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The Court House is 107x77 feet on the ground and four stories in height, with a tower on the northerly end. The walls are of stone and brick, the cornices are of iron and the roof covered with tin. The rooms and offices are all large and capacious, with high ceilings. The building is warmed with steam and lighted with gas.
The erection of the building was commenced in the fall of 1869, and completed in the summer of 1870, James & Rotheram, of Janesville, being the contractors and builders, and J. Townsend Mix, of Milwaukee, the architect and general superintendent.
The walls of the first or basement story are built of cut stone. This floor, the east half of which (except the hall) is used as an engine-room and for the storage of fuel, there being
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ample room for thirty cords of wood, and sixty tons of coal. In the west half there are three rooms (exclusive of the hall), two of which are used by the Rock County Agricultural Society and for political meetings, the other being the office of the Register of Deeds. This office was built with the intention of being proof against fire. The doors are iron ; the floor, tile; shut- ters to the windows, iron ; iron joists for the ceilings, and the ceiling of mason-work.
The second floor is devoted to offices, there being six in number, and a broad hall, the offices of the County Judge. County Treasurer, County Clerk, County, Surveyor, Clerk of the Court and District Attorney being on this floor. Four of these offices have fire proof vaults attached and opening from the offices, viz., the office of the County Judge, Treasurer, Clerk and Clerk of the Court. The approaches to this floor are by massive stone steps on either side of the building (with iron rails at the front steps), or from the basement story by a broad flight of iron stairs.
On the third floor are the court-rooms, two jury-rooms, one cloak-room, a private office for the Circuit Judge and an office for the Sheriff. The court-room is large, well furnished, with high ceiling, and with the walls and ceiling frescoed in beautiful design.
The original cost of the building (including grading of the grounds, furniture, heating apparatus and other items) was $124,672.62, divided as follows : Building proper, $116,074.19; grading grounds, $4,054.98; surveying, $194.74; furniture, $1,348.69. There have been additional improvements made to the building and grounds since its erection, amounting to $2,000 or more.
The first county jail was a one-story log shanty, which stood on Main street, in Janesville, nearly opposite the shops of the present Wisconsin Shoe Company. Owing to an increase in crime, as is naturally the case in new countries daily filling up with all classes of people, this rude receptacle for the wrong-doing became too small, and a larger jail was built on the north side of the public square in a direct line with Bluff street. In the years 1855 and 1856, the present jail building was erected. It is located on the east bank of the river, in the Third Ward of Janesville, and consists of a residence for the Sheriff, built with brick, and the jail proper built with stone, both attached with wing built of wood for use of the Sheriff for kitchen, wash- room and other purposes. The part built of brick for residence of Sheriff is 40 by 32 feet on the ground and two stories in height and finished for a comfortable residence.
The jail proper is 56 by 42 feet on the ground and two stories in height, built with cut- stone. solid masonry walls, cells and floors. On the first floor, there are ten cells and two reception-rooms, the reception-rooms being one on each side of the building, having five cells in the center of the building opening into each reception-room. On the second floor, there are seven rooms-one large reception-room in the center of the building and three rooms or cells on each side, all opening into this main room. The building is lighted with gas and warmed with coal burned in stoves. The jail proper is inclosed with a high fence built of plank, making the building very secure, and answers the purpose for which it was built very acceptably. It has been erected without any regard to convenient modes of escape.
COUNTY OFFICERS FROM 1839 TO 1879.
Officers elected in 1839-Sheriff, L. G. Fisher; Clerk of Circuit Court, Dr. Guy Stoughton; Probate Judge, Horace White. 1840-Sheriff, L. G. Fisher ; Register of Deeds, W. H. H. Bailey; Clerk of Circuit Court, D. F. Kimball ; Treasurer, I. C. Cheney ; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, W. H. H. Bailey. 1841 - Israel C. Cheney, Probate Judge. 1842- Sheriff, L. G. Fisher ; Register of Deeds, George H. Williston ; Clerk of the Circuit Court, D. F. Kimball; Treasurer, Israel C. Cheney : Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, George H. Williston. 1843-A. C. Bailey, Probate Judge. 1844-Sheriff, L. G. Fisher; Regis- ter of Deeds, George H. Williston ; Clerk of Circuit Court, D. F. Kimball : Treasurer, L. E. Stone ; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, G. H. Williston. 1845-W. F. Tompkins, Probate Judge ; Volney Atwood, Sheriff; O. B. Lapham, Treasurer ; Isaac Woodle, District Attorney. 1846-Sheriff, Volney Atwood; Register of Deeds, George H. Williston ; Clerk of
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Circuit Court, C. R. Hallenbeck ; Treasurer, Isaac Noyes ; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, G. H. Williston ; Probate Judge, C. S. Jordan ; District Attorney, Isaac Woodle. 1847-D. I. Daniels, Probate Judge ; Royal Wood, Register of Deeds ; John Nichols, Clerk of Circuit Court; H. W. Cator, Sheriff; Frank Wheeler, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors ; W. A. Lawrence, Treasurer ; John M. Keep, District Attorney. November 7, 1848-Sheriff, Robert C. Cowan ; Register of Deeds, C. C. Townsend; Clerk of the Circuit Court, John Nichols ; Probate Judge, David I. Daniels ; District Attorney, Hiram Taylor; Treasurer, William A. Lawrence; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, H. O. Wilson ; Surveyor, Abram Allen ; Coronor, John M. Evans. September 3, 1849-James Armstrong. County Judge. November 6, 1849-B. F. Pixley, no vacancy that year ; Abram Allen, Surveyor ; Joseph S. Lane, Coroner. November 5, 1850- Sheriff, Hiram W. Caton ; Treasurer, F. A. Humphrey : District Attorney, D. M. H. Carpenter ; Register of Deeds, J. A. Kent ; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, C. P. King ; Clerk of Circuit Court, John Nichols ; Coroner, George W. Bunce. November 4, 1851-John W. Hobson, Treas- urer. November 2, 1852-Sheriff, William H. Howard ; Register of Deeds, Samuel A. Martin; Clerk of the Circuit Court, George W. Crabb ; District Attorney, William S. Rockwell; Treas- urer. Robert F. Frazer : Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Chancy P. King; Surveyor, Peter McVean ; Coroner, Calvin Chapin. September 5, 1853-Moses S. Prichard elected County Judge. November 7, 1854-Sheriff, Alfred Hoskins ; Register of Deeds, Charles R. Gibbs ; Clerk of the Circuit Court, E. P. King; District Attorney, George B. Ely ;* Treasurer, Moses T. Walker; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, John L. V. Thomas ; Surveyor, Joseph Church ; Coroner, G. W. Stetson. November 4, 1856-Sheriff, Gilbert Dolsen ; Register of Deeds, Charles Holt : Clerk of the Circuit Court, A. C. Resseguie ; District Attorney, W. D. Parker; Treasurer, E. C. Smith ; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, John L. V. Thomas; Surveyor, J. Church ; Coroner, Loftus Martin. April 7, 1857-A. P. Prichard, County Judge. November 2, 1858-Sheriff. R. T. Lawton ; Register of Deeds, David L. Mills ; Clerk of the Circuit Court, Levi Alden ; District Attorney, J. C. Sloan ; Treasurer, James M. Burgess ; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, S. L. James ; Surveyor, Edward Ruger; Coroner, J. G. Alden. November 6, 1860-Sheriff, S. J. M. Putnam ; Register of Deeds, K. W. Bemis ; Clerk of the Circuit Court, Levi Alden ; District Attorney, J. C. Sloan ; Treasurer, S. Hol- dredge, Jr. ; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, S. L. James; Surveyor, Edward Ruger ; Cor- oner, John E. Young. April 2, 1861-Amos P. Prichard, County Judge. November 4, 1862- Sheriff. R. T. Pember; Register of Deeds, C. C. Keeler; Clerk of the Circuit Court, Levi Alden ; District Attorney, John R. Bennett; Treasurer, S. Holdredge, Jr .; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, S. L. James ; Surveyor, S. D. Locke; Coroner, Loftus Martin. November 8, 1864-Sheriff, Thomas Earle; Register of Deeds, C. C. Keeler; Clerk of the Circuit Court, Levi Alden ; District Attorney, John R. Bennett ; Treasurer, S. Holdredge, Jr .; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, S. L. James ; Surveyor, S. D. Locke ; Coroner, S. C. Burnham. April 4, 1865-A. P. Prichard was elected to the office of County Judge. November 6, 1866-Sheriff, S. J. M. Putnam ; Register of Deeds, C. C. Keeler; Clerk of the Circuit Court, George R. Peck ; District Attorney, H. A. Patterson ; Treasurer, Cyrus Bliss; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, H. E. Warner ; Surveyor, S. D. Locke ; Cor- oner, John E. Young. November 3, 1868-Sheriff, Daniel Johnson ; Register of Deeds, Charles W. Stark ; Clerk of the Circuit Court, A. W. Baldwin; District Attorney, H. A. Pat- terson ; Treasurer, Cyrus Bliss; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, E. L. Carpenter ; Sur- veyor, S. D. Locke ; Coroner, J. M. Evans. April 6, 1869-County Judge, A. P. Prichard. November 8, 1870-Sheriff, R. T. Pember; Register of Deeds, Charles W. Stark ; Clerk of the Circuit Court, A. W. Baldwin ; District Attorney, Pliny Norcross ; Treasurer, B. F. Cary ; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, E. L. Carpenter ; Surveyor, Edward Ruger; Coroner, John E. Young. November 5, 1872-Sheriff, S. J. M. Putnam ; Register of Deeds, C. E. Bowles; Clerk of the Circuit Court, A. W. Baldwin ; District Attorney, P. Norcross ;
. Ely held the office for more than one year. when Matthew H. Carpenter, his competitor at the election, was declared by the Supreme Court of the State as the lawful Incumbent.
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Treasurer, B. F. Cary; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, E. L. Carpenter ; Surveyor, Edward Ruger ; Coroner, C. M. Smith. April 1, 1873-County Judge, A. P. Prichard. November 3, 1874-Sheriff, S. W. Fisher ; Register of Deeds, C. L. Valentine; Clerk of the Circuit Court, A. W. Baldwin ; District Attorney, John W. Sale; Clerk of the Board of Supervisora, E. L. Carpenter; Treasurer, R. F. Cary ; Surveyor, Edward Ruger ; Coroner, William Tay- lor. November 7, 1876-Sheriff, S. G. Colley ; Register of Deeds, C. L. Valentine; Clerk of the Circuit Court, A. W. Baldwin ; District Attorney, J. W. Sale ; Treasurer, Willis Miles; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, S. Morgan; Surveyor, Edward Ruger ; Coroner, William Taylor. April 3, 1877-Amos P. Prichard, County Judge. November 5, 1878 Sheriff, John J. Comstock ; Register of Deeds, Charles L. Valentine; Clerk of the Circuit Court, A. W. Baldwin ; District Attorney, John W. Sale; Treasurer, Willis Miles ; Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Sylvester Morgan ; Surveyor, Edward Ruger ; Coroner, William Taylor.
I .- TERRITORIAL, STATE AND NATIONAL REPRESENTATION. TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT.
NO. AND DATE OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. !
REPRESENTATIVES.
COUNTIES.
First Session of First Legislative Assembly, 1836.
( Alanson Sweet ..
Madison B. Corn well
Milwaukee.
Gilbert Knapp .....
Charles Durkee ......
William B. Sheldon
Second Session of First Legislative Assembly, 1837-38.
Gilbert Knapp ....
Madison B. Cornwell Charles Durkee. .... William B. Sheldon
Milwaukee.
Special Session of First Legislative Assembly, 1838 ..
( Gilbert Knapp ..... Alanson Sweet.
Charles Durkee .....
Milwaukee
Madison B. Corn well Othni Beardsley ..
" Rock and
First Session of Second Legislative Assembly, 1838 ...
.. James Maxwell
Edward V. Whiton ..
\ Walworth.
Edward V. Whiton
f Rock and
Second Session of Second Legislative Assembly, 1839 ... 'James Maxwell
\ Othni Beardsley.
Walworth.
Third Session of Second Legislative Assembly, 1839-40. James Maxwell
Edward V. Whiton \ Walworth.
( Othni Beardsley
f Rock and
( Edward V. Whiton. ( Walworth.
John Hackett ...
Hugh Long ...
' Rock and
Jesse C. Mills.
( Walworth.
Edward V. Whiton ..
John Hackett ..
Jesse C. Mills.
Rock and
Edward V. Whiton ..
Walworth.
James Tripp
John Hopkins
James Tripp.
Rock and
John M. Capron
Walworth.
William A. Bartlett John M. Capron .....
Second Session of Fourth Legislative Assembly, 1843-44
Charles M. Baker .. ) | Edward V. Whiton
William A. Bartlett John Hopkins ..
Rock and Walworth.
James Tripp
Stephen Field.
Jesse C. Mills
Rock and
Salmon Thomas
i Walworth.
Jesse Moore.
Ira Jones.
Rock.
First Session of Fifth Legislative Assembly, 1847. Andrew Palmer
James M. Burgess ..
Rock.
Special Session of Fifth Legislative Assembly, 1847 .. Andrew Palmer
George H. Williston
[ Daniel C. Babcock ..
Second Session of Fifth Legislative Assembly, 1848 ..... Andrew Palmer
( George H. Williston
Rock.
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Third Session of Fourth Legislative Assembly, 1845 ..
( harles M. Baker .. ) Edward V. Whiton
Fourth Session of Fourth Legislative Assembly, 1846.
Charles M. Baker. Edward V. Whiton
| Jared G. Winslow
y Daniel C. Babcock ..
.Rock.
First Session of Third Legislative Assembly, 1840-41 ... James Maxwell.
Second Session of Third Legislative Assembly, 1841 42. James Maxwell
First Session of Fourth Legislative Assembly, 1842-43
Charles M. Baker .. Edward V. Whiton.
! Othni Beardsley ..
[ Rock and
Fourth (extra) Session of Second Leg. Assembly, 1840 .. James Maxwell
Alanson Sweet.
William B. Sheldon
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II .- DELEGATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
First Convention .- The first Constitutional Convention assembled at Madison the 5th of October, 1846, and adjourned the 16th of December following, having framed a Constitution which was rejected by the people at the election held on the first Tuesday in April, 1847. Members : A. Hyatt Smith, David Noggle, Sanford P. Hammond, James Chamberlin, Joseph S. Pierce. George B. Hall, David L. Mills, John Hackett, Joseph Kinney, Jr., Israel Inman, Jr.
Second Convention .- This body assembled at Madison December 15, 1847, and adjourned February 1, 1848, having framed a Constitution which was adopted by the popular vote at an election held on the second Monday in March following. Members: Almerin M. Carter, Ezra A. Foot. Edward V. Whiton, Paul Crandall, Joseph Colley, Louis P. Harvey.
III .- STATE GOVERNMENT.
First Session of the Legislature, 1848 .- The constitutional provisions regarding apportion- ment, declared Rock County to be the Fifteenth Senatorial District, and divided the county into five Assembly Districts, until otherwise fixed by law, as follows: The towns of Janesville and Bradford, one; the towns of Beloit, Turtle and Clinton, one; the towns of Magnolia, Union, Porter and Fulton, one; the towns of Milton, Lima and Johnstown, one ; and the towns of New- ark, Rock, Avon, Spring Valley and Center, one. Senate-Otis W. Norton. Assembly-G. F. A. Atherton, A. B. Vaughan, Albert P. Blakeslee, Robert T. Cary, Nathaniel Strong.
Second Session, 1849 .- [Apportionment unchanged]. Senate-Otis W. Norton. Assem- bly-Anson W. Pope, Samuel G. Colley, Lucius H. Page, Paul Crandall, Josiah F. Willard.
Third Session, 1850 .- [Apportionment unchanged]. Senate-Otis W. Norton. Assem- bly-William F. Tompkins, John R. Briggs, Leander Hoskins, John A. Segar, Ezekiel C. Smith.
Fourth Session, 1851 .- [ Apportionment unchanged. ] Senate-Andrew Palmer. Assem- bly-Edward Vincent, William F. Tompkins, John Bannister, Joseph Kinney, John D. Seaver.
Fifth Session, 1852 .- [Apportionment unchanged. ] Senate-A. Palmer. Assembly- William A Lawrence, Simeon W. Abbott, John Hackett, George R. Ramsay, Azel Kinney.
Sixth Session, 1858 .. - [This Legislature convened January 12, and adjourned till the 6th of June, in order that the Senate might sit as a court to try and the Assembly might prosecute Levi Hubbell, Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit, impeached for corruption and malfeasance in office. The Legislature reconvened for this purpose June 6, and finally adjourned on the 13th of July, 1853.]
[By an act approved April 19, 1852, the county was divided into two Senatorial Districts, the towns of Janesville, Rock, Fulton, Porter, Center, Plymouth, Newark, Avon, Spring Valley, Magnolia and Union constituting the Seventeenth District, and the towns of Beloit, Turtle, Clinton, Bradford, La Prairie, Harmony, Johnstown, Lima and Milton the Eighteenth. The Assembly Districts were reduced to four, viz. : The towns of Beloit, Turtle and Clinton, one; the towns of Milton, Harmony, Lima, Johnstown, Bradford and La Prairie, one ; the towns of Janesville, Rock, Center and Fulton, one, and the towns of Porter, Union, Magnolia, Spring Valley, Plymouth, Newark and Avon, one.] Senate, Seventeenth District-Ezra Miller; Eighteenth District, J. R. Briggs, Jr. Assembly-Charles Stevens, Harrison Stebbins, Will- iam D. Murray, Harvey Holmes.
Seventh Session, 1854 .- [Apportionment unchanged.] Senate-Seventeenth District, Ezra Miller ; Eighteenth District, L. P. Harvey .* Assembly-John L. V. Thomas, David Noggle, Samuel G. Colley, Joseph Spaulding.
*Seat unavailingly contested by John R. Briggs, who claimed to hold over on constitutional grounds.
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Eighth Session, 1855 .- [Apportionment unchanged.] Senate-Seventeenth District, James Sutherland ; Eighteenth District, Louis P. Harvey. Assembly-Nathan B. Howard. George H. Williston, Samuel G. Colley, Joseph Goodrich.
Ninth Session, 1856 .- [ Apportionment unchanged.] Convened January 9, 1856 ; took a recess from March 31 to September 3, and adjourned October 14. Senate-Seventeenth Dis- trict, James Sutherland ; Eighteenth District, Louis P. Harvey. Assembly-Levi Alden, John Child, John M. Evans, Horatio'.J. Murray.
Tenth Session, 1857 .- [By an act approved September 30, 1866, the city of Janesville was added to the Seventeenth Senatorial District, and the city of Beloit to the Eighteenth. The county was again divided into five Assembly Districts, viz. : The towns of Beloit, Turtle, Clinton and the city of Beloit, one ; the towns of Milton, Harmony, Lima, Johnstown, Bradford and La Prairie, one; the city of Janesville, one; the towns of Fulton, Porter, Union, Center and Janesville, one; the towns of Rock, Magnolia, Spring Valley, Plymouth, Avon and Newark, one.] Senate-Seventeenth District, James Sutherland ; Eighteenth District, Louis P. Harvey. Assembly-Lucius G. Fisher, David Noggle, Ezra A. Foot, William H. Tripp, George R. Atherton.
Eleventh Session, 1858 .- [Apportionment unchanged.] Senate .Seventeenth District, James Sutherland ; Eighteenth District, Alden I. Bennett. Assembly-Kiron W. Bemis. Zebulon P. Burdick, James H. Knowlton, George Irish, William H. Stark.
Twelfth Session, 1859 .- [Apportionment unchanged.] Senate-Seventeenth District. Z. P. Burdick ; Eighteenth District, Alden I. Bennett. Assembly-Elisha L. Carpenter, John P. Dickson, William E. Wheeler, Joseph K. P. Porter, Edward Vincent.
Thirteenth Session, 1860 .- [Apportionment unchanged. ] Senate-Seventeenth District, District, Z. P. Burdick ; Eighteenth District, Alden I. Bennett. Assembly-William E. Wheeler, Thomas C. Westby, John P. Dickson, Jeremiah Johnson, George Golden.
Fourteenth Session, 1861 .- [Apportionment unchanged.] Senate-Seventeenth District. Ezra A. Foot; Eighteenth District, Alden I. Bennett. Assembly-Stiles S. Northrop, Ben- jamin F. Cary, Alexander Graham, Anson W. Pope, James Kirkpatrick.
Fifteenth Session, 1862 .- [Convened January 8 and adjourned April 7. Reconvened June 3 and adjourned June 17. Met in extra session September 10 and adjourned September 26. By an act approved April 11, 1861, Rock County was declared to be the Seventeenth Senatorial District, and six Assembly Districts were established, viz. : The towns of Center, Janes- ville, Magnolia, Porter and Union, one; the towns of Fulton, Harmony, Lima and Milton. one; the towns of Bradford, Clinton, Johnstown and La Prairie, one; the towns of Beloit and Turtle and the city of Beloit, one; the city of Janesville, one, and the towns of Avon, Newark, Rock, Plymouth and Spring Valley. one. ] Senate-Ezra A. Foot. Assembly-Nathan B. Howard, Ephraim Palmer, Samuel Miller, John Bannister, Allen C. Bates, Orrin Guernsey. Sixteenth Session, 1863 .- [ Apportionment unchanged.] Senate-W. A. Lawrence. Assembly-Jonathan Cory, Joseph Spaulding, Jacob Fowle, C. Mortimer Treat, Allen C. Bates, Dennison Alcott.
Seventeenth Session, 1864 .- [Apportionment unchanged.] Senate-W. A. Lawrence. Assembly-Thomas Earle, Thomas II. Goodhue, Guy Wheeler, Perry Bostwick, Hamilton Richardson, Jerome Burbank.
Eighteenth Session, 1865 .- [ Apportionment unchanged. ] Senate-W. A. Lawrence. Assembly-Daniel Johnson, Solomon C. Carr, Henry S. Wooster, Edward P. King, John B. Cassoday, Daniel Mowe.
Nineteenth Session, 1866 .- [Apportionment unchanged.] Senate-W. A. Lawrence. Assembly-Anson W. Pope, Burrows Burdick, Henry S. Wooster, Edward P. King, Allen C. Bates, Alanson C. Douglas.
Twentieth Session, 1867 .- [By an act approved April 12, 1866, the Assembly Districts were reduced to five, viz .: The towns of Union, Magnolia, Center, Spring Valley, Plymouth and Avon, one; the towns of Porter, Fulton, Milton, Lima and Janesville, one; the towns of
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Harmony, Johnstown, La Prairie, Bradford, Clinton and Rock, one; the towns of Beloit, New- ark and Turtle and the city of Beloit, one, and the city of Janesville, one.] Senate-S. J. Todd. Assembly-Ezra A. Foot, John T. Dow, William H. Stark, Horatio J. Murray, Pliny Norcross.
Twenty-first Session, 1868 .- [Apportionment unchanged.]-Senate-S. J. Todd. Assem- bly-Burr Sprague, William C. Whitford, Almerin M. Carter, Charles H. Parker, Alex M. Thomson.
Twenty-second Session, 1869 .- [Apportionment unchanged. ] Senate-C. G. Williams. Assembly-Seth Fisher, Darwin E. Maxson, Adelmorn Sherman, Charles H. Parker, Alexander M. Thomson.
Twenty-third Session, 1870 .- [Apportionment unchanged. ] Senate-Charles G. Williams. Assembly-Isaac M. Bennett, Thomas H. Goodhue, Adelmorn Sherman, John Hammond, Alex- ander Graham.
Twenty-fourth Session, 1871 .- [Apportionment unchanged. ] Senate-C. G. Williams. Assembly-Halvor H. Peterson, Robert T. Powell, Adelmorn Sherman, John Hammond, Wil- lard Merrill.
Twenty-fifth Session, 1872 .- [ Apportionment unchanged.] Senate-C. G. Williams. Assembly-Orlando F. Wallihan, Zebulon P. Burdick, Dustin G. Cheever, Eugene K. Felt, Alexander Graham.
Twenty-sixth Session, 1873 .- [Apportionment unchanged. ] Senate-Horatio N. Davis. Assembly-John M. Evans, David F. Sayre, Dustin G. Cheever, Eugene K. Felt, Henry A. Patterson. Twenty-seventh Session, 1874 .- [Apportionment unchanged.] Senate-H. N. Davis. Assembly-Marvin Osborne, Solomon C. Carr, Andrew Barlass, Asahel Henderson, John Winans.
Twenty-eighth Session, 1875 .- [Apportionment unchanged.] Senate-H. N. Davis. Assembly-Marvin Osborne, Zebulon P. Burdick, Andrew Barlass, George H. Crosby, Hiram. Me rill.
Twenty-ninth Session, 1876 .- [Apportionment unchanged. ] Senate-H. N. Davis. Assembly-Lloyd T. Pullen, George Gleason, Andrew Barlass, Sereno T. Merrill, Jere A. Blount.
Thirtieth Session, 1877 .- [By an act approved March 13, 1876, the apportionment law was amended so as to make Rock County the Seventeenth Senatorial District. and giving it only three representatives in the Assembly. The First Assembly District to be composed of the towns of Avon, Beloit, Center, Newark, Magnolia, Plymouth, Spring Valley and Union and the city of Beloit. The Second Assembly District to consist of the towns of Janesville, Rock and city of Janesville, and the Third District to consist of the towns of Bradford. Clinton, Fulton, Harmony, Johnstown, La Prairie, Lima, Milton, Porter and Turtle. ] Senate-H. Rich- ardson. Assembly-First District, Sereno T. Merrill ; Second District, J. B. Cassoday ; Third District, Gideon E. Newman.
Thirty-first Session, 1878 .- [Convened January 9, 1878, and adjourned March 21. Met in extra session June 4, to complete revision of the statutes, and adjourned June 7. Apportion- ment the same as at the Thirtieth Session. ] Senate-H. Richardson. Assembly-First Dis- trict, Charles H. Parker ; Second District, Fenner Kimball ; Third District, William H. Stark.
Thirty-second Session, 1879 .- [Apportionment the same as at the Thirty-first Session.] Senate-H. Richardson. Assembly-First District, Richard J. Burge; Second District, Allen P. Lovejoy ; Third District, William Gardiner.
IV .- CONGRESSIONAL.
The act of Congress, approved April 20, 1836, organizing the Territory of Wisconsin, conferred upon the people the right to be represented in the National Congress by one delegate,
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to be chosen by the votes of the qualified electors of the Territory. Under this authority, the Territory was represented in Congress by the following delegates :
George W. Jones, elected October 10, 1836; James D. Doty, September 10, 1838; James D. Doty, August 5, 1840 *; Henry Dodge, September 27, 1841; Henry Dodge, September 25, 1843; Morgan L. Martin, September 22, 1845; John H. Tweedy, September 6, 1847.
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