22nd Wisconsin Legislature

The Twenty-Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from to 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, 1869March 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

External links

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