The Fourth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 8, 1851, to March 17, 1851 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 5, 1850. 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 6, 1849.

Major events

* January 20, 1851: The Wisconsin Legislature, in joint session, re-elected

Henry Dodge Moses Henry Dodge (October 12, 1782 – June 19, 1867) was a Democratic member to the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, Territorial Governor of Wisconsin and a veteran of the Black Hawk War. His son, Augustus C. Dodge, served as a ...

to a six-year term as

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. * November 4, 1851:

Leonard J. Farwell Leonard James Farwell (January 5, 1819 – April 11, 1889) was an American politician and public administrator. He was the 2nd Governor of Wisconsin. Early life Farwell was born in Watertown, New York, the son of James and Rebecca (Cady) ...

elected

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Major legislation

* January 22, 1851: Joint resolution in relation to the Honorable

Isaac P. Walker Isaac Pigeon Walker (November 2, 1815March 29, 1872) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. Walker was born in Virginia and moved with his family to Illinois in 1825. He practiced law in Springfield, Illinois, and ...

1851 Joint Resolution 1
* February 1, 1851: Act to incorporate the

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of the City of

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1851 Act 26
* February 4, 1851: Act providing for the election of a Chief Justice
1851 Act 39
* February 6, 1851: Act to set apart and incorporate the County of Oconto
1851 Act 44
* February 11, 1851: Act to set apart and incorporate Door County
1851 Act 66
* February 15, 1851: Act to set apart and incorporate the County of Waushara
1851 Act 77
* February 17, 1851: Act to incorporate the County of Waupaca
1851 Act 78
* February 17, 1851: Act to divide the county of

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and create the county of Outagamie
1851 Act 83
* March 10, 1851: Act to prevent the

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in certain months of the year
1851 Act 171
* March 11, 1851: Act to change the name of the town of "Pike" in

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to " Somers,
1851 Act 211

Party summary

Senate summary

Assembly summary

Sessions

* 1st Regular session: January 8, 1851–March 17, 1851

Leaders

Senate leadership

* President of the Senate:

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 * President pro tempore: Duncan Reed

Assembly leadership

* Speaker of the Assembly:

Frederick W. Horn Frederick William Horn (August 21, 1815 – January 15, 1893) was a German-American immigrant, lawyer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served in many elected offices; he was the 4th, 7th, & 25th speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembl ...

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Fourth Wisconsin Legislature: WI Senate Partisan Map 1851

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Fourth Wisconsin Legislature: WI Assembly Partisan Map 1851

Employees

Senate employees

* Chief Clerk:

William Hull William Hull (June 24, 1753 – November 29, 1825) was an American soldier and politician. He fought in the American Revolutionary War and was appointed as Governor of Michigan Territory (1805–13), gaining large land cessions from several Ame ...

* Sergeant-at-Arms: E. D. Masters

Assembly employees

* Chief Clerk: Alexander T. Gray * Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles S. Kingsbury

References

External links

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