- Source: 16th Wisconsin Legislature
The Sixteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1863, to April 2, 1863, in regular session.
Senators representing odd-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 4, 1862. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 5, 1861.
Major events
January 1, 1863: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation went into effect.
April 30–May 8, 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville took place in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Six regiments of Wisconsin Volunteers participated in the battle.
May 18–July 4, 1863: Siege of Vicksburg took place in Warren County, Mississippi. Seventeen regiments of Wisconsin Volunteers participated in the siege.
July 1–3, 1863: Battle of Gettysburg took place near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Six regiments of Wisconsin Volunteers participated in the battle. Future-Governor of Wisconsin Lucius Fairchild and future State Treasurer Henry Baetz were wounded.
November 3, 1863: James T. Lewis elected Governor of Wisconsin.
Major legislation
March 13, 1863: Joint Resolution recommending Colonels J. C. Starkweather and Geo. E. Bryant to promotion, 1863 Joint Resolution 2
March 25, 1863: Joint Resolution relative to adopting state flag, 1863 Joint Resolution 4
March 26, 1863: Act to provide for continuing the work on the state capitol, 1863 Act 107
March 28, 1863: Act to authorize the borrowing of money to repel invasion, suppress insurrection and defend the state in time of war, 1863 Act 157
April 1, 1863: Act authorizing the governor to take care of the sick and wounded soldiers of the Wisconsin volunteers, and appropriating money out of the treasury for that purpose, 1863 Act 196
April 1, 1863: Act to provide for compensating parties whose property may be injured or destroyed in consequence of mobs or riots, 1863 Act 211
April 1, 1863: Act to provide for the enrollment of persons liable to perform military duty, and the organization of the state militia for active service, 1863 Act 242
April 2, 1863: Act to provide for the relief of families of persons who may die in the military service of the United States or of the state of Wisconsin, 1863 Act 264
Party summary
= Senate summary
== Assembly summary
=Sessions
1st Regular session: January 14, 1863 – April 2, 1863
Leaders
= Senate leadership
=President of the Senate: Vacant
President pro tempore: Wyman Spooner
= Assembly leadership
=Speaker of the Assembly: J. Allen Barber
Members
= Members of the Senate
=Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Sixteenth Wisconsin Legislature:
= Members of the Assembly
=Members of the Assembly for the Sixteenth Wisconsin Legislature:
Employees
= Senate employees
=Chief Clerk: Frank M. Stewart
Assistant Clerk: J. M. Randall
Engrossing Clerk: G. W. Campbell
Enrolling Clerk: George W. Stoner
Transcribing Clerk: J. J. Tschudy
Sergeant-at-Arms: Luther Basford
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: James L. Wilder
Postmaster: James L. Hosford
Assistant Postmaster: John Van t'Woud
Doorkeeper: B. S. Miller
Assistant Doorkeeper: Francis Mika
Assistant Doorkeeper: Samuel Bachman
Assistant Doorkeeper: Paul Halverson
Firemen:
Alex Stilwell
John Crowley
Messengers:
J. E. Brown
John Hutchins
Albert F. Dexter
Frank Kellogg
Porter: George E. Albee
= Assembly employees
=Chief Clerk: John S. Dean
Assistant Clerk: Ephraim W. Young
Bookkeeper: Merrick P. Wing
Engrossing Clerk: Herbert A. Lewis
Enrolling Clerk: S. Canning Fisher
Transcribing Clerk: Henry C. Hadley
Sergeant-at-Arms: A. M. Thomson
1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: C. D. Lon
2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: D. S. Hawley
Postmaster: M. B. Patchin
1st Assistant Postmaster: John B. Eugene
2nd Assistant Postmaster: Oscar Babcock
Doorkeeper: Franklin Kelly
Assistant Doorkeeper: A. J. Fuller
Assistant Doorkeeper: P. P. Davis
Assistant Doorkeeper: William C. Lesure
Firemen:
H. H. Hayward
Philip Carey
Iver Knudsen
Messengers:
Adam Waltz
James E. Dean
Richard L. Hayward
Edgar C. McLaughlin
Patrick W. Lannen
William H. Miller
Louis Sholes
George D. Potter
Mark W. Bailey
References
Notes
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