3rd Wisconsin Legislature
{{Short description|Term of state legislature in Wisconsin, US}}
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{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 3rd Wisconsin Legislature
| image = Wisconsin State Capitol 1855.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855
| body = Wisconsin Legislature
| meeting_place = {{nowrap|Wisconsin State Capitol}}
| election = {{nowrap|November 6, 1849}}
| term_start = {{nowrap|January 7, 1850}}
| term_end = {{nowrap|January 6, 1851}}
| before = 2nd
| after = 4th
| website =
| chamber1 = Senate
| membership1 = 19
| control1 = Democratic
| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}
| chamber1_leader1 = Samuel Beall
| chamber1_leader2_type =
| chamber1_leader2 =
| chamber2 = Assembly
| membership2 = 66
| control2 = Democratic
| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}
| chamber2_leader1 = Moses M. Strong
| chamber2_leader2_type =
| chamber2_leader2 =
| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 9, 1850}}
| session1_end = {{nowrap|February 11, 1850}}
}}
The Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1850, to February 11, 1850, in regular session. Senators representing even numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first year of a two-year term. Senators representing odd numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-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=180–181 |chapter= Annals of the legislature|publisher= State of Wisconsin}}
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Democrat Nelson Dewey, of Grant County, serving the first year of his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1849 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
Major events
- January 7, 1850: Second Inauguration of Nelson Dewey as Governor of Wisconsin
- January 7, 1850: Inauguration of Samuel Beall as Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- July 9, 1850: U.S. President Zachary Taylor died in office; Vice President Millard Fillmore became the 13th President of the United States.
Major legislation
- January 30, 1850: An act for the division of the county of Racine and the erection of the county of Kenosha, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1850/related/acts/39.pdf 1850 Act 39]
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|Free Soil Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! F.S. ! Whig ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 14 | 1 | 4 ! 19 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | 1st Session
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 13 | 2 | 4 ! 19 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! {{party shading/Democratic}} | 68% ! 11% ! 21% ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 14 | 2 | 3 ! 19 | 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|Free Soil Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Whig Party (United States)}}" | | style="background:black;" | |
| Dem.
! F.S. ! Whig ! Vacant |
|---|
| style="font-size:80%;" | End of previous Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 35 | 14 | 17 ! 66 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | 1st Session
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 43 | 8 | 15 ! 66 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! {{party shading/Democratic}} | 65% ! 12% ! 23% ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 49 | 7 | 10 ! 66 | 0 |
Sessions
- 1st Regular session: January 9, 1850{{spaced ndash}}February 11, 1850
Leaders
=Senate leadership=
- President of the Senate: Samuel Beall, Lieutenant Governor
=Assembly leadership=
- Speaker of the Assembly: Moses M. Strong
Members
=Members of the Senate=
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Third Wisconsin Legislature (19):
File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1850.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! District ! Counties ! Senator ! Party ! Residence |
| 01
| Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan | {{sortname|Lemuel|Goodell}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 02
| Columbia, Marquette, Portage, Sauk | {{sortname|George DeGraw|Moore}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 03
| Crawford, Chippewa, St. Croix, La Pointe | {{sortname|James|Fisher|James Fisher (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 04
| {{sortname|John A.|Eastman}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 05
| {{sortname|Montgomery M.|Cothren|Montgomery Morrison Cothren}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 06
| Grant | {{sortname|John H.|Rountree}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 07
| {{sortname|Dennis|Murphy|Dennis Murphy (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 08
| Green | {{sortname|William|Rittenhouse|William Rittenhouse (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Monroe |
| 09
| Dane | {{sortname|Alexander|Botkin}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Madison |
| 10
| Dodge | {{sortname|James|Giddings}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Chester |
| 11
| {{sortname|Frederick W.|Horn}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 12
| {{sortname|Peter H.|Turner}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Palmyra |
| 13
| Waukesha | {{sortname|Frederick|Sprague}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Palmyra |
| 14
| Walworth | {{sortname|George|Gale|George Gale (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil | Elkhorn |
| 15
| Rock | {{sortname|Otis W.|Norton|Otis Norton}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Milton |
| 16
| Racine (Southern Half) | {{sortname|Elijah|Steele}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Pike |
| 17
| Racine (Northern Half) | {{sortname|Victor|Willard}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil |
| 18
| Milwaukee (Southern Half) | {{sortname|Duncan|Reed}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 19
| Milwaukee (Northern Half) | {{sortname|John B.|Smith|John B. Smith (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
=Members of the Assembly=
Members of the Assembly for the Third Wisconsin Legislature (66):
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1850.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Senate ! County ! District ! Representative ! Party ! Residence |
| rowspan="2" | 01
| colspan="2" | Brown | {{sortname|Charles D.|Robinson}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| colspan="2" | Calumet
| {{sortname|David E.| Wood}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 02
| colspan="2" | Columbia | {{sortname|Hugh|McFarlane}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Portage |
| 03
| colspan="2" | Crawford & Chippewa | {{sortname|William T.|Sterling}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="3" | 09
| rowspan="3" | Dane{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2506772/horace-n-chapman/ |title= In Assembly |newspaper= Wisconsin Democrat |date= January 12, 1850 |page= 1 |accessdate= August 19, 2021 |via= Newspapers.com }} | 1 | {{sortname|John|Hasey|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | York |
| 2
| {{sortname|Chauncey|Abbott}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Madison |
| 3
| {{sortname|Oliver|Bryant|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Rutland |
| rowspan="5" | 10
| rowspan="5" | Dodge | 1 | {{sortname|Oscar|Hurlbut|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Lomira |
| 2
| {{sortname|James|Murdock|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Neosho |
| 3
| {{sortname|William T.|Ward|William T. Ward (Wisconsin legislator)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 4
| {{sortname|John|Lowth|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Lowell |
| 5
| {{sortname|Malcolm|Sellers|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| rowspan="2" | 04
| rowspan="2" | Fond du Lac | 1 | {{sortname|Morgan|Noble}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Bertine|Pinckney}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Ripon |
| rowspan="4" | 06
| rowspan="4" | Grant | 1 | {{sortname|Henry D.|York|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|William|McGonigal|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 3
| {{sortname|Jeremiah|Dodge}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 4
| {{sortname|John B.|Turley|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 08
| colspan="2" | Green | {{sortname|William Comstock|Green}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | York |
| rowspan="2" | 05
| rowspan="2" | Iowa & Richland | 1 | {{sortname|Moses M.|Strong}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Thomas M.|Fullerton|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="3" | 12
| rowspan="3" | Jefferson | 1 | {{sortname|Abram|Vanderpool|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Waterloo |
| 2
| {{sortname|Austin|Kellogg}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Concord |
| 3
| {{sortname|Alva|Stewart}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 03
| colspan="2" | {{nowrap|La Pointe}} & {{nowrap|St. Croix}} | {{sortname|John S.|Watrous}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 07
| rowspan="2" | Lafayette | 1 | {{sortname|Cornelius|DeLong|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Belmont |
| 2
| {{sortname|John K.|Williams}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 01
| colspan="2" | Manitowoc | {{sortname|Charles|Kuehn}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 02
| colspan="2" | Marquette & Waushara | {{sortname|Benjamin|Spaulding}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil | Arcade |
| rowspan="2" | 19
| rowspan="7" | Milwaukee | 1 | {{sortname|James B.|Cross}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Charles E.|Jenkins}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="4" | 18
| 3 | {{sortname|Edward|McGarry|Edward McGarry (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 4
| {{sortname|John E.|Cameron}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 5
| {{sortname|Garrett M.|Fitzgerald}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Franklin |
| 6
| {{sortname|Enoch|Chase}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Lake |
| 19
| 7 | {{sortname|Samuel|Brown|Samuel Brown (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil |
| 02
| colspan="2" | Portage | {{sortname|Walter D.|McIndoe}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Wausau |
| rowspan="3" | 17
| rowspan="5" | Racine | 1 | {{sortname|Horace|Chapman|Horace Chapman (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil | Racine |
| 2
| {{sortname|Stephen O.|Bennett}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil | Raymond |
| 3
| {{sortname|Caleb P.|Barns}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 16
| 4 | {{sortname|Samuel|Hale Jr.}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Racine |
| 5
| {{sortname|George M.|Robinson}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil | Salem |
| rowspan="5" | 15
| rowspan="5" | Rock | 1 | {{sortname|William F.|Tompkins|William F. Tompkins (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 2
| {{sortname|John R.|Briggs Jr.}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Beloit |
| 3
| {{sortname|Leander|Hoskins|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Union |
| 4
| {{sortname|John A.|Segar|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 5
| {{sortname|Ezekiel C.|Smith|E. C. Smith (Rock County)}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil |
| 02
| colspan="2" | Sauk | {{sortname|Caleb|Crosswell|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Baraboo |
| rowspan="2" | 01
| rowspan="2" | Sheboygan | 1 | {{sortname|Horatio N.|Smith}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Francis G.|Manney|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Lyndon |
| rowspan="5" | 14
| rowspan="5" | Walworth | 1 | {{sortname|Alexander O.|Babcock}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 2
| {{sortname|Rufus|Cheney Jr.}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 3
| {{sortname|Alexander S.|Palmer|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Geneva |
| 4
| {{sortname|George|Sykes|George Sykes (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil | Sharon |
| 5
| {{sortname|Wyman|Spooner}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil | Elkhorn |
| rowspan="5" | 11
| rowspan="5" | Washington | 1 | {{sortname|Solon|Johnson|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Eugene S.|Turner}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Grafton |
| 3
| {{sortname|Cornelius S.|Griffin|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 4
| {{sortname|Edward|Divin|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 5
| {{sortname|Henry|Weil|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="5" | 13
| rowspan="5" | Waukesha | 1 | {{sortname|Patrick|Higgins|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Henry|Shears|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 3
| {{sortname|Pitts|Ellis}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Genesee |
| 4
| {{sortname|John E.|Gallagher|John E. Gallagher (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Waukesha |
| 5
| {{sortname|Anson H.|Taylor|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Muskego |
| 04
| colspan="2" | Winnebago | {{sortname|Leonard P.|Crary}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Oshkosh |
Employees
=Senate employees=
- Chief Clerk: William Rudolph Smith
- Sergeant-at-Arms: James Hanrahan
=Assembly employees=
- Chief Clerk: Alexander T. Gray
- Sergeant-at-Arms: E. R. Hugunin
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=DGqbAAAAMAAJ Acts and Resolves Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin in the Year 1850]
{{Wisconsin legislatures}}