Andrew Willard Union Beaver Dam
3 Hiram Sawyer Dem. Burnett
33 4 Jacob Bodden Dem. Theresa
5 William M. Morse Dem. Ashippun
22 Door, Oconto, Shawano Isaac Stephenson Union Marinette
20 Fond du Lac 1 Albert M. Skeels Union Ripon
2 George F. Clark Union Bugle
3 James Coleman Union Fond du Lac
4 Joseph Wagner Dem. Moria
5 Andrew J. Dieringer Dem. Auburn
16 Grant 1 Hanmer Robbins Union Platteville
2 Wiley S. Scribner Union Fair Play
3 Alanson P. Hammond Union Montfort
4 George H. Washburn Union Millville
5 Alvery A. Bennett Union Glen Haven
24 Green 1 Daniel Smiley Union Albany
2 Egbert E. Carr Union Monroe
29 Green Lake William A. Bugh Union Berlin
15 Iowa 1 Elihu B. Goodsell Dem. Highland
2 James Spensley Union Mineral Point
23 Jefferson 1 Patrick Rogan Dem. Watertown
2 John Mosher Union Waterloo
3 William W. Reed Union Jefferson
4 Henry Harnden Union Rome
09 Juneau Eliphalet S. Miner Union New Lisbon
08 Kenosha Franklin Newell Union Kenosha
02 Kewaunee Constant Martin Dem. Dyckesville
31 La Crosse Angus Cameron Union La Crosse
13 Lafayette 1 David J. Seely Dem. Elk Grove
2 John Armstrong Union Wiota
19 Manitowoc 1 Nicholas Dittmar Union Meeme
2 William Eatough Dem. Brant's Mills
3 David Smoke Dem. Two Rivers
27 Marathon, Wood Bradbury G. Plumer Dem. Wausau
29 Marquette Spencer A. Pease Dem. Montello
05 Milwaukee 1 Jackson Hadley Dem. Milwaukee
2 William Pitt Lynde Dem. Milwaukee
06 3 James McGrath Dem. Milwaukee
4 Ammi R. Butler Dem. Milwaukee
5 Charles H. Orton Dem. Milwaukee
05 6 Joseph Phillips Dem. Milwaukee
7 Edward Daley Dem. Brown Deer
06 8 Truman H. Curtis Dem. Wauwatosa
9 John H. Deuster Dem. Milwaukee
31 Monroe DeWitt C. Wilson Union Sparta
22 Outagamie W. H. P. Bogan (until Jan. 30) Dem. Appleton
Henry Turner (From Jan. 30) Union Appleton
03 Ozaukee James McCarthy Dem. Port Washington
28 Pierce, St. Croix William J. Copp Union Prescott
27 Portage James O. Raymond Union Plover
07 Racine 1 James O. Bartlett Union Racine
2 George Q. Erskine Union Racine
3 Philo Belden Union Rochester
30 Richland Henry L. Eaton Union Lone Rock
17 Rock 1 Anson W. Pope Union Janesville
2 Burrows Burdick Union Edgerton
3 Henry S. Wooster Union Clinton
4 Edward P. King Union Beloit
5 Allen C. Bates Union Janesville
6 Alanson C. Douglass Union Hanover
14 Sauk 1 William Palmer Union Loganville
2 Rollin M. Strong Union Reedsburg
01 Sheboygan 1 Billie Williams Union Sheboygan
2 Samuel Rounseville Union Sheboygan Falls
3 John P. Carroll Dem. Adell
4 Julius Wolff Union Rhine
30 Vernon 1 Newton F. Carpenter Union De Soto
2 Alexander Woods Union Hillsboro
12 Walworth 1 William C. Allen Union Delavan
2 Thomas Davis Union Sugar Creek
3 Shepard O. Raymond Union Geneva
4 Paris Pettit Union East Troy
04 Washington 1 James Kenealy Dem. Toland's Prairie
2 Mitchell L. Delaney Dem. Barton
3 Philip Schneider Dem. Barton
10 Waukesha 1 Daniel Brown Dem. Elm Grove
2 Samuel Thompson Union Hartland
3 Peter Gifford Dem. North Prairie
4 Jesse Smith Union Dodge's Corners
27 Waupaca Albert Osborn Union Iola
09 Waushara Oscar Babcock Union Dakota
21 Winnebago 1 William H. Doe Union Oshkosh
2 John Proctor Union Neenah
3 William Simmons Union Oshkosh

References edit

  1. ^ Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 212–214. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Stewart, Frank M.; Young, E. W., eds. (1866). "Legislative Department" (PDF). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 84–85, 98–102. Retrieved July 17, 2021.