3rd Wisconsin Territorial Assembly

The Third Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory convened from December 7, 1840, to February 19, 1841, and from December 6, 1841, to February 19, 1842, in regular session.^[1][2][3]

3rd Wisconsin Territorial Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory
Meeting place	Madison, Wisconsin Territory
Term	November 2, 1840 – November 7, 1842
Election	September 28, 1840
Council
Members	13
President	James Maxwell (1st session) James Collins (2nd session)
House of Representatives
Members	27
Speaker	David Newland (D)
Sessions
1st December 7, 1840 – February 19, 1841 2nd December 6, 1841 – February 19, 1842

Major events

• January 26, 1841: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland took control of Hong Kong.
• February 10, 1841: The Act of Union was proclaimed in Montreal, establishing the Province of Canada.
• March 4, 1841: Inauguration of William Henry Harrison as the 9th President of the United States.
• March 9, 1841: The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in United States v. The Amistad that the Africans who seized control of the ship had been taken into slavery illegally.
• April 4, 1841: President William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia.
• April 6, 1841: Inauguration of John Tyler as the 10th President of the United States.
• August 16, 1841: President John Tyler vetoed the bill which would have established the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whigs rioted outside the White House.
• December 20, 1841: The Treaty for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade was signed in London by representatives of Austria, Britain, France, Prussia, and Russia.
• February 11, 1842: After a heated argument on the floor of the Council over the appointment of Enos S. Baker as Sheriff of Grant County, Councillor James Russell Vineyard shot and killed Councillor Charles C. P. Arndt.^[4] Vineyard subsequently attempted to resign from the Council—his resignation was refused and he was instead expelled.^[1]

Major legislation

• February 19, 1841: An Act to provide for the completion of the Capitol at Madison, 1841, Wisc. Terr. Act 37.^[2]
• February 18, 1842: Resolutions relative to the removal of Indians.^[3]

Sessions

• 1st session: December 7, 1840 – February 19, 1841
• 2nd session: December 6, 1841 – February 19, 1842

Leadership

Council President

• James Maxwell – during the 1st session
• James Collins – during the 2nd session

Speaker of the House of Representatives

• David Newland (D) – during both sessions

Members

Members of the Council

Counties	Councillor	Session(s)		Party
		1st	2nd
Brown, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Portage, & Sheboygan	Charles C. P. Arndt	Y	Y[note 1][1]	Whig
	Morgan Lewis Martin	Y	Y	Dem.
Crawford & St. Croix	Charles J. Learned	Y	Y
Dane, Dodge, Green, & Jefferson	Ebenezer Brigham	Y	Y	Whig
Grant	John H. Rountree	Y	Y	Whig
	James R. Vineyard	Y	Y[note 2][1]	Dem.
Iowa	Levi Sterling	Y		Whig
	James Collins	Y	Y	Whig
	Moses M. Strong		Y	Dem.
Milwaukee & Washington	Jonathan E. Arnold	Y
	Don A. J. Upham	Y	Y	Dem.
	John H. Tweedy		Y	Whig
Racine	William Bullen	Y	Y
	Lorenzo Janes	Y	Y	Dem.
Rock & Walworth	James Maxwell	Y	Y

Members of the House of Representatives

Counties	Representative	Session(s)		Party
		1st	2nd
Brown, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Portage, & Sheboygan	William H. Bruce	N[note 3]
	Albert G. Ellis	Y[note 4]	Y	Dem.
	Mason C. Darling	Y	Y	Dem.
	David Giddings	Y	Y	Whig
Crawford & St. Croix	Alfred Brunson	N[note 3]		Whig
	Theophilus La Chappelle	Y[note 4]	Y
	Joseph R. Brown	Y	Y
Dane, Dodge, Green, & Jefferson	Lucius I. Barber	Y	Y	Whig
	Daniel S. Sutherland	Y	Y
Grant	Daniel R. Burt	Y	Y	Whig
	Nelson Dewey	Y	Y	Dem.
	Neely Gray	Y	Y	Whig
Iowa	Francis J. Dunn	Y
	Ephraim F. Ogden	Y	Y
	Daniel M. Parkinson	Y	Y	Dem.
	David Newland	Y	Y	Dem.
	Thomas Jenkins		Y	Dem.
Milwaukee & Washington	Joseph Bond	Y	Y	Dem.
	Jacob Brazelton	Y	Y
	Adam E. Ray	Y	Y
	John S. Rockwell	Y	Y
	William F. Shephard	Y	Y
Racine	George Batchelder	Y	Y	Dem.[5]
	Thomas E. Parmelee	Y	Y	Dem.[5]
	Reuben H. Deming	Y	Y	Dem.[5]
Rock & Walworth	John Hackett	Y	Y	Dem.
	Hugh Long	Y		Dem.
	Jesse C. Mills	Y	Y	Dem.
	Edward V. Whiton	Y	Y	Whig
	James Tripp		Y

Employees

Council employees

• Secretary:^[1]
  • George Beatty, both sessions
• Sergeant-at-Arms:
  • Miles M. Vineyard, 1st session
  • Ebenezer Childs, 2nd session

House employees

• Chief Clerk:^[1]
  • John Catlin, both sessions
• Sergeant-at-Arms:
  • Francis M. Rublee, 1st session
  • Thomas J. Moorman, 2nd session

Notes

1. Killed by James R. Vineyard on Feb. 11, 1842.
2. Expelled Feb. 14, 1842, due to the murder of Charles C. P. Arndt.
3. Lost contested seat.
4. Won contested seat.