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Janesville is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. It is the county seat and largest city in the county. It is a principal municipality of the Janesville, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Madison–Janesville–Beloit, WI Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 65,615.
Michael J. "Mike" Sheridan is an American politician who served as the 77th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly. A Democrat, he represented the 44th Assembly District from 2005 to 2011. He was a member of the Committees on Rules and Assembly Organization and was elected to serve as Speaker by the Democratic caucus on November 12, 2008, following the 2008 general election in which the Democratic Party gained a majority in the Assembly.
George Washington Blanchard was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935. He was a Republican. He represented Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in the 73rd United States Congress. He was elected in the election of 1932 receiving 48.5% of the vote.
Ithamar Conkey Sloan was an American educator, lawyer, and politician. A Republican, he served two terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin. He was the brother of Andrew Scott Sloan. In historical documents his name is often abbreviated to I. C. Sloan.
Charles Grandison Williams was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He represented the state of Wisconsin for ten years in the United States House of Representatives, from 1873 to 1883, and was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
John Winans was an American lawyer and politician in Janesville, Wisconsin. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, and served six years in the Wisconsin State Assembly representing Janesville and central Rock County. He also held several local offices, including two terms as Mayor of Janesville.
John Bolivar Cassoday was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. He was the 9th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the 27th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Henry Lynde "Harry" Palmer was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He was the 6th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, where he was a member for four terms. He also served in the Wisconsin State Senate for two sessions, representing Milwaukee County, and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in the 1863 election.
Henry Clement Doolittle was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
The 15th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. Located in southern Wisconsin, the district comprises western Rock County, parts of eastern and northern Green County, and southeast Dane County. It includes the cities of Janesville, Brodhead, Edgerton, Evansville, and Stoughton, as well as the western half of the city of Beloit.
Allen Perry Lovejoy was a Wisconsin politician, lumber merchant and manufacturer, and generally influential business leader from Janesville, Wisconsin.
Wayne W. Wood is a retired American autoworker, contractor, and Democratic politician. He served nearly 30 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1976–2005), representing Janesville, Wisconsin.
Stoddard Judd was an American physician, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served 4 years in the Wisconsin Legislature, representing Dodge County. Earlier, he served three terms in the New York State Assembly.
Alexander Graham was an American politician and businessman.
Lathrop Burgess was an American carpenter and farmer from Brighton, Wisconsin who spent two one-year terms as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Kenosha County; the first as a Freesoiler, the second as a Republican.
Dave Considine is an American special education teacher and Democratic politician. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Baraboo and the 81st Assembly district since 2015.
Henry Tarrant was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
The 1853 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1853. Democratic candidate William A. Barstow won the election with 55% of the vote, winning his first term as Governor of Wisconsin. Barstow defeated Free Soil Party candidate Edward D. Holton and Whig candidate Henry S. Baird. This would be the last Wisconsin gubernatorial election in which there was a Whig candidate on the ballot.
William Billings Sheldon was an American lawyer and Wisconsin pioneer. He was an early settler of Janesville, Wisconsin, and served in the Legislature of the Wisconsin Territory. He was Speaker of the Assembly during the Special Session of the 1st Legislature.
Sue S. Conley is an American nonprofit administrator and Democratic politician. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and president of the city council of Janesville, Wisconsin.