2nd Wisconsin Legislature
The Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1849, to April 2, 1849, 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. Senators representing even numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term.[1]
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
| Term | January 10, 1849 – January 9, 1850 | ||||
| Election | November 7, 1848 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 19 | ||||
| Senate President | John Edwin Holmes | ||||
| Party control | Democratic | ||||
| Assembly | |||||
| Members | 66 | ||||
| Assembly Speaker | Harrison Carroll Hobart | ||||
| Party control | Democratic | ||||
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Major events
- March 4, 1849: Zachary Taylor became President of the United States
- November 6, 1849: Nelson Dewey is re-elected Governor of Wisconsin
- January 7, 1850: Second Inauguration of Nelson Dewey as Governor of Wisconsin
- January 7, 1850: Inauguration of Samuel Beall as Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
Major legislation
- February 8, 1849: Joint resolution related to Slavery and the Slave trade, 1849 Joint Resolution 2
- March 6, 1849: Act to extend the boundaries of the county of Marquette, 1849 Act 73
- March 8, 1849: Act in relation to the boundaries of the counties of Columbia, Adams, Sauk, Chippewa, La Pointe, and St. Croix, 1849 Act 77
- March 8, 1849: Act to extend the boundaries of Winnebago county, 1849 Act 79
- March 10, 1849: Joint resolution relative to a proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States, concerning the election of Senators in congress, 1849 Joint Resolution 5
- March 22, 1849: Act submitting the question of the extension of the right of suffrage to a vote of the People, 1849 Act 137. Setting a referendum for the 1849 general election which would grant voting rights to African Americans living in Wisconsin. The referendum passed, but the legality was challenged. The Wisconsin Supreme Court finally upheld the result of the 1849 referendum in the 1866 case of Gillespie v Palmer and others.[2]
- March 31, 1849: Joint resolution instructing the Hon. Isaac P. Walker to resign his seat as United States Senator, 1849 Joint Resolution 9.
Party summary
Senate
Senate partisan composition
Democratic: 14 seats
Free Soil: 1 seat
Whig: 4 seats
| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Free Soil | Whig | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Legislature | 16 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 |
| 1st Session | 14 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 74% | 5% | 21% | ||
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 13 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
Assembly
Assembly partisan composition
Democratic: 35 seats
Free Soil: 14 seats
Whig: 17 seats
| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Free Soil | Whig | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Legislature | 49 | 0 | 17 | 66 | 0 |
| 1st Session | 35 | 14 | 17 | 66 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 53% | 21% | 26% | ||
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 43 | 8 | 15 | 66 | 0 |
Sessions
- 1st Regular session: January 10, 1849–April 2, 1849
Leaders
Senate
- President of the Senate: John E. Holmes, Lieutenant Governor
Assembly
- Speaker of the Assembly: Harrison Carroll Hobart
Members
Senate
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Second Wisconsin Legislature:
Senate partisan representation
Democratic: 14 seats
Free Soil: 1 seat
Whig: 4 seats
| District | Counties | Senator | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan | Lemuel Goodell | Democrat |
| 2 | Columbia, Marquette, Portage, Sauk | Henry Merrill | Whig |
| 3 | Crawford, Chippewa, St. Croix, La Pointe | James Fisher | Democrat |
| 4 | Fond du Lac, Winnebago | Warren Chase | Democrat |
| 5 | Iowa, Richland | Montgomery M. Cothren | Democrat |
| 6 | Grant | George W. Lakin | Whig |
| 7 | Lafayette | Dennis Murphy | Democrat |
| 8 | Green | E.T. Gardner | Democrat |
| 9 | Dane | Alexander Botkin | Whig |
| 10 | Dodge | William M. Dennis | Democrat |
| 11 | Washington | Frederick W. Horn | Democrat |
| 12 | Jefferson | Myron B. Williams | Democrat |
| 13 | Waukesha | Frederick Sprague | Democrat |
| 14 | Walworth | John W. Boyd | Democrat |
| 15 | Rock | Otis W. Norton | Whig |
| 16 | Racine 1 | Christopher Latham Sholes | Democrat |
| 17 | Racine 2 | Victor Willard | Free Soil |
| 18 | Milwaukee 1 | Asa Kinney | Democrat |
| 19 | Milwaukee 2 | John B. Smith | Democrat |
Assembly
Members of the Assembly for the Second Wisconsin Legislature:
| Counties | Representative | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | John F. Meade | Democrat | |
| Calumet | Alonzo D. Dick | Whig | |
| Columbia | Joseph Kerr | Whig | |
| Crawford & Chippewa | James O'Neill | Democrat | |
| Dane 1 | Charles Rickerson | Democrat | |
| Dane 2 | Ira W. Bird | Whig | |
| Dane 3 | Samuel H. Roys | Democrat | |
| Dodge 1 | Paul Juneau | Democrat | |
| Dodge 2 | Hiram Barber | Democrat | |
| Dodge 3 | George G. King | Democrat | |
| Dodge 4 | Jedediah Kimball | Whig | |
| Dodge 5 | Parker Warren | Free Soil | |
| Fond du Lac 1 | Morgan L. Noble | Free Soil | |
| Fond du Lac 2 | Jonathan Daugherty | Whig | |
| Grant 1 | Robert R. Young | Whig | |
| Grant 2 | Davis Gillilan | Democrat | |
| Grant 3 | Robert M. Briggs | Whig | |
| Grant 4 | James Russell Vineyard | Democrat | |
| Green | John C. Crawford | Whig | |
| Iowa & Richland 1 | Jabez Peirce | Democrat | |
| Iowa & Richland 2 | Timothy Burns | Democrat | |
| Jefferson 1 | Benjamin Nute | Democrat | |
| Jefferson 2 | Jarvis K. Pike | Whig | |
| Jefferson 3 | William H. Johnson | Democrat | |
| Lafayette 1 | Daniel Morgan Parkinson | Democrat | |
| Lafayette 2 | William Hill | Democrat | |
| Manitowoc | Ezra Durgin | Democrat | |
| Marquette | Satterlee Clark, Jr. | Democrat | |
| Milwaukee 1 | James B. Cross | Democrat | |
| Milwaukee 2 | Zelotus A. Cotton | Democrat | |
| Milwaukee 3 | Julius White | Whig | |
| Milwaukee 4 | Stoddard H. Martin | Free Soil | |
| Milwaukee 5 | John Flynn, Jr. | Democrat | |
| Milwaukee 6 | Enoch Chase | Democrat | |
| Milwaukee 7 | Robert Wason, Jr. | Democrat | |
| St Croix & La Pointe | Joseph Bowron | Democrat | |
| Portage | John Delany | Democrat | |
| Racine 1 | Marshall Strong | Free Soil | |
| Racine 2 | James DeNoon Reymert | Free Soil | |
| Racine 3 | Maurice L. Ayers | Free Soil | |
| Racine 4 | Otis Colwell | Free Soil | |
| Racine 5 | Herman S. Thorp | Free Soil | |
| Rock 1 | Anson W. Pope | Whig | |
| Rock 2 | Samuel G. Colley | Free Soil | |
| Rock 3 | Lucius H. Page | Whig | |
| Rock 4 | Paul Crandall | Whig | |
| Rock 5 | Josiah F. Willard | Free Soil | |
| Sauk | Cyrus Leland | Democrat | |
| Sheboygan 1 | Harrison Carroll Hobart | Democrat | |
| Sheboygan 2 | Jedediah Brown | Democrat | |
| Walworth 1 | Samuel Pratt | Free Soil | |
| Walworth 2 | Enos Hazard | Whig | |
| Walworth 3 | Samuel D. Hastings | Free Soil | |
| Walworth 4 | George H. Lown | Free Soil | |
| Walworth 5 | Milo Kelsey | Whig | |
| Washington 1 | Solon Johnson | Democrat | |
| Washington 2 | James Fagan | Democrat | |
| Washington 3 | Peter Turek | Democrat | |
| Washington 4 | Patrick Toland | Democrat | |
| Washington 5 | Chauncy M. Phelps | Democrat | |
| Waukesha 1 | William H. Thomas | Democrat | |
| Waukesha 2 | John M. Wells | Free Soil | |
| Waukesha 3 | Albert Alden | Democrat | |
| Waukesha 4 | D. Henry Rockwell | Democrat | |
| Waukesha 5 | Thomas Sugden | Whig | |
| Winnebago | Thomas J. Townsend | Whig | |
Employees
Senate
- Chief Clerk: William Rudolph Smith
- Assistant Clerk: P. N. Bovee
- Enrolling Clerk: G. W. Boardman
- Engrossing Clerk: Henry B. Welsh
- Transcribing Clerk: William Dutcher
- Messenger: Moritz Morgenstine
- Doorkeeper: J. S. Delno
- Fireman: S. B. Sibley
- Sergeant-at-Arms: W. Shellmer
Assembly
- Chief Clerk: Robert L. Ream
- Chief Clerk pro tem: Daniel Noble Johnson
- Assistant Clerk: William Hull
- Assistant Clerk pro tem: Alexander T. Gray
- Enrolling Clerk: Aaron V. Fryer
- Engrossing Clerk: J. J. Driggs
- Transcribing Clerk: Lyman Cowderey
- Messenger: Marshall Ten Eyk
- Doorkeeper: C. W. White
- Fireman: Samuel Noyes
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Felix McLinden
References
- "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1881 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 179–180.
- "Ezekiel Gillespie, Lost and Found". Wisconsin magazine of history. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
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