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5th Wisconsin Territorial Assembly

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5th Wisconsin Territorial Assembly
4th Wisconsin Legislature
Minnesota Territory
Wisconsin State Capitol, 1855
Overview
Legislative bodyLegislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory
Meeting placeCapitol Building, Madison
TermJanuary 4, 1847 – May 29, 1848
Election
  • September 28, 1846
Council
Members13
PresidentHoratio Wells (D)
Party controlDemocratic
House of Representatives
Members26
Speaker
Party controlDemocratic
Sessions
1stJanuary 4, 1847 – February 11, 1847
2ndFebruary 7, 1848 – March 13, 1848
Special sessions
SpecialOctober 18, 1847 – October 27, 1847

The Fifth Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory convened from January 4, 1847, to February 11, 1847, and from February 7, 1848, to March 13, 1848, in regular session. The Assembly also convened in special session from October 18, 1847, to October 27, 1847, to organize a second constitutional convention after the failure to adopt the first Wisconsin Constitution.[1][2][3][4]

During this Assembly term, Wisconsin was attempting to achieve statehood. A constitution was drafted at a convention in the Fall of 1846 and was put to the voters at the spring election held April 6, 1847. The voters overwhelmingly rejected this document.[5] New delegates were elected at a special election held November 29, 1847, and a new constitution was drafted that Winter. The new constitution was approved by the voters on March 13, 1848.[6]

Major events

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Major legislation

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  • January 14, 1847: An Act to incorporate the Lawrence Institute of Wisconsin.[2]: 5–8 
  • February 4, 1847: An Act to incorporate the Nashotah House.[2]: 53–55 
  • October 27, 1847: An Act in relation to the formation of a State Government in Wisconsin, and to change the time for holding the annual session of the Legislature.[3]: 3–11 

Sessions

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  • 1st session: January 4, 1847 – February 11, 1847
  • Special session: October 18, 1847 – October 27, 1847
  • 2nd session: February 7, 1848 – March 13, 1848

Leadership

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Council President

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Speaker of the House of Representatives

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Members

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Members of the Council

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Members of the Council for the Fifth Wisconsin Territorial Assembly:

Counties Councillor Session(s) Party
1st Spec. 2nd
Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Marquette, Portage, & Winnebago Mason C. Darling Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Crawford, Chippewa, La Pointe, & St. Croix Benjamin F. Manahan Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Dane, Green, & Sauk Alexander L. Collins Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Whig
Dodge & Jefferson John E. Holmes Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Grant Orris McCartney Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Iowa, Lafayette, & Richland William Singer Green tickY
Ninian E. Whiteside Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Milwaukee Horation N. Wells Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Racine Frederick S. Lovell Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Marshall Strong Green tickY Dem.
Philo White Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Rock Andrew Palmer Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Sheboygan & Washington Chauncey M. Phelps Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Walworth Henry Clark Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Waukesha Joseph Turner Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Dem.

Members of the House of Representatives

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Members of the House of Representatives for the Fifth Wisconsin Territorial Assembly:

Counties Representative Session(s) Party
1st Spec. 2nd
Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Marquette, Portage, & Winnebago Elisha Morrow Green tickY
Hugh McFarlane Green tickY Dem.
Moses S. Gibson Green tickY Green tickY Whig
George W. Featherstonhaugh Jr. Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Crawford, Chippewa, La Pointe, & St. Croix Joseph W. Furber Green tickY Whig
Henry Jackson Green tickY Green tickY
Dane, Green, & Sauk Charles Lum Green tickY
William A. Wheeler Green tickY Dem.
John W. Stewart Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Whig
Elisha T. Gardner Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Alexander Botkin Green tickY Green tickY Whig
Dodge & Jefferson George W. Green Green tickY
John T. Haight Green tickY
James Giddings Green tickY Dem.
Levi P. Drake Green tickY Green tickY
Horace D. Patch Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
James Hanrahan Green tickY Green tickY
Grant Armstead C. Brown Green tickY Whig
William Richardson Green tickY
Noah H. Virgin Green tickY Green tickY Whig
Daniel R. Burt Green tickY Green tickY Whig
Iowa, Lafayette, & Richland Timothy Burns Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
James D. Jenkins Green tickY Dem.
Thomas Chilton Green tickY
Montgomery M. Cothren Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Charles Pole Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Milwaukee William Shew Green tickY Dem.
Andrew Sullivan Green tickY
William W. Brown Green tickY Whig
Isaac P. Walker Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
James Holliday Green tickY Green tickY Whig
Asa Kinney Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Racine Uriah Wood Green tickY Whig
Elisha Raymond Green tickY
G. F. Newell Green tickY Green tickY Whig
Dudley Cass Green tickY Green tickY
Rock Jared G. Winslow Green tickY
James M. Burgess Green tickY
Daniel C. Babcock Green tickY Green tickY
George H. Williston Green tickY Green tickY Whig
Sheboygan & Washington Harrison C. Hobart Green tickY Dem.
Benjamin H. Mooers Green tickY Green tickY[note 1] Dem.
Walworth Charles A. Bronson Green tickY
Palmer Gardiner Green tickY
Eleazer Wakeley Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
George Walworth Green tickY Green tickY
Waukesha Joseph Bond Green tickY Dem.
Chauncey G. Heath Green tickY Dem.
George B. Reed Green tickY Green tickY Dem.
Leonard Martin Green tickY Green tickY

Employees

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Council employees

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  • Secretary:[1]
  • Sergeant-at-Arms:
    • John Bevins, 1st session
    • Edward P. Lockhart, special & 2nd sessions

House employees

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  • Chief Clerk:[1]
  • Sergeant-at-Arms:
    • E. R. Hugunin, 1st & special sessions
    • John Mullanphy, 2nd session

Notes

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  1. ^ Resigned in protest February 25, 1848.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 172–174. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Laws of the Territory of Wisconsin passed at the annual session of the Legislature. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Territory. 1847. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Laws of Wisconsin Territory passed at the Special Session of the Legislative Assembly. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Territory. 1847. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  4. ^ Laws of Wisconsin Territory passed by the Legislative Assembly. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Territory. 1848. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "Honor to Wisconsin!". Milwaukee Sentinel. April 13, 1847. p. 2. Retrieved August 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "The New Constitution". The Weekly Wisconsin. March 22, 1848. p. 1. Retrieved August 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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