37th Wisconsin Legislature
{{short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1885-1886}}
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{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 37th Wisconsin Legislature
| image = Third_Wisconsin_State_Capitol_1887.png
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Wisconsin State Capitol, 1887
| body = Wisconsin Legislature
| meeting_place = {{nowrap|Wisconsin State Capitol}}
| election = {{nowrap|November 4, 1884}}
| term_start = {{nowrap|January 5, 1885}}
| term_end = {{nowrap|January 3, 1887}}
| before = 36th
| after = 38th
| website =
| chamber1 = Senate
| membership1 = 33
| control1 = Republican
| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}
| chamber1_leader1 = {{nowrap|Sam S. Fifield (R)}}
| chamber1_leader2_type = {{nowrap|President pro tempore}}
| chamber1_leader2 = {{nowrap|Edward S. Minor (R)}}
| chamber2 = Assembly
| membership2 = 100
| control2 = Republican
| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}
| chamber2_leader1 = {{nowrap|Hiram O. Fairchild (R)}}
| chamber2_leader2_type =
| chamber2_leader2 =
| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 14, 1885}}
| session1_end = {{nowrap|April 13, 1885}}
}}
The Thirty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from {{nowrap|January 14, 1885,}} to {{nowrap|April 13, 1885,}} in regular session.{{cite report|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2011_2012 |title= State of Wisconsin 2011–2012 Blue Book |year= 2011 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |isbn= 978-0-9752820-1-4 |editor-last1= Barish |editor-first1= Lawrence S. |editor-last2= Lemanski |editor-first2= Lynn |chapter-url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2011_2012/840_stats_history.pdf |chapter= Statistics: History |pages= 709, 714, 717, 719 |access-date= March 9, 2022 }}
Senators representing even-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first two years of a four-year term. Assembly members were elected to a two-year term. Assembly members and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 4, 1884. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 7, 1882.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Jeremiah M. Rusk, of Vernon County, serving his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1884 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
Major events
- January 27, 1885: John Coit Spooner elected United States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature in Joint Session.
- February 16, 1885: Charles Dow published the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- March 4, 1885: Inauguration of Grover Cleveland as the 22nd President of the United States.
- March 12, 1885: Wisconsin state legislator William Freeman Vilas was confirmed as United States Postmaster General.
- March 26, 1885: Prussia began deporting Poles and Jews from their territory.
- June 17, 1885: The Statue of Liberty arrived at New York Harbor.
- May 1, 1886: A general strike began in the United States.
- May 4, 1886: Wisconsin National Guard soldiers fired at a group of striking workers in Bay View, Milwaukee, killing seven, in an incident known as the Bay View massacre.
- May 17, 1886: The United States Supreme Court, in the case Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co., held that corporations had the same rights as living persons.
- September 4, 1886: Apache leader Geronimo surrendered to U.S. Army forces at Skeleton Canyon, Arizona.
- September 9, 1886: The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works was signed in Bern, Switzerland.
- November 2, 1886: Jeremiah McLain Rusk re-elected as Governor of Wisconsin.
Major legislation
- March 9, 1885: An Act relating to fire escapes, and amendatory of section 4575a, of the revised statutes, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1885/related/acts/50.pdf 1885 Act 50]. Required easy-to-access metallic or fire-proof fire escape ladders for buildings taller than three floors.
- March 23, 1885: An Act to regulate the practice of dentistry, and to establish a state board of dental examiners, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1885/related/acts/129.pdf 1885 Act 129].
- Joint Resolution to amend section 1, article 10, of the constitution, relating to education, [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1885/related/joint_resolutions/34.pdf 1885 Joint Resolution 34]. Proposed an amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin to clarify the wording of the section defining the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin and other education-supervision officers. The proposed amendment would also remove the maximum compensation limit for the Superintendent, which had been set at $1200 per year.
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|Labor Party (United States, 19th century)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! Lab. ! Ind. ! Rep. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| 15 | 0 | 0 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 17 ! 32 | 1 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | 1st Session
| 13 | rowspan="2" | 0 | rowspan="2" | 0 | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Republican}} | 20 ! 33 | 0 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Mar. 8, 1886
| 12 ! 32 | 1 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! colspan="3" | {{percentage|13|33|2}} ! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|20|33|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 6 | 1 | 1 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 25 ! 33 | 0 |
=Assembly summary=
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |
| style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=5 | 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|Labor Party (United States, 19th century)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! Gbk. ! Lab. ! Ind. ! Rep. ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 53 | {{party shading/Greenback}} | 1 | {{party shading/Labor}} | 2 | {{party shading/Independent}} | 1 | 43 ! 100 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of 1st Session
| 39 | rowspan="3" | 0 | rowspan="3" | 0 | rowspan="3" | 0 | rowspan="3" {{party shading/Republican}} | 61 ! 100 | 0 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Mar. 9, 1885Democrat William Freeman Vilas (Dane County 1st district) resigned March 9, 1885, to accept appointment as United States Postmaster General.
| 38 ! 99 | 1 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | From Mar. 25, 1885Democrat Michael J. Cantwell (Dane County 1st district) replaced William Freeman Vilas.
| 39 ! 100 | 0 |
| colspan=5 | |
| Final voting share
! colspan=4 | {{percentage|39|100|2}} ! {{party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|61|100|2}} ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| 34 | 0 | 5 | 4 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 57 ! 100 | 0 |
Sessions
- 1st Regular session: January 14, 1885{{spaced ndash}}April 13, 1885
Leaders
=Senate leadership=
- President of the Senate: Sam S. Fifield (R)
- President pro tempore: Edward S. Minor (R)
=Assembly leadership=
Members
=Members of the Senate=
Members of the Senate for the Thirty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1885 |title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1885 |editor-last= Heg |editor-first= James E. |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1885/reference/wi.wibluebk1885.i0017.pdf |chapter= Biographical Sketches |pages= 416–453 |access-date= March 9, 2022 }}
File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1885.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Dist. ! Counties ! Senator ! Residence ! Party |
| 01
| Door, Florence, Kewaunee, Langlade, Marinette, {{nowrap|& Oconto}} | {{sortname|Edward S.|Minor}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
|---|
| 02
| Brown | {{sortname|Thomas R.|Hudd}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 03
| Racine | {{sortname|Charles|Jonas|Charles Jonas (Wisconsin politician)}} | Racine | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 04
| {{sortname|Joseph W.|Hoyt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 05
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Northern Part)}} | {{nowrap|{{sortname|Jedd P. C.|Cottrill|Jedd Philo Clark Cottrill}}}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 06
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Southern Part)}} | {{sortname|Julius|Wechselberg}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 07
| Milwaukee {{nowrap|(Central Part)}} | {{sortname|William S.|Stanley|William Stillman Stanley Jr.}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 08
| {{sortname|Walter|Maxwell}} | Somers | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 09
| Green Lake, Portage, {{nowrap|& Waushara}} | {{sortname|James F.|Wiley|James Franklin Wiley}} | Hancock | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 10
| Waukesha | {{sortname|John|Lins}} | Eagle | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 11
| Ashland, Clark, Lincoln, Price, Taylor, {{nowrap|& Wood}} | {{sortname|Merritt C.|Ring|Merritt Clarke Ring}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 12
| {{sortname|James|Waddington}} | Argyle | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 13
| Dodge | {{sortname|Benjamin F.|Sherman|Benjamin Sherman (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 14
| {{sortname|David B.|Hulburt}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 15
| {{sortname|John|Carey|John Carey (Wisconsin politician)}} | Meeme | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 16
| Grant | {{sortname|Edward I.|Kidd}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 17
| Rock | {{sortname|Simon|Lord}} | Edgerton | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 18
| {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}} {{nowrap|(Western Part)}} | {{sortname|James F.|Ware|James Franklin Ware}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 19
| {{sortname|Thomas|Wall|Thomas Wall (politician)}} | Oshkosh | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 20
| Sheboygan {{nowrap|& Eastern Fond du Lac}} | {{sortname|Ignatius|Klotz}} | Eden | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 21
| Marathon, Shawano, {{nowrap|& Waupaca}} | {{sortname|John|Ringle}} | Wausau | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 22
| {{sortname|William|Kennedy|William Kennedy (Wisconsin politician)}} | Appleton | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 23
| {{sortname|William W.|Reed}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 24
| Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, {{nowrap|St. Croix}}, {{nowrap|& Washburn}} | {{sortname|Joel F.|Nason}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 25
| Eau Claire, Pepin, {{nowrap|& Pierce}} | {{sortname|Hans|Warner}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 26
| Dane | {{sortname|James|Conklin|James Conklin (politician)}} | Madison | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 27
| Adams, Columbia {{nowrap|& Marquette}} | {{sortname|William T.|Parry|William Thomas Parry}} | Portage | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 28
| {{sortname|Norman L.|James}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 29
| Buffalo {{nowrap|& Trempealeau}} | {{sortname|Noah D.|Comstock}} | Arcadia | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 30
| {{sortname|George C.|Ginty|George Clay Ginty}} | {{nowrap|Chippewa Falls}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 31
| {{sortname|Donald A.|McDonald}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 32
| {{sortname|Charles K.|Erwin}} | Tomah | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 33
| Ozaukee & Washington | {{sortname|Edward R.|Blake|Edward Reed Blake}} | {{nowrap|Port Washington}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
=Members of the Assembly=
Members of the Assembly for the Thirty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1885.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Senate ! County ! Dist. ! Representative ! Party ! Residence |
| 27
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Adams {{nowrap|& Marquette}} | {{sortname|James W.|Perkins|James Woodbury Perkins}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
|---|
| 11
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ashland, Lincoln, Price, {{nowrap|& Taylor}} | {{sortname|John K.|Parish}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Medford |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, {{nowrap|& Douglas}} | {{sortname|Charles S.|Taylor|Charles Simeon Taylor}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Barron |
| rowspan="2" | 02
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Brown | 1 | {{sortname|Enos W.|Persons|Enos Warren Persons}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | De Pere |
| 2
| {{sortname|Albert L.|Gray}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Buffalo | {{sortname|Samuel D.|Hubbard|Samuel Decius Hubbard}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Mondovi |
| rowspan="4" | 22
| text-align="left" rowspan="4" | Calumet {{nowrap|& Outagamie}} | 1 | {{sortname|Leopold|Hammel}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Appleton |
| 2
| {{sortname|William F.|Cirkel}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Seymour |
| 3
| {{sortname|William|LaMure}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Kaukauna |
| 4
| {{sortname|Leopold|Strasser}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Chippewa | {{sortname|Henry J.|Goddard}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 11
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Clark | {{sortname|James|O'Neill|James O'Neill (jurist)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 27
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Columbia | 1 | {{sortname|Ferdinand|Schulze}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Portage |
| 2
| {{sortname|Martin C.|Hobart}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 04
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Crawford | {{sortname|Thomas|Curley|Thomas Curley (Wisconsin general)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="6" | 26
| text-align="left" rowspan="6" | Dane | rowspan="2" | 1 | {{sortname|William F.|Vilas|William Freeman Vilas}} {{nowrap|{{small|(until March 9, 1885)}}}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Madison |
| {{sortname|Michael J.|Cantwell}} {{nowrap|{{small|(from March 25, 1885)}}}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Madison |
| 2
| {{sortname|Charles E.|Buell|Charles Edwin Buell}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Henry C.|Adams|Henry Cullen Adams}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Madison |
| 4
| {{sortname|Christopher J.|Rollis}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Oregon |
| 5
| {{sortname|Edward E.|Fitzgibbon}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Westport |
| rowspan="4" | 13
| text-align="left" rowspan="4" | Dodge | 1 | {{sortname|Felix|Lynch}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Elba |
| 2
| {{sortname|John|Leslie|John Leslie (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Juneau |
| 3
| {{sortname|Andrew|Bachhuber}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Lomira |
| 4
| {{sortname|August|Schoenwetter}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Lowell |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Door | {{sortname|John|Fetzer|John Fetzer (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 30
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Dunn | {{sortname|John M.|Oddie}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Tiffany |
| 25
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Eau Claire | {{sortname|Thomas E.|Williams|Thomas Edward Williams (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Florence {{nowrap|& Marinette}} | {{sortname|Hiram O.|Fairchild|Hiram Orlando Fairchild}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 18
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Fond du Lac | 1 | {{sortname|Chester|Hazen}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Samuel B.|Stanchfield}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 20
| 3 | {{sortname|Andrew|Schmidlkofer}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="3" | 16
| text-align="left" rowspan="3"| Grant | 1 | {{sortname|James V.|Hollman}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|William J.|McCoy|William John McCoy}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Rufus M.|Day}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 12
| text-align="left" rowspan="2"| Green | 1 | {{sortname|Daniel H.|Morgan}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Albany |
| 2
| {{sortname|Frederick W.|Byers}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Monroe |
| 09
| text-align="left" colspan="2"| Green Lake | {{sortname|Lorentus J.|Brayton}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 28
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Iowa | 1 | {{sortname|George G.|Cox}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Jesse B.|Huse}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Mifflin |
| 32
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Jackson | {{sortname|Thomas B.|Mills|Thomas Brooks Mills}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Millston |
| rowspan="2" | 23
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Jefferson | 1 | {{sortname|Carl R.|Feld}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Samuel A.|Craig|Samuel Craig (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 14
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Juneau | {{sortname|Edmund|Hart}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Elroy |
| 08
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Kenosha | {{sortname|Andrew|Patterson|Andrew Patterson (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Salem |
| 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|Charles|Linse}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Shelby |
| rowspan="2" | 12
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Lafayette | 1 | {{sortname|John|Mason|John Mason (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Wiota |
| 2
| {{sortname|Charles|Priestley|Charles Priestley (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 01
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Langlade & Oconto | {{sortname|William H.|Young|William Henry Young (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Oconto |
| rowspan="3" | 15
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Manitowoc | 1 | {{sortname|Joseph|Miller|Joseph Miller (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|John|Robinson|John Robinson (Wisconsin politician, born 1824)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Kossuth |
| 3
| {{sortname|Charles E.|Estabrook}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 21
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Marathon | {{sortname|Sebastian|Kronenwetter}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Mosinee |
| 05
| text-align="left" rowspan="12" | Milwaukee | 1 | {{sortname|Hugh|Ryan}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="3" | 07
| 2 | {{sortname|George|Poppert}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Michael P.|Walsh|dab=politician}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 4
| {{sortname|Robert W.|Pierce}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 06
| 5 | {{sortname|Daniel|Hooker}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 05
| 6 | {{sortname|John|Lagrand|John Lagrand (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 07
| 7 | {{sortname|Jacob E.|Friend|Jacob Elias Friend}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 06
| 8 | {{sortname|Frank|Haderer}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| rowspan="3" | 05
| 9 | {{sortname|Gottfried|Inden}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 10
| {{sortname|Charles|Elkert}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 11
| {{sortname|Frederick G.|Isenring}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 06
| 12 | {{sortname|James|Lemont}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Bay View |
| rowspan="2" | 32
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Monroe | 1 | {{sortname|William H.|Blyton}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Sparta |
| 2
| {{sortname|Levi|Wallace|Levi Wallace (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Sheldon |
| 33
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Ozaukee | {{sortname|John J.|Race}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Fredonia |
| rowspan="2" | 25
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Pepin | {{sortname|Vivus W.|Dorwin|Vivus Wright Dorwin}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Durand |
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Pierce
| {{sortname|Jesse B.|Thayer}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Polk | {{sortname|Frank|Nye}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| 09
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Portage | {{sortname|Albert W.|Sanborn}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 03
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Racine | 1 | {{sortname|Louis C.|Klein|Louis Christian Klein}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Racine |
| 2
| {{sortname|Adam|Apple}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Norway |
| 28
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Richland | {{sortname|Charles G.|Thomas}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="3" | 17
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Rock | 1 | {{sortname|John|Smiley|John Smiley (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Plymouth |
| 2
| {{sortname|Pliny|Norcross}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 3
| {{sortname|James C.|Bartholf}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Milton |
| rowspan="2" | 14
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Sauk | 1 | {{sortname|Evan W.|Evans}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Alfred F.|Lawton}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Winfield |
| 21
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Shawano | {{sortname|Marion|Wescott}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Shawano |
| rowspan="3" | 20
| text-align="left" rowspan="3"| Sheboygan | 1 | {{sortname|Tarrett C.|Sharp|Tarrett Sharp}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|John E.|Dennis Jr.|John Everett Dennis}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 3
| {{sortname|Henry|Walvoord}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Holland |
| 24
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | St. Croix | {{sortname|Thomas|Porter|Thomas Porter (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 29
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Trempealeau | {{sortname|Andrew H.|Lewis}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Hale |
| rowspan="2" | 04
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Vernon | 1 | {{sortname|Philip|Bouffleur}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Samuel|Sloggy}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 08
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Walworth | 1 | {{sortname|John B.|Johnson|John Johnson (Wisconsin politician, born 1839)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Darien |
| 2
| {{sortname|James C.|Reynolds}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |
| rowspan="2" | 33
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Washington | 1 | {{sortname|James|Kenealy}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Erin |
| 2
| {{sortname|Frederick C.|Schuler}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. |
| 10
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Waukesha | {{sortname|John|Stephens|John Stephens (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Waukesha |
| rowspan="2" | 21
| text-align="left" rowspan="2" | Waupaca | 1 | {{sortname|Andrew G.|Nelson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Waupaca |
| 2
| {{sortname|Ambrose S.|McDonald|Ambrose Stephen McDonald}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Marion |
| 09
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Waushara | {{sortname|Samuel R.|Clark|Samuel Reed Clark}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. |
| rowspan="3" | 19
| text-align="left" rowspan="3" | Winnebago | 1 | {{sortname|Andrew|Haben}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Oshkosh |
| 2
| {{sortname|Charles B.|Clark}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Neenah |
| 3
| {{sortname|Frank|Challoner}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | Omro |
| 11
| text-align="left" colspan="2" | Wood | {{sortname|Thomas E.|Nash}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
Committees
=Senate committees=
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Senate Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes
- Senate Committee on Education
- Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills
- Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills
- Senate Committee on Federal Relations
- Senate Committee on Finance, Banks, and Insurance
- Senate Committee on Incorporations
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Senate Committee on Legislative Expenditures
- Senate Committee on Manufactures and Commerce
- Senate Committee on Military Affairs
- Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections
- Senate Committee on Public Lands
- Senate Committee on Railroads
- Senate Committee on Roads and Bridges
- Senate Committee on State Affairs
- Senate Committee on Town and County Organizations
=Assembly committees=
- Assembly Committee on Agriculture{{spaced ndash}}Chester Hazen, chair
- Assembly Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes{{spaced ndash}}C. E. Estabrook, chair
- Assembly Committee on Bills on their Third Reading{{spaced ndash}}John K. Parish, chair
- Assembly Committee on Cities{{spaced ndash}}J. E. Friend, chair
- Assembly Committee on Education{{spaced ndash}}C. E. Buell, chair
- Assembly Committee on Engrossed Bills{{spaced ndash}}Samuel B. Stanchfield, chair
- Assembly Committee on Enrolled Bills{{spaced ndash}}R. W. Pierce, chair
- Assembly Committee on Federal Relations{{spaced ndash}}A. W. Sanborn, chair
- Assembly Committee on Incorporations{{spaced ndash}}Marion Wescott, chair
- Assembly Committee on Insurance, Banks, and Banking{{spaced ndash}}W. H. Blyton, chair
- Assembly Committee on the Judiciary{{spaced ndash}}Pliny Norcross, chair
- Assembly Committee on Legislative Expenditures{{spaced ndash}}S. D. Hubbard, chair
- Assembly Committee on Lumber and Manufactures{{spaced ndash}}Thomas B. Mills, chair
- Assembly Committee on Medical Societies{{spaced ndash}}J. C. Reynolds, chair
- Assembly Committee on Militia{{spaced ndash}}F. W. Byers, chair
- Assembly Committee on Privileges and Elections{{spaced ndash}}Charles G. Thomas, chair
- Assembly Committee on Public Improvements{{spaced ndash}}M. C. Hobart, chair
- Assembly Committee on Railroads{{spaced ndash}}H. J. Goddard, chair
- Assembly Committee on Roads and Bridges{{spaced ndash}}George G. Cox, chair
- Assembly Committee on State Lands{{spaced ndash}}S. R. Clark, chair
- Assembly Committee on State Affairs{{spaced ndash}}L. J. Brayton, chair
- Assembly Committee on Town and County Organization{{spaced ndash}}William H. Young, chair
- Assembly Committee on Ways and Means{{spaced ndash}}Thomas Porter, chair
=Joint committees=
- Joint Committee on Charitable and Penal Institutions
- Joint Committee on Claims
- Joint Committee on Printing
Employees
=Senate employees=
- Chief Clerk: Charles E. Bross
- Assistant Clerk: Fred W. Coon
- Bookkeeper: J. H. Whitney
- Engrossing Clerk: J. M. Hayden
- Enrolling Clerk: E. S. Hotchkiss
- Transcribing Clerk: F. J. Turner
- Proofreader: Adelbert D. Thorp
- Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: Willard W. D. Turner
- Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: John O. Newgard
- Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: John O. Newgard
- Clerk for the Committee on Claims: John O. Newgard
- Document Clerk: J. J. Marshall
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Hubert Wolcott
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: T. J. George
- Postmaster: J. F. McKenzie
- Assistant Postmaster: George A. Ludington
- Gallery Attendant: Michael Bransfield
- Document Room Attendant: Frank Partridge
- Doorkeepers:
- John C. Frisvold
- Frederick H. Johnson
- Alvah Eaton
- William Crank
- Porter: O. J. Wiley
- Night Watch: H. Worthington
- Janitor: Daniel Corbett
- Messengers:
- W. M. Smith
- Ben Smith
- Lemuel Parry
- Elliot B. Davis
- Ferdinand Werner
- Adolph Glenz
- Willis Melville
- Werner Pressentine
- Guy Paine
=Assembly employees=
- Chief Clerk: Edwin Coe
- 1st Assistant Clerk: John W. DeGroff
- 2nd Assistant Clerk: Theodore W. Goldin
- Bookkeeper: J. T. Huntington
- Engrossing Clerk: Egbert Wyman
- Enrolling Clerk: L. J. Burlingame
- Transcribing Clerk: Ellis C. Oliver
- Proofreader: D. P. Beach
- Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: Frank D. Jackson
- Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Robert W. Pierce Jr.
- Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: Warren Meiklejohn
- Document Clerk: H. G. Brown
- Sergeant-at-Arms: John M. Ewing
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: William A. Adamson
- Postmaster: J. H. Young
- Assistant Postmaster: Frank M. Durkee
- Doorkeepers:
- W. A. Mayhew
- G. W. Dart
- A. A. Curtis
- Fred Dewey
- Fireman: W. J. Bendixon
- Gallery Attendants:
- Goetlieb Schuebbert
- W. Muntz
- Committee Room Attendant: L. B. Kinney
- Document Room Attendant: John H. Pulcifer
- Porter: James Nolan
- Policeman: Ed. Dempey
- Flagman: F. O. Janzen
- Night Watch: Michael J. Wallrich
- Wash Room Attendant: Bertie Oftelie
- Messengers:
- James Howley
- Willie Gillett
- Willie Baker
- Herman Schulze
- Eugene Wescott
- Charles McGee
- Eddie Sherman
- Willie Robson
- Clifford Best
- Willie Smith
- Lewis Adams
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1885/related 1885: Related Documents] from Wisconsin Legislature
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