19th Wisconsin Legislature
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| 19th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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 Wisconsin State Capitol, 1863 | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
| Term | January 1, 1866 – January 7, 1867 | ||||
| Election | November 7, 1865 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 33 | ||||
| Senate President | Wyman Spooner (U) | ||||
| President pro tempore | Willard H. Chandler (U) | ||||
| Party control | National Union | ||||
| Assembly | |||||
| Members | 100 | ||||
| Assembly Speaker | Henry D. Barron (U) | ||||
| Party control | National Union | ||||
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The Nineteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1866, to April 12, 1866, 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 7, 1865. 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 8, 1864.[1]
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Lucius Fairchild, of Dane County, serving the first year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1865 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
- January 1, 1866: Inauguration of Lucius Fairchild as the 10th Governor of Wisconsin.
- April 9, 1866: Congress overrode the veto of President Andrew Johnson to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
- July 24, 1866: Tennessee became the first state readmitted to the Union after the American Civil War.
- August 23, 1866: The Treaty of Prague ended the Austro-Prussian War, establishing Prussian hegemony over the German states of central Europe.
- October 12, 1866: The Treaty of Vienna ended the Third Italian War of Independence, with the Austrian Empire conceding the region of Venetia.
Major legislation
- April 21, 1866: Act to apportion the state into Senate and Assembly districts, 1866 Act 101
Party summary
Senate summary
| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||||
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| Democratic | Union | Republican | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Legislature | 8 | 25 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 1st Session | 10 | 23 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 30.3% | 69.7% | |||
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 11 | 22 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
Assembly summary
| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||||
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| Democratic | Union | Republican | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Legislature | 33 | 67 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Start of 1st Session | 34 | 66 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| From January 30 | 33 | 67 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 33% | 67% | |||
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 26 | 74 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
Sessions
- 1st Regular session: January 10, 1866 – April 12, 1866
