26th Wisconsin Legislature

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26th Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 6, 1873 – January 5, 1874
ElectionNovember 5, 1872
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentMilton Pettit (R)
President pro temporeHenry L. Eaton (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerHenry D. Barron (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 8, 1873 – March 20, 1873

The Twenty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 8, 1873, to March 20, 1873, 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 5, 1872. 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 7, 1871.[1]

Major events[]

  • February 11, 1873: King Amadeo I of Spain was deposed and the First Spanish Republic was proclaimed.
  • March 4, 1873: Second inauguration of President Ulysses S. Grant.
  • March 23, 1873: Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Milton Pettit died in office.
  • May 7, 1873: Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice of the United States, died of a stroke at New York City.
  • September 18, 1873: The New York stock market crashed, leading to the Panic of 1873 and the Long Depression.
  • September 24, 1873: Wisconsin Democrats convened in Milwaukee with Grangers and Liberal Republicans to form the short-lived Reform Party, and nominated William Robert Taylor as their candidate for Governor.
  • November 5, 1873: William Robert Taylor elected Governor of Wisconsin.
  • December 23, 1873: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was founded at Hillsboro, Ohio.

Major legislation[]

  • March 14, 1873: An Act to provide for finishing the state capitol, protecting the same against fire, for the improvement of the capitol park, and appropriating money to pay for the same, 1873 Act 168.
  • March 17, 1873: An Act to provide for the collection of certain statistics with a view of more fully equalizing the state taxes, 1873 Act 210.
  • March 17, 1873: An Act to prevent the careless use of firearms, 1873 Act 212.
  • March 18, 1873: An Act to provide for annexing and excluding territory to and from cities, towns and villages, and to unite cities, towns and villages, 1873 Act 234.
  • March 18, 1873: Joint Resolution ratifying proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting counties, towns, villages, etc., from becoming indebted for any purpose to an amount exceeding five percent of the value of taxable property, 1873 Joint Resolution 4.

Party summary[]

Senate summary[]

Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 10 seats
  Lib. Rep.: 2 seats
  Republican: 21 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Dem. Ref. Lib.R. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 10 0 0 23 33 0
1st Session 10 0 2 21 33 0
Final voting share 30.3% 69.7%
Beginning of the next Legislature 12 2 2 17 33 0

Assembly summary[]

Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 32 seats
  Lib. Rep.: 7 seats
  Republican: 61 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Dem. Ref. Ind. Lib.R. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 41 0 0 0 60 100 0
1st Session 32 0 0 7 61 100 0
Final voting share 32% 0% 0% 7% 61%
Beginning of the next Legislature 29 15 3 12 41 100 0

Sessions[]

  • 1st Regular session: January 8, 1873 – March 20, 1873

Leaders[]

Senate leadership[]

Assembly leadership[]

Members[]

Members of the Senate[]

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

Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 10 seats
  Lib. Rep.: 2 seats
  Republican: 21 seats
Dist. Counties Senator Residence Party
01 Sheboygan Patrick H. O'Rourk Cascade Dem.
02 Brown, Door, Kewaunee Myron P. Lindsley Green Bay Dem.
03 Milwaukee (Northern Part) Frederick W. Cotzhausen Milwaukee Dem.
04 Monroe & Vernon William Nelson Viroqua Rep.
05 Racine Robert H. Baker Racine Rep.
06 Milwaukee (Southern Half) John L. Mitchell Milwaukee Dem.
07 Dane (Eastern Part) John A. Johnson Madison Rep.
08 Kenosha & Walworth Samuel Pratt Spring Prairie Rep.
09 Iowa Francis Little Mineral Point Rep.
10 Waukesha William Blair Waukesha Rep.
11 Lafayette Francis Campbell Gratiot Rep.
12 Green Orrin Bacon Monticello Rep.
13 Dodge Samuel D. Burchard Beaver Dam Dem.
14 Sauk John B. Quimby Sauk City Rep.
15 Manitowoc Carl H. Schmidt Manitowoc Dem.
16 Grant John C. Holloway Lancaster Rep.
17 Rock Horatio N. Davis Beloit Rep.
18 Fond du Lac (Western Part) William Hiner Fond du Lac Rep.
19 Winnebago Robert McCurdy Oshkosh Rep.
20 Fond du Lac (Eastern Part) Joseph Wagner Marshfield Dem.
21 Marathon, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca, & Northern Outagamie Myron H. McCord Shawano Rep.
22 Calumet & Southern Outagamie George Kreiss Appleton Dem.
23 Jefferson Walter S. Greene Milford Dem.
24 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk, & St. Croix Joseph E. Irish Hudson Rep.
25 Green Lake, Marquette, & Waushara Robert L. D. Potter Wautoma Rep.
26 Dane (Western Part) Romanzo E. Davis Middleton Lib. R.
27 Columbia Evan O. Jones Courtland Rep.
28 Crawford & Richland Henry L. Eaton Lone Rock Rep.
29 Adams, Juneau, Portage, & Wood Thomas B. Scott Grand Rapids Rep.
30 Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, & Pepin Joseph G. Thorp Eau Claire Rep.
31 La Crosse Gideon Hixon La Crosse Rep.
32 Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, & Trempealeau Orlando Brown Modena Lib. R.
33 Ozaukee & Washington Adam Schantz Addison Dem.

Members of the Assembly[]

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

Assembly partisan representation
  Democratic: 32 seats
  Lib. Rep.: 7 seats
  Republican: 61 seats
Senate
District 		County Dist. Representative Party Residence
29 Adams & Wood Charles A. Cady Rep. Dell Prairie
24 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk Henry D. Barron Rep. St. Croix Falls
02 Brown & Southern Kewaunee 1 Joseph S. Curtis Rep. Green Bay
2 William H. Bartran Rep. Suamico
3 Dennis Dewane Dem. New Denmark
32 Buffalo Robert Lees Dem. Gilmantown
22 Calumet Thomas Lynch Dem. Chilton
30 Chippewa Albert Pound Rep. Chippewa Falls
32 Clark & Jackson Edward E. Merritt Rep. Neillsville
27 Columbia 1 Samuel S. Brannan Rep. Portage
2 Henry C. Brace Rep. Fountain Prairie
3 John L. Porter Rep. Pacific
28 Crawford Peter Doyle Dem. Prairie du Chien
07 Dane 1 Oliver W. Thornton Rep. Medina
2 Levi B. Vilas Dem. Madison
26 3 Otto Kerl Dem. Berry
4 Hiram Cornwell Rep. Verona
13 Dodge 1 John W. Davis Dem. Fox Lake
2 John Runkel Dem. Lowell
3 Wilfred C. Fuller Dem. Chester
4 Dennis Short Dem. Lomira
5 Satterlee Clark Dem. Horicon
6 Ferdinand Gnewuch Dem. Lebanon
02 Door & Northern Kewaunee De Wayne Stebbins Rep. Ahnapee
30 Dunn & Pepin Horace E. Houghton Rep. Durand
Eau Claire William P. Bartlett Rep. Eau Claire
18 Fond du Lac 1 Alonzo A. Loper Rep. Ripon
2 Rensselaer M. Lewis Lib. R. Fond du Lac
20 3 Truman M. Fay Dem. Byron
16 Grant 1 Thomas G. Stephens Lib. R. Hazel Green
2 William H. Clise Rep. Lancaster
3 John Monteith Rep. Fennimore
4 Christopher Hutchinson Rep. Beetown
12 Green John Luchsinger Rep. New Glarus
25 Green Lake Appollos D. Foote Rep. Berlin
09 Iowa 1 William E. Rowe Lib. R. Arena
2 William Robinson Rep. Moscow
23 Jefferson 1 Patrick Devy Dem. Watertown
2 Casper Steinfort Lib. R. Lake Mills
3 James W. Ostrander Rep. Jefferson
29 Juneau Henry F. C. Nichols Rep. New Lisbon
08 Kenosha Asahel Farr Rep. Kenosha
31 La Crosse Alex McMillan Rep. La Crosse
11 Lafayette William H. Armstrong Rep. Darlington
15 Manitowoc 1 Charles R. Zorn Dem. Schleswig
2 Orsamus S. Davis Rep. Cato
3 Joseph Rankin Dem. Manitowoc
21 Marathon Daniel L. Plumer Ref. Wausau
25 Marquette Charles S. Kelsey Rep. Montello
03 Milwaukee 1 Isaac W. Van Schaick Dem. Milwaukee
2 Jacob Sander Lib. R. Milwaukee
06 3 James McGrath Dem. Milwaukee
4 Gottlob E. Weiss Dem. Milwaukee
5 John A. Becher Rep. Milwaukee
03 6 Casper Sanger Rep. Milwaukee
06 7 Henry L. Palmer Dem. Milwaukee
8 Galen Seaman Rep. Milwaukee
03 9 Moritz Becker Dem. Milwaukee
10 Thomas Tobin Dem. Wauwatosa
06 11 John B. Stemper Dem. Oak Creek
04 Monroe 1 James H. Allen Rep. Sparta
2 Adelbert Bleekman Rep. Tomah
21 Oconto Richard W. Hubbell Rep. Oconto
22 Outagamie, Shawano, & Waupaca 1 John A. Roemer Dem. Appleton
21 2 Corydon L. Rich Dem. Bovina
3 Columbus Caldwell Rep. Lind
33 Ozaukee 1 Charles E. Chamberlin Dem. Ozaukee
2 Adolphus Zimmermann Dem. Mequon
24 Pierce James H. Persons Rep. Union
29 Portage David R. Clements Rep. Stevens Point
05 Racine 1 John Elkins Rep. Racine
2 Richard Richards Rep. Mount Pleasant
28 Richland 1 Norman L. James Rep. Richland Center
2 George W. Putnam Rep. Marshall
17 Rock 1 John M. Evans Rep. Union
2 David F. Sayre Rep. Porter
3 Dustin G. Cheever Rep. Clinton
4 Eugene K. Felt Rep. Newark
5 Henry A. Patterson Rep. Janesville
14 Sauk 1 John Young Rep. Honey Creek
2 John Kellogg Rep. Reedsburg
01 Sheboygan 1 Julius Bodenstab Lib. R. Herman
2 Otto Puhlman Dem. Plymouth
3 Peter Daane Rep. Holland
24 St. Croix David C. Fulton Lib. R. Hudson
32 Trempealeau Seth W. Button Rep. Trempealeau
04 Vernon 1 Peter Jerman Rep. Sterling
2 J. Henry Tate Rep. Viroqua
08 Walworth 1 Carlos L. Douglass Rep. Walworth
2 Frank Leland Rep. Elkhorn
3 Charles R. Gibbs Rep. Whitewater
33 Washington 1 Hiram W. Sawyer Dem. Hartford
2 Baruch S. Weil Dem. Schleisingerville
10 Waukesha 1 Francis G. Parks Rep. Eagle
2 David Rhoda Rep. Oconomowoc
25 Waushara Sherman Bardwell Rep. Plainfield
19 Winnebago 1 Thomas Wall Dem. Oshkosh
2 Thomas McConnell Rep. Winneconne
3 Carlton Foster Rep. Oshkosh
4 Alson Wood Rep. Rushford

Employees[]

Senate employees[]

  • Chief Clerk: J. H. Waggoner[2]
    • Assistant Clerk: Sid. A. Foster
      • Bookkeeper: T. S. Ansley
    • Engrossing Clerk: Charles A. Booth
    • Enrolling Clerk: Frank Abbott
    • Transcribing Clerk: S. H. Vedder
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: A. Emonson
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Stephen Coburn
  • Postmaster: P. H. Parsons
    • Assistant Postmaster: W. D. Harshaw
  • Doorkeeper: Hugh Longstaff
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: Walter Cook
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: W. F. Bingham
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: W. F. Hals
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: John Z. Rittman
    • Gallery Doorkeeper: G. Jones
    • Gallery Doorkeeper: S. S. Miller
    • Night Watch: Frank J. Wood
  • Governor's Attendant: Ossian M. Pettit
  • Clerk's Messenger: Charles A. Irish
  • Messengers:
    • Adolph Hastreiter
    • Arthur Johnson
    • Freddie Richards
    • Willie Bintliff
    • Eddie McCurdy
    • Johnnie Veeder
    • Charlie Fellows
    • Frank Bolting
    • Freddie Davis

Assembly employees[]

  • Chief Clerk: Ephraim W. Young[2]
    • Assistant Clerk: Fred A. Dennett
      • Bookkeeper: Roger C. Spooner
    • Engrossing Clerk: Mrs. R. A. Vilas
    • Enrolling Clerk: Amos Hitchcock
    • Transcribing Clerk: Faunie Russell
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: O. C. Bissell
    • 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: W. H. Bell
    • 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Richard Pritchard
  • Postmaster: M. Herrick
    • 1st Assistant Postmaster: W. W. Baker
    • 2nd Assistant Postmaster: Charles Volner
  • Doorkeepers:
    • John Gale
    • George W. Baker
    • S. G. Parkhurst
    • W. W. Phelps
  • Night Watch: Fred Bright
  • Firemen:
    • Charles Sellers
    • Z. B. Russell
  • Gallery Attendants:
    • John Bowen
    • H. J. Stordock
  • Committee Room Attendants:
    • George W. Williams
    • M. S. Bowler
    • Ethan Griffith
    • George Slingsby
    • Eugene J. Cole
  • Washroom Attendant: O. M. Oleson
  • Porter: H. O. Hermonson
  • Speaker's Messenger: Willie Holmes
  • Chief Clerk's Messenger: Frank R. Norton
  • Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: Eddie B. Weeks
  • Messengers:
    • Charles Murphy
    • Frank Porter
    • Henry Cutler
    • Ed. Hubbell
    • Edwin Roweliff
    • Cassius Paine
    • John Lannan
    • Willie Rudd
    • Charles Wootton
    • Julian French
    • Charles Rothe
    • Mike Comford
    • John Oleson
    • Fred Hawley

References[]

  1. ^ Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 229–231. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Turner, A. J., ed. (1873). "Official Directory" (PDF). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 433–466. Retrieved December 11, 2021.

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