23rd Wisconsin Legislature explained

23rd Wisconsin Legislature
Body:	Wisconsin Legislature
Before:	22nd
After:	24th
Chamber1:	Senate
Membership1:	33
Control1:	Republican
Chamber1 Leader2:	David Taylor (R)
Chamber2:	Assembly
Membership2:	100
Control2:	Republican

The Twenty-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from to 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 even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 2, 1869. 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 3, 1868.^[1]

Major events

• February 3, 1870: Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the required three-fourths of U.S. states.
• June 22, 1870: The U.S. Congress created the United States Department of Justice.
• July 19, 1870: France declared war on the Kingdom of Prussia, initiating the Franco-Prussian War.
• September 4, 1870: French Emperor Napoleon III was deposed and the French Third Republic was established.
• October 12, 1870: Former Confederate general Robert E. Lee died after suffering a stroke.

Party summary

Senate summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	14		19	33	0
1st Session	14		19	33	0
Final voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature	14		19	33	0

Assembly summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Ind.	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	32	0		68	100	0
1st Session	39	1		60	100	0
Final voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature	40	3		57	100	0

Sessions

• 1st Regular session: January 12, 1870March 17, 1870

Leaders

Senate leadership

• President of the Senate: Thaddeus C. Pound (R)
• President pro tempore: David Taylor (R)

Assembly leadership

• Speaker of the Assembly: James M. Bingham (R)

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Twenty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:^[2]

Dist.	Counties	Senator	Residence	Party
	Sheboygan		Sheboygan		Rep.
02	Brown, Door, Kewaunee		Ahnapee		Dem.
03	Ozaukee		Ozaukee		Dem.
04	Washington		Addison		Dem.
05	Milwaukee (Northern Half)		Milwaukee		Dem.
06	Milwaukee (Southern Half)		Milwaukee		Dem.
07	Racine		Caledonia		Rep.
08	Kenosha		Kenosha		Rep.
09	Adams, Juneau, Monroe		Big Spring		Rep.
10	Waukesha		Merton		Dem.
11	Dane (Eastern Part)		Stoughton		Rep.
12	Walworth		Spring Prairie		Rep.
13	Lafayette		Darlington		Dem.
14	Sauk		Spring Green		Rep.
15	Iowa		Wyoming		Rep.
16	Grant		Boscobel		Rep.
17	Rock		Janesville		Rep.
18	Dodge (Western Part)		Beaver Dam		Dem.
19	Manitowoc		Manitowoc		Dem.
20	Fond du Lac		Ripon		Rep.
21	Winnebago		Menasha		Rep.
22	Calumet, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano		Chilton		Dem.
23	Jefferson		Farmington		Dem.
24	Green		Monroe		Rep.
25	Columbia		Columbus		Rep.
26	Dane (Western Part)		Middleton		Rep.
27	Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood		Grand Rapids		Rep.
28	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix		Trimbelle		Dem.
29	Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara		Berlin		Rep.
30	Crawford, Richland				Dem.
31	La Crosse & Vernon		Viroqua		Rep.
32	Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau		Black River Falls		Rep.
33	Dodge (Eastern Part)		Horicon		Dem.

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Twenty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:^[2]

Senate District	County	District	Representative	Party	Residence
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Adams			Rep.	Friendship
28	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk			Rep.	Osceola
02	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Brown	1			Dem.	Green Bay
	2			Dem.	Holland
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Buffalo			Rep.	Nelson
22	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Calumet			Dem.	Chilton
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Chippewa & Dunn			Rep.	Menomonie
	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Clark & Jackson			Rep.	Springfield
25	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Columbia	1			Rep.	Lodi
	2			Rep.	Arlington
	3			Rep.	Pardeeville
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Crawford			Rep.	Bell Center
11	text-align="left" rowspan="5"	Dane	1			Rep.	Rutland
	2			Rep.	Sun Prairie
26	3			Dem.	Black Earth
	4			Rep.	Montrose
	5			Dem.	Madison
18	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Rep.	Calamus
	2			Dem.	Chester
33	3			Dem.	Williamstown
	4			Ind.	Watertown
02	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Door & Kewaunee			Rep.	Jacksonport
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Eau Claire & Pepin			Dem.	Eau Claire
20	text-align="left" rowspan="6"		1			Dem.	Ripon
	2			Rep.	Alto
	3			Dem.
	4			Rep.
	5			Dem.	Osceola
	6			Dem.	Taycheedah
16	text-align="left" rowspan="5"		1			Dem.	Platteville
	2			Rep.	Rockville
	3			Rep.	Lancaster
	4			Rep.	Fennimore
	5			Rep.	Glen Haven
24	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Green	1			Rep.	Exeter
	2			Rep.	Spring Grove
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Green Lake			Rep.	Berlin
15	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Iowa	1			Dem.	Avoca
	2			Rep.	Mineral Point
23	text-align="left" rowspan="4"	Jefferson	1			Rep.	Watertown
	2			Rep.	Lake Mills
	3			Dem.	Jefferson
	4			Rep.	Palmyra
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Juneau			Dem.	Sentinel
08	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Salem
31	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	La Crosse	1			Dem.	La Crosse
	2			Rep.	Onalaska
13	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Dem.	Benton
	2			Dem.	Wiota
19	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Manitowoc	1			Dem.	Schleswig
	2			Dem.	Maple Grove
	3			Dem.	Manitowoc
27	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marathon & Wood			Dem.	Wausau
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marquette			Dem.	Montello
05	text-align="left" rowspan="10"	Milwaukee	1			Rep.	Milwaukee
	2			Dem.	Milwaukee
06	3			Dem.	Milwaukee
	4			Rep.	Milwaukee
	5			Dem.	Milwaukee
05	6			Dem.	Milwaukee
	7			Rep.	Milwaukee
	8			Dem.	Milwaukee
06	9			Dem.	Lake
	10			Dem.	Milwaukee
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Monroe			Rep.	Jefferson
22	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Oconto & Shawano			Dem.	Oconto
	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Outagamie			Dem.	Appleton
03	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Dem.	Mequon
28	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Pierce			Rep.	River Falls
27	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Portage			Rep.	Buena Vista
07	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Rep.	Racine
	2			Rep.	Waterford
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Richland			Rep.	Richland Center
17	text-align="left" rowspan="5"		1			Rep.	Evansville
	2			Rep.	Lima
	3			Rep.	Janesville
	4			Rep.	Turtle
	5			Rep.	Janesville
14	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Sauk	1			Rep.
	2			Rep.	New Buffalo
01	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Dem.
	2			Rep.
	3			Rep.	Scott
28	text-align="left" colspan="2"	St. Croix			Rep.	Pleasant Valley
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Trempealeau			Rep.	Galesville
31	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Vernon	1			Rep.	Springville
	2			Rep.	Webster
12	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Rep.	Walworth
	2			Rep.	Spring Prairie
	3			Rep.	East Troy
04	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Dem.	Trenton
	2			Dem.	Cedar Creek
10	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Dem.	Waukesha
	2			Dem.	Summit
	3			Dem.	Menomonee
27	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Waupaca			Rep.	Weyauwega
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Marion
21	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Rep.	Oshkosh
	2			Rep.	Menasha
	3			Rep.	Koro

Employees

Senate employees

• Chief Clerk: Leander B. Hills^[2]
  • Assistant Clerk: H. H. Rust
    • Bookkeeper: Robert A. Gillett
  • Engrossing Clerk: A. J. High
  • Enrolling Clerk: J. H. Balch
  • Transcribing Clerk: Julia A. Hubbard
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Earl M. Rogers
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: William Freeman
• Postmaster: L. D. Frost
  • Assistant Postmaster: T. Watson
• Doorkeeper: D. W. Collins
• Doorkeeper: W. Cook
  • Assistant Doorkeeper: Levi Burgett
  • Assistant Doorkeeper: F. Chamberlain
  • Gallery Doorkeeper: H. A. Wilcox
  • Night Watch: John Grant Jr.
• President's Attendant: F. Bowers
• Porter: A. T. Conger
• Messengers:
  • Eddie Knight
  • Willie Hadley
  • Charlie Young
  • Charles F. Torgerson
  • Charlie S. Vedder
  • Max Roeder

Assembly employees

• Chief Clerk: Ephraim W. Young^[2]
  • Assistant Clerk: William M. Newcomb
    • Bookkeeper: Fred A. Dennett
  • Engrossing Clerk: A. H. Reed
  • Enrolling Clerk: S. F. Hammond
  • Transcribing Clerk: G. H. Brock
• Sergeant-at-Arms: O. C. Johnson
  • 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: O. C. Bissell
  • 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: S. C. McDonald
• Postmaster: J. H. Wagoner
  • 1st Assistant Postmaster: Myron DeWolf
  • 2nd Assistant Postmaster: Henry Stannard
• Doorkeepers:
  • W. S. Seavey
  • A. B. Finch
  • Joseph F. Wigmore
  • W. W. Dantz
• Night Watch: John K. Parish
• Firemen:
  • Sidney Emmes
  • E. G. Garner
• Gallery Attendants:
  • George A. Phinney
  • H. S. Grinde
• Committee Room Attendants:
  • T. D. Powers
  • Fred Keud
  • Hiram Steffins
  • George Slurzsby
• Porter: J. W. Plato
• Speaker's Messenger: C. Bingham
• Chief Clerk's Messenger: Frank R. Norton
• Messengers:
  • Emile Hammer
  • Frank Beyler
  • Daniel Fitzpatrick
  • Frank Johnson
  • Henry A. Douglas
  • Charles S. Parker
  • Marshall Jackson
  • Oscar Green
  • Clarence Patch
  • Willie Holmes
  • Thaddeus W. Sutliff

External links

• 1870: Related Documents from Wisconsin Legislature

Notes and References

1. 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 . 221–223 . November 7, 2021 .
2. The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin . State of Wisconsin . 1870 . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1870/reference/wi.wibluebk1870.i0020.pdf . Wisconsin State Government and State Institutions . 350–380 . November 7, 2021.