- Source: 36th Wisconsin Legislature
The Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1883, to April 4, 1883, in regular session.
This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session.
This session also saw the implementation of an 1881 amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin. The amendment converted the Legislature from annual sessions to biennial sessions, and doubled the length of terms for legislative officeholders.
Senators representing odd-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first two years of a four-year term. Assembly members were elected to a two-year term. Assembly members and odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 7, 1882. Senators representing even-numbered districts had been elected in the general election of November 8, 1881, and their term was extended from two years to three years, with the end of their term coinciding with the end of this (36th) legislative term.
Major events
January 10, 1883: The Newhall House Hotel Fire in Milwaukee killed 73 people, including former Wisconsin state senator and judge George B. Reed.
January 20, 1883: The 1883 Tehachapi train wreck resulted in 15 deaths, including former Wisconsin congressman Charles H. Larrabee.
October 15, 1883: The United States Supreme Court decided the Civil Rights Cases, striking down parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 and permitting individuals and corporations to discriminate based on race.
November 8, 1883: The partially-constructed south wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol collapsed, killing six laborers and wounding 15 others.
November 15, 1883: The United States and Canada implemented five standard time zones for the North American continent.
April 20, 1884: Pope Leo XIII published the encyclical Humanum genus, denouncing Freemasonry and certain liberal beliefs which he considered to be associated with it.
May 1, 1884: The eight-hour workday was proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. The date would later become recognized in nearly every industrialized country as May Day or Labour Day.
October 22, 1884: The International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C., established the Greenwich meridian as the prime meridian.
November 4, 1884: 1884 United States general election:
Grover Cleveland elected President of the United States.
Jeremiah McLain Rusk re-elected as Governor of Wisconsin.
December 6, 1884: The Washington Monument was completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at that time.
Major legislation
March 9, 1883: An Act relating to electors and general elections, and amendatory of sections 12 and 14, chapter 5, of the revised statutes, 1883 Act 29. Established that eligible voters in Wisconsin can vote in any precinct where they had been residents for at least ten days prior to the election. It also established that a person could be disqualified from voting if they were convicted of bribery, or found to be gambling on election outcomes.
April 3, 1883: An act to create a bureau of labor statistics, 1883 Act 319.
Party summary
= Senate summary
== Assembly summary
=Sessions
1st Regular session: January 10, 1883 – April 4, 1883
Leaders
= Senate leadership
=President of the Senate: Sam S. Fifield (R)
President pro tempore: George W. Ryland (R)
= Assembly leadership
=Speaker of the Assembly: Earl Finch (D)
Members
= Members of the Senate
=Members of the Senate for the Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature:
= Members of the Assembly
=Members of the Assembly for the Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature:
Committees
= Senate committees
=Senate Committee on Agriculture
Senate Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes
Senate Committee on Education
Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills
Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills
Senate Committee on Federal Relations
Senate Committee on Finance, Banks, and Insurance
Senate Committee on Incorporations
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Senate Committee on Legislative Expenditures
Senate Committee on Manufactures and Commerce
Senate Committee on Military Affairs
Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections
Senate Committee on Public Lands
Senate Committee on Railroads
Senate Committee on Roads and Bridges
Senate Committee on State Affairs
Senate Committee on Town and County Organizations
= Assembly committees
=Assembly Committee on Agriculture
Assembly Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes
Assembly Committee on Bills on their Third Reading
Assembly Committee on Cities
Assembly Committee on Education
Assembly Committee on Engrossed Bills
Assembly Committee on Enrolled Bills
Assembly Committee on Federal Relations
Assembly Committee on Incorporations
Assembly Committee on Insurance, Banks, and Banking
Assembly Committee on the Judiciary
Assembly Committee on Legislative Expenditures
Assembly Committee on Lumber and Manufactures
Assembly Committee on Medical Societies
Assembly Committee on Militia
Assembly Committee on Privileges and Elections
Assembly Committee on Public Improvements
Assembly Committee on Public Lands
Assembly Committee on Railroads
Assembly Committee on Roads and Bridges
Assembly Committee on State Affairs
Assembly Committee on Town and County Organization
Assembly Committee on Ways and Means
= Joint committees
=Joint Committee on Charitable and Penal Institutions
Joint Committee on Claims
Joint Committee on Printing
Changes from the 35th Legislature
New districts for the 36th Legislature were defined in 1882 Wisconsin Act 242, passed into law in the 35th Wisconsin Legislature.
= Senate redistricting
=Summary of changes
23 Senate districts were left unchanged (or were only renumbered).
Dane County went from having 2 districts to 1 (26).
Partisan implications
Republicans had 18 safe seats, down from 20.
Democrats had 6 safe seats, no change from the previous map.
9 seats were competitive, up from 7.
Senate districts
= Assembly redistricting
=Summary of changes
51 Assembly districts were left unchanged (or were only renumbered).
Adams and Marquette counties were combined into a shared district after previously being separate districts.
Brown County went from having 3 districts to 2.
Calumet County went from having its 1 district to having 1 whole district and 1 shared district with Outagamie County.
Chippewa County became its own district after previously having been in a shared district with Price.
Clark and Wood counties each became their own Assembly districts after previously having been in a shared district with Lincoln and Taylor counties.
Dane County went from having 3 districts to 5.
Fond du Lac County went from having 4 districts to 3.
Jefferson County went from having 3 districts to 2.
Juneau County went from having 2 districts to 1.
The northeast corner of the state, comprising Florence, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto, and Shawano counties, went from 1 shared district to 3.
Milwaukee County went from having 11 districts to 12.
Pepin County became its own district after previously having been in a shared district with Buffalo County.
Polk County became its own district after previously having been in a shared district with Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, and Douglas counties.
Walworth County went from having 3 districts to 2.
Richland County went from having 2 districts to 1.
Waukesha County went from having 2 districts to 1.
Winnebago County went from having 4 districts to 3.
Assembly districts
Employees
= Senate employees
=Chief Clerk: Charles E. Bross
Assistant Clerk: J. W. Bates
Bookkeeper: Oliver Munson
Engrossing Clerk: Thomas Bright
Enrolling Clerk: James T. Greene
Transcribing Clerk: Samuel S. Lockhart
Proofreader: Willard W. Flinn
Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: A. T. E. Blessing
Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Stephen Thomas
Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: E. S. Hotchkiss
Clerk for the Committee on Claims: J. H. Whitney
Document Clerk: Thomas Watson
Sergeant-at-Arms: Adelbert D. Thorp
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles A. Landridge
Postmaster: H. C. Spaulding
Assistant Postmaster: John J. Marshall
Gallery Attendant: Claus Johnson
Committee Room Attendant: A. A. Curtis
Document Room Attendant: Frank Hutson
Doorkeepers:
Joseph Granvogel
H. T. E. Tilleson
Jos. S. Adlington
Jos. W. Hodges
Porter: O. L. Wright
Night Watch: G. W. Churchill
Janitor: Owen Pritchard
Messengers:
Charlie Adamson
Lemuel R. Parry
Emile Forgeot
Fred. D. Irish
Elliot B. Davis
A. M. Kneeland
Dennie M. Wright
= Assembly employees
=Chief Clerk: Isaac T. Carr
1st Assistant Clerk: James W. Murphy
2nd Assistant Clerk: J. L. O'Connor
Bookkeeper: Clarence L. Clark
Engrossing Clerk: C. R. Blumenfeld
Enrolling Clerk: Charles N. Holden
Transcribing Clerk: James Douglas
Proofreader: George Stone
Clark for the Judiciary Committee: Joseph Roy
Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: W. C. Brawley
Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: J. C. Conners
Sergeant-at-Arms: Thomas Kennedy
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Bernard McGinty
Postmaster: T. W. Wiebold
Assistant Postmaster: William H. Fitzgerald
Doorkeepers:
Byron Abert
John D. Bradford
O. B. Phelps
Fireman: Frank Grams
Gallery Attendants:
T. F. McCarty
Michael Riedy
Engrossing Room Attendant: J. B. Rand
Policeman: John W. Liebenstein
Night Watch: A. H. Burns
Wash Room Attendant: Matthew Dunne
Messengers:
W. G. Kropf
H. Allman
J. F. Donovan
References
External links
1883: Related Documents from Wisconsin Legislature
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