The Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1860, to April 2, 1860, 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. Assembly members were elected to a one-year term. Assembly members and odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 8, 1859. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 2, 1858.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Alexander Randall, of Waukesha County, serving the first year of his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1859 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
Major events
- January 2, 1860: 2nd Inauguration of Alexander Randall as Governor of Wisconsin.
- January 7, 1860: Assemblymember Andrew Eble, representing southwest Milwaukee County, died in a hunting accident.
- January 17, 1860: Assemblymember Daniel C. Jenne, representing Outagamie County, resigned his seat after it was demonstrated that he had actually lost his election to Milo Coles.
- January 23, 1860: Theodore Hartung won a special election to fill the Assembly vacancy created by Andrew Eble's death.
- November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President of the United States.
- December 24, 1860: Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union issued by the government of South Carolina.
Major legislation
- March 27, 1860: Act to organize the county of Ashland, 1860 Act 211
- March 28, 1860: Joint Resolution relative to grants of public lands to actual settlers and to passage of "The Homestead Bill," 1860 Joint Resolution 1
- March 30, 1860: Act to establish an official State paper, 1860 Act 240. Established the Wisconsin State Journal as the official state paper.
- March 30, 1860: Joint Resolution objecting to any change of the Naturalization Law, 1860 Joint Resolution 2
- March 31, 1860: Joint Resolution in relation to the Homestead Bill in Congress, 1860 Joint Resolution 3
Party summary
Senate summary
Assembly summary
Sessions
- 1st Regular session: January 11, 1860 – April 2, 1860
Leaders
Senate leadership
Assembly leadership
Members
Members of the Senate
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:
Members of the Assembly
Members of the Assembly for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:
Employees
Senate employees
- Chief Clerk: John H. Warren
- Assistant Clerk: Willard Merrill
- Engrossing Clerk: J. B. Selby
- Enrolling Clerk: G. M. Powell
- Transcribing Clerk: A. L. Burke
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Asa Kinney
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: S. S. Keyes
- Postmaster: James L. Wilder
- Post Messenger: Garret J. Mahoney
- Doorkeeper: Henry M. Higbee
- Fireman: Franz G. L. Struve
- Messengers:
- William W. Worthington
- Walter C. Wyman
- Sylvester Mygatt
Assembly employees
- Chief Clerk: L. H. D. Crane
- Assistant Clerk: John S. Dean
- Engrossing Clerk: R. S. Kingman
- Enrolling Clerk: Thaddeus C. Pound
- Transcribing Clerk: E. Gilbert Jackson
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Joseph Gates
- Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: A. Armstrong
- Postmaster: Marcus Otterbourg
- Assistant Postmaster: Chancey B. Valentine
- Doorkeeper: William C. Lessure
- Assistant Doorkeeper: John T. Taylor
- Firemen:
- Nelson C. Andrews
- Stephen S. Woodward
- Phillip Cary
- Robert R. Jores
- Messengers:
- Samuel H. Fernandez
- Carlton C. Hart
- Edward Livingston
- William H. Barnes
- George W. Yout
- William H. Bennett
Notes
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