5th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 5, 1852 – January 3, 1853 | ||||
Election | November 4, 1851 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 19 | ||||
Senate President | Timothy Burns | ||||
President pro tempore | Eliab B. Dean, Jr. | ||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 66 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | James McMillan Shafter | ||||
Party control | Whig | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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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. [1]
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||
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Dem. | F.S. | Whig | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 14 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 |
1st Session | 12 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 0 |
Final voting share | 63.16% | 5.26% | 31.58% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 17 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||
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Dem. | F.S. | Whig | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 49 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 0 |
Start of 1st Session | 29 | 6 | 31 | 66 | 0 |
After January 30 | 28 | 6 | 32 | 66 | 0 |
Final voting share | 42.42% | 9.09% | 48.48% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 55 | 7 | 20 | 82 | 0 |
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:
Members of the Assembly for the Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:
Gerald David Lorge was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served 30 years in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Outagamie and Waupaca counties, and earlier served four years in the State Assembly. At the time of his death, he was the fifth longest-serving member of the Wisconsin Senate.
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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.
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.
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