The Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1852, to April 19, 1852, 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. Assemblymembers were elected to a one-year term. Assemblymembers and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 4, 1851. 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 5, 1850.[1]
5th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 5, 1852 – January 3, 1853 | ||||
Election | November 4, 1851 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 19 | ||||
Senate President | Timothy Burns | ||||
President pro tempore | Eliab B. Dean, Jr. | ||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 66 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | James McMillan Shafter | ||||
Party control | Whig | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | ||||
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Dem. | F.S. | Whig | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 14 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 |
1st Session | 12 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 0 |
Final voting share | 63.16% | 5.26% | 31.58% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 17 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | ||||
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Dem. | F.S. | Whig | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 49 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 0 |
Start of 1st Session | 29 | 6 | 31 | 66 | 0 |
After January 30 | 28 | 6 | 32 | 66 | 0 |
Final voting share | 42.42% | 9.09% | 48.48% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 55 | 7 | 20 | 82 | 0 |
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:
Members of the Assembly for the Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:
Senate District |
County | District | Representative | Party | Residence |
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03 | Bad Ax, Chippewa, Crawford, La Crosse | Andrew Briggs | Dem. | Bad Ax | |
01 | Brown, Door, Oconto, Outagamie | Uriel H. Peak | Dem. | Green Bay | |
Calumet | James Cramond | Dem. | Manchester | ||
02 | Columbia | James T. Lewis | Dem. | Columbus | |
09 | Dane[3] | 1 | William A. Pierce | Dem. | Sun Prairie |
2 | Alexander Botkin | Whig | Madison | ||
3 | Hiram Giles | Whig | Stoughton | ||
10 | Dodge[4] | 1 | Darius L. Bancroft | Whig | Waupun |
2 | Timothy B. Sterling | Whig | Iron Ridge | ||
3 | Maximilian Averbeck | Dem. | Emmet | ||
4 | William H. Green | Dem. | Lowell | ||
5 | Horace D. Patch | Dem. | Beaver Dam | ||
04 | Fond du Lac | 1 | Benjamin F. Moore | Whig | Fond du Lac |
2 | Nicholas M. Donaldson | Whig | Waupun | ||
06 | Grant[5] | 1 | William Richardson | Whig | Fairplay |
2 | Noah Clemmons | Dem. | Platteville | ||
3 | David McKee | Dem. | Potosi | ||
4 | J. Allen Barber | Whig | Lancaster | ||
08 | Green | Truman J. Safford | Whig | Exeter | |
05 | Iowa & Richland | 1 | John Toay | Whig | Mineral Point |
2 | Luman M. Strong | Dem. | Highland | ||
12 | Jefferson[6] | 1 | Thomas R. Mott | Whig | Watertown |
2 | Jacob Skinner | Whig | Palmyra | ||
3 | A. H. Van Norstrand | Dem. | Jefferson | ||
16 | Kenosha | 1 | C. Latham Sholes | Free Soil | Kenosha |
2 | Lathrop Burgess | Free Soil | Salem | ||
03 | La Pointe & St. Croix | Otis W. Hoyt | Dem. | Hudson | |
07 | Lafayette[7] | 1 | Matthew Murphy, resigned Jan. 30 | Dem. | New Diggings |
George W. Hammett, from Jan. 30 | Whig | ||||
2 | James H. Earnest | Whig | Shullsburg | ||
01 | Manitowoc | Ezekiel Ricker | Dem. | Manitowoc | |
02 | Marathon & Portage | George W. Cate | Dem. | Amherst | |
Marquette & Waushara | Eleazer Root | Whig | Dartford | ||
19 | Milwaukee[8] | 1 | Charles Cain | Whig | Milwaukee |
2 | Joseph A. Phelps | Whig | Milwaukee | ||
18 | 3 | Wallace W. Graham | Dem. | Milwaukee | |
4 | Jonathan L. Burnham | Whig | Milwaukee | ||
5 | Valentin Knœll | Dem. | Milwaukee | ||
6 | Edward Hasse | Dem. | Milwaukee | ||
19 | 7 | William Beck | Dem. | Milwaukee | |
17 | Racine | 1 | William L. Utley | Free Soil | Racine |
2 | Abram Gordon | Whig | Racine | ||
3 | James Catton | Whig | Burlington | ||
15 | Rock[9] | 1 | William A. Lawrence | Whig | Janesville |
2 | John Hackett | Dem. | Spring Valley | ||
3 | Asal Kinney | Whig | Beloit | ||
4 | George R. Ramsey | Whig | Janesville | ||
5 | Simeon W. Abbott | Whig | Lima | ||
02 | Sauk | Jonathan W. Fyffe | Whig | Prairie du Sac | |
01 | Sheboygan | 1 | James McMillan Shafter | Whig | Sheboygan |
2 | David B. Conger | Whig | Greenbush | ||
14 | Walworth[10] | 1 | Joel H. Cooper | Free Soil | Elkhorn |
2 | Zerah Mead | Whig | Spring Prairie | ||
3 | Timothy H. Fellows | Free Soil | Genoa | ||
4 | Lewis N. Wood | Whig | Whitewater | ||
5 | Stephen Steele Barlow | Free Soil | Walworth | ||
11 | Washington | 1 | Simon D. Powers | Dem. | Port Washington |
2 | Phineas M. Johnson | Dem. | Grafton | ||
3 | Adam Staats | Dem. | Staatsville | ||
4 | Densmore W. Maxon | Dem. | Cedar Creek | ||
5 | Baruch S. Weil | Dem. | West Bend | ||
13 | Waukesha | 1 | John U. Hilliard | Dem. | Merton |
2 | Denison Worthington | Whig | Summit | ||
3 | Thomas Sugden | Whig | North Prairie | ||
4 | Publius V. Monroe | Dem. | New Berlin | ||
5 | Findley McNaughton | Dem. | Vernon | ||
04 | Waupaca & Winnebago | Dudley C. Blodget | Whig | Oshkosh |