# 13th Wisconsin Legislature

The Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1860, to April 2, 1860, 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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 8, 1859. 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 2, 1858.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Alexander Randall, of Waukesha County, serving the first year of his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1859 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

## Major events

* January 2, 1860: 2nd Inauguration of Alexander Randall as Governor of Wisconsin.
* January 7, 1860: Assemblymember Andrew Eble, representing southwest Milwaukee County, died in a hunting accident.
* January 17, 1860: Assemblymember Daniel C. Jenne, representing Outagamie County, resigned his seat after it was demonstrated that he had actually lost his election to Milo Coles.
* January 23, 1860: Theodore Hartung won a special election to fill the Assembly vacancy created by Andrew Eble's death.
* November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President of the United States.
* December 24, 1860: Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union issued by the government of South Carolina.

## Major legislation

* March 27, 1860: Act to organize the county of Ashland, 1860 Act 211
* March 28, 1860: Joint Resolution relative to grants of public lands to actual settlers and to passage of "The Homestead Bill," 1860 Joint Resolution 1
* March 30, 1860: Act to establish an official State paper, 1860 Act 240. Established the Wisconsin State Journal as the official state paper.
* March 30, 1860: Joint Resolution objecting to any change of the Naturalization Law, 1860 Joint Resolution 2
* March 31, 1860: Joint Resolution in relation to the Homestead Bill in Congress, 1860 Joint Resolution 3

## Party summary
### Senate summary

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| | Democratic | Republican | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 14 | 16 | 30 | 0 |
| 1st Session | 11 | 19 | 30 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 36.67% | 63.33% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 8 | 22 | 30 | 0 |

### Assembly summary

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| | Democratic | Ind. | Republican | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 41 | 1 | 55 | 97 | 0 |
| Start of 1st Session | 37 | 1 | 59 | 97 | 0 |
| after January 7 | 36 | 1 | 59 | 96 | 1 |
| after January 17 | 37 | 1 | 58 | 97 | 1 |
| after February 2 | 38 | 1 | 58 | 97 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 39% | 1% | 60% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 27 | 0 | 70 | 97 | 0 |

## Sessions

* 1st Regular session: January 11, 1860 – April 2, 1860

## Leaders
### Senate leadership

* President of the Senate: Butler G. Noble, Lieutenant Governor
* President pro tempore: Moses M. Davis

### Assembly leadership

* Speaker of the Assembly: William P. Lyon

## Members
### Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:
| District | Counties | Senator | Party | Residence |
| 01 | Sheboygan | Robert H. Hotchkiss | Dem. | Plymouth |
| 02 | Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw | Edward Decker | Dem. | Kewaunee |
| 03 | Ozaukee | Frederick Hilgen | Dem. | Cedarburg |
| 04 | Washington | Densmore W. Maxon | Dem. | Cedar Creek |
| 05 | Northern Milwaukee | Cicero Comstock | Rep. | Milwaukee |
| 06 | Southern Milwaukee | Michael J. Egan | Dem. | Franklin |
| 07 | Racine | Nicholas D. Fratt | Dem. | Racine |
| 08 | Kenosha | George Bennett | Rep. | Kenosha |
| 09 | Adams, Juneau, Sauk | H. W. Curtis | Rep. | Delton |
| 10 | Waukesha | Denison Worthington | Rep. | Summit |
| 11 | Eastern Dane | William R. Taylor | Dem. | Cottage Grove |
| 12 | Walworth | Oscar F. Bartlett | Rep. | East Troy |
| 13 | Lafayette | Philemon B. Simpson | Dem. | Shullsburg |
| 14 | Northern Jefferson | Charles R. Gill | Rep. | Watertown |
| 15 | Iowa, Richland | Charles Rodolf | Dem. | Orion |
| 16 | Grant | Noah H. Virgin | Rep. | Platteville |
| 17 | Rock (Western Part) | Zebulon P. Burdick | Rep. | Janesville |
| 18 | Rock (Eastern Part) | Alden I. Bennett | Rep. | Beloit |
| 19 | Manitowoc, Calumet | Samuel H. Thurber | Dem. | Manitowoc |
| 20 | Fond du Lac | Elihu Phillips | Rep. | Fond du Lac |
| 21 | Winnebago | Ganem W. Washburn | Rep. | Oshkosh |
| 22 | Dodge | Benjamin Ferguson | Rep. | Fox Lake |
| 23 | Southern Jefferson | Enias D. Masters | Rep. | Jefferson |
| 24 | Green | John W. Stewart | Rep. | Monroe |
| 25 | Columbia | Moses M. Davis | Rep. | Portage |
| 26 | Dane (Western Part) | John B. Sweat | Dem. | Black Earth |
| 27 | Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood | Luther Hanchett | Rep. | Stanton |
| 28 | Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix | Charles B. Cox | Rep. | River Falls |
| 29 | Marquette | M. W. Seely | Rep. | Marquette |
| 30 | Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Tremealeau | Buel E. Hutchinson | Rep. | Prairie du Chien |

### Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:
| Senate District | County | District | Representative | Party | Residence |
| 09 | Adams, Juneau | Adams, Juneau | Albert Wood | Rep. | Quincy |
| 28 | Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix | Ashland, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe, Polk, St. Croix | Asaph Whittlesey | Rep. | Whittlesey |
| 30 | Bad Ax, Crawford | Bad Ax, Crawford | William C. McMichael | Rep. | Viroqua |
| 02 | Brown | Brown | John C. Neville | Dem. | Green Bay |
| 30 | Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau | Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau | Romanzo Bunn | Rep. | Galesville |
| 19 | Calumet | Calumet | Asaph Green | Dem. | Chilton |
| 28 | Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Pierce | Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Pierce | William P. Bartlett | Rep. | Eau Claire |
| 25 | Columbia | 1 | Henry B. Munn | Dem. | Portage |
| 25 | Columbia | 2 | William M. Griswold | Rep. | Columbus |
| 25 | Columbia | 3 | Marcus Barden | Rep. | Pardeeville |
| 11 | Dane | 1 | William W. Blackman | Rep. | Stoughton |
| 11 | Dane | 2 | Eleazor Grover Jr. | Dem. | Madison |
| 11 | Dane | 3 | John Beath | Dem. | Verona |
| 26 | Dane | 4 | Francis Fischer | Rep. | Cross Plains |
| 26 | Dane | 5 | Leonard J. Farwell | Rep. | Madison |
| 26 | Dane | 6 | Cassius Fairchild | Dem. | Madison |
| 22 | Dodge | 1 | Elva Simpson | Dem. | Iron Ridge |
| 22 | Dodge | 2 | Max Bachhuber | Dem. | Farmersville |
| 22 | Dodge | 3 | Jonathan W. Nash | Rep. | Oak Grove |
| 22 | Dodge | 4 | Stoddard Judd | Rep. | Fox Lake |
| 22 | Dodge | 5 | David S. Ordway | Rep. | Beaver Dam |
| 22 | Dodge | 6 | Harvey C. Griffin | Dem. | Oak Grove |
| 02 | Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano | Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano | John Wiley | Dem. | Shawano |
| 20 | Fond du Lac | 1 | Alvan E. Bovay | Rep. | Ripon |
| 20 | Fond du Lac | 2 | Benjamin H. Bettis | Rep. | Ladoga |
| 20 | Fond du Lac | 3 | John C. Lewis | Rep. | Fond du Lac |
| 20 | Fond du Lac | 4 | John Boyd | Dem. | Calumet |
| 20 | Fond du Lac | 5 | Wolcott T. Brooks | Rep. | Fond du Lac |
| 16 | Grant | 1 | James K. Spottswood | Rep. | Hazel Green |
| 16 | Grant | 2 | James W. Seaton | Dem. | Potosi |
| 16 | Grant | 3 | Jonathan B. Moore | Rep. | Muscoda |
| 16 | Grant | 4 | Samuel F. Clise | Rep. | Ellenboro |
| 16 | Grant | 5 | George Ballantine | Rep. | Patch Grove |
| 24 | Green | 1 | Walter S. Wescott | Rep. | Monroe |
| 24 | Green | 2 | Martin Mitchell | Rep. | Brodhead |
| 29 | Green Lake | Green Lake | James W. Burt | Rep. | Mackford |
| 15 | Iowa | 1 | Gardner C. Meigs | Dem. | Arena |
| 15 | Iowa | 2 | Amasa Cobb | Rep. | Mineral Point |
| 23 | Jefferson | 1 | Norman Horton | Rep. | Cold Spring |
| 23 | Jefferson | 2 | Charles Hammarquist | Rep. | Fort Atkinson |
| 14 | Jefferson | 3 | Heber Smith | Rep. | Watertown |
| 14 | Jefferson | 4 | H. H. Winter | Dem. Rep. | Watertown |
| 14 | Jefferson | 5 | John Sutton | Dem. | Milford |
| 08 | Kenosha | 1 | Meredith Howland | Rep. | Kenosha |
| 08 | Kenosha | 2 | Salmon Upson | Rep. | Kenosha |
| 30 | La Crosse & Monroe | La Crosse & Monroe | John J. McKay | Rep. | Sparta |
| 13 | Lafayette | 1 | Thomas C. L. Mackay | Dem. | Elk Grove |
| 13 | Lafayette | 2 | Samuel Cole | Dem. | Gratiot |
| 13 | Lafayette | 3 | Elijah C. Townsend | Dem. | Shullsburg |
| 19 | Manitowoc | 1 | Joseph Rankin | Dem. | Mishicot |
| 19 | Manitowoc | 2 | Henry Mulholand | Dem. | Meeme |
| 27 | Marathon, Portage, Wood | Marathon, Portage, Wood | John Phillips | Rep. | Stevens Point |
| 29 | Marquette | Marquette | Orrin W. Bow | Dem. | Kingston |
| 05 | Milwaukee | 1 | Henry L. Palmer | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 05 | Milwaukee | 2 | Leonard Schmidtner | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 06 | Milwaukee | 3 | Edward Keogh | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 06 | Milwaukee | 4 | Edward D. Holton | Rep. | Milwaukee |
| 06 | Milwaukee | 5 | Edward G. Hayden | Rep. | Milwaukee |
| 05 | Milwaukee | 6 | Matthias Humann | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 05 | Milwaukee | 7 | Patrick Dockry | Dem. | Ten Mile House |
| 06 | Milwaukee | 8 | John Ruan | Dem. | Oak Creek |
| 06 | Milwaukee | 9 | Andrew Eble (died Jan. 7) | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 06 | Milwaukee | 9 | Theodore Hartung (from Feb. 2) | Dem. | |
| 02 | Outagamie | Outagamie | Daniel C. Jenne (until Jan. 17) | Rep. | Appleton |
| 02 | Outagamie | Outagamie | Milo Coles (from Jan. 17) | Dem. | Gratiot |
| 03 | Ozaukee | 1 | Anthony Ahlhauser | Dem. | Saukville |
| 03 | Ozaukee | 2 | Frederick W. Horn | Dem. | Cedarburg |
| 07 | Racine | 1 | William P. Lyon | Rep. | Racine |
| 07 | Racine | 2 | Lewis L. Baldwin | Rep. | Racine |
| 07 | Racine | 3 | Knud Langeland | Rep. | North Cape |
| 07 | Racine | 4 | Frederick A. Weage | Rep. | Waterford |
| 15 | Richland | Richland | Jeremiah L. Jackson | Dem. | Viola |
| 18 | Rock | 1 | William E. Wheeler | Rep. | Beloit |
| 18 | Rock | 2 | Thomas C. Westby | Rep. | Emerald Grove |
| 17 | Rock | 3 | John P. Dickson | Rep. | Janesville |
| 17 | Rock | 4 | Jeremiah Johnson | Rep. | Evansville |
| 17 | Rock | 5 | George Golden | Rep. | Brodhead |
| 09 | Sauk | 1 | Ephraim W. Young | Rep. | Prairie du Sac |
| 09 | Sauk | 2 | Edward Sumner | Rep. | Baraboo |
| 01 | Sheboygan | 1 | James T. Kingsbury | Dem. | Sheboygan |
| 01 | Sheboygan | 2 | Erastus W. Stannard | Rep. | Greenbush |
| 01 | Sheboygan | 3 | Oran Rogers | Rep. | Cascade |
| 12 | Walworth | 1 | Clarkson Miller | Rep. | Geneva |
| 12 | Walworth | 2 | John DeWolf | Rep. | Delavan |
| 12 | Walworth | 3 | Anderson Whiting | Rep. | Richmond |
| 12 | Walworth | 4 | James Child | Rep. | East Troy |
| 04 | Washington | 1 | George Kiefer | Dem. | Nenno |
| 04 | Washington | 2 | Matthias Altenhofen | Dem. | Kewaskum |
| 04 | Washington | 3 | Tisdale E. Vander Cook | Rep. | Newburg |
| 10 | Waukesha | 1 | Albert Alden | Rep. | Delafield |
| 10 | Waukesha | 2 | William R. Hesk | Rep. | Menomonee Falls |
| 10 | Waukesha | 3 | Andrew E. Elmore | Dem. | Mukwonago |
| 10 | Waukesha | 4 | Benjamin Hunkins | Dem. | New Berlin |
| 10 | Waukesha | 5 | Robert C. Robertson | Rep. | Vernon |
| 27 | Waupaca | Waupaca | Melvin B. Patchin | Dem. | Fremont |
| 27 | Waushara | Waushara | Jacob S. Bugh | Rep. | Wautoma |
| 21 | Winnebago | 1 | Gabriel Bouck | Dem. | Oshkosh |
| 21 | Winnebago | 2 | George B. Goodwin | Rep. | Menasha |
| 21 | Winnebago | 3 | George S. Barnum | Rep. | Waukau |

## Employees
### Senate employees

* Chief Clerk: John H. Warren
** Assistant Clerk: Willard Merrill
** Engrossing Clerk: J. B. Selby
** Enrolling Clerk: G. M. Powell
** Transcribing Clerk: A. L. Burke
* Sergeant-at-Arms: Asa Kinney
** Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: S. S. Keyes
* Postmaster: James L. Wilder
** Post Messenger: Garret J. Mahoney
* Doorkeeper: Henry M. Higbee
* Fireman: Franz G. L. Struve
* Messengers:
** William W. Worthington
** Walter C. Wyman
** Sylvester Mygatt

### Assembly employees

* Chief Clerk: L. H. D. Crane
** Assistant Clerk: John S. Dean
** Engrossing Clerk: R. S. Kingman
** Enrolling Clerk: Thaddeus C. Pound
** Transcribing Clerk: E. Gilbert Jackson
* Sergeant-at-Arms: Joseph Gates
** Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: A. Armstrong
* Postmaster: Marcus Otterbourg
** Assistant Postmaster: Chancey B. Valentine
* Doorkeeper: William C. Lessure
** Assistant Doorkeeper: John T. Taylor
* Firemen:
** Nelson C. Andrews
** Stephen S. Woodward
** Phillip Cary
** Robert R. Jores
* Messengers:
** Samuel H. Fernandez
** Carlton C. Hart
** Edward Livingston
** William H. Barnes
** George W. Yout
** William H. Bennett