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The following is the list of governors:


Governors of Wisconsin Territory:


Henry Dodge. from July 4, 1836 to Oct. 5, 1841. James Duane Doty


" Oct. 5, 1841 to Sept. 16, 1844. Nathaniel P. Tallmadge


Sept. 16, 1844 to May 13, 1845. Henry Dodge.


" May 13, 1845 to June 7, 1848.


The first of these governors was a Missourian by birth, and had distinguished himself by his services both at the time of the Winnebago outbreak, and in the Black Hawk war. He was the


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representative man of the Mining Region, which, at the time of his appointment, was probably the most populous part of the territory.


Governor Doty was also an officer in the Black Hawk war, but having been severely wounded by an accidental shot fired by one of the volunteers, he had to return home before any decisive battle had been fought. Before his appointment as governor he had been twice, 1838 and 1840, elected as the delegate of the territory to Congress. ·


Governor Tallmadge was less than one year in office, and was succeeded by Henry Dodge, who had been delegate to Congress since the appointment of Gov. Doty.


All of our territorial governors were Democrats, the democratic party being then in the ascendancy. Gov. Doty, appointed by President Tyler was the only governor, who had any serious trou- ble with the legislature.


Secretaries of Wisconsin Territory:


John S. Horner May 6, 1836.


William B. Slaughter Feb. 16, 1837.


Francis J. Dunn Jan. 25, 1841.


A. P. Field. Apr. 23, 1841.


George R. C. Floyd Oct. 30, 1843.


John Catlin Feb. 24; 1846.


Of the above named gentlemen John S. Horner, a Virginian, was before the organization of the territory of Wisconsin . acting governor of Michigan territory, of which Wisconsin then was a part. There was some disagreement between him and the legis- lature on account of his proclamation for convoking the latter. The result of this was a resolution to request the President to revoke Horner's commission, which, however, did not produce the desired removal.


The following table shows the sessions of the Territorial As- sembly from year to year until the State Organization went into effect. The Council represents the Senate, the Representatives or House as it is commonly called answering to the Assembly of the state constitution,


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none in the council, and the two counties still remained one dis- trict, but a member of the council was apportioned to them.


The legislature of 1845 set off the upper part of Crawford county, and organized Chippewa county with the Buffalo or Beef River as the boundary line between them. In the same session the northern part of St. Croix county was set off under the name of La Pointe County. The four counties into which the original county of Crawford had been divided still formed one assembly district, now (1846) entitled to one member of the Council and one of the Assembly. This apportionment prevailed:


YEARS


MEMBERS OF COUNCIL


REPRESENTATIVES


1836


None. None.


1837


1838


George Wilson. do.


Jas. H. Lockwood, Jas. B. Dallam. Ira B. Brunson, Jean Bennet. Alexander McGregor. AlexanderMcGregor, Ira B.Brunson The same.


1840


Jas. Bribois (1 session.) Chas. J. Learned, extra · session.


1841


Chas. J. Learned. do.


do. Alfred Brunson, Jos. R. Brown. do. do.


1842


1843


Theophile La Chapelle. do.


John H. Manahan. do.


1844 1845


Wiram Knowlton. do.


James Fisher. do.


1846


1847 Ext. Session. 1848


Benjamin F. Manahan. do. do.


Jos. W. Furber. Henry Jackson. do.


The above list together with preceding remarks will give a clear idea of the representation of the northwestern portion of the territory. The loss of a member of representatives depended on the much larger increase of the population in the eastern and southern parts during the time between the first and some later . apportion- ment. The denial of a member of council in the first legislative assembly created quite a hubbub at Prairie du Chien, an. indigna- tion meeting was held, and Thomas P. Burnett chosen as a mem- ber of the council. . But his petition to the legislature for a seat in that body, could not be granted, since the governor had only exer_ cised his right and performed his duty in the apportionment


1839


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of the members of either body of the legislative assembly to the different counties, and the legislature could not interfere with it.


Among the representatives from this district was one remark- able man, whose career seems to deserve particular notice. This man was Joseph R. Brown. He came to the notice of the people and the territorial.legislature of Wisconsin in the year 1840 when he and his wife applied for a divorce, as mentioned in Strong's History of Wisconsin Territory in the following words:


"A very anomalous divorce act was passed at this session, which recited that Joseph R. Brown and Margaret Brown a half- breed Chippewa woman, were legally married and were mutually desirous of dissolving the marriage contract in consequence of the danger they both incur of the destruction of their lives and prop- erty by continuing to live together, at the place where they now reside, on account of the hostile incursions of the Sioux Indians."


That it should be lawful for them by a written article of sep- aration, under their hands and seals, to dissolve the marriage con- taact existing between them, provided that the articles of separa- tion contain a provision for her of one-third of all his property. Whether the separation actually took place, I do not know, but as Mr. Brown still continued to reside in the same place, it may be presumed that it did. The following is a short summation of the biographical sketches that appeared in St. Paul newspapers at the time of his rather unexpected demise:


"Joseph Renshaw Brown was born on the 5th of January 1805, in Hartford county, Maryland, where his father was a local preacher of the Meth. Episcopal church. His mother died in his infancy, and his father removed to Pennsylvania, where Joseph was brought up on a farm. In his 14th year he was appenticed to a printer, from whose harsh and unjust treatment he ran away, enlisting in the U. S. service as a drummer boy. With his com- pany he came 1819 to Fort Snelling, Minn., where he served out his capitulation and was probably in 1825, discharged. He now set up for an Indian trader, acquired a perfect knowledge of the Dakota tongue, and established himself at Gray Cloud, about 12 miles below St. Paul, where he was commissioned as a Justice of the Peace. by Gov. Dodge of Wisconsin, to which territory all on the east-side of the Mississippi now included in Minnesota did at that time belong. He was granted the above divorce in 1840. At


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that time he must have been located at Stillwater, as most of his claim there is now included in the city, and as he agreed to pro- vide the necessary buildings for the newly created county of St. Croix. In 1841 and '42 he was a member of the house of Repre- sentatives of Wisconsin Territory, whose sessions he attended faith- fully. When at the admission of Wisconsin as a state the St. Croix River had been established as the western boundary of that new state, Mr. Brown with others, endeavored to induce Congress to grant territorial organization to Minnesota, for which purpose the so-called Stillwater Convention in August 1848 was held. He remained a citizen of Minnesota until the time of his death, was Secretary of the territorial council in 1849 and 1851, clerk of the house 1853, territorial printer in 1853 to '54, member of the con- stitutional convention of 1857, where he led the democratic party, and was appointed one of the commissioners to canvass the vote taken on the adoption of the constitution and the election of the first state officers under the same. He had much influence in the matter of legislation both during territorial and subsequent times, and dictated the policy of his party of whose conventions he always was a prominent member. He also was a Journalist and proprietor of the St. Paul Pioneer from 1852 to 1854, and of the Henderson Democrat, established by himself, from 1857 to 1860 or 61. About that time he must have been government agent to the Lower Bands of the Sioux, from which position he was removed in 1862 for party consideration. We find nothing on record of him during the outbreak of 1862, during which time he must have been at his establishment on Big Stone Lake, the last one he ever set up. The Indians being removed his trading with them was at an end. Like most men of his class he made and lost more than one for- tune, but bore his losses with great equanimity, being always good humored, cheerful and social. His last venture, or as we might term it, his pet hobby, was the building of a steam traction engine, a wagon, that could be propelled by steam alone over the hard roads of the prairies. This wagon was in the course of construc- tion in New York when he was called away from the dreams and speculations of this world, with which inventors of every class are so largely endowed, and to which they but too often sacrifice every- thing they possess. Mr. Brown had also expended large sums in experiments and in the construction of his steam wagon, which


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The second session did not labor under the same disadvantage. Perhaps that accounts to a certain extent for the fact that the first constitution was rejected, while the second was adopted. In the second convention Chippewa and Crawford counties were repre- ¿ented by Daniel G. Fenton.


The following table is a short repetition of the main circum- stances relating to the


CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. First Convention.


YEAR


TIME OF MEETING


.


ADJOURNMENT


LENGTH OF SESSION


NO. REPS.


1846 October 5th


1847 December 15th


December 16, 1846 ... Second Convention. February 1, 1848.


73 days


124


48 days.


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STATE ORGANIZATION.


First Session-The first session of the State Legislature was held at the Capital at Madison, on Monday, the 5th day of June, A. D. 1848, pursuant to the constitution, which had been adopted by a large majority of the people. The apportionment of Senators and Representatives was under constitutional provisions, until other- wise declared by law. It convened June 5, 1848, and adjourned August 21, 1848, seventy-eight days. There were eighty-five members.


Second Session-Convened on the 10th of January, 1849, and adjourned April 2, 1849, eighty-three days, eighty-five members.


Third Session-Convened January 9, and adjourned February 11, 1850, thirty-four days, eighty-five members.


Fourth Session-Convened January 8, 1851, and adjourned March 17, 1851, sixty-nine days, eighty-five members.


Fifth Session-Convened January 14, 1852, and adjourned April 19, 1852. ninety-seven days, eighty-five members.


Sixth Session-This Legislature convened on the 12th of Janu- ary, 1853, and adjourned on the 4th day of April, 1853, until the 6th day of June, following, for the purpose that the Senate might sit as a Court of Impeachment, and the Assembly be present to prosecute the trial of Levi Hubbell, Judge of the Second Judicial' Circuit, against whom Articles of Impeachment had been exhibited,


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charging . him with acts of corrupt conduct and, malfeasance in office. For this purpose the Legislature again convened on the 6th day of June, and adjourned finally on the 13th of July, 1853. The legislative session amounted to one hundred and twenty-one days, with one hundred and seven members.


Seventh Session-Convened January 11, 1854, and adjourned April 3, 1854, eighty-three days, one hundred and seven members.


Eighth Session-Convened January 10, 1865, and adjourned. April 2, 1855, eighty-three days, one hundred and seven members.


Ninth Session-Convened January 9, 1856, and took a recess from March 31, 1856, to September 3, 1856, and adjourned Octo- ber 14, 1856, one hundred and twenty-five days, one hundred and seven members.


Tenth Session-Convened January 14, 1857, and adjourned. March 9, 1857, fifty-five days, one hundred and twenty-seven mem- bers.


Eleventh Session-Convened January 13, and adjourned May 17, 1858, one hundred and twenty-five days, one hundred and twenty-seven members.


Twelfth Session -- Convened January 12, 1859, and adjourned March 21, 1859, sixty-nine days, one hundred and twenty-seven members.


Thirteenth Session-Convened January 11, 1860, and adjourned April 2, 1860, eighty-three days, one hundred and twenty-seven members.


Fourteenth Session-Convened January 9 and adjourned April 17, 1861. Reconvened May 15, and adjourned May 27, 1861, a total of one hundred and twelve days, one hundred and twenty- seven members.


Fifteenth Session-Convened January 8, 1862, and . adjourned April 7, 1862 Reconvened June 3, 1862, and adjourned June 17, 1862. Met in extra session September 10, 1862 and adjourned September 26, 1862, a total of. one hundred and twenty-two days, one hundred and thirty-three members.


Sixteenth Session-Convened January 14, 1863, and adjourned April 2, 1863, seventy-nine days, one hundred and thirty-three members.


Seventeenth Session-Convened January 13, 1864, and adjourned


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April 4, 1864, eighty-three days, one hundred and thirty-three members.


Eighteenth Session-Convened January 11, 1865, and adjourned April 10, 1865, ninety days, one hundred and thirty-three mem- bers.


Nineteenth Session-Convened January 10, 1866, and adjourned April 12, 1866, ninety-three days, one hundred and thirty-three members.


Twentieth Session -- Convened January 9, 1867, and adjourned April 11, 1867, ninety-three days, one hundred and thirty-three members.


Twenty-first Session-Convened January 8, 1868, and adjourned March 6, 1868, fifty-nine days, one hundred and thirty-three mem- bers ..


Twenty-second Session-Convened January 13 and adjourned March 11, 1869, fifty-eight days, one hundred and thirty-three members.


Twenty-third Session-Convened January 12, and adjourned March 17, 1870, sixty-five days, one hundred and thirty-three members ..


Twenty-fourth Session-Convened January 11, 1871, and ad- journed March 25, 1871, seventy-four days, one hundred and thirty- three members.


Twenty-fifth Session-Convened January 10, 1872, and adjourned March 26, 1872, seventy-seven days, one hundred and thirty-three members.


Twenty-sixth Session-Convened January 8, 1873, and adjourned March 20, 1873, seventy-two days, one hundred and thirty-three members.


Twenty-seventh Session-Convened January 14, 1874, and ad- journed March 12, 1874, fifty-eight days, one hundred and thirty- three members.


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Twenty-eighth Session-Convened January 13, 1875, and ad- journed March 6, 1875, fifty-three days, one hundred and thirty- three members.


Twenty-ninth Session-Convened January 12, 1876, and ad- journed March 14, 1876, sixty-three days, one hundred and thirty- three members.


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legislature are now biennial and fall upon the odd numbered years, redistricting will be performed in the first and the seventh year of every decade.


It now remains to be seen by whom this county has been represented in the two houses of the Legislature.


SENATE.


1848 2nd District D. G. Fenton of Prairie du Chien.


1849 do. do. James Fisher of Eastman.


1850 do. do. James Fisher of Prairie du Chien.


1851 :do. do. Hiram A. Wright of Prairie du Chien.


1852 do. do. Hiram A. Wright of do.


1853 19th District Benjamin Allen of Pepin:


1854 do. do. Benjamin Allen of Hudson.


1855 do. do. Wm. J. Gibson of Black River Falls.


1856 do. do. Wm. J. Gibson of do.


1857 30th District Wm. T. Price of Black River Falls.


1858 do. do. Wm. H. Tucker of La Crosse,


1859 do. do. Wm. H. Tucker of do.


1860 do.


do. B. E. Hutchinson of Prairie du Chien.


1861 do. do. B. E. Hutchinson of do.


1862 31st District Edwin Flint of La Crosse.


1863 do.


do. Angus Cameron of La Crosse.


1864 32d District Carl C. Pope of Black River Falls.


1865 do. do. : Carl C. Pope of do.


1866 -do. . do. J. G. Thorp of Eau Claire.


1867 do. do. J. G. Thorp of do.


1868 do. do. A. W. Newman of Trempealeau.


1869 do.


do. A. W. Newman of do.


1870 do. do. Wm. T. Price of Black River Falls.


1871 do. do.


Wm. T. Price of do.


1872 do. do.


Orlando Brown of Modena.


1873 do. do. Orlando Brown of do.


1874 do: do. R. C. Field of Osseo.


1875 do. do. R. C. Field of do. 1876 do. do. Mark Douglas of Melrose.


1877 do. do. Mark Douglas of do.


1878 do. do. Wm. T. Price of Black River Falls.


1879 29th District H. E. Houghton of Durand 1880 do. do. H. E. Houghton of do.


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1881 do.


do. Augustus Finkelnburg of Fountain City.


1882 do.


do. Augustus Finkelnburg of do.


1883 do. do. N. D. Comstock of Arcadia.


1885 do. do. N. D. Comstock of do.


1887 do. do. John W. DeGroff of Alma.


Senators were formerly elected for two years, but are now elected for four years or two sessions.


ASSEMBLY:


District consisting of the counties of Chippewa and Crawford.


1848 Wm. T. Sterling of Mt. Sterling.


1849, James O'Neill of Black River Falls.


1850, Wm. T. Sterling of Mt. Sterling:


1851, Wm. T. Price of Black River Falls.


District consisting of the counties of Bad Ax, Chippewa, Crawford and La . Crosse:


1852, Andrew Briggs of Bad Ax.


District consisting of the counties of Chippewa and La Crosse: 1853, Albert La Duc of La Crosse.


District consisting of the counties of Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Jackson and La Crosse:


1854, Wm. J. Gibson of Black River Falls.


District, consisting of the counties. of Buffalo, Chippewa, and La Crosse: 1855. Chase A. Stevens of La Crosse.


1856, Dugald D. Cameron of La Crosse.


District consisting of the counties of Buffalo, Jackson and Trempealeau: 1857, Samuel D. Hastings of Trempealeau.


1858, Harlow E. Prickett of Black River Falls.


1859, Jesse Bennett of Fountain City.


1860, Romanzo Bunn of Galesville.


1861, Calvin R. Johnson of Black River Falls.


District consisting of the counties of Buffalo, Pepin and Trempealeau: 1862, Orlando Brown of Gilmanton.


1863, Alfred W. Newman, of Trempealeau.


1864, Fayette Allen of Durand.


1865, John . Burgess of Nelson:


1866. Wm. H. Thomas of Sumner. . District consisting of the county of Buffalo :..


1867, Conrad Moser Jr. of Alma, . -


1868, Conrad Moser Jr. of Alma.


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1869, Robert Henry of Anchorage.


1870, James L. Hallock of Burnside.


1871, Aha'z F. Allen of Gilmanton.


1872, George Cowie of Glencoe.


1873, Robert Lees of Gilmanton.


: 1874, A. Finkelnburg of Fountain City.


1875, Edward Lees of Cross. 1876, Edward Lees of Cross.


District Consisting. of Buffalo County in part : .


1877, J. J. Senn.of Fountain City. .


1878, J. J. Senn of Fountain City.


1879, John W. DeGroff of Alma ..


1880, Franklin Gilman of Gilmanton.


1881, Richard R. Kempter of Alma.


1882, M. W. McDonnell of Alma.


1883, John A. Tester of Alma.


1885, S. D. Hubard of Mondovi.


1887, Joseph V. Jones of Canton.


Members of the Assembly are elected for one session, fordi . erly for one year, now for two years.


The assembly district consists again of the whole county of Buffalo since 1882 ; the towns of Maxville, Canton and Mondovi (now Naples and Mondovi) belonged for some years' to the Pepin 1. County Assembly district. According to the' apportionment or redistriction performed by the last legislature Buffalo County . remains a separate assembly district and forms the 29th senatorial district in conjunction with Pepin and Trempealeau, according to the


" Act to apportion the state into senate and. assembly dis- tricts, Chapter 461 General Laws of 1887,"


where . we read :


"The counties of Buffalo Pepin and Trempealeau shall constitute the twenty ninth senate district; "


and again:


"The county of Buffalo shall constitute an assembly district."


Which settles the present position of our county as to elec- tions for the state legislature.


Looking over the list of the members of the Assembly one


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Wm. E. Smith.


1878 to


1882


Jeremiah M. Rusk.


1882 to


1889


LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS.


John E. Homes


June


1848 to Jan.


1850


Samuel W. Beall


1850 to


1852


Timothy Burns.


1852 to


I854


James T. Lewis.


1854 to


1856


Arthur -McArthur


1856 to


1858


E. D. Campbell


1858 to


1860


Butler G. Noble


1860 to


1862


Edward Solomon


Jan.


1862 to April 1862


Gerry W. Hazelton


Sept.


1862 to Sept. 1862


Wyman Spooner


1863 to


1870


Thaddeus C. Pound


1870 to


1872


Milton H. Pettit.


Jan.


1872 to March 1873


Charles D. Parker


1874 to


1878


James M. Bingham


1878 to


1882


Sam. S. Fifield


1882 to


1887


Geo. W. Ryland


1887 to


1889


SECRETARIES OF STATE.


Thos. McHugh.


June


1848 to Jan.


1850


Wm. A. Barstow


1850 to


1852


C. D. Robinson


1852 to


1854


Alex. T. Gray


1854 to .


1856


David W. Jones


1856 to


1860


Louis P. Harvey


1860 to


1862


James T. Lewis.


1862 to


1864


Lucius Fairchild.


1864 to


1866


Thomas S. Allen


1866 to


1870


Lly welyn Breese


1870 to


1874


Peter Doyle


1874 to


1878


Hans. B. Warner


1878 to


1882


Ernst G. Timme


1882 to


1889


STATE TREASURERS.


Jarius C. Fairchild,


Jan. 1848 to Jan. 1852


Edward H. Janssen,


1852 to


1856


Charles Kuehn,


1856 to


1858


Samuel D. Hastings,


1858 to


1866


William E. Smith,.


1866 to


1870


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Henry Baetz,


1870 to


1874


Ferdinand Kuehn,


1874 to


1878


Richard Guenther,


1878 to


1882


Edward C. McFetridge.


1882 to


1887


Henry B. Harshaw


1887 to


1889


ATTORNEYS GENERAL.


James S. Brown June 1848 to. Jan. 1850


S. Park Coon


1850 to


1852


Experience Estabrook


1852 to


- 1854


George B. Smith


1854 to


1856


William R. Smith:


1856. to


1858


Gabriel Bouck


1858 to


1860


James H. Howe Jan. 1860 to Oct. 1862


Winfield Smith


Oct. 1862 to Jan. 1866


Charles R. Gill


1866 to


1870


Stephen S. Barlow


1870 to


1874


A. Scott Sloan


1874 to


1878


Alexander Wilson


1878 to


1882


Leander F. Frishy


1882 to


1887


Charles E. Estabrook


1887 to


1889


STATE SUPERINTENDENTS.


Eleazer Root.


Jan.


1849 to Jan.


1852


Azel P. Ladd


1852 to


1854


Hiram A Wright.


Jan. 1854 to May


1855


A. Constantine Barry


June


1855 to Jan. 1858


Lyman C. Draper


1858 to


1860


Josiah L. Pickard.


Jan.


1860 to Sept.


1864


John G. McMynn.


Oct.


1864 to Jan.


1868


Alexander J. Craig


1868 to


1870


Samuel Fallows


1870 to


1874


Edward Searing.


1874 to


1878


William C. Whitford


1878 to


1882


Robert Graham


1882 to


1887


Jesse B. Thayer


1887 to


1889


Among the powers necessary in every well regulated state, and hence provided for in the constitution of the state of Wiscon- sin, is the Judiciary, co-ordinate to the Legislature and the Execu- tive. It consists, as far as the state is concerned, in the Supreme


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Court and the different Circuit Courts, the number of the latter being changed according to the respective increase in the popula- tion of the different districts.


SUPREME COURT:


Name. Title. Term expires.


Orsamus Cole Chief Justice. 1st Monday of Jan. 1892.


Wm. P. Lyon Associate Justice 1st Monday of Jan. 1894


David Taylor


do


1st Monday of Jan. 1896.


Harlow S. Orton do


1st Monday of Jan. 1888.


John B. Cassoday ..... do 1st Monday of Jan. 1890.


Judge Orton has been reelected last spring. (1887.) The Su- preme Court was organized as a separate court in 1853, until which time the Judges of the Circuit Courts were ex-officio Justices: of the Supreme Court.


CIRCUIT COURT:


1, Judge George Gale of Galesville.


2. Edwin Flint of La Crosse.


3. Romanzo Bunn of Galesville.


4. Alfred W. Newman of Trempealeau. 5. Egbert B. Bundy of Menomonie.


Our Circuit at present is the " Eighth " consisting of the coun- ties of Buffalo, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and.St. Croix. The State Institutions of Wisconsin are the following:


EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS:


The University of Wisconsin at Madison. State Normal School at Platteville.


do. do at Whitewater. do. do. at Oshkosh. đo. do. at River Falls.




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