13th Wisconsin Legislature explained

13th Wisconsin Legislature
Body:	Wisconsin Legislature
Before:	12th
After:	14th
Chamber1:	Senate
Membership1:	30
Control1:	Republican
Chamber1 Leader2:	Moses M. Davis (R)
Chamber2:	Assembly
Membership2:	97
Control2:	Republican
Chamber2 Leader1:	William P. Lyon (R)

The Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1860, to April 2, 1860, 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. Assembly members were elected to a one-year term. Assembly members and odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 8, 1859. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 2, 1858.^[1]

Major events

• January 2, 1860: 2nd Inauguration of Alexander Randall as Governor of Wisconsin.
• January 7, 1860: Assemblymember Andrew Eble, representing southwest Milwaukee County, died in a hunting accident.
• January 17, 1860: Assemblymember Daniel C. Jenne, representing Outagamie County, resigned his seat after it was demonstrated that he had actually lost his election to Milo Coles.
• January 23, 1860: Theodore Hartung won a special election to fill the Assembly vacancy created by Andrew Eble's death.
• November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President of the United States.
• December 24, 1860: Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union issued by the government of South Carolina.

Major legislation

• March 27, 1860: Act to organize the county of Ashland, 1860 Act 211
• March 28, 1860: Joint Resolution relative to grants of public lands to actual settlers and to passage of "The Homestead Bill," 1860 Joint Resolution 1
• March 30, 1860: Act to establish an official State paper, 1860 Act 240. Established the Wisconsin State Journal as the official state paper.
• March 30, 1860: Joint Resolution objecting to any change of the Naturalization Law, 1860 Joint Resolution 2
• March 31, 1860: Joint Resolution in relation to the Homestead Bill in Congress, 1860 Joint Resolution 3

Party summary

Senate summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	14		16	30	0
1st Session	11		19	30	0
Final voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature	8		22	30	0

Assembly summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Ind.	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	41	1		55	97	0
Start of 1st Session	37	1	59	97	0
after January 7^[2]	36			96	1
after January 17^[3]	37		58	97
after February 2^[4]	38				0
Final voting share	39%	1%		60%
Beginning of the next Legislature	27	0		70	97	0

Sessions

• 1st Regular session: January 11, 1860  - April 2, 1860

Leaders

Senate leadership

• President of the Senate: Butler G. Noble, Lieutenant Governor
• President pro tempore: Moses M. Davis

Assembly leadership

• Speaker of the Assembly: William P. Lyon

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:^[5]

District	Counties	Senator	Party	Residence
	Sheboygan			Dem.	Plymouth
02	Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw			Dem.	Kewaunee
03	Ozaukee			Dem.	Cedarburg
04	Washington			Dem.	Cedar Creek
05	Northern Milwaukee			Rep.	Milwaukee
06	Southern Milwaukee			Dem.	Franklin
07	Racine			Dem.	Racine
08	Kenosha			Rep.	Kenosha
09	Adams, Juneau, Sauk			Rep.	Delton
10	Waukesha			Rep.	Summit
11	Eastern Dane			Dem.	Cottage Grove
12	Walworth			Rep.	East Troy
13	Lafayette			Dem.	Shullsburg
14	Northern Jefferson			Rep.	Watertown
15	Iowa, Richland			Dem.	Orion
16	Grant			Rep.	Platteville
17				Rep.	Janesville
18				Rep.	Beloit
19	Manitowoc, Calumet			Dem.	Manitowoc
20	Fond du Lac			Rep.
21	Winnebago			Rep.	Oshkosh
22	Dodge	Benjamin Ferguson		Rep.	Fox Lake
23	Southern Jefferson			Rep.	Jefferson
24	Green			Rep.	Monroe
25	Columbia			Rep.	Portage
26				Dem.	Black Earth
27	Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood			Rep.	Stanton
28	Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn,, Pierce, Polk,			Rep.	River Falls
29	Marquette			Rep.	Marquette
30	Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Tremealeau			Rep.

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:^{[6] [7]}

Senate District	County	District	Representative	Party	Residence
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Adams, Juneau			Rep.	Quincy
28	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Ashland, Burnett, Douglas,, Polk,			Rep.	Whittlesey
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Bad Ax, Crawford			Rep.	Viroqua
02	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Brown			Dem.	Green Bay
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau			Rep.	Galesville
19	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Calumet			Dem.	Chilton
28	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Pierce			Rep.	Eau Claire
25	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Columbia	1			Dem.	Portage
	2			Rep.	Columbus
	3			Rep.	Pardeeville
11	text-align="left" rowspan="6"	Dane	1			Rep.	Stoughton
	2			Dem.	Madison
	3			Dem.	Verona
26	4			Rep.	Cross Plains
	5			Rep.	Madison
	6			Dem.	Madison
22	text-align="left" rowspan="6"	Dodge	1			Dem.	Iron Ridge
	2			Dem.	Farmersville
	3			Rep.	Oak Grove
	4			Rep.	Fox Lake
	5			Rep.	Beaver Dam
	6			Dem.	Oak Grove
02	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano			Dem.	Shawano
20	text-align="left" rowspan="5"		1			Rep.	Ripon
	2			Rep.	Ladoga
	3			Rep.
	4			Dem.	Calumet
	5			Rep.
16	text-align="left" rowspan="5"	Grant	1			Rep.	Hazel Green
	2			Dem.	Potosi
	3			Rep.	Muscoda
	4			Rep.	Ellenboro
	5			Rep.	Patch Grove
24	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Green	1			Rep.	Monroe
	2			Rep.	Brodhead
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Green Lake			Rep.	Mackford
15	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Iowa	1			Dem.	Arena
	2			Rep.	Mineral Point
23	text-align="left" rowspan="5"	Jefferson	1			Rep.	Cold Spring
	2			Rep.	Fort Atkinson
14	3			Rep.	Watertown
	4			Dem. Rep.	Watertown
	5			Dem.	Milford
08	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Kenosha	1			Rep.	Kenosha
	2			Rep.	Kenosha
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	La Crosse & Monroe			Rep.	Sparta
13	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Lafayette	1			Dem.	Elk Grove
	2			Dem.	Gratiot
	3			Dem.	Shullsburg
19	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Manitowoc	1			Dem.	Mishicot
	2			Dem.	Meeme
27	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marathon, Portage, Wood			Rep.	Stevens Point
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marquette			Dem.	Kingston
05	text-align="left" rowspan="10"	Milwaukee	1			Dem.	Milwaukee
	2			Dem.	Milwaukee
06	3			Dem.	Milwaukee
	4			Rep.	Milwaukee
	5			Rep.	Milwaukee
05	6			Dem.	Milwaukee
	7			Dem.	Ten Mile House
06	8			Dem.	Oak Creek
	9			Dem.	Milwaukee
				Dem.
02	text-align="left" rowspan="2" colspan="2"	Outagamie			Rep.	Appleton
			Dem.	Gratiot
03	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Ozaukee	1			Dem.	Saukville
	2			Dem.	Cedarburg
07	text-align="left" rowspan="4"	Racine	1			Rep.	Racine
	2			Rep.	Racine
	3			Rep.	North Cape
	4			Rep.	Waterford
15	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Richland			Dem.	Viola
18	text-align="left" rowspan="5"	Rock	1			Rep.	Beloit
	2			Rep.	Emerald Grove
17	3			Rep.	Janesville
	4			Rep.	Evansville
	5			Rep.	Brodhead
09	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Sauk	1			Rep.
	2			Rep.	Baraboo
	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Sheboygan	1			Dem.	Sheboygan
	2			Rep.	Greenbush
	3			Rep.	Cascade
12	text-align="left" rowspan="4"	Walworth	1			Rep.	Geneva
	2			Rep.	Delavan
	3			Rep.	Richmond
	4			Rep.	East Troy
04	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Washington	1			Dem.	Nenno
	2			Dem.	Kewaskum
	3			Rep.	Newburg
10	text-align="left" rowspan="5"	Waukesha	1			Rep.	Delafield
	2			Rep.	Menomonee Falls
	3			Dem.	Mukwonago
	4			Dem.	New Berlin
	5			Rep.	Vernon
27	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Dem.	Fremont
	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Wautoma
21	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Winnebago	1			Dem.	Oshkosh
	2			Rep.	Menasha
	3			Rep.	Waukau

Employees

Senate employees

• Chief Clerk: John H. Warren^[5]
  • Assistant Clerk: Willard Merrill
  • Engrossing Clerk: J. B. Selby
  • Enrolling Clerk: G. M. Powell
  • Transcribing Clerk: A. L. Burke
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Asa Kinney
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: S. S. Keyes
• Postmaster: James L. Wilder
  • Post Messenger: Garret J. Mahoney
• Doorkeeper: Henry M. Higbee
• Fireman: Franz G. L. Struve
• Messengers:
  • William W. Worthington
  • Walter C. Wyman
  • Sylvester Mygatt

Assembly employees

• Chief Clerk: L. H. D. Crane^[6]
  • Assistant Clerk: John S. Dean
  • Engrossing Clerk: R. S. Kingman
  • Enrolling Clerk: Thaddeus C. Pound
  • Transcribing Clerk: E. Gilbert Jackson
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Joseph Gates
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: A. Armstrong
• Postmaster: Marcus Otterbourg
  • Assistant Postmaster: Chancey B. Valentine
• Doorkeeper: William C. Lessure
  • Assistant Doorkeeper: John T. Taylor
• Firemen:
  • Nelson C. Andrews
  • Stephen S. Woodward
  • Phillip Cary
  • Robert R. Jores
• Messengers:
  • Samuel H. Fernandez
  • Carlton C. Hart
  • Edward Livingston
  • William H. Barnes
  • George W. Yout
  • William H. Bennett

Notes and References

1. The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1882. 199–200 . Annals of the legislature. State of Wisconsin.
2. Andrew Eble (Milwaukee 9th district) died.
3. Milo Coles replaced Daniel C. Jenne (Outagamie County) due to successful election challenge.
4. Theodore Hartung replaced Andrew Eble (deceased; Milwaukee 9th district).
5. A manual of customs, precedents, and forms, in use in the Assembly of Wisconsin . Statistical list of members of the Senate of the state of Wisconsin . 12–13 . State of Wisconsin . 1860 . September 28, 2019.
6. A manual of customs, precedents, and forms, in use in the Assembly of Wisconsin . Statistical list of the members and officers of the Assembly of Wisconsin . 7–11 . State of Wisconsin . 1860 . September 28, 2019.
7. A manual of customs, precedents, and forms, in use in the Assembly of Wisconsin . 33–37 . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1860/reference/wi.wibluebk1860.i0024.pdf . List of Assembly Districts, with names of Members since the last Apportionment . State of Wisconsin . 1860 . September 6, 2021 .