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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Overview
Legislative body	Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place	Wisconsin State Capitol
Term	January 13, 1858 – January 12, 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]

Major events

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

	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	16	0	14	30	0

Assembly

	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

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

Assembly

• Speaker of the Assembly: Frederick S. Lovell

Members

Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Eleventh Wisconsin Legislature:

District	Counties	Senator	Party
1	Sheboygan	Elijah Fox Cook	Democrat
2	Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw	Morgan Lewis Martin	Democrat
3	Ozaukee	Herman J. Schulteis	Democrat
4	Washington	Densmore W. Maxon	Democrat
5	Northern Milwaukee	Augustus Greulich	Democrat
6	Southern Milwaukee	Patrick Walsh	Democrat
7	Racine	Champion S. Chase	Republican
8	Kenosha	Samuel R. McClellan	Republican
9	Adams, Juneau, Sauk	John T. Kingston	Republican
10	Waukesha	Denison Worthington	Republican
11	Eastern Dane	Hiram H. Giles	Republican
12	Walworth	John W. Boyd	Republican
13	Lafayette	Philemon B. Simpson	Democrat
14	Northern Jefferson	William Chappell	Democrat
15	Iowa, Richland	Lemuel W. Joiner	Republican
16	Grant	Noah H. Virgin	Republican
17	Western Rock	James Sutherland	Republican
18	Eastern Rock	Alden I. Bennett	Republican
19	Manitowoc, Calumet	Temple Clark	Democrat
20	Fond du Lac	Edward Pier	Republican
21	Winnebago	Edwin Wheeler	Republican
22	Dodge	William E. Smith	Republican
23	Southern Jefferson	Samuel C. Bean	Republican
24	Green	John H. Warren	Republican
25	Columbia	Moses M. Davis	Republican
26	Western Dane	Andrew Proudfit	Democrat
27	Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood	Luther Hanchett	Republican
28	Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix	Daniel Mears	Democrat
29	Marquette	Martin L. Kimball	Republican
30	Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Tremealeau	William H. Tucker	Democrat

Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Eleventh Wisconsin Legislature:

Counties		Representative	Party
Adams, Juneau		Almon P. Ayers	Republican
Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix		James B. Gray	Republican
Bad Ax, Crawford		James R. Savage	Democrat
Brown		Edgar Conklin	Democrat
Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau		Harlow E. Prickett	Democrat
Calumet		James Robinson	Democrat
Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Pierce		Lucius Cannon	Republican
Columbia	1	Alvin B. Alden	Democrat
	2	William M. Griswold	Republican
	3	Jonathan W. Earle	Republican
Dane	1	Daniel B. Crandall	Republican
	2	John E. Sharp	Republican
	3	Storer W. Field	Republican
	4	Henry K. Belding	Democrat
	5	Frank Gault	Democrat
	6	Alexander A. McDonell	Republican
Dodge	1	John Steiner	Democrat
	2	Narcisse M. Juneau	Democrat
	3	Paul Juneau	Democrat
	4	Benjamin F. Gibbs	Republican
	5	Frederick H. Kribs	Republican
	6	Edward J. Williams	Republican
Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano		Jonathan C. Hall	Democrat
Fond du Lac	1	Edmund L. Runals	Republican
	2	Henry D. Hitt	Republican
	3	Frank D. McCarty	Democrat
	4	Joseph Wagner	Democrat
	5	William S. Tuttle	Democrat
Grant	1	Hanmer Robbins	Republican
	2	Henry Patch	Democrat
	3	Henry D. York	Republican
	4	Albert W. Emerey	Democrat
	5	Charles K. Dean	Republican
Green	1	James E. Vinton	Republican
	2	William G. Brown	Republican
Iowa	1	Henry M. Billings	Democrat
	2	Levi Sterling	Republican
Jefferson	1	Miles Holmes	Republican
	2	George C. Smith	Republican
	3	Peter Rogan	Democrat
	4	John Gibb	Democrat
	5	Harlow Pease	Republican
Kenosha	1	Frederick S. Lovell	Republican
	2	Almond D. Cornwell	Republican
La Crosse, Monroe		James D. Condit	Democrat
Lafayette	1	Hamilton H. Gray	Democrat
	2	Charles Bracken	Democrat
	3	James H. Earnest	Democrat
Manitowoc	1	Henry C. Hamilton	Democrat
	2	James B. Dunn	Democrat
Marathon, Portage, Wood		Burton Millard	Republican
Marquette	1	Samuel W. Mather	Democrat
	2	Dominic K. Devaney	Republican
Milwaukee	1	Dighton Corson	Democrat
	2	Alexander Cotzhausen	Democrat
	3	John Hayden	Democrat
	4	Duncan E. Cameron	Democrat
	5	Mitchell Steever	Democrat
	6	Frederick R. Berg	Democrat
	7	Orlando Ellsworth	Republican
	8	Joseph Carney	Democrat
	9	Michael Hanrahan	Democrat
Outagamie		Perry H. Smith	Democrat
Ozaukee	1	B. O. Zastrow Kussow	Democrat
	2	Alexander M. Alling	Democrat
Racine	1	Hermon Warner	Democrat
	2	George W. Selden	Republican
	3	Samuel Collins	Republican
	4	Edward Dyer	Republican
Richland		Charles G. Rodolf	Democrat
Rock	1	Kiron W. Bemis	Republican
	2	Zebulon P. Burdick	Republican
	3	James H. Knowlton	Republican
	4	George Irish	Republican
	5	William Hubbard Stark	Republican
Sauk	1	Samuel H. Bassinger	Republican
	2	Samuel Northrup	Republican
Sheboygan	1	Zebulon P. Mason	Democrat
	2	William H. Prentice	Republican
	3	Abraham H. Van Wie	Republican
Walworth	1	John McKibbin	Republican
	2	Elijah Easton	Republican
	3	Butler G. Noble	Republican
	4	James Baker	Republican
Washington	1	James Kenealy	Democrat
	2	Paul A. Weil	Democrat
	3	Charles W. Detmering	Democrat
Waukesha	1	Albert Alden	Republican
	2	Oliver P. Hullett	Republican
	3	David Roberts	Democrat
	4	George McWhorter	Republican
	5	Charles S. Hawley	Republican
Waupaca		Andrew J. Dufur	Republican
Waushara		William C. Webb	Republican
Winnebago	1	Samuel M. Hay	Republican
	2	William Duchman	Republican
	3	William P. McAllister	Republican

Employees

Senate

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

Assembly

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

References

1. "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1881 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 193–194.

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