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23rd Wisconsin Legislature
23rd Wisconsin Legislature
	Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative body	Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place	Wisconsin State Capitol
Term	January 3, 1870 – January 2, 1871
Election	November 2, 1869
Senate
Members	33
Senate President	Thaddeus C. Pound (R)
President pro tempore	David Taylor (R)
Party control	Republican
Assembly
Members	100
Assembly Speaker	James M. Bingham (R)
Party control	Republican
Sessions
1st
1st	January 12, 1870 – March 17, 1870

The Twenty-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1870, to March 17, 1870, 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 even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 2, 1869. 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 3, 1868.^[1]

Major events edit

February 3, 1870: Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the required three-fourths of U.S. states.
June 22, 1870: The U.S. Congress created the United States Department of Justice.
July 19, 1870: France declared war on the Kingdom of Prussia, initiating the Franco-Prussian War.
September 4, 1870: French Emperor Napoleon III was deposed and the French Third Republic was established.
October 12, 1870: Former Confederate general Robert E. Lee died after suffering a stroke.

Major legislation edit

Party summary edit

Senate summary edit

Senate partisan composition

Democratic: 14 seats

Republican: 19 seats

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	14	19	33	0

1st Session	14	19	33	0

Final voting share	42.42%	57.58%

Beginning of the next Legislature	14	19	33	0

Assembly summary edit

Assembly partisan composition

Democratic: 39 seats

Independent: 1 seat

Republican: 60 seats

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

	Democratic	Ind.	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	32	0	68	100	0

1st Session	39	1	60	100	0

Final voting share	39%	1%	60%

Beginning of the next Legislature	40	3	57	100	0

Sessions edit

1st Regular session: January 12, 1870 – March 17, 1870

Leaders edit

Senate leadership edit

President of the Senate: Thaddeus C. Pound (R)
President pro tempore: David Taylor (R)

Assembly leadership edit

Speaker of the Assembly: James M. Bingham (R)

Members edit

Members of the Senate edit

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Twenty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:^[2]

Senate partisan representation

Democratic: 14 seats

Republican: 19 seats

Dist.	Counties	Senator	Residence	Party
01	Sheboygan	David Taylor	Sheboygan	Rep.
02	Brown, Door, Kewaunee	Lyman Walker	Ahnapee	Dem.
03	Ozaukee	Lyman Morgan	Ozaukee	Dem.
04	Washington	Adam Schantz	Addison	Dem.
05	Milwaukee (Northern Half)	William P. Lynde	Milwaukee	Dem.
06	Milwaukee (Southern Half)	Peter V. Deuster	Milwaukee	Dem.
07	Racine	Henry Stevens	Caledonia	Rep.
08	Kenosha	Milton Pettit	Kenosha	Rep.
09	Adams, Juneau, Monroe	William J. Kershaw	Big Spring	Rep.
10	Waukesha	John A. Rice	Merton	Dem.
11	Dane (Eastern Part)	Nelson Williams	Stoughton	Rep.
12	Walworth	Samuel Pratt	Spring Prairie	Rep.
13	Lafayette	Hamilton H. Gray	Darlington	Dem.
14	Sauk	Bennett Strong	Spring Green	Rep.
15	Iowa	Lemuel W. Joiner	Wyoming	Rep.
16	Grant	George C. Hazelton	Boscobel	Rep.
17	Rock	Charles G. Williams	Janesville	Rep.
18	Dodge (Western Part)	Samuel D. Burchard	Beaver Dam	Dem.
19	Manitowoc	George B. Reed	Manitowoc	Dem.
20	Fond du Lac	Hiram S. Town	Ripon	Rep.
21	Winnebago	Ira W. Fisher	Menasha	Rep.
22	Calumet, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano	George Baldwin	Chilton	Dem.
23	Jefferson	William W. Woodman	Farmington	Dem.
24	Green	John C. Hall	Monroe	Rep.
25	Columbia	William M. Griswold	Columbus	Rep.
26	Dane (Western Part)	Romanzo E. Davis	Middleton	Rep.
27	Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood	Charles M. Webb	Grand Rapids	Rep.
28	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix	Edward H. Ives	Trimbelle	Dem.
29	Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara	George D. Waring	Berlin	Rep.
30	Crawford, Richland	George Krouskop	Richland Center	Dem.
31	La Crosse & Vernon	Cyrus M. Butt	Viroqua	Rep.
32	Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau	William T. Price	Black River Falls	Rep.
33	Dodge (Eastern Part)	Satterlee Clark	Horicon	Dem.

Members of the Assembly edit

Members of the Assembly for the Twenty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:^[2]

Assembly partisan representation

Democratic: 39 seats

Independent: 1 seat

Republican: 60 seats

Senate District	County	District	Representative	Party	Residence
09	Adams		Solon Pierce	Rep.	Friendship
28	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk		Samuel Dresser	Rep.	Osceola
02	Brown	1	Edward Hicks	Dem.	Green Bay
02	Brown	2	Michael Dockry	Dem.	Holland
32	Buffalo		James L. Hallock	Rep.	Nelson
22	Calumet		James Robinson	Dem.	Chilton
32	Chippewa & Dunn		Jedediah W. Granger	Rep.	Menomonie
32	Clark & Jackson		John Morrill	Rep.	Springfield
25	Columbia	1	Jonas Narracong	Rep.	Lodi
		2	Winslow Bullen	Rep.	Arlington
		3	Carmi W. Beach	Rep.	Pardeeville
30	Crawford		William Raymond	Rep.	Bell Center
11	Dane	1	Carpus Loveland	Rep.	Rutland
11		2	Willard H. Chandler	Rep.	Sun Prairie
26		3	John Adams	Dem.	Black Earth
		4	John R. Crocker	Rep.	Montrose
		5	Alden S. Sanborn	Dem.	Madison
18	Dodge	1	E. Adams Fowler	Rep.	Calamus
18		2	Francis Johnston	Dem.	Chester
33		3	Henry S. Burtch	Dem.	Williamstown
33		4	Henry Bertram	Ind.	Watertown
02	Door & Kewaunee		Charles L. Harris	Rep.	Jacksonport
32	Eau Claire & Pepin		Charles R. Gleason	Dem.	Eau Claire
20	Fond du Lac	1	Jeremiah Dobbs Jr.	Dem.	Ripon
		2	Roelof Sleyster	Rep.	Alto
		3	John Boyd	Dem.	Fond du Lac
		4	Uriah D. Mihills	Rep.	Fond du Lac
		5	Daniel Cavanagh	Dem.	Osceola
		6	Charles Geisse	Dem.	Taycheedah
16	Grant	1	Joel C. Squires	Dem.	Platteville
		2	John Carthew	Rep.	Rockville
		3	William P. Dewey	Rep.	Lancaster
		4	Hugh A. W. McNair	Rep.	Fennimore
		5	Luther Basford	Rep.	Glen Haven
24	Green	1	Calvin D. W. Leonard	Rep.	Exeter
24	Green	2	Thomas A. Jackson	Rep.	Spring Grove
29	Green Lake		Joseph C. Burdick	Rep.	Berlin
15	Iowa	1	Henry C. Barnard	Dem.	Avoca
15	Iowa	2	George W. Bliss	Rep.	Mineral Point
23	Jefferson	1	Daniel Hall	Rep.	Watertown
		2	Charles H. Phillips	Rep.	Lake Mills
		3	Wilbur H. Tousley	Dem.	Jefferson
		4	James M. Bingham	Rep.	Palmyra
09	Juneau		Jerome B. Potter	Dem.	Sentinel
08	Kenosha		Alexander Bailey	Rep.	Salem
31	La Crosse	1	Theodore Rodolf	Dem.	La Crosse
31	La Crosse	2	Powers Moulton	Rep.	Onalaska
13	Lafayette	1	Thomas T. Duffy	Dem.	Benton
13	Lafayette	2	Henry W. Barnes	Dem.	Wiota
19	Manitowoc	1	John Barth	Dem.	Schleswig
		2	Michael Fitzgerald	Dem.	Maple Grove
		3	Carl H. Schmidt	Dem.	Manitowoc
27	Marathon & Wood		Charles Hoeflinger	Dem.	Wausau
29	Marquette		Spencer A. Pease	Dem.	Montello
05	Milwaukee	1	Stephen A. Harrison	Rep.	Milwaukee
05		2	George Abert	Dem.	Milwaukee
06		3	James McGrath	Dem.	Milwaukee
		4	Nathan Brick	Rep.	Milwaukee
		5	John Fellenz	Dem.	Milwaukee
05		6	Daniel H. Richards	Dem.	Milwaukee
		7	Daniel H. Johnson	Rep.	Milwaukee
		8	Henry C. Runkel	Dem.	Milwaukee
06		9	Enoch Chase	Dem.	Lake
06		10	Frederick A. Zautcke	Dem.	Milwaukee
09	Monroe		Charles A. Hunt	Rep.	Jefferson
22	Oconto & Shawano		James M. Adams	Dem.	Oconto
22	Outagamie		Charles E. McIntosh	Dem.	Appleton
03	Ozaukee		Adolphus Zimmermann	Dem.	Mequon
28	Pierce		Oliver S. Powell	Rep.	River Falls
27	Portage		Frederick Huntley	Rep.	Buena Vista
07	Racine	1	Albert L. Phillips	Rep.	Racine
07	Racine	2	Ira A. Rice	Rep.	Waterford
30	Richland		James H. Miner	Rep.	Richland Center
17	Rock	1	Isaac M. Bennett	Rep.	Evansville
		2	Thomas H. Goodhue	Rep.	Lima
		3	Adelmorn Sherman	Rep.	Janesville
		4	John Hammond	Rep.	Turtle
		5	Alexander Graham	Rep.	Janesville
14	Sauk	1	Carl C. Kuntz	Rep.	Black Hawk
14	Sauk	2	George G. Swain	Rep.	New Buffalo
01	Sheboygan	1	Horatio G. H. Reed	Dem.	Sheboygan
		2	J. Henry McNeel	Rep.	Greenbush
		3	Jacob A. Blanshan	Rep.	Scott
28	St. Croix		Charles D. Parker	Rep.	Pleasant Valley
32	Trempealeau		Isaac Clark	Rep.	Galesville
31	Vernon	1	Reuben May	Rep.	Springville
31	Vernon	2	Van S. Bennett	Rep.	Webster
12	Walworth	1	Henry Hall	Rep.	Walworth
		2	Stephen R. Edgerton	Rep.	Spring Prairie
		3	William Burgit	Rep.	East Troy
04	Washington	1	Henry V. R. Wilmot	Dem.	Trenton
04	Washington	2	Densmore W. Maxon	Dem.	Cedar Creek
10	Waukesha	1	Henry Totten	Dem.	Waukesha
		2	John D. McDonald	Dem.	Summit
		3	Thomas McCarty	Dem.	Menomonee
27	Waupaca		Albert V. Balch	Rep.	Weyauwega
29	Waushara		Theophilus F. Metcalf	Rep.	Marion
21	Winnebago	1	Emery Kennedy	Rep.	Oshkosh
		2	William P. Rounds	Rep.	Menasha
		3	James H. Foster	Rep.	Koro

Employees edit

Senate employees edit

Chief Clerk: Leander B. Hills^[2]
- Assistant Clerk: H. H. Rust
  - Bookkeeper: Robert A. Gillett
- Engrossing Clerk: A. J. High
- Enrolling Clerk: J. H. Balch
- Transcribing Clerk: Julia A. Hubbard
Sergeant-at-Arms: Earl M. Rogers
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: William Freeman
Postmaster: L. D. Frost
- Assistant Postmaster: T. Watson
Doorkeeper: D. W. Collins
Doorkeeper: W. Cook
- Assistant Doorkeeper: Levi Burgett
- Assistant Doorkeeper: F. Chamberlain
- Gallery Doorkeeper: H. A. Wilcox
- Night Watch: John Grant Jr.
President's Attendant: F. Bowers
Porter: A. T. Conger
Messengers:
- Eddie Knight
- Willie Hadley
- Charlie Young
- Charles F. Torgerson
- Charlie S. Vedder
- Max Roeder

Assembly employees edit

Chief Clerk: Ephraim W. Young^[2]
- Assistant Clerk: William M. Newcomb
  - Bookkeeper: Fred A. Dennett
- Engrossing Clerk: A. H. Reed
- Enrolling Clerk: S. F. Hammond
- Transcribing Clerk: G. H. Brock
Sergeant-at-Arms: O. C. Johnson
- 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: O. C. Bissell
- 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: S. C. McDonald
Postmaster: J. H. Wagoner
- 1st Assistant Postmaster: Myron DeWolf
- 2nd Assistant Postmaster: Henry Stannard
Doorkeepers:
- W. S. Seavey
- A. B. Finch
- Joseph F. Wigmore
- W. W. Dantz
Night Watch: John K. Parish
Firemen:
- Sidney Emmes
- E. G. Garner
Gallery Attendants:
- George A. Phinney
- H. S. Grinde
Committee Room Attendants:
- T. D. Powers
- Fred Keud
- Hiram Steffins
- George Slurzsby
Porter: J. W. Plato
Speaker's Messenger: C. Bingham
Chief Clerk's Messenger: Frank R. Norton
Messengers:
- Emile Hammer
- Frank Beyler
- Daniel Fitzpatrick
- Frank Johnson
- Henry A. Douglas
- Charles S. Parker
- Marshall Jackson
- Oscar Green
- Clarence Patch
- Willie Holmes
- Thaddeus W. Sutliff

References edit

^ Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 221–223. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Wisconsin State Government and State Institutions" (PDF). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1870. pp. 350–380. Retrieved November 7, 2021.