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29th Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 3, 1876 – January 1, 1877
ElectionNovember 2, 1875
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentCharles D. Parker (D)
President pro temporeRobert L. D. Potter (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerSam S. Fifield (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
1stJanuary 12, 1876 – March 14, 1876

The Twenty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 12, 1876, to March 14, 1876, 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. Assembly members were elected to a one-year term. Assembly members and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 2, 1875. 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 3, 1874.[1]

Major events

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Major legislation

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  • March 13, 1876: An Act to apportion the state into senate and assembly districts, 1876 Act 343.

Party summary

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Senate summary

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Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 6 seats
  Reform: 4 seats
  Liberal Republican: 2 seats
  Republican: 21 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Dem. Ref. Lib.R. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 9 5 2 17 33 0
1st Session 6 4 2 21 33 0
Final voting share 36.36% 63.64%
Beginning of the next Legislature 8 0 3 22 33 0

Assembly summary

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Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 35 seats
  Reform: 11 seats
  Independent: 1 seat
  Liberal Republican: 1 seat
  Republican: 52 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Dem. Ref. Ind. Lib.R. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 19 13 0 4 64 100 0
Start of 1st Session 35 12 1 1 51 100 0
From Feb. 17 11 52 100 0
Final voting share 48% 52%
Beginning of the next Legislature 33 5 0 1 61 100 0

Sessions

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  • 1st Regular session: January 12, 1876 – March 14, 1876

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 Twenty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 6 seats
  Reform: 4 seats
  Lib. Rep.: 2 seats
  Republican: 21 seats
Dist. Counties Senator Residence Party
01 Sheboygan Enos Eastman Plymouth Dem.
02 Brown, Door, & Kewaunee Thomas R. Hudd Green Bay Ref.
03 Milwaukee (Northern Part) William H. Jacobs Milwaukee Ref.
04 Monroe & Vernon J. Henry Tate Viroqua Rep.
05 Racine Robert Hall Baker Racine Rep.
06 Milwaukee (Southern Half) John L. Mitchell Milwaukee Dem.
07 Dane (Eastern Part) George E. Bryant Madison Rep.
08 Kenosha & Walworth Asahel Farr Kenosha Rep.
09 Iowa David McFarland Highland Ref.
10 Waukesha William Blair Waukesha Rep.
11 Lafayette Francis Campbell Gratiot Rep.
12 Green Joseph B. Treat Monroe Rep.
13 Dodge John A. Barney Mayville Dem.
14 Sauk David E. Welch Baraboo Rep.
15 Manitowoc John Schuette Manitowoc Rep.
16 Grant Oscar C. Hathaway Beetown Rep.
17 Rock Horatio N. Davis Beloit Rep.
18 Fond du Lac (Western Part) William Hiner Fond du Lac Rep.
19 Winnebago William P. Rounds Menasha Rep.
20 Fond du Lac (Eastern Part) Daniel Cavanagh Osceola Dem.
21 Marathon, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca, & Northern Outagamie Willis C. Silverthorn Wausau Ref.
22 Calumet & Southern Outagamie James Ryan Appleton Dem.
23 Jefferson William W. Reed Jefferson Lib.R.
24 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk, & St. Croix Henry D. Barron St. Croix Falls Rep.
25 Green Lake, Marquette, & Waushara Robert L. D. Potter Wautoma Rep.
26 Dane (Western Part) Romanzo E. Davis Middleton Lib.R.
27 Columbia Levi W. Barden Portage Rep.
28 Crawford & Richland Daniel Downs Richland Center Rep.
29 Adams, Juneau, Portage, & Wood Thomas B. Scott Grand Rapids Rep.
30 Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, & Taylor Rockwell J. Flint Eau Claire Rep.
31 La Crosse Sylvester Nevins La Crosse Rep.
32 Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, & Trempealeau Mark Douglas Melrose Rep.
33 Ozaukee & Washington Gilead J. Wilmot West Bend Dem.

Members of the Assembly

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Members of the Assembly for the Twenty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 35 seats
  Reform: 11 seats
  Independent: 1 seat
  Liberal Republican: 1 seat
  Republican: 52 seats
Senate
District 		County Dist. Representative Party Residence
29 Adams & Wood G. M. Marshall Rep. Big Spring
24 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk Sam Fifield Rep. Ashland
02 Brown & Southern Kewaunee 1 Mitchell Resch Dem. Green Bay
2 William J. Fisk Rep. Fort Howard
3 Dennis Dewane Dem. New Denmark
32 Buffalo Edward Lees Dem. Fountain City
22 Calumet Henry Horst Dem. Hayton
30 Chippewa & Taylor Cadwallader J. Wiltse Dem. Chippewa Falls
32 Clark & Jackson Hugh Mills Rep. Millston
27 Columbia 1 Michael Griffin Rep. Kilbourn City
2 John G. Griffin Rep. Randolph
3 Augustus O. Dole Rep. Poynette
28 Crawford Fergus Mills Dem. Seneca
07 Dane 1 William Seamonson Rep. Stoughton
2 William Charlton Lib.R. Madison
26 3 Peter Zander Dem. Cross Plains
4 Michael Johnson Ref. Springdale
13 Dodge 1 Patrick Griffin Dem. Portland
2 Columbus Germain Dem. Beaver Dam
3 George H. Lawrence Rep. Burnett
4 Charles E. Kite Dem. Mayville
5 George Schott Dem. Herman
6 James Higgins Ref. Shields
02 Door & Northern Kewaunee Leroy M. Washburn Ref. Sturgeon Bay
30 Dunn & Pepin Menzus R. Bump Rep. Rock Falls
Eau Claire Hobart Stocking Rep. Eau Claire
18 Fond du Lac 1 James K. Scribner Rep. Eldorado Mills
2 Edson A. Putnam Rep. Oakfield
20 3 Lambert Brost Dem. Calumet
16 Grant 1 William D. Jones Rep. Hazel Green
2 Joseph Bock Rep. Lancaster
3 George Brown Rep. Woodman
4 William J. McCoy Dem. Beetown
12 Green John Luchsinger Rep. New Glarus
25 Green Lake Waldo Flint Rep. Princeton
09 Iowa 1 Ansley Gray (until Feb. 17) Ref. Avoca
Joseph Bennett (from Feb. 17) Rep. Dodgeville
2 Kearton Coates Rep. Linden
23 Jefferson 1 Thomas Shinnick Dem. Watertown
2 Charles H. Phillips Rep. Lake Mills
3 David W. Curtis Rep. Fort Atkinson
29 Juneau Charles E. Booth Rep. Elroy
08 Kenosha Frederick Robinson Dem. Kenosha
31 La Crosse John Bradley Rep. Bangor
11 Lafayette Danverse Neff Rep. Calamine
15 Manitowoc 1 Charles R. Zorn Dem. Keil
2 Thomas Mohr Ref. Kossuth
3 William F. Tisch Dem. Mishicott
21 Marathon Bartholomew Ringle Dem. Wausau
25 Marquette B. Frank Goodell Dem. Montello
03 Milwaukee 1 Patrick Drew Dem. Milwaukee
2 Peter Fagg Ind.D. Milwaukee
06 3 Edward Keogh Ind.D. Milwaukee
4 Bernard F. Cooke Dem. Milwaukee
5 David Vance Rep. Milwaukee
03 6 Charles Kraatz Dem. Milwaukee
06 7 Lemuel Ellsworth Rep. Milwaukee
8 Henry Fink Ind. Milwaukee
03 9 George H. Walther Ref. Milwaukee
10 F. A. Zautcke Rep. Granville
06 11 Hubert Lavies Ref. Greenfield
04 Monroe 1 Albert T. Colburn Rep. Little Falls
2 Charles D. Wells Dem. Tomah
21 Oconto Louis P. Pahl Ref. Oconto
22 Outagamie, Shawano, & Waupaca 1 David Hammel Dem. Appleton
21 2 John J. Knowlton Ind.D. Seymour
3 Henry Mumbrue Ind.R. Waupaca
33 Ozaukee 1 Gustav Gotze Ref. Port Washington
2 William Carbys Ind.R. Mequon
24 Pierce Christopher L. Taylor Dem. Maiden Rock
29 Portage Thomas W. Anderson Rep. Stevens Point
05 Racine 1 Norton J. Field Rep. Racine
2 Elias White Ref. Burlington
28 Richland 1 J. L. R. McCollum Dem. Sextonville
2 Henry H. Hoyt Rep. West Branch
17 Rock 1 Lloyd T. Pullen Rep. Evansville
2 George Gleason Rep. Lima
3 Andrew Barlass Rep. Harmony
4 Sereno Merrill Rep. Beloit
5 Jere A. Blount Dem. Janesville
14 Sauk 1 David B. Hulburt Rep. Loganville
2 Silas J. Seymour Rep. Dellona
01 Sheboygan 1 Joseph Wedig Ref. Sheboygan
2 William Noll Rep. Cascade
3 Louis Wolf Dem. Sheboygan Falls
24 St. Croix Philo Boyden Ref. Hudson
32 Trempealeau Noah D. Comstock Rep. Arcadia
04 Vernon 1 John Stevenson Rep. Harmony
2 Timothy S. Jordan Rep. Union
08 Walworth 1 Charles S. Teeple Rep. Darien
2 Benoni Reynolds Rep. Geneva
3 D. Manfield Stearns Rep. Sugar Creek
33 Washington 1 Andrew Martin Dem. Jackson
2 Philip Schneider Dem. Farmington
10 Waukesha 1 William H. Hardy Dem. Genesee
2 James S. Dent Rep. Menomonee Falls
25 Waushara Jabez K. Walker Rep. East Oasis
19 Winnebago 1 Thomas Wall Dem. Oshkosh
2 Eric McArthur Rep. Winneconne
3 Leroy S. Chase Rep. Omro
4 Sidney Shufelt Rep. Poygan

Employees

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Senate employees

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  • Chief Clerk: Andrew Jackson Turner[2]
    • Assistant Clerk: J. F. A. Williams
    • Bookkeeper: J. T. Huntington
    • Engrossing Clerk: Ms. Georgie Clise
    • Enrolling Clerk: J. T. Jacobson
    • Transcribing Clerk: Ed. Borcherdt
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: R. T. Gardner
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: George Hawley
  • Postmaster: D. McBride
    • Assistant Postmaster: C. A. Carter
  • Gallery Attendant: R. B. Winsor
    • Assistant Attendant: A. T. Conger
    • Committee Room Attendants:
      • H. A. Head
      • Alfred Newgent
      • C. H. Newton
  • Doorkeepers:
    • M. Lynch
    • T. Torkelson
    • S. F. Leavitt
    • Hohn Hallahan
  • Porter: T. H. Hanson
  • Janitor: P. Gilluly
  • Messengers:
    • Arthur A. Hills
    • Sherman G. Potter
    • Daniel Trainer
    • Herbert Rinder
    • Eugene Abbott
    • Fred Richards
    • George Gewicke
    • Lucien Pickarts
    • Willie Scampton

Assembly employees

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  • Chief Clerk: Rollin M. Strong[2]
    • Assistant Clerk: Chester Deming Long
    • Bookkeeper: William M. Fogo
    • Engrossing Clerk: Mrs. Fannie Vilas
    • Enrolling Clerk: R. A. Gillett
    • Transcribing Clerk: J. P. Cooper
    • Clerk for the Committee on Judiciary: Frank O. Wisner
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Elisha Starr
    • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: George H. Osgood
  • Postmaster: John H. Manschot
    • Assistant Postmaster: Fred M. Griswold
  • Doorkeepers:
    • Henry Matthews
    • William F. Shallock
    • T. E. Abbott
    • E. S. Chase
  • Committee Room Attendants:
    • John Hannon
    • W. H. Bell
    • W. R. Kent
    • Richard Prichard
  • Gallery Attendants:
    • W. Alten
    • Frank Burgess
  • Porter: W. F. Bingman
  • Night Watch: C. F. Ainsworth
  • Fireman: Thomas Nelson
  • Speaker's Messenger: Charles Weight
  • Chief Clerk's Messenger: Theo. Thorson
  • Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: M. L. Parker
  • Messengers:
    • Willie Betts
    • Walter Holt
    • Joseph Ready
    • Mark Baker
    • Harry Meeker
    • B. B. Jones
    • Lyman Curtis
    • James DeBauker
    • Willie Plumb
    • Julius Voltz
    • Lucius Cannon
    • Freddie D. Fagg
    • Henry Delaney

References

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  1. ^ Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 236–238. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Bashford, R. M., ed. (1876). "Official Directory" (PDF). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 449–491. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
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