1st Wisconsin Legislature

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1st Wisconsin Legislature
Territorial Legislature 2nd
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJune 5, 1848 – January 1, 1849
ElectionFebruary 1, 1848
Senate
Members19
Senate PresidentJohn Edwin Holmes
Party controlDemocratic
Assembly
Members66
Assembly SpeakerNinian E. Whiteside
Party controlDemocratic
Sessions
1stJune 5, 1848 – August 21, 1848

The First Wisconsin Legislature convened from June 5, 1848, to August 21, 1848, in regular session. Members of the Assembly and Senate were elected after an election on February 1, 1848, that ratified the proposed state constitution.

Major events[]

  • May 8, 1848: Nelson Dewey elected Governor of Wisconsin.
  • May 29, 1848: Wisconsin was admitted to the Union as the 30th State.
  • June 7, 1848: Inauguration of Nelson Dewey as the first Governor of Wisconsin.
  • June 8, 1848: The Wisconsin Legislature, in joint session, elected Henry Dodge and Isaac P. Walker as United States Senators.[1]
  • November 7, 1848: Zachary Taylor elected President of the United States. Wisconsin's electoral votes went to his opponent, Lewis Cass.

Major legislation[]

Party summary[]

Senate summary[]

Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 16 seats
  Whig: 3 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Free Soil Whig Vacant
1st Session 16 0 3 19 0
Final voting share 84% 0% 16%
Beginning of the next Legislature 14 1 4 19 0

Assembly summary[]

Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 49 seats
  Whig: 17 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Free Soil Whig Vacant
1st Session 49 0 17 66 0
Final voting share 74% 0% 26%
Beginning of the next Legislature 35 14 17 66 0

Sessions[]

  • 1st Regular session: June 4, 1848 – August 21, 1848

Leaders[]

Senate leadership[]

  • President of the Senate: John E. Holmes, Lieutenant Governor

Assembly leadership[]

Members[]

Members of the Senate[]

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the First Wisconsin Legislature (19):[2][3]

Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 16 seats
  Whig: 3 seats
District Counties Senator Party Residence
01 Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan Harrison C. Hobart Dem. Sheboygan
02 Columbia, Marquette, Portage, Sauk Henry Merrill Whig Fort Winnebago
03 Crawford, Chippewa, St. Croix, La Pointe Daniel G. Fenton Dem. Prairie du Chien
04 Fond du Lac, Winnebago Warren Chase Dem. Ceresco
05 Iowa, Richland Henry M. Billings Dem. Highland
06 Grant George W. Lakin Whig Platteville
07 Lafayette Thomas K. Gibson Dem. Benton
08 Green Elisha T. Gardner Dem. Monroe
09 Dane Simeon Mills Dem. Madison
10 Dodge William M. Dennis Dem. Watertown
11 Washington Frederick W. Horn Dem. Cedarburg
12 Jefferson Myron B. Williams Dem. Watertown
13 Waukesha Joserph Turner Dem. Prairieville
14 Walworth John W. Boyd Dem. Geneva
15 Rock Otis W. Norton Whig Milton
16 Racine (Southern half) C. Latham Sholes Dem. Racine
17 Racine (Northern half) Philo White Dem. Racine
18 Milwaukee (Southern half) Asa Kinney Dem. Milwaukee
19 Milwaukee (Northern half) Riley N. Messenger Dem. Milwaukee

Members of the Assembly[]

Members of the Assembly for the First Wisconsin Legislature (66):[2][3]

Assembly partisan representation
  Democratic: 49 seats
  Whig: 17 seats
Senate
District
Counties Representative Party Residence
01 Brown David Agry Dem. Green Bay
Calumet Lemuel Goodell Dem. Stockbridge
02 Columbia Joseph Kerr Whig Randolph
03 Crawford & Chippewa William T. Sterling Dem. Mount Sterling
09 Dane 1 Henry M. Warner Dem. Cottage Grove
2 Ebenezer Brigham Whig Blue Mounds
3 Samuel H. Roys Dem. Stoughton
10 Dodge 1 Lorenzo Merrill Dem. Beaver Dam
2 Charles Billinghurst Dem. Juneau
3 Benjamin Randall Dem. Lebanon
4 Monroe Thompson Whig Fox Lake
5 Stephen Jones Whig Lowell
04 Fond du Lac 1 Charles Doty Whig Fond du Lac
2 Jonathan Daugherty Whig Rosendale
06 Grant 1 James Gilmore Whig Jamestown
2 Noah Virgin Whig Platteville
3 Armisted C. Brown Whig Potosi
4 Arthur W. Worth Dem. Lancaster
08 Green Henry Adams Dem. Monticello
05 Iowa & Richland 1 Thomas Jenkins Dem. Dodgeville
2 Abner Nichols Dem. Mineral Point
12 Jefferson 1 Wales Emmons Dem. Watertown
2 Peter H. Turner Dem. Palmyra
3 Davenport Rood Dem. Jefferson
03 La Pointe & St Croix William R. Marshall until June 6, 1848 Dem. St. Croix Falls
Joseph Bowron from June 13, 1848 Dem. St. Croix Falls
07 Lafayette 1 Ninian E. Whiteside Dem. Belmont
2 Elias Slothower Dem. Gratiot
01 Manitowoc Ezra Durgin Dem. Manitowoc
02 Marquette Archibald Nichols Dem. Markesan
19 Milwaukee 1 Edward Wunderly Dem. Milwaukee
2 Augustus Greulich Dem. Milwaukee
18 3 William W. Brown Whig Milwaukee
4 Leonard P. Crary Dem. Milwaukee
5 Andrew Sullivan Dem. Milwaukee
6 Horace Chase Dem. Milwaukee
19 7 Perley J. Shumway Dem. Wauwatosa
02 Portage James M. Campbell Dem. Stevens Point
17 Racine 1 David McDonald Dem. Racine
2 Henry B. Roberts Dem. Caledonia
3 Samuel E. Chapman Whig Rochester
16 4 Julius L. Gilbert Dem. Racine
5 Elias Woodworth Jr. Dem. Bristol
15 Rock 1 G. F. A. Atherton Dem. Emerald Grove
2 Alanson B. Vaughan Whig Union
3 Albert P. Blakeslee Dem. Johnstown
4 Robert T. Carey Whig Beloit
5 Nathaniel Strong Dem. Beloit
02 Sauk Delando Pratt Dem. Baraboo
01 Sheboygan 1 Charles E. Morris Dem. Sheboygan
2 Jedediah Brown Dem. Sheboygan Falls
14 Walworth 1 Gaylord Graves Dem. East Troy
2 Prosper Cravath Whig Whitewater
3 Erasmus D. Richardson Dem. Geneva
4 Hugh Long Dem. Darien
5 Milo Kelsey Whig Delavan
11 Washington 1 Henry Allen Dem. Port Washington
2 Benjamin H. Mooers Dem. Grafton
3 Adolphus Zimmermann Dem. Mequon
4 Densmore Maxon Dem. Cedar Creek
5 William Caldwell Whig Barton
13 Waukesha 1 Joseph W. Brackett Dem. Brookfield
2 Dewey K. Warren Dem. Delafield
3 Chauncey G. Heath Dem. Pewaukee
4 George M. Humphrey Dem. New Berlin
5 Joseph Bond Dem. Mukwonago
04 Winnebago Erasmus D. Hall Whig Waukau

Employees[]

  • Enrolling Clerk: Aaron V. Fryer[4]

Senate employees[]

  • Chief Clerk:
  • Writer: R. L. Ream
  • Writer: Henry Lines
  • Writer: E. P. Lockhart
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Lyman H. Seaver
  • Chaplain: H. W. Reed

Assembly employees[]

  • Chief Clerk:
  • Chief Clerk pro tem: L. F. Kellogg
  • Assistant Clerk: T. A. B. Boyd
  • Writer: Ira W. Bird
  • Writer: James Murdock
  • Messenger: Henry Starks
  • Doorkeeper: Samuel Parkhurst
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: John Mullanphy
  • Chaplain: John Penman
  • Chaplain: Charles Lord

References[]

  1. ^ Journal of the Assembly of the First Legislature of the State of Wisconsin (Report). 1848. p. 36. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin, 1881 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 177, 178. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Smith, William R. (1854). The History of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: Beriah Brown. pp. 303–305. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  4. ^ Acts of the 1848 Wisconsin Legislature (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Legislature. pp. 270, 271. Retrieved May 12, 2019.

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