22nd Wisconsin Legislature

The Twenty-Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1869, to March 11, 1869, in regular session.

22nd Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative body	Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place	Wisconsin State Capitol
Term	January 4, 1869 – January 3, 1870
Election	November 3, 1868
Senate
Members	33
Senate President	Wyman Spooner (R)
President pro tempore	George C. Hazelton (R)
Party control	Republican
Assembly
Members	100
Assembly Speaker	Alexander M. Thomson (R)
Party control	Republican
Sessions
1st January 13, 1869 – March 11, 1869

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, 1868. 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 5, 1867.^[1]

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Lucius Fairchild, of Dane County, serving the second year of his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1867 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

• January 27, 1869: Matthew H. Carpenter was elected United States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature in Joint Session.^[2]
• March 4, 1869: Inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant as 18th President of the United States
• May 15, 1869: The National Woman Suffrage Association was founded in New York.

Major legislation

• March 9, 1869: Joint Resolution ratifying the proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States, 1869 Joint Resolution 6.
• March 9, 1869: Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution of the state so as to authorize the abolishment of the grand jury system, 1869 Joint Resolution 7. This amendment was ratified at the November 1870 general election.
• March 10, 1869: An Act to codify the laws of this state relating to highways and bridges, 1869 Act 152
• March 11, 1869: Joint Resolution proposing amendment to section 4 article 7 of the constitution, 1869 Joint Resolution 8. Proposed expanding the Wisconsin Supreme Court from three to five justices. This amendment was rejected by voters in November 1872, but the court expansion was successful on a subsequent attempt in 1878.

Party summary

Senate summary

Senate partisan composition

  Democratic: 14 seats

  Republican: 19 seats

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	15	18	33	0
1st Session	14	19	33	0
Final voting share	42.42%	57.58%
Beginning of the next Legislature	14	19	33	0

Assembly summary

Assembly partisan composition

  Democratic: 32 seats

  Republican: 68 seats

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Ind.	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Legislature	41	0	59	100	0
1st Session	32	0	68	100	0
Final voting share	32%	0%	68%
Beginning of the next Legislature	39	1	60	100	0

Sessions

• 1st Regular session: January 13, 1869 – March 11, 1869

Leaders

Senate leadership

• President of the Senate: Wyman Spooner (R)
• President pro tempore: George C. Hazelton (R)

Assembly leadership

• Speaker of the Assembly: Alexander M. Thomson (R)

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Twenty-Second Wisconsin Legislature:^[3]

Senate partisan representation

  Democratic: 14 seats

  Republican: 19 seats

Dist.	Counties	Senator	Residence	Party
01	Sheboygan	David Taylor	Sheboygan	Rep.
02	Brown, Door, Kewaunee	William J. Abrams	Green Bay	Dem.
03	Ozaukee	Lyman Morgan	Ozaukee	Dem.
04	Washington	Adam Schantz	Addison	Dem.
05	Milwaukee (Northern Half)	William P. Lynde	Milwaukee	Dem.
06	Milwaukee (Southern Half)	Charles H. Larkin	Milwaukee	Dem.
07	Racine	Henry Stevens	Caledonia	Rep.
08	Kenosha	Anthony Van Wyck	Kenosha	Rep.
09	Adams, Juneau, Monroe	William J. Kershaw	Big Spring	Rep.
10	Waukesha	Curtis Mann	Oconomowoc	Dem.
11	Dane (Eastern Part)	Nelson Williams	Stoughton	Rep.
12	Walworth	Newton Littlejohn	Whitewater	Rep.
13	Lafayette	Hamilton H. Gray	Darlington	Dem.
14	Sauk	Stephen S. Barlow	Delton	Rep.
15	Iowa	Lemuel W. Joiner	Wyoming	Rep.
16	Grant	George C. Hazelton	Boscobel	Rep.
17	Rock	Charles G. Williams	Janesville	Rep.
18	Dodge (Western Part)	Henry W. Lander	Beaver Dam	Dem.
19	Manitowoc	George B. Reed	Manitowoc	Dem.
20	Fond du Lac	Edward S. Bragg	Fond du Lac	Dem.
21	Winnebago	Ira W. Fisher	Menasha	Rep.
22	Calumet, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano	William Young	Medina	Dem.
23	Jefferson	William W. Woodman	Farmington	Dem.
24	Green	Henry Adams	Monticello	Rep.
25	Columbia	William M. Griswold	Columbus	Rep.
26	Dane (Western Part)	Carl Habich	Madison	Dem.
27	Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood	Charles M. Webb	Grand Rapids	Rep.
28	Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, Pierce, St. Croix	William J. Copp	Prescott	Rep.
29	Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara	George D. Waring	Berlin	Rep.
30	Crawford, Richland	William Ketcham	Richland Center	Rep.
31	La Crosse & Vernon	Cyrus M. Butt	Viroqua	Rep.
32	Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau	Alfred W. Newman	Trempealeau	Rep.
33	Dodge (Eastern Part)	Satterlee Clark	Horicon	Dem.

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Twenty-Second Wisconsin Legislature:^[3]

Assembly partisan representation

  Democratic: 32 seats

  Republican: 68 seats

Senate District	County	Dist.	Representative	Party	Residence
09	Adams		Otis B. Lapham	Rep.	Friendship
28	Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, Polk		Henry D. Barron	Rep.	St. Croix Falls
02	Brown	1	Joseph S. Curtis	Rep.	Green Bay
		2	Randall Wilcox	Dem.	De Pere
32	Buffalo		Robert Henry	Rep.	Anchorage
22	Calumet		Casper H. M. Petersen	Dem.	New Holstein
32	Chippewa & Dunn		Thaddeus C. Pound	Rep.	Chippewa Falls
	Clark & Jackson		John B. G. Baxter	Rep.	Black River Falls
25	Columbia	1	A. J. Turner	Rep.	Portage
		2	Thornton Thompson	Rep.	Rio
		3	Freeman M. Ross	Rep.	Cambria
30	Crawford		Benjamin F. Fay	Dem.	Prairie du Chien
11	Dane	1	John E. Johnson	Rep.	Utica
		2	Knute Nelson	Rep.	Cambridge
26		3	John Adams	Dem.	Black Earth
		4	Andrew Henry	Rep.	Madison
		5	George B. Smith	Dem.	Madison
18	Dodge	1	Cyrus Perry	Rep.	Waterloo
		2	Rees Evans	Dem.	Beaver Dam
33		3	Arthur K. Delaney	Dem.	Horicon
		4	Eugene O'Connor	Dem.	Watertown
02	Door & Kewaunee		John R. McDonald	Rep.	Ahnapee
32	Eau Claire & Pepin		Fayette Allen	Rep.	Durand
20	Fond du Lac	1	Henry C. Bottum	Rep.	West Rosendale
		2	Benjamin H. Bettis	Rep.	Ladoga
		3	Irenus K. Hamilton	Rep.	Fond du Lac
		4	William S. Warner	Rep.	Lamartine
		5	Andrew Dieringer	Dem.	Auburn
		6	Charles Geisse	Dem.	Taycheedah
16	Grant	1	Joseph Harris	Rep.	Fairview
		2	George H. Brock	Rep.	Potosi
		3	William P. Dewey	Rep.	Lancaster
		4	Benjamin M. Coates	Rep.	Boscobel
		5	Alexander R. McCartney	Rep.	Cassville
24	Green	1	Jefferson F. Wescott	Rep.	Farmers Grove
		2	Thomas A. Jackson	Rep.	Brodhead
29	Green Lake		Edwin L. Hoyt	Rep.	Manchester
15	Iowa	1	Abner Powell	Rep.	Mineral Point
		2	William E. Rowe	Rep.	Arena
23	Jefferson	1	John Rutledge	Dem.	Ixonia
		2	Sylvester J. Conklin	Rep.	Waterloo
		3	Joseph Winslow	Dem.	Fort Atkinson
		4	James M. Bingham	Rep.	Palmyra
09	Juneau		Jerome B. Potter	Dem.	Sentinel
08	Kenosha		Samuel E. Tarbell	Rep.	Woodworth
31	La Crosse	1	Cassius C. Palmer	Rep.	West Salem
		2	Nathan P. Waller	Rep.	West Salem
13	Lafayette	1	Charles Pole	Dem.	Shullsburg
		2	Norman B. Richardson	Rep.	Warren
19	Manitowoc	1	John H. Bohne	Dem.	Meeme
		2	Richard Donovan	Dem.	Manitowoc
		3	Jabez L. Fobes	Rep.	Two Rivers
27	Marathon & Wood		Henry Reed	Dem.	Grand Rapids
29	Marquette		William Murphy	Dem.	Briggsville
05	Milwaukee	1	Patrick Drew	Dem.	Milwaukee
		2	George Abert	Dem.	Milwaukee
06		3	James Hoye	Dem.	Milwaukee
		4	Samuel C. West	Rep.	Milwaukee
		5	John Fellenz	Dem.	Milwaukee
05		6	Joseph Phillips	Dem.	Milwaukee
		7	Daniel H. Johnson	Rep.	Milwaukee
		8	Henry C. Runkel	Dem.	Milwaukee
06		9	Henry Roethe	Dem.	Painesville
		10	John Scheffel	Dem.	Milwaukee
09	Monroe		Jesse Bennett	Rep.	Sparta
22	Oconto & Shawano		Parlan Semple	Rep.	Shawano
22	Outagamie		Charles E. McIntosh	Dem.	Lime Rock
03	Ozaukee		Job Haskell	Dem.	Saukville
28	Pierce		Edward H. Ives	Dem.	Prescott
27	Portage		Frederick Huntley	Rep.	Buena Vista
07	Racine	1	Albert L. Phillips	Rep.	Racine
		2	Hiram L. Gilmore	Rep.	North Cape
30	Richland		Joseph M. Thomas	Rep.	Lone Rock
17	Rock	1	Seth Fisher	Rep.	Center
		2	Darwin E. Maxon	Rep.	Milton
		3	Adelmorn Sherman	Rep.	Janesville
		4	Charles H. Parker	Rep.	Beloit
		5	Alexander M. Thomson	Rep.	Janesville
14	Sauk	1	Carl C. Kuntz	Rep.	Black Hawk
		2	John Gillespie	Rep.	Dellona
01	Sheboygan	1	Thomas M. Blackstock	Rep.	Sheboygan
		2	Sylvester Caldwell	Rep.	Cascade
		3	George S. Graves	Rep.	Sheboygan Falls
28	St. Croix		Charles D. Parker	Rep.	Pleasant Valley
32	Trempealeau		Douglas Arnold	Rep.	Williamsburg
31	Vernon	1	John M. McLeese	Rep.	Harmony
		2	Van S. Bennett	Rep.	Webster
12	Walworth	1	A. G. Kellam	Rep.	Delavan
		2	John A. Smith	Rep.	Geneva
		3	Daniel Hooper	Rep.	Troy
04	Washington	1	John Kastler	Dem.	Wayne
		2	Densmore W. Maxon	Dem.	Cedar Creek
10	Waukesha	1	Vernon Tichenor	Rep.	Waukesha
		2	Edwin Hurlbut	Rep.	Oconomowoc
		3	James McDonald	Dem.	Sussex
27	Waupaca		Milan H. Sessions	Rep.	Waupaca
29	Waushara		Joseph N. P. Bird	Rep.	Wautoma
21	Winnebago	1	Luther Buxton	Rep.	Oshkosh
		2	George W. Trask	Rep.	Winneconne
		3	James H. Foster	Rep.	Koro

Employees

Senate employees

• Chief Clerk: L. B. Hills^[3]
  • Assistant Clerk: John S. Wilson
    • Bookkeeper: H. H. Rust
  • Engrossing Clerk: J. H. Culvor
  • Enrolling Clerk: W. T. Brayton
  • Transcribing Clerk: E. M. Truell
• Sergeant-at-Arms: W. H. Hamilton
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Franklin Kelly
• Postmaster: T. L. Terry
  • Assistant Postmaster: George Pietssch
• Doorkeeper: John McGill
  • Assistant Doorkeeper: P. C. Selden
  • Assistant Doorkeeper: J. K. Parish
  • Assistant Doorkeeper: Mark Shepard
  • Gallery Doorkeeper: Henry Taylor
  • Night Watch: E. C. Arnold
• Porter & Mess: Martin Mulville
• Messengers:
  • Robert B. McCord
  • Charlie S. Vedder
  • George Webster
  • V. Wilson
  • William Gleason
  • Edward Knight

Assembly employees

• Chief Clerk: Ephraim W. Young^[3]
  • Assistant Clerk: William M. Newcomb
    • Bookkeeper: Fred A. Dennett
  • Engrossing Clerk: A. H. Reed
  • Enrolling Clerk: E. H. Webb
  • Transcribing Clerk: E. C. Clark
• Sergeant-at-Arms: R. C. Kelly
  • 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Sam Fifield
  • 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: E. A. Gibbons
• Postmaster: C. F. Solberg
  • 1st Assistant Postmaster: Sam Bartholomew
  • 2nd Assistant Postmaster: H. C. Warner
• Doorkeepers:
  • A. McLaughlin
  • T. H. Grist
  • J. Dickinson
  • H. Seffens
• Night Watch: James Roberts
• Firemen:
  • J. Warren
  • Samuel Bachman
• Speaker's Messenger: Parke I. Graves
• Chief Clerk's Messenger: Frank R. Norton
• Messengers:
  • Thomas McDonald
  • Charles H. Newton
  • Henry A. Douglass
  • Emile Hammer
  • George Aiken
  • Howley Baxter
  • C. Bingham
  • G. F. Hibbard
  • Dan Fitzpatrick
• Gallery Attendants:
  • William Woolnough
  • W. P. Borroughs