• Source: 29th Wisconsin Legislature

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.




Major events


January 3, 1876: Inauguration of Harrison Ludington as the 13th Governor of Wisconsin.
February 2, 1876: The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs was founded at a meeting in Chicago.
March 7, 1876: Alexander Graham Bell was granted a United States patent for the telephone.
March 27, 1876: The United States Supreme Court decided the case United States v. Reese, narrowing the scope of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and enabling the creation of new laws to limit the voting rights of African Americans. On the same day, the court also decided the case United States v. Cruikshank, significantly limiting the power of the federal government to enforce civil rights protections.
June 25 – June 26, 1876: 300 men of the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment were killed by a force of Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
July 4, 1876: United States Centennial.
November 7, 1876: The 1876 United States presidential election was held. Rutherford B. Hayes was the apparent winner of the electoral college votes, but the results were bitterly disputed due to various fraud schemes in southern states, and the fact that Samuel J. Tilden was the apparent winner of the popular vote.




Major legislation


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




Party summary






= Senate summary

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= Assembly summary

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Sessions


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




Leaders






= Senate leadership

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President of the Senate: Charles D. Parker (D)
President pro tempore: Robert L. D. Potter (R)




= Assembly leadership

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Speaker of the Assembly: Sam S. Fifield (R)




Members






= Members of the Senate

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Members of the Senate for the Twenty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature:




= Members of the Assembly

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Members of the Assembly for the Twenty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature:




Employees






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Chief Clerk: Andrew Jackson Turner
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
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






External links


1876: Related Documents from Wisconsin Legislature

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