28th Wisconsin Legislature

The Twenty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from to in regular session.

Senators representing odd-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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 3, 1874. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 4, 1873.

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Democrat William Robert Taylor, of Dane County, serving the second year of a two-year term, having won election in the 1873 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

* February 8, 1875: Angus Cameron was elected United States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature in joint session.
* March 1, 1875: President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Civil Rights Act of 1875 into law.
* May 20, 1875: The Metre Convention was signed in Paris, establishing the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.
* November 2, 1875: Harrison Ludington elected Governor of Wisconsin.

Major legislation

* February 17, 1875: An Act to require the several railroad companies in this state to provide for the safety of passengers
1875 Act 24

* February 20, 1875: An Act to amend chapter 273, of the laws of 1874, entitled "An act relating to railroad, express and telegraph companies in the state of Wisconsin,
1875 Act 39
Replaced the three-person railroad commission with a single railroad commissioner.
* February 24, 1875: An Act to more fully define and punish the crime of bribery, committed at or before elections
1875 Act 56
Criminalized the buying or selling of votes.
* February 27, 1875: An Act to prevent the ensnaring or trapping of deer
1875 Act 85

* March 2, 1875: An Act to render women eligible to local school offices
1875 Act 120

* March 2, 1875: An Act to encourage the invention and successful use of steam or other mechanical agents on highways
1875 Act 134
Created a $10,000 bounty for invention of a steam-powered substitute for horses for transportation or farm labor.
* March 3, 1875: An Act to prevent and punish cruelty to animals
1875 Act 150

Party summary

Senate summary

Assembly summary

Sessions

* 1st Regular session: January 13, 1875March 6, 1875

Leaders

Senate leadership

* President of the Senate: Charles D. Parker ( D)
* President pro tempore: Henry D. Barron ( R)

Assembly leadership

* Speaker of the Assembly: Frederick W. Horn ( IR)

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Senate for the Twenty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature:

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Twenty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature:

Employees

Senate employees

* Chief Clerk: Fred A. Dennett
** Assistant Clerk: Thomas B. Reid
*** Bookkeeper: Thomas St. George
** Engrossing Clerk: Wilbur Dodge
** Enrolling Clerk: James F. Spencer
** Transcribing Clerk: Fred Heineman
** Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: T. K. Dunn
** Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: E. J. Cole
** Clerk for the Committee on Claims: Thomas A. Dyson
** Clerk for the Committee on Railroads: J. F. Johnston
** Clerk for the Committee on Judiciary: A. P. Carman
* Sergeant-at-Arms: O. U. Akin
** Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Charles G. Fay
* Postmaster: Amaziah Strang
** Assistant Postmaster: John L. Quimby
* Doorkeeper: William R. Kent
** Assistant Doorkeeper: William F. Bingman
** Assistant Doorkeeper: H. H. Field
** Gallery Doorkeeper: Charles Early
** Gallery Doorkeeper: T. H. Hansen
** Committee Room Attendant: Charles Scott
** Night Watch: H. H. Grace
** Porter: Michael Lynch
* Messengers:
** Glennie C. Richarson
** Waldo B. Stone
** W. W. Paine
** Harry R. Clise
** Harry Cuttler
** Arthur A. Hills
** G. Herbert Campbell
** William Kleinpell
** Nelson C. Brownell

Assembly employees

* Chief Clerk: Rollin M. Strong
** Assistant Clerk: C. D. Long
*** Bookkeeper: R. A. Gillett
** Engrossing Clerk: Mrs. Fannie Vilas
** Enrolling Clerk: Julius Lasche
** Transcribing Clerk: W. M. Fogo
** Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: C. H. Boynton
** Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Jonathan C. Sherwin Jr.
** Clerk for the Committee on Judiciary: J. B. Stocking
* Sergeant-at-Arms: John W. Brackett
** Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Miles Burnham
* Postmaster: P. J. Clawson
** Assistant Postmaster: George H. Osgood
* Doorkeepers:
** J. F. Tinker
** N. F. Pierce
** C. A. Sellers
** Joseph Goss
* Night Watch: A. L. Lund
* Fireman: J. A. Nevill
* Committee Room Attendants:
** W. H. Bell
** J. W. Grange
** L. Woodward
* Gallery Attendants:
** W. L. Morrison
** George L. Cain
* Porter: F. O. Byrne
* Speaker's Messenger: L. E. Knox
* Chief Clerk's Messenger: Rufus Jenkins
* Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: W. Kanouse
* Messengers:
** Willie Horn
** Ben C. Baker
** Charles Keogh
** Willie Devine
** Willie Storm
** Charles Rothe
** Lucius Cannon
** John Bruce
** William Gallagher
** Joseph Parrish
** Theodore Kupper
** Marcus Moody

References

External links

1875: Related Documents
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