26th Wisconsin Legislature explained

26th Wisconsin Legislature
Body:	Wisconsin Legislature
Before:	25th
After:	27th
Chamber1:	Senate
Membership1:	33
Control1:	Republican
Chamber1 Leader2:	Henry L. Eaton (R)
Chamber2:	Assembly
Membership2:	100
Control2:	Republican

The Twenty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from to in regular 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 5, 1872. 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, 1871.^[1]

Major events

• January 22, 1873: Timothy O. Howe re-elected as United States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature in Joint Session.
• February 11, 1873: King Amadeo I of Spain was deposed and the First Spanish Republic was proclaimed.
• March 4, 1873: Second inauguration of President Ulysses S. Grant.
• March 23, 1873: Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Milton Pettit died in office.
• May 7, 1873: Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice of the United States, died of a stroke at New York City.
• September 18, 1873: The New York stock market crashed, leading to the Panic of 1873 and the Long Depression.
• September 24, 1873: Wisconsin Democrats convened in Milwaukee with Grangers and Liberal Republicans to form the short-lived Reform Party, and nominated William Robert Taylor as their candidate for Governor.
• November 5, 1873: William Robert Taylor elected Governor of Wisconsin.
• December 23, 1873: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was founded at Hillsboro, Ohio.

Major legislation

• March 14, 1873: An Act to provide for finishing the state capitol, protecting the same against fire, for the improvement of the capitol park, and appropriating money to pay for the same, 1873 Act 168.
• March 17, 1873: An Act to provide for the collection of certain statistics with a view of more fully equalizing the state taxes, 1873 Act 210.
• March 17, 1873: An Act to prevent the careless use of firearms, 1873 Act 212.
• March 18, 1873: An Act to provide for annexing and excluding territory to and from cities, towns and villages, and to unite cities, towns and villages, 1873 Act 234.
• March 18, 1873: Joint Resolution ratifying proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting counties, towns, villages, etc., from becoming indebted for any purpose to an amount exceeding five percent of the value of taxable property, 1873 Joint Resolution 4.

Party summary

Senate summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total
	Dem.	Ref.	Lib.R.	Rep.		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	10	0	0		23	33	0
1st Session	10	0		2		21	33	0
Final voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature	12	2	2		17	33	0

Assembly summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)					Total
	Dem.	Ref.	Ind.	Lib.R.	Rep.		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	41	0	0	0		60	100	0
1st Session	32	0	0	7		61	100	0
Final voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature		29		15		3		12	41	100	0

Sessions

• 1st Regular session: January 8, 1873March 20, 1873

Leaders

Senate leadership

• President of the Senate: Milton Pettit (R)
• President pro tempore: Henry L. Eaton (R)

Assembly leadership

• Speaker of the Assembly: Henry D. Barron (R)

Members

Members of the Senate

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

Dist.	Counties	Senator	Residence	Party
	Sheboygan		Cascade		Dem.
02	Brown, Door, Kewaunee		Green Bay		Dem.
03	Milwaukee (Northern Part)		Milwaukee		Dem.
04	Monroe & Vernon		Viroqua		Rep.
05	Racine		Racine		Rep.
06	Milwaukee (Southern Half)		Milwaukee		Dem.
07	Dane (Eastern Part)		Madison		Rep.
08	Kenosha & Walworth		Spring Prairie		Rep.
09	Iowa		Mineral Point		Rep.
10	Waukesha		Waukesha		Rep.
11	Lafayette		Gratiot		Rep.
12	Green		Monticello		Rep.
13	Dodge		Beaver Dam		Dem.
14	Sauk		Sauk City		Rep.
15	Manitowoc		Manitowoc		Dem.
16	Grant		Lancaster		Rep.
17	Rock		Beloit		Rep.
18			Fond du Lac		Rep.
19	Winnebago		Oshkosh		Rep.
20			Marshfield		Dem.
21	Marathon, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca,		Shawano		Rep.
22	Calumet & Southern Outagamie		Appleton		Dem.
23	Jefferson		Milford		Dem.
24	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk,		Hudson		Rep.
25	Green Lake, Marquette, & Waushara		Wautoma		Rep.
26	Dane (Western Part)		Middleton		Lib. R.
27	Columbia		Courtland		Rep.
28	Crawford & Richland		Lone Rock		Rep.
29	Adams, Juneau, Portage,		Grand Rapids		Rep.
30	Chippewa, Dunn,,				Rep.
31	La Crosse		La Crosse		Rep.
32	Buffalo, Clark, Jackson,		Modena		Lib. R.
33	Ozaukee & Washington		Addison		Dem.

Members of the Assembly

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

Senate District	County	Dist.	Representative	Party	Residence
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Adams & Wood			Rep.	Dell Prairie
24	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk			Rep.	St. Croix Falls
02	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Rep.	Green Bay
	2			Rep.	Suamico
	3			Dem.	New Denmark
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Buffalo			Dem.	Gilmantown
22	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Calumet			Dem.	Chilton
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Chippewa			Rep.	Chippewa Falls
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Clark & Jackson			Rep.	Neillsville
27	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Columbia	1			Rep.	Portage
	2			Rep.	Fountain Prairie
	3			Rep.	Pacific
28	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Crawford			Dem.	Prairie du Chien
07	text-align="left" rowspan="4"	Dane	1			Rep.	Medina
	2			Dem.	Madison
26	3			Dem.	Berry
	4			Rep.	Verona
13	text-align="left" rowspan="6"		1			Dem.	Fox Lake
	2			Dem.	Lowell
	3			Dem.	Chester
	4			Dem.	Lomira
	5			Dem.	Horicon
	6			Dem.	Lebanon
02	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Ahnapee
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Dunn & Pepin			Rep.	Durand
	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.
18	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Rep.	Ripon
	2			Lib. R.
20	3			Dem.	Byron
16	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Lib. R.	Hazel Green
	2			Rep.	Lancaster
	3			Rep.	Fennimore
	4			Rep.	Beetown
12	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Green			Rep.	New Glarus
25	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Green Lake			Rep.	Berlin
09	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Iowa	1			Lib. R.	Arena
	2			Rep.	Moscow
23	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Jefferson	1			Dem.	Watertown
	2			Lib. R.	Lake Mills
	3			Rep.	Jefferson
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Juneau			Rep.	New Lisbon
08	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Kenosha
31	text-align="left" colspan="2"	La Crosse			Rep.	La Crosse
11	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Darlington
15	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Manitowoc	1			Dem.	Schleswig
	2			Rep.	Cato
	3			Dem.	Manitowoc
21	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marathon			Ref.	Wausau
25	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marquette			Rep.	Montello
03	text-align="left" rowspan="11"	Milwaukee	1			Dem.	Milwaukee
	2			Lib. R.	Milwaukee
06	3			Dem.	Milwaukee
	4			Dem.	Milwaukee
	5			Rep.	Milwaukee
03	6			Rep.	Milwaukee
06	7			Dem.	Milwaukee
	8			Rep.	Milwaukee
03	9			Dem.	Milwaukee
	10			Dem.	Wauwatosa
06	11			Dem.	Oak Creek
04	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Monroe	1			Rep.	Sparta
	2			Rep.	Tomah
21	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Oconto			Rep.	Oconto
22	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Outagamie,,	1			Dem.	Appleton
21	2			Dem.
	3			Rep.	Lind
33	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Dem.	Ozaukee
	2			Dem.	Mequon
24	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Pierce			Rep.	Union
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Portage			Rep.	Stevens Point
05	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Rep.	Racine
	2			Rep.	Mount Pleasant
28	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Richland	1			Rep.	Richland Center
	2			Rep.	Marshall
17	text-align="left" rowspan="5"		1			Rep.	Union
	2			Rep.	Porter
	3			Rep.	Clinton
	4			Rep.	Newark
	5			Rep.	Janesville
14	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Sauk	1			Rep.	Honey Creek
	2			Rep.	Reedsburg
01	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Lib. R.
	2			Dem.
	3			Rep.	Holland
24	text-align="left" colspan="2"	St. Croix			Lib. R.	Hudson
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Trempealeau			Rep.	Trempealeau
04	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Vernon	1			Rep.	Sterling
	2			Rep.	Viroqua
08	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Rep.	Walworth
	2			Rep.	Elkhorn
	3			Rep.	Whitewater
33	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Dem.	Hartford
	2			Dem.	Schleisingerville
10	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Rep.	Eagle
	2			Rep.	Oconomowoc
25	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Plainfield
19	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Dem.	Oshkosh
	2			Rep.	Winneconne
	3			Rep.	Oshkosh
	4			Rep.	Rushford

Employees

Senate employees

• Chief Clerk: J. H. Waggoner^[2]
  • Assistant Clerk: Sid. A. Foster
    • Bookkeeper: T. S. Ansley
  • Engrossing Clerk: Charles A. Booth
  • Enrolling Clerk: Frank Abbott
  • Transcribing Clerk: S. H. Vedder
• Sergeant-at-Arms: A. Emonson
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Stephen Coburn
• Postmaster: P. H. Parsons
  • Assistant Postmaster: W. D. Harshaw
• Doorkeeper: Hugh Longstaff
  • Assistant Doorkeeper: Walter Cook
  • Assistant Doorkeeper: W. F. Bingham
  • Assistant Doorkeeper: W. F. Hals
  • Assistant Doorkeeper: John Z. Rittman
  • Gallery Doorkeeper: G. Jones
  • Gallery Doorkeeper: S. S. Miller
  • Night Watch: Frank J. Wood
• Governor's Attendant: Ossian M. Pettit
• Clerk's Messenger: Charles A. Irish
• Messengers:
  • Adolph Hastreiter
  • Arthur Johnson
  • Freddie Richards
  • Willie Bintliff
  • Eddie McCurdy
  • Johnnie Veeder
  • Charlie Fellows
  • Frank Bolting
  • Freddie Davis

Assembly employees

• Chief Clerk: Ephraim W. Young^[2]
  • Assistant Clerk: Fred A. Dennett
    • Bookkeeper: Roger C. Spooner
  • Engrossing Clerk: Mrs. R. A. Vilas
  • Enrolling Clerk: Amos Hitchcock
  • Transcribing Clerk: Faunie Russell
• Sergeant-at-Arms: O. C. Bissell
  • 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: W. H. Bell
  • 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Richard Pritchard
• Postmaster: M. Herrick
  • 1st Assistant Postmaster: W. W. Baker
  • 2nd Assistant Postmaster: Charles Volner
• Doorkeepers:
  • John Gale
  • George W. Baker
  • S. G. Parkhurst
  • W. W. Phelps
• Night Watch: Fred Bright
• Firemen:
  • Charles Sellers
  • Z. B. Russell
• Gallery Attendants:
  • John Bowen
  • H. J. Stordock
• Committee Room Attendants:
  • George W. Williams
  • M. S. Bowler
  • Ethan Griffith
  • George Slingsby
  • Eugene J. Cole
• Washroom Attendant: O. M. Oleson
• Porter: H. O. Hermonson
• Speaker's Messenger: Willie Holmes
• Chief Clerk's Messenger: Frank R. Norton
• Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: Eddie B. Weeks
• Messengers:
  • Charles Murphy
  • Frank Porter
  • Henry Cutler
  • Ed. Hubbell
  • Edwin Roweliff
  • Cassius Paine
  • John Lannan
  • Willie Rudd
  • Charles Wootton
  • Julian French
  • Charles Rothe
  • Mike Comford
  • John Oleson
  • Fred Hawley

External links

• 1873: 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 . 229–231 . December 11, 2021 .
2. The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin . State of Wisconsin . 1873 . Turner . A. J. . Andrew Jackson Turner . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1873/reference/wi.wibluebk1873.i0023.pdf . Official Directory . 433–466 . December 11, 2021.