30th Wisconsin Legislature

30th Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 1, 1877 – January 7, 1878
ElectionNovember 7, 1876
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentCharles D. Parker (D)
President pro temporeWilliam Hiner (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerJohn B. Cassoday (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 10, 1877 – March 8, 1877

The Thirtieth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1877, to March 8, 1877, in regular session.

This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session.

Senators representing odd-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving 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 of November 7, 1876. 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 2, 1875.[1]

Major events

Major legislation

  • January 31, 1877: Joint Resolution agreeing to an amendment of section four of article seven of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, 1877 Joint Resolution 1. Confirmed a constitutional amendment adding two seats to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, to be chosen at the Spring 1878 election.
  • February 16, 1877: Joint Resolution relating to the coinage of silver, 1877 Act 3.

Party summary

Senate summary

Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 8 seats
  Liberal Republican: 3 seats
  Republican: 22 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Dem. Ref. Lib.R. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 6 4 2 21 33 0
1st Session 8 0 3 22 33 0
Final voting share 33.33% 66.67%
Beginning of the next Legislature 10 0 2 21 33 0

Assembly summary

Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 32 seats
  Reform: 5 seats
  Liberal Republican: 1 seat
  Republican: 62 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Dem. Ref. Soc. Gbk. Ind. Lib.R. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 35 11 0 0 1 1 52 100 0
Start of 1st Session 33 5 0 0 0 1 61 100 0
From Jan. 31 32 62
Final voting share 38% 62%
Beginning of the next Legislature 41 0 1 13 0 0 45 100 0

Sessions

  • 1st Regular session: January 10, 1877 – March 8, 1877

Leaders

Senate leadership

Assembly leadership

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Senate for the Thirtieth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 8 seats
  Lib. Rep.: 3 seats
  Republican: 22 seats
Dist. Counties Senator Residence Party
01 Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, & Shawano George Grimmer Kewaunee Rep.
02 Brown Thomas R. Hudd Green Bay Dem.
03 Racine Thomas A. Bones Racine Rep.
04 Crawford & Vernon J. Henry Tate Viroqua Rep.
05 Milwaukee (Northern Part) Isaac W. Van Schaick Milwaukee Rep.
06 Milwaukee (Southern Part) John L. Mitchell Milwaukee Dem.
07 Milwaukee (Central Part) George A. Abert Milwaukee Dem.
08 Kenosha & Walworth Asahel Farr Kenosha Rep.
09 Green Lake, Marquette, & Waushara Hobart S. Sacket Berlin Rep.
10 Waukesha William Blair Waukesha Rep.
11 Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Taylor, & Wood Thomas B. Scott Grand Rapids Rep.
12 Green & Lafayette Joseph B. Treat Monroe Rep.
13 Dodge Charles H. Williams Fox Lake Dem.
14 Juneau & Sauk David E. Welch Baraboo Rep.
15 Manitowoc Joseph Rankin Manitowoc Dem.
16 Grant Oscar C. Hathaway Beetown Rep.
17 Rock Hamilton Richardson Janesville Rep.
18 Fond du Lac (Western Part) William Hiner Fond du Lac Rep.
19 Winnebago Return Torrey Oshkosh Rep.
20 Sheboygan & Eastern Fond du Lac Daniel Cavanagh Osceola Dem.
21 Marathon, Portage, & Waupaca Henry Mumbrue Waupaca Lib.R.
22 Calumet & Outagamie James Ryan Appleton Dem.
23 Jefferson William W. Reed Jefferson Lib.R.
24 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, & St. Croix Sam S. Fifield Ashland Rep.
25 Dane (Eastern Part) George B. Burrows Madison Rep.
26 Dane (Western Part) Romanzo E. Davis Middleton Lib.R.
27 Adams & Columbia Levi W. Barden Portage Rep.
28 Iowa & Richland Daniel Downs Richland Center Rep.
29 Buffalo, Pepin, & Trempealeau Alexander A. Arnold Galesville Rep.
30 Dunn, Eau Claire, & Pierce Rockwell J. Flint Menomonie Rep.
31 La Crosse Merrick Wing La Crosse Rep.
32 Jackson & Monroe Mark Douglas Melrose Rep.
33 Ozaukee & Washington Philip Schneider Farmington Dem.

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Thirtieth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 32 seats
  Reform: 5 seats
  Liberal Republican: 1 seat
  Republican: 62 seats
Senate
District 		County Dist. Representative Party Residence
27 Adams Solon Pierce Rep. Friendship
24 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, & Polk Woodbury S. Grover Rep. Prairie Farm
02 Brown 1 David M. Kelly Rep. Green Bay
2 William J. Fisk Rep. Fort Howard
3 Michael J. Touhey Dem. Morrison
29 Buffalo & Pepin 1 John J. Senn Rep. Fountain City
2 Vivus W. Dorwin Rep. Durand
22 Calumet Benjamin F. Carter Dem. Harrison
11 Chippewa Louis Vincent Dem. Chippewa Falls
Clark, Lincoln, Taylor & Wood Freeman Lindsay Rep. Neillsville
27 Columbia 1 David Owen Rep. Caledonia
2 Harmon J. Fisk Rep. Columbus
04 Crawford Samuel Wannemaker Dem. Marietta
26 Dane 1 Michael Johnson Ref. Springdale
25 2 Phineas Baldwin Rep. Oregon
3 George Weeks Rep. York
13 Dodge 1 William Zeiman Dem. Horicon
2 Francis Newhauser Dem. Lomira
3 Leander H. Shepard Rep. Burnett
4 Patrick Roche Dem. Elba
01 Door Jarvis T. Wright Dem. Sturgeon Bay
30 Dunn Samuel Black Rep. Menomonie
Eau Claire Thomas Carmichael Dem. Eau Claire
18 Fond du Lac 1 William T. Innis Rep. West Rosendale
2 Wolcott T. Brooks Rep. Waupun
3 Thomas W. Spence Rep. Fond du Lac
20 4 Lambert Brost Dem. Calumet
16 Grant 1 William E. Carter Rep. Platteville
2 Joseph Bock Rep. Lancaster
3 Daniel R. Sylvester Rep. Castle Rock
12 Green 1 John Luchsinger Rep. New Glarus
2 Franklin Mitchell Rep. Spring Grove
09 Green Lake Homer Nelson Rep. Markesan
28 Iowa 1 Robert Kinzie Dem. Avoca
2 John Gray Rep. Mineral Point
32 Jackson Carl C. Pope Rep. Black River Falls
23 Jefferson 1 Hezekiah Flinn Dem. Watertown
2 Charles H. Phillips Rep. Lake Mills
3 Adolf Scheuber Dem. Erfurt
14 Juneau 1 David Truell Rep. Lyndon
2 William H. H. Cash Rep. New Lisbon
08 Kenosha Walter Maxwell Rep. Somers
01 Kewaunee Charles Tisch Dem. Carlton
31 La Crosse William Van Waters Dem. Hamilton
11 Lafayette 1 Andrew J. Anderson Rep. Argyle
2 James Earnest Dem. Shullsburg
15 Manitowoc 1 Thomas Thornton Dem. Cato
2 Thomas Mohr Ref. Kossuth
3 Peter Johnston Rep. Manitowoc
21 Marathon Bartholomew Ringle Dem. Wausau
09 Marquette Samuel Crockett Dem. Westfield
05 Milwaukee 1 James G. Flanders Dem. Milwaukee
07 2 Joseph Hamilton Dem. Milwaukee
3 Edward Keogh Dem. Milwaukee
4 Edwin Hyde Rep. Milwaukee
06 5 David Vance Rep. Milwaukee
05 6 Florian J. Ries Rep. Milwaukee
07 7 David P. Hull Rep. Milwaukee
06 8 Peter Salentine (Until Jan. 31) Dem. Milwaukee
Henry Fink (From Jan. 31) Rep. Milwaukee
05 9 Christian Sarnow Rep. Milwaukee
10 Richard F. Stapleton Dem. Granville
06 11 Aloysius Arnolds Dem. New Coeln
32 Monroe 1 Chauncey Blakeslee Dem. Sparta
2 Harry Doxtader Rep. Tomah
01 Oconto & Shawano John D. Kast Rep. Shawano
22 Outagamie 1 David Hammel Dem. Appleton
2 John J. Knowlton Dem. Seymour
33 Ozaukee Gustav Gotze Ref. Port Washington
30 Pierce Ellsworth Burnett Rep. River Falls
21 Portage William Arnott Rep. Stockton
03 Racine 1 Norton J. Field Rep. Racine
2 John T. Rice Rep. Waterford
28 Richland 1 J. L. R. McCollum Dem. Sextonville
2 Elihu Bailey Rep. Marshall
17 Rock 1 Sereno Merrill Rep. Beloit
2 John B. Cassoday Rep. Janesville
3 Gideon E. Newman Rep. Cooksville
14 Sauk 1 David B. Hulburt Rep. Loganville
2 Silas J. Seymour Rep. Dellona
20 Sheboygan 1 Joseph Wedig Ref. Sheboygan
2 Samuel D. Hubbard Lib.R. Lyndon
3 Ambrose D. DeLand Rep. Lima
24 St. Croix Guy Dailey Ref. Hudson
29 Trempealeau James L. Linderman Rep. Osseo
04 Vernon 1 Peter J. Dale Rep. Coon Prairie
2 Henry H. Wyatt Rep. Stark
08 Walworth 1 Alfred H. Abell Rep. Bloomfield
2 Wilson R. Herron Rep. Sharon
3 William Greening Rep. La Grange
33 Washington 1 Frank Fitzgerald Dem. Hartford
2 Nicholaus Marx Dem. Farmington
10 Waukesha 1 Hercules F. Dousman Rep. Waterville
2 Thomas McCarty Dem. Menomonee Falls
21 Waupaca 1 Asa L. Baldwin Rep. Baldwin's Mills
2 Hannibal Dixon Rep. New London
09 Waushara Jabez K. Walker Rep. East Oasis
19 Winnebago 1 Thomas Wall Dem. Oshkosh
2 Henry Leavens Rep. Neenah
3 Levi E. Knapp Rep. Oshkosh
4 Sidney Shufelt Rep. Poygan

Changes from the 29th Legislature

New districts for the 30th Legislature were defined in 1876 Wisconsin Act 343, passed into law in the 29th Wisconsin Legislature.

Senate redistricting

Summary of changes

  • 10 Senate districts were left unchanged (or were only renumbered).
  • Brown County became its own senate district (2), after previously having been in a shared district with Door and Kewaunee counties.
  • The Dane County district boundaries were slightly redrawn and renumbered (25, 26).
  • Milwaukee County went from having 2 districts to 3 (5, 6, 7).
  • Green and Lafayette counties were combined into one district (12).
  • Fond du Lac County's eastern district was combined with Manitowoc County as one district (20).
  • Pierce County was removed from the 24th district and added to a new district with Eau Claire and Dunn counties (30).

Senate districts

after redistricting
before redistricting
Dist. 29th Legislature 30th Legislature
1 Sheboygan County Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano counties
2 Brown, Door, Kewaunee counties Brown County
3 Ozaukee County Racine County
4 Monroe, Vernon counties Crawford, Vernon counties
5 Racine County Northern Milwaukee County
6 Southern Milwaukee County Southern Milwaukee County
7 Eastern Dane County Central Milwaukee County
8 Kenosha, Walworth counties Kenosha, Walworth counties
9 Iowa County Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara counties
10 Waukesha County Waukesha County
11 Lafayette County Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Taylor, Wood counties
12 Green County Green, Lafayette counties
13 Dodge County Dodge County
14 Sauk County Juneau, Sauk counties
15 Manitowoc County Manitowoc County
16 Grant County Grant County
17 Rock County Rock County
18 Western Fond du Lac County Western Fond du Lac County
19 Manitowoc County Winnebago County
20 Eastern Fond du Lac County Sheboygan, Eastern Fond du Lac counties
21 Marathon, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca, Northern Outagamie counties Marathon, Portage, Waupaca counties
22 Calumet, Southern Outagamie counties Calumet, Outagamie counties
23 Jefferson County Jefferson County
24 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix counties Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, St. Croix counties
25 Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara counties Eastern Dane County
26 Western Dane County Western Dane County
27 Columbia County Adams, Columbia counties
28 Crawford, Richland counties Iowa, Richland counties
29 Adams, Juneau, Portage, Wood counties Buffalo, Pepin, Trempealeau counties
30 Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin counties Dunn, Eau Claire, Pierce counties
31 La Crosse County La Crosse County
32 Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, Trempealeau counties Jackson & Monroe counties
33 Ozaukee, Washington counties Ozaukee, Washington counties

Assembly redistricting

Summary of changes

  • 45 Assembly districts were left unchanged (or were only renumbered).
  • Adams County became its own Assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Wood County.
  • Chippewa County became its own Assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Taylor County.
  • Columbia County went from having 3 districts to 2.
  • Dane County went from having 4 districts to 3.
  • Dodge County went from having 6 districts to 4.
  • Door County became its own Assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Northern Kewaunee County.
  • Dunn County became its own Assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Pepin County.
  • Juneau County went from having 1 district to 2.
  • Ozaukee County went from having 2 districts to 1.
  • Rock County went from having 5 districts to 3.

Assembly districts

after redistricting
before redistricting
County Districts in 29th Legislature Districts in 30th Legislature Change
Adams Shared with Wood 1 District Increase
Ashland Shared with Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk Shared with Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk Steady
Barron Shared with Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk Shared with Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk Steady
Bayfield Shared with Ashland, Barron, Burnett, Douglas, Polk Shared with Ashland, Barron, Burnett, Douglas, Polk Steady
Brown 3 Districts 3 Districts Steady
Buffalo 1 District 2 shared with Pepin Increase
Burnett Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Polk Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Polk Steady
Calumet 1 District 1 District Steady
Chippewa Shared with Taylor 1 District Increase
Clark Shared with Jackson Shared with Lincoln, Taylor & Wood Steady
Columbia 3 Districts 2 Districts Decrease
Crawford 1 District 1 District Steady
Dane 4 Districts 3 Districts Decrease
Dodge 6 Districts 4 Districts Decrease
Door Shared with Northern Kewaunee 1 District Increase
Douglas Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Polk Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Polk Steady
Dunn Shared with Pepin 1 District Increase
Eau Claire 1 District 1 District Steady
Fond du Lac 3 Districts 4 Districts Increase
Grant 4 Districts 3 Districts Decrease
Green 1 District 2 Districts Increase
Green Lake 1 District 1 District Steady
Iowa 2 Districts 2 Districts Steady
Jackson Shared with Clark 1 District Increase
Jefferson 3 Districts 3 Districts Steady
Juneau 1 District 2 Districts Increase
Kenosha 1 District 1 District Steady
Kewaunee Divided between Door and Brown 1 District Increase
La Crosse 1 District 1 District Steady
Lafayette 1 District 2 Districts Increase
Manitowoc 3 Districts 3 Districts Steady
Marathon 1 District 1 District Steady
Marquette 1 District 1 District Steady
Milwaukee 11 Districts 11 Districts Steady
Monroe 2 Districts 2 Districts Steady
Oconto 1 District Shared with Shawano Decrease
Outagamie Divided between Shawano and own district 2 Districts Increase
Ozaukee 2 Districts 1 District Decrease
Pepin Shared with Dunn 2 shared with Buffalo Steady
Pierce 1 District 1 District Steady
Polk Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas Steady
Portage 1 District 1 District Steady
Racine 2 Districts 2 Districts Steady
Richland 2 Districts 2 Districts Steady
Rock 5 Districts 3 Districts Decrease
Sauk 2 Districts 2 Districts Steady
Shawano Shared with Northern Outagamie & Eastern Waupaca Shared with Oconto Steady
Sheboygan 3 Districts 3 Districts Steady
St. Croix 1 District 1 District Steady
Taylor Shared with Chippewa Shared with Clark, Lincoln, Wood Steady
Trempealeau 1 District 1 District Steady
Vernon 2 Districts 2 Districts Steady
Walworth 3 Districts 3 Districts Steady
Washington 2 Districts 2 Districts Steady
Waukesha 2 Districts 2 Districts Steady
Waupaca Shared with Shawano & Northern Outagamie 2 Districts Increase
Waushara 1 District 1 District Steady
Winnebago 4 Districts 4 Districts Steady
Wood Shared with Adams Shared with Clark, Lincoln, & Taylor Steady

References

  1. ^ Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 239–241. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Bashford, R. M., ed. (1877). "Official Directory" (PDF). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 445–488. Retrieved January 21, 2022.