19th Wisconsin Legislature explained

19th Wisconsin Legislature
Body:	Wisconsin Legislature
Before:	18th
After:	20th
Chamber1:	Senate
Membership1:	33
Control1:	National Union
Chamber1 Leader2:	Willard H. Chandler (U)
Chamber2:	Assembly
Membership2:	100
Control2:	National Union
Chamber2 Leader1:	Henry D. Barron (U)

The Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1866, to April 12, 1866, 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 7, 1865. 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 8, 1864.^[1]

Major events

January 1, 1866: Inauguration of Lucius Fairchild as the 10th Governor of Wisconsin.
April 9, 1866: Congress overrode the veto of President Andrew Johnson to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
July 24, 1866: Tennessee became the first state readmitted to the Union after the American Civil War.
August 23, 1866: The Treaty of Prague ended the Austro-Prussian War, establishing Prussian hegemony over the German states of central Europe.
October 12, 1866: The Treaty of Vienna ended the Third Italian War of Independence, with the Austrian Empire conceding the region of Venetia.

Major legislation

April 21, 1866: Act to apportion the state into Senate and Assembly districts, 1866 Act 101

Party summary

Senate summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)

	Democratic	Union	Republican	Vacant
End of previous Legislature	8		25	0	33	0

1st Session	10		23	0	33	0

Final voting share

Beginning of the next Legislature	11		22	0	33	0

Assembly summary

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)

	Democratic	Union	Republican	Vacant
End of previous Legislature	33		67	0	100	0

Start of 1st Session	34		66	0	100	0
From January 30	33		67	0	100	0

Final voting share

Beginning of the next Legislature	26		74	0	100	0

Sessions

1st Regular session: January 10, 1866April 12, 1866

Leaders

Senate leadership

President of the Senate: Wyman Spooner
President pro tempore: Willard H. Chandler

Assembly leadership

Speaker of the Assembly: Henry D. Barron

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature:^[2]

Dist.	Counties	Senator	Residence	Party
	Sheboygan		Sheboygan		Union
2	Brown, Kewaunee		Green Bay		Dem.
3	Ozaukee		Ozaukee		Dem.
4	Washington		West Bend		Dem.
	5	Milwaukee (Northern Part)		Milwaukee		Dem.
6	Milwaukee (Southern Part)		Milwaukee		Dem.
7	Racine		Racine		Union
8	Kenosha		Kenosha		Union
9	Adams, Juneau, Waushara		Wautoma		Union
10	Waukesha		Summit		Dem.
11	Dane (Eastern Part)		Windsor		Union
12	Walworth		Whitewater		Union
13	Lafayette		Gratiot		Union
14	Sauk		Baraboo		Union
15	Iowa		Avoca		Union
16	Grant		Platteville		Union
17	Rock		Janesville		Union
18	Dodge (Western Part)		Fox Lake		Union
19	Manitowoc, Calumet		Manitowoc		Dem.
20	Fond du Lac		Nanaupa		Union
21	Winnebago		Waukau		Union
22	Door, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw		Appleton		Dem.
23	Jefferson		Waterloo		Dem.
24	Green		Monticello		Union
25	Columbia		Kilbourn City		Union
26	Dane (Western Part)		Madison		Union
27	Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood		Waupaca		Union
28	Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix		Hudson		Union
29	Marquette, Green Lake		Princeton		Union
30	Bad Ax, Crawford, Richland		Prairie du Chien		Union
31	La Crosse, Monroe		Sparta		Union
32	Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau		Eau Claire		Union
33	Dodge (Eastern Part)		Horicon		Dem.

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature:^[2]

Senate District	County	Dist.	Representative	Party	Residence
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Adams			Union	Friendship
28	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk			Union	St. Croix Falls
02	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Brown			Dem.	Green Bay
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Buffalo, Pepin, Trempealeau			Union	Sumner
19	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Calumet			Dem.	Chilton
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire			Union	Chippewa Falls
32	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Clark, Jackson			Union	Black River Falls
25	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Columbia	1			Union	Portage
	2			Union	Poynette
	3			Union	Cambria
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Crawford			Union	Boscobel
11	text-align="left" rowspan="5"	Dane	1			Union	Cambridge
11	2			Union	Sun Prairie
26	3			Dem.	Mendota
	4			Union	Verona
	5			Union	Madison
18	text-align="left" rowspan="5"		1			Union	Westford
	2			Union	Beaver Dam
	3			Dem.	Burnett
33	4			Dem.	Theresa
33	5			Dem.	Ashippun
22	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Door, Oconto, Shawano			Union	Marinette
20	text-align="left" rowspan="5"		1			Union	Ripon
	2			Union	Bugle
	3			Union
	4			Dem.	Moria
	5			Dem.	Auburn
16	text-align="left" rowspan="5"		1			Union	Platteville
	2			Union	Fair Play
	3			Union	Montfort
	4			Union	Millville
	5			Union	Glen Haven
24	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Green	1			Union	Albany
24	2			Union	Monroe
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Green Lake			Union	Berlin
15	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Iowa	1			Dem.	Highland
15	2			Union	Mineral Point
23	text-align="left" rowspan="4"	Jefferson	1			Dem.	Watertown
	2			Union	Waterloo
	3			Union	Jefferson
	4			Union	Rome
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Juneau			Union	New Lisbon
08	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Union	Kenosha
02	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Dem.	Dyckesville
31	text-align="left" colspan="2"	La Crosse			Union	La Crosse
13	text-align="left" rowspan="2"		1			Dem.	Elk Grove
13	2			Union	Wiota
19	text-align="left" rowspan="3"	Manitowoc	1			Union	Meeme
	2			Dem.	Brant's Mills
	3			Dem.	Two Rivers
27	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marathon, Wood			Dem.	Wausau
29	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Marquette			Dem.	Montello
05	text-align="left" rowspan="9"	Milwaukee	1			Dem.	Milwaukee
05	2			Dem.	Milwaukee
06	3			Dem.	Milwaukee
	4			Dem.	Milwaukee
	5			Dem.	Milwaukee
05	6			Dem.	Milwaukee
05	7			Dem.	Brown Deer
06	8			Dem.	Wauwatosa
06	9			Dem.	Milwaukee
31	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Monroe			Union	Sparta
22	text-align="left" colspan="2" rowspan="2"	Outagamie			Dem.	Appleton
22			Union	Appleton
03	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Dem.	Port Washington
28	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Pierce, St. Croix			Union	Prescott
27	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Portage			Union	Plover
07	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Union	Racine
	2			Union	Racine
	3			Union	Rochester
30	text-align="left" colspan="2"	Richland			Union	Lone Rock
17	text-align="left" rowspan="6"		1			Union	Janesville
	2			Union	Edgerton
	3			Union	Clinton
	4			Union	Beloit
	5			Union	Janesville
	6			Union	Hanover
14	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Sauk	1			Union	Loganville
14	2			Union	Reedsburg
01	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Union
	2			Union
	3			Dem.	Adell
	4			Union	Rhine
30	text-align="left" rowspan="2"	Vernon	1			Union	De Soto
30	2			Union	Hillsboro
12	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Union	Delavan
	2			Union	Sugar Creek
	3			Union	Geneva
	4			Union	East Troy
04	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Dem.	Toland's Prairie
	2			Dem.	Barton
	3			Dem.	Barton
10	text-align="left" rowspan="4"		1			Dem.	Elm Grove
	2			Union	Hartland
	3			Dem.	North Prairie
	4			Union	Dodge's Corners
27	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Union	Iola
09	text-align="left" colspan="2"				Union	Dakota
21	text-align="left" rowspan="3"		1			Union	Oshkosh
	2			Union	Neenah
	3			Union	Oshkosh

Notes and References

The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin . State of Wisconsin . 1882 . Heg . J. E. . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1882/reference/wi.wibluebk1882.i0011.pdf . Annals of the Legislature . 212–214 . July 19, 2021 .
The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1866/reference/wi.wibluebk1866.i0017.pdf . Legislative Department . 84–85, 98–102 . Stewart . Frank M.. Young . E. W. . State of Wisconsin . 1866 . July 17, 2021.