14th Wisconsin Legislature

The Fourteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1861, to April 17, 1861, in regular session. The legislature re-convened in special session from May 15, 1861, to May 27, 1861, at the request of Wisconsin Governor Alexander Randall, to approve funding for a brigade of volunteers for the American Civil War.

14th Wisconsin Legislature
13th 15th
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 1, 1861 January 1, 1862
ElectionNovember 6, 1860
Senate
Members30
Senate PresidentButler G. Noble (R)
President pro temporeAlden I. Bennett (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members97
Assembly SpeakerAmasa Cobb (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 9, 1861 April 17, 1861
SpecialMay 15, 1861 May 27, 1861

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 even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 6, 1860. 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 8, 1859.[1]


Major events

Major legislation

First session

  • January 21, 1861: Joint Resolution, co-operating with friends of the Union throughout the United States, 1861 Joint Resolution 1
  • April 11, 1861: Act to apportion the State into Senate and Assembly Districts. 1861 Act 216
  • April 13, 1861: Act to provide for apportioning the State into Congressional Districts, 1861 Act 238
  • April 13, 1861: Act to provide for the defence of the State, and to aid in enforcing the laws and maintaining the authority of the Federal Government, 1861 Act 239
  • April 17, 1861: Act to declare the rights and privileges of such persons as may enroll themselves into the service of the country. 1861 Act 309

Special session

Party summary

Senate

Senate Partisan composition
  Democratic: 8 seats
  Republican: 22 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Union Republican Vacant
End of previous Legislature 13 0 17 30 0
1st Session 8 0 22 30 0
Final voting share 27% 0% 73%
Beginning of the next Legislature 11 2 20 33 0

Assembly

Assembly Partisan composition
  Democratic: 26 seats
  Republican: 71 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Ind. Union Republican Vacant
End of previous Legislature 38 1 0 58 97 0
Start of 1st Session 27 0 0 70 97 0
after January 25 26 71
Final voting share 27% 0% 0% 73%
Beginning of the next Legislature 43 0 11 44 98 1

Sessions

  • 1st Regular session: January 9, 1861 April 17, 1861
  • Special session: May 15, 1861 May 27, 1861

Leaders

Senate

Assembly

Members

Senate

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

District Counties Senator Party
1 Sheboygan Luther H. Cary Republican
2 Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw Edward Decker Democrat
3 Ozaukee Hugh Cunning Democrat
4 Washington Densmore W. Maxon Democrat
5 Northern Milwaukee Charles Quentin Democrat
6 Southern Milwaukee Michael J. Egan Democrat
7 Racine William L. Utley Republican
8 Kenosha George Bennett Republican
9 Adams, Juneau, Sauk John T. Kingston Republican
10 Waukesha Denison Worthington Republican
11 Eastern Dane Samuel C. Bean Republican
12 Walworth Oscar F. Bartlett Republican
13 Lafayette Samuel Cole Democrat
14 Northern Jefferson Charles R. Gill Republican
15 Iowa, Richland Lemuel W. Joiner Republican
16 Grant Noah H. Virgin Republican
17 Western Rock Ezra A. Foot Republican
18 Eastern Rock Alden I. Bennett Republican
19 Manitowoc, Calumet Benjamin J. Sweet Republican
20 Fond du Lac Elihu Phillips Republican
21 Winnebago Horace O. Crane Republican
22 Dodge Benjamin Ferguson Republican
23 Southern Jefferson Edwin Montgomery Republican
24 Green John W. Stewart Republican
25 Columbia Gerry Whiting Hazelton Republican
26 Western Dane John B. Sweat Democrat
27 Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood Edward L. Browne Republican
28 Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Charles B. Cox Democrat
29 Marquette Charles S. Kelsey Republican
30 Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Tremealeau Buel E. Hutchinson Republican

Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Fourteenth Wisconsin Legislature:[3]

Counties Representative Party
Adams, Juneau Otis B. Lapham Republican
Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix John Comstock Republican
Bad Ax, Crawford Daniel Harris Johnson Republican
Brown Frederick S. Ellis Democrat
Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau Calvin R. Johnson Republican
Calumet Le Roy Graves Republican
Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Pierce Rodman Palmer Republican
Columbia 1 Harvey W. Emery Republican
2 Nathan Hazen Republican
3 James H. Bonney Republican
Dane 1 Sereno W. Graves Republican
2 Willard H. Chandler Republican
3 Edward W. Dwight Republican
4 Frederick A. Pfaff Democrat
5 Dominick O'Malley Democrat
6 David Atwood Republican
Dodge 1 Peter Peters Democrat
2 Jacob Bodden Democrat
3 David N. Minor Republican
4 George W. Bly Republican
5 Frederick H. Kribs Republican
6 John J. Williams Republican
Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano William S. Finley Republican
Fond du Lac 1 Charles F. Hammond Republican
2 Benjamin H. Bettis Republican
3 Selim Newton Republican
4 John W. Hall Democrat
5 Horace Stanton Democrat
Grant 1 Joseph Harris Republican
2 Henry L. Massey Republican
3 Hanmer Robbins Republican
4 John G. Clark Republican
5 Jared Warner Republican
Green 1 James Campbell Republican
2 Obadiah J. White Republican
Green Lake Alvin L. Flint Republican
Iowa 1 Franklin Z. Hicks Republican
2 Amasa Cobb Republican
Jefferson 1 Jost D. Petrie Republican
2 Horace B. Willard Republican
3 Theodore Prentiss Democrat
4 Samuel Hays Democrat
5 Sterling M. Cone Democrat
Kenosha 1 Michael Frank Republican
2 Marcus Linsley Republican
La Crosse, Monroe Isaac E. Messmore Republican
Lafayette 1 Thomas C. L. Mackay Democrat
2 Lloyd T. Pullen Republican
3 Elijah C. Townsend Democrat
Manitowoc 1 Jabez L. Fobes Republican
2 Joseph Stephenson Republican
Marathon, Portage, Wood Orestes Garrison Republican
Marquette Erastus J. Buck Republican
Milwaukee 1 Robert Haney Democrat
2 George Abert Democrat
3 Edward Keogh Democrat
4 Charles Caverno Republican
5 John Rugee Republican
6 Carl Winkler Democrat
7 William Dieves Democrat
8 John Hanrahan Democrat
9 James Riordan Democrat
Outagamie Almeron B. Everts Democrat
Ozaukee 1 William H. Ramsey Democrat
2 William F. Opitz Democrat
Racine 1 Gilbert Knapp Republican
2 Orlando C. Munroe Republican
3 Simeon S. Bradford Republican
4 Samuel E. Chapman Republican
Richland Elihu Bailey Republican
Rock 1 Stiles S. Northrop Republican
2 Benjamin F. Cary Republican
3 Alexander Graham Republican
4 Anson W. Pope Republican
5 James Kirkpatrick Republican
Sauk 1 John Bear Republican
2 Marsena Temple Republican
Sheboygan 1 John Gee Democrat
2 John Bredemeyer Republican
3 Cadwaller W. Humphrey Until January 25 Democrat
From January 25 William F. Mitchell Republican
Walworth 1 Schuyler W. Benson Republican
2 Chester Deming Long Republican
3 Francis Smith Republican
4 Wyman Spooner Republican
Washington 1 Nathan Parker Republican
2 Leander F. Frisby Republican
3 Valentine Schaetzel Democrat
Waukesha 1 Daniel Cottrell Republican
2 William H. Thomas Democrat
3 Henry A. Youmans Republican
4 Myron Gilbert Republican
5 Isaac Lain Republican
Waupaca Chester D. Combs Republican
Waushara Henry G. Webb Republican
Winnebago 1 Philetus Sawyer Republican
2 Curtis Reed Democrat
3 Armine Pickett Republican

Employees

Senate

  • Chief Clerk: John H. Warren[2]
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: J. A. Hadley
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: David M. McBride
  • Postmaster: James Moore
    • Assistant Postmaster: A. B. Finch
  • Doorkeeper: Phillip Carey
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: Henry Case
  • Fireman: George Wittle
  • Messengers:
    • Walter C. Wyman
    • Albert F. Dexter
    • Patrick Lanner

Assembly

  • Chief Clerk: L. H. D. Crane[3]
    • Assistant Clerk: John S. Dean
      • Bookkeeper: Ephraim W. Young
    • Engrossing Clerk: Joseph C. Pickard
    • Enrolling Clerk: Nathaniel F. Lund
    • Transcribing Clerk: Harvey Briggs
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Craig B. Beese
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Asher Armstrong
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Ebenezer Sprague
  • Postmaster: Hiram Beckworth
    • Assistant Postmaster: John N. Stone
  • Doorkeeper: Joel Barber
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: Joshua W. Tolford
  • Firemen:
    • William C. Lasure
    • Reese Evans
    • Henry N. Solbert
  • Messengers:
    • William H. Barnes
    • William Benedict
    • William Bennett
    • H. M. Bingham
    • Charles L. Catlin
    • Edwin C. Mason
    • William E. Miller
    • James H. Neavill
    • George D. Potter
    • William H. Smith

References

  1. "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1882 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 201–202. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  2. "Statistical list of members of the Senate of the state of Wisconsin". A manual of customs, precedents, and forms, in use in the Assembly of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1861. pp. 12–13. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  3. "Statistical list of the members and officers of the Assembly of Wisconsin". A manual of customs, precedents, and forms, in use in the Assembly of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1861. pp. 7–11. Retrieved October 12, 2019.

Notes

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