19th Wisconsin Legislature

Wisconsin legislative term for 1866

19th Wisconsin Legislature

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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863

Overview
Legislative body| Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place| Wisconsin State Capitol
Term| January 1, 1866 – January 7, 1867
Election| November 7, 1865
Senate
Members| 33
Senate President| Wyman Spooner (U)
President pro tempore| Willard H. Chandler (U)
Party control| National Union
Assembly
Members| 100
Assembly Speaker| Henry D. Barron (U)
Party control| National Union
Sessions
| 1st| January 10, 1866 – April 12, 1866

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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.[1]

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

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* 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

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* April 21, 1866: Act to apportion the state into Senate and Assembly districts, 1866 Act 101

## Party summary

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### Senate summary

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Senate partisan composition

Democratic: 10 seats

National Union: 23 seats

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Democratic | Union | Republican | Vacant
End of previous Legislature | 8  | 25  | 0  | 33  | 0
1st Session  | 10  | 23  | 0  | 33  | 0
Final voting share  | 30.3%  | 69.7%  |
Beginning of the next Legislature | 11  | 22  | 0  | 33  | 0

### Assembly summary

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Assembly partisan composition

Democratic: 33 seats

National Union: 67 seats

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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%  | 67%  |
Beginning of the next Legislature | 26  | 74  | 0  | 100  | 0

## Sessions

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* 1st Regular session: January 10, 1866 - April 12, 1866

## Leaders

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### Senate leadership

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* President of the Senate: Wyman Spooner
* President pro tempore: Willard H. Chandler

### Assembly leadership

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* Speaker of the Assembly: Henry D. Barron

## Members

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### Members of the Senate

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Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Senate partisan representation

Democratic: 10 seats

Union: 23 seats

Dist.  | Counties  | Senator  | Residence  | Party

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1 | Sheboygan | John A. Bentley | Sheboygan | Union
2 | Brown, Kewaunee | Matthew J. Meade | Green Bay | Dem.
3 | Ozaukee | Lyman Morgan | Ozaukee | Dem.
4 | Washington | Frederick O. Thorpe | West Bend | Dem.
5 | Milwaukee (Northern Part)  | William K. Wilson | Milwaukee | Dem.
6 | Milwaukee (Southern Part)  | Charles H. Larkin | Milwaukee | Dem.
7 | Racine | Jerome I. Case | Racine | Union
8 | Kenosha | Charles C. Sholes | Kenosha | Union
9 | Adams, Juneau, Waushara | Henry G. Webb | Wautoma | Union
10 | Waukesha | Orson Reed | Summit | Dem.
11 | Dane (Eastern Part)  | Willard H. Chandler | Windsor | Union
12 | Walworth | Newton Littlejohn | Whitewater | Union
13 | Lafayette | Samuel Cole | Gratiot | Union
14 | Sauk | Argalus Starks | Baraboo | Union
15 | Iowa | Wyman Lincoln | Avoca | Union
16 | Grant | John H. Rountree | Platteville | Union
17 | Rock | William A. Lawrence | Janesville | Union
18 | Dodge (Western Part)  | Stoddard Judd | 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 | Augustus L. Smith | Appleton | Dem.
23 | Jefferson | S. W. Budlong | Waterloo | Dem.
24 | Green | Henry Adams | Monticello | Union
25 | Columbia | Jonathan Bowman | Kilbourn City | Union
26 | Dane (Western Part)  | James K. Proudfit | Madison | Union
27 | Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood | Milan H. Sessions | Waupaca | Union
28 | Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix | Marcus A. Fulton | Hudson | Union
29 | Marquette, Green Lake | G. DeWitt Elwood | Princeton | Union
30 | Bad Ax, Crawford, Richland | Benjamin Bull | Prairie du Chien | Union
31 | La Crosse, Monroe | John A. Chandler | Sparta | Union
32 | Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau | Joseph G. Thorp | Eau Claire | Union
33 | Dodge (Eastern Part)  | Satterlee Clark | Horicon | Dem.

### Members of the Assembly

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Members of the Assembly for the Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Assembly partisan representation

Democratic: 33 seats

Union: 67 seats

Senate
District  | County  | Dist.  | Representative  | Party  | Residence

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09 | Adams | Thomas B. Marsden | Union  | Friendship
28 | Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk | Henry D. Barron | Union  | St. Croix Falls
02 | Brown | William J. Abrams | Dem.  | Green Bay
32 | Buffalo, Pepin, Trempealeau | William H. Thomas | Union  | Sumner
19 | Calumet | George Baldwin | Dem.  | Chilton
32 | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | Thaddeus C. Pound | Union  | Chippewa Falls
Clark, Jackson | Lorenzo Merrill | Union  | Black River Falls
25 | Columbia | 1  | A. J. Turner | Union  | Portage
2  | Robert B. Sanderson | Union  | Poynette
3  | Evan O. Jones | Union  | Cambria
30 | Crawford | George E. Harrington | Union  | Boscobel
11 | Dane | 1  | William D. Potter | Union  | Cambridge
2  | John M. Flint | Union  | Sun Prairie
26 | 3  | George H. Slaughter | Dem.  | Mendota
4  | William Charlton | Union  | Verona
5  | Benjamin F. Hopkins | Union  | Madison
18 | Dodge | 1  | Oliver Ashley | Union  | Westford
2  | Andrew Willard | Union  | Beaver Dam
3  | Hiram Sawyer | Dem.  | Burnett
33 | 4  | Jacob Bodden | Dem.  | Theresa
5  | William M. Morse | Dem.  | Ashippun
22 | Door, Oconto, Shawano | Isaac Stephenson | Union  | Marinette
20 | Fond du Lac | 1  | Albert M. Skeels | Union  | Ripon
2  | George F. Clark | Union  | Bugle
3  | James Coleman | Union  | Fond du Lac
4  | Joseph Wagner | Dem.  | Moria
5  | Andrew J. Dieringer | Dem.  | Auburn
16 | Grant | 1  | Hanmer Robbins | Union  | Platteville
2  | Wiley S. Scribner | Union  | Fair Play
3  | Alanson P. Hammond | Union  | Montfort
4  | George H. Washburn | Union  | Millville
5  | Alvery A. Bennett | Union  | Glen Haven
24 | Green | 1  | Daniel Smiley | Union  | Albany
2  | Egbert E. Carr | Union  | Monroe
29 | Green Lake | William A. Bugh | Union  | Berlin
15 | Iowa | 1  | Elihu B. Goodsell | Dem.  | Highland
2  | James Spensley | Union  | Mineral Point
23 | Jefferson | 1  | Patrick Rogan | Dem.  | Watertown
2  | John Mosher | 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 | Union  | Kenosha
02 | Kewaunee | Constant Martin | Dem.  | Dyckesville
31 | La Crosse | Angus Cameron | Union  | La Crosse
13 | Lafayette | 1  | David J. Seely | Dem.  | Elk Grove
2  | John Armstrong | Union  | Wiota
19 | Manitowoc | 1  | Nicholas Dittmar | Union  | Meeme
2  | William Eatough | Dem.  | Brant's Mills
3  | David Smoke | Dem.  | Two Rivers
27 | Marathon, Wood | Bradbury G. Plumer | Dem.  | Wausau
29 | Marquette | Spencer A. Pease | Dem.  | Montello
05 | Milwaukee | 1  | Jackson Hadley | Dem.  | Milwaukee
2  | William Pitt Lynde | Dem.  | Milwaukee
06 | 3  | James McGrath | Dem.  | Milwaukee
4  | Ammi R. Butler | Dem.  | Milwaukee
5  | Charles H. Orton | Dem.  | Milwaukee
05 | 6  | Joseph Phillips | Dem.  | Milwaukee
7  | Edward Daley | Dem.  | Brown Deer
06 | 8  | Truman H. Curtis | Dem.  | Wauwatosa
9  | John H. Deuster | Dem.  | Milwaukee
31 | Monroe | DeWitt C. Wilson | Union  | Sparta
22 | Outagamie | W. H. P. Bogan (until Jan. 30) | Dem.  | Appleton
Henry Turner (From Jan. 30) | Union  | Appleton
03 | Ozaukee | James McCarthy | Dem.  | Port Washington
28 | Pierce, St. Croix | William J. Copp | Union  | Prescott
27 | Portage | James O. Raymond | Union  | Plover
07 | Racine | 1  | James O. Bartlett | Union  | Racine
2  | George Q. Erskine | Union  | Racine
3  | Philo Belden | Union  | Rochester
30 | Richland | Henry L. Eaton | Union  | Lone Rock
17 | Rock | 1  | Anson W. Pope | Union  | Janesville
2  | Burrows Burdick | Union  | Edgerton
3  | Henry S. Wooster | Union  | Clinton
4  | Edward P. King | Union  | Beloit
5  | Allen C. Bates | Union  | Janesville
6  | Alanson C. Douglass | Union  | Hanover
14 | Sauk | 1  | William Palmer | Union  | Loganville
2  | Rollin M. Strong | Union  | Reedsburg
01 | Sheboygan | 1  | Billie Williams | Union  | Sheboygan
2  | Samuel Rounseville | Union  | Sheboygan Falls
3  | John P. Carroll | Dem.  | Adell
4  | Julius Wolff | Union  | Rhine
30 | Vernon | 1  | Newton F. Carpenter | Union  | De Soto
2  | Alexander Woods | Union  | Hillsboro
12 | Walworth | 1  | William C. Allen | Union  | Delavan
2  | Thomas Davis | Union  | Sugar Creek
3  | Shepard O. Raymond | Union  | Geneva
4  | Paris Pettit | Union  | East Troy
04 | Washington | 1  | James Kenealy | Dem.  | Toland's Prairie
2  | Mitchell L. Delaney | Dem.  | Barton
3  | Philip Schneider | Dem.  | Barton
10 | Waukesha | 1  | Daniel Brown | Dem.  | Elm Grove
2  | Samuel Thompson | Union  | Hartland
3  | Peter D. Gifford | Dem.  | North Prairie
4  | Jesse Smith | Union  | Dodge's Corners
27 | Waupaca | Albert Osborn | Union  | Iola
09 | Waushara | Oscar Babcock | Union  | Dakota
21 | Winnebago | 1  | William H. Doe | Union  | Oshkosh
2  | John Proctor | Union  | Neenah
3  | William Simmons | Union  | Oshkosh

## 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. 212–214. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
2. ^ a b Stewart, Frank M.; Young, E. W., eds. (1866). "Legislative Department" (PDF). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 84–85, 98–102. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

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