# 33rd Wisconsin Legislature

The Thirty-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 14, 1880, to March 17, 1880, 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 4, 1879. 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 5, 1878.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican William E. Smith, of Milwaukee County, serving the first year of his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

## Major events

* October 19, 1880: Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice Edward George Ryan died in office.
* November 2, 1880: James A. Garfield elected the 20th President of the United States.
* November 11, 1880: Governor William E. Smith appointed justice Orsamus Cole as the 6th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. On the same day, Smith appointed John B. Cassoday as associate justice.

## Major legislation

* March 5, 1880: An Act to allow general accident insurance companies to do business in this state, 1880 Act 105.
* March 11, 1880: An Act to preserve and promote the public health in the city of Milwaukee, 1880 Act 206. Criminalized the act of dumping waste or wastewater into any river or stream in Milwaukee.
* March 15, 1880: An Act to promote good order and repress crime, 1880 Act 238. Created sentence-reduction incentives for good behavior by state prisoners.
* March 15, 1880: An Act for the prevention of cruelty to minors, 1880 Act 239.
* March 15, 1880: An Act to prevent the adulteration of food and medicine and provide for analyzing the same, 1880 Act 252.
* March 16, 1880: An Act relating to non-registered voters and amendatory of section twenty-four of the revised statutes of 1878, 1880 Act 315. Enabled unregistered voters to be eligible to vote with the assistance of a registered voter acting as witness for their eligibility.
* Joint Resolution amending sections numbers 4, 5, 11, and 21, article 4 of the constitution of the State of Wisconsin, 1880 Joint Resolution 9. Proposed changing the terms for members of the Assembly from 1 year to 2 years, and for senators from 2 years to 4 years, and proposed that the legislature should be convened biennially, rather than annually.
* Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 3 of the constitution of Wisconsin relating to suffrage, 1880 Joint Resolution 12. Proposed an amendment to the state constitution to allow universal suffrage in Wisconsin for all people over age 21 who were citizens or recent immigrants intent on becoming citizens.

## Party summary
### Senate summary

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| | Dem. | Rep. | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 9 | 24 | 33 | 0 |
| 1st Session | 8 | 25 | 33 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 24.24% | 75.76% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 9 | 24 | 33 | 0 |

### Assembly summary

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| | Dem. | Gbk. | Rep. | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 25 | 9 | 66 | 100 | 0 |
| 1st Session | 28 | 2 | 70 | 100 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 30% | 30% | 70% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 21 | 0 | 79 | 100 | 0 |

## Sessions

* 1st Regular session: January 14, 1880 – March 17, 1880

## Leaders
### Senate leadership

* President of the Senate: James M. Bingham (R)
* President pro tempore: Thomas B. Scott (R)

### Assembly leadership

* Speaker of the Assembly: Alexander A. Arnold (R)

## Members
### Members of the Senate

Members of the Senate for the Thirty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:
| Dist. | Counties | Senator | Residence | Party |
| 01 | Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, & Shawano | George Grimmer | Kewaunee | Rep. |
| 02 | Brown | David M. Kelly | Green Bay | Rep. |
| 03 | Racine | William E. Chipman | Burlington | Rep. |
| 04 | Crawford & Vernon | Ormsby B. Thomas | Prairie du Chien | Rep. |
| 05 | Milwaukee (Northern Part) | Isaac W. Van Schaick | Milwaukee | Rep. |
| 06 | Milwaukee (Southern Part) | George H. Paul | Milwaukee | Dem. |
| 07 | Milwaukee (Central Part) | Edwin Hyde | Milwaukee | Rep. |
| 08 | Kenosha & Walworth | Joseph V. Quarles | Kenosha | Rep. |
| 09 | Green Lake, Marquette, & Waushara | Hobart S. Sacket | Berlin | Rep. |
| 10 | Waukesha | Richard Weaver | Lisbon | Dem. |
| 11 | Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Price, Taylor, & Wood | Thomas B. Scott | Grand Rapids | Rep. |
| 12 | Green & Lafayette | John W. Blackstone | Shullsburg | Rep. |
| 13 | Dodge | Edward C. McFetridge | Beaver Dam | Rep. |
| 14 | Juneau & Sauk | Edwin E. Woodman | Baraboo | Rep. |
| 15 | Manitowoc | Joseph Rankin | Manitowoc | Dem. |
| 16 | Grant | George W. Ryland | Lancaster | Rep. |
| 17 | Rock | Hamilton Richardson | Janesville | Rep. |
| 18 | Fond du Lac (Western Part) | George E. Sutherland | Ripon | Rep. |
| 19 | Winnebago | Andrew Haben | Oshkosh | Dem. |
| 20 | Sheboygan & Eastern Fond du Lac | Patrick H. Smith | Plymouth | Dem. |
| 21 | Marathon, Portage, & Waupaca | John A. Kellogg | Wausau | Rep. |
| 22 | Calumet & Outagamie | Benjamin F. Carter | Harrison | Dem. |
| 23 | Jefferson | Joseph B. Bennett | Watertown | Rep. |
| 24 | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, & St. Croix | Sam S. Fifield | Ashland | Rep. |
| 25 | Dane (Eastern Part) | George B. Burrows | Madison | Rep. |
| 26 | Dane (Western Part) | Matthew Anderson | Cross Plains | Dem. |
| 27 | Adams & Columbia | Charles L. Dering | Columbus | Rep. |
| 28 | Iowa & Richland | Joseph McGrew | Richland | Rep. |
| 29 | Buffalo, Pepin, & Trempealeau | Horace E. Houghton | Durand | Rep. |
| 30 | Dunn, Eau Claire, & Pierce | Michael Griffin | Eau Claire | Rep. |
| 31 | La Crosse | Gysbert Van Steenwyk | La Crosse | Rep. |
| 32 | Jackson & Monroe | William T. Price | Black River Falls | Rep. |
| 33 | Ozaukee & Washington | Lyman Morgan | Port Washington | Dem. |

### Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Thirty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:
| Senate District | County | Dist. | Representative | Party | Residence |
| 27 | Adams | Adams | Solon Pierce | Rep. | Friendship |
| 24 | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, & Polk | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, & Polk | Lars L. Gunderson | Rep. | Lakeland |
| 02 | Brown | 1 | Benjamin Fontaine | Rep. | Green Bay |
| 02 | Brown | 2 | David E. Sedgwick | Rep. | Wrightstown |
| 02 | Brown | 3 | Chester G. Wilcox | Dem. | Depere |
| 29 | Buffalo & Pepin | 1 | Franklin Gilman | Rep. | Gilmanton |
| 29 | Buffalo & Pepin | 2 | William Allison | Rep. | Maxville |
| 22 | Calumet | Calumet | J. W. Parkinson | Dem. | Brothertown |
| 11 | Chippewa & Price | Chippewa & Price | Hector McRae | Rep. | Chippewa Falls |
| 11 | Clark, Lincoln, Taylor & Wood | Clark, Lincoln, Taylor & Wood | Niran Withee | Rep. | Neillsville |
| 27 | Columbia | 1 | Addison Eaton | Rep. | Lodi |
| 27 | Columbia | 2 | Matthew Lowth | Dem. | Columbus |
| 04 | Crawford | Crawford | Atley Peterson | Rep. | Soldiers Grove |
| 26 | Dane | 1 | John H. Tierney | Dem. | Waunakee |
| 25 | Dane | 2 | Thomas Beattie | Rep. | Stoughton |
| 25 | Dane | 3 | Charles G. Crosse | Rep. | Sun Prairie |
| 13 | Dodge | 1 | William Fleming | Dem. | Emmet |
| 13 | Dodge | 2 | Joseph Heimerl | Dem. | Farmersville |
| 13 | Dodge | 3 | DeWitt C. Williams | Rep. | Chester |
| 13 | Dodge | 4 | Benjamin F. Sherman | Dem. | Beaver Dam |
| 01 | Door | Door | Edward S. Minor | Rep. | Fish Creek |
| 30 | Dunn | Dunn | John McGilton | Rep. | Red Cedar |
| 30 | Eau Claire | Eau Claire | Ira B. Bradford | Rep. | Augusta |
| 18 | Fond du Lac | 1 | William A. Adamson | Rep. | Eldorado |
| 18 | Fond du Lac | 2 | Daniel D. Treleven | Rep. | Byron |
| 18 | Fond du Lac | 3 | John F. Ware | Rep. | Fond du Lac |
| 20 | Fond du Lac | 4 | Ignatius Klotz | Dem. | Campbellsport |
| 16 | Grant | 1 | Charles Watson | Rep. | Washburn |
| 16 | Grant | 2 | John A. Klindt | Rep. | Cassville |
| 16 | Grant | 3 | John Brindley | Rep. | Boscobel |
| 12 | Green | 1 | Cyrus Troy | Rep. | Mount Pleasant |
| 12 | Green | 2 | Burr Sprague | Rep. | Brodhead |
| 09 | Green Lake | Green Lake | Richard Pritchard | Rep. | Manchester |
| 28 | Iowa | 1 | Richard R. Kennedy | Dem. | Highland |
| 28 | Iowa | 2 | George G. Cox | Rep. | Mineral Point |
| 32 | Jackson | Jackson | Robert D. Wilson | Rep. | North Bend |
| 23 | Jefferson | 1 | Jesse Stone | Rep. | Watertown |
| 23 | Jefferson | 2 | John D. Bullock | Rep. | Johnson Creek |
| 23 | Jefferson | 3 | Samuel A. Craig | Dem. | Fort Atkinson |
| 14 | Juneau | 1 | George P. Kenyon | Dem. | Wonewoc |
| 14 | Juneau | 2 | John T. Kingston | Rep. | Necedah |
| 08 | Kenosha | Kenosha | Cornelius Williams | Rep. | Bristol |
| 01 | Kewaunee | Kewaunee | Joseph E. Darbellay | Dem. | Kewaunee |
| 31 | La Crosse | La Crosse | John Bradley | Rep. | Bangor |
| 11 | Lafayette | 1 | Thomas E. Sheldon | Rep. | Darlington |
| 11 | Lafayette | 2 | Bernard McGinty | Dem. | Kendall |
| 15 | Manitowoc | 1 | John Carey | Dem. | Osman |
| 15 | Manitowoc | 2 | Frederick Pfunder | Dem. | Nero |
| 15 | Manitowoc | 3 | William H. Hemschemeyer | Rep. | Manitowoc |
| 21 | Marathon | Marathon | John Ringle | Dem. | Wausau |
| 09 | Marquette | Marquette | Charles S. Kelsey | Rep. | Montello |
| 05 | Milwaukee | 1 | Charles C. Paine | Rep. | Milwaukee |
| 07 | Milwaukee | 2 | Otto Laverrenz | Rep. | Milwaukee |
| 07 | Milwaukee | 3 | Edward Keogh | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 07 | Milwaukee | 4 | Edward B. Simpson | Rep. | Milwaukee |
| 06 | Milwaukee | 5 | John Bentley | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 05 | Milwaukee | 6 | Christopher Raesser | Rep. | Milwaukee |
| 07 | Milwaukee | 7 | Charles L. Colby | Rep. | Milwaukee |
| 06 | Milwaukee | 8 | Charles F. Freeman | Dem. | Milwaukee |
| 05 | Milwaukee | 9 | Luther F. Gilson | Rep. | Milwaukee |
| 05 | Milwaukee | 10 | Washington Boorse | Rep. | Granville |
| 06 | Milwaukee | 11 | Patrick Merritty | Dem. | Hales Corners |
| 32 | Monroe | 1 | Eli Waste | Rep. | Sparta |
| 32 | Monroe | 2 | Robert Campbell | Rep. | Glendale |
| 01 | Oconto & Shawano | Oconto & Shawano | Herman Naber | Ind.D. | Shawano |
| 22 | Outagamie | 1 | John C. Petersen | Gbk. | Appleton |
| 22 | Outagamie | 2 | James McMurdo | Rep. | Hortonville |
| 33 | Ozaukee | Ozaukee | William H. Fitzgerald | Ind.D. | Cedarburg |
| 30 | Pierce | Pierce | Nils P. Haugen | Rep. | River Falls |
| 21 | Portage | Portage | Thomas McDill | Rep. | McDill |
| 03 | Racine | 1 | William P. Packard | Dem. | Racine |
| 03 | Racine | 2 | John Bosustow | Rep. | Yorkville |
| 28 | Richland | 1 | William H. Joslin | Rep. | Richland Center |
| 28 | Richland | 2 | John H. Case | Rep. | Eagle |
| 17 | Rock | 1 | Richard J. Burge | Rep. | Beloit |
| 17 | Rock | 2 | Franklin S. Lawrence | Rep. | Janesville |
| 17 | Rock | 3 | Simon Lord | Rep. | Edgerton |
| 14 | Sauk | 1 | Ephraim Blakeslee | Rep. | Ironton |
| 14 | Sauk | 2 | Thomas Gillespie | Rep. | Delton |
| 20 | Sheboygan | 1 | Wilbur M. Root | Dem. | Sheboygan |
| 20 | Sheboygan | 2 | Eugene McIntyre | Rep. | Lyndon |
| 20 | Sheboygan | 3 | John Ruch | Rep. | Scott |
| 24 | St. Croix | St. Croix | James Hill | Rep. | Warren |
| 29 | Trempealeau | Trempealeau | Alexander A. Arnold | Rep. | Galesville |
| 04 | Vernon | 1 | Jacob Eckhardt | Rep. | De Soto |
| 04 | Vernon | 2 | David C. Yakey | Rep. | Clinton |
| 08 | Walworth | 1 | George R. Allen | Rep. | Bloomfield |
| 08 | Walworth | 2 | Dwight B. Barnes | Rep. | Delavan |
| 08 | Walworth | 3 | Caleb S. Blanchard | Rep. | East Troy |
| 33 | Washington | 1 | Jacob C. Place | Dem. | Hartford |
| 33 | Washington | 2 | Baruch S. Weil | Dem. | West Bend |
| 10 | Waukesha | 1 | John Schmidt | Dem. | Muskego |
| 10 | Waukesha | 2 | William Small | Rep. | Lisbon |
| 21 | Waupaca | 1 | Sewall A. Phillips | Rep. | Royalton |
| 21 | Waupaca | 2 | Nels Anderson | Rep. | Scandinavia |
| 09 | Waushara | Waushara | Charles W. Moors | Rep. | Hancock |
| 19 | Winnebago | 1 | William Wall | Rep. | Oshkosh |
| 19 | Winnebago | 2 | A. H. F. Krueger | Dem. | Neenah |
| 19 | Winnebago | 3 | Hiram W. Webster | Rep. | Omro |
| 19 | Winnebago | 4 | David R. Bean | Gbk. | Rushford |

## Employees
### Senate employees

* Chief Clerk: Charles E. Bross
** Assistant Clerk: J. F. A. Williams
** Bookkeeper: T. S. Ansley
** Engrossing Clerk: John P. Mitchell
** Enrolling Clerk: John P. Webster
** Transcribing Clerk: Gilbert Tennant
** Proofreader: Thomas A. Dyson
** Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: Walter L. Houser
** Clerk for the Committee on Claims: J. Lamborn
** Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Charles Pinckney
** Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: Charles H. Darlington
** Document Clerk: William Graham
* Sergeant-at-Arms: Chalmers Ingersoll
** Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Daniel Harshman
* Postmaster: A. C. Fraser
** Assistant Postmaster: James E. Heg
* Gallery Attendants:
** Jacob Cleaver
** A. J. Barsantee
* Wash Room Attendant: William McCann
* Document Room Attendant: Frank S. Hatson
* Enrolling Room Attendant: H. R. Rawson
* Committee Room Attendant: Oscar M. Dering
* Doorkeepers:
** M. Simon
** W. F. Cochran
** Edwin Rowclitt
** Louis Goeller
* Porter: W. L. Dowler
* Night Watch: G. H. Markstrom
* President's Messenger: Ralph Irish
* Chief Clerk's Messenger: J. G. Hyland
* Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: Edward N. Potter
* Messengers:
** Charles Pierce
** Gustrave Mosier
** John Rindlaub
** T. Nelson
* Janitor: M. Finnerty

### Assembly employees

* Chief Clerk: John E. Eldred
** 1st Assistant Clerk: William M. Fogo
*** 2nd Assistant Clerk: Charles N. Herreid
** Bookkeeper: O. A. Southmayd
** Engrossing Clerk: P. H. Swift
** Enrolling Clerk: T. J. Vaughn
** Transcribing Clerk: C. H. Ladd
** Proof Reader: J. A. Ellis
* Sergeant-at-Arms: Daniel H. Pulcifer
** Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: George W. Church
* Postmaster: W. W. Sturtevant
** Assistant Postmaster: T. M. Griswold
* Doorkeepers:
** Isidore Lison
** George Seebald
** Dehart McLummins
** Charles A. Vaetz
* Gallery Attendant: Otto Comdohr
* Night Watch: W. R. Alban
* Room Attendants:
** William Gillillan Jr.
** J. W. Dunn
* Speaker's Messenger: Paul R. Colvin
* Clerk's Messenger: Eddie Cavanaugh
* Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: Adolph Roeder
* Messengers:
** George Bean
** Hugh Edwards
** Thomas Jones
** Alma Marsden
** Frank Leonard
** Thomas Gillespie
** C. Hindrich
** J. Kohner
** Edwin Dahlby
** John Kempf