5th Wisconsin Legislature
{{Short description|Wisconsin legislative term for 1852}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 5th 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 4, 1851}}
| term_start = {{nowrap|January 5, 1852}}
| term_end = {{nowrap|January 3, 1853}}
| before = 4th
| after = 6th
| website =
| chamber1 = Senate
| membership1 = 19
| control1 = Democratic
| chamber1_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Senate President}}
| chamber1_leader1 = Timothy Burns
| chamber1_leader2_type = {{nowrap|President pro tempore}}
| chamber1_leader2 = Eliab B. Dean Jr.
| chamber2 = Assembly
| membership2 = 66
| control2 = Whig
| chamber2_leader1_type = {{nowrap|Assembly Speaker}}
| chamber2_leader1 = {{nowrap|James McMillan Shafter}}
| chamber2_leader2_type =
| chamber2_leader2 =
| session1_start = {{nowrap|January 14, 1852}}
| session1_end = {{nowrap|April 19, 1852}}
}}
The Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1852, to April 19, 1852, 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. Assemblymembers were elected to a one-year term. Assemblymembers and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 4, 1851. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 5, 1850.{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1881 |title= The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1881|pages=183–184 |chapter= Annals of the legislature|publisher= State of Wisconsin}}
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Whig Leonard J. Farwell, of Dane County, serving the first year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1851 Wisconsin gubernatorial election. He was Wisconsin's only Whig governor.
Major events
- January 5, 1852: Inauguration of Leonard J. Farwell as the 2nd Governor of Wisconsin.
- January 5, 1852: Inauguration of Timothy Burns as the 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.
- January 30, 1852: Assemblymember Matthew Murphy of Lafayette County resigned his seat after it was demonstrated that he had actually lost his election to George W. Hammett.{{cite report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKMMAQAAMAAJ|title= Journal of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of the State of Wisconsin |publisher=State of Wisconsin|year=1852 |pages = 137–138 |access-date=May 14, 2019 }}
- November 2, 1852: Franklin Pierce elected President of the United States
Major legislation
- March 3, 1852: Act to incorporate Racine College, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1852/related/acts/65.pdf 1852 Act 65]
- March 4, 1852: Act to incorporate the Milwaukee University, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1852/related/acts/79.pdf 1852 Act 79]
- April 16, 1852: Act to set apart and incorporate the County of Kewaunee, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1852/related/acts/363.pdf 1852 Act 363]
- April 17, 1852: Act to provide for the organization of a separate Supreme Court and for the election of Justices thereof, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1852/related/acts/395.pdf 1852 Act 395]
- April 19, 1852: Act to authorize the business of Banking, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1852/related/acts/479.pdf 1852 Act 479]
- April 19, 1852: Act to provide for the registration of Marriages, Births, and Deaths, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1852/related/acts/492.pdf 1852 Act 492]
- April 19, 1852: Act to apportion and district anew the members of the Senate and Assembly of the State of Wisconsin, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1852/related/acts/499.pdf 1852 Act 499], increased the size of the Senate to 25 members, and the Assembly to 82.
- April 19, 1852: Act relating to Printing, [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1852/related/acts/504.pdf 1852 Act 504]
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 | 2 | 3 ! 19 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | 1st Session
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 12 | 1 | 6 ! 19 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! {{party shading/Democratic}} | 63.16% ! 5.26% ! 31.58% ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 17 | 0 | 8 ! 25 | 0 |
=Assembly summary=
File:WI Assembly 1852 End of Session.svg
| 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}} | 49 | 7 | 10 ! 66 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Start of 1st Session
| 29 | 6 |{{party shading/Whig}} | 31 ! 66 | 0 |
| style="font-size:80%;" | After January 30
| 28 | 6 |{{party shading/Whig}} |32 ! 66 | 0 |
| colspan=6 | |
| Final voting share
! 42.42% ! 9.09% ! {{party shading/Whig}} |48.48% ! colspan=2 | |
| colspan=6 | |
| style="font-size:80%;" | Beginning of the next Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 55 | 7 | 20 ! 82 | 0 |
Sessions
- 1st Regular session: January 14, 1852 – April 19, 1852
Leaders
=Senate leadership=
- President of the Senate: Samuel Beall, Lieutenant Governor
- President pro tempore: Eliab B. Dean Jr.
=Assembly leadership=
- Speaker of the Assembly: James McMillan Shafter
Members
=Members of the Senate=
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:
File:WI Senate Partisan Map 1852.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! District ! Counties ! Senator ! Party ! Residence |
| 01
| Brown, Calumet, Door, Manitowoc, Oconto, Outagamie, Sheboygan | {{sortname|Theodore|Conkey}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Appleton |
| 02
| Columbia, Marathon, Marquette, Portage, Sauk, Waushara | {{sortname|James S.|Alban}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Plover |
| 03
| Bad Ax, Chippewa, Crawford, La Crosse, St. Croix, La Pointe | {{sortname|Hiram A.|Wright}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | {{nowrap|Prairie du Chien}} |
| 04
| Fond du Lac, Waupaca, Winnebago | {{sortname|Bertine|Pinckney}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 05
| {{sortname|Levi|Sterling}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 06
| Grant | {{sortname|Joel C.|Squires}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 07
| {{sortname|Samuel G.|Bugh}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 08
| Green | {{sortname|Thomas S.|Bowen|Thomas Bowen (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Waupun |
| 09
| Dane | {{sortname|Eliab B.|Dean Jr.}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Madison |
| 10
| Dodge | {{sortname|Judson|Prentice}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 11
| {{sortname|Harvey G.|Turner}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Ozaukee |
| 12
| {{sortname|Alva|Stewart}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 13
| Waukesha | {{sortname|E. B.|West}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Waukesha |
| 14
| Walworth | {{sortname|Eleazer|Wakeley}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 15
| Rock | {{sortname|Andrew|Palmer|Andrew Palmer (politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 16
| Kenosha | {{sortname|John|Sharpstein}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 17
| Racine | {{sortname|Stephen O.|Bennett}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil | Racine |
| 18
| Milwaukee (Southern Half) | {{sortname|Duncan|Reed}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 19
| Milwaukee (Northern Half) | {{sortname|Francis|Huebschmann}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
=Members of the Assembly=
Members of the Assembly for the Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:
File:WI Assembly Partisan Map 1852.svg
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Senate ! County ! District ! Representative ! Party ! Residence |
| 03
| colspan="2" | Bad Ax, Chippewa, Crawford, La Crosse | {{sortname|Andrew|Briggs|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Bad Ax |
| rowspan="2" | 01
| colspan="2" | Brown, Door, Oconto, Outagamie | {{sortname|Uriel H.|Peak|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| colspan="2" | Calumet
| {{sortname|James|Cramond|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 02
| colspan="2" | Columbia | {{sortname|James T.|Lewis}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Columbus |
| rowspan="3" | 09
| rowspan="3" | Dane{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84096424/whig-nominations-1851/ |title= Whig Nominations |newspaper= Wisconsin Express |date= October 16, 1851 |page= 2 |accessdate= August 24, 2021 |via= Newspapers.com }} | 1 | {{sortname|William A.|Pierce|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Alexander|Botkin}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Madison |
| 3
| {{sortname|Hiram|Giles}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| rowspan="5" | 10
| rowspan="5" | Dodge{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84096535/1851-elections-dodge-county/ |title= Official Returns of Dodge County |newspaper= Daily Free Democrat |date= November 15, 1851 |page= 3 |accessdate= August 24, 2021 |via= Newspapers.com }} | 1 | {{sortname|Darius L.|Bancroft}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Waupun |
| 2
| {{sortname|Timothy B.|Sterling|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 3
| {{sortname|Maximilian|Averbeck|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Emmet |
| 4
| {{sortname|William H.|Green|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Lowell |
| 5
| {{sortname|Horace D.|Patch|Horace Patch}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 04
| rowspan="2" | Fond du Lac | 1 | {{sortname|Benjamin F.|Moore|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | {{nowrap|Fond du Lac}} |
| 2
| {{sortname|Nicholas M.|Donaldson}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Waupun |
| rowspan="4" | 06
| rowspan="4" | Grant{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84096586/1851-election-grant-county/ |title= Grant County Cannvass |newspaper= The Weekly Wisconsin |date= November 19, 1851 |page= 2 |accessdate= August 24, 2021 |via =Newspapers.com }} | 1 | {{sortname|William|Richardson|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Fairplay |
| 2
| {{sortname|Noah|Clemmons|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 3
| {{sortname|David|McKee|David McKee (American politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Potosi |
| 4
| {{sortname|J. Allen|Barber}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 08
| colspan="2" | Green | {{sortname|Truman J.|Safford|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Exeter |
| rowspan="2" | 05
| rowspan="2" | Iowa & Richland | 1 | {{sortname|John|Toay|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 2
| {{sortname|Luman M.|Strong|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Highland |
| rowspan="3" | 12
| rowspan="3" | Jefferson{{Cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84096725/1851-election-jefferson-county/ |title= Jefferson County Right Side Up |newspaper= Watertown Chronicle |date= November 12, 1851 |page= 2 |accessdate= August 24, 2021 |via= Newspapers.com }} | 1 | {{sortname|Thomas R.|Mott|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 2
| {{sortname|Jacob|Skinner|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Palmyra |
| 3
| {{sortname|A. H.|Van Norstrand|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 16
| rowspan="2" | Kenosha | 1 | {{sortname|C. Latham|Sholes|Christopher Latham Sholes}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil | Kenosha |
| 2
| {{sortname|Lathrop|Burgess}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil | Salem |
| 03
| colspan="2" | La Pointe & St. Croix | {{sortname|Otis W.|Hoyt|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Hudson |
| rowspan="3" | 07
| rowspan="3" | Lafayette{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84096922/1851-election-lafayette-county/ |title= Lafayette County Majority Complete |newspaper= Wisconsin Tribune |date= November 13, 1851 |page= 2 |accessdate= August 24, 2021 |via= Newspapers.com }} | rowspan="2" | 1 | {{sortname|Matthew|Murphy, {{resize|resigned Jan. 30}}|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| {{sortname|George W.|Hammett, {{resize|from Jan. 30}}|nolink=1}}
| {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | |
| 2
| {{sortname|James H.|Earnest|James Earnest}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 01
| colspan="2" | Manitowoc | {{sortname|Ezekiel|Ricker|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="2" | 02
| colspan="2" | Marathon & Portage | {{sortname|George W.|Cate}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Amherst |
| colspan="2" | Marquette & Waushara
| {{sortname|Eleazer|Root}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Dartford |
| rowspan="2" | 19
| rowspan="7" | Milwaukee{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83708285/milwaukee-county-election-1851/ |title= Official Returns from Milwaukee Co. |newspaper= Daily Free Democrat |date= November 14, 1851 |page= 2 |accessdate= August 18, 2021 |via= Newspapers.com }} | 1 | {{sortname|Charles|Cain|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 2
| {{sortname|Joseph A.|Phelps|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| rowspan="4" | 18
| 3 | {{sortname|Wallace W.|Graham|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 4
| {{sortname|Jonathan L.|Burnham|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 5
| {{sortname|Valentin|Knœll|Valentin Knœll}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 6
| {{sortname|Edward|Hasse|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 19
| 7 | {{sortname|William|Beck|dab=Wisconsin politician}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="3" | 17
| rowspan="3" | Racine | 1 | {{sortname|William L.|Utley}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil | Racine |
| 2
| {{sortname|Abram|Gordon}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Racine |
| 3
| {{sortname|James|Catton|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| rowspan="5" | 15
| rowspan="5" | Rock{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84094561/1851-election-rock-county/ |title= Official |newspaper= Janesville Daily Gazette |date= November 13, 1851 |page= 2 |accessdate= August 24, 2021 |via= Newspapers.com }} | 1 | {{sortname|William A.|Lawrence|William A. Lawrence (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 2
| {{sortname|John|Hackett|John Hackett (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 3
| {{sortname|George R.|Ramsey|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 4
| {{sortname|Asal|Kinney|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Beloit |
| 5
| {{sortname|Simeon W.|Abbott|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Lima |
| 02
| colspan="2" | Sauk | {{sortname|Jonathan W.|Fyffe|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | {{nowrap|Prairie du Sac}} |
| rowspan="2" | 01
| rowspan="2" | Sheboygan | 1 | {{sortname|James McMillan|Shafter}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 2
| {{sortname|David B.|Conger|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| rowspan="5" | 14
| rowspan="5" | Walworth{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84097155/1851-election-walworth-county/ |title= Walworth County–Official Canvass |newspaper= The Weekly Wisconsin |date= November 26, 1851 |page= 2 |accessdate= August 24, 2021 |via =Newspapers.com }} | 1 | {{sortname|Joel H.|Cooper|Joel H. Cooper (Wisconsin politician)}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil | Elkhorn |
| 2
| {{sortname|Zerah|Mead}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 3
| {{sortname|Timothy H.|Fellows|Timothy Fellows}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil | Genoa |
| 4
| {{sortname|Lewis N.|Wood}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 5
| {{sortname|Stephen Steele|Barlow}} | {{Party shading/Free Soil}} |Free Soil | Walworth |
| rowspan="5" | 11
| rowspan="5" | Washington | 1 | {{sortname|Simon D.|Powers|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 2
| {{sortname|Phineas M.|Johnson|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Grafton |
| 3
| {{sortname|Adam|Staats|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Staatsville |
| 4
| {{sortname|Densmore W.|Maxon|Densmore Maxon}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 5
| {{sortname|Baruch S.|Weil|Baruch Schleisinger Weil}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| rowspan="5" | 13
| rowspan="5" | Waukesha | 1 | {{sortname|John U.|Hilliard|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Merton |
| 2
| {{sortname|Denison|Worthington}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Summit |
| 3
| {{sortname|Thomas|Sugden|Thomas Sugden (farmer-politician)}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig |
| 4
| {{sortname|Publius V.|Monroe|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. |
| 5
| {{sortname|Findley|McNaughton|nolink=1}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | Vernon |
| 04
| colspan="2" | Waupaca & Winnebago | {{sortname|Dudley C.|Blodget|Dudley Blodget}} | {{Party shading/Whig}} |Whig | Oshkosh |
Employees
=Senate employees=
- Chief Clerk: John K. Williams
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Patrick Cosgrove
=Assembly employees=
- Chief Clerk: Alexander T. Gray
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Elisha Starr
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Wisconsin legislatures}}