35th Wisconsin Legislature

The Thirty-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1882, to March 31, 1882, in regular session.[1]

35th Wisconsin Legislature
34th 36th
Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 2, 1882 – January 1, 1883
ElectionNovember 8, 1881
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentSam S. Fifield (R)
President pro temporeGeorge B. Burrows (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerFranklin L. Gilson (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 11, 1882 – March 31, 1882

Senators representing even-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 even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 8, 1881. 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 2, 1880.[1]

Major events

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  • January 2, 1882: Inauguration of Jeremiah McLain Rusk as the 15th Governor of Wisconsin.
  • May 6, 1882: U.S. President Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act, prohibiting immigration from China.
  • August 3, 1882: U.S. President Chester A. Arthur signed the Immigration Act of 1882, which created the first U.S. bureaucracy for determining which immigrants would be allowed to settle in the United States.
  • November 7, 1882: At the state's general election, Wisconsin voters approved two amendments to the Constitution of Wisconsin.[2]
    • The first amendment removed the word "white" from the section of the constitution which defined eligible voters in the state.
    • The second amendment abolished special elections for county officers and instead gave the Governor power to appoint acting officers when a vacancy occurs, except for the clerks of the circuit court, where appointment power was granted to the circuit court judge. The amendment also standardized all county officer terms, with elections occurring in even-numbered years.

Major legislation

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  • March 28, 1882: An Act to apportion the state into senate and assembly districts, 1882 Act 242. Redistricted the state legislature following the 1880 United States census.
  • March 28, 1882: An Act to apportion the state into congressional districts, 1882 Act 244. Redrew Wisconsin's congressional districts for their new delegation, expanding to 8 seats from 6, following the 1880 United States census.
  • Joint Resolution ratifying amendments to section 4 of article VI, section 12 of article VII, and section 1 of article XIII of the constitution of the State of Wisconsin, so as to provide for biennial general elections, 1882 Joint Resolution 3. Second legislative approval of the proposed amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution to standardize county officer terms, and obviate special elections for county officers. The amendment was ratified by voters in the November 1882 general election.
  • Joint Resolution in relation to suffrage, 1882 Joint Resolution 5. Second legislative approval of the proposed amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution to strike the word "white" from the section defining eligible voters. The amendment was ratified by voters in the November 1882 general election.

Party summary

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Senate summary

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Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 10 seats
  Republican: 23 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 9 24 33 0
1st Session 10 23 33 0
Final voting share 30.3% 69.7%
Beginning of the next Legislature 15 18 33 0

Assembly summary

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Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 34 seats
  Independent: 2 seats
  Republican: 64 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. Gbk. Lab. Ind. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 21 0 0 0 79 100 0
1st Session 34 0 0 2 64 100 0
Final voting share 36% 64%
Beginning of the next Legislature 53 1 2 1 43 100 0

Sessions

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Speaker Franklin L. Gilson.
  • 1st Regular session: January 11, 1882 – March 31, 1882

Leaders

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Senate leadership

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Assembly leadership

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Members

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Members of the Senate

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Members of the Senate for the Thirty-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:[3]

 
Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 10 seats
  Republican: 23 seats
 
I. W. Van Schaick
Dist. Counties Senator Residence Party
01 Door, Kewaunee, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto, & Shawano William A. Ellis Peshtigo Rep.
02 Brown Thomas R. Hudd Green Bay Dem.
03 Racine Albert L. Phillips Racine Rep.
04 Crawford & Vernon Van S. Bennett Whitestown Rep.
05 Milwaukee (Northern Part) Isaac W. Van Schaick Milwaukee Rep.
06 Milwaukee (Southern Part) Enoch Chase Milwaukee Dem.
07 Milwaukee (Central Part) Edward B. Simpson Milwaukee Rep.
08 Kenosha & Walworth Charles Palmetier Geneva Rep.
09 Green Lake, Marquette, & Waushara James F. Wiley Hancock Rep.
10 Waukesha Henry M. Ackley Oconomowoc Dem.
11 Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Price, Taylor, & Wood Thomas B. Scott Grand Rapids Rep.
12 Green & Lafayette Archibald N. Randall Brodhead Rep.
13 Dodge Arthur K. Delaney Mayville Dem.
14 Juneau & Sauk John T. Kingston Necedah Rep.
15 Manitowoc Joseph Rankin Manitowoc Dem.
16 Grant George W. Ryland Lancaster Rep.
17 Rock Hamilton Richardson Janesville Rep.
18 Fond du Lac (Western Part) Edward Colman Fond du Lac Rep.
19 Winnebago Joseph B. Hamilton Neenah Rep.
20 Sheboygan & Eastern Fond du Lac Patrick H. Smith Plymouth Dem.
21 Marathon, Portage, & Waupaca Charles F. Crosby Wausau Rep.
22 Calumet & Outagamie John L. Pingel Appleton Dem.
23 Jefferson Frederick Kusel Watertown Dem.
24 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, & St. Croix James Hill Warren Rep.
25 Dane (Eastern Part) George B. Burrows Madison Rep.
26 Dane (Western Part) John Adams Black Earth Dem.
27 Adams & Columbia Gilbert E. McKeeby Lodi Rep.
28 Iowa & Richland William C. Meffert Arena Rep.
29 Buffalo, Pepin, & Trempealeau Augustus F. Finkelnburg Fountain City Rep.
30 Dunn, Eau Claire, & Pierce Rockwell J. Flint Menomonie Rep.
31 La Crosse Merrick Wing La Crosse Rep.
32 Jackson & Monroe Charles K. Erwin Tomah Rep.
33 Ozaukee & Washington George F. Hunt West Bend Dem.

Members of the Assembly

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Members of the Assembly for the Thirty-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:[3]

 
Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 34 seats
  Independent: 2 seats
  Republican: 64 seats
Senate
District
County Dist. Representative Party Residence
27 Adams Solon Pierce Rep. Friendship
24 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, & Polk George D. McDill Rep. Osceola
02 Brown 1 John M. Hogan Rep. Green Bay
2 Albert L. Gray Dem. Fort Howard
3 Patrick H. Moran Dem. Morrison
29 Buffalo & Pepin 1 Martin W. McDonnell Ind. Alma
2 Nathaniel O. Murray Rep. Pepin
22 Calumet Adolph Moeller Rep. New Holstein
11 Chippewa & Price William B. Bartlett Rep. Chippewa Falls
Clark, Lincoln, Taylor & Wood Robert MacBride Dem. Neillsville
27 Columbia 1 William T. Parry Rep. Portage
2 William H. Proctor Rep. Fall River
04 Crawford Atley Peterson Rep. Soldiers Grove
26 Dane 1 Fritz Elver Dem. Middleton
25 2 Elisha W. Keyes Rep. Madison
3 Francis L. Warner Rep. Medina
13 Dodge 1 William Jeche Dem. Hustisford
2 Benjamin P. Bishop Dem. Brownsville
3 Samuel C. McDowell Rep. Fox Lake
4 Thomas J. Jones Dem. Beaver Dam
01 Door Adelbert D. Thorp Rep. Sturgeon Bay
30 Dunn Edward L. Everts Rep. Fall Creek
Eau Claire Thomas Carmichael Dem. Eau Claire
18 Fond du Lac 1 Ezekiel Babcock Rep. Ripon
2 John Meiklejohn Rep. Fond du Lac
3 Charles E. Shepard Rep. Fond du Lac
20 4 Louis Eidemiller Dem. Lamartine
16 Grant 1 James Cabanis Rep. Smelser
2 Daniel B. Stevens Rep. Cassville
3 Edward I. Kidd Rep. Millville
12 Green 1 Hiram Gabriel Rep. York
2 John Bolender Rep. Monroe
09 Green Lake Charles D. McConnell Rep. Brooklyn
28 Iowa 1 James Ryan Dem. Ridgeway
2 Jefferson Rewey Rep. Mifflin
32 Jackson William T. Price Rep. Black River Falls
23 Jefferson 1 Jesse Stone Rep. Watertown
2 Jacob Leonardson Rep. Waterloo
3 James W. Ostrander Rep. Jefferson
14 Juneau 1 George W. Bishop Rep. Wonewoc
2 Charles D. Loomis Dem. Necedah
08 Kenosha John B. Vosburgh Rep. Randall
01 Kewaunee William Rogers Dem. Carlton
31 La Crosse Frank Pooler Rep. Onalaska
11 Lafayette 1 Albert O. Chamberlain Rep. Darlington
2 John O'Neill Dem. Shullsburg
15 Manitowoc 1 Peter Philipps Rep. Meeme
2 Henry Goedjen Dem. Two Rivers
3 Charles E. Estabrook Rep. Manitowoc
21 Marathon John C. Clarke Dem. Wausau
09 Marquette Samuel Tanner Dem. Westfield
05 Milwaukee 1 Arthur Bate Rep. Milwaukee
07 2 George A. Abert Dem. Milwaukee
3 Edward Keogh Dem. Milwaukee
4 George P. Harrington Dem. Milwaukee
06 5 William Lindsay Rep. Milwaukee
05 6 Carl Zabel Ind. Milwaukee
07 7 William S. Stanley Rep. Milwaukee
06 8 Francis J. Borchardt Dem. Milwaukee
05 9 Arnold Huchting Dem. Milwaukee
10 Charles Fingado Rep. Wauwatosa
06 11 William M. Williams Jr. Rep. Oak Creek
32 Monroe 1 Mason A. Thayer Rep. Sparta
2 William A. Barber Rep. Warrens
01 Langlade, Marinette, Oconto & Shawano George W. DeLano Rep. Pensaukee
22 Outagamie 1 Humphrey Pierce Dem. Appleton
2 A. H. Pape Dem. New London
33 Ozaukee Frederick W. Horn Dem. Cedarburg
30 Pierce Franklin L. Gilson Rep. Ellsworth
21 Portage Charles A. Lane Rep. Plover
03 Racine 1 Richard P. Howell Rep. Racine
2 Adam Apple Dem. Norway
28 Richland 1 James Washburn Rep. Rockbridge
2 George H. Tate Rep. Viola
17 Rock 1 John Huntly Rep. Avon
2 John Winans Dem. Janesville
3 John Conley Rep. Clinton
14 Sauk 1 Abijah Beckwith Rep. Bear Creek
2 William S. Grubb Rep. Baraboo
20 Sheboygan 1 Wilbur M. Root Dem. Sheboygan
2 Simon Gillen Dem. Cascade
3 John Marshall Rep. Adell
24 St. Croix Oluf A. Saugestad Ind.R. Baldwin
29 Trempealeau George H. Smith Rep. Galesville
04 Vernon 1 Torger Juve Rep. Utica
2 Thomas J. Shear Rep. Hillsboro
08 Walworth 1 Walter G. Derthick Rep. Spring Prairie
2 John W. Brownson Rep. Sharon
3 Donald Stewart Rep. Sugar Creek
33 Washington 1 Densmore Maxon Dem. Polk
2 Joseph W. Holehouse Dem. Barton
10 Waukesha 1 William Langer Rep. Waukesha
2 Herman Schatz Dem. Brookfield
21 Waupaca 1 Josephus Wakefield Rep. Fremont
2 Charles A. Davis Rep. Bear Creek
09 Waushara Nathaniel W. Milliken Ind.R. Saxeville
19 Winnebago 1 Andrew Haben Dem. Oshkosh
2 A. H. F. Krueger Dem. Neenah
3 George H. Buckstaff Rep. Oshkosh
4 Thomas J. Bowles Rep. Utica

Employees

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Senate employees

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  • Chief Clerk: Charles E. Bross[3]
    • Assistant Clerk: Chauncey H. Cooke
    • Bookkeeper: Oliver Munson
    • Engrossing Clerk: H. R. Rawson
    • Enrolling Clerk: J. W. Bintliff
    • Transcribing Clerk: Fred J. Turner
    • Proofreader: Frank A. Flower
    • Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: Charles B. Miller
    • Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: J. J. Crawford
    • Document Clerk: Frank Hutson
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: A. T. Glaze
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: George S. Read
  • Postmaster: Curtis M. Treat
    • Assistant Postmaster: Ole Olsen
  • Gallery Attendant: Claus Johnson
  • Doorkeepers:
    • G. W. Churchill
    • John C. Friswold
    • Joseph A. Walker
    • H. C. Graffam
  • Porter: O. L. Wright
  • Night Watch: George F. Witter Jr.
  • Janitor: Ole Stephenson
  • President's Messenger: Ben S. Smith
  • Chief Clerk's Messenger: William P. Hyland
  • Messengers:
    • John Bohn
    • Adolph Roeder
    • Samuel A. Wilder
    • Charles G. Moll
    • Will A. Blessing
    • Forest McKay
    • Emile Fargeot

Assembly employees

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  • Chief Clerk: Edwin Coe[3]
    • 1st Assistant Clerk: John W. DeGroff
      • 2nd Assistant Clerk: T. W. Golden
    • Bookkeeper: J. T. Huntington
    • Engrossing Clerk: M. Sellers
    • Enrolling Clerk: L. J. Burlingame
    • Transcribing Clerk: A. C. Morse
    • Proofreader: C. E. Parish
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: David E. Welch
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: G. L. Miller
  • Postmaster: F. A. Ames
    • Assistant Postmaster: W. A. Meiklejohn
  • Doorkeepers:
    • J. Granvogl
    • Patrick Mead
    • C. H. Russell
    • Henry Fitzgerald
  • Gallery Attendant: B. H. Barnson
  • Night Watch: Christopher Jerde
  • Wash Room Attendant: A. J. Barsantee
  • Speaker's Messenger: L. M. Steiner
  • Chief Clerk's Messenger: Thomas McGovern
  • Messengers:
    • Thomas Wilkinson
    • Carl Lawrence
    • R. C. Odell
    • George Ransom
    • J. S. Sturtevant
    • Wener Presentin
    • Charles Smith
    • D. C. Owen
    • Fred Buckley

References

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  1. ^ a b Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2011). "Statistics: History" (PDF). State of Wisconsin 2011–2012 Blue Book (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 709, 714, 717, 719. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "The State of Wisconsin A Proclamation". Wisconsin State Journal. December 11, 1882. p. 1. Retrieved March 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Biographical Sketches" (PDF). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 525–573. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
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