# 3rd Wisconsin Legislature

The Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 9, 1850, to February 11, 1850, 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. Senators representing odd numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Democrat Nelson Dewey, of Grant County, serving the first year of his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1849 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

## Major events

* January 7, 1850: Second Inauguration of Nelson Dewey as Governor of Wisconsin
* January 7, 1850: Inauguration of Samuel Beall as Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
* July 9, 1850: U.S. President Zachary Taylor died in office; Vice President Millard Fillmore became the 13th President of the United States.

## Major legislation

* January 30, 1850: An act for the division of the county of Racine and the erection of the county of Kenosha, 1850 Act 39

## Party summary
### Senate summary

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| | Dem. | F.S. | Whig | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 14 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
| 1st Session | 13 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 68% | 11% | 21% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 14 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 |

### Assembly summary

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| | Dem. | F.S. | Whig | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 35 | 14 | 17 | 66 | 0 |
| 1st Session | 43 | 8 | 15 | 66 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 65% | 12% | 23% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 49 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 0 |

## Sessions

* 1st Regular session: January 9, 1850 – February 11, 1850

## Leaders
### Senate leadership

* President of the Senate: Samuel Beall, Lieutenant Governor

### Assembly leadership

* Speaker of the Assembly: Moses M. Strong

## Members
### Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Third Wisconsin Legislature (19):
| District | Counties | Senator | Party | Residence |
| 01 | Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan | Lemuel Goodell | Dem. | Stockbridge |
| 02 | Columbia, Marquette, Portage, Sauk | George DeGraw Moore | Whig | Prairie du Sac |
| 03 | Crawford, Chippewa, St. Croix, La Pointe | James Fisher | Dem. | Prairie du Chien |
| 04 | Fond du Lac, Winnebago | John A. Eastman | Dem. | Fond du Lac |
| 05 | Iowa, Richland | Montgomery M. Cothren | Dem. | Mineral Point |
| 06 | Grant | John H. Rountree | Whig | Platteville |
| 07 | Lafayette | Dennis Murphy | Dem. | Shullsburg |
| 08 | Green | William Rittenhouse | Dem. | Monroe |
| 09 | Dane | Alexander Botkin | Whig | Madison |
| 10 | Dodge | James Giddings | Dem. | Chester |
| 11 | Washington | Frederick W. Horn | Dem. | Cedarburg |
| 12 | Jefferson | Peter H. Turner | Dem. | Palmyra |
| 13 | Waukesha | Frederick Sprague | Dem. | Palmyra |
| 14 | Walworth | George Gale | Free Soil | Elkhorn |
| 15 | Rock | Otis W. Norton | Whig | Milton |
| 16 | Racine (Southern Half) | Elijah Steele | Dem. | Pike |
| 17 | Racine (Northern Half) | Victor Willard | Free Soil | Waterford |
| 18 | Milwaukee (Southern Half) | Duncan Reed | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 19 | Milwaukee (Northern Half) | John B. Smith | Dem. | Milwaukee |

### Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Third Wisconsin Legislature (66):
| Senate District | County | District | Representative | Party | Residence |
| 01 | Brown | Brown | Charles D. Robinson | Dem. | Green Bay |
| 01 | Calumet | Calumet | David E. Wood | Whig | Manchester |
| 02 | Columbia | Columbia | Hugh McFarlane | Dem. | Portage |
| 03 | Crawford & Chippewa | Crawford & Chippewa | William T. Sterling | Dem. | Mount Sterling |
| 09 | Dane | 1 | John Hasey | Dem. | York |
| 09 | Dane | 2 | Chauncey Abbott | Whig | Madison |
| 09 | Dane | 3 | Oliver Bryant | Dem. | Rutland |
| 10 | Dodge | 1 | Oscar Hurlbut | Dem. | Lomira |
| 10 | Dodge | 2 | James Murdock | Dem. | Neosho |
| 10 | Dodge | 3 | William T. Ward | Dem. | Hustisford |
| 10 | Dodge | 4 | John Lowth | Dem. | Lowell |
| 10 | Dodge | 5 | Malcolm Sellers | Whig | Beaver Dam |
| 04 | Fond du Lac | 1 | Morgan Noble | Dem. | Fond du Lac |
| 04 | Fond du Lac | 2 | Bertine Pinckney | Whig | Ripon |
| 06 | Grant | 1 | Henry D. York | Dem. | Hazel Green |
| 06 | Grant | 2 | William McGonigal | Whig | Wingville |
| 06 | Grant | 3 | Jeremiah Dodge | Dem. | Lancaster |
| 06 | Grant | 4 | John B. Turley | Dem. | Cassville |
| 08 | Green | Green | William Comstock Green | Dem. | York |
| 05 | Iowa & Richland | 1 | Moses M. Strong | Dem. | Mineral Point |
| 05 | Iowa & Richland | 2 | Thomas M. Fullerton | Dem. | Dodgeville |
| 12 | Jefferson | 1 | Abram Vanderpool | Dem. | Waterloo |
| 12 | Jefferson | 2 | Austin Kellogg | Dem. | Concord |
| 12 | Jefferson | 3 | Alva Stewart | Whig | Fort Atkinson |
| 03 | La Pointe & St. Croix | La Pointe & St. Croix | John S. Watrous | Dem. | La Pointe |
| 07 | Lafayette | 1 | Cornelius DeLong | Dem. | Belmont |
| 07 | Lafayette | 2 | John K. Williams | Dem. | Shullsburg |
| 01 | Manitowoc | Manitowoc | Charles Kuehn | Dem. | Manitowoc |
| 02 | Marquette & Waushara | Marquette & Waushara | Benjamin Spaulding | Free Soil | Arcade |
| 19 | Milwaukee | 1 | James B. Cross | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 19 | Milwaukee | 2 | Charles E. Jenkins | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 18 | Milwaukee | 3 | Edward McGarry | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 18 | Milwaukee | 4 | John E. Cameron | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 18 | Milwaukee | 5 | Garrett M. Fitzgerald | Dem. | Franklin |
| 18 | Milwaukee | 6 | Enoch Chase | Whig | Lake |
| 19 | Milwaukee | 7 | Samuel Brown | Free Soil | Milwaukee |
| 02 | Portage | Portage | Walter D. McIndoe | Whig | Wausau |
| 17 | Racine | 1 | Horace Chapman | Free Soil | Racine |
| 17 | Racine | 2 | Stephen O. Bennett | Free Soil | Raymond |
| 17 | Racine | 3 | Caleb P. Barns | Dem. | Burlington |
| 16 | Racine | 4 | Samuel Hale Jr. | Dem. | Racine |
| 16 | Racine | 5 | George M. Robinson | Free Soil | Salem |
| 15 | Rock | 1 | William F. Tompkins | Whig | Janesville |
| 15 | Rock | 2 | John R. Briggs Jr. | Whig | Beloit |
| 15 | Rock | 3 | Leander Hoskins | Whig | Union |
| 15 | Rock | 4 | John A. Segar | Whig | Johnstown |
| 15 | Rock | 5 | Ezekiel C. Smith | Free Soil | Spring Valley |
| 02 | Sauk | Sauk | Caleb Crosswell | Dem. | Baraboo |
| 01 | Sheboygan | 1 | Horatio N. Smith | Dem. | Sheboygan |
| 01 | Sheboygan | 2 | Francis G. Manney | Dem. | Lyndon |
| 14 | Walworth | 1 | Alexander O. Babcock | Whig | East Troy |
| 14 | Walworth | 2 | Rufus Cheney Jr. | Whig | Whitewater |
| 14 | Walworth | 3 | Alexander S. Palmer | Dem. | Geneva |
| 14 | Walworth | 4 | George Sykes | Free Soil | Sharon |
| 14 | Walworth | 5 | Wyman Spooner | Free Soil | Elkhorn |
| 11 | Washington | 1 | Solon Johnson | Dem. | Port Washington |
| 11 | Washington | 2 | Eugene S. Turner | Dem. | Grafton |
| 11 | Washington | 3 | Cornelius S. Griffin | Dem. | Saukville |
| 11 | Washington | 4 | Edward Divin | Dem. | Richfield |
| 11 | Washington | 5 | Henry Weil | Dem. | West Bend |
| 13 | Waukesha | 1 | Patrick Higgins | Dem. | Menomonee |
| 13 | Waukesha | 2 | Henry Shears | Whig | Oconomowoc |
| 13 | Waukesha | 3 | Pitts Ellis | Dem. | Genesee |
| 13 | Waukesha | 4 | John E. Gallagher | Dem. | Waukesha |
| 13 | Waukesha | 5 | Anson H. Taylor | Dem. | Muskego |
| 04 | Winnebago | Winnebago | Leonard P. Crary | Dem. | Oshkosh |

## Employees
### Senate employees

* Chief Clerk: William Rudolph Smith
* Sergeant-at-Arms: James Hanrahan

### Assembly employees

* Chief Clerk: Alexander T. Gray
* Sergeant-at-Arms: E. R. Hugunin