3rd Wisconsin Legislature

3rd Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 7, 1850 – January 6, 1851
ElectionNovember 6, 1849
Senate
Members19
Senate PresidentSamuel Beall
Party controlDemocratic
Assembly
Members66
Assembly SpeakerMoses M. Strong
Party controlDemocratic
Sessions
1stJanuary 9, 1850 – February 11, 1850

The Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1850, to February 11, 1850, 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. Senators representing odd numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term.[1]

Major events

Major legislation

  • January 30, 1850: An act for the division of the county of Racine and the erection of the county of Kenosha, 1850 Act 39

Party summary

Senate summary

Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 13 seats
  Free Soil: 2 seat
  Whig: 4 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Dem. F.S. Whig Vacant
End of previous Legislature 14 1 4 19 0
1st Session 13 2 4 19 0
Final voting share 68% 11% 21%
Beginning of the next Legislature 14 2 3 19 0

Assembly summary

Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 43 seats
  Free Soil: 8 seats
  Whig: 15 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Dem. F.S. Whig Vacant
End of previous Legislature 35 14 17 66 0
1st Session 43 8 15 66 0
Final voting share 65% 12% 23%
Beginning of the next Legislature 49 7 10 66 0

Sessions

  • 1st Regular session: January 9, 1850 – February 11, 1850

Leaders

Senate leadership

Assembly leadership

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Third Wisconsin Legislature (19):

Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 13 seats
  Free Soil: 2 seats
  Whig: 4 seats
District Counties Senator Party Residence
01 Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan Lemuel Goodell Dem. Stockbridge
02 Columbia, Marquette, Portage, Sauk George DeGraw Moore Whig Prairie du Sac
03 Crawford, Chippewa, St. Croix, La Pointe James Fisher Dem. Prairie du Chien
04 Fond du Lac, Winnebago John A. Eastman Dem. Fond du Lac
05 Iowa, Richland Montgomery M. Cothren Dem. Mineral Point
06 Grant John H. Rountree Whig Platteville
07 Lafayette Dennis Murphy Dem. Shullsburg
08 Green William Rittenhouse Dem. Monroe
09 Dane Alexander Botkin Whig Madison
10 Dodge James Giddings Dem. Chester
11 Washington Frederick W. Horn Dem. Cedarburg
12 Jefferson Peter H. Turner Dem. Palmyra
13 Waukesha Frederick Sprague Dem. Palmyra
14 Walworth George Gale Free Soil Elkhorn
15 Rock Otis W. Norton Whig Milton
16 Racine (Southern Half) Elijah Steele Dem. Pike
17 Racine (Northern Half) Victor Willard Free Soil Waterford
18 Milwaukee (Southern Half) Duncan Reed Dem. Milwaukee
19 Milwaukee (Northern Half) John B. Smith Dem. Milwaukee

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Third Wisconsin Legislature (66):

Assembly partisan representation
  Democratic: 43 seats
  Free Soil: 8 seats
  Whig: 15 seats
Senate
District 		County District Representative Party Residence
01 Brown Charles D. Robinson Dem. Green Bay
Calumet David E. Wood Whig Manchester
02 Columbia Hugh McFarlane Dem. Portage
03 Crawford & Chippewa William T. Sterling Dem. Mount Sterling
09 Dane[2] 1 John Hasey Dem. York
2 Chauncey Abbott Whig Madison
3 Oliver Bryant Dem. Rutland
10 Dodge[2] 1 Oscar Hurlbut Dem. Lomira
2 James Murdock Dem. Neosho
3 William T. Ward Dem. Hustisford
4 John Lowth Dem. Lowell
5 Malcolm Sellers Whig Beaver Dam
04 Fond du Lac[2] 1 Morgan Noble Dem. Fond du Lac
2 Bertine Pinckney Whig Ripon
06 Grant[2] 1 Henry D. York Dem. Hazel Green
2 William McGonigal Whig Wingville
3 Jeremiah Dodge Dem. Lancaster
4 John B. Turley Dem. Cassville
08 Green William Comstock Green Dem. York
05 Iowa & Richland[2] 1 Moses M. Strong Dem. Mineral Point
2 Thomas M. Fullerton Dem. Dodgeville
12 Jefferson[2] 1 Abram Vanderpool Dem. Waterloo
2 Austin Kellogg Dem. Concord
3 Alva Stewart Whig Fort Atkinson
03 La Pointe & St. Croix John S. Watrous Dem. La Pointe
07 Lafayette[2] 1 Cornelius DeLong Dem. Belmont
2 John K. Williams Dem. Shullsburg
01 Manitowoc Charles Kuehn Dem. Manitowoc
02 Marquette & Waushara Benjamin Spaulding Free Soil Arcade
19 Milwaukee[2] 1 James B. Cross Dem. Milwaukee
2 Charles E. Jenkins Dem. Milwaukee
18 3 Edward McGarry Dem. Milwaukee
4 John E. Cameron Dem. Milwaukee
5 Garrett M. Fitzgerald Dem. Franklin
6 Enoch Chase Whig Lake
19 7 Samuel Brown Free Soil Milwaukee
02 Portage Walter D. McIndoe Whig Wausau
17 Racine[2] 1 Horace Chapman Free Soil Racine
2 Stephen O. Bennett Free Soil Raymond
3 Caleb P. Barns Dem. Burlington
16 4 Samuel Hale Jr. Dem. Racine
5 George M. Robinson Free Soil Salem
15 Rock[2] 1 William F. Tompkins Whig Janesville
2 John R. Briggs Jr. Whig Beloit
3 Leander Hoskins Whig Union
4 John A. Segar Whig Johnstown
5 Ezekiel C. Smith Free Soil Spring Valley
02 Sauk Caleb Crosswell Dem. Baraboo
01 Sheboygan[2] 1 Horatio N. Smith Dem. Sheboygan
2 Francis G. Manney Dem. Lyndon
14 Walworth[2] 1 Alexander O. Babcock Whig East Troy
2 Rufus Cheney Jr. Whig Whitewater
3 Alexander S. Palmer Dem. Geneva
4 George Sykes Free Soil Sharon
5 Wyman Spooner Free Soil Elkhorn
11 Washington[2] 1 Solon Johnson Dem. Port Washington
2 Eugene S. Turner Dem. Grafton
3 Cornelius S. Griffin Dem. Saukville
4 Edward Divin Dem. Richfield
5 Henry Weil Dem. West Bend
13 Waukesha[2] 1 Patrick Higgins Dem. Menomonee
2 Henry Shears Whig Oconomowoc
3 Pitts Ellis Dem. Genesee
4 John E. Gallagher Dem. Waukesha
5 Anson H. Taylor Dem. Muskego
04 Winnebago Leonard P. Crary Dem. Oshkosh

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. 180–181.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "In Assembly". Wisconsin Democrat. January 12, 1850. p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.