30th Wisconsin Legislature
{{short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1877}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
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{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 30th Wisconsin Legislature
| image = Wisconsin_State_Capitol_1863.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
| body = Wisconsin Legislature
| meeting_place = {{nowrap|Wisconsin State Capitol}}
| election = {{nowrap|November 7, 1876}}
| term_start = {{nowrap|January 1, 1877}}
| term_end = {{nowrap|January 7, 1878}}
| before = 29th
| after = 31st
| website =
| chamber1 = Senate
| membership1 = 33
| control1 = Republican
| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}
| chamber1_leader1 = {{nowrap|Charles D. Parker (D)}}
| chamber1_leader2_type = {{nowrap|President pro tempore}}
| chamber1_leader2 = William Hiner (R)
| chamber2 = Assembly
| membership2 = 100
| control2 = Republican
| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}
| chamber2_leader1 = {{nowrap|John B. Cassoday (R)}}
| chamber2_leader2_type =
| chamber2_leader2 =
| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 10, 1877}}
| session1_end = {{nowrap|March 8, 1877}}
}}
The Thirtieth Wisconsin Legislature convened from {{nowrap|January 10, 1877,}} to {{nowrap|March 8, 1877,}} in regular session.
This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session.
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 7, 1876. 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 2, 1875.{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1882 |title= The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1882 |editor-last= Heg |editor-first= J. E. |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1882/reference/wi.wibluebk1882.i0011.pdf |chapter= Annals of the Legislature |pages=239–241 |accessdate= January 21, 2022 }}
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Harrison Ludington, of Milwaukee County, serving the second year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1875 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
Major events
- January 29, 1877: President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Electoral Commission Act to attempt to settle the disputed 1876 United States presidential election.
- March 2, 1877: The Compromise of 1877 secured the election of Rutherford B. Hayes, resolving the disputed 1876 United States presidential election.
- March 4, 1877: Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes as the 19th President of the United States.
- May 6, 1877: Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrendered to United States troops in Nebraska.
- July 16, 1877: The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 lead to rioting in Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis.
- September 5, 1877: While in captivity, Chief Crazy Horse was killed by an American soldier.
- November 6, 1877: William E. Smith elected Governor of Wisconsin.
- November 29, 1877: Thomas Edison demonstrated his phonograph for the first time.
Major legislation
- January 31, 1877: Joint Resolution agreeing to an amendment of section four of article seven of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1877/related/joint_resolutions/1.pdf 1877 Joint Resolution 1]. Confirmed a constitutional amendment adding two seats to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, to be chosen at the Spring 1878 election.
- February 16, 1877: Joint Resolution relating to the coinage of silver, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1877/related/joint_resolutions/3.pdf 1877 Act 3].
Party summary
=Senate summary=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |
| style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=4 | 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|Reform Party (19th-century Wisconsin)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! Ref. ! Lib.R. ! Rep. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| 6 | 4 | 2 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 21 ! 33 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | 1st Session
| 8 | 0 | 3 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 22 ! 33 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! colspan=3 | {{percentage|11|33|2}} ! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|22|33|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 10 | 0 | 2 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 21 ! 33 | 0 |
=Assembly summary=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |
| style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=7 | 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|Reform Party (19th-century Wisconsin)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Labor Party of America}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Greenback Party}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! Ref. ! Soc. ! Gbk. ! Ind. ! Lib.R. ! Rep. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| 35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 52 ! 100 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of 1st Session
| 33 | rowspan="2" | 5 | rowspan="2" | 0 | rowspan="2" | 0 | rowspan="2" | 0 | rowspan="2" | 1 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 61 ! rowspan="2" | 100 | rowspan="2" | 0 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Jan. 31
| 32 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 62 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! colspan=6 | {{percentage|38|100|2}} ! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|62|100|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 41 | 0 | {{party shading/Socialist}} | 1 | {{party shading/Greenback}} | 13 | 0 | 0 | 45 ! 100 | 0 |
Sessions
- 1st Regular session: January 10, 1877{{spaced ndash}}March 8, 1877
Leaders
=Senate leadership=
- President of the Senate: Charles D. Parker (D)
- President pro tempore: William Hiner (R)
=Assembly leadership=
Members
=Members of the Senate=
Members of the Senate for the Thirtieth Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1877 |title= The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1877 |editor-last= Bashford |editor-first= R. M. |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1877/reference/wi.wibluebk1877.i0022.pdf |chapter= Official Directory |pages= 445–488 |accessdate= January 21, 2022 }}
File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1877.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Dist. ! Counties ! Senator ! Residence ! Party |
| 01
| Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, & Shawano | {{sortname|George|Grimmer}} | Kewaunee | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
|---|
| 02
| Brown | {{sortname|Thomas R.|Hudd}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 03
| Racine | {{sortname|Thomas A.|Bones}} | Racine | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 04
| {{sortname|J. Henry|Tate}} | Viroqua | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 05
| Milwaukee (Northern Part) | {{sortname|Isaac W.|Van Schaick}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 06
| Milwaukee (Southern Part) | {{sortname|John L.|Mitchell}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 07
| Milwaukee (Central Part) | {{sortname|George A.|Abert}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 08
| {{sortname|Asahel|Farr}} | Kenosha | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 09
| Green Lake, Marquette, {{nowrap|& Waushara}} | {{sortname|Hobart S.|Sacket|Hobart Sterling Sacket}} | Berlin | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 10
| Waukesha | {{sortname|William|Blair|William Blair (American politician)}} | Waukesha | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 11
| Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Taylor, {{nowrap|& Wood}} | {{sortname|Thomas B.|Scott}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 12
| {{sortname|Joseph B.|Treat}} | Monroe | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 13
| Dodge | {{sortname|Charles H.|Williams|Charles Williams (Wisconsin state legislator)}} | Fox Lake | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 14
| {{sortname|David E.|Welch}} | Baraboo | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 15
| {{sortname|Joseph|Rankin}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 16
| Grant | {{sortname|Oscar C.|Hathaway|Oscar Clark Hathaway}} | Beetown | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 17
| Rock | {{sortname|Hamilton|Richardson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 18
| {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}} {{nowrap|(Western Part)}} | {{sortname|William|Hiner}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 19
| {{sortname|Return|Torrey}} | Oshkosh | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 20
| Sheboygan {{nowrap|& Eastern Fond du Lac}} | {{sortname|Daniel|Cavanagh|Daniel Cavanagh (politician)}} | Osceola | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 21
| Marathon, Portage, {{nowrap|& Waupaca}} | {{sortname|Henry|Mumbrue}} | Waupaca | {{Party shading/Liberal Republican}} | Lib.R. |
| 22
| {{sortname|James|Ryan|James Ryan (Wisconsin politician)}} | Appleton | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 23
| {{sortname|William W.|Reed}} | {{Party shading/Liberal Republican}} | Lib.R. |
| 24
| Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, {{nowrap|& St. Croix}} | {{sortname|Sam S.|Fifield|Sam Fifield}} | Ashland | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 25
| Dane {{nowrap|(Eastern Part)}} | {{sortname|George B.|Burrows}} | Madison | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 26
| Dane (Western Part) | {{sortname|Romanzo E.|Davis}} | {{Party shading/Liberal Republican}} |Lib.R. |
| 27
| {{sortname|Levi W.|Barden}} | Portage | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 28
| {{sortname|Daniel|Downs}} | {{nowrap|Richland Center}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 29
| Buffalo, Pepin, {{nowrap|& Trempealeau}} | {{sortname|Alexander A.|Arnold}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 30
| Dunn, {{nowrap|Eau Claire}}, {{nowrap|& Pierce}} | {{sortname|Rockwell J.|Flint}} | {{nowrap|Menomonie}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 31
| {{sortname|Merrick|Wing}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 32
| {{sortname|Mark|Douglas|Mark Douglas (politician)}} | Melrose | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 33
| Ozaukee & Washington | {{sortname|Philip|Schneider}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
=Members of the Assembly=
Members of the Assembly for the Thirtieth Wisconsin Legislature:
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1877.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Senate ! County ! Dist. ! Representative ! Party ! Residence |
| 27
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Adams | {{sortname|Solon|Pierce}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
|---|
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, {{nowrap|& Polk}} | {{sortname|Woodbury S.|Grover}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="3" | 02
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Brown | 1 | {{sortname|David M.|Kelly}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|William J.|Fisk}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Michael J.|Touhey}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Morrison |
| rowspan="2" | 29
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Buffalo & Pepin | 1 | {{sortname|John J.|Senn}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Vivus W.|Dorwin|Vivus Wright Dorwin}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Durand |
| 22
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Calumet | {{sortname|Benjamin F.|Carter}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Harrison |
| rowspan="2" | 11
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Chippewa | {{sortname|Louis|Vincent|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Clark, Lincoln, Taylor {{nowrap|& Wood}}
| {{sortname|Freeman|Lindsay}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 27
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Columbia | 1 | {{sortname|David|Owen|David Owen (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Harmon J.|Fisk}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Columbus |
| 04
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Crawford | {{sortname|Samuel|Wannemaker|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Marietta |
| 26
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Dane | 1 | {{sortname|Michael|Johnson|Michael Johnson (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ref. |
| rowspan="2" | 25
| 2 | {{sortname|Phineas|Baldwin}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Oregon |
| 3
| {{sortname|George|Weeks|George Weeks (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | York |
| rowspan="4" | 13
| text-align="left" rowspan="4" | Dodge | 1 | {{sortname|William|Zeiman}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Horicon |
| 2
| {{sortname|Francis|Newhauser|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Lomira |
| 3
| {{sortname|Leander H.|Shepard}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Burnett |
| 4
| {{sortname|Patrick|Roche|Patrick Roche (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Elba |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Door | {{sortname|Jarvis T.|Wright}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Dunn | {{sortname|Samuel|Black|Samuel Black (Assemblyman)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Eau Claire
| {{sortname|Thomas|Carmichael}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="3" | 18
| text-align="left" rowspan="4" | Fond du Lac | 1 | {{sortname|William T.|Innis}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Wolcott T.|Brooks|Wolcott Turner Brooks}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Waupun |
| 3
| {{sortname|Thomas W.|Spence|Thomas Wilson Spence}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 20
| 4 | {{sortname|Lambert|Brost}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Calumet |
| rowspan="3" | 16
| text-align="left" rowspan="3"| Grant | 1 | {{sortname|William E.|Carter|William Carter (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Joseph|Bock}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Daniel R.|Sylvester|Daniel Robbins Sylvester}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 12
| text-align="left" rowspan="2"| Green | 1 | {{sortname|John|Luchsinger}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Franklin|Mitchell|Franklin Mitchell (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 09
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Green Lake | {{sortname|Homer|Nelson|Homer Nelson (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Markesan |
| rowspan="2" | 28
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Iowa | 1 | {{sortname|Robert|Kinzie|dab=politician}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Avoca |
| 2
| {{sortname|John|Gray|John Gray (Wisconsin politician, born 1817)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 32
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jackson | {{sortname|Carl C.|Pope}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="3" | 23
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Jefferson | 1 | {{sortname|Hezekiah|Flinn}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Charles H.|Phillips}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Adolf|Scheuber}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Erfurt |
| rowspan="2" | 14
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Juneau | 1 | {{sortname|David|Truell}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Lyndon |
| 2
| {{sortname|William H. H.|Cash}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 08
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Kenosha | {{sortname|Walter|Maxwell}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Somers |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Kewaunee | {{sortname|Charles|Tisch}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Carlton |
| 31
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | La Crosse | {{sortname|William|Van Waters}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Hamilton |
| rowspan="2" | 11
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Lafayette | 1 | {{sortname|Andrew J.|Anderson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Argyle |
| 2
| {{sortname|James|Earnest}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="3" | 15
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Manitowoc | 1 | {{sortname|Thomas|Thornton|Thomas Thornton (legislator)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Cato |
| 2
| {{sortname|Thomas|Mohr|dab=politician}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Ref. | Kossuth |
| 3
| {{sortname|Peter|Johnston|Peter Johnston (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 21
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Marathon | {{sortname|Bartholomew|Ringle}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Wausau |
| 09
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Marquette | {{sortname|Samuel|Crockett|Samuel Crockett (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 05
| text-align="left" rowspan="12" | Milwaukee | 1 | {{sortname|James G.|Flanders|James Greeley Flanders}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="3" | 07
| 2 | {{sortname|Joseph|Hamilton|Joseph Hamilton (Wisconsin assemblyman)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Edward|Keogh}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 4
| {{sortname|Edwin|Hyde}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 06
| 5 | {{sortname|David|Vance|David Vance (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 05
| 6 | {{sortname|Florian J.|Ries}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 07
| 7 | {{sortname|David P.|Hull}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 06
| rowspan="2" | 8 | {{sortname|Peter|Salentine}} {{nowrap|{{small|(Until Jan. 31)}}}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| {{sortname|Henry|Fink}} {{nowrap|{{small|(From Jan. 31)}}}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 05
| 9 | {{sortname|Christian|Sarnow}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 10
| {{sortname|Richard F.|Stapleton}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 06
| 11 | {{sortname|Aloysius|Arnolds}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 32
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Monroe | 1 | {{sortname|Chauncey|Blakeslee|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Sparta |
| 2
| {{sortname|Harry|Doxtader}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Tomah |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Oconto & Shawano | {{sortname|John D.|Kast|John David Kast}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Shawano |
| rowspan="2" | 22
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Outagamie | 1 | {{sortname|David|Hammel}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Appleton |
| 2
| {{sortname|John J.|Knowlton|John James Knowlton}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Seymour |
| 33
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ozaukee | {{sortname|Gustav|Gotze|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Ref. |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Pierce | {{sortname|Ellsworth|Burnett}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 21
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Portage | {{sortname|William|Arnott|William Arnott (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Stockton |
| rowspan="2" | 03
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Racine | 1 | {{sortname|Norton J.|Field}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Racine |
| 2
| {{sortname|John T.|Rice}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 28
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Richland | 1 | {{sortname|J. L. R.|McCollum}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Elihu|Bailey}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Marshall |
| rowspan="3" | 17
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Rock | 1 | {{sortname|Sereno|Merrill}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Beloit |
| 2
| {{sortname|John B.|Cassoday}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Gideon E.|Newman|Gideon Ellis Newman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 14
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Sauk | 1 | {{sortname|David B.|Hulburt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Silas J.|Seymour}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Dellona |
| rowspan="3" | 20
| text-align="left" rowspan="3"| Sheboygan | 1 | {{sortname|Joseph|Wedig}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Ref. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Samuel D.|Hubbard|Samuel Decius Hubbard}} | {{Party shading/Liberal Republican}} | Lib.R. | Lyndon |
| 3
| {{sortname|Ambrose D.|DeLand|Ambrose Delos DeLand}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Lima |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | St. Croix | {{sortname|Guy|Dailey}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Ref. | Hudson |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Trempealeau | {{sortname|James L.|Linderman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Osseo |
| rowspan="2" | 04
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Vernon | 1 | {{sortname|Peter J.|Dale}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Henry H.|Wyatt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Stark |
| rowspan="3" | 08
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Walworth | 1 | {{sortname|Alfred H.|Abell}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Wilson R.|Herron}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Sharon |
| 3
| {{sortname|William|Greening}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 33
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Washington | 1 | {{sortname|Frank|Fitzgerald|Frank Fitzgerald (Assemblyman)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Hartford |
| 2
| {{sortname|Nicholaus|Marx}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 10
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Waukesha | 1 | {{sortname|Hercules F.|Dousman|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Waterville |
| 2
| {{sortname|Thomas|McCarty}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 21
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Waupaca | 1 | {{sortname|Asa L.|Baldwin}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Baldwin's Mills |
| 2
| {{sortname|Hannibal|Dixon}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 09
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Waushara | {{sortname|Jabez K.|Walker}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="4" | 19
| text-align="left" rowspan="4" | Winnebago | 1 | {{sortname|Thomas|Wall|Thomas Wall (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Oshkosh |
| 2
| {{sortname|Henry|Leavens}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Neenah |
| 3
| {{sortname|Levi E.|Knapp}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Oshkosh |
| 4
| {{sortname|Sidney|Shufelt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Poygan |
Changes from the 29th Legislature
New districts for the 30th Legislature were defined in [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1876/related/acts/343.pdf 1876 Wisconsin Act 343], passed into law in the 29th Wisconsin Legislature.
=Senate redistricting=
==Summary of changes==
- 10 Senate districts were left unchanged (or were only renumbered).
- Brown County became its own senate district (2), after previously having been in a shared district with Door and Kewaunee counties.
- The Dane County district boundaries were slightly redrawn and renumbered (25, 26).
- Milwaukee County went from having 2 districts to 3 (5, 6, 7).
- Green and Lafayette counties were combined into one district (12).
- Fond du Lac County's eastern district was combined with Manitowoc County as one district (20).
- Pierce County was removed from the 24th district and added to a new district with Eau Claire and Dunn counties (30).
==Senate districts==
File:1876 wi act 343 senate districts.svg
File:1871 wi act 156 senate districts 1876.svg
| class="wikitable"
! Dist. ! 29th Legislature ! 30th Legislature |
| 1
| Sheboygan County | Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano counties |
| 2
| Brown, Door, Kewaunee counties | Brown County |
| 3
| Ozaukee County | Racine County |
| 4
| Monroe, Vernon counties | Crawford, Vernon counties |
| 5
| Racine County | Northern Milwaukee County |
| 6
| Southern Milwaukee County | Southern Milwaukee County |
| 7
| Eastern Dane County | Central Milwaukee County |
| 8
| Kenosha, Walworth counties | Kenosha, Walworth counties |
| 9
| Iowa County | Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara counties |
| 10
| Waukesha County | Waukesha County |
| 11
| Lafayette County | Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Taylor, Wood counties |
| 12
| Green County | Green, Lafayette counties |
| 13
| Dodge County | Dodge County |
| 14
| Sauk County | Juneau, Sauk counties |
| 15
| Manitowoc County | Manitowoc County |
| 16
| Grant County | Grant County |
| 17
| Rock County | Rock County |
| 18
| Western Fond du Lac County | Western Fond du Lac County |
| 19
| Manitowoc County | Winnebago County |
| 20
| Eastern Fond du Lac County | Sheboygan, Eastern Fond du Lac counties |
| 21
| Marathon, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca, Northern Outagamie counties | Marathon, Portage, Waupaca counties |
| 22
| Calumet, Southern Outagamie counties | Calumet, Outagamie counties |
| 23
| Jefferson County | Jefferson County |
| 24
| Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk, {{nowrap|St. Croix}} counties | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, {{nowrap|St. Croix}} counties |
| 25
| Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara counties | Eastern Dane County |
| 26
| Western Dane County | Western Dane County |
| 27
| Columbia County | Adams, Columbia counties |
| 28
| Crawford, Richland counties | Iowa, Richland counties |
| 29
| Adams, Juneau, Portage, Wood counties | Buffalo, Pepin, Trempealeau counties |
| 30
| Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin counties | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pierce counties |
| 31
| La Crosse County | La Crosse County |
| 32
| Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, Trempealeau counties | Jackson & Monroe counties |
| 33
| Ozaukee, Washington counties | Ozaukee, Washington counties |
=Assembly redistricting=
==Summary of changes==
- 45 Assembly districts were left unchanged (or were only renumbered).
- Adams County became its own Assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Wood County.
- Chippewa County became its own Assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Taylor County.
- Columbia County went from having 3 districts to 2.
- Dane County went from having 4 districts to 3.
- Dodge County went from having 6 districts to 4.
- Door County became its own Assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Northern Kewaunee County.
- Dunn County became its own Assembly district, after previously having been in a shared district with Pepin County.
- Juneau County went from having 1 district to 2.
- Ozaukee County went from having 2 districts to 1.
- Rock County went from having 5 districts to 3.
==Assembly districts==
File:1876 wi act 343 assembly districts.svg
File:1871 wi act 156 assembly districts 1876.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! County ! Districts in 29th Legislature ! Districts in 30th Legislature ! Change |
| Adams
| Shared with Wood | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=.5 | {{Increase}} |
| Ashland
| Shared with Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk | Shared with Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Barron
| Shared with Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk | Shared with Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Bayfield
| Shared with Ashland, Barron, Burnett, Douglas, Polk | Shared with Ashland, Barron, Burnett, Douglas, Polk | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Brown
| 3 Districts | 3 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Buffalo
| 1 District | 2 shared with Pepin | align="center" data-sort-value=0.5 | {{Increase}} |
| Burnett
| Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Polk | Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Polk | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Calumet
| 1 District | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Chippewa
| Shared with Taylor | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0.5 | {{Increase}} |
| Clark
| Shared with Jackson | Shared with Lincoln, Taylor & Wood | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Columbia
| 3 Districts | 2 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=-1 | {{Decrease}} |
| Crawford
| 1 District | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Dane
| 4 Districts | 3 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=-1 | {{Decrease}} |
| Dodge
| 6 Districts | 4 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=-2 | {{Decrease}} |
| Door
| Shared with Northern Kewaunee | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0.5 | {{Increase}} |
| Douglas
| Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Polk | Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Polk | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Dunn
| Shared with Pepin | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0.5 | {{Increase}} |
| Eau Claire
| 1 District | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}}
| 3 Districts | 4 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=1 | {{Increase}} |
| Grant
| 4 Districts | 3 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=-1 | {{Decrease}} |
| Green
| 1 District | 2 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=1 | {{Increase}} |
| Green Lake
| 1 District | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Iowa
| 2 Districts | 2 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Jackson
| Shared with Clark | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0.5 | {{Increase}} |
| Jefferson
| 3 Districts | 3 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Juneau
| 1 District | 2 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=1 | {{Increase}} |
| Kenosha
| 1 District | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Kewaunee
| Divided between Door and Brown | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0.5 | {{Increase}} |
| La Crosse
| 1 District | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Lafayette
| 1 District | 2 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=1 | {{Increase}} |
| Manitowoc
| 3 Districts | 3 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Marathon
| 1 District | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Marquette
| 1 District | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Milwaukee
| 11 Districts | 11 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Monroe
| 2 Districts | 2 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Oconto
| 1 District | Shared with Shawano | align="center" data-sort-value=-0.5 | {{Decrease}} |
| Outagamie
| Divided between Shawano and own district | 2 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0.5 | {{Increase}} |
| Ozaukee
| 2 Districts | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=-1 | {{Decrease}} |
| Pepin
| Shared with Dunn | 2 shared with Buffalo | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Pierce
| 1 District | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Polk
| Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas | Shared with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Portage
| 1 District | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Racine
| 2 Districts | 2 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Richland
| 2 Districts | 2 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Rock
| 5 Districts | 3 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=-2 | {{Decrease}} |
| Sauk
| 2 Districts | 2 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Shawano
| Shared with Northern Outagamie & Eastern Waupaca | Shared with Oconto | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Sheboygan
| 3 Districts | 3 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| St. Croix
| 1 District | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Taylor
| Shared with Chippewa | Shared with Clark, Lincoln, Wood | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Trempealeau
| 1 District | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Vernon
| 2 Districts | 2 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Walworth
| 3 Districts | 3 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Washington
| 2 Districts | 2 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Waukesha
| 2 Districts | 2 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Waupaca
| Shared with Shawano & Northern Outagamie | 2 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=.5 | {{Increase}} |
| Waushara
| 1 District | 1 District | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Winnebago
| 4 Districts | 4 Districts | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
| Wood
| Shared with Adams | Shared with Clark, Lincoln, & Taylor | align="center" data-sort-value=0 | {{Steady}} |
References
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External links
- [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1877/related 1877: Related Documents] from Wisconsin Legislature
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