The Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1850, to February 11, 1850, 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. Senators representing odd numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term.

Major events

* January 7, 1850: Second Inauguration of

Nelson Dewey Nelson Webster Dewey (December 19, 1813July 21, 1889) was an American pioneer, lawyer, and politician. He was the first Governor of Wisconsin. Early life Dewey was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, on December 19, 1813, to Ebenezer and Lucy (né ...

Governor of Wisconsin The governor of Wisconsin is the head of government of Wisconsin and the commander-in-chief of the state's army and air forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Wiscons ...

* January 7, 1850: Inauguration of

Samuel Beall Samuel Wootton Beall (June 16, 1807September 26, 1868) was an American land speculator, lawyer, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the second lieutenant governor of Wisconsin (1850–1852) and lost his leg at the Battle of Shiloh, as a Union Army ...

Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin The lieutenant governor of Wisconsin is the first person in the Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Wisconsin, line of succession of Wisconsin's executive branch, thus serving as governor in the event of the death, resignation, r ...

* July 9, 1850:

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Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was an American military leader who served as the 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850. Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to th ...

died in office;

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853; he was the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. A former member of the U.S. House of Represen ...

became the 13th President of the United States.

Major legislation

* January 30, 1850: An act for the division of the county of Racine and the erection of the county of

Kenosha Kenosha () is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Kenosha County. Per the 2020 census, the population was 99,986 which made it the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin. Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Kenosh ...

1850 Act 39

Party summary

Senate summary

Assembly summary

Sessions

* 1st Regular session: January 9, 1850February 11, 1850

Leaders

Senate leadership

* President of the Senate:

, Lieutenant Governor

Assembly leadership

* Speaker of the Assembly: Moses M. Strong

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Third Wisconsin Legislature (19): WI Senate Partisan Map 1850

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Third Wisconsin Legislature (66): WI Assembly Partisan Map 1850

Employees

Senate employees

* Chief Clerk:

William Rudolph Smith William Rudolph Smith (August 31, 1787August 22, 1868) was an American lawyer, politician, pioneer, and historian from Pennsylvania who served as the 5th Attorney General of Wisconsin and the first President of the Wisconsin Historical Society. ...

* Sergeant-at-Arms: James Hanrahan

Assembly employees

* Chief Clerk: Alexander T. Gray * Sergeant-at-Arms: E. R. Hugunin

References

External links

Acts and Resolves Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin in the Year 1850
{{Wisconsin legislatures 1850 in Wisconsin

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