11th Wisconsin Legislature

Wisconsin legislative term for 1858 February 2025 January 2025 11th Wisconsin Legislature Wisconsin State Capitol 1855.jpg Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855 Wisconsin Legislature Wisconsin State Capitol November 3, 1857 January 4, 1858 January 3, 1859 10th 12th Senate 30 Republican Senate President Erasmus D. Campbell (D) President pro tempore Hiram H. Giles (R) Assembly 97 Republican Assembly Speaker Frederick S. Lovell (R) January 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. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1881 The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1881 193–194 Annals of the legislature State of Wisconsin The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Alexander Randall, of Waukesha County, serving the first year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1857 Wisconsin gubernatorial election. Major events January 4, 1858: Inauguration of Alexander Randall as the 6th Governor of Wisconsin. Major legislation February 25, 1858: Act to divide the County of Dunn, and create the County of Pepin, 1858 Act 15 March 5, 1858: Act to divide the County of Marquette and erect the County of Green Lake, 1858 Act 17 May 12, 1858: Act providing for the organization, enrolling and discipline of the Militia of the State of Wisconsin, 1858 Act 87 May 17, 1858: Act to protect the people against corrupt and secret influences of matters of Legislation, 1858 Act 145 Party summary Senate summary thumb|220px|right|Senate partisan composition #3333FF Democratic: 12 seats #E81B23 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 thumb|220px|right|Assembly partisan composition #3333FF Democratic: 44 seats #E81B23 Republican: 53 seats Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) Total Democratic Ind. Republican Vacant End of previous Legislature 34 063 97 0 1st Session 44 053 97 0 Final voting share 45% 0%55% Beginning of the next Legislature 41 154 96 1 Sessions 1st Regular session: January 13, 1858 – March 17, 1858 Leaders Senate leadership President of the Senate: Erasmus D. Campbell, Lieutenant Governor President pro tempore: Hiram H. Giles Assembly leadership Speaker of the Assembly: Frederick S. Lovell Members Members of the Senate Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Eleventh Wisconsin Legislature (30): thumb|220px|right|Senate partisan representation #3333FF Democratic: 12 seats #E81B23 Republican: 18 seats District Counties Senator Party Residence 01 Sheboygan Elijah Fox CookDem. Sheboygan 02 Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw Morgan Lewis MartinDem. Green Bay 03 Ozaukee Herman J. SchulteisDem. Port Washington 04 Washington Densmore W. Maxon Densmore MaxonDem. Cedar Creek 05 Milwaukee (Northern Half) Augustus GreulichDem. Milwaukee 06 Milwaukee (Southern Half) Patrick Walsh Patrick Walsh (Wisconsin politician)Dem. Milwaukee 07 Racine Champion S. ChaseRep. Racine 08 Kenosha Samuel R. McClellanRep. Wilmot 09 Adams, Juneau, Sauk John T. KingstonRep. Necedah 10 Waukesha Denison WorthingtonRep. Summit 11 Dane (Eastern Part) Hiram H. Giles Hiram GilesRep. Stoughton 12 Walworth John W. Boyd John W. Boyd (Wisconsin)Rep. Geneva 13 Lafayette Philemon B. Simpson Philemon SimpsonDem. Shullsburg 14 Jefferson (Northern Part) and Dodge (Southern Part) William Chappell William Chappell (Wisconsin politician)Dem. Watertown 15 Iowa, Richland Lemuel W. JoinerRep. Wyoming 16 Grant Noah H. Virgin Noah VirginRep. Platteville 17 Rock (Western Part) James Sutherland James Sutherland (Wisconsin politician)Rep. Janesville 18 Rock (Eastern Part) Alden I. BennettRep. Beloit 19 Manitowoc, Calumet Temple ClarkDem. Manitowoc 20 Fond du Lac Edward PierRep. Fond du Lac 21 Winnebago Edwin WheelerRep. Oshkosh 22 Dodge (Northern Part) William E. Smith politicianRep. Fox Lake 23 Jefferson (Southern Part) Samuel C. BeanRep. Lake Mills 24 Green John H. Warren John Holden WarrenRep. Albany 25 Columbia Moses M. DavisRep. Portage 26 Dane (Western Part) Andrew ProudfitDem. Madison 27 Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood Luther HanchettRep. Plover 28 Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Daniel Mears Daniel Mears (politician)Dem. Osceola Mills 29 Marquette Martin L. KimballRep. Berlin 30 Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Tremealeau William H. Tucker William H. Tucker (American politician)Dem. La Crosse Members of the Assembly Members of the Assembly for the Eleventh Wisconsin Legislature: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1859 A Manual of Customs, Precedents, and Forms in use in the Assembly of the State of Wisconsin Crane L. H. D. 1859 State of Wisconsin https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1859/reference/wi.wibluebk1859.i0023.pdf List of Assembly Districts, with Names of Members since the last apportionment 58–64 September 4, 2021 thumb|220px|right|Senate partisan representation #3333FF Democratic: 44 seats #E81B23 Republican: 53 seats SenateDistrict County District Representative Party Residence 09 Adams & Juneau Almon P. Ayers 1 Rep. Quincy 28 Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix James B. Gray 1 Rep. Hudson 30 Bad Ax, Crawford James R. Savage 1 Dem. Springville 02 Brown Edgar Conklin Dem. Green Bay 30 Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau Harlow E. Prickett 1 Dem. Black River Falls 19 Calumet James Robinson James Robinson (Wisconsin politician) Dem. Chilton 28 Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Pierce Lucius Cannon 1 Rep. Pepin 25Columbia 1 Alvin B. Alden Alvin Alden Dem. Portage 2 William M. Griswold Rep. Columbus 3 Jonathan W. Earle 1 Rep. Pardeeville 11 Dane 1 Daniel B. Crandall 1 Rep. Utica 2 John E. Sharp 1 Rep. Door Creek 3 Storer W. Field 1 Rep. Fitchburg 26 4 Henry K. Belding 1 Dem. Black Earth 5 Frank Gault Dem. Pheasant Branch 6 Alexander A. McDonell 1 Rep. Madison 22 Dodge 1 John Steiner 1 Dem. Woodland 2 Narcisse Juneau Dem. Theresa 3 Paul Juneau Dem. Juneau 4 Benjamin F. Gibbs 1 Rep. Fox Lake 5 Frederick H. Kribs 1 Rep. Beaver Dam 6 Edward J. Williams 1 Rep. Elba 02 Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano Jonathan C. Hall 1 Dem. Marinette 20 Fond du Lac 1 Edmund L. Runals 1 Rep. Ripon 2 Henry D. Hitt Rep. Oakfield 3 Frank D. McCarty 1 Dem. Fond du Lac 4 Joseph Wagner Joseph Wagner (Wisconsin politician) Dem. Dotyville 5 William S. Tuttle 1 Dem. New Fane 16 Grant 1 Henry D. York 1 Dem. Hazel Green 2 Albert W. Emery 1 Dem. Potosi 3 Hanmer Robbins 1 Rep. Platteville 4 Charles K. Dean 1 Rep. Boscobel 5 Henry Patch 1 Dem. Patch Grove 24 Green 1 James E. Vinton 1 Rep. Albany 2 William G. Brown 1 Rep. Skinner 15Iowa 1 Henry M. Billings Dem. Constance 2 Levi Sterling Rep. Mineral Point 23 Jefferson 1 Miles Holmes 1 Rep. Palmyra 2 George C. Smith 1 Rep. Oakland 14 3 Peter Rogan 1 Dem. Watertown 4 John Gibb 1 Dem. Oconomowoc 5 Harlow Pease 1 Rep. Waterloo 08 Kenosha 1 Frederick S. Lovell Rep. Kenosha 2 Almond D. Cornwell Almon Cornwell Rep. Salem 30 La Crosse & Monroe James D. Condit James DeMott Condit Dem. Sparta 13 Lafayette 1 Hamilton H. Gray Dem. Darlington 2 Charles Bracken 1 Dem. Mineral Point 3 James H. Earnest James Earnest Dem. New Diggings 19 Manitowoc 1 Henry C. Hamilton 1 Dem. Two Rivers 2 James B. Dunn 1 Dem. Manitowoc 27 Marathon, Portage, Wood Burton Millard Rep. Wausau 29 Marquette 1 Samuel W. Mather 1 Dem. Markesan 2 Dominic K. Devaney 1 Dem. Montello 05 Milwaukee 1 Dighton Corson Dem. Milwaukee 2 Alex. Cotzhausen Alexander Cotzhausen Dem. Milwaukee 06 3 John Hayden 1 Dem. Milwaukee 4 Duncan E. Cameron 1 Dem. Milwaukee 5 Mitchell Steever 1 Dem. Milwaukee 05 6 Frederick R. Berg 1 Dem. Milwaukee 7 Michael Hanrahan Dem. Good Hope 06 8 Joseph Carney 1 Dem. Wauwatosa 9 Orlando Ellsworth 1 Rep. Milwaukee 02 Outagamie Perry H. Smith Dem. Appleton 03Ozaukee 1 Alexander M. Alling Dem. Saukville 2 B. O. Zastrow Kussow 1 Dem. Cedarburg 07 Racine 1 Hermon Warner 1 Dem. Racine 2 George W. Selden 1 Rep. Racine 3 Samuel Collins 1 Rep. Yorkville 4 Edward Dyer 1 Rep. Burlington 15 Richland Charles G. Rodolf Charles Rodolf Dem. Orion 18 Rock 1 George Irish 1 Rep. Clinton 2 William Hubbard Stark 1 Rep. Shopiere 17 3 James H. Knowlton Rep. Janesville 4 Zebulon P. Burdick Rep. Janesville 5 Kiron W. Bemis 1 Rep. Janesville 09 Sauk 1 Samuel H. Bassinger 1 Rep. Prairie du Sac 2 Samuel Northrup Rep. Dellona 01 Sheboygan 1 Zebulon P. Mason 1 Dem. Sheboygan 2 William H. Prentice 1 Rep. Sheboygan Falls 3 Abraham H. Van Wie 1 Rep. Cascade 12 Walworth 1 John McKibbin 1 Rep. Geneva 2 Elijah Easton Rep. Walworth 3 Butler G. Noble Butler Noble Rep. Whitewater 4 James Baker 1 Rep. East Troy 04 Washington 1 James Kenealy 1 Dem. Toland's Prairie 2 Paul A. Weil 1 Dem. Richfield 3 Charles W. Detmering 1 Dem. Newburg 10 Waukesha 1 Albert Alden Albert Alden (politician) Rep. Delafield 2 Oliver P. Hullett 1 Rep. Menomonee Falls 3 David Roberts 1 Dem. North Prairie 4 George McWhorter George McWhorter (Wisconsin politician) Rep. Waukesha 5 Charles S. Hawley 1 Rep. Waukesha 27 Waupaca Andrew J. Dufur 1 Rep. IolaWaushara William C. Webb Rep. Wautoma 21Winnebago 1 Samuel M. Hay Rep. Oshkosh 2 William Duchman Rep. Menasha 3 William P. McAllister 1 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 External links Category:1858 in Wisconsin Wisconsin Category:Wisconsin legislative sessions