33rd Wisconsin Legislature explained

33rd Wisconsin Legislature
Body:	Wisconsin Legislature
Before:	32nd
After:	34th
Chamber1:	Senate
Membership1:	33
Control1:	Republican
Chamber2:	Assembly
Membership2:	100
Control2:	Republican

The Thirty-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 4, 1879. 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 5, 1878.^[1]

Major events

• October 19, 1880: Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice Edward George Ryan died in office.
• November 2, 1880: James A. Garfield elected the 20th President of the United States.
• November 11, 1880: Governor William E. Smith appointed justice Orsamus Cole as the 6th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. On the same day, Smith appointed John B. Cassoday as associate justice.

Major legislation

• March 5, 1880: An Act to allow general accident insurance companies to do business in this state, 1880 Act 105.
• March 11, 1880: An Act to preserve and promote the public health in the city of Milwaukee, 1880 Act 206. Criminalized the act of dumping waste or wastewater into any river or stream in Milwaukee.
• March 15, 1880: An Act to promote good order and repress crime, 1880 Act 238. Created sentence-reduction incentives for good behavior by state prisoners.
• March 15, 1880: An Act for the prevention of cruelty to minors, 1880 Act 239.
• March 15, 1880: An Act to prevent the adulteration of food and medicine and provide for analyzing the same, 1880 Act 252.
• March 16, 1880: An Act relating to non-registered voters and amendatory of section twenty-four of the revised statutes of 1878, 1880 Act 315. Enabled unregistered voters to be eligible to vote with the assistance of a registered voter acting as witness for their eligibility.
• Joint Resolution amending sections numbers 4, 5, 11, and 21, article 4 of the constitution of the State of Wisconsin, 1880 Joint Resolution 9. Proposed changing the terms for members of the Assembly from 1 year to 2 years, and for senators from 2 years to 4 years, and proposed that the legislature should be convened biennially, rather than annually.
• Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 3 of the constitution of Wisconsin relating to suffrage, 1880 Joint Resolution 12. Proposed an amendment to the state constitution to allow universal suffrage in Wisconsin for all people over age 21 who were citizens or recent immigrants intent on becoming citizens.

Party summary

Senate summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Dem.	Rep.		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	9		24	33	0
1st Session	8		25	33	0
Final voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature	9		24	33	0

Assembly summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Dem.	Gbk.	Rep.		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	25	9		66	100	0
1st Session	28	2		70	100	0
Final voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature	21	0		79	100	0

Sessions

• 1st Regular session: January 14, 1880March 17, 1880

Leaders

Senate leadership

• President of the Senate: James M. Bingham (R)
• President pro tempore: Thomas B. Scott (R)

Assembly leadership

• Speaker of the Assembly: Alexander A. Arnold (R)

Members

Members of the Senate

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

Dist.	Counties	Senator	Residence	Party
	Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, & Shawano		Kewaunee		Rep.
02	Brown		Green Bay		Rep.
03	Racine		Burlington		Rep.
04	Crawford & Vernon		Prairie du Chien		Rep.
05	Milwaukee (Northern Part)		Milwaukee		Rep.
06	Milwaukee (Southern Part)		Milwaukee		Dem.
07	Milwaukee (Central Part)		Milwaukee		Rep.
08	Kenosha & Walworth		Kenosha		Rep.
09	Green Lake, Marquette,		Berlin		Rep.
10	Waukesha		Lisbon		Dem.
11	Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Price, Taylor,		Grand Rapids		Rep.
12	Green & Lafayette		Shullsburg		Rep.
13	Dodge		Beaver Dam		Rep.
14	Juneau & Sauk		Baraboo		Rep.
15	Manitowoc		Manitowoc		Dem.
16	Grant		Lancaster		Rep.
17	Rock		Janesville		Rep.
18			Ripon		Rep.
19	Winnebago		Oshkosh		Dem.
20			Plymouth		Dem.
21	Marathon, Portage,		Wausau		Rep.
22	Calumet & Outagamie		Harrison		Dem.
23	Jefferson		Watertown		Rep.
24	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk,		Ashland		Rep.
25			Madison		Rep.
26	Dane (Western Part)		Cross Plains		Dem.
27	Adams & Columbia		Columbus		Rep.
28	Iowa & Richland		Richland		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-Third Wisconsin Legislature:^[2]

Senate District	County	Dist.	Representative	Party	Residence
27	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Adams			Rep.	Friendship
24	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas,			Rep.	Lakeland
02	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Brown	1			Rep.	Green Bay
	2			Rep.	Wrightstown
	3			Dem.	Depere
29	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Buffalo & Pepin	1			Rep.	Gilmanton
	2			Rep.	Maxville
22	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Calumet			Dem.	Brothertown
11	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Chippewa Falls
	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Neillsville
27	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Columbia	1			Rep.	Lodi
	2			Dem.	Columbus
04	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Crawford			Rep.	Soldiers Grove
26	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Dane	1			Dem.	Waunakee
25	2			Rep.	Stoughton
	3			Rep.	Sun Prairie
13	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Dem.	Emmet
	2			Dem.	Farmersville
	3			Rep.	Chester
	4			Dem.	Beaver Dam
01	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Door			Rep.	Fish Creek
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Dunn			Rep.	Red Cedar
	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.
18	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Rep.	Eldorado
	2			Rep.	Byron
	3			Rep.	Fond du Lac
20	4			Dem.	Campbellsport
16	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Rep.	Washburn
	2			Rep.	Cassville
	3			Rep.	Boscobel
12	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Green	1			Rep.	Mount Pleasant
	2			Rep.	Brodhead
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Green Lake			Rep.	Manchester
28	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Iowa	1			Dem.	Highland
	2			Rep.	Mineral Point
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Jackson			Rep.	North Bend
23	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Jefferson	1			Rep.	Watertown
	2			Rep.	Johnson Creek
	3			Dem.	Fort Atkinson
14	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Juneau	1			Dem.	Wonewoc
	2			Rep.	Necedah
08	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Bristol
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.	Darlington
	2			Dem.	Kendall
15	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Manitowoc	1			Dem.	Osman
	2			Dem.	Nero
	3			Rep.	Manitowoc
21	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marathon			Dem.	Wausau
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marquette			Rep.	Montello
05	text-align="left" rowspan="11"	Milwaukee	1			Rep.	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			Dem.	Milwaukee
05	9			Rep.	Milwaukee
	10			Rep.	Granville
06	11			Dem.	Hales Corners
32	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Monroe	1			Rep.	Sparta
	2			Rep.	Glendale
01	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Oconto & Shawano			Ind.D.	Shawano
22	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Outagamie	1			Gbk.	Appleton
	2			Rep.	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			Dem.	Racine
	2			Rep.	Yorkville
28	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Richland	1			Rep.	Richland Center
	2			Rep.	Eagle
17	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Rep.	Beloit
	2			Rep.	Janesville
	3			Rep.	Edgerton
14	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Sauk	1			Rep.	Ironton
	2			Rep.	Delton
20	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Dem.
	2			Rep.	Lyndon
	3			Rep.	Scott
24	text-align="left" colspan="2"	St. Croix			Rep.	Warren
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Trempealeau			Rep.	Galesville
04	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Vernon	1			Rep.	De Soto
	2			Rep.	Clinton
08	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Rep.	Bloomfield
	2			Rep.	Delavan
	3			Rep.	East Troy
33	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Dem.	Hartford
	2			Dem.	West Bend
10	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Dem.	Muskego
	2			Rep.	Lisbon
21	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Rep.	Royalton
	2			Rep.	Scandinavia
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Rep.	Hancock
19	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Rep.	Oshkosh
	2			Dem.	Neenah
	3			Rep.	Omro
	4			Gbk.	Rushford

Employees

Senate employees

• Chief Clerk: Charles E. Bross^[2]
  • Assistant Clerk: J. F. A. Williams
  • Bookkeeper: T. S. Ansley
  • Engrossing Clerk: John P. Mitchell
  • Enrolling Clerk: John P. Webster
  • Transcribing Clerk: Gilbert Tennant
  • Proofreader: Thomas A. Dyson
  • Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: Walter L. Houser
  • Clerk for the Committee on Claims: J. Lamborn
  • Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Charles Pinckney
  • Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: Charles H. Darlington
  • Document Clerk: William Graham
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Chalmers Ingersoll
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Daniel Harshman
• Postmaster: A. C. Fraser
  • Assistant Postmaster: James E. Heg
• Gallery Attendants:
  • Jacob Cleaver
  • A. J. Barsantee
• Wash Room Attendant: William McCann
• Document Room Attendant: Frank S. Hatson
• Enrolling Room Attendant: H. R. Rawson
• Committee Room Attendant: Oscar M. Dering
• Doorkeepers:
  • M. Simon
  • W. F. Cochran
  • Edwin Rowclitt
  • Louis Goeller
• Porter: W. L. Dowler
• Night Watch: G. H. Markstrom
• President's Messenger: Ralph Irish
• Chief Clerk's Messenger: J. G. Hyland
• Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: Edward N. Potter
• Messengers:
  • Charles Pierce
  • Gustrave Mosier
  • John Rindlaub
  • T. Nelson
• Janitor: M. Finnerty

Assembly employees

• Chief Clerk: John E. Eldred^[2]
  • 1st Assistant Clerk: William M. Fogo
    • 2nd Assistant Clerk: Charles N. Herreid
  • Bookkeeper: O. A. Southmayd
  • Engrossing Clerk: P. H. Swift
  • Enrolling Clerk: T. J. Vaughn
  • Transcribing Clerk: C. H. Ladd
  • Proof Reader: J. A. Ellis
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Daniel H. Pulcifer
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: George W. Church
• Postmaster: W. W. Sturtevant
  • Assistant Postmaster: T. M. Griswold
• Doorkeepers:
  • Isidore Lison
  • George Seebald
  • Dehart McLummins
  • Charles A. Vaetz
• Gallery Attendant: Otto Comdohr
• Night Watch: W. R. Alban
• Room Attendants:
  • William Gillillan Jr.
  • J. W. Dunn
• Speaker's Messenger: Paul R. Colvin
• Clerk's Messenger: Eddie Cavanaugh
• Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: Adolph Roeder
• Messengers:
  • George Bean
  • Hugh Edwards
  • Thomas Jones
  • Alma Marsden
  • Frank Leonard
  • Thomas Gillespie
  • C. Hindrich
  • J. Kohner
  • Edwin Dahlby
  • John Kempf

External links

• 1880: 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 . 247–249 . February 21, 2022 .
2. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin . State of Wisconsin . 1880 . Warner . Hans B. . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1880/reference/wi.wibluebk1880.i0024.pdf . Biographical Sketches . 495–537 . February 21, 2022 .