34th Wisconsin Legislature

{{short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1881}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox legislative term

| name = 34th 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 2, 1880}}

| term_start = {{nowrap|January 3, 1881}}

| term_end = {{nowrap|January 2, 1882}}

| before = 33rd

| after = 35th

| website =

| chamber1 = Senate

| membership1 = 33

| control1 = Republican

| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}

| chamber1_leader1 = {{nowrap|James M. Bingham (R)}}

| chamber1_leader2_type = {{nowrap|President pro tempore}}

| chamber1_leader2 = {{nowrap|Thomas B. Scott (R)}}

| chamber2 = Assembly

| membership2 = 100

| control2 = Republican

| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}

| chamber2_leader1 = {{nowrap|Ira B. Bradford (R)}}

| chamber2_leader2_type =

| chamber2_leader2 =

| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 12, 1881}}

| session1_end = {{nowrap|April 4, 1881}}

}}

The Thirty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened from {{nowrap|January 12, 1881,}} to {{nowrap|April 4, 1881,}} in regular session.

This was the first legislative session after the 1880 United States census, and—as prescribed by the Wisconsin Constitution—this legislature attempted to pass a redistricting law. For the first time, the legislature failed in this task due to a technical problem with the proposed legislation—they forgot to include the town of Ridgeway, in Iowa County. The Governor vetoed the legislation due to this technical fault. Since the legislature had already adjourned for the year, it was considered too late to complete redistricting before the 1881 election.{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96791930/apportionment-veto/ |title= Apportionment |newspaper= Wisconsin State Journal |date= April 4, 1881 |page= 1 |accessdate= March 2, 2022 |via= Newspapers.com }}

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 2, 1880. 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 4, 1879.{{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=250–252 |accessdate= February 27, 2022 }}

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican William E. Smith, of Milwaukee County, serving the second year of his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

Major legislation

  • March 19, 1881: An Act to provide for more light on various subjects, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1881/related/acts/110.pdf 1881 Act 110]. Directed the governor to implement electric lighting in the Wisconsin capitol building.
  • April 2, 1881: An Act relating to state officers and making the railroad commissioner and commissioner of insurance elective, as other state officers, and prescribing their duties and salary, and amendatory of sections one hundred and twenty-eight and one thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven of the revised statutes, and to repeal section one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two of the revised statutes, and amendatory of section six of chapter two hundred and forty of the laws of 1880, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1881/related/acts/300.pdf 1881 Act 300]. Converted the offices of insurance commissioner and railroad commissioner to statewide elected offices, rather than gubernatorial appointees.
  • Joint Resolution amending sections number four, five, eleven and twenty-one, article four of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1881/related/joint_resolutions/7.pdf 1881 Joint Resolution 7]. This was the required second legislative resolution supporting the amendment to change the length of legislative terms. The amendment was ratified by voters in the November 1881 general election.
  • Joint Resolution proposing amendments to section four of article six, section twelve of article seven, and section one of article thirteen of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, so as to provide for biennial general elections, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1881/related/joint_resolutions/16.pdf 1881 Joint Resolution 16]. Proposed changes to the state constitution to bring all terms for county officers into uniformity, with elections taking place in even-numbered years. This was the first legislative approval for this amendment, a second legislative approval was passed in 1882, and the amendment was ratified by the voters in the November 1882 general election.

Party summary

=Senate summary=

File:WI Senate 1879.svg

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
style="vertical-align:bottom;"

! rowspan=3 |

! colspan=2 | 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|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| style="background:black;" |

Dem.

! Rep.

! Vacant

style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature

| 8

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 25

! 33

| 0

colspan=6 |
style="font-size:80%;" | 1st Session

| 9

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 24

! 33

| 0

colspan=6 |
Final voting share

! {{percentage|9|33|2}}

! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|24|33|2}}

! colspan=2 |

colspan=6 |
style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature

| 10

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 23

! 33

| 0

=Assembly summary=

File:WI Assembly 1881.svg

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|Greenback Party}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| style="background:black;" |

Dem.

! Gbk.

! Ind.

! Rep.

! Vacant

style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature

| 28

| 2

| 0

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 70

! 100

| 0

colspan=6 |
style="font-size:80%;" | 1st Session

| 21

| 0

| 0

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 79

! 100

| 0

colspan=5 |
Final voting share

! colspan=3 | {{percentage|21|100|2}}

! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|79|100|2}}

! colspan=2 |

colspan=6 |
style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature

| 34

| 0

| 2

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 64

! 100

| 0

Sessions

  • 1st Regular session: January 12, 1881{{spaced ndash}}April 4, 1881

Leaders

=Senate leadership=

=Assembly leadership=

Members

=Members of the Senate=

Members of the Senate for the Thirty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1881 |title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1881 |editor-last= Heg |editor-first= J. E. |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1881/reference/wi.wibluebk1881.i0018.pdf |chapter= Biographical Sketches |pages= 491–537 |accessdate= February 28, 2022 }}

File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1881.svg

class="wikitable sortable"

! Dist.

! Counties

! Senator

! Residence

! Party

01

| Door, Kewaunee, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto, & Shawano

| {{sortname|William A.|Ellis}}

| Peshtigo

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

02

| Brown

| {{sortname|David M.|Kelly}}

| Green Bay

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

03

| Racine

| {{sortname|Albert L.|Phillips}}

| Racine

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

04

| Crawford & Vernon

| {{sortname|Ormsby B.|Thomas}}

| Prairie du Chien

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

05

| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Northern Part)}}

| {{nowrap|{{sortname|Isaac W.|Van Schaick}}}}

| Milwaukee

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

06

| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Southern Part)}}

| {{sortname|George H.|Paul|George Howard Paul}}

| Milwaukee

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

07

| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Central Part)}}

| {{sortname|Edward B.|Simpson}}

| Milwaukee

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

08

| Kenosha & Walworth

| {{sortname|Joseph V.|Quarles}}

| Kenosha

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

09

| Green Lake, Marquette, {{nowrap|& Waushara}}

| {{sortname|James F.|Wiley|James Franklin Wiley}}

| Hancock

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

10

| Waukesha

| {{sortname|Richard|Weaver|Richard Weaver (American politician)}}

| Lisbon

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

11

| Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Price, Taylor, {{nowrap|& Wood}}

| {{sortname|Thomas B.|Scott}}

| Grand Rapids

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

12

| Green & Lafayette

| {{sortname|John W.|Blackstone|John Wilford Blackstone Jr.}}

| Shullsburg

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

13

| Dodge

| {{sortname|Arthur K.|Delaney|Arthur Delaney (politician)}}

| Mayville

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

14

| Juneau & Sauk

| {{sortname|Edwin E.|Woodman}}

| Baraboo

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

15

| Manitowoc

| {{sortname|Joseph|Rankin}}

| Manitowoc

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

16

| Grant

| {{sortname|George W.|Ryland|George Washington Ryland}}

| Lancaster

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

17

| Rock

| {{sortname|Hamilton|Richardson}}

| Janesville

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

18

| {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}} {{nowrap|(Western Part)}}

| {{sortname|George E.|Sutherland|George Eaton Sutherland}}

| Ripon

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

19

| Winnebago

| {{sortname|Joseph B.|Hamilton}}

| Neenah

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

20

| Sheboygan {{nowrap|& Eastern Fond du Lac}}

| {{sortname|Patrick H.|Smith|Patrick Henry Smith}}

| Plymouth

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

21

| Marathon, Portage, {{nowrap|& Waupaca}}

| {{sortname|Charles F.|Crosby}}

| Wausau

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

22

| Calumet & Outagamie

| {{sortname|Benjamin F.|Carter}}

| Harrison

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

23

| Jefferson

| {{sortname|Frederick|Kusel}}

| Watertown

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

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|Matthew|Anderson|Matthew Anderson (politician)}}

| Cross Plains

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

27

| Adams & Columbia

| {{sortname|Gilbert E.|McKeeby}}

| Lodi

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

28

| Iowa & Richland

| {{sortname|Joseph|McGrew}}

| Richland

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

29

| Buffalo, Pepin, {{nowrap|& Trempealeau}}

| {{sortname|Augustus F.|Finkelnburg}}

| Fountain City

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

30

| Dunn, {{nowrap|Eau Claire}}, {{nowrap|& Pierce}}

| {{sortname|Michael|Griffin|Michael Griffin (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{nowrap|Eau Claire}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

31

| La Crosse

| {{sortname|Merrick|Wing}}

| La Crosse

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

32

| Jackson {{nowrap|& Monroe}}

| {{sortname|William T.|Price}}

| Black River Falls

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

33

| Ozaukee & Washington

| {{sortname|George F.|Hunt}}

| {{nowrap|West Bend}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

=Members of the Assembly=

Members of the Assembly for the Thirty-Fourth Wisconsin Legislature:

File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1881.svg

class="wikitable sortable"

! Senate
District

! County

! Dist.

! Representative

! Party

! Residence

27

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Adams

| {{sortname|Solon|Pierce}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Friendship

24

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, {{nowrap|& Polk}}

| {{sortname|George D.|McDill|George Davis McDill}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Osceola

rowspan="3" | 02

| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Brown

| 1

| {{sortname|Benjamin|Fontaine}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Green Bay

2

| {{sortname|James|Rasmussen}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Fort Howard

3

| {{sortname|Maurice B.|Brennan}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

| Morrison

rowspan="2" | 29

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Buffalo & Pepin

| 1

| {{sortname|Richard R.|Kempter}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Alma

2

| {{sortname|George|Tarrant Sr.}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Durand

22

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Calumet

| {{sortname|Casper|Petersen}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

| New Holstein

rowspan="2" | 11

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Chippewa {{nowrap|& Price}}

| {{sortname|James A.|Taylor|James Andrew Taylor}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

| Chippewa Falls

text-align="left" colspan="2" | Clark, Lincoln, Taylor {{nowrap|& Wood}}

| {{sortname|Myron H.|McCord}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Jenny

rowspan="2" | 27

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Columbia

| 1

| {{sortname|William T.|Parry|William Thomas Parry}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Portage

2

| {{sortname|Evan W.|Lloyd}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Cambria

04

| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Crawford

| {{sortname|Atley|Peterson}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Soldiers Grove

26

| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Dane

| 1

| {{sortname|Samuel J.|Coldwell}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

| Mazomanie

rowspan="2" | 25

| 2

| {{sortname|Louis K.|Luse}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Stoughton

3

| {{sortname|Henry B.|Howe}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Cottage Grove

rowspan="4" | 13

| text-align="left" rowspan="4" | Dodge

| 1

| {{sortname|John|Steele|John Steele (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

| Ashippun

2

| {{sortname|William|Liscow}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

| Iron Ridge

3

| {{sortname|George|Jess}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Waupun

4

| {{sortname|Edward C.|McFetridge}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Beaver Dam

01

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Door

| {{sortname|Edward S.|Minor}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Fish Creek

rowspan="2" | 30

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Dunn

| {{sortname|George H.|Chamberlin|George Harris Chamberlin}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Rock Creek

text-align="left" colspan="2" | Eau Claire

| {{sortname|Ira B.|Bradford}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Augusta

rowspan="3" | 18

| text-align="left" rowspan="4" | Fond du Lac

| 1

| {{sortname|James E.|Gee}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

| Brandon

2

| {{sortname|Benjamin H.|Bettis}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Waupun

3

| {{sortname|John F.|Ware}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Fond du Lac

20

| 4

| {{sortname|Fred|Konz}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

| Marshfield

rowspan="3" | 16

| text-align="left" rowspan="3"| Grant

| 1

| {{sortname|James|Cabanis}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Smelser

2

| {{sortname|Henry S.|Keene}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Lancaster

3

| {{sortname|Edward I.|Kidd}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Millville

rowspan="2" | 12

| text-align="left" rowspan="2"| Green

| 1

| {{sortname|Cyrus|Troy}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Monticello

2

| {{sortname|Burr|Sprague}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Brodhead

09

| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Green Lake

| {{sortname|William|Paddock}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Markesan

rowspan="2" | 28

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Iowa

| 1

| {{sortname|Melancthon J.|Briggs}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Dodgeville

2

| {{sortname|Jefferson|Rewey}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Mifflin

32

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jackson

| {{sortname|Alvin S.|Trow}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Merrillan

rowspan="3" | 23

| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Jefferson

| 1

| {{sortname|Humphrey E.|Humphrey}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Ixonia

2

| {{sortname|John D.|Bullock|John Dwight Bullock}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Johnson Creek

3

| {{sortname|Samuel A.|Craig|Samuel Craig (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Fort Atkinson

rowspan="2" | 14

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Juneau

| 1

| {{sortname|Thaddeus K.|Dunn}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Wonewoc

2

| {{sortname|John T.|Kingston}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Necedah

08

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Kenosha

| {{sortname|Walter|Maxwell}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Somers

01

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Kewaunee

| {{sortname|Joseph E.|Darbellay}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Kewaunee

31

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | La Crosse

| {{sortname|John|Bradley|John Bradley (State Representative)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Bangor

rowspan="2" | 11

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Lafayette

| 1

| {{sortname|Albert O.|Chamberlain}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Darlington

2

| {{sortname|Thomas|Bainbridge|Thomas Bainbridge (politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Benton

rowspan="3" | 15

| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Manitowoc

| 1

| {{sortname|Thomas|Gleeson|Thomas Gleeson (American politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Rockland

2

| {{sortname|Ira P.|Smith}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Mishicot

3

| {{sortname|Charles E.|Estabrook}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Manitowoc

21

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Marathon

| {{sortname|John|Ringle}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Wausau

09

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Marquette

| {{sortname|C. F.|Roskie}}

| {{Party shading/Independent Republican}} |Ind.R.

| Montello

05

| text-align="left" rowspan="11" | Milwaukee

| 1

| {{sortname|Ashbel K.|Shepard}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Milwaukee

rowspan="3" | 07

| 2

| {{sortname|Otto|Laverrenz}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Milwaukee

3

| {{sortname|Edward|Keogh}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Milwaukee

4

| {{sortname|Eschines P.|Matthews}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Milwaukee

06

| 5

| {{sortname|Thomas M.|Corbett}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Milwaukee

05

| 6

| {{sortname|Henry|Herzer}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Milwaukee

07

| 7

| {{sortname|William S.|Stanley|William Stillman Stanley Jr.}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Milwaukee

06

| 8

| {{sortname|Theodor O.|Hartmann}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Milwaukee

rowspan="2" | 05

| 9

| {{sortname|Luther F.|Gilson}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Milwaukee

10

| {{sortname|William|Pierron}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Milwaukee

06

| 11

| {{sortname|David J.|Price}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Bay View

rowspan="2" | 32

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Monroe

| 1

| {{sortname|William J.|Austin}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Leon

2

| {{sortname|John|O'Brien|John O'Brien (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Wilton

01

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Langlade, Marinette, Oconto & Shawano

| {{sortname|Ernst|Funke}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Oconto

rowspan="2" | 22

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Outagamie

| 1

| {{sortname|Henry Clay|Sloan}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Appleton

2

| {{sortname|James|McMurdo}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Hortonville

33

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ozaukee

| {{sortname|Charles G.|Meyer}}

| {{Party shading/Independent Democrat}} | Ind.D.

| Port Washington

30

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Pierce

| {{sortname|Franklin L.|Gilson}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Ellsworth

21

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Portage

| {{sortname|James E.|Rogers|James Rogers (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Stevens Point

rowspan="2" | 03

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Racine

| 1

| {{sortname|Norton J.|Field}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Racine

2

| {{sortname|Sidney A.|Sage}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Western Union Junction

rowspan="2" | 28

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Richland

| 1

| {{sortname|Birney M.|Jarvis|Birney Maries Jarvis}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Cazenovia

2

| {{sortname|John H.|Case|John Case (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Eagle

rowspan="3" | 17

| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Rock

| 1

| {{sortname|Martin V.|Pratt}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Evansville

2

| {{sortname|Franklin S.|Lawrence}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Janesville

3

| {{sortname|James|Menzies|James Menzies (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Harmony

rowspan="2" | 14

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Sauk

| 1

| {{sortname|Ephraim|Blakeslee}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Ironton

2

| {{sortname|Thomas|Gillespie|Thomas Gillespie (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Delton

rowspan="3" | 20

| text-align="left" rowspan="3"| Sheboygan

| 1

| {{sortname|August|Selsemeyer}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Howards Grove

2

| {{sortname|Maurice D.|Fuller}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Plymouth

3

| {{sortname|Roswell H.|Tripp}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Lima

24

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | St. Croix

| {{sortname|Merton W.|Herrick}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Hudson

29

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Trempealeau

| {{sortname|Peder|Ekern}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Pigeon Falls

rowspan="2" | 04

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Vernon

| 1

| {{sortname|Torger|Juve}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Utica

2

| {{sortname|Allen|Rusk}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Liberty

rowspan="3" | 08

| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Walworth

| 1

| {{sortname|William|Meadows}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Lyons

2

| {{sortname|Dwight B.|Barnes}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Delavan

3

| {{sortname|Lindsey J.|Smith}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Troy

rowspan="2" | 33

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Washington

| 1

| {{sortname|John F.|Schwalbach}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

| Germantown

2

| {{sortname|Joseph W.|Holehouse}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem.

| Barton

rowspan="2" | 10

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Waukesha

| 1

| {{sortname|John|Lins}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Eagle

2

| {{sortname|John E.|Seabold}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Menomonee Falls

rowspan="2" | 21

| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Waupaca

| 1

| {{sortname|Sewall A.|Phillips}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Royalton

2

| {{sortname|Charles A.|Davis|Charles Augustus Davis}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Bear Creek

09

| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Waushara

| {{sortname|Charles W.|Moors}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Hancock

rowspan="4" | 19

| text-align="left" rowspan="4" | Winnebago

| 1

| {{sortname|William|Wall|William Wall (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Oshkosh

2

| {{sortname|Selden M.|Bronson}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Menasha

3

| {{sortname|George H.|Buckstaff}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Oshkosh

4

| {{sortname|Thomas J.|Bowles|Thomas J. Bowles (American politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep.

| Utica

Employees

=Senate employees=

  • Chief Clerk: Charles E. Bross
  • Assistant Clerk: Charles N. Herreid
  • Bookkeeper: Oliver Munson
  • Engrossing Clerk: John P. Mitchell
  • Enrolling Clerk: L. J. Burlingame
  • Transcribing Clerk: C. Ingersoll
  • Proofreader: Henry Eduard Legler
  • Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: Charles Simeon Taylor
  • Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: R. B. Blackstone
  • Document Clerk: Frank Hutson
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: W. W. Baker
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles A. Langridge
  • Postmaster: J. L. Thwing
  • Assistant Postmaster: L. E. Spencer
  • Gallery Attendant: J. J. Marshall
  • Doorkeepers:
  • F. O. Janzen
  • M. Quinn
  • F. R. Sebenthal
  • D. J. F. Murphy
  • Porter: O. L. Wright
  • Night Watch: A. J. Marsh
  • Janitor: Ole Stephenson
  • President's Messenger: Ralph Irish
  • Chief Clerk's Messenger: J. G. Hyland
  • Messengers:
  • Perry Carrell
  • William Burnett
  • John L. Bohm
  • Charles Bucey
  • Albert Fontaine
  • George Kinney

=Assembly employees=

  • Chief Clerk: John E. Eldred
  • 1st Assistant Clerk: J. F. A. Williams
  • 2nd Assistant Clerk: Peter Philippi
  • Bookkeeper: J. T. Huntington
  • Engrossing Clerk: P. H. Swift
  • Enrolling Clerk: George E. Weatherby
  • Transcribing Clerk: Francis Stirn
  • Proof Reader: Fred W. Coon
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: George W. Church
  • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: J. B. Perry
  • Postmaster: W. W. Sturtevant
  • Assistant Postmaster: George Slingsby
  • Doorkeepers:
  • R. N. Potter
  • Charles Rediske
  • W. L. Peterson
  • Darwin C. Pavey
  • Gallery Attendant: L. T. Stohland
  • Night Watch: Lonis J. Neiman
  • Wash Room Attendant: Frank Lynch
  • Messengers:
  • Eddie Cavanaugh
  • Thomas Gillespie
  • Thomas Wilkinson
  • William A. Price
  • Hugh Edwards
  • James Daley
  • Fred Moll
  • Hayes Selden
  • Louis E. Bainbridge
  • Thomas Bullock
  • R. G. Thomas
  • Frederick G. Isenring

References

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