32nd Wisconsin Legislature explained

32nd Wisconsin Legislature
Body:	Wisconsin Legislature
Before:	31st
After:	33rd
Chamber1:	Senate
Membership1:	33
Control1:	Republican
Chamber2:	Assembly
Membership2:	100
Control2:	Republican

The Thirty-Second 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, 1878. 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 6, 1877.^[1]

Major events

• January 22, 1879: Matthew H. Carpenter elected United States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature in Joint Session.
• November 4, 1879: William E. Smith re-elected as Governor of Wisconsin.

Major legislation

• February 28, 1879: An Act to secure to children the benefits of an elementary education, 1879 Act 121. Created a legal requirement for parents and legal guardians to send their children to school for at least one semester per year between the ages of 7 and 15.

Party summary

Senate summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Dem.	Lib.R.	Rep.		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	10	2		21	33	0
start of 1st Session^[2]	9	0		23	32	1
from Jan. 27^[3]				24	33	9
Final voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature	8	0		25	33	0

Assembly summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total
	Dem.	Soc.	Gbk.	Rep.		Vacant
End of previous Legislature		41		1		13	45	100	0
1st Session	25	0	9		66	100	0
Final voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature	28	0	2		70	100	0

Sessions

• 1st Regular session: January 8, 1879March 5, 1879

Leaders

Senate leadership

• President of the Senate: James M. Bingham (R)
• President pro tempore: William T. Price (R)

Assembly leadership

• Speaker of the Assembly: David M. Kelly (R)

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Senate for the Thirty-Second Wisconsin Legislature:^[4]

Dist.	Counties	Senator	Residence	Party
	Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, & Shawano		Kewaunee		Rep.
02	Brown		Green Bay		Dem.
03	Racine		Burlington		Rep.
04	Crawford & Vernon		Chaseburg		Rep.
05	Milwaukee (Northern Part)		Milwaukee		Rep.
06	Milwaukee (Southern Part)		Milwaukee		Dem.
07	Milwaukee (Central Part)		Milwaukee		Rep.
08	Kenosha & Walworth		Geneva		Rep.
09	Green Lake, Marquette,		Berlin		Rep.
10	Waukesha		Merton		Dem.
11	Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Taylor,		Grand Rapids		Rep.
12	Green & Lafayette		Monroe		Rep.
13	Dodge		Beaver Dam		Rep.
14	Juneau & Sauk		Baraboo		Rep.
15	Manitowoc		Manitowoc		Dem.
16	Grant		Beetown		Rep.
17	Rock		Janesville		Rep.
18			Ripon		Rep.
19	Winnebago		Oshkosh		Dem.
20			Sheboygan Falls		Dem.
21	Marathon, Portage,		Wausau		Rep.
22	Calumet & Outagamie		Appleton		Dem.
23	Jefferson		Lake Mills		Rep.
			Watertown		Rep.
24	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk,		Baldwin		Rep.
25			Madison		Rep.
26	Dane (Western Part)		Cross Plains		Dem.
27	Adams & Columbia		Columbus		Rep.
28	Iowa & Richland		Middlebury		Rep.
29	Buffalo, Pepin,		Durand		Rep.
30	Dunn,,				Rep.
31	La Crosse		La Crosse		Rep.
32			Black River Falls		Rep.
33	Ozaukee & Washington				Dem.

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Thirty-Second Wisconsin Legislature:^[4]

Senate District	County	Dist.	Representative	Party	Residence
27	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Adams			Rep.	Dell Prairie
24	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas,			Rep.	St. Croix Falls
02	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Brown	1			Rep.	Green Bay
	2			Gbk.	Fort Howard
	3			Dem.	Morrison
29	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Buffalo & Pepin	1			Rep.	Alma
	2			Rep.	Pepin
22	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Calumet			Gbk.	Chilton
11	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Chippewa			Rep.	Chippewa Falls
	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Neillsville
27	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Columbia	1			Rep.	Portage
	2			Rep.	Randolph
04	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Crawford			Rep.	Soldiers Grove
26	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Dane	1			Dem.	Roxbury
25	2			Rep.	Madison
	3			Rep.	Sun Prairie
13	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Dem.	Emmet
	2			Dem.	Mayville
	3			Dem.	Chester
	4			Dem.	Portland
01	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Door			Rep.	Sturgeon Bay
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Dunn			Rep.	Elk Mound
	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.
18	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Rep.	West Rosendale
	2			Dem.	Lamartine
	3			Rep.	Fond du Lac
20	4			Dem.	Ashford
16	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Rep.	Platteville
	2			Rep.	Lancaster
	3			Rep.	Boscobel
12	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Green	1			Rep.	Brooklyn
	2			Rep.	Spring Grove
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Green Lake			Rep.	Markesan
28	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Iowa	1			Gbk.	Dodgeville
	2			Rep.	Mineral Point
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Jackson			Gbk.	Merrillan
23	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Jefferson	1			Dem.	Watertown
	2			Rep.	Johnson Creek
	3			Rep.	Jefferson
14	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Juneau	1			Dem.	Kildare
	2			Rep.	New Lisbon
08	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Kenosha
01	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Dem.	Kewaunee
31	text-align="left" colspan="2"	La Crosse			Rep.	Bangor
11	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Rep.	Spafford
	2			Rep.	Shullsburg
15	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Manitowoc	1			Dem.	Osman
	2			Dem.	Larrabee
	3			Rep.	Manitowoc
21	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marathon			Dem.	Wausau
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marquette			Dem.	Briggsville
05	text-align="left" rowspan="11"	Milwaukee	1			Dem.	Milwaukee
07	2			Rep.	Milwaukee
	3			Dem.	Milwaukee
	4			Rep.	Milwaukee
06	5			Dem.	Milwaukee
05	6			Rep.	Milwaukee
07	7			Rep.	Milwaukee
06	8			Rep.	Milwaukee
05	9			Rep.	Milwaukee
	10			Rep.	Wauwatosa
06	11			Rep.	Greenfield
32	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Monroe	1			Dem.	Sparta
	2			Gbk.	Tomah
01	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Oconto & Shawano			Rep.	Shawano
22	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Outagamie	1			Gbk.	Appleton
	2			Dem.	Hortonville
33	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Ind.D.	Cedarburg
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Pierce			Rep.	River Falls
21	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Portage			Rep.	McDill
03	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Rep.	Racine
	2			Rep.	North Cape
28	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Richland	1			Rep.	Lone Rock
	2			Rep.	Mill Creek
17	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Rep.	Beloit
	2			Rep.	Janesville
	3			Rep.	Emerald Grove
14	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Sauk	1			Rep.	Troy
	2			Rep.	Reedsburg
20	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Dem.
	2			Rep.
	3			Rep.	Adell
24	text-align="left" colspan="2"	St. Croix			Rep.	Warren
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Trempealeau			Rep.	Independence
04	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Vernon	1			Rep.	De Soto
	2			Rep.	Hillsboro
08	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Rep.	Elkhorn
	2			Rep.	Elton
	3			Rep.	Whitewater
33	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Dem.	Kewaskum
	2			Dem.	Jackson
10	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Rep.	New Berlin
	2			Rep.	Pewaukee
21	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Dem.	Weyauwega
	2			Gbk.	Union
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Bloomfield
19	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Rep.	Oshkosh
	2			Gbk.	Menasha
	3			Rep.	Omro
	4			Gbk.	Nekimi

Employees

Senate employees

• Chief Clerk: Charles E. Bross^[4]
  • Assistant Clerk: W. S. Reynolds
  • Bookkeeper: T. S. Ansley
  • Engrossing Clerk: John P. Mitchell
  • Enrolling Clerk: A. J. Smith
  • Transcribing Clerk: Fred. Richards
  • Proofreader: Thomas A. Dyson
  • Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: H. M. Pierce
  • Clerk for the Committee on Claims: L. F. Nickey
  • Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Walter L. Houser
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Chalmers Ingersoll
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: William A. Adamson
• Postmaster: O. N. Russell
  • Assistant Postmaster: A. C. Martin
• Gallery Attendant: O. A. Kluetz
  • Doc. Room Attendant: William Graham
• Doorkeepers:
  • E. T. Songstad
  • M. Simon
  • A. Knudson
  • John Halls
• Porter: John Redman
• Night Watch: Eugene A. Steer
• Chief Clerk's Messenger: J. G. Hyland
• President's Messenger: John Barrows
• Messengers:
  • Jos. Campbell
  • Jas. H. Welch
  • Harry M. Hathaway
  • Thos. Farness
  • Geo. Roe
  • Jos. J. Gunkel
  • Lono Loper
• Janitor: Ole Stevenson

Assembly employees

• Chief Clerk: John E. Eldred^[4]
  • 1st Assistant Clerk: William M. Fogo
    • 2nd Assistant Clerk: S. L. Perrine
  • Bookkeeper: O. A. Southmayd
  • Engrossing Clerk: T. J. Vaughn
  • Enrolling Clerk: Franklin S. Lawrence
  • Transcribing Clerk: F. W. Rogers
  • Proof Reader: H. O. Fifield
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Miletus Knight
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: William Seamonson
• Postmaster: J. J. Gibbs
  • Assistant Postmaster: William Stanton
• Doorkeepers:
  • J. J. Burnard
  • C. E. Webster
  • George B. McMillen
  • Fred Oelhafer
• Gallery Attendants:
  • R. Worts
  • J. L. Johnson
• Porter: C. Schneider
• Night Watch: N. V. Chandler
• Wash Room Attendant: J. W. Kildow
• Speaker's Messenger: E. H. Potter
• Clerk's Messenger: Arthur Truax
• Messengers:
  • William Post
  • John F. Sanderson
  • Richard Kempter
  • S. G. Bottum
  • Harvey Barlow
  • Candy Nicodemus
  • William Renkema
  • Eddie Kavenaugh
  • Julius Leison
  • B. F. Oakley
  • Bertie Carter
  • Freddie Wittl
  • Jake Gill

External links

• 1879: 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 . 244–246 . February 19, 2022 .
2. Republican Charles H. Phillips (District 23) died January 1, 1879.
3. Republican Joseph B. Bennett (District 23) replaced Charles H. Phillips.
4. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin . State of Wisconsin . 1879 . Bashford . R. M. . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1879/reference/wi.wibluebk1879.i0021.pdf . Biographical Sketches . 475–518 . February 19, 2022 .