7th Wisconsin Legislature

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7th Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855
Overview
Legislative body Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place Wisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 2, 1854 January 1, 1855
ElectionNovember 8, 1853
Senate
Members25
Senate President James T. Lewis (W)
President pro tempore Benjamin Allen (D)
Party control Democratic
Assembly
Members82
Assembly Speaker Frederick W. Horn (D)
Party control Democratic
Sessions
1stJanuary 11, 1854 April 3, 1854

The Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1854, to April 3, 1854, in regular session.

Contents

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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 8, 1853. 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, 1852. [1]

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Democrat William A. Barstow, of Waukesha County, serving the first year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1853 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate summary

Senate Partisan composition
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Democratic: 22 seats
Whig: 3 seats WI Senate 1854.svg
Senate Partisan composition
  Democratic: 22 seats
  Whig: 3 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. F.S. Whig Ind. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 180700250
Start of 1st Session220300250
Final voting share88.00%0.0%12.00%0.0%0.0%
Beginning of the next Legislature 1300111250

Assembly summary

Assembly Partisan composition
Democratic: 51 seats
Free Soil: 4 seats
Whig: 27 seats WI Assembly 1854.svg
Assembly Partisan composition
  Democratic: 51 seats
  Free Soil: 4 seats
  Whig: 27 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. F.S. Whig Ind. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 5572000820
1st Session5142700820
Final voting share62.20%4.88%32.92%0.0%0.0%
Beginning of the next Legislature 3400444820

Sessions

Leaders

Senate leadership

Assembly leadership

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:

Senate partisan representation
Democratic: 22 seats
Whig: 3 seats WI Senate Partisan Map 1854.svg
Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 22 seats
  Whig: 3 seats
DistrictCountiesSenatorPartyResidence
01 Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan Horatio N. Smith Dem. Plymouth
02 Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Marathon, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage, Waupaca Joseph F. Loy Dem. De Pere
03 Ozaukee Andrew M. Blair Dem. Ozaukee
04 Washington Baltus Mantz Dem. Meeker
05 Milwaukee (Northern Half) Edward M. Hunter Dem. Milwaukee
06 Milwaukee (Southern Half) Edward McGarry Dem. Milwaukee
07 Racine John W. Cary Dem. Racine
08 Kenosha Levi Grant Dem. Kenosha
09 Waukesha (Northern Half) George R. McLane Dem. Hartland
10 Waukesha (Southern Half) James D. Reymert Dem. Denoon
11 Dane Thomas T. Whittlesey Dem. Pheasant Branch
12 Walworth Eleazer Wakeley Dem. Whitewater
13 Lafayette Charles Dunn Dem.Cottage Inn
14 Jefferson Daniel Howell Dem. Jefferson
15 Iowa, Richland Levi Sterling Whig Mineral Point
16 Grant Nelson Dewey Dem. Lancaster
17 Rock (Western Half) Ezra Miller Dem. Spring Valley
18 Rock (Eastern Half) Louis P. Harvey Whig Shopiere
19 Bad Ax, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Benjamin Allen Dem. Hudson
20 Fond du Lac Charles A. Eldredge Dem. Fond du Lac
21 Winnebago Coles Bashford Whig Oshkosh
22 Dodge Ezra A. Bowen Dem. Mayville
23 Adams, Marquette, Sauk, Waushara David S. Vittum Dem. Baraboo
24 Green Francis H. West Dem. Monroe
25 Columbia John Q. Adams Dem. Fall River

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Seventh Wisconsin Legislature (82): [2]

Assembly partisan representation
Democratic: 51 seats
Free Soil: 4 seats
Whig: 27 seats WI Assembly Partisan Map 1854.svg
Assembly partisan representation
  Democratic: 51 seats
  Free Soil: 4 seats
  Whig: 27 seats
Senate
District
CountyDistrictRepresentativePartyResidence
23 Adams & Sauk Cyrus C. Remington Dem. Baraboo
19 Bad Ax & Crawford William F. TerhuneDem. Viroqua
02 Brown, Door, & Kewaunee Francis X. Desnoyers Dem. Green Bay
19 Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Jackson, & La Crosse William J. Gibson Dem. Black River Falls
01 Calumet Alexander H. HartDem. Lima
25 Columbia 1Asa C. KetchumDem. Portage
2 Alfred Topliff Whig East Hampden
11 Dane 1Charles R. HeadWhig Albion
2Samuel H. BakerDem. Bristol
3 Peter W. Matts Whig Montrose
4Harry BarnesDem. Middleton
5 Harlow S. Orton Whig Madison
22 Dodge 1Benjamin F. BarneyDem. Mayville
2George FoxDem. Herman
3Francis McCormickDem. Ashippun
4Ruel ParkerDem. Portland
5John W. DavisDem. Fox Lake
6 Allen Hiram Atwater Whig Oak Grove
20 Fond du Lac 1Edward BoenerDem. Waupun
2Major J. ThomasDem. Ashford
3 Isaac S. Tallmadge Dem. Fond du Lac
4 Nicholas M. Donaldson Whig Fond du Lac
16 Grant 1Lewis RoodWhig Hazel Green
2 William Hull Dem. Potosi
3Edward EstabrookWhig Platteville
4William JeffreyDem. Ellenboro
5 Milas K. Young Whig Cassville
24 Green Abner MitchellWhig Spring Grove
15 Iowa 1 Lemuel W. Joiner Whig Wyoming
2John ToayWhig Mineral Point
14 Jefferson 1Theodore BernhardtDem. Watertown
2William EustisWhig Oakland
3David L. MorrisonDem. Fort Atkinson
4Charles J. BellWhig Johnson Creek
5Darius ReedWhig Sullivan
08 Kenosha 1 Samuel Hale Jr. Free Soil Kenosha
2Jesse HookerWhig Salem
13 Lafayette 1 James H. Earnest Dem. New Diggings
2 James H. Knowlton Dem. Shullsburg
3 Peter Parkinson Dem. Fayette
19 La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix William M. TorbertDem. Hudson
01 Manitowoc James L. KyleWhig Manitowoc
02 Marathon & Portage Walter D. McIndoe Whig Wausau
23 Marquette & Waushara 1 Archibald Nichols Whig Markesan
2Samuel McCrackenDem. Marquette
05 Milwaukee [3] 1 Jackson Hadley Dem. Milwaukee
2William ReinhardtDem. Milwaukee
06 3 Edward O'Neill Dem. Milwaukee
4Henry BeecroftDem. Milwaukee
5William E. WebsterDem. Milwaukee
6Timothy HagertyDem. Franklin
7 Peter Lavies Dem. Greenfield
05 8 John Crawford Dem. Milwaukee
9John TobinDem. Granville
02 Oconto, Outagamie, Waupaca John B. Jacobs until Jan. 14Dem.Menomonee
David Scott from Jan. 14Dem. Waupaca
03 Ozaukee 1Miles M. WhedonWhig Ozaukee
2 Frederick W. Horn Dem. Ozaukee
07 Racine 1Charles S. WrightDem. Racine
2John SmithDem. Caledonia
3Thomas WestDem. Raymond
4 Nelson R. Norton Dem. Burlington
15 Richland Nathaniel WheelerDem. Richland Center
18 Rock 1 Samuel G. Colley Free Soil Beloit
2 Joseph Spaulding Free Soil Harmony
17 3 David Noggle Dem. Janesville
4John L. V. ThomasDem. Beloit
01 Sheboygan 1Adolph RosenthalDem. Sheboygan
2John MathesDem. Rhein
12 Walworth 1 Anderson Whiting Whig Richmond
2 Perry G. Harrington Dem. Sugar Creek
3 Oscar F. Bartlett Free Soil East Troy
4 Simeon W. Spafard Dem. Geneva
5 William P. Allen Whig Sharon
6 Phipps W. Lake Whig Walworth
04 Washington 1Phillip ZimmermanDem. Germantown
2 Adam Schantz Dem. Addison
09 Waukesha 1 Denison Worthington Whig Summit
2 Chauncey H. Purple Whig Brookfield
10 3 Edward Lees Dem. Ottawa
4Jesse SmithWhig Vernon
21 Winnebago 1 George Gary Whig Oshkosh
2Corydon L. RichDem. Vinland

Employees

Senate employees

Assembly employees

References

  1. "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1881 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 187–188.
  2. Journal of the Assembly of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: Beriah Brown. 1854. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  3. "Official Returns". The Weekly Wisconsin. November 23, 1853. p. 3. Retrieved August 18, 2021 via Newspapers.com.