38th Wisconsin Legislature

The Thirty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1887, to April 15, 1887, in regular session.[1]

38th Wisconsin Legislature
37th 39th
Wisconsin State Capitol, 1887
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 3, 1887 – January 7, 1889
ElectionNovember 2, 1886
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentGeorge W. Ryland (R)
President pro temporeCharles K. Erwin (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerThomas B. Mills (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 12, 1887 – April 15, 1887

Senators representing odd-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first two years of a four-year term. Assembly members were elected to a two-year term. Assembly members and odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 2, 1886. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 4, 1884.[1]

Major events

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Major legislation

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  • April 12, 1887: An Act to apportion the state into senate and assembly districts, 1887 Act 461.
  • Joint Resolution agreeing to a proposed amendment to section 1, of article 10, of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, relating to education, 1887 Joint Resolution 4. This was the required second legislative passage of the proposed amendment to the state constitution to update language relating to state education officers. The amendment was put to a referendum in the November 1888 general election, but was defeated by voters.
  • Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution, 1887 Joint Resolution 5. Proposed a new amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution to abolish the separate offices of "chief justice" and "associate justices" of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and instead define all members of the court as "justices" with the most senior justice acting as "chief justice".

Party summary

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Senate summary

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Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 6 seats
  Labor: 1 seat
  Independent: 1 seat
  Republican: 25 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. Lab. Ind. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 12 0 0 20 32 1
1st Session 6 1 1 25 33 0
Final voting share 24.24% 75.76%
Beginning of the next Legislature 6 2 1 24 33 0

Assembly summary

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Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 34 seats
  Labor: 5 seats
  Independent: 4 seats
  Republican: 57 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. Lab. Ind. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 39 0 0 61 100 0
1st Session 34 5 4 57 100 0
Final voting share 43% 57%
Beginning of the next Legislature 29 0 0 71 100 0

Sessions

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  • 1st Regular session: January 12, 1887 – April 15, 1887

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 Senate for the Thirty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

 
Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 6 seats
  Labor: 1 seat
  Independent: 1 seat
  Republican: 25 seats
Dist. Counties Senator Residence Party
01 Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade, Marinette, & Oconto Edward Scofield Oconto Rep.
02 Brown Charles W. Day De Pere Rep.
03 Racine Henry A. Cooper Racine Rep.
04 Crawford & Vernon Joseph W. Hoyt Chaseburg Rep.
05 Milwaukee (Northern Part) Theodore Fritz Milwaukee Lab.
06 Milwaukee (Southern Part) Julius Wechselberg Milwaukee Rep.
07 Milwaukee (Central Part) Christian Widule Milwaukee Rep.
08 Kenosha & Walworth Walter Maxwell Somers Rep.
09 Green Lake, Portage, & Waushara George Fitch Berlin Rep.
10 Waukesha John Lins Eagle Rep.
11 Ashland, Clark, Lincoln, Price, Oneida, Sawyer, Taylor, & Wood George F. Merrill Ashland Rep.
12 Green & Lafayette James Waddington Argyle Rep.
13 Dodge Charles Pettibone Juneau Ind.
14 Juneau & Sauk David B. Hulburt Loganville Rep.
15 Manitowoc John Carey Meeme Dem.
16 Grant Edward I. Kidd Millville Rep.
17 Rock Allen P. Lovejoy Janesville Rep.
18 Fond du Lac (Western Part) James F. Ware Fond du Lac Rep.
19 Winnebago George H. Buckstaff Oshkosh Rep.
20 Sheboygan & Eastern Fond du Lac Ignatius Klotz Eden Dem.
21 Marathon, Shawano, & Waupaca John E. Leahy Wausau Rep.
22 Calumet & Outagamie William Kennedy Appleton Dem.
23 Jefferson Walter S. Greene Fort Atkinson Dem.
24 Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, St. Croix, & Washburn Joel F. Nason St. Croix Falls Rep.
25 Eau Claire, Pepin, & Pierce William A. Rust Eau Claire Rep.
26 Dane James Conklin Madison Dem.
27 Adams, Columbia & Marquette Levi E. Pond Westfield Rep.
28 Iowa & Richland Norman L. James Richland Center Rep.
29 Buffalo & Trempealeau John W. DeGroff Alma Rep.
30 Chippewa & Dunn George C. Ginty Chippewa Falls Rep.
31 La Crosse Thomas A. Dyson La Crosse Rep.
32 Jackson & Monroe Charles K. Erwin Tomah Rep.
33 Ozaukee & Washington Peter Lochen Trenton Dem.

Members of the Assembly

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Members of the Assembly for the Thirty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

 
Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 34 seats
  Labor: 5 seats
  Independent: 4 seats
  Republican: 57 seats
Senate
District
County Dist. Representative Party Residence
27 Adams & Marquette James W. Perkins Rep. New Chester
11 Ashland, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Sawyer, & Taylor Henry C. Hetzel Rep. Merrill
24 Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, & Washburn Charles S. Taylor Rep. Barron
02 Brown 1 Grégoire Dupont Rep. Green Bay
2 Patrick Finnerty Dem. Wrightstown
29 Buffalo Joseph V. Jones Rep. Urne
22 Calumet & Outagamie 1 Leopold Hammel Dem. Appleton
2 Francis R. Dittmer Rep. Seymour
3 William LaMure Dem. Kaukauna
4 Ernst Schaub Dem. Brillion
30 Chippewa Thomas J. Cunningham Dem. Chippewa Falls
11 Clark Richard Dewhurst Ind. Neillsville
27 Columbia 1 Christian F. Mohr Rep. Portage
2 Samuel Clark Rep. Randolph
04 Crawford Hugh Porter Rep. Seneca
26 Dane 1 Michael J. Cantwell Dem. Madison
2 Hans Grinde Rep. Deforest
3 Richard D. Frost Rep. Blooming Grove
4 Henry Powell Rep. Mazomanie
5 Richard Terill Dem. Dane
13 Dodge 1 Thomas F. Solon Dem. Shields
2 Culver Hooker Rep. Waupun
3 Henry Spiering Ind.D. Mayville
4 John F. Huebner Ind.D. Lowell
01 Door Gustaf Dreutzer Rep. Sturgeon Bay
30 Dunn William Millar Rep. Rusk
25 Eau Claire Syver Brimi Rep. Eau Claire
01 Florence & Marinette James L. Murphy Rep. Marinette
18 Fond du Lac 1 George H. Ferris Rep. Lamartine
2 Gaines A. Knapp Rep. Fond du Lac
20 3 Andrew Schmidlkofer Dem. Marshfield
01 Forest, Langlade, & Oconto Charles Hall Rep. Oconto
16 Grant 1 James B. McCoy Rep. Platteville
2 Reuben B. Showalter Rep. Lancaster
3 Rufus M. Day Rep. Mount Hope
12 Green 1 J. C. Zimmerman Rep. New Glarus
2 John Luchsinger Rep. Monroe
09 Green Lake Charles D. McConnell Rep. Brooklyn
28 Iowa 1 George G. Cox Rep. Mineral Point
2 Michael J. Bennett Rep. Clyde
32 Jackson Thomas B. Mills Rep. Millston
23 Jefferson 1 Carl R. Feld Dem. Watertown
2 George Grimm Rep. Jefferson
14 Juneau John Grimshaw Dem. Elroy
08 Kenosha John G. Fleming Dem. Randall
01 Kewaunee Michael C. Haney Dem. Ahnapee
31 La Crosse David Vaughan Rep. Burns
12 Lafayette 1 James Scott Rep. Darlington
2 James W. Freeman Rep. Shullsburg
15 Manitowoc 1 Daniel Tracy Dem. Liberty
2 Isaac Craite Dem. Mishicot
3 Reinhardt Rahr Dem. Manitowoc
21 Marathon Henry Miller Dem. Wausau
05 Milwaukee 1 Michael Dunn Dem. Milwaukee
07 2 Gustav Riemer Lab. Milwaukee
3 Edward Keogh Dem. Milwaukee
4 William J. McElroy Rep. Milwaukee
06 5 Theodore Rudzinski Lab. Milwaukee
05 6 Joseph Meyers Lab. Milwaukee
07 7 Jerome R. Brigham Rep. Milwaukee
06 8 Benjamin C. Garside Ind. Milwaukee
05 9 Henry Vogt Lab. Milwaukee
10 John Adam Lab. Milwaukee
11 Emerson D. Hoyt Rep. Milwaukee
06 12 George H. Chase Dem. Lake
32 Monroe 1 Lewis S. Fisher Rep. Sparta
2 Miles Hineman Rep. Tomah
33 Ozaukee Frederick W. Horn Ind.D. Cedarburg
25 Pepin John Newcomb Rep. Pepin
Pierce John A. Murphy Rep. Ellsworth
24 Polk John H. McCourt Rep. St. Croix Falls
09 Portage Jerome Nelson Rep. Nelsonville
03 Racine 1 Edward A. Egery Dem. Racine
2 Adam Apple Dem. Norway
28 Richland George E. Tate Dem. Viola
17 Rock 1 William M. Nye Rep. Beloit
2 John Winans Dem. Janesville
3 James C. Bartholf Rep. Milton
14 Sauk 1 Evan W. Evans Dem. Spring Green
2 Frank Avery Rep. Baraboo
21 Shawano Robert W. Jackson Rep. Shawano
20 Sheboygan 1 Wilbur M. Root Dem. Sheboygan
2 George W. Spratt Rep. Sheboygan Falls
3 Daniel Steuerwald Dem. Adell
24 St. Croix Herman L. Humphrey Rep. Hudson
29 Trempealeau Samuel S. Miller Rep. Whitehall
04 Vernon 1 William M. Kingston Rep. Chaseburg
2 Samuel Sloggy Rep. Whitestown
08 Walworth 1 Andrew J. Stewart Rep. Richmond
2 James C. Reynolds Rep. Lake Geneva
33 Washington 1 James Kenealy Ind.D. Erin
2 Frederick C. Schuler Dem. Farmington
10 Waukesha Joseph J. Hadfield Dem. Waukesha
21 Waupaca 1 William Masters Rep. Weyauwega
2 Ambrose S. McDonald Rep. Marion
09 Waushara William B. La Selle Rep. Plainfield
19 Winnebago 1 James B. McLeran Ind. Oshkosh
2 John W. Tobey Ind. Neenah
3 Frank Challoner Rep. Omro
11 Wood Henry A. Lathrop Dem. Marshfield

Committees

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Senate committees

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  • Senate Committee on Agriculture
  • Senate Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes
  • Senate Committee on Education
  • Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills
  • Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills
  • Senate Committee on Federal Relations
  • Senate Committee on Finance, Banks, and Insurance
  • Senate Committee on Incorporations
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  • Senate Committee on Legislative Expenditures
  • Senate Committee on Manufacturing and Commerce
  • Senate Committee on Military Affairs
  • Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • Senate Committee on Public Lands
  • Senate Committee on Railroads
  • Senate Committee on Roads and Bridges
  • Senate Committee on State Affairs
  • Senate Committee on Town and County Organizations

Assembly committees

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  • Assembly Committee on Agriculture – G. G. Cox, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes – G. A. Dreutzer, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Bills on their Third Reading – Frank Challoner, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Cities – J. R. Brigham, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Education – J. C. Bartholf, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Engrossed Bills – C. E. Hooker, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Enrolled Bills – George Spratt, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Federal Relations – Hugh Porter, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Incorporations – Charles M. Hall, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Insurance, Banks, and Banking – G. A. Knapp, chair
  • Assembly Committee on the Judiciary – H. L. Humphrey, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Legislative Expenditures – Sam S. Miller, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Labor and Manufactures – Frank Avery, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Lumber and Mining – A. S. McDonald, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Medical Societies – H. Powell, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Militia – J. B. McCoy, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Privileges and Elections – W. B. La Selle, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Public Improvements – Samuel Sloggy, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Railroads – J. C. Reynolds, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Roads and Bridges – R. M. Day, chair
  • Assembly Committee on State Lands – C. F. Mohr, chair
  • Assembly Committee on State Affairs – W. J. McElroy, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Town and County Organization – H. C. Hetzel, chair
  • Assembly Committee on Ways and Means – R. W. Jackson, chair

Joint committees

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  • Joint Committee on Charitable and Penal Institutions
  • Joint Committee on Claims
  • Joint Committee on Printing
  • Joint Committee on Apportionment of the State

Employees

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Senate employees

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  • Chief Clerk: Charles E. Bross[3]
    • Assistant Clerk: J. O. Warriner
    • Bookkeeper: Oliver Munson
    • Engrossing Clerk: L. W. Jacobs
    • Enrolling Clerk: E. R. Smith
    • Transcribing Clerk: C. E. Webster
    • Proofreader: M. A. Hoyt
    • Index Clerk: H. S. Ball
    • Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: Thomas Norton
    • Clerk for the Committee on Incorporations: W. E. Webster
    • Clerk for the Committee on Claims: George B. Blair
    • Document Clerk: M. M. Conant
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: T. J. George
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: W. W. Baker
  • Postmaster: H. Stone Richardson
    • Assistant Postmaster: John R. Smyth
  • Gallery Attendant: Mark W. Baker
  • Document Room Attendant: Samuel Chase
  • Committee Room Attendants:
    • H. L. Westenhaven
    • J. H. Holcomb
  • Doorkeepers:
    • S. N. Knudson
    • Nelson Darling
    • John Dishmaker
    • H. C. Fulton
  • Porter: John Malone
  • Night Watch: Marcus H. Barnum
  • Janitor: F. D. Johnson
  • Messengers:
    • Prentice Flint
    • Dexter Baker
    • Julius Seresse
    • Harvey Hulburt
    • Joseph Rupp
    • Ernest Micklist
    • Louis Hammond
    • Frank Bancroft

Assembly employees

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  • Chief Clerk: Edwin Coe[3]
    • 1st Assistant Clerk: C. A. Coon
      • 2nd Assistant Clerk: Walter L. Houser
    • Bookkeeper: J. T. Huntington
    • Engrossing Clerk: Egbert Wyman
      • Assistant Engrossing Clerk: Archie McMillan
    • Enrolling Clerk: L. J. Burlingame
      • Assistant Enrolling Clerk: Jos. Albrecht
    • Transcribing Clerk: George W. Currier
      • Assistant Transcribing Clerk: W. J. Egbert
    • Index Clerk: George P. Smith
    • Comparing Clerk: E. A. Charlton
    • Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: S. J. Morse
    • Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: G. S. Putnam
    • Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: J. M. Hayden
    • Clerk for the Committee on State Affairs: Robert W. Chapin
    • Clerk for the Committee on Third Reading: C. J. Hicks
    • Document Clerk: E. A. Hanks
    • Custodian of the Engrossing and Enrolling Rooms: J. J. Marshall
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: William A. Adamson
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: M. C. Matson
  • Postmaster: C. W. McMillan
    • Assistant Postmaster: G. R. Hall
  • Doorkeepers:
  • Gallery Attendants:
    • Ira S. Vaughn
    • H. H. Lampman
  • Committee Room Attendants:
    • V. A. Henwood
    • George Campbell
  • Document Room Attendant: C. Schneider
  • Porter: A. B. Lynn
  • Policeman: R. M. Burke
  • Flagman: N. P. Nelson
  • Night Watch: George Hanover
  • Wash Room Attendant: Lucian H. Palmer
  • Messengers:
    • Lewis Olson
    • Willie Gillet
    • M. E. Lynch
    • Gifford Best
    • Fred Willett
    • Anton Peterson
    • Christ Doehring
    • Ralph Norriss
    • Willie Shaver
    • James Whitty
    • Willie Berg
    • Willie Hughes

References

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  1. ^ a b Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2011). "Statistics: History" (PDF). State of Wisconsin 2011–2012 Blue Book (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 709, 714, 717, 719. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Timme, Ernst G., ed. (1887). "Biographical Sketches" (PDF). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 482–512. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Timme, Ernst G., ed. (1887). "The judiciary, United States government, state government, miscellaneous state societies, etc." (PDF). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 465–474. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
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