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5th Wisconsin Legislature

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5th Wisconsin Legislature
4th 6th
Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 5, 1852 – January 3, 1853
ElectionNovember 4, 1851
Senate
Members19
Senate PresidentTimothy Burns
President pro temporeEliab B. Dean, Jr.
Party controlDemocratic
Assembly
Members66
Assembly SpeakerJames McMillan Shafter
Party controlWhig
Sessions
1stJanuary 14, 1852 – 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.[1]

Major events

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Major legislation

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Party summary

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Senate summary

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Senate Partisan composition
  Democratic: 12 seats
  Free Soil: 1 seat
  Whig: 6 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. F.S. Whig Vacant
End of previous Legislature 14 2 3 19 0
1st Session 12 1 6 19 0
Final voting share 63.16% 5.26% 31.58%
Beginning of the next Legislature 17 0 8 25 0

Assembly summary

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Assembly Partisan composition
  Democratic: 28 seats
  Free Soil: 6 seats
  Whig: 32 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. F.S. Whig Vacant
End of previous Legislature 49 7 10 66 0
Start of 1st Session 29 6 31 66 0
After January 30 28 6 32 66 0
Final voting share 42.42% 9.09% 48.48%
Beginning of the next Legislature 55 7 20 82 0

Sessions

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  • 1st Regular session: January 14, 1852 – April 19, 1852

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 Wisconsin Senate for the Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:

Senate Partisan composition
  Democratic: 12 seats
  Free Soil: 1 seat
  Whig: 6 seats
District Counties Senator Party Residence
01 Brown, Calumet, Door, Manitowoc, Oconto, Outagamie, Sheboygan Theodore Conkey Dem. Appleton
02 Columbia, Marathon, Marquette, Portage, Sauk, Waushara James S. Alban Whig Plover
03 Bad Ax, Chippewa, Crawford, La Crosse, St. Croix, La Pointe Hiram A. Wright Dem. Prairie du Chien
04 Fond du Lac, Waupaca, Winnebago Bertine Pinckney Whig Rosendale
05 Iowa, Richland Levi Sterling Whig Mineral Point
06 Grant Joel C. Squires Dem. Lancaster
07 Lafayette Samuel G. Bugh Dem. Shullsburg
08 Green Thomas S. Bowen Dem. Waupun
09 Dane Eliab B. Dean Jr. Dem. Madison
10 Dodge Judson Prentice Whig Watertown
11 Washington Harvey G. Turner Dem. Ozaukee
12 Jefferson Alva Stewart Whig Fort Atkinson
13 Waukesha E. B. West Whig Waukesha
14 Walworth Eleazer Wakeley Dem. Whitewater
15 Rock Andrew Palmer Dem. Janesville
16 Kenosha John Sharpstein Dem. Milwaukee
17 Racine Stephen O. Bennett Free Soil Racine
18 Milwaukee (Southern Half) Duncan Reed Dem. Milwaukee
19 Milwaukee (Northern Half) Francis Huebschmann Dem. Milwaukee

Members of the Assembly

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Members of the Assembly for the Fifth Wisconsin Legislature:

Assembly Partisan composition
  Democratic: 28 seats
  Free Soil: 6 seat
  Whig: 32 seats
Senate
District
County District Representative Party Residence
03 Bad Ax, Chippewa, Crawford, La Crosse Andrew Briggs Dem. Bad Ax
01 Brown, Door, Oconto, Outagamie Uriel H. Peak Dem. Green Bay
Calumet James Cramond Dem. Manchester
02 Columbia James T. Lewis Dem. Columbus
09 Dane[3] 1 William A. Pierce Dem. Sun Prairie
2 Alexander Botkin Whig Madison
3 Hiram Giles Whig Stoughton
10 Dodge[4] 1 Darius L. Bancroft Whig Waupun
2 Timothy B. Sterling Whig Iron Ridge
3 Maximilian Averbeck Dem. Emmet
4 William H. Green Dem. Lowell
5 Horace D. Patch Dem. Beaver Dam
04 Fond du Lac 1 Benjamin F. Moore Whig Fond du Lac
2 Nicholas M. Donaldson Whig Waupun
06 Grant[5] 1 William Richardson Whig Fairplay
2 Noah Clemmons Dem. Platteville
3 David McKee Dem. Potosi
4 J. Allen Barber Whig Lancaster
08 Green Truman J. Safford Whig Exeter
05 Iowa & Richland 1 John Toay Whig Mineral Point
2 Luman M. Strong Dem. Highland
12 Jefferson[6] 1 Thomas R. Mott Whig Watertown
2 Jacob Skinner Whig Palmyra
3 A. H. Van Norstrand Dem. Jefferson
16 Kenosha 1 C. Latham Sholes Free Soil Kenosha
2 Lathrop Burgess Free Soil Salem
03 La Pointe & St. Croix Otis W. Hoyt Dem. Hudson
07 Lafayette[7] 1 Matthew Murphy, resigned Jan. 30 Dem. New Diggings
George W. Hammett, from Jan. 30 Whig
2 James H. Earnest Whig Shullsburg
01 Manitowoc Ezekiel Ricker Dem. Manitowoc
02 Marathon & Portage George W. Cate Dem. Amherst
Marquette & Waushara Eleazer Root Whig Dartford
19 Milwaukee[8] 1 Charles Cain Whig Milwaukee
2 Joseph A. Phelps Whig Milwaukee
18 3 Wallace W. Graham Dem. Milwaukee
4 Jonathan L. Burnham Whig Milwaukee
5 Valentin Knœll Dem. Milwaukee
6 Edward Hasse Dem. Milwaukee
19 7 William Beck Dem. Milwaukee
17 Racine 1 William L. Utley Free Soil Racine
2 Abram Gordon Whig Racine
3 James Catton Whig Burlington
15 Rock[9] 1 William A. Lawrence Whig Janesville
2 John Hackett Dem. Spring Valley
3 George R. Ramsey Whig Janesville
4 Asal Kinney Whig Beloit
5 Simeon W. Abbott Whig Lima
02 Sauk Jonathan W. Fyffe Whig Prairie du Sac
01 Sheboygan 1 James McMillan Shafter Whig Sheboygan
2 David B. Conger Whig Greenbush
14 Walworth[10] 1 Joel H. Cooper Free Soil Elkhorn
2 Zerah Mead Whig Spring Prairie
3 Timothy H. Fellows Free Soil Genoa
4 Lewis N. Wood Whig Whitewater
5 Stephen Steele Barlow Free Soil Walworth
11 Washington 1 Simon D. Powers Dem. Port Washington
2 Phineas M. Johnson Dem. Grafton
3 Adam Staats Dem. Staatsville
4 Densmore W. Maxon Dem. Cedar Creek
5 Baruch S. Weil Dem. West Bend
13 Waukesha 1 John U. Hilliard Dem. Merton
2 Denison Worthington Whig Summit
3 Thomas Sugden Whig North Prairie
4 Publius V. Monroe Dem. New Berlin
5 Findley McNaughton Dem. Vernon
04 Waupaca & Winnebago Dudley C. Blodget Whig Oshkosh

Employees

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Senate employees

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Assembly employees

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References

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  1. ^ "Annals of the legislature". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin 1881 (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 183–184.
  2. ^ Journal of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1852. pp. 137–138. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  3. ^ "Whig Nominations". Wisconsin Express. October 16, 1851. p. 2. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Official Returns of Dodge County". Daily Free Democrat. November 15, 1851. p. 3. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Grant County Cannvass". The Weekly Wisconsin. November 19, 1851. p. 2. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Jefferson County Right Side Up". Watertown Chronicle. November 12, 1851. p. 2. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Lafayette County Majority Complete". Wisconsin Tribune. November 13, 1851. p. 2. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Official Returns from Milwaukee Co". Daily Free Democrat. November 14, 1851. p. 2. Retrieved August 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Official". Janesville Daily Gazette. November 13, 1851. p. 2. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Walworth County–Official Canvass". The Weekly Wisconsin. November 26, 1851. p. 2. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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