11th Wisconsin Legislature

11th Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 4, 1858 – January 3, 1859
ElectionNovember 3, 1857
Senate
Members30
Senate PresidentErasmus D. Campbell (D)
President pro temporeHiram H. Giles (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members97
Assembly SpeakerFrederick S. Lovell (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 13, 1858 – March 17, 1858

The Eleventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1858, to March 17, 1858, 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 3, 1857. 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 4, 1856.[1]

Major events

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate summary

Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 12 seats
  Republican: 18 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Ind. Republican Vacant
End of previous Legislature 11 0 19 30 0
1st Session 12 0 18 30 0
Final voting share 40% 0% 60%
Beginning of the next Legislature 14 0 16 30 0

Assembly summary

Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 44 seats
  Republican: 53 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Ind. Republican Vacant
End of previous Legislature 34 0 63 97 0
1st Session 44 0 53 97 0
Final voting share 45% 0% 55%
Beginning of the next Legislature 41 1 54 96 1

Sessions

  • 1st Regular session: January 13, 1858 – March 17, 1858

Leaders

Senate leadership

Assembly leadership

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Eleventh Wisconsin Legislature (30):

Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 12 seats
  Republican: 18 seats
District Counties Senator Party Residence
01 Sheboygan Elijah Fox Cook Dem. Sheboygan
02 Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw Morgan Lewis Martin Dem. Green Bay
03 Ozaukee Herman J. Schulteis Dem. Port Washington
04 Washington Densmore W. Maxon Dem. Cedar Creek
05 Milwaukee (Northern Half) Augustus Greulich Dem. Milwaukee
06 Milwaukee (Southern Half) Patrick Walsh Dem. Milwaukee
07 Racine Champion S. Chase Rep. Racine
08 Kenosha Samuel R. McClellan Rep. Wilmot
09 Adams, Juneau, Sauk John T. Kingston Rep. Necedah
10 Waukesha Denison Worthington Rep. Summit
11 Dane (Eastern Part) Hiram H. Giles Rep. Stoughton
12 Walworth John W. Boyd Rep. Geneva
13 Lafayette Philemon B. Simpson Dem. Shullsburg
14 Jefferson (Northern Part) and Dodge (Southern Part) William Chappell Dem. Watertown
15 Iowa, Richland Lemuel W. Joiner Rep. Wyoming
16 Grant Noah H. Virgin Rep. Platteville
17 Rock (Western Part) James Sutherland Rep. Janesville
18 Rock (Eastern Part) Alden I. Bennett Rep. Beloit
19 Manitowoc, Calumet Temple Clark Dem. Manitowoc
20 Fond du Lac Edward Pier Rep. Fond du Lac
21 Winnebago Edwin Wheeler Rep. Oshkosh
22 Dodge (Northern Part) William E. Smith Rep. Fox Lake
23 Jefferson (Southern Part) Samuel C. Bean Rep. Lake Mills
24 Green John H. Warren Rep. Albany
25 Columbia Moses M. Davis Rep. Portage
26 Dane (Western Part) Andrew Proudfit Dem. Madison
27 Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood Luther Hanchett Rep. Plover
28 Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Daniel Mears Dem. Osceola Mills
29 Marquette Martin L. Kimball Rep. Berlin
30 Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Tremealeau William H. Tucker Dem. La Crosse

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Eleventh Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 44 seats
  Republican: 53 seats
Senate
District 		County District Representative Party Residence
09 Adams & Juneau Almon P. Ayers Rep. Quincy
28 Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix James B. Gray Rep. Hudson
30 Bad Ax, Crawford James R. Savage Dem. Springville
02 Brown Edgar Conklin Dem. Green Bay
30 Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau Harlow E. Prickett Dem. Black River Falls
19 Calumet James Robinson Dem. Chilton
28 Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Pierce Lucius Cannon Rep. Pepin
25 Columbia[2] 1 Alvin B. Alden Dem. Portage
2 William M. Griswold Rep. Columbus
3 Jonathan W. Earle Rep. Pardeeville
11 Dane[2] 1 Daniel B. Crandall Rep. Utica
2 John E. Sharp Rep. Door Creek
3 Storer W. Field Rep. Fitchburg
26 4 Henry K. Belding Dem. Black Earth
5 Frank Gault Dem. Pheasant Branch
6 Alexander A. McDonell Rep. Madison
22 Dodge[2] 1 John Steiner Dem. Woodland
2 Narcisse Juneau Dem. Theresa
3 Paul Juneau Dem. Juneau
4 Benjamin F. Gibbs Rep. Fox Lake
5 Frederick H. Kribs Rep. Beaver Dam
6 Edward J. Williams Rep. Elba
02 Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano Jonathan C. Hall Dem. Marinette
20 Fond du Lac[2] 1 Edmund L. Runals Rep. Ripon
2 Henry D. Hitt Rep. Oakfield
3 Frank D. McCarty Dem. Fond du Lac
4 Joseph Wagner Dem. Dotyville
5 William S. Tuttle Dem. New Fane
16 Grant[2] 1 Henry D. York Rep. Hazel Green
2 Albert W. Emerey Dem. Potosi
3 Hanmer Robbins Rep. Platteville
4 Charles K. Dean Rep. Boscobel
5 Henry Patch Dem. Patch Grove
24 Green[2] 1 James E. Vinton Rep. Albany
2 William G. Brown Rep. Skinner
15 Iowa[2] 1 Henry M. Billings Dem. Constance
2 Levi Sterling Rep. Mineral Point
23 Jefferson[2] 1 Miles Holmes Rep. Palmyra
2 George C. Smith Rep. Oakland
14 3 Peter Rogan Dem. Watertown
4 John Gibb Dem. Oconomowoc
5 Harlow Pease Rep. Waterloo
08 Kenosha[2] 1 Frederick S. Lovell Rep. Kenosha
2 Almond D. Cornwell Rep. Salem
30 La Crosse & Monroe James D. Condit Dem. Sparta
13 Lafayette[2] 1 Hamilton H. Gray Dem. Darlington
2 Charles Bracken Dem. Mineral Point
3 James H. Earnest Dem. New Diggings
19 Manitowoc[2] 1 Henry C. Hamilton Dem. Two Rivers
2 James B. Dunn Dem. Manitowoc
27 Marathon, Portage, Wood Burton Millard Rep. Wausau
29 Marquette[2] 1 Samuel W. Mather Dem. Markesan
2 Dominic K. Devaney Rep. Montello
05 Milwaukee[2] 1 Dighton Corson Dem. Milwaukee
2 Alex. Cotzhausen Dem. Milwaukee
06 3 John Hayden Dem. Milwaukee
4 Duncan E. Cameron Dem. Milwaukee
5 Mitchell Steever Dem. Milwaukee
05 6 Frederick R. Berg Dem. Milwaukee
7 Michael Hanrahan Dem. Good Hope
06 8 Joseph Carney Dem. Wauwatosa
9 Orlando Ellsworth Rep. Milwaukee
02 Outagamie Perry H. Smith Dem. Appleton
03 Ozaukee[2] 1 Alexander M. Alling Dem. Saukville
2 B. O. Zastrow Kussow Dem. Cedarburg
07 Racine[2] 1 George W. Selden Rep. Racine
2 Hermon Warner Dem. Racine
3 Samuel Collins Rep. Yorkville
4 Edward Dyer Rep. Burlington
15 Richland Charles G. Rodolf Dem. Orion
18 Rock[2] 1 George Irish Rep. Clinton
2 William Hubbard Stark Rep. Shopiere
17 3 James H. Knowlton Rep. Janesville
4 Zebulon P. Burdick Rep. Janesville
5 Kiron W. Bemis Rep. Janesville
09 Sauk[2] 1 Samuel H. Bassinger Rep. Prairie du Sac
2 Samuel Northrup Rep. Dellona
01 Sheboygan[2] 1 Zebulon P. Mason Dem. Sheboygan
2 William H. Prentice Rep. Sheboygan Falls
3 Abraham H. Van Wie Rep. Cascade
12 Walworth[2] 1 John McKibbin Rep. Geneva
2 Elijah Easton Rep. Walworth
3 Butler G. Noble Rep. Whitewater
4 James Baker Rep. East Troy
04 Washington[2] 1 James Kenealy Dem. Toland's Prairie
2 Paul A. Weil Dem. Richfield
3 Charles W. Detmering Dem. Newburg
10 Waukesha[2] 1 Albert Alden Rep. Delafield
2 Oliver P. Hullett Rep. Menomonee Falls
3 David Roberts Dem. North Prairie
4 George McWhorter Rep. Waukesha
5 Charles S. Hawley Rep. Waukesha
27 Waupaca Andrew J. Dufur Rep. Iola
Waushara William C. Webb Rep. Wautoma
21 Winnebago[2] 1 Samuel M. Hay Rep. Oshkosh
2 William Duchman Rep. Menasha
3 William P. McAllister Rep. Omro

Employees

Senate employees

  • Chief Clerk: John L. V. Thomas
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Nathaniel L. Stout

Assembly employees

  • Chief Clerk: L. H. D. Crane
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Francis Massing

References

  1. ^ "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1881 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 193–194.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Crane, L. H. D., ed. (1859). "List of Assembly Districts, with Names of Members since the last apportionment" (PDF). A Manual of Customs, Precedents, and Forms in use in the Assembly of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 58–64. Retrieved September 4, 2021.