# 3rd Wisconsin Territorial Assembly

The Third Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory convened from December 7, 1840, to February 19, 1841, and from December 6, 1841, to February 19, 1842, in regular session.

## Major events

* January 26, 1841: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland took control of Hong Kong.
* February 10, 1841: The Act of Union was proclaimed in Montreal, establishing the Province of Canada.
* March 4, 1841: Inauguration of William Henry Harrison as the 9th President of the United States.
* March 9, 1841: The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in United States v. The Amistad that the Africans who seized control of the ship had been taken into slavery illegally.
* April 4, 1841: President William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia.
* April 6, 1841: Inauguration of John Tyler as the 10th President of the United States.
* August 16, 1841: President John Tyler vetoed the bill which would have established the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whigs rioted outside the White House.
* December 20, 1841: The Treaty for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade was signed in London by representatives of Austria, Britain, France, Prussia, and Russia.
* February 11, 1842: After a heated argument on the floor of the Council over the appointment of Enos S. Baker as Sheriff of Grant County, Councillor James Russell Vineyard shot and killed Councillor Charles C. P. Arndt. Vineyard subsequently attempted to resign from the Council—his resignation was refused and he was instead expelled.

## Major legislation

* February 19, 1841: An Act to provide for the completion of the Capitol at Madison, 1841, Wisc. Terr. Act 37.
* February 18, 1842: Resolutions relative to the removal of Indians.

## Sessions

* 1st session: December 7, 1840 – February 19, 1841
* 2nd session: December 6, 1841 – February 19, 1842

## Leadership
### Council President

* James Maxwell – during the 1st session
* James Collins – during the 2nd session

### Speaker of the House of Representatives

* David Newland (D) – during both sessions

## Members
### Members of the Council

| Counties | Councillor | Session(s) | Session(s) | Party |
| Counties | Councillor | 1st | 2nd | Party |
| Brown, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Portage, & Sheboygan | Charles C. P. Arndt | Y | Y | Whig |
| Brown, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Portage, & Sheboygan | Morgan Lewis Martin | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Crawford & St. Croix | Charles J. Learned | Y | Y | |
| Dane, Dodge, Green, & Jefferson | Ebenezer Brigham | Y | Y | Whig |
| Grant | John H. Rountree | Y | Y | Whig |
| Grant | James R. Vineyard | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Iowa | Levi Sterling | Y | | Whig |
| Iowa | James Collins | Y | Y | Whig |
| Iowa | Moses M. Strong | | Y | Dem. |
| Milwaukee & Washington | Jonathan E. Arnold | Y | | |
| Milwaukee & Washington | Don A. J. Upham | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Milwaukee & Washington | John H. Tweedy | | Y | Whig |
| Racine | William Bullen | Y | Y | |
| Racine | Lorenzo Janes | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Rock & Walworth | James Maxwell | Y | Y | |

### Members of the House of Representatives

| Counties | Representative | Session(s) | Session(s) | Party |
| Counties | Representative | 1st | 2nd | Party |
| Brown, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Portage, & Sheboygan | William H. Bruce | N | | |
| Brown, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Portage, & Sheboygan | Albert G. Ellis | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Brown, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Portage, & Sheboygan | Mason C. Darling | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Brown, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Portage, & Sheboygan | David Giddings | Y | Y | Whig |
| Crawford & St. Croix | Alfred Brunson | N | | Whig |
| Crawford & St. Croix | Theophilus La Chappelle | Y | Y | |
| Crawford & St. Croix | Joseph R. Brown | Y | Y | |
| Dane, Dodge, Green, & Jefferson | Lucius I. Barber | Y | Y | Whig |
| Dane, Dodge, Green, & Jefferson | Daniel S. Sutherland | Y | Y | |
| Grant | Daniel R. Burt | Y | Y | Whig |
| Grant | Nelson Dewey | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Grant | Neely Gray | Y | Y | Whig |
| Iowa | Francis J. Dunn | Y | | |
| Iowa | Ephraim F. Ogden | Y | Y | |
| Iowa | Daniel M. Parkinson | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Iowa | David Newland | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Iowa | Thomas Jenkins | | Y | Dem. |
| Milwaukee & Washington | Joseph Bond | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Milwaukee & Washington | Jacob Brazelton | Y | Y | |
| Milwaukee & Washington | Adam E. Ray | Y | Y | |
| Milwaukee & Washington | John S. Rockwell | Y | Y | |
| Milwaukee & Washington | William F. Shephard | Y | Y | |
| Racine | George Batchelder | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Racine | Thomas E. Parmelee | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Racine | Reuben H. Deming | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Rock & Walworth | John Hackett | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Rock & Walworth | Hugh Long | Y | | Dem. |
| Rock & Walworth | Jesse C. Mills | Y | Y | Dem. |
| Rock & Walworth | Edward V. Whiton | Y | Y | Whig |
| Rock & Walworth | James Tripp | | Y | |

## Employees
### Council employees

* Secretary:
** George Beatty, both sessions
* Sergeant-at-Arms:
** Miles M. Vineyard, 1st session
** Ebenezer Childs, 2nd session

### House employees

* Chief Clerk:
** John Catlin, both sessions
* Sergeant-at-Arms:
** Francis M. Rublee, 1st session
** Thomas J. Moorman, 2nd session