13th Wisconsin Legislature

13th Wisconsin Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body	Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place	Wisconsin State Capitol
Term	January 2, 1860 – January 7, 1861
Election	November 8, 1859
Senate
Members	30
Senate President	Butler G. Noble (R)
President pro tempore	Moses M. Davis (R)
Party control	Republican
Assembly
Members	97
Assembly Speaker	William P. Lyon (R)
Party control	Republican
Sessions
1st January 11, 1860 – April 2, 1860

The Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1860, to April 2, 1860, 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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 8, 1859. 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 2, 1858. ^[1]

Major events

• January 2, 1860: 2nd Inauguration of Alexander Randall as Governor of Wisconsin.
• January 7, 1860: Assemblymember Andrew Eble, representing southwest Milwaukee County, died in a hunting accident.
• January 17, 1860: Assemblymember Daniel C. Jenne, representing Outagamie County, resigned his seat after it was demonstrated that he had actually lost his election to Milo Coles.
• January 23, 1860: Theodore Hartung won a special election to fill the Assembly vacancy created by Andrew Eble's death.
• November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President of the United States.
• December 24, 1860: Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union issued by the government of South Carolina.

Major legislation

• March 27, 1860: Act to organize the county of Ashland, 1860 Act 211
• March 28, 1860: Joint Resolution relative to grants of public lands to actual settlers and to passage of "The Homestead Bill," 1860 Joint Resolution 1
• March 30, 1860: Act to establish an official State paper, 1860 Act 240. Established the Wisconsin State Journal as the official state paper.
• March 30, 1860: Joint Resolution objecting to any change of the Naturalization Law, 1860 Joint Resolution 2
• March 31, 1860: Joint Resolution in relation to the Homestead Bill in Congress, 1860 Joint Resolution 3

Party summary

Senate summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	14	16	30	0
1st Session	11	19	30	0
Final voting share	36.67%	63.33%
Beginning of the next Legislature	8	22	30	0

Assembly summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Ind.	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	41	1	55	97	0
Start of 1st Session	37	1	59	97	0
after January 7 [note 1]	36			96	1
after January 17 [note 2]	37		58	97
after February 2 [note 3]	38				0
Final voting share	39%	1%	60%
Beginning of the next Legislature	27	0	70	97	0

Sessions

• 1st Regular session: January 11, 1860 – April 2, 1860

Leaders

Senate leadership

• President of the Senate: Butler G. Noble, Lieutenant Governor
• President pro tempore: Moses M. Davis

Assembly leadership

• Speaker of the Assembly: William P. Lyon

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature: ^[2]

Senate Partisan representation

  Democratic: 12 seats

  Republican: 18 seats

District	Counties	Senator	Party	Residence
01	Sheboygan	Robert H. Hotchkiss	Dem.	Plymouth
02	Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw	Edward Decker	Dem.	Kewaunee
03	Ozaukee	Frederick Hilgen	Dem.	Cedarburg
04	Washington	Densmore W. Maxon	Dem.	Cedar Creek
05	Northern Milwaukee	Cicero Comstock	Rep.	Milwaukee
06	Southern Milwaukee	Michael J. Egan	Dem.	Franklin
07	Racine	Nicholas D. Fratt	Dem.	Racine
08	Kenosha	George Bennett	Rep.	Kenosha
09	Adams, Juneau, Sauk	H. W. Curtis	Rep.	Delton
10	Waukesha	Denison Worthington	Rep.	Summit
11	Eastern Dane	William R. Taylor	Dem.	Cottage Grove
12	Walworth	Oscar F. Bartlett	Rep.	East Troy
13	Lafayette	Philemon B. Simpson	Dem.	Shullsburg
14	Northern Jefferson	Charles R. Gill	Rep.	Watertown
15	Iowa, Richland	Charles Rodolf	Dem.	Orion
16	Grant	Noah H. Virgin	Rep.	Platteville
17	Rock (Western Part)	Zebulon P. Burdick	Rep.	Janesville
18	Rock (Eastern Part)	Alden I. Bennett	Rep.	Beloit
19	Manitowoc, Calumet	Samuel H. Thurber	Dem.	Manitowoc
20	Fond du Lac	Elihu Phillips	Rep.	Fond du Lac
21	Winnebago	Ganem W. Washburn	Rep.	Oshkosh
22	Dodge	Benjamin Ferguson	Rep.	Fox Lake
23	Southern Jefferson	Enias D. Masters	Rep.	Jefferson
24	Green	John W. Stewart	Rep.	Monroe
25	Columbia	Moses M. Davis	Rep.	Portage
26	Dane (Western Part)	John B. Sweat	Dem.	Black Earth
27	Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood	Luther Hanchett	Rep.	Stanton
28	Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, La Pointe , Pierce, Polk, St. Croix	Charles B. Cox	Rep.	River Falls
29	Marquette	M. W. Seely	Rep.	Marquette
30	Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Tremealeau	Buel E. Hutchinson	Rep.	Prairie du Chien

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature: ^{[3] [4]}

Assembly partisan representation

  Democratic: 39 seats

  Republican: 58 seats

Senate District	County	District	Representative	Party	Residence
09	Adams, Juneau		Albert Wood	Rep.	Quincy
28	Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe , Polk, St. Croix		Asaph Whittlesey	Rep.	Whittlesey
30	Bad Ax, Crawford		William C. McMichael	Rep.	Viroqua
02	Brown		John C. Neville	Dem.	Green Bay
30	Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau		Romanzo Bunn	Rep.	Galesville
19	Calumet		Asaph Green	Dem.	Chilton
28	Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Pierce		William P. Bartlett	Rep.	Eau Claire
25	Columbia [4]	1	Henry B. Munn	Dem.	Portage
		2	William M. Griswold	Rep.	Columbus
		3	Marcus Barden	Rep.	Pardeeville
11	Dane [4]	1	William W. Blackman	Rep.	Stoughton
		2	Eleazor Grover Jr.	Dem.	Madison
		3	John Beath	Dem.	Verona
26		4	Francis Fischer	Rep.	Cross Plains
		5	Leonard J. Farwell	Rep.	Madison
		6	Cassius Fairchild	Dem.	Madison
22	Dodge [4]	1	Elva Simpson	Dem.	Iron Ridge
		2	Max Bachhuber	Dem.	Farmersville
		3	Jonathan W. Nash	Rep.	Oak Grove
		4	Stoddard Judd	Rep.	Fox Lake
		5	David S. Ordway	Rep.	Beaver Dam
		6	Harvey C. Griffin	Dem.	Oak Grove
02	Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano		John Wiley	Dem.	Shawano
20	Fond du Lac [4]	1	Alvan E. Bovay	Rep.	Ripon
		2	Benjamin H. Bettis	Rep.	Ladoga
		3	John C. Lewis	Rep.	Fond du Lac
		4	John Boyd	Dem.	Calumet
		5	Wolcott T. Brooks	Rep.	Fond du Lac
16	Grant [4]	1	James K. Spottswood	Rep.	Hazel Green
		2	James W. Seaton	Dem.	Potosi
		3	Jonathan B. Moore	Rep.	Muscoda
		4	Samuel F. Clise	Rep.	Ellenboro
		5	George Ballantine	Rep.	Patch Grove
24	Green [4]	1	Walter S. Wescott	Rep.	Monroe
		2	Martin Mitchell	Rep.	Brodhead
29	Green Lake		James W. Burt	Rep.	Mackford
15	Iowa [4]	1	Gardner C. Meigs	Dem.	Arena
		2	Amasa Cobb	Rep.	Mineral Point
23	Jefferson [4]	1	Norman Horton	Rep.	Cold Spring
		2	Charles Hammarquist	Rep.	Fort Atkinson
14		3	Heber Smith	Rep.	Watertown
		4	H. H. Winter	Dem. Rep.	Watertown
		5	John Sutton	Dem.	Milford
08	Kenosha [4]	1	Meredith Howland	Rep.	Kenosha
		2	Salmon Upson	Rep.	Kenosha
30	La Crosse & Monroe		John J. McKay	Rep.	Sparta
13	Lafayette [4]	1	Thomas C. L. Mackay	Dem.	Elk Grove
		2	Samuel Cole	Dem.	Gratiot
		3	Elijah C. Townsend	Dem.	Shullsburg
19	Manitowoc [4]	1	Joseph Rankin	Dem.	Mishicot
		2	Henry Mulholand	Dem.	Meeme
27	Marathon, Portage, Wood		John Phillips	Rep.	Stevens Point
29	Marquette		Orrin W. Bow	Dem.	Kingston
05	Milwaukee [4]	1	Henry L. Palmer	Dem.	Milwaukee
		2	Leonard Schmidtner	Dem.	Milwaukee
06		3	Edward Keogh	Dem.	Milwaukee
		4	Edward D. Holton	Rep.	Milwaukee
		5	Edward G. Hayden	Rep.	Milwaukee
05		6	Matthias Humann	Dem.	Milwaukee
		7	Patrick Dockry	Dem.	Ten Mile House
06		8	John Ruan	Dem.	Oak Creek
		9	Andrew Eble(died Jan. 7)	Dem.	Milwaukee
			Theodore Hartung(from Feb. 2)	Dem.
02	Outagamie		Daniel C. Jenne(until Jan. 17)	Rep.	Appleton
			Milo Coles(from Jan. 17)	Dem.	Gratiot
03	Ozaukee [4]	1	Anthony Ahlhauser	Dem.	Saukville
		2	Frederick W. Horn	Dem.	Cedarburg
07	Racine [4]	1	William P. Lyon	Rep.	Racine
		2	Lewis L. Baldwin	Rep.	Racine
		3	Knud Langeland	Rep.	North Cape
		4	Frederick A. Weage	Rep.	Waterford
15	Richland		Jeremiah L. Jackson	Dem.	Viola
18	Rock [4]	1	William E. Wheeler	Rep.	Beloit
		2	Thomas C. Westby	Rep.	Emerald Grove
17		3	John P. Dickson	Rep.	Janesville
		4	Jeremiah Johnson	Rep.	Evansville
		5	George Golden	Rep.	Brodhead
09	Sauk [4]	1	Ephraim W. Young	Rep.	Prairie du Sac
		2	Edward Sumner	Rep.	Baraboo
01	Sheboygan [4]	1	James T. Kingsbury	Dem.	Sheboygan
		2	Erastus W. Stannard	Rep.	Greenbush
		3	Oran Rogers	Rep.	Cascade
12	Walworth [4]	1	Clarkson Miller	Rep.	Geneva
		2	John DeWolf	Rep.	Delavan
		3	Anderson Whiting	Rep.	Richmond
		4	James Child	Rep.	East Troy
04	Washington [4]	1	George Kiefer	Dem.	Nenno
		2	Matthias Altenhofen	Dem.	Kewaskum
		3	Tisdale E. Vander Cook	Rep.	Newburg
10	Waukesha [4]	1	Albert Alden	Rep.	Delafield
		2	William R. Hesk	Rep.	Menomonee Falls
		3	Andrew E. Elmore	Dem.	Mukwonago
		4	Benjamin Hunkins	Dem.	New Berlin
		5	Robert C. Robertson	Rep.	Vernon
27	Waupaca		Melvin B. Patchin	Dem.	Fremont
	Waushara		Jacob S. Bugh	Rep.	Wautoma
21	Winnebago [4]	1	Gabriel Bouck	Dem.	Oshkosh
		2	George B. Goodwin	Rep.	Menasha
		3	George S. Barnum	Rep.	Waukau

Employees

Senate employees

• Chief Clerk: John H. Warren ^[2]
  • Assistant Clerk: Willard Merrill
  • Engrossing Clerk: J. B. Selby
  • Enrolling Clerk: G. M. Powell
  • Transcribing Clerk: A. L. Burke
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Asa Kinney
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: S. S. Keyes
• Postmaster: James L. Wilder
  • Post Messenger: Garret J. Mahoney
• Doorkeeper: Henry M. Higbee
• Fireman: Franz G. L. Struve
• Messengers:
  • William W. Worthington
  • Walter C. Wyman
  • Sylvester Mygatt

Assembly employees

• Chief Clerk: L. H. D. Crane ^[3]
  • Assistant Clerk: John S. Dean
  • Engrossing Clerk: R. S. Kingman
  • Enrolling Clerk: Thaddeus C. Pound
  • Transcribing Clerk: E. Gilbert Jackson
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Joseph Gates
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: A. Armstrong
• Postmaster: Marcus Otterbourg
  • Assistant Postmaster: Chancey B. Valentine
• Doorkeeper: William C. Lessure
  • Assistant Doorkeeper: John T. Taylor
• Firemen:
  • Nelson C. Andrews
  • Stephen S. Woodward
  • Phillip Cary
  • Robert R. Jores
• Messengers:
  • Samuel H. Fernandez
  • Carlton C. Hart
  • Edward Livingston
  • William H. Barnes
  • George W. Yout
  • William H. Bennett

Notes

1. Andrew Eble (Milwaukee 9th district) died.
2. Milo Coles replaced Daniel C. Jenne (Outagamie County) due to successful election challenge.
3. Theodore Hartung replaced Andrew Eble (deceased; Milwaukee 9th district).

References

1. "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1882 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 199–200.
2. "Statistical list of members of the Senate of the state of Wisconsin". A manual of customs, precedents, and forms, in use in the Assembly of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1860. pp. 12–13. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
3. "Statistical list of the members and officers of the Assembly of Wisconsin". A manual of customs, precedents, and forms, in use in the Assembly of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1860. pp. 7–11. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
4. "List of Assembly Districts, with names of Members since the last Apportionment" (PDF). A manual of customs, precedents, and forms, in use in the Assembly of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1860. pp. 33–37. Retrieved September 6, 2021.