19th Wisconsin Legislature

Wisconsin legislative term for 1866 February 2025 January 2025 19th Wisconsin Legislature Wisconsin_State_Capitol_1863.jpg Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863 Wisconsin Legislature Wisconsin State Capitol November 7, 1865 January 1, 1866 January 7, 1867 18th 20th Senate 33 National Union Senate President Wyman Spooner (U) President pro tempore Willard H. Chandler (U) Assembly 100 National Union Assembly Speaker Henry D. Barron (U) January 10, 1866 April 12, 1866 The Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1866, to April 12, 1866, 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 7, 1865. 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 8, 1864. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1882 The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin State of Wisconsin 1882 Heg J. E. https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1882/reference/wi.wibluebk1882.i0011.pdf Annals of the Legislature 212–214 July 19, 2021 The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Lucius Fairchild, of Dane County, serving the first year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1865 Wisconsin gubernatorial election. Major events January 1, 1866: Inauguration of Lucius Fairchild as the 10th Governor of Wisconsin. April 9, 1866: Congress overrode the veto of President Andrew Johnson to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866. July 24, 1866: Tennessee became the first state readmitted to the Union after the American Civil War. August 23, 1866: The Treaty of Prague ended the Austro-Prussian War, establishing Prussian hegemony over the German states of central Europe. October 12, 1866: The Treaty of Vienna ended the Third Italian War of Independence, with the Austrian Empire conceding the region of Venetia. Major legislation April 21, 1866: Act to apportion the state into Senate and Assembly districts, 1866 Act 101 Party summary Senate summary thumb|220px|right|Senate partisan composition #3333FF Democratic: 10 seats #B22222 National Union: 23 seats Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) Total Democratic Union Republican Vacant End of previous Legislature 8 25 0 33 0 1st Session 10 23 0 33 0 Final voting share 10 33 2 23 33 2 Beginning of the next Legislature 11 22 0 33 0 Assembly summary thumb|220px|right|Assembly partisan composition #3333FF Democratic: 33 seats #B22222 National Union: 67 seats Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) Total Democratic Union Republican Vacant End of previous Legislature 33 67 0 100 0 Start of 1st Session 34 66 0 100 0 From January 30 33 67 0 100 0 Final voting share 33 100 2 67 100 2 Beginning of the next Legislature 26 74 0 100 0 Sessions 1st Regular session: January 10, 1866April 12, 1866 Leaders Senate leadership President of the Senate: Wyman Spooner President pro tempore: Willard H. Chandler Assembly leadership Speaker of the Assembly: Henry D. Barron Members Members of the Senate Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1866 The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1866/reference/wi.wibluebk1866.i0017.pdf Legislative Department 84–85, 98–102 Stewart Frank M. Young E. W. State of Wisconsin 1866 July 17, 2021 thumb|220px|right|Senate partisan representation #3333FF Democratic: 10 seats #E89999 Union: 23 seats Dist. Counties Senator Residence Party 1 Sheboygan John A. Bentley SheboyganUnion 2 Brown, Kewaunee Matthew J. Meade Green BayDem. 3 Ozaukee Lyman Morgan OzaukeeDem. 4 Washington Frederick O. Thorpe West BendDem.5 Milwaukee (Northern Part) William K. Wilson MilwaukeeDem. 6 Milwaukee (Southern Part) Charles H. Larkin MilwaukeeDem. 7 Racine Jerome I. Case Jerome Case RacineUnion 8 Kenosha Charles C. Sholes Charles Sholes KenoshaUnion 9 Adams, Juneau, Waushara Henry G. Webb WautomaUnion 10 Waukesha Orson Reed SummitDem. 11 Dane (Eastern Part) Willard H. Chandler WindsorUnion 12 Walworth Newton Littlejohn WhitewaterUnion 13 Lafayette Samuel Cole Samuel Cole (Wisconsin pioneer) GratiotUnion 14 Sauk Argalus Starks BarabooUnion 15 Iowa Wyman Lincoln AvocaUnion 16 Grant John H. Rountree PlattevilleUnion 17 Rock William A. Lawrence William A. Lawrence (Wisconsin politician) JanesvilleUnion 18 Dodge (Western Part) Stoddard Judd Fox LakeUnion 19 Manitowoc, Calumet George B. Reed ManitowocDem. 20 Fond du Lac George F. Wheeler NanaupaUnion 21 Winnebago George S. Barnum WaukauUnion 22 Door, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw Augustus L. Smith AppletonDem. 23 Jefferson S. W. Budlong WaterlooDem. 24 Green Henry Adams Henry Adams (Wisconsin politician) MonticelloUnion 25 Columbia Jonathan Bowman Kilbourn CityUnion 26 Dane (Western Part) James K. Proudfit James Kerr Proudfit MadisonUnion 27 Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood Milan H. Sessions WaupacaUnion 28 Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Marcus A. Fulton Marcus Fulton HudsonUnion 29 Marquette, Green Lake G. DeWitt Elwood PrincetonUnion 30 Bad Ax, Crawford, Richland Benjamin Bull Prairie du ChienUnion 31 La Crosse, Monroe John A. Chandler John Alonzo Chandler SpartaUnion 32 Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau Joseph G. Thorp Eau ClaireUnion 33 Dodge (Eastern Part) Satterlee Clark HoriconDem. Members of the Assembly Members of the Assembly for the Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature: thumb|220px|right|Assembly partisan representation #3333FF Democratic: 33 seats #E89999 Union: 67 seats SenateDistrict County Dist. Representative Party Residence 09Adams Thomas B. Marsden 1Union Friendship 28 Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk Henry D. BarronUnion St. Croix Falls 02 Brown William J. Abrams W. J. AbramsDem. Green Bay 32 Buffalo, Pepin, Trempealeau William H. Thomas 1Union Sumner 19 Calumet George Baldwin George Baldwin (Wisconsin politician)Dem. Chilton 32Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire Thaddeus C. Pound Union Chippewa FallsClark, Jackson Leandor Merrill 1 Union Black River Falls 25Columbia 1 A. J. Turner Andrew Jackson Turner Union Portage 2 Robert B. Sanderson Union Poynette 3 Evan O. Jones Union Cambria 30Crawford George E. Harrington 1 Dem. Boscobel 11 Dane 1 William D. Potter 1 Union Cambridge 2 John M. Flint 1 Union Sun Prairie 26 3 George H. Slaughter 1Dem. Mendota 4 William Charlton William Charlton (Wisconsin politician) Union Verona 5 Benjamin F. Hopkins Union Madison 18Dodge 1 Oliver Ashley 1 Union Westford 2 Andrew Willard 1 Union Beaver Dam 3 Hiram SawyerDem. Burnett 33 4 Jacob BoddenDem. Theresa 5 William M. MorseDem. Ashippun 22 Door, Oconto, Shawano Isaac Stephenson Union Marinette 20 Fond du Lac 1 Albert M. Skeels Union Ripon 2 George F. Clark 1 Union Bugle 3 James Coleman 1 Union Fond du Lac 4 Joseph Wagner Joseph Wagner (Wisconsin politician) Dem. Moria 5 Andrew J. Dieringer 1 Dem. Auburn 16 Grant 1 Hanmer Robbins Union Platteville 2 Wiley S. Scribner Wiley Scribner Union Fair Play 3 Alanson P. Hammond 1 Union Montfort 4 George H. Washburn 1 Union Millville 5 Alvery A. Bennett 1 Union Glen Haven 24 Green 1 Daniel Smiley 1 Union Albany 2 Egbert E. Carr 1 Union Monroe 29Green Lake William A. Bugh Union Berlin 15Iowa 1 Elihu B. Goodsell Elihu Goodsell Dem. Highland 2 James Spensley 1 Union Mineral Point 23Jefferson 1 Patrick Rogan Patrick Rogan (Wisconsin politician) Dem. Watertown 2 John Mosher 1 Union Waterloo 3 William W. Reed Union Jefferson 4 Henry Harnden Union Rome 09 Juneau Eliphalet S. Miner Union New Lisbon 08 Kenosha Franklin Newell 1 Union Kenosha 02 Kewaunee Constant Martin 1 Dem. Dyckesville 31La Crosse Angus Cameron Angus Cameron (American politician) Union La Crosse 13Lafayette 1 David J. Seely 1 Dem. Elk Grove 2 John Armstrong 1 Union Wiota 19 Manitowoc 1 Nicholas Dittmar 1 Union Meeme 2 William Eatough 1 Dem. Brant's Mills 3 David Smoke 1 Dem. Two Rivers 27 Marathon, Wood Bradbury G. Plumer B. G. Plumer Dem. Wausau 29Marquette Spencer A. Pease Dem. Montello 05Milwaukee 1 Jackson Hadley Dem. Milwaukee 2 William Pitt Lynde Dem. Milwaukee 06 3 James McGrath James McGrath (Wisconsin politician) Dem. Milwaukee 4 Ammi R. Butler Dem. Milwaukee 5 Charles H. Orton 1 Dem. Milwaukee 05 6 Joseph Phillips Joseph Phillips (Wisconsin politician) Dem. Milwaukee 7 Edward Daley 1 Dem. Brown Deer 06 8 Truman H. Curtis 1 Dem. Wauwatosa 9 John H. Deuster John H. Deuster Dem. Milwaukee 31 Monroe DeWitt C. Wilson Union Sparta 22 Outagamie W. H. P. Bogan 1 (until Jan. 30) Dem. Appleton Henry Turner 1 (From Jan. 30) Union Appleton 03Ozaukee James McCarthy 1 Dem. Port Washington 28Pierce, St. Croix William J. Copp 1 Union Prescott 27Portage James O. Raymond 1 Union Plover 07Racine 1 James O. Bartlett 1 Union Racine 2 George Q. Erskine 1 Union Racine 3 Philo Belden Union Rochester 30Richland Henry L. Eaton Union Lone Rock 17 Rock 1 Anson W. Pope Union Janesville 2 Burrows Burdick Union Edgerton 3 Henry S. Wooster 1 Union Clinton 4 Edward P. King 1 Union Beloit 5 Allen C. Bates 1 Union Janesville 6 Alanson C. Douglass 1 Union Hanover 14Sauk 1 William Palmer 1 Union Loganville 2 Rollin M. Strong Union Reedsburg 01Sheboygan 1 Billie Williams 1 Union Sheboygan 2 Samuel Rounseville 1 Union Sheboygan Falls 3 John P. Carroll 1 Dem. Adell 4 Julius Wolff Julius Wolff (politician) Union Rhine 30 Vernon 1 Newton F. Carpenter 1 Union De Soto 2 Alexander Woods 1 Union Hillsboro 12Walworth 1 William C. Allen William C. Allen (Wisconsin politician) Union Delavan 2 Thomas Davis Thomas Davis (Wisconsin politician) Union Sugar Creek 3 Shepard O. Raymond 1 Union Geneva 4 Paris Pettit 1 Union East Troy 04Washington 1 James Kenealy 1Dem. Toland's Prairie 2 Mitchell L. Delaney 1Dem. Barton 3 Philip SchneiderDem. Barton 10Waukesha 1 Daniel Brown 1 Dem. Elm Grove 2 Samuel Thompson 1 Union Hartland 3 Peter D. GiffordDem. North Prairie 4 Jesse Smith 1 Union Dodge's Corners 27Waupaca Albert Osborn 1 Union Iola 09Waushara Oscar Babcock 1 Union Dakota 21Winnebago 1 William H. Doe 1 Union Oshkosh 2 John Proctor 1 Union Neenah 3 William Simmons 1 Union Oshkosh References Category:1866 in Wisconsin Wisconsin Category:Wisconsin legislative sessions