18th Wisconsin Legislature

The Eighteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1865, to April 10, 1865, in regular session.

18th Wisconsin Legislature
17th 19th
Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 2, 1865 – January 1, 1866
ElectionNovember 8, 1864
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentWyman Spooner (U)
President pro temporeWillard H. Chandler (U)
Party controlNational Union
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerWilliam W. Field (U)
Party controlNational Union
Sessions
1stJanuary 11, 1865 – April 10, 1865

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.[1]

Major events

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Major legislation

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Party summary

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Senate summary

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Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 8 seats
  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 24.24% 75.76%
Beginning of the next Legislature 10 23 0 33 0

Assembly summary

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Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 33 seats
  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% 67%
Beginning of the next Legislature 34 66 0 100 0

Sessions

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  • 1st Regular session: January 11, 1865 – April 10, 1865

Leaders

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Senate leadership

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Assembly leadership

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Members

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Members of the Senate

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Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Eighteenth Wisconsin Legislature:[3]

 
Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 8 seats
  Union: 25 seats
District Counties Senator Residence Party
01 Sheboygan John A. Bentley Sheboygan Union
02 Brown, Kewaunee Frederick S. Ellis Green Bay Dem.
03 Ozaukee Lyman Morgan 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 Jerome I. Case Racine Union
08 Kenosha Anthony Van Wyck Kenosha Union
09 Adams, Juneau, Waushara Henry G. Webb Wautoma Union
10 Waukesha William Blair Waukesha Union
11 Dane (Eastern Part) Willard H. Chandler Windsor Union
12 Walworth Newton Littlejohn Whitewater Union
13 Lafayette Samuel Cole Gratiot Union
14 Sauk Smith S. Wilkinson Prairie du Sac Union
15 Iowa Wyman Lincoln Avoca Union
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 George B. Reed Manitowoc Dem.
20 Fond du Lac George F. Wheeler Nanaupa Union
21 Winnebago George S. Barnum Waukau Union
22 Door, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw Joseph Harris Sturgeon Bay Union
23 Jefferson S. W. Budlong Waterloo Dem.
24 Green Walter S. Wescott Monroe Union
25 Columbia Jonathan Bowman Monroe Union
26 Dane (Western Part) Thomas Hood Madison Union
27 Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood Milan H. Sessions Waupaca Union
28 Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Austin H. Young Prescott Union
29 Marquette, Green Lake G. DeWitt Elwood Princeton Union
30 Bad Ax, Crawford, Richland William Ketcham Richland City Union
31 La Crosse, Monroe John A. Chandler Sparta 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

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Members of the Assembly for the Eighteenth Wisconsin Legislature:[3]

 
Assembly partisan representation
  Democratic: 33 seats
  Union: 67 seats
Senate
District
County District Representative Party Residence
09 Adams Revel K. Fay Union Roche a Cri
28 Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk Amos S. Gray (until Jan. 19) Dem. Osceola
Albert C. Stuntz (from Jan. 19) Union Bayfield
02 Brown William J. Abrams Dem. Green Bay
32 Buffalo, Pepin, Trempealeau John Burgess Union Maxville
19 Calumet Hector McLean Dem. Stockbridge
32 Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire Francis R. Church Union Menomonie
Clark, Jackson Richard Dewhurst Union Neillsville
25 Columbia 1 Levi W. Barden Union Portage
2 Jesse F. Hand Union Rocky Run
3 William Owen Union Cambria
30 Crawford Ormsby B. Thomas Union Prairie du Chien
11 Dane 1 William M. Colladay Union Stoughton
2 Abram A. Boyce Union Lodi
26 3 David Ford Dem. Leicester
4 John S. Frary Union Oregon
5 James Ross Union Madison
18 Dodge 1 James M. McGuire (died Jan. 19) Union Danville
Stoddard Judd (from Feb. 20) Union Fox Lake
2 Michael F. Lowth Dem. Beaver Dam
3 Oscar F. Jones Dem. Juneau
33 4 Peter Peters Dem. Rubicon
5 Ferdinand Gnewuch Dem. Hustisford
22 Door, Oconto, Shawano Dennis A. Reed Union Sturgeon Bay
20 Fond du Lac 1 D. C. Van Ostrand Union Ripon
2 John H. Brinkerhoff Union Waupun
3 James Sawyer Union Fond du Lac
4 Thomas Boyd Dem. Calumet
5 Jonathan Large Dem. Oakfield
16 Grant 1 William Brandon Union Smelser's Grove
2 Allen Taylor Union Dickeyville
3 Henry Utt Union Platteville
4 William W. Field Union Boscobel
5 Robert Glenn Union Wyalusing
24 Green 1 William W. McLaughlin Union Brooklyn
2 David Dunwiddie Union Brodhead
29 Green Lake Lorentus J. Brayton Union Marquette
15 Iowa 1 Elihu Goodsell Dem. Highland
2 Francis Little Union Mineral Point
23 Jefferson 1 Jonathan Piper Dem. Ixonia
2 Gardner Spoor Union Aztalan
3 Alanson Pike Union Whitewater
4 William P. Forsyth Union Golden Lake
09 Juneau Eliphalet S. Miner Union Necedah
08 Kenosha Zalmon G. Simmons Union Kenosha
02 Kewaunee Lyman Walker Dem. Kewaunee
31 La Crosse Townsend N. Horton Union West Salem
13 Lafayette 1 James Harker Dem. New Diggings
2 Sylvester W. Osborn Union Darlington
19 Manitowoc 1 Henry Mulholland Dem. Meeme
2 Michael Murphy Dem. Maple Grove
3 Charles B. Daggart Dem. Two Rivers
27 Marathon & Wood H. W. Remington (until Jan. 19) Dem. Grand Rapids
M. J. McRaith (from Jan. 19) Dem. Montello
29 Marquette Spencer A. Pease Dem. Milwaukee
05 Milwaukee 1 Jackson Hadley Dem. Milwaukee
2 David Knab Dem. Milwaukee
06 3 James McGrath Dem. Milwaukee
4 DeWitt Davis Union Milwaukee
5 Jared Thompson Jr. Dem. Milwaukee
05 6 Jacob Obermann Dem. Milwaukee
7 Henry Fowler Dem. Milwaukee
06 8 John W. Weiler Dem. Root Creek
9 Richard White Dem. Lamberton
31 Monroe Josiah M. Tarr Union Tunnel City
22 Outagamie Samuel Ryan Jr. Dem. Appleton
03 Ozaukee William T. Bonniwell Jr. Dem. Cedarburg
28 Pierce & St. Croix Marcus Fulton Union Hudson
27 Portage Newton H. Emmons Union Stevens Point
07 Racine 1 John Vaughan Union Racine
2 Elijah C. Salisbury Union Union Grove
3 Frederick A. Weage Union Waterford
30 Richland Henry L. Eaton Union Lone Rock
17 Rock 1 Daniel Johnson Union Evansville
2 Solomon C. Carr Union West Milton
3 Henry S. Wooster Union Clinton
4 Edward P. King Union Beloit
5 John B. Cassoday Union Janesville
6 Daniel Mowe Union Orfordville
14 Sauk 1 William Palmer Union Logansville
2 Argalus W. Starks Union Baraboo
01 Sheboygan 1 Joseph Wedig Dem. Sheboygan
2 Cephas Whipple Union Sheboygan Falls
3 Charles Rogers Union Hingham
4 Edwin Slade Union Glenbeulah
30 Vernon 1 William H. Officer Union Springville
2 James Berry Union Springville
12 Walworth 1 Hezekiah C. Tilton Union Allen's Grove
2 Thomas Davis Union Millard
3 Benjamin F. Groesbeck Union Tirade
4 Horatio S. Winsor Union Elkhorn
04 Washington 1 George C. Williams Dem. Hartford
2 Mitchell L. Delaney Dem. Barton
3 Ernst Franckenberg Dem. Newburg
10 Waukesha 1 Thomas Weaver Dem. Pewaukee
2 John N. Cadby Union Merton
3 John B. Monteith Union Genesee
4 Myron Gilbert Union Prospect Hill
27 Waupaca Reuben G. Doud Union Weyauwega
09 Waushara Oscar Babcock Union Dacotah
21 Winnebago 1 William A. Knapp Union Oshkosh
2 Nathan Cobb Union Neenah
3 William Simmons Union Nekimi

Employees

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Senate employees

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  • Chief Clerk: Frank M. Stewart[3]
    • 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

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  • Chief Clerk: John S. Dean[3]
    • 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

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  1. ^ Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 210–212. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Ratification of Constitutional Amendments" The U.S. Constitution Online USConstitution.net
  3. ^ a b c d Stewart, Frank M.; Dean, John S., eds. (1865). "Legislative Department" (PDF). The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 76–77, 88–91. Retrieved June 9, 2021.

Notes

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