18th Wisconsin Legislature

The Eighteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1865, to April 10, 1865, 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 even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 8, 1864. 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 3, 1863.

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican James T. Lewis, of Columbia County, serving the second year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

• January 31, 1865: The United States House of Representatives passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, banning slavery in the United States.
• March 4, 1865: Second inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln.
• April 3, 1865: Union Army forces occupied the Confederate capital city Richmond, Virginia, after a months-long siege.
• April 9, 1865: Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
• April 14, 1865: President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Washington, D.C.
• April 15, 1865: Vice President Andrew Johnson was sworn in as the 17th President of the United States.
• May 10, 1865: Confederate States President Jefferson Davis was captured by the 4th Michigan Cavalry Regiment in Irwin County, Georgia, effectively ending the American Civil War.
• November 7, 1865: Lucius Fairchild elected Governor of Wisconsin.
• December 6, 1865: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the required three-fourths of U.S. states.

Major legislation

• February 7, 1865: Act to incorporate the Wisconsin soldiers' home, 1865 Act 16
• February 24, 1865: Joint Resolution ratifying proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 1865 Joint Resolution 5

Party summary

Senate summary

Assembly summary

Sessions

• 1st Regular session: January 11, 1865April 10, 1865

Leaders

Senate leadership

• President of the Senate: Wyman Spooner
• President pro tempore: Willard H. Chandler

Assembly leadership

• Speaker of the Assembly: William W. Field

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Eighteenth Wisconsin Legislature:

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Eighteenth Wisconsin Legislature:

Employees

Senate employees

• Chief Clerk: Frank M. Stewart
• Assistant Clerk: L. B. Hills
• Bookkeeper: S. Hauxhurst
• Engrossing Clerk: O. F. Clapp
• Enrolling Clerk: Thomas Marshall
• Transcribing Clerk: H. Harvey
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Nelson Williams
• 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: James L. Wilder
• 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: D. W. C. Wilson
• Sergeant-at-Arms' Porter: Thomas Goss
• Postmaster: Frank Leland
• Assistant Postmaster: W. S. Williams
• Doorkeeper: J. P. Miller
• Assistant Doorkeeper: George D. Potter
• Assistant Doorkeeper: S. J. Abbott
• Assistant Doorkeeper: Eames Wadsworth
• Assistant Doorkeeper: Norman McBeath
• Assistant Doorkeeper: August Wandrey
• Firemen:
• James Yates
• Roswell Stow
• Fireman and Porter: William Holden
• Messengers:
• Jonathan C. Hutchins
• Rufus H. Roys
• C. C. Frey
• Thomas Goss
• Seymour Stoughton

Assembly employees

• Chief Clerk: John S. Dean
• Assistant Clerk: Ephraim W. Young
• Bookkeeper: William M. Newcomb
• Engrossing Clerk: L. R. Davis
• Enrolling Clerk: J. H. Balch
• Transcribing Clerk: R. H. Blodgett
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Alonzo Wilcox
• 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Lewis M. Hammond
• 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: E. H. Bartholt
• Postmaster: Hiram Morley
• 1st Assistant Postmaster: Hiram Beckwith
• 2nd Assistant Postmaster: R. Law
• Doorkeepers:
• S. Raymond
• M. Colby
• H. H. Helms
• George D. Phinney
• Firemen:
• E. E. Brown
• John Grant
• F. K. Melvin
• Nelson Bowerman
• William Fitzpatrick
• G. A. Foss
• Speaker's Messenger: William P. Beach
• Chief Clerk's Messenger: James E. Dean
• Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: Louis Sholes
• Gallery Attendant: S. Nye Jr.
• Messengers:
• George F. Williston
• Frederic A. Frank
• Howard W. Tilton
• Linus S. Webb
• Alfred F. Bishop
• Frank Mason
• Harvey Olin
• Nicholas F. Weber
• John S. Young
• Richard C. Notbohm

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