19th Wisconsin Legislature

The Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1866, to April 12, 1866, 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 7, 1865. 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 8, 1864.

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Lucius Fairchild, of Dane County, serving the first year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1865 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

• January 1, 1866: Inauguration of Lucius Fairchild as the 10th Governor of Wisconsin.
• April 9, 1866: Congress overrode the veto of President Andrew Johnson to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
• July 24, 1866: Tennessee became the first state readmitted to the Union after the American Civil War.
• August 23, 1866: The Treaty of Prague ended the Austro-Prussian War, establishing Prussian hegemony over the German states of central Europe.
• October 12, 1866: The Treaty of Vienna ended the Third Italian War of Independence, with the Austrian Empire conceding the region of Venetia.

Major legislation

• April 21, 1866: Act to apportion the state into Senate and Assembly districts, 1866 Act 101

Party summary

Senate summary

Assembly summary

Sessions

• 1st Regular session: January 10, 1866April 12, 1866

Leaders

Senate leadership

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

Assembly leadership

• Speaker of the Assembly: Henry D. Barron

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature:

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature:

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