18th Wisconsin Legislature

Wisconsin legislative term for 1865 February 2025 January 2025 18th Wisconsin Legislature Wisconsin_State_Capitol_1863.jpg Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863 Wisconsin Legislature Wisconsin State Capitol November 8, 1864 January 2, 1865 January 1, 1866 17th 19th Senate 33 National Union Senate President Wyman Spooner (U) President pro tempore Willard H. Chandler (U) Assembly 100 National Union Assembly Speaker William W. Field (U) January 11, 1865 April 10, 1865 The Eighteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1865, to April 10, 1865, 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 8, 1864. 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 3, 1863. 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 210–212 June 9, 2021 The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican James T. Lewis, of Columbia County, serving the second year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election. Major events January 31, 1865: The United States House of Representatives passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, banning slavery in the United States. March 4, 1865: Second inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln. April 3, 1865: Union Army forces occupied the Confederate capital city Richmond, Virginia, after a months-long siege. April 9, 1865: Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. April 14, 1865: President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Washington, D.C. April 15, 1865: Vice President Andrew Johnson was sworn in as the 17th President of the United States. May 10, 1865: Confederate States President Jefferson Davis was captured by the 4th Michigan Cavalry Regiment in Irwin County, Georgia, effectively ending the American Civil War. November 7, 1865: Lucius Fairchild elected Governor of Wisconsin. December 6, 1865: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the required three-fourths of U.S. states. Major legislation February 7, 1865: Act to incorporate the Wisconsin soldiers' home, 1865 Act 16 February 24, 1865: Joint Resolution ratifying proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 1865 Joint Resolution 5https://www.usconstitution.net/constamrat.html#Am13 "Ratification of Constitutional Amendments" The U.S. Constitution Online USConstitution.net June 27, 2021 April 23, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180423013551/https://www.usconstitution.net/constamrat.html#Am13 dead Party summary Senate summary thumb|220px|right|Senate partisan composition #3333FF Democratic: 8 seats #B22222 National Union: 25 seats Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) Total Democratic Union Republican Vacant End of previous Legislature 11 22 0 33 0 1st Session 8 25 0 33 0 Final voting share 8 33 2 25 33 2 Beginning of the next Legislature 10 23 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 29 71 0 100 0 Start of 1st Session 34 66 0 100 0 From January 19 33 99 1 From February 20 67 100 0 Final voting share 33 100 2 67 100 2 Beginning of the next Legislature 3466 0 100 0 Sessions 1st Regular session: January 11, 1865April 10, 1865 Leaders Senate leadership President of the Senate: Wyman Spooner President pro tempore: Willard H. Chandler Assembly leadership Speaker of the Assembly: William W. Field Members Members of the Senate Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Eighteenth Wisconsin Legislature: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1865 The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1865/reference/wi.wibluebk1865.i0012.pdf Legislative Department 76–77, 88–91 Stewart Frank M. Dean John S. State of Wisconsin 1865 June 9, 2021 thumb|220px|right|Senate partisan representation #3333FF Democratic: 8 seats #E89999 Union: 25 seats District Counties Senator Residence Party 01 Sheboygan John A. Bentley SheboyganUnion 02 Brown, Kewaunee Frederick S. Ellis Green BayDem. 03 Ozaukee Lyman Morgan OzaukeeDem. 04 Washington Frederick O. Thorpe West BendDem. 05 Milwaukee (Northern Part) William K. Wilson MilwaukeeDem. 06 Milwaukee (Southern Part) Hugh P. Reynolds Hugh Reynolds (American politician) MilwaukeeDem. 07 Racine Jerome I. Case Jerome Case RacineUnion 08 Kenosha Anthony Van Wyck KenoshaUnion 09 Adams, Juneau, Waushara Henry G. Webb WautomaUnion 10 Waukesha William Blair William Blair (American politician) WaukeshaUnion 11 Dane (Eastern Part) Willard H. Chandler WindsorUnion 12 Walworth Newton Littlejohn WhitewaterUnion 13 Lafayette Samuel Cole Samuel Cole (Wisconsin pioneer) GratiotUnion 14 Sauk Smith S. Wilkinson Prairie du SacUnion 15 Iowa Wyman Lincoln AvocaUnion 16 Grant Milas K. Young Glen HavenUnion 17 Rock William A. Lawrence William A. Lawrence (Wisconsin politician) JanesvilleUnion 18 Dodge (Western Part) William E. Smith politician 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 Joseph Harris Joseph Harris (Wisconsin politician) Sturgeon BayUnion 23 Jefferson S. W. Budlong WaterlooDem. 24 Green Walter S. Wescott MonroeUnion 25 Columbia Jonathan Bowman MonroeUnion 26 Dane (Western Part) Thomas Hood Thomas Hood (American politician) MadisonUnion 27 Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood Milan H. Sessions WaupacaUnion 28 Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Austin H. Young PrescottUnion 29 Marquette, Green Lake G. DeWitt Elwood PrincetonUnion 30 Bad Ax, Crawford, Richland William Ketcham Richland CityUnion 31 La Crosse, Monroe John A. Chandler John Alonzo Chandler SpartaUnion 32 Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau Carl C. Pope Black River FallsUnion 33 Dodge (Eastern Part) Satterlee Clark HoriconDem. Members of the Assembly Members of the Assembly for the Eighteenth Wisconsin Legislature: thumb|220px|right|Assembly partisan representation #3333FF Democratic: 33 seats #E89999 Union: 67 seats SenateDistrict County District Representative Party Residence 09Adams Revel K. Fay 1Union Roche a Cri 28Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk Amos S. Gray (until Jan. 19) 1Dem. Osceola Albert C. Stuntz (from Jan. 19) 1Union Bayfield 02Brown William J. Abrams W. J. AbramsDem. Green Bay 32Buffalo, Pepin, Trempealeau John Burgess 1Union Maxville 19Calumet Hector McLean 1Dem. Stockbridge 32Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire Francis R. Church 1 Union MenomonieClark, Jackson Richard Dewhurst Union Neillsville 25Columbia 1 Levi W. Barden Union Portage 2 Jesse F. Hand 1 Union Rocky Run 3 William Owen William Owen (Wisconsin politician, born 1825) Union Cambria 30Crawford Ormsby B. Thomas Union Prairie du Chien 11 Dane 1 William M. Colladay Union Stoughton 2 Abram A. Boyce 1 Union Lodi 26 3 David Ford David Ford (Wisconsin legislator)Dem. Leicester 4 John S. Frary 1 Union Oregon 5 James Ross 1 Union Madison 18Dodge 1 James M. McGuire (died Jan. 19) 1 Union Danville Stoddard Judd (from Feb. 20) Union Fox Lake 2 Michael F. Lowth 1Dem. Beaver Dam 3 Oscar F. Jones 1Dem. Juneau 33 4 Peter Peters 1Dem. Rubicon 5 Ferdinand Gnewuch 1Dem. Hustisford 22 Door, Oconto, Shawano Dennis A. Reed Union Sturgeon Bay 20 Fond du Lac 1 D. C. Van Ostrand 1 Union Ripon 2 John H. Brinkerhoff Union Waupun 3 James Sawyer 1 Union Fond du Lac 4 Thomas Boyd Thomas Boyd (Wisconsin politician) Dem. Calumet 5 Jonathan Large 1 Dem. Oakfield 16 Grant 1 William Brandon William Brandon (Wisconsin politician) Union Smelser's Grove 2 Allen Taylor 1 Union Dickeyville 3 Henry Utt 1 Union Platteville 4 William W. Field Union Boscobel 5 Robert Glenn Robert Glenn Sr. Union Wyalusing 24 Green 1 William W. McLaughlin 1 Union Brooklyn 2 David Dunwiddie Union Brodhead 29Green Lake Lorentus J. Brayton 1 Union Marquette 15Iowa 1 Elihu Goodsell Dem. Highland 2 Francis Little Francis Little (American politician) Union Mineral Point 23Jefferson 1 Jonathan Piper 1 Dem. Ixonia 2 Gardner Spoor 1 Union Aztalan 3 Alanson Pike 1 Union Whitewater 4 William P. Forsyth 1 Union Golden Lake 09Juneau Eliphalet S. Miner Union Necedah 08Kenosha Zalmon G. Simmons Union Kenosha 02Kewaunee Lyman Walker Dem. Kewaunee 31La Crosse Townsend N. Horton 1 Union West Salem 13Lafayette 1 James Harker 1 Dem. New Diggings 2 Sylvester W. Osborn Union Darlington 19 Manitowoc 1 Henry Mulholland 1 Dem. Meeme 2 Michael Murphy 1 Dem. Maple Grove 3 Charles B. Daggart 1 Dem. Two Rivers 27 Marathon & Wood H. W. Remington (until Jan. 19) 1 Dem. Grand Rapids M. J. McRaith (from Jan. 19) 1 Dem. Grand Rapids 29Marquette Spencer A. Pease Dem. Montello 05Milwaukee 1 Jackson Hadley Dem. Milwaukee 2 David Knab 1 Dem. Milwaukee 06 3 James McGrath James McGrath (Wisconsin politician) Dem. Milwaukee 4 DeWitt Davis 1 Union Milwaukee 5 Jared Thompson Jr. Dem. Milwaukee 05 6 Jacob Obermann Dem. Milwaukee 7 Henry Fowler Henry Fowler (Maryland and Wisconsin) Dem. Milwaukee 06 8 John W. Weiler 1 Dem. Root Creek 9 Richard White Richard White (Wisconsin politician) Dem. Lamberton 31Monroe Josiah M. Tarr 1 Union Tunnel City 22 Outagamie Samuel Ryan Jr. Dem. Appleton 03Ozaukee William T. Bonniwell Jr. Dem. Cedarburg 28Pierce & St. Croix Marcus Fulton Union Hudson 27Portage Newton H. Emmons 1 Union Stevens Point 07Racine 1 John Vaughan 1 Union Racine 2 Elijah C. Salisbury 1 Union Union Grove 3 Frederick A. Weage 1 Union Waterford 30Richland Henry L. Eaton Union Lone Rock 17Rock 1 Daniel Johnson 1 Union Evansville 2 Solomon C. Carr Union West Milton 3 Henry S. Wooster 1 Union Clinton 4 Edward P. King 1 Union Beloit 5 John B. Cassoday Union Janesville 6 Daniel Mowe 1 Union Orfordville 14Sauk 1 William Palmer 1 Union Logansville 2 Argalus W. Starks Argalus Starks Union Baraboo 01Sheboygan 1 Joseph Wedig Dem. Sheboygan 2 Cephas Whipple 1 Union Sheboygan Falls 3 Charles Rogers 1 Union Hingham 4 Edwin Slade Union Glenbeulah 30Vernon 1 William H. Officer 1 Union Springville 2 James Berry 1 Union Springville 12Walworth 1 Hezekiah C. Tilton Union Allen's Grove 2 Thomas Davis Thomas Davis (Wisconsin politician) Union Millard 3 Benjamin F. Groesbeck 1 Union Tirade 4 Horatio S. Winsor 1 Union Elkhorn 04Washington 1 George C. Williams 1Dem. Hartford 2 Mitchell L. Delaney 1Dem. Barton 3 Ernst Franckenberg 1Dem. Newburg 10Waukesha 1 Thomas Weaver Thomas Weaver (politician)Dem. Pewaukee 2 John N. Cadby John N. Cadby Union Merton 3 John B. Monteith 1 Union Genesee 4 Myron Gilbert 1 Union Prospect Hill 27Waupaca Reuben G. Doud Union Weyauwega 09Waushara Oscar Babcock 1 Union Dacotah 21Winnebago 1 William A. Knapp 1 Union Oshkosh 2 Nathan Cobb 1 Union Neenah 3 William Simmons 1 Union Nekimi Employees Senate employees Chief Clerk: Frank M. Stewart Assistant Clerk: L. B. Hills Bookkeeper: S. Hauxhurst Engrossing Clerk: O. F. Clapp Enrolling Clerk: Thomas Marshall Transcribing Clerk: H. Harvey Sergeant-at-Arms: Nelson Williams 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: James L. Wilder 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: D. W. C. Wilson Sergeant-at-Arms' Porter: Thomas Goss Postmaster: Frank Leland Assistant Postmaster: W. S. Williams Doorkeeper: J. P. Miller Assistant Doorkeeper: George D. Potter Assistant Doorkeeper: S. J. Abbott Assistant Doorkeeper: Eames Wadsworth Assistant Doorkeeper: Norman McBeath Assistant Doorkeeper: August Wandrey Firemen: James Yates Roswell Stow Fireman and Porter: William Holden Messengers: Jonathan C. Hutchins Rufus H. Roys C. C. Frey Thomas Goss Seymour Stoughton Assembly employees Chief Clerk: John S. Dean Assistant Clerk: Ephraim W. Young Bookkeeper: William M. Newcomb Engrossing Clerk: L. R. Davis Enrolling Clerk: J. H. Balch Transcribing Clerk: R. H. Blodgett Sergeant-at-Arms: Alonzo Wilcox 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Lewis M. Hammond 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: E. H. Bartholt Postmaster: Hiram Morley 1st Assistant Postmaster: Hiram Beckwith 2nd Assistant Postmaster: R. Law Doorkeepers: S. Raymond M. Colby H. H. Helms George D. Phinney Firemen: E. E. Brown John Grant F. K. Melvin Nelson Bowerman William Fitzpatrick G. A. Foss Speaker's Messenger: William P. Beach Chief Clerk's Messenger: James E. Dean Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: Louis Sholes Gallery Attendant: S. Nye Jr. Messengers: George F. Williston Frederic A. Frank Howard W. Tilton Linus S. Webb Alfred F. Bishop Frank Mason Harvey Olin Nicholas F. Weber John S. Young Richard C. Notbohm References Notes note External links Category:1865 in Wisconsin Wisconsin Category:Wisconsin legislative sessions