10th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858 | ||||
Election | November 4, 1856 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 30 | ||||
Senate President | Arthur MacArthur Sr. (D) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 97 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | Wyman Spooner (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The Tenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1857, to March 9, 1857, in regular session.
This was the first legislative session after the expansion and redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session. The Senate grew from 25 to 30 seats; the Assembly grew from 82 to 97 seats.
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 4, 1856. 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 6, 1855, or were elected in the 1856 election for a newly created district and were serving a one-year term. [1]
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Coles Bashford, of Winnebago County, serving the second year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1855 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||
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Democratic | Ind. | Republican | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 12 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 0 |
1st Session | 11 | 0 | 19 | 30 | 0 |
Final voting share | 37% | 0% | 63% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 12 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||
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Democratic | Ind. | Republican | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 47 | 1 | 34 | 82 | 0 |
1st Session | 34 | 0 | 63 | 97 | 0 |
Final voting share | 35% | 0% | 65% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 44 | 0 | 53 | 97 | 0 |
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Tenth Wisconsin Legislature (30):
Members of the Assembly for the Tenth Wisconsin Legislature (97): [3]
The most significant structural change to the Legislature between the 9th and 10th sessions was the reapportionment and redistricting of legislative seats. The new districts were defined in 1856 Wisconsin Act 109, passed into law in the 9th Wisconsin Legislature.
Dist. | 9th Legislature | 10th Legislature |
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1 | Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan counties | Sheboygan County |
2 | Brown, Door, Marathon, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage, Waupaca counties | Brown, Outagamie, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano counties |
3 | Ozaukee County | Ozaukee County |
4 | Washington County | Washington County |
5 | Northern Milwaukee County | Northern Milwaukee County |
6 | Southern Milwaukee County | Southern Milwaukee County |
7 | Racine County | Racine County |
8 | Kenosha County | Kenosha County |
9 | Northern Waukesha County | Sauk, Adams, Juneau counties |
10 | Southern Waukesha County | Waukesha County |
11 | Dane County | Eastern Dane County |
12 | Walworth County | Walworth County |
13 | Lafayette County | Lafayette County |
14 | Jefferson County | Northern Jefferson County |
15 | Iowa, Richland counties | Iowa, Richland counties |
16 | Grant County | Grant County |
17 | Western Rock County | Western Rock County |
18 | Eastern Rock County | Eastern Rock County |
19 | Bad Ax, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix counties | Manitowoc, Calumet County |
20 | Fond du Lac County | Fond du Lac County |
21 | Winnebago County | Winnebago County |
22 | Dodge County | Dodge County |
23 | Adams, Marquette, Sauk, Waushara counties | Southern Jefferson County |
24 | Green County | Green County |
25 | Columbia County | Columbia County |
26 | Did not exist in 9th Legislature | Western Dane County |
27 | Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood County | |
28 | Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix counties | |
29 | Marquette County | |
30 | Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Tremealeau counties |
County | Districts in 9th Legislature | Districts in 10th Legislature |
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Adams | Shared with Sauk | Shared with Juneau |
Ashland | Did not exist | Shared with Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix |
Bad Ax | Shared with Crawford | Shared with Crawford |
Brown | Shared with Door, Kewaunee | 1 District |
Buffalo | Did not exist | Shared with Jackson, Trempealeau |
Burnett | Did not exist | Shared with Ashland, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix |
Calumet | 1 District | 1 District |
Chippewa | Shared with La Crosse | Shared with Clark, Dunn, Pierce |
Clark | Did not exist | Shared with Chippewa, Dunn, Pierce |
Columbia | 2 Districts | 3 Districts |
Crawford | Shared with Bad Ax | Shared with Bad Ax |
Dane | 5 Districts | 6 Districts |
Dodge | 6 Districts | 6 Districts |
Door | Shared with Brown, Kewaunee | Shared with Kewaunee, Oconto |
Douglas | Did not exist | Shared with Ashland, Burnett, La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix |
Dunn | Did not exist | Shared with Chippewa, Clark, Pierce |
Fond du Lac | 4 Districts | 5 Districts |
Grant | 5 Districts | 5 Districts |
Green | 1 District | 2 Districts |
Iowa | 2 Districts | 2 Districts |
Jackson | Did not exist | Shared with Buffalo, Trempealeau |
Jefferson | 5 Districts | 5 Districts |
Juneau | Did not exist | Shared with Adams |
Kenosha | 2 Districts | 2 Districts |
Kewaunee | Shared with Brown, Door | Shared with Door, Oconto |
La Crosse | Shared with Chippewa | Shared with Monroe |
La Pointe | Shared with Pierce, Polk, St. Croix | Shared with Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, St. Croix |
Lafayette | 3 Districts | 3 Districts |
Manitowoc | 1 District | 2 Districts |
Marathon | Shared with Portage | Shared with Portage, Wood |
Marquette | 2 Shared with Waushara | 2 Districts |
Milwaukee | 9 Districts | 9 Districts |
Monroe | Did not exist | Shared with La Crosse |
Oconto | Shared with Outagamie, Waupaca | Shared with Door, Kewaunee |
Outagamie | Shared with Oconto, Waupaca | 1 District |
Ozaukee | 2 Districts | 2 Districts |
Pierce | Shared with La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix | Shared with Chippewa, Clark, Dunn |
Polk | Shared with La Pointe, Pierce, St. Croix | Shared with Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, St. Croix |
Portage | Shared with Marathon | Shared with Marathon, Wood |
Racine | 4 Districts | 4 Districts |
Richland | 1 District | 1 District |
Rock | 4 Districts | 5 Districts |
Sauk | Shared with Adams | 2 Districts |
Sheboygan | 2 Districts | 3 Districts |
St. Croix | Shared with La Pointe, Pierce, Polk | Shared with Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk |
Trempealeau | Did not exist | Shared with Buffalo, Jackson |
Walworth | 6 Districts | 4 Districts |
Washington | 2 Districts | 3 Districts |
Waukesha | 4 Districts | 4 Districts |
Waupaca | Shared with Oconto, Outagamie | 1 District |
Waushara | 2 Shared with Marquette | 1 District |
Winnebago | 2 Districts | 3 Districts |
Wood | Did not exist | Shared with Marathon, Portage |