# 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

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| | Democratic | Union | Republican | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 8 | 25 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 1st Session | 10 | 23 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 30.3% | 69.7% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 11 | 22 | 0 | 33 | 0 |

### Assembly summary

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| | Democratic | Union | Republican | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 33 | 67 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Start of 1st Session | 34 | 66 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| From January 30 | 33 | 67 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 33% | 67% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 26 | 74 | 0 | 100 | 0 |

## Sessions

* 1st Regular session: January 10, 1866 – April 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:
| Dist. | Counties | Senator | Residence | Party |
| 1 | Sheboygan | John A. Bentley | Sheboygan | Union |
| 2 | Brown, Kewaunee | Matthew J. Meade | Green Bay | Dem. |
| 3 | Ozaukee | Lyman Morgan | Ozaukee | Dem. |
| 4 | Washington | Frederick O. Thorpe | West Bend | Dem. |
| 5 | Milwaukee (Northern Part) | William K. Wilson | Milwaukee | Dem. |
| 6 | Milwaukee (Southern Part) | Charles H. Larkin | Milwaukee | Dem. |
| 7 | Racine | Jerome I. Case | Racine | Union |
| 8 | Kenosha | Charles C. Sholes | Kenosha | Union |
| 9 | Adams, Juneau, Waushara | Henry G. Webb | Wautoma | Union |
| 10 | Waukesha | Orson Reed | Summit | Dem. |
| 11 | Dane (Eastern Part) | Willard H. Chandler | Windsor | Union |
| 12 | Walworth | Newton Littlejohn | Whitewater | Union |
| 13 | Lafayette | Samuel Cole | Gratiot | Union |
| 14 | Sauk | Argalus Starks | Baraboo | Union |
| 15 | Iowa | Wyman Lincoln | Avoca | Union |
| 16 | Grant | John H. Rountree | Platteville | Union |
| 17 | Rock | William A. Lawrence | Janesville | Union |
| 18 | Dodge (Western Part) | Stoddard Judd | Fox Lake | Union |
| 19 | Manitowoc, Calumet | George B. Reed | Manitowoc | Dem. |
| 20 | Fond du Lac | George F. Wheeler | Nanaupa | Union |
| 21 | Winnebago | George S. Barnum | Waukau | Union |
| 22 | Door, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw | Augustus L. Smith | Appleton | Dem. |
| 23 | Jefferson | S. W. Budlong | Waterloo | Dem. |
| 24 | Green | Henry Adams | Monticello | Union |
| 25 | Columbia | Jonathan Bowman | Kilbourn City | Union |
| 26 | Dane (Western Part) | James K. Proudfit | Madison | Union |
| 27 | Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood | Milan H. Sessions | Waupaca | Union |
| 28 | Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix | Marcus A. Fulton | Hudson | Union |
| 29 | Marquette, Green Lake | G. DeWitt Elwood | Princeton | Union |
| 30 | Bad Ax, Crawford, Richland | Benjamin Bull | Prairie du Chien | Union |
| 31 | La Crosse, Monroe | John A. Chandler | Sparta | Union |
| 32 | Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau | Joseph G. Thorp | Eau Claire | Union |
| 33 | Dodge (Eastern Part) | Satterlee Clark | Horicon | Dem. |

### Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature:
| Senate District | County | Dist. | Representative | Party | Residence |
| 09 | Adams | Adams | Thomas B. Marsden | Union | Friendship |
| 28 | Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk | Ashland, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk | Henry D. Barron | Union | St. Croix Falls |
| 02 | Brown | Brown | William J. Abrams | Dem. | Green Bay |
| 32 | Buffalo, Pepin, Trempealeau | Buffalo, Pepin, Trempealeau | William H. Thomas | Union | Sumner |
| 19 | Calumet | Calumet | George Baldwin | Dem. | Chilton |
| 32 | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | Thaddeus C. Pound | Union | Chippewa Falls |
| 32 | Clark, Jackson | Clark, Jackson | Lorenzo Merrill | Union | Black River Falls |
| 25 | Columbia | 1 | A. J. Turner | Union | Portage |
| 25 | Columbia | 2 | Robert B. Sanderson | Union | Poynette |
| 25 | Columbia | 3 | Evan O. Jones | Union | Cambria |
| 30 | Crawford | Crawford | George E. Harrington | Union | Boscobel |
| 11 | Dane | 1 | William D. Potter | Union | Cambridge |
| 11 | Dane | 2 | John M. Flint | Union | Sun Prairie |
| 26 | Dane | 3 | George H. Slaughter | Dem. | Mendota |
| 26 | Dane | 4 | William Charlton | Union | Verona |
| 26 | Dane | 5 | Benjamin F. Hopkins | Union | Madison |
| 18 | Dodge | 1 | Oliver Ashley | Union | Westford |
| 18 | Dodge | 2 | Andrew Willard | Union | Beaver Dam |
| 18 | Dodge | 3 | Hiram Sawyer | Dem. | Burnett |
| 33 | Dodge | 4 | Jacob Bodden | Dem. | Theresa |
| 33 | Dodge | 5 | William M. Morse | Dem. | Ashippun |
| 22 | Door, Oconto, Shawano | Door, Oconto, Shawano | Isaac Stephenson | Union | Marinette |
| 20 | Fond du Lac | 1 | Albert M. Skeels | Union | Ripon |
| 20 | Fond du Lac | 2 | George F. Clark | Union | Bugle |
| 20 | Fond du Lac | 3 | James Coleman | Union | Fond du Lac |
| 20 | Fond du Lac | 4 | Joseph Wagner | Dem. | Moria |
| 20 | Fond du Lac | 5 | Andrew J. Dieringer | Dem. | Auburn |
| 16 | Grant | 1 | Hanmer Robbins | Union | Platteville |
| 16 | Grant | 2 | Wiley S. Scribner | Union | Fair Play |
| 16 | Grant | 3 | Alanson P. Hammond | Union | Montfort |
| 16 | Grant | 4 | George H. Washburn | Union | Millville |
| 16 | Grant | 5 | Alvery A. Bennett | Union | Glen Haven |
| 24 | Green | 1 | Daniel Smiley | Union | Albany |
| 24 | Green | 2 | Egbert E. Carr | Union | Monroe |
| 29 | Green Lake | Green Lake | William A. Bugh | Union | Berlin |
| 15 | Iowa | 1 | Elihu B. Goodsell | Dem. | Highland |
| 15 | Iowa | 2 | James Spensley | Union | Mineral Point |
| 23 | Jefferson | 1 | Patrick Rogan | Dem. | Watertown |
| 23 | Jefferson | 2 | John Mosher | Union | Waterloo |
| 23 | Jefferson | 3 | William W. Reed | Union | Jefferson |
| 23 | Jefferson | 4 | Henry Harnden | Union | Rome |
| 09 | Juneau | Juneau | Eliphalet S. Miner | Union | New Lisbon |
| 08 | Kenosha | Kenosha | Franklin Newell | Union | Kenosha |
| 02 | Kewaunee | Kewaunee | Constant Martin | Dem. | Dyckesville |
| 31 | La Crosse | La Crosse | Angus Cameron | Union | La Crosse |
| 13 | Lafayette | 1 | David J. Seely | Dem. | Elk Grove |
| 13 | Lafayette | 2 | John Armstrong | Union | Wiota |
| 19 | Manitowoc | 1 | Nicholas Dittmar | Union | Meeme |
| 19 | Manitowoc | 2 | William Eatough | Dem. | Brant's Mills |
| 19 | Manitowoc | 3 | David Smoke | Dem. | Two Rivers |
| 27 | Marathon, Wood | Marathon, Wood | Bradbury G. Plumer | Dem. | Wausau |
| 29 | Marquette | Marquette | Spencer A. Pease | Dem. | Montello |
| 05 | Milwaukee | 1 | Jackson Hadley | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 05 | Milwaukee | 2 | William Pitt Lynde | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 06 | Milwaukee | 3 | James McGrath | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 06 | Milwaukee | 4 | Ammi R. Butler | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 06 | Milwaukee | 5 | Charles H. Orton | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 05 | Milwaukee | 6 | Joseph Phillips | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 05 | Milwaukee | 7 | Edward Daley | Dem. | Brown Deer |
| 06 | Milwaukee | 8 | Truman H. Curtis | Dem. | Wauwatosa |
| 06 | Milwaukee | 9 | John H. Deuster | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 31 | Monroe | Monroe | DeWitt C. Wilson | Union | Sparta |
| 22 | Outagamie | Outagamie | W. H. P. Bogan (until Jan. 30) | Dem. | Appleton |
| 22 | Outagamie | Outagamie | Henry Turner (From Jan. 30) | Union | Appleton |
| 03 | Ozaukee | Ozaukee | James McCarthy | Dem. | Port Washington |
| 28 | Pierce, St. Croix | Pierce, St. Croix | William J. Copp | Union | Prescott |
| 27 | Portage | Portage | James O. Raymond | Union | Plover |
| 07 | Racine | 1 | James O. Bartlett | Union | Racine |
| 07 | Racine | 2 | George Q. Erskine | Union | Racine |
| 07 | Racine | 3 | Philo Belden | Union | Rochester |
| 30 | Richland | Richland | Henry L. Eaton | Union | Lone Rock |
| 17 | Rock | 1 | Anson W. Pope | Union | Janesville |
| 17 | Rock | 2 | Burrows Burdick | Union | Edgerton |
| 17 | Rock | 3 | Henry S. Wooster | Union | Clinton |
| 17 | Rock | 4 | Edward P. King | Union | Beloit |
| 17 | Rock | 5 | Allen C. Bates | Union | Janesville |
| 17 | Rock | 6 | Alanson C. Douglass | Union | Hanover |
| 14 | Sauk | 1 | William Palmer | Union | Loganville |
| 14 | Sauk | 2 | Rollin M. Strong | Union | Reedsburg |
| 01 | Sheboygan | 1 | Billie Williams | Union | Sheboygan |
| 01 | Sheboygan | 2 | Samuel Rounseville | Union | Sheboygan Falls |
| 01 | Sheboygan | 3 | John P. Carroll | Dem. | Adell |
| 01 | Sheboygan | 4 | Julius Wolff | Union | Rhine |
| 30 | Vernon | 1 | Newton F. Carpenter | Union | De Soto |
| 30 | Vernon | 2 | Alexander Woods | Union | Hillsboro |
| 12 | Walworth | 1 | William C. Allen | Union | Delavan |
| 12 | Walworth | 2 | Thomas Davis | Union | Sugar Creek |
| 12 | Walworth | 3 | Shepard O. Raymond | Union | Geneva |
| 12 | Walworth | 4 | Paris Pettit | Union | East Troy |
| 04 | Washington | 1 | James Kenealy | Dem. | Toland's Prairie |
| 04 | Washington | 2 | Mitchell L. Delaney | Dem. | Barton |
| 04 | Washington | 3 | Philip Schneider | Dem. | Barton |
| 10 | Waukesha | 1 | Daniel Brown | Dem. | Elm Grove |
| 10 | Waukesha | 2 | Samuel Thompson | Union | Hartland |
| 10 | Waukesha | 3 | Peter D. Gifford | Dem. | North Prairie |
| 10 | Waukesha | 4 | Jesse Smith | Union | Dodge's Corners |
| 27 | Waupaca | Waupaca | Albert Osborn | Union | Iola |
| 09 | Waushara | Waushara | Oscar Babcock | Union | Dakota |
| 21 | Winnebago | 1 | William H. Doe | Union | Oshkosh |
| 21 | Winnebago | 2 | John Proctor | Union | Neenah |
| 21 | Winnebago | 3 | William Simmons | Union | Oshkosh |