3rd Wisconsin Legislature

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3rd Wisconsin Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place Wisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 7, 1850 January 6, 1851
ElectionNovember 6, 1849
Senate
Members19
Senate President Samuel Beall
Party control Democratic
Assembly
Members66
Assembly Speaker Moses M. Strong
Party control Democratic
Sessions
1stJanuary 9, 1850 February 11, 1850

The Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1850, to February 11, 1850, 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. Senators representing odd numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term. [1]

Contents

Major events

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate summary

Senate partisan composition
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Democratic: 13 seats
Free Soil: 2 seat
Whig: 4 seats WI Senate 1850.svg
Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 13 seats
  Free Soil: 2 seat
  Whig: 4 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. F.S. Whig Vacant
End of previous Legislature 1414190
1st Session1324190
Final voting share68%11%21%
Beginning of the next Legislature 1423190

Assembly summary

Assembly partisan composition
Democratic: 43 seats
Free Soil: 8 seats
Whig: 15 seats WI Assembly 1850.svg
Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 43 seats
  Free Soil: 8 seats
  Whig: 15 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. F.S. Whig Vacant
End of previous Legislature 351417660
1st Session43815660
Final voting share65%12%23%
Beginning of the next Legislature 49710660

Sessions

Leaders

Senate leadership

Assembly leadership

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Third Wisconsin Legislature (19):

Senate partisan representation
Democratic: 13 seats
Free Soil: 2 seats
Whig: 4 seats WI Senate Partisan Map 1850.svg
Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 13 seats
  Free Soil: 2 seats
  Whig: 4 seats
DistrictCountiesSenatorPartyResidence
01 Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan Lemuel Goodell Dem. Stockbridge
02 Columbia, Marquette, Portage, Sauk George DeGraw Moore Whig Prairie du Sac
03 Crawford, Chippewa, St. Croix, La Pointe James Fisher Dem. Prairie du Chien
04 Fond du Lac, Winnebago John A. Eastman Dem. Fond du Lac
05 Iowa, Richland Montgomery M. Cothren Dem. Mineral Point
06 Grant John H. Rountree Whig Platteville
07 Lafayette Dennis Murphy Dem. Shullsburg
08 Green William Rittenhouse Dem. Monroe
09 Dane Alexander Botkin Whig Madison
10 Dodge James Giddings Dem. Chester
11 Washington Frederick W. Horn Dem. Cedarburg
12 Jefferson Peter H. Turner Dem. Palmyra
13 Waukesha Frederick Sprague Dem. Palmyra
14 Walworth George Gale Free Soil Elkhorn
15 Rock Otis W. Norton Whig Milton
16 Racine (Southern Half) Elijah Steele Dem. Pike
17 Racine (Northern Half) Victor Willard Free Soil Waterford
18 Milwaukee (Southern Half) Duncan Reed Dem. Milwaukee
19 Milwaukee (Northern Half) John B. Smith Dem. Milwaukee

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Third Wisconsin Legislature (66):

Assembly partisan representation
Democratic: 43 seats
Free Soil: 8 seats
Whig: 15 seats WI Assembly Partisan Map 1850.svg
Assembly partisan representation
  Democratic: 43 seats
  Free Soil: 8 seats
  Whig: 15 seats
Senate
District
CountyDistrictRepresentativePartyResidence
01 Brown Charles D. Robinson Dem. Green Bay
Calumet David E. Wood Whig Manchester
02 Columbia Hugh McFarlane Dem. Portage
03 Crawford & Chippewa William T. Sterling Dem. Mount Sterling
09 Dane [2] 1John HaseyDem. York
2 Chauncey Abbott Whig Madison
3Oliver BryantDem. Rutland
10 Dodge [2] 1Oscar HurlbutDem. Lomira
2James MurdockDem. Neosho
3 William T. Ward Dem. Hustisford
4John LowthDem. Lowell
5Malcolm SellersWhig Beaver Dam
04 Fond du Lac [2] 1 Morgan Noble Dem. Fond du Lac
2 Bertine Pinckney Whig Ripon
06 Grant [2] 1Henry D. YorkDem. Hazel Green
2William McGonigalWhig Wingville
3 Jeremiah Dodge Dem. Lancaster
4John B. TurleyDem. Cassville
08 Green William Comstock Green Dem. York
05 Iowa & Richland [2] 1 Moses M. Strong Dem. Mineral Point
2Thomas M. FullertonDem. Dodgeville
12 Jefferson [2] 1Abram VanderpoolDem. Waterloo
2 Austin Kellogg Dem. Concord
3 Alva Stewart Whig Fort Atkinson
03 La Pointe & St. Croix John S. Watrous Dem. La Pointe
07 Lafayette [2] 1Cornelius DeLongDem. Belmont
2 John K. Williams Dem. Shullsburg
01 Manitowoc Charles Kuehn Dem. Manitowoc
02 Marquette & Waushara Benjamin Spaulding Free Soil Arcade
19 Milwaukee [2] 1 James B. Cross Dem. Milwaukee
2 Charles E. Jenkins Dem. Milwaukee
18 3 Edward McGarry Dem. Milwaukee
4 John E. Cameron Dem. Milwaukee
5 Garrett M. Fitzgerald Dem. Franklin
6 Enoch Chase Whig Lake
19 7 Samuel Brown Free Soil Milwaukee
02 Portage Walter D. McIndoe Whig Wausau
17 Racine [2] 1 Horace Chapman Free Soil Racine
2 Stephen O. Bennett Free Soil Raymond
3 Caleb P. Barns Dem. Burlington
16 4 Samuel Hale Jr. Dem. Racine
5 George M. Robinson Free Soil Salem
15 Rock [2] 1 William F. Tompkins Whig Janesville
2 John R. Briggs Jr. Whig Beloit
3Leander HoskinsWhig Union
4John A. SegarWhig Johnstown
5 Ezekiel C. Smith Free Soil Spring Valley
02 Sauk Caleb CrosswellDem. Baraboo
01 Sheboygan [2] 1 Horatio N. Smith Dem. Sheboygan
2Francis G. ManneyDem. Lyndon
14 Walworth [2] 1 Alexander O. Babcock Whig East Troy
2 Rufus Cheney Jr. Whig Whitewater
3Alexander S. PalmerDem. Geneva
4 George Sykes Free Soil Sharon
5 Wyman Spooner Free Soil Elkhorn
11 Washington [2] 1Solon JohnsonDem. Port Washington
2 Eugene S. Turner Dem. Grafton
3Cornelius S. GriffinDem. Saukville
4Edward DivinDem. Richfield
5Henry WeilDem. West Bend
13 Waukesha [2] 1Patrick HigginsDem. Menomonee
2Henry ShearsWhig Oconomowoc
3 Pitts Ellis Dem. Genesee
4 John E. Gallagher Dem. Waukesha
5Anson H. TaylorDem. Muskego
04 Winnebago Leonard P. Crary Dem. Oshkosh

Employees

Senate employees

Assembly employees

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References

  1. "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1881 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 180–181.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "In Assembly". Wisconsin Democrat. January 12, 1850. p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.