Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-03-18
OUR LEGISLATOR
The Members from "Old Granr-Representa'
tives in the Territorial and state
Legislatures for 3S years.

The First Legislative Assembly IN
der the Territorial Government OF
Wisconsin convened at Belmont, La
fayette county, in October, 1886.
The counties of Brown, Crawford,
Iowa and Milwaukee then embraced
the whole territory of what now
constitutes Wisconsin, and the county
of Iowa embraced the present terri
tory Of Grant until March 4Lh, 1887,
when the county was organized
The western part of Iowa county
(now Grant, was represented in the
First Territorial Assembly by JAS.
R. Whey ard, of Platteville, in the
Council and by Thos. Stanley, of
Cassvile, and JAS. P. Cox, of Lam
caster, in the House of Representa-
tives. This assembly had two SEES
sions, the last at Burlington, Iowa, in
November; 1887. The Second Ter
ritorial Assembly convened at Madi-
son November 26, 1888, at which the
new county of Grant was represent
ed. Since the organization of the
county Grant has been represented
in the Territorial and State Legisla-
ture as follows:
TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS
1888 'S9-Jas. r. Vineyard, Plattevie.
j. H. RountIee,
1910 ALIAS r. Vineyard, :"
]. H. Rountree,
1912 43-Jas. r. Vineyards
J. H. Rountree,
1914 AL II. Rountree,
Nelson Dewey, Lancaster.
1845 Al. II. Rountree, Platteville.
Nelson Dewey, Lancaster (Pres) |
lS47 4S-Orris Mccartney, Cassville.
REPRESENTATIVES.
lsSS-Thomas Cruson, Platteville Nelson
Dewey, Lancaster; Ralph Carver, Potosi
Jos. H. D. Street, Cassville.
ls40-Thomas Cruson, Platteve; Nelson
Dewey, Lancaster, Speak err; Jonathan Craig,
Potosi Jos H. d. Street, Cassvie.
l84l-Neely Gray, PlattevilIe Nelson Dew
ew, Lancaster; d. R. Burt, (now WaterIoo)
lS42-Neely Gray, Platteville Nelson Dew
ew, Lancaster D. r. Burt, Waterloo.
lS43-AlonZo Platt, Plattevle, Franklin z
Hicks, (now JAMESTOWN; G. NJ. Price, Cass
Vile
ls44-Alonzo Platt, Platteville Franklin
T. Hicks, jamestown G. NJ. Price, Cassvie
ls45-Thos. Cruson, PlattevilIe; f. T.
Hicks, jamestown; 7. P. Burnett, (now Mt.
Hope)
ls46-Thos. Cruson, Platteville Armstead
I
1S47-A. G. Brown, Potosi VIM. Richard
son, (now Paris.)
ls4s-Noah H. Virgin, Pattcville; D.. R.
Burt, Waterloo.
expelled Feb IL, 40, for the murder of Chas C.P
Arndt
STATE GOVERNMENT.
SENATE.
lS4S 49-Geo. w. Lakin, Platteville.
1850 '5l-J. H. Rountree,
1852 '53-J. c. Squires Lancaster.
1854 55-Nelson Dewey,
1856 '57-J. Allen Barber,
1858 '59-Noah H. Virgin, Platteville. /
500 6l-Noah IL Virgin :
1862 '63-M. X. Young, Glen Haven.
1894 '65-M. K Young,
1866 Ell II. Rountree, Platteville,
1868 Coco. c. Hazelton Boscobel.
1870 '7l-Geo. c. Hazelton, D
1872 '7S-J. c. Holloway, Lancaster. I
1872 To-. G. Holloway,
ASSEMBLY. "
ls4s-N H. Virgin, Plattevle Arthur w =
Worth, Lancaster; A. 9. Brown, Potosi c.
ames Gilmore, jamestown.
1s49-J. K. Vineyard, Platteyille Robert ;,
4. Briggs, Beetown, D. GIhllan, Potosi
,ob't Young, Hazel Green
ls50-H. D. YORK. Hazel Green; John b.
'urley, Beetown; J. f. Dodge, Waterloo
Vim. McGonigal, Wingville. u
lS5l-John n. Jones, Platteville Rob't VI. ie
Briggs, Betown; W. L. Biddlecome, Potosi 4
as B. johnson, Fairplay.
lS52-Noah Cemmons, Platteville J. Allen 81
Iarber Lancaster; David Mckee, Potosi =
Vim. Richardson, jamestown. :
ls5S-Titus Hayes, Platteville II. L. Block
'otosi j. A Barber, Lancaster; II. d. York,
Iazel Green J. E. Dodge, Waterloo 80
ls54--E. Estabrook, Platteyille William 10
Iull, Potosi; VIM. jeffrey, Ellenboro; Lewis a a
God, Hazel Green; NJ X. Young, Cassville. N
l855-N, II Virgin, Platteyille; William