17th Wisconsin Legislature

Wisconsin legislative term for 1864 February 2025 January 2025 17th Wisconsin Legislature Wisconsin_State_Capitol_1863.jpg Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863 Wisconsin Legislature Wisconsin State Capitol November 3, 1863 January 4, 1864 January 2, 1865 16th 18th Senate 33 Republican Senate President Wyman Spooner (U) President pro tempore Smith S. Wilkinson (U) Assembly 100 Republican Assembly Speaker William W. Field (U) January 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. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1882 The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1882 208–210 Annals of the legislature State of Wisconsin March 21, 2020 The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican James T. Lewis, of Columbia County, serving the first year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election. Major events January 4, 1864: Inauguration of James T. Lewis as the 7th Governor of Wisconsin. May 5–7, 1864: Battle of the Wilderness took place in Spotsylvania County and Orange County, Virginia. Four regiments of Wisconsin Volunteers participated in the battle. May 9–21, 1864: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House took place in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Five regiments of Wisconsin Volunteers participated in the battle. May 31June 12, 1864: Battle of Cold Harbor took place in Hanover County, Virginia. Five regiments of Wisconsin Volunteers participated in the battle. September 2, 1864: Union Army occupied Atlanta, Georgia. November 8, 1864: Abraham Lincoln re-elected as President of the United States. 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 thumb|220px|right|Senate Partisan composition #3333FF Democratic: 11 seats #B22222 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 11 33 2 22 33 2 Beginning of the next Legislature 8 25 0 33 0 Assembly summary thumb|220px|right|Assembly Partisan composition #3333FF Democratic: 29 seats #B22222 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 99 2 70 99 2 Beginning of the next Legislature 33 67 0 100 0 Sessions 1st Regular session: January 13, 1864 – April 4, 1864 Leaders Senate leadership President of the Senate: Wyman Spooner President pro tempore: Smith S. Wilkinson Assembly leadership Speaker of the Assembly: William W. Field Members Members of the Senate Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Seventeenth Wisconsin Legislature: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1864 The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin Legislative department 76–77, 88–91 Stewart Frank M. Dean John S. State of Wisconsin 1864 March 21, 2020 thumb|220px|right|Senate partisan representation #3333FF Democratic: 11 seats #E89999 Union: 22 seats District Counties Senator Residence Party 01 Sheboygan John E. Thomas John E. Thomas (politician) Sheboygan FallsDem. 02 Brown, Kewaunee Frederick S. Ellis Green BayDem. 03 Ozaukee John R. Bohan 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 Timothy D. Morris WhitesvilleUnion 08 Kenosha Anthony Van Wyck KenoshaUnion 09 Adams, Juneau, Waushara Alanson M. Kimball Pine RiverUnion 10 Waukesha William Blair William Blair (American politician) WaukeshaUnion 11 Dane (Eastern Part) Willard H. Chandler WindsorUnion 12 Walworth Newton Littlejohn WhitewaterUnion 13 Lafayette James Earnest ShullsburgDem. 14 Sauk Smith S. Wilkinson Prairie du SacUnion 15 Iowa George L. Frost Mineral PointDem. 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 Joseph Vilas ManitowocDem. 20 Fond du Lac George F. Wheeler NanaupaUnion 21 Winnebago Joseph B. Hamilton NeenahUnion 22 Door, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw Joseph Harris Joseph Harris (Wisconsin politician) Sturgeon BayUnion 23 Jefferson J. D. Clapp Joseph Dorr Clapp Fort AtkinsonDem. 24 Green Walter S. Wescott MonroeUnion 25 Columbia Jonathan Bowman Kilbourn CityUnion 26 Dane (Western Part) Thomas Hood Thomas Hood (American politician) MadisonUnion 27 Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood Alexander S. McDill PloverUnion 28 Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Austin H. Young PrescottUnion 29 Marquette, Green Lake Charles S. Kelsey MontelloUnion 30 Bad Ax, Crawford, Richland William Ketcham Richland CityUnion 31 La Crosse, Monroe Angus Cameron Angus Cameron (American politician) La CrosseUnion 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 Seventeenth Wisconsin Legislature: thumb|220px|right|Assembly partisan representation #3333FF Democratic: 29 seats #E89999 Union: 71 seats SenateDistrict 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. BarronUnion St. Croix Falls 02Brown William J. Abrams W. J. Abrams Dem. Green Bay 32Buffalo, Pepin, Trempealeau Fayette Allen 1Union Durand 19Calumet Thomas McLean 1 Dem. Stockbridge 32Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire Thaddeus C. Pound Union Chippewa FallsClark, Jackson Calvin R. Johnson Union Black River Falls 25Columbia 1 A. J. Turner Andrew Jackson Turner Union Portage 2 Edwin W. McNitt 1 Union Otsego 3 Yates Ashley 1 Union Pardeeville 30Crawford Horace Beach 1 Union Prairie du Chien 11Dane 1 William W. Blackman 1 Union Stoughton 2 William H. Miller 1 Union Door Creek 26 3 Alden S. Sanborn Alden Sprague Sanborn Dem. Mazomanie 4 George Wright 1 Union Mount Horeb 5 George B. Smith George Baldwin Smith Dem. Madison 18Dodge 1 George H. Adams 1 Union Danville 2 William H. Green 1 Union Lowell 3 Oscar F. Jones 1 Dem. Juneau 33 4 Max Bachhuber Dem. Farmersville 5 John G. Daily 1 Dem. Hustisford 22 Door, Oconto, Shawano Herman Naber Union Shawano 20 Fond du Lac 1 William Starr William Starr (politician) Union Ripon 2 James McElroy 1 Union Waupun 3 Edwin H. Galloway Union Fond du Lac 4 Charles Geisse 1 Dem. Taycheedah 5 Edgar Wilcox Union Byron 16 Grant 1 Hanmer Robbins Union Platteville 2 Allen Taylor 1 Union Dickeyville 3 J. Allen Barber Union Lancaster 4 William W. Field Union Fennimore 5 Wood R. Beach 1 Union Beetown 24 Green 1 William W. McLaughlin 1 Union Oregon 2 Frederick B. Rolph 1 Union Monroe 29Green Lake James Field 1 Union Berlin 15Iowa 1 Wyman L. Lincoln Wyman Lincoln Union Avoca 2 Francis Little Francis Little (American politician) Union Mineral Point 23Jefferson 1 Robert Hass 1 Dem. Watertown 2 Aaron B. Smith 1 Union Lake Mills 3 Joseph Powers 1 Union Hebron 4 James M. Bingham Union Palmyra 09Juneau Lyman Clark 1 Union Kildare 08Kenosha A. Constantine Barry Union Sylvania 02Kewaunee Nelson Boutin 1 Dem. Kewaunee 31La Crosse Samuel S. Burton Union La Crosse 13Lafayette 1 Tarleton Dunn 1 Dem. Elk Grove 2 Samuel Cole Samuel Cole (Wisconsin pioneer) Union Gratiot 19 Manitowoc 1 Peter P. Fuessenich 1 Union Eaton 2 Thomas Thornton Thomas Thornton (legislator) Dem. Clark's Mills 3 David Smoke 1 Dem. Two Rivers 27 Marathon, Wood Bartholomew Ringle Dem. Wausau 29Marquette Robert Cochran 1 Dem. Westfield 05Milwaukee 1 Levi Hubbell Union Milwaukee 2 David Knab 1 Dem. Milwaukee 06 3 John W. Eviston 1 Dem. Milwaukee 4 Napoleon B. Caswell 1 Union Milwaukee 5 J. C. U. Niedermann Union Milwaukee 05 6 Frederick T. Zetteler Frederick Zetteler Dem. Milwaukee 7 James Watts 1 Dem. Granville 06 8 Edward McGarry Edward McGarry (Wisconsin politician) Dem. Milwaukee 9 Anton Frey 1 Dem. Franklin 31Monroe Carleton E. Rice 1 Union Sparta 22 Outagamie George Kreiss Dem. Appleton 03Ozaukee William T. Bonniwell Jr. Dem. Cedarburg 28Pierce, St. Croix Joseph S. Elwell 1 Union Hudson 27Portage John Phillips John Phillips (Wisconsin politician) Union Stevens Point 07Racine 1 George C. Northrop Union Racine 2 Henry Stevens Henry Stevens (Wisconsin politician) Union Caledonia 3 Philo Belden Union Rochester 30Richland John Walworth 1 Union Richland Center 17Rock 1 Thomas Earle 1 Union Fulton 2 Thomas H. Goodhue 1 Union Whitewater 3 Guy Wheeler 1 Union Janesville 4 Perry Bostwick 1 Union Beloit 5 Hamilton Richardson Union Janesville 6 Jerome Burbank 1 Union Brodhead 14Sauk 1 Alonzo Wilcox Union Spring Green 2 Argalus W. Starks Argalus Starks Union Baraboo 01Sheboygan 1 Carl Zillier Dem. Sheboygan 2 Louis Wolf Dem. Sheboygan Falls 3 Michael Winter 1 Union Adell 4 Mark Martin 1 Union Onion River 30Vernon 1 William H. Officer 1 Union Springville 2 Albert Bliss 1 Union Readstown 12Walworth 1 John Jeffers John Jeffers (politician) Union Darien 2 Daniel Smith 1 Union Richmond 3 Daniel C. Roundy 1 Union Geneva 4 Lucius Allen 1 Union East Troy 04Washington 1 Nicholaus Marx Dem. Wayne 2 Henry Hildebrandt 1 Dem. Station 3 Martin Schottler 1 Dem. Staatsville 10Waukesha 1 William Costigan 1 Dem. Marshall 2 Joel R. Carpenter 1 Union Oconomowoc 3 Norman Shultis 1 Union North Prairie 4 John Schmidt John Schmidt (Assemblyman) Union Muskego 27Waupaca Albert K. Osborn 1 Union Iola 09Waushara William C. Webb Union Wautoma 21Winnebago 1 Richard C. Russell 1 Union Oshkosh 2 Jeremiah Hunt 1 Union Menasha 3 George S. Barnum Union Waukau Employees Senate employees Chief Clerk: Frank M. Stewart 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 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 Notes note External links Category:1864 in Wisconsin Wisconsin Category:Wisconsin legislative sessions