16th Wisconsin Legislature

The Sixteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1863, to April 2, 1863, in regular session.

16th Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 1, 1863 – January 1, 1864
ElectionNovember 4, 1862
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentVacant
President pro temporeWyman Spooner (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members99
Assembly SpeakerJ. Allen Barber (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 14, 1863 – April 2, 1863

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 4, 1862. 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 5, 1861.[1]

Major events

Major legislation
  • March 13, 1863: Joint Resolution recommending Colonels J. C. Starkweather and Geo. E. Bryant to promotion, 1863 Joint Resolution 2
  • March 25, 1863: Joint Resolution relative to adopting state flag, 1863 Joint Resolution 4
  • March 26, 1863: Act to provide for continuing the work on the state capitol, 1863 Act 107
  • March 28, 1863: Act to authorize the borrowing of money to repel invasion, suppress insurrection and defend the state in time of war, 1863 Act 157
  • April 1, 1863: Act authorizing the governor to take care of the sick and wounded soldiers of the Wisconsin volunteers, and appropriating money out of the treasury for that purpose, 1863 Act 196
  • April 1, 1863: Act to provide for compensating parties whose property may be injured or destroyed in consequence of mobs or riots, 1863 Act 211
  • April 1, 1863: Act to provide for the enrollment of persons liable to perform military duty, and the organization of the state militia for active service, 1863 Act 242
  • April 2, 1863: Act to provide for the relief of families of persons who may die in the military service of the United States or of the state of Wisconsin, 1863 Act 264

Party summary

Senate
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Union Republican Vacant
End of previous Legislature 11 2 20 33 0
1st Session 14 1 18 33 0
Final voting share 42% 3% 55%
Beginning of the next Legislature 11 22 0 33 0

Assembly
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Union Republican Vacant
End of previous Legislature 46 10 42 98 1
Start of 1st Session 45 2 52 99 0
after February 8 44 53
Final voting share 44% 2% 54%
Beginning of the next Legislature 29 70 0 99 0

Sessions
  • 1st Regular session: January 14, 1863 – April 2, 1863

Leaders

Senate
  • President of the Senate: Vacant
  • President pro tempore: Wyman Spooner

Assembly

Members

Senate

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

District Counties Senator Party
1 Sheboygan John E. Thomas Democrat
2 Brown, Kewaunee Edward Hicks Democrat
3 Ozaukee John R. Bohan Democrat
4 Washington Frederick O. Thorpe Democrat
5 Northern Milwaukee William K. Wilson Democrat
6 Southern Milwaukee Edward Keogh Democrat
7 Racine Timothy D. Morris Republican
8 Kenosha Herman S. Thorp Republican
9 Adams, Juneau, Waushara Alanson M. Kimball Republican
10 Waukesha George C. Pratt Democrat
11 Eastern Dane Willard H. Chandler Republican
12 Walworth Wyman Spooner Republican
13 Lafayette James H. Earnest Democrat
14 Sauk Smith S. Wilkinson Republican
15 Iowa George L. Frost Democrat
16 Grant Milas K. Young Republican
17 Rock William A. Lawrence Republican
18 Western Dodge Joe Rich Democrat
19 Manitowoc, Calumet Joseph Vilas, Jr. Democrat
20 Fond du Lac George W. Mitchell Democrat
21 Winnebago Joseph B. Hamilton Republican
22 Door, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw Thomas R. Hudd Democrat
23 Jefferson J. D. Clapp Democrat
24 Green Edmund A. West Republican
25 Columbia Jonathan Bowman Republican
26 Western Dane Benjamin F. Hopkins Republican
27 Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood Alexander S. McDill Republican
28 Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix Herman L. Humphrey Union
29 Marquette, Green Lake Charles S. Kelsey Republican
30 Bad Ax, Crawford, Richland William S. Purdy Republican
31 La Crosse, Monroe Angus Cameron Republican
32 Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau M. D. Bartlett Republican
33 Eastern Dodge Satterlee Clark, Jr. Republican

Assembly

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

Counties Representative Party
Adams Otis B. Lapham Republican
Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk Henry D. Barron Union
Brown Frederick S. Ellis Democrat
Buffalo, Pepin, Trempealeau Alfred W. Newman Republican
Calumet James Robinson Democrat
Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire William H. Smith Democrat
Clark, Jackson Carl C. Pope Republican
Columbia 1 A. J. Turner Republican
2 John Q. Adams Republican
3 Yates Ashley Republican
Crawford James Fisher Democrat
Dane 1 Charles R. Head Republican
2 William H. Miller Republican
3 Alden Sprague Sanborn Democrat
4 George Wright Republican
5 George Hyer Republican
Dodge 1 Oliver Ashley Republican
2 John F. McCollum Democrat
3 Oscar F. Jones Democrat
4 Albert Burtch Democrat
5 Ferdinand Wagner Democrat
Door, Oconto, Shawano George Clay Ginty Republican
Fond du Lac 1 William Starr Republican
2 Freeman M. Wheeler Republican
3 Edwin H. Galloway Republican
4 Samuel O'Hara Democrat
5 Egbert Foster Democrat
Grant 1 John Harms Until February 8 Democrat
From February 8 John H. Rountree Republican
2 James F. Chapman Democrat
3 J. Allen Barber Republican
4 William W. Field Republican
5 Robert Glenn Republican
Green 1 Walter S. Wescott Republican
2 Ezra Wescott Republican
Green Lake Samuel W. Smith Union
Iowa 1 David McFarland Democrat
2 John H. Vivian Republican
Jefferson 1 Emil Rothe Democrat
2 Nathan S. Greene Republican
3 Lucien B. Caswell Republican
4 James M. Bingham Republican
Juneau James B. Frazell Democrat
Kenosha Benjamin T. Hatch Republican
Kewaunee Matthias Simon Democrat
La Crosse Enos M. Philips Republican
Lafayette 1 Joseph White Democrat
2 Lloyd T. Pullen Republican
Manitowoc 1 Daniel Shanahan Democrat
2 James Cahill Democrat
3 Elijah K. Rand Democrat
Marathon, Wood Levi P. Powers Democrat
Marquette Horatio S. Thomas Democrat
Milwaukee 1 John Sharpstein Democrat
2 George Abert Democrat
3 John W. Eviston Democrat
4 Martin Larkin, Jr. Democrat
5 Peter V. Deuster Democrat
6 Adam Poertner Democrat
7 John Hanrahan Democrat
8 Edward Collins Democrat
9 John Bentley Democrat
Monroe William W. Jackson Republican
Outagamie Byron Douglas Democrat
Ozaukee Robert Power Democrat
Pierce, St. Croix Charles B. Cox Republican
Portage Enoch Webster Republican
Racine 1 Horatio T. Taylor Republican
2 Orlando C. Munroe Republican
3 Hiram L. Gilmore Republican
Richland John Walworth Republican
Rock 1 Jonathan Cory Republican
2 Joseph Spaulding Republican
3 Jacob Fowle Republican
4 C. Mortimer Treat Republican
5 Allen C. Bates Republican
6 Denison Alcott Republican
Sauk 1 Alonzo Wilcox Republican
2 Argalus W. Starks Republican
Sheboygan 1 Carl Zillier Democrat
2 Charles Oetling Democrat
3 Henry Hayes Democrat
4 Benjamin Dockstader Republican
Vernon 1 James H. Layne Republican
2 Daniel B. Priest Republican
Walworth 1 Samuel Pratt Republican
2 Thomas W. Hill Republican
3 Charles H. Sturtevant Republican
4 George H. Foster Republican
Washington 1 Adam Schantz Democrat
2 Henry Hildebrandt Democrat
3 Martin Schottler Democrat
Waukesha 1 Silas Richardson Democrat
2 Elisha W. Edgerton Republican
3 David G. Snover Democrat
4 Nelson Burroughs Democrat
Waupaca Albert K. Osborn Republican
Waushara William C. Webb Republican
Winnebago 1 William E. Hanson Republican
2 Michael Hogan Democrat
3 Emery F. Davis Republican

Employees

Senate
  • Chief Clerk: Frank M. Stewart[2]
    • Assistant Clerk: J. M. Randall
    • Engrossing Clerk: G. W. Campbell
    • Enrolling Clerk: George W. Stoner
    • Transcribing Clerk: J. J. Tschudy
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Luther Basford
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: James L. Wilder
  • Postmaster: James L. Hosford
    • Assistant Postmaster: John Van t'Woud
  • Doorkeeper: B. S. Miller
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: Francis Mika
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: Samuel Bachman
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: Paul Halverson
  • Firemen:
    • Alex Stilwell
    • John Crowley
  • Messengers:
    • J. E. Brown
    • John Hutchins
    • Albert F. Dexter
    • Frank Kellogg
  • Porter: George E. Albee

Assembly
  • Chief Clerk: John S. Dean[2]
    • Assistant Clerk: Ephraim W. Young
      • Bookkeeper: Merrick P. Wing
    • Engrossing Clerk: Herbert A. Lewis
    • Enrolling Clerk: S. Canning Fisher
    • Transcribing Clerk: Henry C. Hadley
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: A. M. Thomson
    • 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: C. D. Lon
    • 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: D. S. Hawley
  • Postmaster: M. B. Patchin
    • 1st Assistant Postmaster: John B. Eugene
    • 2nd Assistant Postmaster: Oscar Babcock
  • Doorkeeper: Franklin Kelly
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: A. J. Fuller
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: P. P. Davis
    • Assistant Doorkeeper: William C. Lesure
  • Firemen:
    • H. H. Hayward
    • Philip Carey
    • Iver Knudsen
  • Messengers:
    • Adam Waltz
    • James E. Dean
    • Richard L. Hayward
    • Edgar C. McLaughlin
    • Patrick W. Lannen
    • William H. Miller
    • Louis Sholes
    • George D. Potter
    • Mark W. Bailey

References
  1. "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1882 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 205–207. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  2. Dean, John S., ed. (1863). "Legislative department". The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 76–77, 88–91. Retrieved October 20, 2019.

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