28th Wisconsin Legislature explained

28th Wisconsin Legislature
Body:	Wisconsin Legislature
Before:	27th
After:	29th
Chamber1:	Senate
Membership1:	33
Control1:	Republican
Chamber1 Leader2:	Henry D. Barron (R)
Chamber2:	Assembly
Membership2:	100
Control2:	Republican

The Twenty-Eighth 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 3, 1874. 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 4, 1873.^[1]

Major events

• March 1, 1875: President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Civil Rights Act of 1875 into law.
• May 20, 1875: The Metre Convention was signed in Paris, establishing the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.
• November 2, 1875: Harrison Ludington elected Governor of Wisconsin.

Major legislation

• February 17, 1875: An Act to require the several railroad companies in this state to provide for the safety of passengers, 1875 Act 24.
• February 20, 1875: An Act to amend chapter 273, of the laws of 1874, entitled "An act relating to railroad, express and telegraph companies in the state of Wisconsin," 1875 Act 39. Replaced the three-person railroad commission with a single railroad commissioner.
• February 24, 1875: An Act to more fully define and punish the crime of bribery, committed at or before elections, 1875 Act 56. Criminalized the buying or selling of votes.
• February 27, 1875: An Act to prevent the ensnaring or trapping of deer, 1875 Act 85.
• March 2, 1875: An Act to render women eligible to local school offices, 1875 Act 120.
• March 2, 1875: An Act to encourage the invention and successful use of steam or other mechanical agents on highways, 1875 Act 134. Created a $10,000 bounty for invention of a steam-powered substitute for horses for transportation or farm labor.
• March 3, 1875: An Act to prevent and punish cruelty to animals, 1875 Act 150.

Party summary

Senate summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total
	Dem.	Ref.	Lib.R.	Rep.		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	12	2	2		17	33	0
1st Session	9	5	2		17	33	0
Final voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature	6	4	2		21	33	0

Assembly summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)					Total
	Dem.	Ref.	Ind.	Lib.R.	Rep.		Vacant
End of previous Legislature		29		15		3		12	41	100	0
1st Session	19	13	0	4		64	100	0
Final voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature	35	12	1	1		51	100	0

Sessions

• 1st Regular session: January 13, 1875March 6, 1875

Leaders

Senate leadership

• President of the Senate: Charles D. Parker (D)
• President pro tempore: Henry D. Barron (R)

Assembly leadership

• Speaker of the Assembly: Frederick W. Horn (IR)

Members

Members of the Senate

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

Dist.	Counties	Senator	Residence	Party
	Sheboygan		Plymouth		Dem.
02	Brown, Door, & Kewaunee		Kewaunee		Dem.
03	Milwaukee (Northern Part)		Milwaukee		Ref.
04	Monroe & Vernon		Tomah		Rep.
05	Racine		Racine		Rep.
06	Milwaukee (Southern Half)		Milwaukee		Dem.
07	Dane (Eastern Part)		Madison		Rep.
08	Kenosha & Walworth		Whitewater		Rep.
09	Iowa		Highland		Ref.
10	Waukesha		Merton		Dem.
11	Lafayette		Gratiot		Rep.
12	Green		Brodhead		Ref.
13	Dodge		Mayville		Dem.
14	Sauk		Sauk City		Rep.
15	Manitowoc		Manitowoc		Rep.
16	Grant		Lancaster		Rep.
17	Rock		Beloit		Rep.
18			Fond du Lac		Rep.
19	Winnebago		Menasha		Rep.
20			Marshfield		Dem.
21	Marathon, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca,		Wausau		Ref.
22	Calumet & Southern Outagamie		Chilton		Ref.
23	Jefferson		Jefferson		Lib.R.
24	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk,				Rep.
25	Green Lake, Marquette, & Waushara		Wautoma		Rep.
26	Dane (Western Part)		Middleton		Lib.R.
27	Columbia		Portage		Rep.
28	Crawford & Richland				Dem.
29	Adams, Juneau, Portage,		Grand Rapids		Rep.
30	Chippewa, Dunn,,				Dem.
31	La Crosse		La Crosse		Rep.
32	Buffalo, Clark, Jackson,		Sumner		Rep.
33	Ozaukee & Washington		West Bend		Dem.

Members of the Assembly

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

Senate District	County	Dist.	Representative	Party	Residence
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Adams & Wood			Rep.	Big Spring
24	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk			Rep.	Ashland
02	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Ref.	Green Bay
	2			Rep.	Fort Howard
	3			Dem.	Morrison
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Buffalo			Dem.	Fountain City
22	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Calumet			Rep.	Stockbridge
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Chippewa			Rep.	Chippewa Falls
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Clark & Jackson			Ref.	Neillsville
27	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Columbia	1			Rep.	Pardeeville
	2			Rep.	Cambria
	3			Rep.	Lodi
28	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Crawford			Rep.	Eastman
07	text-align="left" rowspan="4"	Dane	1			Rep.	Door Creek
	2			Dem.	Madison
26	3			Dem.	Waunakee
	4			Ref.	Springdale
13	text-align="left" rowspan="6"		1			Rep.	Beaver Dam
	2			Rep.	Lowell
	3			Rep.	Clyman
	4			Ref.	Farmersville
	5			Dem.	Rubicon
	6			Ref.	Watertown
02	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Red River
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Dunn & Pepin			Rep.	Menomonie
	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.
18	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Rep.	Fairwater
	2			Rep.
20	3			Dem.	Ashford
16	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Rep.	Georgetown
	2			Rep.	Potosi
	3			Rep.	Boscobel
	4			Rep.	Bloomington
12	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Green			Rep.	Cadiz
25	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Green Lake			Rep.	Dartford
09	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Iowa	1			Ref.	Helena
	2			Rep.	Linden
23	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Jefferson	1			Ref.	Watertown
	2			Dem.	Concord
	3			Rep.	Jefferson
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Juneau			Lib.R.	Union Center
08	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Kenosha
31	text-align="left" colspan="2"	La Crosse			Rep.	Bangor
11	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Monticello
15	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Manitowoc	1			Ref.	Northeim
	2			Dem.	Maple Grove
	3			Rep.	Manitowoc
21	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marathon			Dem.	Wausau
25	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marquette			Rep.	Douglas
03	text-align="left" rowspan="11"	Milwaukee	1			Rep.	Milwaukee
	2			Ref.	Milwaukee
06	3			Ind.R.	Milwaukee
	4			Rep.	Milwaukee
	5			Dem.	Milwaukee
03	6			Dem.	Milwaukee
06	7			Rep.	Milwaukee
	8			Rep.	Milwaukee
03	9			Dem.	Milwaukee
	10			Lib.R.	Milwaukee
06	11			Rep.	Greenfield
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			Ref.
	3			Rep.	Waupaca
33	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Rep.	Ozaukee
	2			Ind.R.	Cedarburg
24	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Pierce			Rep.	Prescott
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Portage			Rep.	Almond
05	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Dem.	Racine
	2			Ref.	Burlington
28	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Richland	1			Rep.	Richland Center
	2			Rep.	Excelsior
17	text-align="left" rowspan="5"		1			Rep.	Magnolia
	2			Rep.	Janesville
	3			Rep.	Harmony
	4			Rep.	Beloit
	5			Rep.	Janesville
14	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Sauk	1			Rep.	Prairie du Sac
	2			Rep.	Baraboo
01	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Ref.
	2			Ref.
	3			Rep.	Sheboygan Falls
24	text-align="left" colspan="2"	St. Croix			Lib.	Hudson
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Trempealeau			Rep.	Arcadia
04	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Vernon	1			Rep.	Esofea
	2			Rep.	Viroqua
08	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Rep.	Delavan
	2			Rep.	Elkhorn
	3			Rep.	Troy Center
33	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Dem.	Reisville
	2			Dem.	Barton
10	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Dem.	Waukesha
	2			Rep.	Waukesha
25	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Berlin
19	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Dem.	Oshkosh
	2			Rep.	Neenah
	3			Rep.	Omro
	4			Rep.	Utica

Employees

Senate employees

• Chief Clerk: Fred A. Dennett^[2]
  • Assistant Clerk: Thomas B. Reid
    • Bookkeeper: Thomas St. George
  • Engrossing Clerk: Wilbur Dodge
  • Enrolling Clerk: James F. Spencer
  • Transcribing Clerk: Fred Heineman
  • Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: T. K. Dunn
  • Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: E. J. Cole
  • Clerk for the Committee on Claims: Thomas A. Dyson
  • Clerk for the Committee on Railroads: J. F. Johnston
  • Clerk for the Committee on Judiciary: A. P. Carman
• Sergeant-at-Arms: O. U. Akin
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles G. Fay
• Postmaster: Amaziah Strang
  • Assistant Postmaster: John L. Quimby
• Doorkeeper: William R. Kent
  • Assistant Doorkeeper: William F. Bingman
  • Assistant Doorkeeper: H. H. Field
  • Gallery Doorkeeper: Charles Early
  • Gallery Doorkeeper: T. H. Hansen
  • Committee Room Attendant: Charles Scott
  • Night Watch: H. H. Grace
  • Porter: Michael Lynch
• Messengers:
  • Glennie C. Richarson
  • Waldo B. Stone
  • W. W. Paine
  • Harry R. Clise
  • Harry Cuttler
  • Arthur A. Hills
  • G. Herbert Campbell
  • William Kleinpell
  • Nelson C. Brownell

Assembly employees

• Chief Clerk: Rollin M. Strong^[2]
  • Assistant Clerk: C. D. Long
    • Bookkeeper: R. A. Gillett
  • Engrossing Clerk: Mrs. Fannie Vilas
  • Enrolling Clerk: Julius Lasche
  • Transcribing Clerk: W. M. Fogo
  • Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: C. H. Boynton
  • Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Jonathan C. Sherwin Jr.
  • Clerk for the Committee on Judiciary: J. B. Stocking
• Sergeant-at-Arms: John W. Brackett
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Miles Burnham
• Postmaster: P. J. Clawson
  • Assistant Postmaster: George H. Osgood
• Doorkeepers:
  • J. F. Tinker
  • N. F. Pierce
  • C. A. Sellers
  • Joseph Goss
• Night Watch: A. L. Lund
• Fireman: J. A. Nevill
• Committee Room Attendants:
  • W. H. Bell
  • J. W. Grange
  • L. Woodward
• Gallery Attendants:
  • W. L. Morrison
  • George L. Cain
• Porter: F. O. Byrne
• Speaker's Messenger: L. E. Knox
• Chief Clerk's Messenger: Rufus Jenkins
• Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: W. Kanouse
• Messengers:
  • Willie Horn
  • Ben C. Baker
  • Charles Keogh
  • Willie Devine
  • Willie Storm
  • Charles Rothe
  • Lucius Cannon
  • John Bruce
  • William Gallagher
  • Joseph Parrish
  • Theodore Kupper
  • Marcus Moody

External links

• 1875: 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 . 234–236 . January 7, 2022 .
2. The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin . State of Wisconsin . 1875 . Bashford . R. M. . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1875/reference/wi.wibluebk1875.i0017.pdf . Official Directory . 310–348 . January 7, 2022 .