• Source: 37th Wisconsin Legislature

The Thirty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1885, to April 13, 1885, in regular session.
Senators representing even-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 even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 4, 1884. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 7, 1882.




Major events


January 27, 1885: John Coit Spooner elected United States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature in Joint Session.
February 16, 1885: Charles Dow published the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
March 4, 1885: Inauguration of Grover Cleveland as the 22nd President of the United States.
March 12, 1885: Wisconsin state legislator William Freeman Vilas was confirmed as United States Postmaster General.
March 26, 1885: Prussia began deporting Poles and Jews from their territory.
June 17, 1885: The Statue of Liberty arrived at New York Harbor.
May 1, 1886: A general strike began in the United States.
May 4, 1886: Wisconsin National Guard soldiers fired at a group of striking workers in Bay View, Milwaukee, killing seven, in an incident known as the Bay View massacre.
May 17, 1886: The United States Supreme Court, in the case Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co., held that corporations had the same rights as living persons.
September 4, 1886: Apache leader Geronimo surrendered to U.S. Army forces at Skeleton Canyon, Arizona.
September 9, 1886: The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works was signed in Bern, Switzerland.
November 2, 1886: Jeremiah McLain Rusk re-elected as Governor of Wisconsin.




Major legislation


March 9, 1885: An Act relating to fire escapes, and amendatory of section 4575a, of the revised statutes, 1885 Act 50. Required easy-to-access metallic or fire-proof fire escape ladders for buildings taller than three floors.
March 23, 1885: An Act to regulate the practice of dentistry, and to establish a state board of dental examiners, 1885 Act 129.
Joint Resolution to amend section 1, article 10, of the constitution, relating to education, 1885 Joint Resolution 34. Proposed an amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin to clarify the wording of the section defining the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin and other education-supervision officers. The proposed amendment would also remove the maximum compensation limit for the Superintendent, which had been set at $1200 per year.




Party summary






= Senate summary

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= Assembly summary

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Sessions


1st Regular session: January 14, 1885 – April 13, 1885




Leaders






= Senate leadership

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President of the Senate: Sam S. Fifield (R)
President pro tempore: Edward S. Minor (R)




= Assembly leadership

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Speaker of the Assembly: Hiram O. Fairchild (R)




Members






= Members of the Senate

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Members of the Senate for the Thirty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:




= Members of the Assembly

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Members of the Assembly for the Thirty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature:




Committees






= Senate committees

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Senate Committee on Agriculture
Senate Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes
Senate Committee on Education
Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills
Senate Committee on Engrossed 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

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Assembly Committee on Agriculture – Chester Hazen, chair
Assembly Committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes – C. E. Estabrook, chair
Assembly Committee on Bills on their Third Reading – John K. Parish, chair
Assembly Committee on Cities – J. E. Friend, chair
Assembly Committee on Education – C. E. Buell, chair
Assembly Committee on Engrossed Bills – Samuel B. Stanchfield, chair
Assembly Committee on Enrolled Bills – R. W. Pierce, chair
Assembly Committee on Federal Relations – A. W. Sanborn, chair
Assembly Committee on Incorporations – Marion Wescott, chair
Assembly Committee on Insurance, Banks, and Banking – W. H. Blyton, chair
Assembly Committee on the Judiciary – Pliny Norcross, chair
Assembly Committee on Legislative Expenditures – S. D. Hubbard, chair
Assembly Committee on Lumber and Manufactures – Thomas B. Mills, chair
Assembly Committee on Medical Societies – J. C. Reynolds, chair
Assembly Committee on Militia – F. W. Byers, chair
Assembly Committee on Privileges and Elections – Charles G. Thomas, chair
Assembly Committee on Public Improvements – M. C. Hobart, chair
Assembly Committee on Railroads – H. J. Goddard, chair
Assembly Committee on Roads and Bridges – George G. Cox, chair
Assembly Committee on State Lands – S. R. Clark, chair
Assembly Committee on State Affairs – L. J. Brayton, chair
Assembly Committee on Town and County Organization – William H. Young, chair
Assembly Committee on Ways and Means – Thomas Porter, chair




= Joint committees

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Joint Committee on Charitable and Penal Institutions
Joint Committee on Claims
Joint Committee on Printing




Employees






= Senate employees

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Chief Clerk: Charles E. Bross
Assistant Clerk: Fred W. Coon
Bookkeeper: J. H. Whitney
Engrossing Clerk: J. M. Hayden
Enrolling Clerk: E. S. Hotchkiss
Transcribing Clerk: F. J. Turner
Proofreader: Adelbert D. Thorp
Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: Willard W. D. Turner
Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: John O. Newgard
Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: John O. Newgard
Clerk for the Committee on Claims: John O. Newgard
Document Clerk: J. J. Marshall
Sergeant-at-Arms: Hubert Wolcott
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: T. J. George
Postmaster: J. F. McKenzie
Assistant Postmaster: George A. Ludington
Gallery Attendant: Michael Bransfield
Document Room Attendant: Frank Partridge
Doorkeepers:
John C. Frisvold
Frederick H. Johnson
Alvah Eaton
William Crank
Porter: O. J. Wiley
Night Watch: H. Worthington
Janitor: Daniel Corbett
Messengers:
W. M. Smith
Ben Smith
Lemuel Parry
Elliot B. Davis
Ferdinand Werner
Adolph Glenz
Willis Melville
Werner Pressentine
Guy Paine




= Assembly employees

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Chief Clerk: Edwin Coe
1st Assistant Clerk: John W. DeGroff
2nd Assistant Clerk: Theodore W. Goldin
Bookkeeper: J. T. Huntington
Engrossing Clerk: Egbert Wyman
Enrolling Clerk: L. J. Burlingame
Transcribing Clerk: Ellis C. Oliver
Proofreader: D. P. Beach
Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: Frank D. Jackson
Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Robert W. Pierce Jr.
Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: Warren Meiklejohn
Document Clerk: H. G. Brown
Sergeant-at-Arms: John M. Ewing
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: William A. Adamson
Postmaster: J. H. Young
Assistant Postmaster: Frank M. Durkee
Doorkeepers:
W. A. Mayhew
G. W. Dart
A. A. Curtis
Fred Dewey
Fireman: W. J. Bendixon
Gallery Attendants:
Goetlieb Schuebbert
W. Muntz
Committee Room Attendant: L. B. Kinney
Document Room Attendant: John H. Pulcifer
Porter: James Nolan
Policeman: Ed. Dempey
Flagman: F. O. Janzen
Night Watch: Michael J. Wallrich
Wash Room Attendant: Bertie Oftelie
Messengers:
James Howley
Willie Gillett
Willie Baker
Herman Schulze
Eugene Wescott
Charles McGee
Eddie Sherman
Willie Robson
Clifford Best
Willie Smith
Lewis Adams




Notes






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