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1781. Lieut .- Gov. Patrick Sinclair, of Canada, purchased Green Bay, Prairie du Chien etc., from the Indians, which purchase was not confirmed.
1781. The settlement of Prairie du Chien was commenced by Bazil Giard, Augustin Ange, and Pierre Antaya.
1786. Julian Dubuque explored the lead region of the Upper Mississippi.
1788. There was an Indian council at Green Bay. Permission to work the lead mines was given to Dubuque.
1760. Jean Baptiste Mirandeau is alleged to have settled at Milwaukee.
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OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF WISCONSIN.
1793. Lawrence Barth built a cabin at the portage of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and engaged in the carrying trade.
1795. Jacques Vicau established trading posts at Kewaunee, Sheboygan, Manitowoc and Milwaukee. ·
1796. The western posts were surrendered by the English to the United States, and the or- dinance of 1787 extended over the whole Northwest.
1800. Indiana territory organized, including Wisconsin.
1804. Indian treaty at St. Louis; a portion of southern Wisconsin purchased.
1805. Michigan territory organized.
1809
Thomas Nuttall, the botanist, explored Wisconsin.
1812.
1809. Illinois territory was organized, including nearly all the present state of Wisconsin.
1814. Indians assembled at Green Bay to join the English.
1814. Gov. Clark took possession of Prairie du Chien.
Fort Shelby, at Prairie du Chien, surrendered to the British.
1815. United States trading post established at Green Bay.
1816. Indian treaty confirming that of 1804.
1816. United States troops took possession of Prairie du Chien, and commenced the ereo- tion of Fort Crawford.
1816. Col. Miller commenced the erection of Fort Howard, at Green Bay.
1818. Illinois was admitted into the Union; Wisconsin attached to Michigan territory.
1818. Brown, Crawford and Michillimackinac counties were organized in the territory of Michigan, which embraced in their boundaries besides other territory, the whole of the present state of Wisconsin
1818. Solomon Juneau arrived at Milwaukee.
1820. United States Commissioners adjusted land claims at Green Bay.
1822. The New York Indians purchase lands east of Lake Winnebago.
1822. James Johnson obtained from the Indians the right to dig for lead with negro slaves from Kentucky.
1823. January. Counties of Brown, Crawford and Michillimackinac made a separate judicial district by Congress.
1823. First steamboat on the upper Mississippi with Major Taliafero and Count Beltrami.
1823. Lieut. Bayfield, of the British navy, made a survey of Lake Superior.
1823. An Episcopal mission established near Green Bay.
1824.
October 4. First term of United States circuit court held at Green Bay; Jas. D. Doty, judge.
1826. First steamboat on Lake Michigan.
1827. A rush of speculators to the lead mines, and leases by government to miners.
1827. Difficulty with Winnebago Indians. Troops sent to settle it.
1827. August 11. Treaty with the Menomonee Indians at Butte des Morts.
1828. Fort Winnebago built at "the portage."
1828. Indian treaty at Green Bay; the lead regions purchased.
1828. Lead ore discovered at Mineral Point and Dodgeville.
1829 A Methodist mission established at Green Bay.
1830
May. The Sioux killed seventeen Sacs and Foxes near Prairie du Chien.
1832. Public lands in the lead region surveyed by Lucius Lyons and others.
1832. Black Hawk War. June 16, battle with the Sac Indians on the Pecatonica. July
21, battle of Wisconsin Heights on the Wisconsin River. August, battle st mouth of Bad Axe; Black Hawk defeated.
1833. September 26. Indian treaty at Chicago; lands south and west of Milwaukee ceded to the government.
1833. American settlement began at Milwaukee in the fall of this year.
1833. December 11. First newspaper, "Green Bay Intelligencer," published.
1834. Land offices established at Mineral Point and Green Bay.
1834. Census taken, population 4,795.
1835. June 17. First steamboat landed at Milwaukee.
1835. Public lands at Milwaukee surveyed by William A. Burt.
1836. Meeting in Milwaukee to ask legislature to grant a charter for a railway from Lake Michigan to Mississippi River.
1836. January 9. The legislative council of so much of Michigan Territory as was not to be included in the new state of Michigan, met at Green Bay.
1836. April 30. Henry Dodge appointed Governor by President Andrew Jackson.
1836. July 4. Territory of Wisconsin organized.
1836. July 14. "Milwaukee Advertiser" published at No. 371 Third street.
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1836. First school opened in Milwaukee at No. 371 Third Street.
1836. United States land office opened at Milwaukee.
1837. September 29. Sioux treaty; lands east of the Mississippi ceded.
1838. Congress appropriated $2,000 for surveying a railroad route from Milwaukee to the Mississippi River.
1839. Indian (Sioux and Chippewa) battle; 200 killed.
1840. July. First brew of beer at Milwaukee. -
1812. February. C. C. P. Arndt shot in council chamber by James R. Vineyard.
1844. May. Originators of the Wisconsin Phalanx settle at Ceresco, now Ripon.
1846. A vote of the people in favor of a state government.
1846. August. Act of Congress authori ing a state government.
1847. First railroad charter in Wisconsin granted to the Milwaukee & Waukesha Com- pany.
1848. May 29. Wisconsin admitted as a state.
1848. June 5. First state legislature convenes.
1848. June 7. First state officers sworn in.
1848. First United States Senators, Henry Dodge and Isaac P. Walker, elected.
1848. June 12. Andrew J. Miller, first judge United States District Court, appointed.
1849. First earth moved for a railroad in Wisconsin, at Milwaukee.
1849. March 31. Legislature, by joint resolution, instructed United States Senator, Isaac P. Walker, to resign.
1849. January 17. First telegram received at Milwaukee- "Chicago and Milwaukee united."
1849 Cholera epidemic.
1849 "Gold fever " took many settlers to California.
1850 March 4. Liquor riot at Milwaukee. Mob attacked and partly wrecked residence of John B. Smith, for introducing, while in the legislature, a bill called the "blue liquor law." Smith being absent, escaped injury.
1851. February. First railroad train run between Milwaukee and Waukesha.
1851. April. Catholics of Milwaukee mobbed Mr. Leahy, a former Catholic, for delivering anti-Catholic lectures.
1853. January 26, Charges lodged against Levi Hubbell, alleging malfeasance in office as judge of second judicial district. He was acquitted.
1854. February 28. Meeting held at Ripon, called by A. E. Bovay, Jediah Bowen and others to organize the Republican party. Name "Republican " then suggested by Mr. Bovay.
1854. Beginning of contest between federal and state authorities over fugitive slave law, by arrest of Joshua Glover, a negro, at Racine, and his forcible liberation at Mil- waukee.
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1854. . July 13. First Republican mass convention, held in Capitol Park, at Madison. Three thousand persons participated. Name "Republican " formally adopted.
1856. January 7. Coles Bashford took oath of office as governor, and began proceedings to oust Wm. A. Barstow, on the ground that Barstow was wrongfully "counted " in by means of fictitious and fraudulent "supplemental " returns from unpeopled districts in the north part of the state.
1856. March 8. Barstow's counsel -M. H. Carpenter, Harlow S. Orton and Jonathan E. Arnold - withdrew from the case. The supreme court found Barstow to be an usurper, counted in upon fraudulent returns from Spring Creek, Gilbert's Mills and other places.
1856. March 21. Barstow abandoned the office, and Lieut. Gov. McArthur assumed the executive chair for four days. Was succeeded by Bashford.
1856. September 24. Steamer Niagara burned off Port Washington; John R. Macy, pio- neer member of congress, one of the lost.
1857. April 15. First railway reached Mississippi river, at Prairie du Chien.
1859. November 1. Excursion train celebrating opening of what is now C. & N. W. R. R .. between Fond du Lac and Chicago, wrecked at Johnson's Creek, Jefferson county. Fourteen killed, seven wounded.
1800. September 8. Steamer Lady Elgin, with 600 excursionists, sunk in collision off Ra- cine; 225, mostly from Third ward of Milwaukee, drowned.
1861. April 10. Report received that Beauregard had bombarded Fort Sumter.
1861. April 15. Lincoln's call for 25,000 volunteer troops issued
1861. April 16. Governor Randall issued call for the one regiment required of Wisconsin.
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1861. April 23. Light Guard and Union Rifles of Milwaukee go into camp as part of First Regiment, ready for orders.
1861. May 17. First Regiment mustered into the United States service.
1861. June ?. First Regiment received marching orders.
1861. June 9. First Regiment departed for Harrisburg, Pa.
1861. June 24. Bank riot at Milwaukee. Mitchell's bank attacked; inmates, including Mr. Mitchell, escaped, but building damaged. Militia called out.
1801. July 2. George C. Drake, Co. A, 1st Inf., first Wisconsin soldier killed in the rebellion, at skirmish of Falling Waters, Va.
1862. April 10. Gov. L. P. Harvey started south to note the wants of Wisconsin soldiers.
1802. April 19. Gov. Harvey accidentally drowned in the Tennessee river.
1802. April. About 700 Confederate prisoners received at Camp Randall, Madison.
1862. , May. Call for 75,000 troops by the President.
1862. July. Call for 300,000 troops by the President.
1862. August. Secretary Stanton issued the stay-at-home order to prevent those liable to draft from going to foreign countries.
1862. November 10. Draft made to fill the Wisconsin quota of troops.
1863. August 5. Democratic state convention at Madison adopt the "Ryan Address," de- nouncing the war and attacking the Federal government.
1863. September 17. "War Democrats " held mass convention at Janesville, to protest against the "Ryan Address," and pledge the support of Wisconsin to the govern- ment in its struggle with treason.
1863. October 17. Call issued by Lincoln for 300,000 volunteers. November. Draft made to complete the Wisconsin quota.
1864. February 1. Lincoln called for 300,000 troops. March. Lincoin called for 200,000 troops.
1864. Soldiers "veteranize " by re-enlistment from old organizations.
1864. July 4. Lincoln called for 500,000 troops.
1864. November. Draft made to fill the Wisconsin quota.
1865. June 6. First volunteer organization mustered out of U. S. service.
1865. June 28. Cyclone at Viroqua, Vernon county; seventeen persons killed, 150 wounded and many buildings demolished.
1866. May 28. Fourth Regiment Cavalry mustered out after service of five years and one day, longest term on record of a volunteer organization.
1866. James R. Doolittle requested by the Wisconsin Legislature to resign from the United States Senate for siding with the South.
1868. Medical properties of Waukesha spring water discovered by Richard Dunbar.
1868. April 8. Sea Bird burned on Lake Michigan; all lost but two.
1871. October 8. Great fires in Door, Oconto, Shawano, Outagamie, Brown and Manito- woc counties. One thousand persons perished and three thousand were beggared. 1873. September 14. Steamer Ironsides wrecked between Milwaukee and Grand Haven; twenty-eight people lost.
1873. July 4. Hurricane on Green Lake, Green Lake county. Eleven persons drowned. 1874. Potter railroad law enacted.
1874. April 29. Alex. Mitchell and Albert Keep issued proclamations directed to the gov- ernor defying the Potter law and announcing that they should operate their railroads without regard for its provisions.
1874. May. Gov. Taylor issued a proclamation demanding obedience to the Potter law. 1875. April 28. Oshkosh burned.
1875. First cotton made in Wisconsin, at Janesville.
1876. January. Supreme Court rejected the application of Miss Lavinia Goodell, for ad- mission to the bar of Wisconsin.
1877. Legislature enacted law giving women the right to practice law.
1877. Cyclone at Pensaukee, Oconto county.
1878. Tramp war.
1878. June. Mineral Point cyclone; from eleven to sixteen persons killed.
1880. October 19. Death of Chief Justice E. G. Ryan.
1881. February 21. Death of Hon. Matt. HI. Carpenter.
1881. Strike of all the cigar-makers of Milwaukee.
1881. September. "Saw-dust war " at Eau Claire. Striking men threatened to destroy mills. Militia called out.
1SS1. September. Milwaukee Industrial Exposition opened.
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1883. January 10. Newhall House, Milwaukee, burned; between seventy and eighty per- sons perished.
1883. March 25. Death of Timothy O. Howe.
1883. November 8. South wing of the capitol extension, during process of erection, fell, killing seven workmen.
1883. Cyclone at Racine; thirteen persons killed.
1884. December 1. Science Hall - of the State University - burned.
1886. May 1. Workmen in Milwaukee struck to enforce the adoption of the eight-hour day.
1886. May 3-5. Strikers became riotous at Bay View and Milwaukee, and, refusing to obey the proclamations of the authorities, were fired upon by the militia. Seven killed and several wounded.
1886. October. "Limited Express " on C., M. & St. P. R. R. wrecked and burned at East Rio; from eleven to fifteen persons burned or killed.
1887. Culmination of the Gogebic iron stocks craze.
1888. Collapse of the Gogebic iron stocks
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TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT.
TERRITORIAL OFFICERS OF WISCONSIN.
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GOVERNORS.
Henry Dodge, James Duane Doty ..
. from July 4, 1836, to October 5, 1841 from Oct. 5, 1841, to September 16, 1844
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge,
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from September 16, 1844, to May 13, 1845
Henry Dodge,
from May 13, 1845, to June 7, 1843
SECRETARIES.
John S. Horner,
appointed by Andrew Jackson, . May 6, 1836-
William B. Slaughter,
appointed by Andrew Jackson, Feb. 16, 1837
Francis J. Dunn,
appointed by Martin Van Buren, · Jan. 25, 1541
A. P. Field,
- appointed by John Tyler, Apr. 23, 1841
George R. C. Floyd, John Catlin,
appointed by James K. Polk,
· Oct. 30, 1843
. appointed by James K. Polk, Feb. 24, 1846 .
SUPREME COURT.
Charles Dunn, C. J.
· appointed by Andrew Jackson,
Aug. 1836.
William C. Frazer, A. J., appointed by Andrew Jackson, .
July, 1836
David Irvin, A. J., -
appointed by Andrew Jackson, Sept. 1836
Andrew G. Miller, A. J.,
appointed by Martin Van Buren,
Nov. 1838-
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ATTORNEYS GENERAL.
Henry S. Baird,
appointed by Governor Dodge,
· Dec. 7, 1536
Horatio N. Wells,
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appointed by Governor Dodge, Mar. 30, 1539
appointed by Governor Dodge, · Jan. 26, 1842
appointed by Governor Tallmadge, Feb. 22, 1845
A. Hyatt Smith,
appointed by Governor Dodge, Aug. 4, 1843
CLERKS OF THE COURT.
John Catlin,
appointed at December Term, 1836
Simeon Mills,
appointed at July Term, 1839
La Fayette Kellogg,
appointed at July Term, 1845
UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
William W. Chapman, appointed by Andrew Jackson, 1838
Moses M. Strong, .
appointed by Martin Van Buren, 1889
Thomas W. Sutherland,
appointed by John Tyler, .
William Pitt Lynde, -
appointed by James K. Polk, 18%
Mortimer M. Jackson, - William Pitt Lynde,
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TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURES.
- FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
FIRST SESSION, 1836.
Convened ut Belmont, Iowa county, Oct. 25, and adjourned Dec. 9, 1535.
COUNCIL.
President - Henry S. Baird, of Brown. Secretary - Edward McSherry. Sergeant-at- Arms - William Henry.
Brown - Henry S. Baird. John P. Arndt.
Iowa - Ebenezer Brigham, John B. Terry, James R. Vineyard.
Dubuque - Thomas McCraney. John Foley, Thomas McKnight.
Crawford - [Had no member of the Council .* ]
Milwaukee - Alanson Sweet. Gilbert Knapp.
Des Moines - Jeremiah Smith, Jr., Joseph B. Teas, Arthur B. Ingraham.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Speaker - Peter Hill Engle, of Dubuque. Chief Clerk - Warren Lewis. Sergeant-at- Arms - Jesse M. Harrison.
Des Moines - Isaac Leffler, Thomas Blair, John Box, George W. Teas, David R. Chance, Warren L. Jenkins, Eli Reynolds.
" Crawford - James H. Lockwood, James B. Dallam.
Milwaukee - William B. Sheldon, Madison W. Cornwall, Charles Durkee.
. Iowa - William Boyles, George F. Smith, Daniel M. Parkison, Thomas McKnight, Thomas Shanley, James P. Cox.
" Dubuque - Loring Wheeler, Hardin Nowlin, Hosea T. Camp, Peter Hill Engle, Patrick Quigley.
Brown - Ebenezer Childs, Albert G. Ellis, Alexander J. Irwin.t
SECOND SESSION, 1837-1838.
. Convened at Burlington, Des Moines County, Nov. 6, 1837, and adjourned Jan. 20, 1538.
COUNCIL.
: President - Arthur B. Ingraham, of Des Moines. Secretary -George Beatty. Sergeant -at- Arms - Levi Sterling.
Brown - John P. Arndt, Joseph Dickinson.
. Iowa - Ebenezer Brigham, John HI. Terry, James R. Vineyard.
Milwaukee - Alanson Sweet, Gilbert Knapp.
Dubuque - John Foley, Thomas Mcknight, Thomas McCraney.
Des Moines - Jeremiah Smith, Jr., Joseph B. Teas, Arthur B. Ingraham.
Crawford - [Had no member of the Council.]
REPRESENTATIVES
Speaker - Isaac Leffler, of Des Moines. Chief Clerk - John Catlin. Sergeant-at-Arms - William Morgan.
Brown - Ebenezer Childs, George McWilliams, Charles C. Sholes.
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Iowa - William Boyles, Thomas Mcknight. Thomas Shanley, James P. Cox, George F. Smith, Daniel M. Parkison.
Crawford - Ira B. Brunson.§ Jean Brunet.I
Des Moines - Isaac Leffler. Thomas Blair, John Box, George W. Teas. David R. Chance, Warren L. Jenkins, John Reynolds.
"Thomas P. Burnett claimed a great, but was rejected by a rete of the Council, as the appointment of members belonged exclusively to the Executive of the Territory.
tSent successfully contested by George MrWilliams.
In place of Henry S. Baird, resigned. Mr. Dickinson's seat was contested and vacated ; replaced by Alexander a. Irwin.
. 1 In place of James B. Dalle'n.
I In place of James II Lock wood.
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Dubuque - Peter Hill Engle, Patrick Quigley,* Loring Wheeler, Hardin Nowlin, Alexander McGregor.+
Milwaukee - William R. Sheldon, Charles Durkee, Madison W. Cornwall.
SPECIAL SESSION, 1838.
Convened at Burlington, Des Moines County, June 11, 1838, and adjourned June 25, 1538.
COUNCIL.
President - Arthur B. Ingraham, of Des Moines. Secretary -George Beatty. Sergeant- at-Arms - George W. Harris. (Officers elected by Resolution.)
Brown - Alexander J. Irwin, John P. Arndt.
Iowa - Ebenezer Brigham, John B. Terry, James R. Vineyard.
Milwaukee - Gilbert Knapp, Alanson Street.
Dubuque - John Foley, Thomas McCraney, Thomas Mcknight.
Des Moines- Arthur B. Ingraham, Joseph B. Teas, Jeremiah Smith, Jr.
Crawford - [Had no member of the Council.]
REPRESENTATIVES.
Speaker - William B. Sheldon, of Milwaukee. Chief Clerk-John Catlin. Sergeant-at- Arms - William Morgan.
Brown - George McWilliams, Charles C. Sholes, Ebenezer Childs.
Iowa - William Boyles, Thomas Mcknight, Daniel M. Parkison, Thomas Shanley, James P. Cox, James Collins. #
Milwaukee - Wm. B. Sheldon, Charles Durkee, Madison W. Cornwall.
Dubuque -Peter Hill Engle, Hardin Nowlin, Patrick Quigley, Lucius H. Langworthy, § Loring Wheeler.
Des Moines -Isaac Leffler, Warren L. Jenkins, Thomas Blair, John Reynolds, George W. Teas, John Box, David R. Chance.
Crawford - Ira B. Brunson, Jean Brunet.
SECOND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
FIRST SESSION, 1838.
Convened at Madison, November 26, 1838, and adjourned December 22, 1838.
COUNCIL
President - William Bullen, of Racine. Secretary - George Beatty. Sergeant-at-Arms- Stephen N. Ives.
Iowa -James Collins, Levi Sterling.
Grant -James R. Vineyard, John H. Rountree.
Rock and Walworth - James Maxwell.
Milwaukee and Washington - Daniel Wells, Jr .. William A. Prentiss.
Dane, Dodge, Green and Jefferson - Ebenezer Brigham.
Racine - William Bullen, Marshall M. Strong.
Brown - Alexander J. Irwin, Morgan L. Martin.
Crawford -George Wilson.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Speaker -John W. Blackstone, of Iowa. Chief Clerk-John Catlin. Sergeant-at-Arms -. Thomas Morgan.
Brown - Ebenezer Childs, Charles C. Sholes, Barlow Shackleford, Jacob W. Conroe. Racine - Orrin R. Stevens, Zadoc Newman, Tristam C. Hoyt. Crawford - Alexander McGregor.
. Mr. Quigley resigned hte seat on the 17th of January, 1938. for cause arising out of MeGregor's case, wherein be fett his dignity as a member overlooked and arany ported by the House.
+ Mr. M. Grepor was elected in place of Howa T. Camp, deceased. Was charged with having accepted a bribe at the session, and resigned his seat while the investigation was pending; but by a resolution of the House, at its June season. he was decla-e.l " unworthy of confidence," by a vote of the House.
[ In place of George F. Smith, resigned. Sla place of A. McGregor, resigned.
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Grant -Thomas Cruson, Nelson Dewey, Ralph Carver, Joseph H. D. Street. Dane, Dodge, Green and Jefferson - Daniel S. Sutherland.
Rock and Walworth -Othni Beardsley, Edward V. Whiton.
Milwaukee and Washington -Lucius I. Barber, William Shew, Henry C. Skinner, Ezekiel Churchill, Augustus Story.
Iowa -Russell Baldwin, John W. Blackstone, Henry MI. Billings, Thomas Jenkins.
SECOND SESSION, 1S39.
Convened at Madison, January 21, 1833, and adjourned March 11, 1839.
COUNCIL.
President - James Collins, of Iowa. Secretary - George Beatty .. Sergeant-at-Arms- Stephen N. Ives.
Brown - Morgan L. Martin, Alexander J. Irwin.
Racine - William Bullen, Marshall M. Strong.
Rock and Walworth -James Maxwell.
Grant - James R. Vineyard, John H. Rountree.
Milwaukee and Washington - Daniel Wells, Jr., William A. Prentiss.
Dane, Dodge, Green and Jefferson - Ebenezer Brigham.
Iowa -James Collins, Levi Sterling.
Crawford -George Wilson.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Speaker - Lucius I. Barber, of Milwaukee. Chief Clerk-John Catlin. Sergeant-at- Arms- Thomas J. Moorman.
Brown -- Ebenezer Childs, Charles C. Sholes, Barlow Shackleford, Jacob W. Conroe.
Milwaukee and Washington - Lucius I. Barber, William Shew, Henry C. Skinner, Ezekiel Churchill, Augustus Story.
Racine -Tristam C. Hoyt, Orrin R. Stevens, Zadoc Newman.
Grant -Thomas Cruson, Nelson Dewey, Ralph Carver, Joseph H. D. Street.
Dane, Dodge, Green and Jefferson - Daniel S. Sutherland.
Crawford - Alexander McGregor, Ira B. Brunson.
Rock and Walworth - Edward V. Whiton, Othni Beardsley.
Iowa -Russell Baldwin, John W. Blackstone, Thomas Jenkins, Henry M. Billings. Charles Bracken.
THIRD SESSION, 1839-40. Convened at Madison, December 2, 1839, and adjourned January 13, 1840.
COUNCIL.
President - James Collins, of Iowa. Secretary - George Beatty. Sergeant-at- Arms - Thomas J. Noyes
Brown - Morgan L. Martin, Charles C. P. Arndt.
Racine - William Bullen, Lorenzo Janes .*
Rock and Walworth -James Maxwell.
Milwaukee and Washington - William A. Prentiss, Daniel Wells, Jr.
Grant-James R. Vineyard, John H. Rountree.
Dane, Dodge, Green and Jefferson - Ebenezer Brigham.
Towa - James Collins, Levi Sterling.
Crawford -Joseph Brisbois.+
REPRESENTATIVES.
Speaker - Edward V. Whiton, of Rock. Chief Clerk - Jahn Catlin. Sergeant-at-Arms -
James Durley.
Brown -Ebenezer Childs, Jacob W. Conroe, Charles C. Sholes, Barlow Shackleford.
Kilwaukee and Washington - Augustus Story, Adam E. Ray, William R. Longstreet, WII- liam Shew, Horatio N. Wells.
Rock and Walworth - Othni Beardsley, Edward V. Whiton.
Dane, Dodge, Green and Jefferson - Daniel S. Sutherland.
fowa - Russel Baldwin, Charles Bracken, Henry M. Billings, Thomas Jenkins, John W. Blackstone.
Grant - Thomas Cruson, Joseph H. D. Street, Nelson Dewey, Jonathan Craig.
Crawford - Ira B. Brunson, Alexander McGregor.
Racine - Orrin R. Stevens, Zadoc Newman, Tristam C. Hoyt
' In place of Marshall M Strong, resigned.
t In place of Geo Wilson, resigned.
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FOURTH (EXTRA) SESSION, 1840. Convened at Madison, August 3, 1840, and adjourned August 14, 1840.
COUNCIL.
President - William A. Prentiss, of Milwaukee. Secretary -George Beatty. Sergeant-at. Arms - Gilbert Knapp.
Brown - Morgan L. Martin, Charles C. P. Arndt.
Racine - William Bullen, Lorenzo Janes.
Rock and Walworth -James Maxwell.
Milwaukee and Washington - William A. Prentiss, Daniel Wells, Jr.
Grant -James R. Vineyard, John H. Rountree.
Dane, Dodge, Green and Jefferson - Ebenezer Brigham.
Iowa -Levi Sterling, James Collins.
Crawford - Charles J. Learned .*
REPRESENTATIVES.
Speaker - Nelson Dewey, of Grant. Chief Clerk - John Catlin. Sergeant at-Arms- D. M. Whitney.
Brown - Ebenezer Childs, Barlow Shackleford, Charles C. Sholes, Jacob W. Conroe.
Milwaukee and Washington - Adam E. Ray, William Shew, Horatio N. Wells, Augustus Story, William R. Longstreet.
Rock and Walworth - Othni Beardsley, Edward V. Whiton.
Dane, Dodge, Green and Jefferson - Daniel S. Sutherland.
Iowa -Russel Baldwin, Chartes Bracken, Henry MI. Billings, Thomas Jenkins, John W, Blackstone.
Grant -Thomas Cruson, Joseph H. D. Street, Nelson Dewey, Jonathan Craig.
Crawford - Ira B. Brunson, Alexander McGregor.
Racine -Orrin R. Stevens, Zadoc Newman, Tristam C. Hoyt.
THIRD LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
- FIRST SESSION, 1S10-1.
Convened at Madison, December 7, 1810, and adjourned February 19, 1841.
COUNCIL.
President - James Maxwell, of Walworth. Secretary-George Beatty. Sergeant-at- Arms- Miles M. Vineyard.
Brown, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc and Sheboygan -Charles C. P. Arndt, Morgan L. Martin Milwaukee and Washington - Jonathan E. Arnold, Don A. J. Upham.
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