10th Wisconsin Legislature
{{Short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1857}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 10th Wisconsin Legislature
| image = Wisconsin State Capitol 1855.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855
| body = Wisconsin Legislature
| meeting_place = Wisconsin State Capitol
| election = {{nowrap|November 4, 1856}}
| term_start = {{nowrap|January 5, 1857}}
| term_end = {{nowrap|January 4, 1858}}
| before = 9th
| after = 11th
| website =
| chamber1 = Senate
| membership1 = 30
| control1 = Republican
| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}
| chamber1_leader1 = Arthur MacArthur Sr. (D)
| chamber1_leader2_type = {{nowrap|President pro tempore}}
| chamber1_leader2 =
| chamber2 = Assembly
| membership2 = 97
| control2 = Republican
| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}
| chamber2_leader1 = Wyman Spooner (R)
| chamber2_leader2_type =
| chamber2_leader2 =
| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 14, 1857}}
| session1_end = {{nowrap|March 9, 1857}}
}}
The Tenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1857, to March 9, 1857, in regular session.
This was the first legislative session after the expansion and redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session. The Senate grew from 25 to 30 seats; the Assembly grew from 82 to 97 seats.
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 4, 1856. 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 6, 1855, or were elected in the 1856 election for a newly created district and were serving a one-year term.{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1881 |title= The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1881|pages=193–194 |chapter= Annals of the legislature|publisher= State of Wisconsin}}
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Coles Bashford, of Winnebago County, serving the second year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1855 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
Major events
- January 23, 1857: James Rood Doolittle elected United States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature in joint session.{{cite report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yaYMAQAAMAAJ |title= Journal of the Assembly of Wisconsin |year= 1857 |publisher= Calkins & Proudfit |pages= 83–85|accessdate= September 28, 2019}}
- March 4, 1857: Inauguration of James Buchanan as the 15th President of the United States.
- November 3, 1857: Alexander Randall elected Governor of Wisconsin.
Major legislation
- February 19, 1857: Act relating to the writ of Habeas Corpus to persons claimed as Fugitive Slaves, the right of trial by jury, and to prevent kidnapping in this State, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1857/related/acts/8.pdf 1857 Act 8]. This was an attempt to make it more difficult to arrest people on accusation that they were fugitive slaves. It also introduced severe penalties for falsely claiming a person as a fugitive slave.
- February 28, 1857: Act providing for the erection of the main edifice of the State University, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1857/related/acts/25.pdf 1857 Act 25]
- February 28, 1857: Act authorizing the enlargement of the State Capitol, and providing and appropriating means for the payment of the same, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1857/related/acts/26.pdf 1857 Act 26]
- March 4, 1857: Act to extend the right of Suffrage, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1857/related/acts/44.pdf 1857 Act 44]. This was the second attempt to create a referendum which would grant voting rights to African American men in Wisconsin. The first referendum passed, but was deemed illegitimate. This referendum would fail in the 1857 election. Ultimately, the Wisconsin Supreme Court would rule in the 1866 case of Gillespie v. Palmer that the earlier referendum was valid, and that African American men would have the right to vote in the state.
- March 7, 1857: Act to preserve the purity of Elections, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1857/related/acts/85.pdf 1857 Act 85]
- March 9, 1857: Act to provide for the appointment of a Superintendent of Public Property and to define his powers and duties, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1857/related/acts/95.pdf 1857 Act 95]
Party summary
=Senate summary=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |
| style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=3 | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
! rowspan=3 | Total ! |
| style="height:5px"
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Democratic
! Ind. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| 12 | 0 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 13 ! 25 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | 1st Session
| 11 | 0 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 19 ! 30 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! 37% ! 0% ! {{party shading/Republican}} |63% ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 12 | 0 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 18 ! 30 | 0 |
=Assembly summary=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |
| style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=3 | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
! rowspan=3 | Total ! |
| style="height:5px"
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Democratic
! Ind. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 47 | 1 | 34 ! 82 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | 1st Session
| 34 | 0 | {{party shading/Republican}} |63 ! 97 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! 35% ! 0% ! {{party shading/Republican}} |65% ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 44 | 0 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 53 ! 97 | 0 |
Sessions
- 1st Regular session: January 14, 1857 – March 9, 1857
Leaders
=Senate leadership=
- President of the Senate: Arthur MacArthur Sr., Lieutenant Governor
- President pro tempore:
=Assembly leadership=
- Speaker of the Assembly: Wyman Spooner
Members
=Members of the Senate=
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Tenth Wisconsin Legislature (30):
File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1857.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! District ! Counties ! Senator ! Party ! Residence |
| 01
| {{sortname|Elijah Fox|Cook}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 02
| Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw | {{sortname|Perry H.|Smith}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Appleton |
| 03
| Ozaukee | {{sortname|Herman J.|Schulteis}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Ozaukee |
| 04
| {{sortname|Baruch S.|Weil|Baruch Schleisinger Weil}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 05
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Northern Half)}} | {{sortname|Augustus|Greulich}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 06
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Southern Half)}} | {{sortname|Edward|O'Neill|Edward O'Neill (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 07
| Racine | {{sortname|Champion S.|Chase}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Racine |
| 08
| Kenosha | {{sortname|C. Latham|Sholes|Christopher Latham Sholes}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Kenosha |
| 09
| {{sortname|John T.|Kingston}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Necedah |
| 10
| Waukesha | {{sortname|Edward|Gernon}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Genesee |
| 11
| Dane {{nowrap|(Eastern Part)}} | {{sortname|Hiram H.|Giles|Hiram Giles}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 12
| Walworth | {{sortname|Jesse C.|Mills}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Elkhorn |
| 13
| {{sortname|Philemon B.|Simpson|Philemon Simpson}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 14
| Jefferson {{nowrap|(Northern Part)}} & Dodge {{nowrap|(Southern Part)}} | {{sortname|S. W.|Barnes}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 15
| {{sortname|Lemuel W.|Joiner}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Wyoming |
| 16
| Grant | {{sortname|J. Allen|Barber}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 17
| Rock {{nowrap|(Western Part)}} | {{sortname|James|Sutherland|James Sutherland (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 18
| Rock {{nowrap|(Eastern Part)}} | {{sortname|Louis P.|Harvey}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Shopiere |
| 19
| {{sortname|Temple|Clark}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 20
| {{sortname|Edward|Pier}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}} |
| 21
| {{sortname|Edwin|Wheeler}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Oshkosh |
| 22
| Dodge {{nowrap|(Northern Part)}} | {{sortname|S. L.|Rose}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 23
| Jefferson {{nowrap|(Southern Part)}} | {{sortname|Samuel C.|Bean}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 24
| Green | {{sortname|George E.|Dexter}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Monroe |
| 25
| Columbia | {{sortname|Moses M.|Davis}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Portage |
| 26
| Dane {{nowrap|(Western Part)}} | {{sortname|Hiram C.|Bull}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Madison |
| 27
| Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood | {{sortname|Luther|Hanchett}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Plover |
| 28
| Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, {{nowrap|La Pointe}}, Pierce, Polk, {{nowrap|St. Croix}} | {{sortname|William|Wilson|William Wilson (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 29
| {{sortname|Martin L.|Kimball}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Berlin |
| 30
| Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, {{nowrap|La Crosse}}, Monroe, Tremealeau | {{sortname|William T.|Price}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | {{nowrap|Black River Falls}} |
=Members of the Assembly=
Members of the Assembly for the Tenth Wisconsin Legislature (97):{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1859 |title= A Manual of Customs, Precedents, and Forms, in use in the Assembly of the State of Wisconsin |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1859 |editor-last= Crane |editor-first= L. H. D. |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1859/reference/wi.wibluebk1859.i0023.pdf |chapter= List of Assembly districts, with names of members since the last apportionment |pages= 58–64 |accessdate= August 8, 2021 }}
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1857.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Senate ! County ! District ! Representative ! Party ! Residence |
| 09
| style="text-align:left" colspan="2"|Adams & Juneau | {{sortname|Joseph|Langworthy|Joseph Langworthy}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Mauston |
| 28
| style="text-align:left" colspan="2"| Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, {{nowrap|La Pointe}}, Polk, {{nowrap|St. Croix}} | {{sortname|George|Strong|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Hudson |
| 30
| style="text-align:left" colspan="2" | Bad Ax, Crawford | {{sortname|Buel E.|Hutchinson|Buel Hutchinson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | {{nowrap|Prairie du Chien}} |
| 02
| style="text-align:left" colspan="2"|Brown | {{sortname|Edgar|Conklin|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 30
| style="text-align:left" colspan="2" | Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau | {{sortname|Samuel D.|Hastings}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 19
| style="text-align:left" colspan="2"|Calumet | {{sortname|George A.|Jenkins}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 28
| style="text-align:left" colspan="2" | Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, & Pierce | {{sortname|Orrin T.|Maxson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Prescott |
| rowspan="3" | 25
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="3" | Columbia | 1 | {{nowrap|{{sortname|George M.|Bartholomew}}}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Lodi |
| 2
| {{sortname|Oliver C.|Howe|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Lowville |
| 3
| {{sortname|Henry|Converse|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Wyocena |
| rowspan="3" | 11
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="6" | Dane{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84707958/republican-nominations-dane-co/ |title= National Republican Nominations |newspaper= Wisconsin State Journal |date= October 25, 1856 |page= 2 |accessdate= September 4, 2021 |via= Newspapers.com }} | 1 | {{sortname|John A.|Johnson|John Anders Johnson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Robert W.|Davison|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Beverly |
| 3
| {{sortname|Robert P.|Main|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Oregon |
| rowspan="3" | 26
| 4 | {{sortname|John B.|Sweat}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 5
| {{sortname|Horace A.|Tenney}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Madison |
| 6
| {{sortname|Nathaniel W.|Dean}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Madison |
| rowspan="6" | 22
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="6" | Dodge | 1 | {{sortname|Edward N.|Foster|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Mayville |
| 2
| {{sortname|Peter|Potter|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Leroy |
| 3
| {{sortname|Robert B.|Wentworth|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Juneau |
| 4
| {{sortname|Quartus H.|Barron|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Fox Lake |
| 5
| {{sortname|A. Scott|Sloan}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 6
| {{sortname|John J.|Williams|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Springfield |
| 02
| style="text-align:left" colspan="2"| Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, & Shawano | {{sortname|Ezra B.|Stevens|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="5"| 20
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="5"| Fond du Lac | 1 | {{sortname|Edmund L.|Runals|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Ripon |
| 2
| {{sortname|Morris S.|Barnett}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 3
| {{sortname|John B.|Wilbor|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}} |
| 4
| {{sortname|Major J.|Thomas|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}} |
| 5
| {{sortname|Aaron|Walters}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}} |
| rowspan="5" | 16
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="5" | Grant | 1 | {{sortname|Allen|Taylor|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Albert W.|Emerey|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Potosi |
| 3
| {{sortname|Hanmer|Robbins}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 4
| {{sortname|Joseph T.|Mills|Joseph Trotter Mills}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 5
| {{sortname|Joachim|Gulick|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Ora Oak |
| rowspan="2" | 24
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | Green | 1 | {{sortname|Charles F.|Thompson|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Thomas W.|Hall|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Monroe |
| rowspan="2" | 15
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | Iowa | 1 | {{sortname|Ephraim|Knowlton|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Highland |
| 2
| {{sortname|Thomas S.|Allen|Thomas Allen (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 23
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="5" | Jefferson | 1 | {{sortname|Delatus M.|Aspinwall|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Jared F.|Ostrander}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Aztalan |
| rowspan="3" | 14
| 3 | {{sortname|William|Chappell|William Chappell (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 4
| {{sortname|William M.|Morse}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Alderly |
| 5
| {{sortname|Kendall P.|Clark|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Portland |
| rowspan="2" | 08
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | Kenosha | 1 | {{sortname|Frederick S.|Lovell}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Kenosha |
| 2
| {{sortname|Lathrop|Burgess}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Salem |
| 30
| style="text-align:left" colspan="2" | La Crosse, Monroe | {{sortname|Dugald D.|Cameron}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="3" | 13
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="3" | Lafayette | 1 | {{sortname|Joseph|White|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Cottage Inn |
| 2
| {{sortname|Henry W.|Barnes|Henry Winslow Barnes}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Wiota |
| 3
| {{sortname|James H.|Earnest|James Earnest}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="2"| 19
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="2"| Manitowoc | 1 | {{sortname|Charles H.|Walker}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Thomas|Cunningham|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 27
| style="text-align:left" colspan="2"| Marathon, Portage, Wood | {{sortname|Anson|Rood}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 29
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | Marquette | 1 | {{sortname|Davis H.|Waite|Davis Hanson Waite}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Paul D.|Hayward|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Kingston |
| rowspan="2" | 05
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="9" | Milwaukee | 1 | {{sortname|Frederick K.|Bartlett|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Moses M.|Strong}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="3" | 06
| 3 | {{sortname|Andrew|McCormick|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 4
| {{sortname|Jonathan|Taylor|Jonathan Taylor (Wisconsin assemblyman)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 5
| {{sortname|Jasper|Humphrey}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 05
| 6 | {{sortname|Herman|Haertel|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 7
| {{sortname|Frederick|Moskowitt}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 06
| 8 | {{sortname|James|Reynolds|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 9
| {{sortname|James D.|Reymert|James DeNoon Reymert}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 02
| style="text-align:left" colspan="2" | Outagamie | {{sortname|Theodore|Conkey}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Appleton |
| rowspan="2" | 03
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="2"|Ozaukee | 1 | {{sortname|Samuel A.|White}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Ozaukee |
| 2
| {{sortname|Frederick W.|Horn}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="4" | 07
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="4" | Racine | 1 | {{sortname|Lewelyn J.|Evans|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Racine |
| 2
| {{sortname|Peter C.|Lutkin|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Whitesville |
| 3
| {{sortname|Joseph|Nelson|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Raymond |
| 4
| {{sortname|James|Catton|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 15
| style="text-align:left" colspan="2" | Richland | {{sortname|Robert C.|Field}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Richland |
| rowspan="2" | 18
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="5" | Rock{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84722482/election-matchups/ |title= The Next Legislature |newspaper= Milwaukee Sentinel |date= November 4, 1856 |page= 2 |accessdate= September 4, 2021 |via= Newspapers.com }} | 1 | {{sortname|Lucius G.|Fisher}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Beloit |
| 2
| {{sortname|George R.|Atherton|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Clinton |
| rowspan="3" | 17
| 3 | {{sortname|David|Noggle}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 4
| {{sortname|Ezra A.|Foot|Ezra Foot}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 5
| {{sortname|William H.|Tripp|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 09
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | Sauk | 1 | {{sortname|James G.|Train|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Abram|West|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="3" | 01
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="3" | Sheboygan | 1 | {{sortname|Zebulon P.|Mason|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Robert H.|Hotchkiss}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Plymouth |
| 3
| {{sortname|Glenville W.|Stone|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Winooski |
| rowspan="4" | 12
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="4" | Walworth | 1 | {{sortname|David|Williams|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Samuel W.|Voorhees|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Sharon |
| 3
| {{sortname|Solmous|Wakeley}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 4
| {{sortname|Wyman|Spooner}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Elkhorn |
| rowspan="3" | 04
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="3" | Washington | 1 | {{sortname|Hopewell|Coxe}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Hartford |
| 2
| {{sortname|James|Vollmar|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 3
| {{sortname|James|Fagan|James Fagan (farmer-politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="5"| 10
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="5" | Waukesha | 1 | {{sortname|James M.|Lewis|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|George|Cairncross|George Cairncross}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Pewaukee |
| 3
| {{sortname|Thomas|Sugden|Thomas Sugden (farmer-politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 4
| {{sortname|Elihu|Enos}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Waukesha |
| 5
| {{sortname|Charles S.|Hawley|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Waukesha |
| rowspan="2" | 27
| style="text-align:left" colspan="2" | Waupaca | {{sortname|Benjamin F.|Phillips}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Mukwa |
| style="text-align:left" colspan="2" | Waushara
| {{sortname|George|Hawley|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Poysippi |
| rowspan="3" | 21
| style="text-align:left" rowspan="3" | Winnebago | 1 | {{sortname|Philetus|Sawyer}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Oshkosh |
| 2
| {{sortname|John|Anunson|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 3
| {{sortname|William P.|McAllister|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Omro |
Employees
=Senate employees=
- Chief Clerk: William Henry Brisbane
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Alanson Filer
=Assembly employees=
- Chief Clerk: William C. Webb
- Sergeant-at-Arms: William C. Rogers
Changes from the 9th Legislature
The most significant structural change to the Legislature between the 9th and 10th sessions was the reapportionment and redistricting of legislative seats. The new districts were defined in [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1856/related/acts/109.pdf 1856 Wisconsin Act 109], passed into law in the 9th Wisconsin Legislature.
=Senate redistricting=
==Summary of changes==
- 17 senate districts were left unchanged.
- Dane County went from having one senator to two (11, 26).
- Jefferson County went from having one senator to two (14, 23).
- Marquette County became its own senate district (29), after previously having been in a shared district with Adams, Sauk, and Waushara counties.
- Sheboygan County became its own senate district (1), after previously having been in a shared district with Calumet and Manitowoc counties
- Waukesha County went from two senators to one (10).
- The multi-county, lightly-populated northern and western regions of the state went from two senators to four (2, 27, 28, 30).
==Senate districts==
File:WI Senate Districts 1857.png
File:WI Senate Districts 1853.png
| class="wikitable"
! Dist. ! 9th Legislature ! 10th Legislature |
| 1
| Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan counties | Sheboygan County |
| 2
| Brown, Door, Marathon, Oconto, Outagamie, Portage, Waupaca counties | Brown, Outagamie, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano counties |
| 3
| Ozaukee County | Ozaukee County |
| 4
| Washington County | Washington County |
| 5
| Northern Milwaukee County | Northern Milwaukee County |
| 6
| Southern Milwaukee County | Southern Milwaukee County |
| 7
| Racine County | Racine County |
| 8
| Kenosha County | Kenosha County |
| 9
| Northern Waukesha County | Sauk, Adams, Juneau counties |
| 10
| Southern Waukesha County | Waukesha County |
| 11
| Dane County | Eastern Dane County |
| 12
| Walworth County | Walworth County |
| 13
| Lafayette County | Lafayette County |
| 14
| Jefferson County | Northern Jefferson County |
| 15
| Iowa, Richland counties | Iowa, Richland counties |
| 16
| Grant County | Grant County |
| 17
| Western Rock County | Western Rock County |
| 18
| Eastern Rock County | Eastern Rock County |
| 19
| Bad Ax, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix counties | Manitowoc, Calumet County |
| 20
| Fond du Lac County | Fond du Lac County |
| 21
| Winnebago County | Winnebago County |
| 22
| Dodge County | Dodge County |
| 23
| Adams, Marquette, Sauk, Waushara counties | Southern Jefferson County |
| 24
| Green County | Green County |
| 25
| Columbia County | Columbia County |
| 26
| rowspan="5"|Did not exist in 9th Legislature | Western Dane County |
| 27
| Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood County |
| 28
| Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix counties |
| 29
| Marquette County |
| 30
| Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Tremealeau counties |
=Assembly redistricting=
==Summary of changes==
- Brown County became its own assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Door and Kewaunee counties.
- Columbia County went from having 2 districts to 3.
- Dane County went from having 5 districts to 6.
- Fond du Lac County went from having 4 districts to 5.
- Green County went from having 1 district to 2.
- Manitowoc County went from having 1 district to 2.
- Marquette County went from having 1 district and 1 shared district with Waushara to having 2 districts.
- Outagamie County became its own assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Oconto and Waupaca counties.
- Rock County went from having 4 districts to 5.
- Sauk County went from sharing a district with Adams to having 2 districts of its own.
- Sheboygan County went from having 2 districts to 3.
- Walworth County went from having 6 districts to 4.
- Washington County went from having 2 districts to 3.
- Waupaca County became its own assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Oconto and Outagamie counties.
- Waushara County became its own assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Marquette
- Winnebago County went from having 2 districts to 3.
==Assembly districts==
| class="wikitable"
! County ! Districts in 9th Legislature ! Districts in 10th Legislature |
| Adams
| Shared with Sauk | Shared with Juneau |
| Ashland
| align=center|Did not exist | Shared with Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix |
| Bad Ax
| Shared with Crawford | Shared with Crawford |
| Brown
| Shared with Door, Kewaunee | 1 District |
| Buffalo
| align=center|Did not exist | Shared with Jackson, Trempealeau |
| Burnett
| align=center|Did not exist | Shared with Ashland, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix |
| Calumet
| 1 District | 1 District |
| Chippewa
| Shared with La Crosse | Shared with Clark, Dunn, Pierce |
| Clark
| align=center|Did not exist | Shared with Chippewa, Dunn, Pierce |
| Columbia
| 2 Districts | 3 Districts |
| Crawford
| Shared with Bad Ax | Shared with Bad Ax |
| Dane
| 5 Districts | 6 Districts |
| Dodge
| 6 Districts | 6 Districts |
| Door
| Shared with Brown, Kewaunee | Shared with Kewaunee, Oconto |
| Douglas
|align=center|Did not exist | Shared with Ashland, Burnett, La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix |
| Dunn
| align=center|Did not exist | Shared with Chippewa, Clark, Pierce |
| Fond du Lac
| 4 Districts | 5 Districts |
| Grant
| 5 Districts | 5 Districts |
| Green
| 1 District | 2 Districts |
| Iowa
| 2 Districts | 2 Districts |
| Jackson
| align=center|Did not exist | Shared with Buffalo, Trempealeau |
| Jefferson
| 5 Districts | 5 Districts |
| Juneau
| align=center|Did not exist | Shared with Adams |
| Kenosha
| 2 Districts | 2 Districts |
| Kewaunee
| Shared with Brown, Door | Shared with Door, Oconto |
| La Crosse
| Shared with Chippewa | Shared with Monroe |
| La Pointe
| Shared with Pierce, Polk, St. Croix | Shared with Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, St. Croix |
| Lafayette
| 3 Districts | 3 Districts |
| Manitowoc
| 1 District | 2 Districts |
| Marathon
| Shared with Portage | Shared with Portage, Wood |
| Marquette
| 2 Shared with Waushara | 2 Districts |
| Milwaukee
| 9 Districts | 9 Districts |
| Monroe
|align=center|Did not exist | Shared with La Crosse |
| Oconto
| Shared with Outagamie, Waupaca | Shared with Door, Kewaunee |
| Outagamie
| Shared with Oconto, Waupaca | 1 District |
| Ozaukee
| 2 Districts | 2 Districts |
| Pierce
| Shared with La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix | Shared with Chippewa, Clark, Dunn |
| Polk
| Shared with La Pointe, Pierce, St. Croix | Shared with Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, St. Croix |
| Portage
| Shared with Marathon | Shared with Marathon, Wood |
| Racine
| 4 Districts | 4 Districts |
| Richland
| 1 District | 1 District |
| Rock
| 4 Districts | 5 Districts |
| Sauk
| Shared with Adams | 2 Districts |
| Sheboygan
| 2 Districts | 3 Districts |
| St. Croix
| Shared with La Pointe, Pierce, Polk | Shared with Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk |
| Trempealeau
| align=center|Did not exist | Shared with Buffalo, Jackson |
| Walworth
| 6 Districts | 4 Districts |
| Washington
| 2 Districts | 3 Districts |
| Waukesha
| 4 Districts | 4 Districts |
| Waupaca
| Shared with Oconto, Outagamie | 1 District |
| Waushara
| 2 Shared with Marquette | 1 District |
| Winnebago
| 2 Districts | 3 Districts |
| Wood
| align=center|Did not exist | Shared with Marathon, Portage |
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