11th Wisconsin Legislature

The Eleventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1858, to March 17, 1858, in regular session.

11th Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855
Overview
Legislative body	Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place	Wisconsin State Capitol
Term	January 4, 1858 – January 3, 1859
Election	November 3, 1857
Senate
Members	30
Senate President	Erasmus D. Campbell (D)
President pro tempore	Hiram H. Giles (R)
Party control	Republican
Assembly
Members	97
Assembly Speaker	Frederick S. Lovell (R)
Party control	Republican
Sessions
1st January 13, 1858 – March 17, 1858

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 3, 1857. 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 4, 1856.^[1]

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Alexander Randall, of Waukesha County, serving the first year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1857 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

• January 4, 1858: Inauguration of Alexander Randall as the 6th Governor of Wisconsin.

Major legislation

• February 25, 1858: Act to divide the County of Dunn, and create the County of Pepin, 1858 Act 15
• March 5, 1858: Act to divide the County of Marquette and erect the County of Green Lake, 1858 Act 17
• May 12, 1858: Act providing for the organization, enrolling and discipline of the Militia of the State of Wisconsin, 1858 Act 87
• May 17, 1858: Act to protect the people against corrupt and secret influences of matters of Legislation, 1858 Act 145

Party summary

Senate summary

Senate partisan composition

  Democratic: 12 seats

  Republican: 18 seats

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Ind.	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	11	0	19	30	0
1st Session	12	0	18	30	0
Final voting share	40%	0%	60%
Beginning of the next Legislature	14	0	16	30	0

Assembly summary

Assembly partisan composition

  Democratic: 44 seats

  Republican: 53 seats

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Ind.	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	34	0	63	97	0
1st Session	44	0	53	97	0
Final voting share	45%	0%	55%
Beginning of the next Legislature	41	1	54	96	1

Sessions

• 1st Regular session: January 13, 1858 – March 17, 1858

Leaders

Senate leadership

• President of the Senate: Erasmus D. Campbell, Lieutenant Governor
• President pro tempore: Hiram H. Giles

Assembly leadership

• Speaker of the Assembly: Frederick S. Lovell

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Eleventh Wisconsin Legislature (30):

Senate partisan representation

  Democratic: 12 seats

  Republican: 18 seats

District	Counties	Senator	Party	Residence
01	Sheboygan	Elijah Fox Cook	Dem.	Sheboygan
02	Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw	Morgan Lewis Martin	Dem.	Green Bay
03	Ozaukee	Herman J. Schulteis	Dem.	Port Washington
04	Washington	Densmore W. Maxon	Dem.	Cedar Creek
05	Milwaukee (Northern Half)	Augustus Greulich	Dem.	Milwaukee
06	Milwaukee (Southern Half)	Patrick Walsh	Dem.	Milwaukee
07	Racine	Champion S. Chase	Rep.	Racine
08	Kenosha	Samuel R. McClellan	Rep.	Wilmot
09	Adams, Juneau, Sauk	John T. Kingston	Rep.	Necedah
10	Waukesha	Denison Worthington	Rep.	Summit
11	Dane (Eastern Part)	Hiram H. Giles	Rep.	Stoughton
12	Walworth	John W. Boyd	Rep.	Geneva
13	Lafayette	Philemon B. Simpson	Dem.	Shullsburg
14	Jefferson (Northern Part) and Dodge (Southern Part)	William Chappell	Dem.	Watertown
15	Iowa, Richland	Lemuel W. Joiner	Rep.	Wyoming
16	Grant	Noah H. Virgin	Rep.	Platteville
17	Rock (Western Part)	James Sutherland	Rep.	Janesville
18	Rock (Eastern Part)	Alden I. Bennett	Rep.	Beloit
19	Manitowoc, Calumet	Temple Clark	Dem.	Manitowoc
20	Fond du Lac	Edward Pier	Rep.	Fond du Lac
21	Winnebago	Edwin Wheeler	Rep.	Oshkosh
22	Dodge (Northern Part)	William E. Smith	Rep.	Fox Lake
23	Jefferson (Southern Part)	Samuel C. Bean	Rep.	Lake Mills
24	Green	John H. Warren	Rep.	Albany
25	Columbia	Moses M. Davis	Rep.	Portage
26	Dane (Western Part)	Andrew Proudfit	Dem.	Madison
27	Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood	Luther Hanchett	Rep.	Plover
28	Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix	Daniel Mears	Dem.	Osceola Mills
29	Marquette	Martin L. Kimball	Rep.	Berlin
30	Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Tremealeau	William H. Tucker	Dem.	La Crosse

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Eleventh Wisconsin Legislature:^[2]

Senate partisan representation

  Democratic: 44 seats

  Republican: 53 seats

Senate District	County	District	Representative	Party	Residence
09	Adams & Juneau		Almon P. Ayers	Rep.	Quincy
28	Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix		James B. Gray	Rep.	Hudson
30	Bad Ax, Crawford		James R. Savage	Dem.	Springville
02	Brown		Edgar Conklin	Dem.	Green Bay
30	Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau		Harlow E. Prickett	Dem.	Black River Falls
19	Calumet		James Robinson	Dem.	Chilton
28	Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Pierce		Lucius Cannon	Rep.	Pepin
25	Columbia[2]	1	Alvin B. Alden	Dem.	Portage
		2	William M. Griswold	Rep.	Columbus
		3	Jonathan W. Earle	Rep.	Pardeeville
11	Dane[2]	1	Daniel B. Crandall	Rep.	Utica
		2	John E. Sharp	Rep.	Door Creek
		3	Storer W. Field	Rep.	Fitchburg
26		4	Henry K. Belding	Dem.	Black Earth
		5	Frank Gault	Dem.	Pheasant Branch
		6	Alexander A. McDonell	Rep.	Madison
22	Dodge[2]	1	John Steiner	Dem.	Woodland
		2	Narcisse Juneau	Dem.	Theresa
		3	Paul Juneau	Dem.	Juneau
		4	Benjamin F. Gibbs	Rep.	Fox Lake
		5	Frederick H. Kribs	Rep.	Beaver Dam
		6	Edward J. Williams	Rep.	Elba
02	Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano		Jonathan C. Hall	Dem.	Marinette
20	Fond du Lac[2]	1	Edmund L. Runals	Rep.	Ripon
		2	Henry D. Hitt	Rep.	Oakfield
		3	Frank D. McCarty	Dem.	Fond du Lac
		4	Joseph Wagner	Dem.	Dotyville
		5	William S. Tuttle	Dem.	New Fane
16	Grant[2]	1	Henry D. York	Rep.	Hazel Green
		2	Albert W. Emerey	Dem.	Potosi
		3	Hanmer Robbins	Rep.	Platteville
		4	Charles K. Dean	Rep.	Boscobel
		5	Henry Patch	Dem.	Patch Grove
24	Green[2]	1	James E. Vinton	Rep.	Albany
		2	William G. Brown	Rep.	Skinner
15	Iowa[2]	1	Henry M. Billings	Dem.	Constance
		2	Levi Sterling	Rep.	Mineral Point
23	Jefferson[2]	1	Miles Holmes	Rep.	Palmyra
		2	George C. Smith	Rep.	Oakland
14		3	Peter Rogan	Dem.	Watertown
		4	John Gibb	Dem.	Oconomowoc
		5	Harlow Pease	Rep.	Waterloo
08	Kenosha[2]	1	Frederick S. Lovell	Rep.	Kenosha
		2	Almond D. Cornwell	Rep.	Salem
30	La Crosse & Monroe		James D. Condit	Dem.	Sparta
13	Lafayette[2]	1	Hamilton H. Gray	Dem.	Darlington
		2	Charles Bracken	Dem.	Mineral Point
		3	James H. Earnest	Dem.	New Diggings
19	Manitowoc[2]	1	Henry C. Hamilton	Dem.	Two Rivers
		2	James B. Dunn	Dem.	Manitowoc
27	Marathon, Portage, Wood		Burton Millard	Rep.	Wausau
29	Marquette[2]	1	Samuel W. Mather	Dem.	Markesan
		2	Dominic K. Devaney	Rep.	Montello
05	Milwaukee[2]	1	Dighton Corson	Dem.	Milwaukee
		2	Alex. Cotzhausen	Dem.	Milwaukee
06		3	John Hayden	Dem.	Milwaukee
		4	Duncan E. Cameron	Dem.	Milwaukee
		5	Mitchell Steever	Dem.	Milwaukee
05		6	Frederick R. Berg	Dem.	Milwaukee
		7	Michael Hanrahan	Dem.	Good Hope
06		8	Joseph Carney	Dem.	Wauwatosa
		9	Orlando Ellsworth	Rep.	Milwaukee
02	Outagamie		Perry H. Smith	Dem.	Appleton
03	Ozaukee[2]	1	Alexander M. Alling	Dem.	Saukville
		2	B. O. Zastrow Kussow	Dem.	Cedarburg
07	Racine[2]	1	George W. Selden	Rep.	Racine
		2	Hermon Warner	Dem.	Racine
		3	Samuel Collins	Rep.	Yorkville
		4	Edward Dyer	Rep.	Burlington
15	Richland		Charles G. Rodolf	Dem.	Orion
18	Rock[2]	1	George Irish	Rep.	Clinton
		2	William Hubbard Stark	Rep.	Shopiere
17		3	James H. Knowlton	Rep.	Janesville
		4	Zebulon P. Burdick	Rep.	Janesville
		5	Kiron W. Bemis	Rep.	Janesville
09	Sauk[2]	1	Samuel H. Bassinger	Rep.	Prairie du Sac
		2	Samuel Northrup	Rep.	Dellona
01	Sheboygan[2]	1	Zebulon P. Mason	Dem.	Sheboygan
		2	William H. Prentice	Rep.	Sheboygan Falls
		3	Abraham H. Van Wie	Rep.	Cascade
12	Walworth[2]	1	John McKibbin	Rep.	Geneva
		2	Elijah Easton	Rep.	Walworth
		3	Butler G. Noble	Rep.	Whitewater
		4	James Baker	Rep.	East Troy
04	Washington[2]	1	James Kenealy	Dem.	Toland's Prairie
		2	Paul A. Weil	Dem.	Richfield
		3	Charles W. Detmering	Dem.	Newburg
10	Waukesha[2]	1	Albert Alden	Rep.	Delafield
		2	Oliver P. Hullett	Rep.	Menomonee Falls
		3	David Roberts	Dem.	North Prairie
		4	George McWhorter	Rep.	Waukesha
		5	Charles S. Hawley	Rep.	Waukesha
27	Waupaca		Andrew J. Dufur	Rep.	Iola
	Waushara		William C. Webb	Rep.	Wautoma
21	Winnebago[2]	1	Samuel M. Hay	Rep.	Oshkosh
		2	William Duchman	Rep.	Menasha
		3	William P. McAllister	Rep.	Omro

Employees

Senate employees

• Chief Clerk: John L. V. Thomas
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Nathaniel L. Stout

Assembly employees

• Chief Clerk: L. H. D. Crane
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Francis Massing