2nd Wisconsin Legislature

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2nd Wisconsin Legislature
1st 3rd
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 1, 1849 – January 7, 1850
ElectionNovember 7, 1848
Senate
Members19
Senate PresidentJohn Edwin Holmes
Party controlDemocratic
Assembly
Members66
Assembly SpeakerHarrison Carroll Hobart
Party controlDemocratic
Sessions
1stJanuary 10, 1849 – April 2, 1849

The Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1849, to April 2, 1849, 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. Senators representing even numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term.[1]

Major events[]

Major legislation[]

  • February 8, 1849: Joint resolution related to Slavery and the Slave trade, 1849 Joint Resolution 2
  • March 6, 1849: Act to extend the boundaries of the county of Marquette, 1849 Act 73
  • March 8, 1849: Act in relation to the boundaries of the counties of Columbia, Adams, Sauk, Chippewa, La Pointe, and St. Croix, 1849 Act 77
  • March 8, 1849: Act to extend the boundaries of Winnebago county, 1849 Act 79
  • March 10, 1849: Joint resolution relative to a proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States, concerning the election of Senators in congress, 1849 Joint Resolution 5
  • March 22, 1849: Act submitting the question of the extension of the right of suffrage to a vote of the People, 1849 Act 137. Setting a referendum for the 1849 general election which would grant voting rights to African Americans living in Wisconsin. The referendum passed, but the legality was challenged. The Wisconsin Supreme Court finally upheld the result of the 1849 referendum in the 1866 case of Gillespie v Palmer and others.[2]
  • March 31, 1849: Joint resolution instructing the Hon. Isaac P. Walker to resign his seat as United States Senator, 1849 Joint Resolution 9.

Party summary[]

Senate summary[]

Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 14 seats
  Free Soil: 1 seat
  Whig: 4 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. F.S. Whig Vacant
End of previous Legislature 16 0 3 19 0
1st Session 14 1 4 19 0
Final voting share 74% 5% 21%
Beginning of the next Legislature 13 2 4 19 0

Assembly summary[]

Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 36 seats
  Free Soil: 14 seats
  Whig: 16 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. F.S. Whig Vacant
End of previous Legislature 49 0 17 66 0
1st Session 36 14 16 66 0
Final voting share 55% 21% 24%
Beginning of the next Legislature 43 8 15 66 0

Sessions[]

  • 1st Regular session: January 10, 1849 – April 2, 1849[1]

Leaders[]

Senate leadership[]

Assembly leadership[]

  • Speaker of the Assembly: Harrison Carroll Hobart[1]

Members[]

Members of the Senate[]

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Second Wisconsin Legislature (19):[1]

Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 14 seats
  Free Soil: 1 seat
  Whig: 4 seats
District Counties Senator Party Residence
01 Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan Lemuel Goodell Dem. Stockbridge
02 Columbia, Marquette, Portage, Sauk Henry Merrill Whig Fort Winnebago
03 Crawford, Chippewa, St. Croix, La Pointe James Fisher Dem. Eastman
04 Fond du Lac, Winnebago Warren Chase Dem. Ceresco
05 Iowa, Richland Montgomery M. Cothren Dem. Mineral Point
06 Grant George W. Lakin Whig Platteville
07 Lafayette Dennis Murphy Dem. Shullsburg
08 Green Elisha T. Gardner Dem. Monroe
09 Dane Alexander Botkin Whig Madison
10 Dodge William M. Dennis Dem. Watertown
11 Washington Frederick W. Horn Dem. Cedarburg
12 Jefferson Myron B. Williams Dem. Watertown
13 Waukesha Frederick Sprague Dem. Eagleville
14 Walworth John W. Boyd Dem. Geneva
15 Rock Otis W. Norton Whig Milton
16 Racine (Southern half) C. Latham Sholes Dem. Kenosha
17 Racine (Northern half) Victor Willard Free Soil Waterford
18 Milwaukee (Southern half) Asa Kinney Dem. Milwaukee
19 Milwaukee (Northern half) John B. Smith Dem. Milwaukee

Members of the Assembly[]

Members of the Assembly for the Second Wisconsin Legislature (66):[1][3][4]

Assembly partisan representation
  Democratic: 36 seats
  Free Soil: 14 seats
  Whig: 16 seats
Senate
District
Counties Representative Party Residence
01 Brown John F. Meade Dem. Green Bay
Calumet Alonzo D. Dick Whig Manchester
02 Columbia Joseph Kerr Whig Columbia
03 Crawford & Chippewa James O'Neill Dem. Black River
09 Dane 1 Charles Rickerson Dem. Medina
2 Ira W. Bird Whig Madison
3 Samuel H. Roys Dem. Dunkirk
10 Dodge 1 Paul Juneau Dem. Theresa
2 Hiram Barber Dem. Fairfield (now Oak Grove)
3 George G. King Dem. Shields
4 Jedediah Kimball Dem. Portland
5 Parker Warren Free Soil Beaver Dam
04 Fond du Lac 1 Morgan L. Noble Free Soil Fond du Lac
2 Jonathan Daugherty Whig Rosendale
06 Grant 1 Robert R. Young Whig Hazel Green
2 Davis Gillilan Dem. Potosi
3 Robert M. Briggs Whig Beetown
4 James Russell Vineyard Dem. Platteville
08 Green John C. Crawford Whig Monroe
05 Iowa & Richland 1 Jabez Peirce Dem. Mineral Point
2 Timothy Burns Dem. Franklin
12 Jefferson 1 Benjamin Nute Dem. Milford
2 Jarvis K. Pike Whig Cold Spring
3 William H. Johnson Dem. Fort Atkinson
03 La Pointe & St Croix Joseph Bowron Dem. St. Croix Falls
07 Lafayette 1 Daniel Morgan Parkinson Dem. Fayette
2 William Hill Dem. New Diggings
01 Manitowoc Charles Kuehn Dem. Two Rivers
02 Marquette Satterlee Clark Jr. Dem. Green Lake
19 Milwaukee[5] 1 James B. Cross Dem. Milwaukee
2 Zelotus A. Cotton Dem. Milwaukee
18 3 Julius White Whig Milwaukee
4 Stoddard H. Martin Free Soil Milwaukee
5 John Flynn Jr. Dem. Oak Creek
6 Enoch Chase Dem. Lake
19 7 Robert Wason Jr. Dem. Granville
02 Portage John Delany Dem. Plover
17 Racine 1 Marshall Strong Free Soil Racine
2 James DeNoon Reymert Free Soil Norway
3 Maurice L. Ayers Free Soil Burlington
16 4 Otis Colwell Free Soil Southport
5 Herman S. Thorp Free Soil Bristol
15 Rock 1 Anson W. Pope Whig Janesville
2 Samuel G. Colley Free Soil Beloit
3 Lucius H. Page Whig Fulton
4 Paul Crandall Whig Lima
5 Josiah F. Willard Free Soil Rock
02 Sauk Cyrus Leland Dem. Prairie du Sac
01 Sheboygan 1 Harrison Carroll Hobart Dem. Sheboygan
2 Jedediah Brown Dem. Sheboygan Falls
14 Walworth 1 Samuel Pratt Free Soil Spring Prairie
2 Enos Hazard Whig La Grange
3 Samuel D. Hastings Free Soil Geneva
4 George H. Lown Free Soil Walworth
5 Milo Kelsey Whig Delavan
11 Washington 1 Solon Johnson Dem. Port Washington
2 James Fagan Dem. Jackson
3 Peter Turck Dem. Mequon
4 Patrick Toland Dem. Erin
5 Chauncey M. Phelps Dem. Addison
13 Waukesha[3] 1 William H. Thomas Dem. Lisbon
2 D. Henry Rockwell Dem. Oconomowoc
3 Albert Alden Dem. Delafield
4 John M. Wells Free Soil Prairieville
5 Thomas Sugden Whig Eagle
04 Winnebago Thomas J. Townsend Whig Winnebago

Employees[]

Senate employees[]

  • Chief Clerk: William Rudolph Smith
  • Assistant Clerk: P. N. Bovee
  • Enrolling Clerk: G. W. Boardman
  • Engrossing Clerk: Henry B. Welsh
  • Transcribing Clerk: William Dutcher
  • Messenger: Moritz Morgenstine
  • Doorkeeper: J. S. Delno
  • Fireman: S. B. Sibley
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: W. Shellmer

Assembly employees[]

  • Chief Clerk: Robert L. Ream
  • Chief Clerk pro tem: Daniel Noble Johnson
  • Assistant Clerk: William Hull
  • Assistant Clerk pro tem: Alexander T. Gray
  • Enrolling Clerk: Aaron V. Fryer
  • Engrossing Clerk: J. J. Driggs
  • Transcribing Clerk: Lyman Cowderey
  • Messenger: Marshall Ten Eyk
  • Doorkeeper: C. W. White
  • Fireman: Samuel Noyes
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Felix McLinden

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 179–180.
  2. ^ "Ezekiel Gillespie, Lost and Found". Wisconsin magazine of history. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "In Assembly". Wisconsin Express. January 16, 1849. p. 1. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "List of Members of the Assembly of the State of Wisconsin", Wisconsin Express January 30, 1849; p. 4; via Newspapers.com
  5. ^ "Members of the Legislature Elect". The Weekly Wisconsin. November 15, 1848. p. 2. Retrieved August 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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