4th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 6, 1851 – January 5, 1852 | ||||
Election | November 5, 1850 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 19 | ||||
Senate President | Samuel Beall | ||||
President pro tempore | Duncan Reed | ||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 66 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | Frederick W. Horn | ||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened in regular session from January 8, 1851, to March 17, 1851. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and served 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 on November 5, 1850. 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, 1849. [1]
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||
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Democratic | Free Soil | Whig | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 13 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
1st Session | 14 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 |
Final voting share | 73.68% | 10.53% | 15.79% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 12 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||
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Democratic | Free Soil | Whig | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 43 | 8 | 15 | 66 | 0 |
1st Session | 49 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 0 |
Final voting share | 74.24% | 10.61% | 15.15% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 29 | 6 | 31 | 66 | 0 |
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Fourth Wisconsin Legislature:
Members of the Assembly for the Fourth Wisconsin Legislature:
The First Wisconsin Legislature convened from June 5, 1848, to August 21, 1848, in regular session. Members of the Assembly and Senate were elected after an election on February 1, 1848, that ratified the proposed state constitution.
The 1850–51 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1850 and 1851, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 1.
Alexander Botkin was an American lawyer, politician, and pioneer settler of Dane County, Wisconsin. He served one term each as a member of the Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly.
Joel Cook Squires was an American carpenter, miner, Wisconsin pioneer, and Democratic politician. He was elected as the 3rd Bank Comptroller of Wisconsin, and also served in the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, representing Grant County.
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Edmund B. West was an American dentist, physician, surgeon, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was one of the first dentists in the Wisconsin Territory, and went on to serve one year in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Waukesha County.
David Noggle was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist. He was chief justice of the Supreme Courtof the Idaho Territory from 1869 to 1874, appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant. Earlier, he served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and a Wisconsin circuit court judge.
The Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1849, to April 2, 1849, in regular session. Senators representing odd numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first year of a two-year term. Senators representing even numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term.
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.
The Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1852, to April 19, 1852, 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. Assemblymembers were elected to a one-year term. Assemblymembers and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 4, 1851. 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 5, 1850.
The Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1853, to April 4, 1853, in regular session. They reconvened from June 6 to July 13 to sit as a court of impeachment for Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge Levi Hubbell.
The Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1854, to April 3, 1854, in regular session.
The Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1855, to April 2, 1855, in regular session.
The Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1856, to March 31, 1856, in regular session, and re-convened from September 3, 1856, to October 14, 1856.
The Tenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1857, to March 9, 1857, in regular session.
The Twelfth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1859, to March 21, 1859, in regular session.
The One Hundred Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 4, 2021, to January 3, 2023, in regular session. The Legislature also held two extraordinary sessions and six special sessions during the term.
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The Thirty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1881, to April 4, 1881, in regular session.
Samuel L. Rose was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. He was a pioneer settler of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and represented that part of the state in the Wisconsin State Senate and State Assembly (1855). He later served as an Iowa circuit court judge and is the namesake of Rose Grove Township, Hamilton County, Iowa.