32nd Wisconsin Legislature

32nd Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 6, 1879 – January 5, 1880
ElectionNovember 5, 1878
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentJames M. Bingham (R)
President pro temporeWilliam T. Price (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerDavid M. Kelly (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 8, 1879 – March 5, 1879

The Thirty-Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 8, 1879, to March 5, 1879, 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. Assembly members were elected to a one-year term. Assembly members and odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 5, 1878. 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, 1877.[1]

Major events

Major legislation

  • February 28, 1879: An Act to secure to children the benefits of an elementary education, 1879 Act 121. Created a legal requirement for parents and legal guardians to send their children to school for at least one semester per year between the ages of 7 and 15.

Party summary

Senate summary

Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 9 seats
  Republican: 24 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Dem. Lib.R. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 10 2 21 33 0
start of 1st Session[note 1] 9 0 23 32 1
from Jan. 27[note 2] 24 33 9
Final voting share 27.27% 72.73%
Beginning of the next Legislature 8 0 25 33 0

Assembly summary

Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 25 seats
  Greenback: 9 seats
  Republican: 66 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Dem. Soc. Gbk. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 41 1 13 45 100 0
1st Session 25 0 9 66 100 0
Final voting share 34% 66%
Beginning of the next Legislature 28 0 2 70 100 0

Sessions

  • 1st Regular session: January 8, 1879 – March 5, 1879

Leaders

Senate leadership

Assembly leadership

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Senate for the Thirty-Second Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 9 seats
  Republican: 24 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 William E. Chipman Burlington Rep.
04 Crawford & Vernon George W. Swain Chaseburg Rep.
05 Milwaukee (Northern Part) Isaac W. Van Schaick Milwaukee Rep.
06 Milwaukee (Southern Part) George H. Paul Milwaukee Dem.
07 Milwaukee (Central Part) Edwin Hyde Milwaukee Rep.
08 Kenosha & Walworth Benoni Reynolds Geneva Rep.
09 Green Lake, Marquette, & Waushara Hobart S. Sacket Berlin Rep.
10 Waukesha John A. Rice Merton Dem.
11 Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Taylor, & Wood Thomas B. Scott Grand Rapids Rep.
12 Green & Lafayette Joseph B. Treat Monroe Rep.
13 Dodge Edward C. McFetridge Beaver Dam Rep.
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) Alonzo A. Loper Ripon Rep.
19 Winnebago Andrew Haben Oshkosh Dem.
20 Sheboygan & Eastern Fond du Lac Louis Wolf Sheboygan Falls Dem.
21 Marathon, Portage, & Waupaca John A. Kellogg Wausau Rep.
22 Calumet & Outagamie George N. Richmond Appleton Dem.
23 Jefferson Charles H. Phillips (died Jan. 1, 1879) Lake Mills Rep.
Joseph B. Bennett (from Jan. 27, 1879) Watertown Rep.
24 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, & St. Croix Dana Reed Bailey Baldwin Rep.
25 Dane (Eastern Part) George B. Burrows Madison Rep.
26 Dane (Western Part) Matthew Anderson Cross Plains Dem.
27 Adams & Columbia Charles L. Dering Columbus Rep.
28 Iowa & Richland Archibald Campbell Middlebury Rep.
29 Buffalo, Pepin, & Trempealeau Horace E. Houghton Durand Rep.
30 Dunn, Eau Claire, & Pierce Abraham D. Andrews River Falls Rep.
31 La Crosse Gysbert Van Steenwyk La Crosse Rep.
32 Jackson & Monroe William T. Price Black River Falls Rep.
33 Ozaukee & Washington Lyman Morgan Port Washington Dem.

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Thirty-Second Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 25 seats
  Greenback: 9 seats
  Republican: 66 seats
Senate
District 		County Dist. Representative Party Residence
27 Adams Charles A. Cady Rep. Dell Prairie
24 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, & Polk William J. Vincent Rep. St. Croix Falls
02 Brown 1 David M. Kelly Rep. Green Bay
2 Albert L. Gray Gbk. Fort Howard
3 John O'Flaherty Dem. Morrison
29 Buffalo & Pepin 1 John W. DeGroff Rep. Alma
2 James Barry Rep. Pepin
22 Calumet Joseph B. Reynolds Gbk. Chilton
11 Chippewa Hector McRae Rep. Chippewa Falls
Clark, Lincoln, Taylor & Wood Niran Withee Rep. Neillsville
27 Columbia 1 Charles R. Gallett Rep. Portage
2 John Sanderson Rep. Randolph
04 Crawford Atley Peterson Rep. Soldiers Grove
26 Dane 1 Matthias Theisen Dem. Roxbury
25 2 Buel Hutchinson Rep. Madison
3 Charles G. Lewis Rep. Sun Prairie
13 Dodge 1 William Fleming Dem. Emmet
2 Henry Spiering Dem. Mayville
3 James Davison Dem. Chester
4 William Geise Dem. Portland
01 Door Charles A. Masse Rep. Sturgeon Bay
30 Dunn Henry Ausman Rep. Elk Mound
Eau Claire Julius Ingram Rep. Eau Claire
18 Fond du Lac 1 Henry C. Bottum Rep. West Rosendale
2 Philip Greening Dem. Lamartine
3 Thomas W. Spence Rep. Fond du Lac
20 4 Michael Thelen Dem. Ashford
16 Grant 1 William E. Carter Rep. Platteville
2 Joseph T. Mills Rep. Lancaster
3 John Brindley Rep. Boscobel
12 Green 1 Fordyce R. Melvin Rep. Brooklyn
2 Franklin Mitchell Rep. Spring Grove
09 Green Lake Samuel Barter Rep. Markesan
28 Iowa 1 George L. Frost Gbk. Dodgeville
2 George G. Cox Rep. Mineral Point
32 Jackson Frederick Condit Gbk. Merrillan
23 Jefferson 1 Hezekiah Flinn Dem. Watertown
2 John D. Bullock Rep. Johnson Creek
3 James W. Ostrander Rep. Jefferson
14 Juneau 1 James Mullowney Dem. Kildare
2 Henry F. C. Nichols Rep. New Lisbon
08 Kenosha Joseph V. Quarles Rep. Kenosha
01 Kewaunee John Carel Dem. Kewaunee
31 La Crosse John Bradley Rep. Bangor
11 Lafayette 1 Nelson La Due Rep. Spafford
2 John W. Blackstone Rep. Shullsburg
15 Manitowoc 1 John Carey Dem. Osman
2 William Zander Dem. Larrabee
3 William H. Hemschemeyer Rep. Manitowoc
21 Marathon John Ringle Dem. Wausau
09 Marquette James W. Murphy Dem. Briggsville
05 Milwaukee 1 Edward C. Wall Dem. Milwaukee
07 2 Christian Widule Rep. Milwaukee
3 Edward Keogh Dem. Milwaukee
4 Edward B. Simpson Rep. Milwaukee
06 5 John Bentley Dem. Milwaukee
05 6 Christopher Raesser Rep. Milwaukee
07 7 Anson Allen Rep. Milwaukee
06 8 Henry P. Fischer Rep. Milwaukee
05 9 Christian Sarnow Rep. Milwaukee
10 Judson G. Hart Rep. Wauwatosa
06 11 William W. Johnson Rep. Greenfield
32 Monroe 1 James D. Condit Dem. Sparta
2 George R. Vincent Gbk. Tomah
01 Oconto & Shawano Daniel H. Pulcifer Rep. Shawano
22 Outagamie 1 John C. Petersen Gbk. Appleton
2 Francis Steffen Dem. Hortonville
33 Ozaukee William H. Fitzgerald Ind.D. Cedarburg
30 Pierce Nils P. Haugen Rep. River Falls
21 Portage Thomas McDill Rep. McDill
03 Racine 1 Norton J. Field Rep. Racine
2 Knud Adland Rep. North Cape
28 Richland 1 Joseph M. Thomas Rep. Lone Rock
2 Elihu Bailey Rep. Mill Creek
17 Rock 1 Richard Burdge Rep. Beloit
2 Allen P. Lovejoy Rep. Janesville
3 William Gardiner Rep. Emerald Grove
14 Sauk 1 Ulrich Hemmi Rep. Troy
2 Alexander P. Ellinwood Rep. Reedsburg
20 Sheboygan 1 Wilbur M. Root Dem. Sheboygan
2 La Fayette Eastman Rep. Plymouth
3 James Allan Jr. Rep. Adell
24 St. Croix James Hill Rep. Warren
29 Trempealeau George H. Markham Rep. Independence
04 Vernon 1 Jacob Eckhardt Rep. De Soto
2 Roger Williams Rep. Hillsboro
08 Walworth 1 Ely Bruce Dewing Rep. Elkhorn
2 Albert L. Mason Rep. Elton
3 Edwin D. Coe Rep. Whitewater
33 Washington 1 Jacob H. Muckerheide Dem. Kewaskum
2 John G. Frank Dem. Jackson
10 Waukesha 1 Alvarus E. Gilbert Rep. New Berlin
2 William H. Washburn Rep. Pewaukee
21 Waupaca 1 Lorenzo L. Post Dem. Weyauwega
2 John Scanlon Gbk. Union
09 Waushara Samuel R. Clark Rep. Bloomfield
19 Winnebago 1 William Wall Rep. Oshkosh
2 John Potter Jr. Gbk. Menasha
3 Hiram W. Webster Rep. Omro
4 Milan Ford Gbk. Nekimi

Employees

Senate employees

  • Chief Clerk: Charles E. Bross[2]
    • Assistant Clerk: W. S. Reynolds
    • Bookkeeper: T. S. Ansley
    • Engrossing Clerk: John P. Mitchell
    • Enrolling Clerk: A. J. Smith
    • Transcribing Clerk: Fred. Richards
    • Proofreader: Thomas A. Dyson
    • Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: H. M. Pierce
    • Clerk for the Committee on Claims: L. F. Nickey
    • Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Walter L. Houser
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Chalmers Ingersoll
  • Postmaster: O. N. Russell
    • Assistant Postmaster: A. C. Martin
  • Gallery Attendant: O. A. Kluetz
    • Doc. Room Attendant: William Graham
  • Doorkeepers:
    • E. T. Songstad
    • M. Simon
    • A. Knudson
    • John Halls
  • Porter: John Redman
  • Night Watch: Eugene A. Steer
  • Chief Clerk's Messenger: J. G. Hyland
  • President's Messenger: John Barrows
  • Messengers:
    • Jos. Campbell
    • Jas. H. Welch
    • Harry M. Hathaway
    • Thos. Farness
    • Geo. Roe
    • Jos. J. Gunkel
    • Lono Loper
  • Janitor: Ole Stevenson

Assembly employees

  • Chief Clerk: John E. Eldred[2]
    • 1st Assistant Clerk: William M. Fogo
      • 2nd Assistant Clerk: S. L. Perrine
    • Bookkeeper: O. A. Southmayd
    • Engrossing Clerk: T. J. Vaughn
    • Enrolling Clerk: Franklin S. Lawrence
    • Transcribing Clerk: F. W. Rogers
    • Proof Reader: H. O. Fifield
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Miletus Knight
  • Postmaster: J. J. Gibbs
    • Assistant Postmaster: William Stanton
  • Doorkeepers:
    • J. J. Burnard
    • C. E. Webster
    • George B. McMillen
    • Fred Oelhafer
  • Gallery Attendants:
    • R. Worts
    • J. L. Johnson
  • Porter: C. Schneider
  • Night Watch: N. V. Chandler
  • Wash Room Attendant: J. W. Kildow
  • Speaker's Messenger: E. H. Potter
  • Clerk's Messenger: Arthur Truax
  • Messengers:
    • William Post
    • John F. Sanderson
    • Richard Kempter
    • S. G. Bottum
    • Harvey Barlow
    • Candy Nicodemus
    • William Renkema
    • Eddie Kavenaugh
    • Julius Leison
    • B. F. Oakley
    • Bertie Carter
    • Freddie Wittl
    • Jake Gill

Notes

  1. ^ Republican Charles H. Phillips (District 23) died January 1, 1879.
  2. ^ Republican Joseph B. Bennett (District 23) replaced Charles H. Phillips.

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. 244–246. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Bashford, R. M., ed. (1879). "Biographical Sketches" (PDF). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 475–518. Retrieved February 19, 2022.