- Source: 2nd Wisconsin Territorial Assembly
The Second Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory convened from November 26, 1838, to December 22, 1838, from January 21, 1839, to March 11, 1839, and from December 2, 1839, to January 13, 1840, in regular session. The Assembly also convened in an extra session from August 3, 1840, to August 14, 1840.
Major events
September 4, 1839: The Battle of Kowloon marked the start of the First Opium War between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Qing dynasty.
July 1, 1839: Enslaved Africans aboard the Amistad rebelled at took control of the ship.
December 1839: Horatio N. Wells appointed the 2nd Attorney General for the Wisconsin Territory.
December 2, 1839: The first edition of the Madison Express was published at Madison.
December 6, 1839: The first national convention of the Whig Party was held at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and nominated General William Henry Harrison for President of the United States.
October 3 – December 2, 1840: William Henry Harrison elected President of the United States.
Major legislation
December 20, 1839: An Act to amend an act entitled "An Act to provide for and regulate General Elections," 1839 Wisc. Terr. Act 1. Changed the date of general elections to the fourth Monday in September.
January 8, 1840: An Act to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors to Indians, 1840 Wis. Terr. Act 17.
January 11, 1840: An Act to provide for taking the census, or enumeration of the inhabitants of this Territory, and to fix the time of holding an extra session of the Legislative Assembly, 1839 Wis. Terr. Act 27.
January 13, 1840: An Act limiting the term of office of all officers of this Territory, not now limited by law, 1839 Wisc. Terr. Act 50. Set a 2-year term for all Wisconsin Territory offices not previously described by law.
Sessions
1st session: November 26, 1838 – December 22, 1838
2nd session: January 21, 1839 – March 11, 1839
3rd session: December 2, 1839 – January 13, 1840
Extra session: August 3, 1840 – August 14, 1840
Leadership
= Council President
=William Bullen - during the 1st session
James Collins - during the 2nd and 3rd sessions
William A. Prentiss - during the extra session
= Speaker of the House of Representatives
=John Wilford Blackstone Sr. (W) - during the 1st session
Lucius Israel Barber (W) - during the 2nd session
Edward V. Whiton (W) - during the 3rd session
Nelson Dewey (D) - during the extra session
Members
= Members of the Council
=Members of the Council for the Second Legislative Assembly:
= Members of the House of Representatives
=Members of the House of Representatives for the Second Legislative Assembly:
Employees
= Council employees
=Secretary:
George Beatty, all sessions
Sergeant-at-Arms:
Stephen N. Ives, 1st & 2nd sessions
Thomas J. Noyes, 3rd session
Gilbert Knapp, extra session
= House employees
=Chief Clerk:
John Catlin, all sessions
Sergeant-at-Arms:
Thomas Morgan, 1st session
Thomas J. Moorman, 2nd session
James Durley, 3rd session
D. M. Whitney, extra session
References
External links
Wisconsin Legislature website