- Source: 22nd Wisconsin Legislature
The Twenty-Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 13, 1869, to March 11, 1869, 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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 3, 1868. 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, 1867.
Major events
January 27, 1869: Matthew H. Carpenter was elected United States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature in Joint Session.
March 4, 1869: Inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant as 18th President of the United States
May 15, 1869: The National Woman Suffrage Association was founded in New York.
Major legislation
March 9, 1869: Joint Resolution ratifying the proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States, 1869 Joint Resolution 6.
March 9, 1869: Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution of the state so as to authorize the abolishment of the grand jury system, 1869 Joint Resolution 7. This amendment was ratified at the November 1870 general election.
March 10, 1869: An Act to codify the laws of this state relating to highways and bridges, 1869 Act 152
March 11, 1869: Joint Resolution proposing amendment to section 4 article 7 of the constitution, 1869 Joint Resolution 8. Proposed expanding the Wisconsin Supreme Court from three to five justices. This amendment was rejected by voters in November 1872, but the court expansion was successful on a subsequent attempt in 1878.
Party summary
= Senate summary
== Assembly summary
=Sessions
1st Regular session: January 13, 1869 – March 11, 1869
Leaders
= Senate leadership
=President of the Senate: Wyman Spooner (R)
President pro tempore: George C. Hazelton (R)
= Assembly leadership
=Speaker of the Assembly: Alexander M. Thomson (R)
Members
= Members of the Senate
=Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Twenty-Second Wisconsin Legislature:
= Members of the Assembly
=Members of the Assembly for the Twenty-Second Wisconsin Legislature:
Employees
= Senate employees
=Chief Clerk: L. B. Hills
Assistant Clerk: John S. Wilson
Bookkeeper: H. H. Rust
Engrossing Clerk: J. H. Culvor
Enrolling Clerk: W. T. Brayton
Transcribing Clerk: E. M. Truell
Sergeant-at-Arms: W. H. Hamilton
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Franklin Kelly
Postmaster: T. L. Terry
Assistant Postmaster: George Pietssch
Doorkeeper: John McGill
Assistant Doorkeeper: P. C. Selden
Assistant Doorkeeper: J. K. Parish
Assistant Doorkeeper: Mark Shepard
Gallery Doorkeeper: Henry Taylor
Night Watch: E. C. Arnold
Porter & Mess: Martin Mulville
Messengers:
Robert B. McCord
Charlie S. Vedder
George Webster
V. Wilson
William Gleason
Edward Knight
= Assembly employees
=Chief Clerk: Ephraim W. Young
Assistant Clerk: William M. Newcomb
Bookkeeper: Fred A. Dennett
Engrossing Clerk: A. H. Reed
Enrolling Clerk: E. H. Webb
Transcribing Clerk: E. C. Clark
Sergeant-at-Arms: R. C. Kelly
1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Sam Fifield
2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: E. A. Gibbons
Postmaster: C. F. Solberg
1st Assistant Postmaster: Sam Bartholomew
2nd Assistant Postmaster: H. C. Warner
Doorkeepers:
A. McLaughlin
T. H. Grist
J. Dickinson
H. Seffens
Night Watch: James Roberts
Firemen:
J. Warren
Samuel Bachman
Speaker's Messenger: Parke I. Graves
Chief Clerk's Messenger: Frank R. Norton
Messengers:
Thomas McDonald
Charles H. Newton
Henry A. Douglass
Emile Hammer
George Aiken
Howley Baxter
C. Bingham
G. F. Hibbard
Dan Fitzpatrick
Gallery Attendants:
William Woolnough
W. P. Borroughs
References
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