20th Wisconsin Legislature explained

20th Wisconsin Legislature
Body:	Wisconsin Legislature
Before:	19th
After:	21st
Chamber1:	Senate
Membership1:	33
Control1:	National Union
Chamber1 Leader2:	George F. Wheeler (U)
Chamber2:	Assembly
Membership2:	100
Control2:	National Union
Chamber2 Leader1:	Angus Cameron (U)

The Twentieth Wisconsin Legislature convened from to in regular session.

This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous 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 6, 1866. 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 7, 1865.^[1]

Major events

January 23, 1867: Timothy O. Howe re-elected as United States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature in Joint Session.
May 29, 1867: The Austro-Hungarian Compromise created the empire of Austria-Hungary.
June 19, 1867: Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico was executed by firing squad.
September 30, 1867: The United States took possession of Midway Atoll.
October 18, 1867: The territory of Alaska was transferred from the Russian Empire to the United States.
November 5, 1867: Wisconsin general election:
- Lucius Fairchild re-elected as Governor of Wisconsin.
- Voters approved an amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin to raise legislator's compensation to $350 per year.

Major legislation

February 13, 1867: Joint Resolution proposing the ratification of the constitutional amendment, 1867 Joint Resolution 4. Proposed an amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin to raise legislators' pay to $350 per year. The amendment was ratified by voters in the November 1867 general election.

Party summary

Senate summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

	Democratic	Union	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	10		23		0	33	0

Start of 1st Session	11	22	0	33	0
From March 3^[2]	10			32	1
From March 20^[3]	11			33	0
From October^[4]	11			20	31	2

Final voting share

Beginning of the next Legislature	15	0		18	33	0

Assembly summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)

	Democratic	Union	Republican	Vacant
End of previous Legislature	33		67	0	100	0

Start of 1st Session	26		74	0	100	0

Final voting share

Beginning of the next Legislature	41		0	59	100	0

Sessions

1st Regular session: January 9, 1867April 11, 1867

Leaders

Senate leadership

President of the Senate: Wyman Spooner
President pro tempore: George F. Wheeler

Assembly leadership

Speaker of the Assembly: Angus Cameron

Members

Members of the Senate

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

Dist.	Counties	Residence
	Sheboygan	Sheboygan	Union
02	Brown, Door, Kewaunee	Green Bay	Dem.
03	Ozaukee	Ozaukee	Dem.
04	Washington	West Bend	Dem.
05	Milwaukee (Northern Part)	Milwaukee	Dem.
05	Milwaukee (Northern Part)	Milwaukee	Dem.
06	Milwaukee (Southern Part)	Milwaukee	Dem.
07	Racine	Caledonia	Union
08	Kenosha	Kenosha	Union
09	Adams, Juneau, Monroe	Sparta	Union
10	Waukesha	Summit	Dem.
11	Dane (Eastern Part)	Windsor	Union
12	Walworth	Whitewater	Union
13	Lafayette	Shullsburg	Dem.
14	Sauk	Baraboo	Union
15	Iowa	Dodgeville	Union
16	Grant	Platteville	Union
17	Rock	Beloit	Union
18	Dodge (Western Part)	Fox Lake	Union
19	Manitowoc	Manitowoc	Dem.
20	Fond du Lac	Nanaupa	Union
21	Winnebago	Oshkosh	Union
22	Calumet, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano	Appleton	Dem.
23	Jefferson	Jefferson	Dem.
24	Green	Monticello	Union
25	Columbia	Poynette	Union
26	Dane (Western Part)	Madison	Union
27	Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood	Waupaca	Union
28	Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, Pierce,	Hudson	Union
29	Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara	Wautoma	Union
30	Crawford, Richland		Union
31	La Crosse, Vernon	West Salem	Union
32	Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn,, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau	Eau Claire	Union
33	Dodge (Eastern Part)	Horicon	Dem.

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Twentieth Wisconsin Legislature:^[5]

Senate District	County	District	Representative	Party	Residence
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Adams			Union	Big Spring
28	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, Polk			Union	St. Croix Falls
02	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Brown	1			Dem.	Green Bay
02	2			Dem.	De Pere
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Buffalo			Union	Alma
22	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Calumet			Union	Stockbridge
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Chippewa & Dunn			Union	Chippewa Falls
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Clark & Jackson			Union	Black River Falls
25	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Columbia	1			Union	Lodi
	2			Union	Columbus
	3			Union	Cambria
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Crawford			Union	Prairie du Chien
11	text-align="left" rowspan="5"	Dane	1			Union	Door Creek
11	2			Union	Sun Prairie
26	3			Dem.	Mendota
	4			Union	Madison
	5			Dem.	Madison
18	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Union	Westford
18	2			Dem.	Juneau
33	3			Dem.	Lomira
33	4			Dem.	Hustisford
02	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Door & Kewaunee			Union	Ahnapee
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Eau Claire & Pepin			Union	Ahnapee
20	text-align="left" rowspan="6"		1			Union	Ripon
	2			Union	Ladoga
	3			Union
	4			Union
	5			Dem.	New Fane
	6			Dem.	Moria
16	text-align="left" rowspan="5"		1			Union	Platteville
	2			Union	Rockville
	3			Union	New California
	4			Union	Fennimore
	5			Union	Glen Haven
24	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Green	1			Union	Monticello
24	2			Union	Brodhead
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Green Lake			Union	Princeton
15	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Iowa	1			Union	Avoca
15	2			Union	Moscow
23	text-align="left" rowspan="4"	Jefferson	1			Dem.	Watertown
	2			Union	Lake Mills
	3			Union	Jefferson
	4			Union	Concord
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Juneau			Union	New Lisbon
08	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Union	Kenosha
31	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	La Crosse	1			Union	La Crosse
31	2			Union	Stevenstown
13	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Dem.	Elk Grove
13	2			Union	Fayette
19	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Manitowoc	1			Union	Meeme
	2			Dem.	Maple Grove
	3			Dem.	Manitowoc
27	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marathon & Wood			Dem.	Dexterville
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marquette			Union	Montello
05	text-align="left" rowspan="10"	Milwaukee	1			Dem.	Milwaukee
05	2			War Dem.	Milwaukee
06	3			Dem.	Milwaukee
	4			Union	Milwaukee
	5			Union	Milwaukee
05	6			Dem.	Milwaukee
	7			Union	Milwaukee
	8			Dem.	Milwaukee
06	9			Dem.	Franklin
05	10			Dem.	Milwaukee
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Monroe			Union	Tomah
22	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Oconto & Shawano			Union	Shawano
22	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Outagamie			Dem.	Appleton
03	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Dem.	Cedarburg
28	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Pierce			Union	Maiden Rock
27	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Portage			Union	Plover
07	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Union	Racine
07	2			Union	Waterford
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Richland			Union	Richland Center
17	text-align="left" rowspan="5"		1			Union	Footville
	2			Union	Cooksville
	3			Union	Tiffany
	4			Union	Beloit
	5			Union	Janesville
14	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Sauk	1			Union
14	2			Union	Delton
01	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Union
	2			Union
	3			Union	Sheboygan Falls
28	text-align="left" colspan="2"	St. Croix			Union	River Falls
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Trempealeau			Union	Trempealeau
31	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Vernon	1			Union	Bergen
31	2			Union	Readstown
12	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Union	Delavan
	2			Union	Springfield
	3			Union	Whitewater
04	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Dem.	West Bend
04	2			Dem.	Cedar Creek
10	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Union	Dodges Corners
	2			Union	Waterville
	3			Dem.	New Berlin
27	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Waupaca			Union	New London
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Union	Pine River
21	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Union	Oshkosh
	2			Union	Neenah
	3			Union	Omro

Changes from the 19th Legislature

New districts for the 20th Legislature were defined in 1866 Wisconsin Act 101, passed into law in the 19th Wisconsin Legislature.

Senate redistricting

Summary of changes

26 Senate districts were left unchanged.
Calumet County was moved from the 19th district to the 22nd.
Door County was moved from the 22nd district to the 2nd.
Monroe County was moved from the 31st district to the 9th.
Waushara County was moved from the 9th district to the 29th.
Vernon County was moved from the 30th district to the 31st.

Senate districts

Dist.	19th Legislature	20th Legislature
1	Sheboygan County	Sheboygan County
2	Brown, Kewaunee counties	Brown, Door, Kewaunee counties
3	Ozaukee County	Ozaukee County
4	Washington County	Washington County
5	Northern Milwaukee County	Northern Milwaukee County
6	Southern Milwaukee County	Southern Milwaukee County
7	Racine County	Racine County
8	Kenosha County	Kenosha County
9	Adams, Juneau, Waushara counties	Adams, Juneau, Monroe counties
10	Waukesha County	Waukesha County
11	Eastern Dane County	Eastern Dane County
12	Walworth County	Walworth County
13	Lafayette County	Lafayette County
14	Sauk County	Sauk County
15	Iowa County	Iowa County
16	Grant County	Grant County
17	Rock County	Rock County
18	Western Dodge County	Western Dodge County
19	Manitowoc, Calumet counties	Manitowoc County
20	Fond du Lac County	Fond du Lac County
21	Winnebago County	Winnebago County
22	Door, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw counties	Calumet, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano counties
23	Jefferson County	Jefferson County
24	Green County	Green County
25	Columbia County	Columbia County
26	Western Dane County	Western Dane County
27	Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood counties	Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood counties
28	Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe (Bayfield), Pierce, Polk, St. Croix counties	Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix counties
29	Green Lake, Marquette County	Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara counties
30	Bad Ax, Crawford, Richland counties	Crawford, Richland counties
31	La Crosse, Monroe counties	La Crosse, Vernon counties
32	Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau counties	Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau counties
33	Eastern Dodge County	Eastern Dodge County

Assembly redistricting

Summary of changes

Brown County went from having 1 district to 2.
Buffalo County became its own assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Pepin and Trempealeau counties.
Eau Claire and Pepin counties became a combined district, Eau Claire had previously been in a shared district with Chippewa and Dunn counties, Pepin had previously been in a shared district with Buffalo and Trempealeau counties.
Dodge County went from having 5 districts to 4.
Door and Kewaunee counties became a combined district, Door had previously been in a shared district with Oconto and Shawano counties, Kewaunee had previously been its own Assembly district.
Fond du Lac County went from having 5 districts to 6.
La Crosse County went from having 1 district to 2.
Milwaukee County went from having 9 districts to 10.
Racine County went from having 3 districts to 2.
Rock County went from having 6 districts to 5.
Sheboygan County went from having 4 districts to 3.
St. Croix County became its own assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Pierce County.
Trempealeau County became its own assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Buffalo and Pepin counties.
Walworth County went from having 4 districts to 3.
Washington County went from having 3 districts to 2.
Waukesha County went from having 4 districts to 3.

Assembly districts

County	Districts in 19th Legislature	Districts in 20th Legislature
Adams	1 District	1 District
Ashland	Shared with Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe (Bayfield), Polk	Shared with Bayfield, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, Polk
Bayfield	Shared with Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, Polk	Shared with Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, Polk
Brown	1 District	2 Districts
Buffalo	Shared with Pepin, Trempealeau	1 District
Burnett	Shared with Ashland, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe (Bayfield), Polk	Shared with Ashland, Bayfield, Dallas, Douglas, Polk
Calumet	1 District	1 District
Chippewa	Shared with Dunn, Eau Claire	Shared with Dunn
Clark	Shared with Jackson	Shared with Jackson
Columbia	3 Districts	3 Districts
Crawford	Shared with Bad Ax (Vernon)	1 District
Dallas	Shared with Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe (Bayfield), Polk	Shared with Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk
Dane	5 Districts	5 Districts
Dodge	5 Districts	4 Districts
Door	Shared with Oconto, Shawano	Shared with Kewaunee
Douglas	Shared with Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, La Pointe (Bayfield), Polk	Shared with Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Dallas, Polk
Dunn	Shared with Chippewa, Eau Claire	Shared with Chippewa
Eau Claire	Shared with Chippewa, Dunn	Shared with Pepin
Fond du Lac	5 Districts	6 Districts
Grant	5 Districts	5 Districts
Green	2 Districts	2 Districts
Green Lake	1 District	1 District
Iowa	2 Districts	2 Districts
Jackson	Shared with Clark	Shared with Clark
Jefferson	4 Districts	4 Districts
Juneau	1 District	1 District
Kenosha	1 District	1 District
Kewaunee	1 District	Shared with Door
La Crosse	1 District	2 Districts
Lafayette	2 Districts	2 Districts
Manitowoc	3 Districts	3 Districts
Marathon	Shared with Wood	Shared with Wood
Marquette	1 District	1 District
Milwaukee	9 Districts	10 Districts
Monroe	1 District	1 District
Oconto	Shared with Door, Shawano	Shared with Shawano
Outagamie	1 District	1 District
Ozaukee	1 District	1 District
Pepin	Shared with Buffalo, Trempealeau	Shared with Eau Claire
Pierce	Shared with St. Croix	Shared with St. Croix
Polk	Shared with Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe (Bayfield)	Shared with Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas
Portage	1 District	1 District
Racine	3 Districts	2 Districts
Richland	1 District	1 District
Rock	6 Districts	5 Districts
Sauk	2 Districts	2 Districts
Shawano	Shared with Door, Oconto	Shared with Oconto
Sheboygan	4 Districts	3 Districts
St. Croix	Shared with Pierce	1 District
Trempealeau	Shared with Buffalo, Pepin	1 District
Vernon	2 Districts	2 Districts
Walworth	4 Districts	3 Districts
Washington	3 Districts	3 Districts
Waukesha	4 Districts	3 Districts
Waupaca	1 District	1 District
Waushara	1 District	1 District
Winnebago	3 Districts	3 Districts
Wood	Shared with Marathon	Shared with Marathon

Notes and References

The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin . State of Wisconsin . 1882 . Heg . J. E. . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1882/reference/wi.wibluebk1882.i0011.pdf . Annals of the Legislature . 214–216 . July 21, 2021 .
Democrat Jackson Hadley (5th district) died March 3, 1867.
Democrat Henry L. Palmer (5th district) elected March 20, 1867.
Republicans Van Eps Young (1st district) and George Gary (21st district) resigned.
The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1867/reference/wi.wibluebk1867.i0015.pdf . Legislative Department . 166–167, 170–173 . State of Wisconsin . 1867 . July 21, 2021.