17th Wisconsin Legislature

17th Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 4, 1864 – January 2, 1865
ElectionNovember 3, 1863
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentWyman Spooner (U)
President pro temporeSmith S. Wilkinson (U)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerWilliam W. Field (U)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 13, 1864 – April 4, 1864

The Seventeenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1864, to April 4, 1864, 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 3, 1863. 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 4, 1862.[1]

Major events

Major legislation

  • February 19, 1864: Act to organize the county of Burnett, and locate the county seat thereof, 1864 Act 74
  • February 26, 1864: Joint Resolution relative to the extension of time for the payment of government bounties to volunteers, 1864 Joint Resolution 2
  • March 5, 1864: Joint Resolution relative to the vigorous prosecution of the war, the duty of congress and the people, tendering thanks to the army and navy, and suggesting the renomination of Abraham Lincoln, 1864 Joint Resolution 4
  • March 22, 1864: Act to incorporate "Marquette College" in the second ward of the city of Milwaukee, 1864 Act 180
  • April 4, 1864: Act to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise, and to preserve the purity of elections, by a registration of electors, 1864 Act 445

Party summary

Senate summary

Senate Partisan composition
  Democratic: 11 seats
  National Union: 22 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Union Republican Vacant
End of previous Legislature 15 1 17 33 0
1st Session 11 22 0 33 0
Final voting share 33.33% 66.67%
Beginning of the next Legislature 8 25 0 33 0

Assembly summary

Assembly Partisan composition
  Democratic: 29 seats
  National Union: 71 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Union Republican Vacant
End of previous Legislature 43 2 55 100 0
Start 1st Session 29 71 0 100 0
After March 16 70 99 1
Final voting share 29.29% 70.71%
Beginning of the next Legislature 33 67 0 100 0

Sessions

  • 1st Regular session: January 13, 1864 – April 4, 1864

Leaders

Senate leadership

Assembly leadership

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Seventeenth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 11 seats
  Union: 22 seats
District Counties Senator Residence Party
01 Sheboygan John E. Thomas Sheboygan Falls Dem.
02 Brown, Kewaunee Frederick S. Ellis Green Bay Dem.
03 Ozaukee John R. Bohan Ozaukee Dem.
04 Washington Frederick O. Thorpe West Bend Dem.
05 Milwaukee (Northern Part) William K. Wilson Milwaukee Dem.
06 Milwaukee (Southern Part) Hugh P. Reynolds Milwaukee Dem.
07 Racine Timothy D. Morris Whitesville Union
08 Kenosha Anthony Van Wyck Kenosha Union
09 Adams, Juneau, Waushara Alanson M. Kimball Pine River Union
10 Waukesha William Blair Waukesha Union
11 Dane (Eastern Part) Willard H. Chandler Windsor Union
12 Walworth Newton Littlejohn Whitewater Union
13 Lafayette James Earnest Shullsburg Dem.
14 Sauk Smith S. Wilkinson Prairie du Sac Union
15 Iowa George L. Frost Mineral Point Dem.
16 Grant Milas K. Young Glen Haven Union
17 Rock William A. Lawrence Janesville Union
18 Dodge (Western Part) William E. Smith Fox Lake Union
19 Manitowoc & Calumet Joseph Vilas Manitowoc Dem.
20 Fond du Lac George F. Wheeler Nanaupa Union
21 Winnebago Joseph B. Hamilton Neenah Union
22 Door, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw Joseph Harris Sturgeon Bay Union
23 Jefferson J. D. Clapp Fort Atkinson Dem.
24 Green Walter S. Wescott Monroe Union
25 Columbia Jonathan Bowman Kilbourn City Union
26 Dane (Western Part) Thomas Hood Madison Union
27 Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood Alexander S. McDill Plover Union
28 Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Austin H. Young Prescott Union
29 Marquette, Green Lake Charles S. Kelsey Montello Union
30 Bad Ax, Crawford, Richland William Ketcham Richland City Union
31 La Crosse, Monroe Angus Cameron La Crosse Union
32 Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau Carl C. Pope Black River Falls Union
33 Dodge (Eastern Part) Satterlee Clark Horicon Dem.

Members of the Assembly

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

Assembly partisan representation
  Democratic: 29 seats
  Union: 71 seats
Senate
District 		County District Representative Party Residence
09 Adams Anson Rood (Until March 16) Union Kilbourn City
28 Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk Henry D. Barron Union St. Croix Falls
02 Brown William J. Abrams Dem. Green Bay
32 Buffalo, Pepin, Trempealeau Fayette Allen Union Durand
19 Calumet Thomas McLean Dem. Stockbridge
32 Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire Thaddeus C. Pound Union Chippewa Falls
Clark, Jackson Calvin R. Johnson Union Black River Falls
25 Columbia 1 A. J. Turner Union Portage
2 Edwin W. McNitt Union Otsego
3 Yates Ashley Union Pardeeville
30 Crawford Horace Beach Union Prairie du Chien
11 Dane 1 William W. Blackman Union Stoughton
2 William H. Miller Union Door Creek
26 3 Alden S. Sanborn Dem. Mazomanie
4 George Wright Union Mount Horeb
5 George B. Smith Dem. Madison
18 Dodge 1 George H. Adams Union Danville
2 William H. Green Union Lowell
3 Oscar F. Jones Dem. Juneau
33 4 Max Bachhuber Dem. Farmersville
5 John G. Daily Dem. Hustisford
22 Door, Oconto, Shawano Herman Naber Union Shawano
20 Fond du Lac 1 William Starr Union Ripon
2 James McElroy Union Waupun
3 Edwin H. Galloway Union Fond du Lac
4 Charles Geisse Dem. Taycheedah
5 Edgar Wilcox Union Byron
16 Grant 1 Hanmer Robbins Union Platteville
2 Allen Taylor Union Dickeyville
3 J. Allen Barber Union Lancaster
4 William W. Field Union Fennimore
5 Wood R. Beach Union Beetown
24 Green 1 William W. McLaughlin Union Oregon
2 Frederick B. Rolph Union Monroe
29 Green Lake James Field Union Berlin
15 Iowa 1 Wyman L. Lincoln Union Avoca
2 Francis Little Union Mineral Point
23 Jefferson 1 Robert Hass Dem. Watertown
2 Aaron B. Smith Union Lake Mills
3 Joseph Powers Union Hebron
4 James M. Bingham Union Palmyra
09 Juneau Lyman Clark Union Kildare
08 Kenosha A. Constantine Barry Union Sylvania
02 Kewaunee Nelson Boutin Dem. Kewaunee
31 La Crosse Samuel S. Burton Union La Crosse
13 Lafayette 1 Tarleton Dunn Dem. Elk Grove
2 Samuel Cole Union Gratiot
19 Manitowoc 1 Peter P. Fuessenich Union Eaton
2 Thomas Thornton Dem. Clark's Mills
3 David Smoke Dem. Two Rivers
27 Marathon, Wood Bartholomew Ringle Dem. Wausau
29 Marquette Robert Cochran Dem. Westfield
05 Milwaukee 1 Levi Hubbell Union Milwaukee
2 David Knab Dem. Milwaukee
06 3 John W. Eviston Dem. Milwaukee
4 Napoleon B. Caswell Union Milwaukee
5 J. C. U. Niedermann Union Milwaukee
05 6 Frederick T. Zetteler Dem. Milwaukee
7 James Watts Dem. Granville
06 8 Edward McGarry Dem. Milwaukee
9 Anton Frey Dem. Franklin
31 Monroe Carleton E. Rice Union Sparta
22 Outagamie George Kreiss Dem. Appleton
03 Ozaukee William T. Bonniwell Jr. Dem. Cedarburg
28 Pierce, St. Croix Joseph S. Elwell Union Hudson
27 Portage John Phillips Union Stevens Point
07 Racine 1 George C. Northrop Union Racine
2 Henry Stevens Union Caledonia
3 Philo Belden Union Rochester
30 Richland John Walworth Union Richland Center
17 Rock 1 Thomas Earle Union Fulton
2 Thomas H. Goodhue Union Whitewater
3 Guy Wheeler Union Janesville
4 Perry Bostwick Union Beloit
5 Hamilton Richardson Union Janesville
6 Jerome Burbank Union Brodhead
14 Sauk 1 Alonzo Wilcox Union Spring Green
2 Argalus W. Starks Union Baraboo
01 Sheboygan 1 Carl Zillier Dem. Sheboygan
2 Louis Wolf Dem. Sheboygan Falls
3 Michael Winter Union Adell
4 Mark Martin Union Onion River
30 Vernon 1 William H. Officer Union Springville
2 Albert Bliss Union Readstown
12 Walworth 1 John Jeffers Union Darien
2 Daniel Smith Union Richmond
3 Daniel C. Roundy Union Geneva
4 Lucius Allen Union East Troy
04 Washington 1 Nicholaus Marx Dem. Wayne
2 Henry Hildebrandt Dem. Station
3 Martin Schottler Dem. Staatsville
10 Waukesha 1 William Costigan Dem. Marshall
2 Joel R. Carpenter Union Oconomowoc
3 Norman Shultis Union North Prairie
4 John Schmidt Union Muskego
27 Waupaca Albert K. Osborn Union Iola
09 Waushara William C. Webb Union Wautoma
21 Winnebago 1 Richard C. Russell Union Oshkosh
2 Jeremiah Hunt Union Menasha
3 George S. Barnum Union Waukau

Employees

Senate employees

  • Chief Clerk: Frank M. Stewart[2]
    • Assistant Clerk: P. H. Brady
      • Bookkeeper: J. Spooner
    • Engrossing Clerk: Sineus B. Dibble
    • Enrolling Clerk: Thomas Marshall
    • Transcribing Clerk: F. O. Wisner
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Nelson Williams
    • 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: H. Esperson
    • 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: John B. Eugene
  • Postmaster: Henry H. Taylor
    • Assistant Postmaster: S. Raymond
  • Doorkeeper: G. M. Cary
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: J. P. Miller
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: J. H. Jones
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: Otis A. Albee
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: William P. Close
    • Gallery Doorkeeper: B. S. Miller
  • Firemen:
    • Barnet Wilson
    • William W. Baker
    • William Holden
  • Messengers:
    • John C. Hutchins
    • Albert F. Dexter
    • Rufus H. Roys
    • William C. Jones
    • C. C. Frey
    • Frank C. Freeman
  • Porter: John Crowley

Assembly employees

  • Chief Clerk: John S. Dean[2]
    • Assistant Clerk: Ephraim W. Young
      • Bookkeeper: E. L. Fitzhugh
    • Engrossing Clerk: A. L. Rockwell
    • Enrolling Clerk: J. H. Balch
    • Transcribing Clerk: A. C. Byers
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Alexander McDonald Thomson
    • 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: William P. Forsyth
    • 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Lewis M. Hammond
  • Postmaster: N. A. Spooner
    • 1st Assistant Postmaster: Hiram Beckwith
    • 2nd Assistant Postmaster: Oscar Babcock
  • Doorkeepers:
    • Franklin Kelly
    • W. L. Abbott
    • W. E. Angell
    • C. Saran
    • C. E. Tanburg
    • William Spencer
  • Firemen:
    • Oliver Johnson
    • A. C. Stannard
    • Robert Axon
    • C. McCarthy
  • Speaker's Messenger: Adam C. Waltz
  • Chief Clerk's Messenger: James E. Dean
  • Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: Arthur Tilden
  • Messengers:
    • Moses Flesh
    • Patrick McKanna
    • Robert Airis
    • Louis Sholes
    • Marion M. Young
    • William P. Beach
    • Linus S. Webb
    • Fred Chynoweth

References

  1. ^ "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1882 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 208–210. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Stewart, Frank M.; Dean, John S., eds. (1864). "Legislative department". The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 76–77, 88–91. Retrieved March 21, 2020.

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