16th Wisconsin Legislature

Major events

• January 1, 1863: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation went into effect.
• April 30-May 8, 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville took place in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Six regiments of Wisconsin Volunteers participated in the battle.
• May 18-July 4, 1863: Siege of Vicksburg took place in Warren County, Mississippi. Seventeen regiments of Wisconsin Volunteers participated in the siege.
• July 1-3, 1863: Battle of Gettysburg took place near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Six regiments of Wisconsin Volunteers participated in the battle. Future-Governor of Wisconsin Lucius Fairchild and future State Treasurer Henry Baetz were wounded.
• November 3, 1863: James T. Lewis elected Governor of Wisconsin.

  Major legislation

• March 13, 1863: Joint Resolution recommending Colonels J. C. Starkweather and Geo. E. Bryant to promotion,
• March 25, 1863: Joint Resolution relative to adopting state flag,
• March 26, 1863: Act to provide for continuing the work on the state capitol,
• March 28, 1863: Act to authorize the borrowing of money to repel invasion, suppress insurrection and defend the state in time of war,
• April 1, 1863: Act authorizing the governor to take care of the sick and wounded soldiers of the Wisconsin volunteers, and appropriating money out of the treasury for that purpose,
• April 1, 1863: Act to provide for compensating parties whose property may be injured or destroyed in consequence of mobs or riots,
• April 1, 1863: Act to provide for the enrollment of persons liable to perform military duty, and the organization of the state militia for active service,
• April 2, 1863: Act to provide for the relief of families of persons who may die in the military service of the United States or of the state of Wisconsin,

  Party summary

Senate

Assembly

Sessions

• 1st Regular session: January 14, 1863 - April 2, 1863

  Leaders

Senate

• President of the Senate: Vacant
• President pro tempore: Wyman Spooner

  Assembly

• Speaker of the Assembly: J. Allen Barber

  Members

Senate

Assembly

Employees

Senate

• Chief Clerk: Frank M. Stewart
• * Assistant Clerk: J. M. Randall
• * Engrossing Clerk: G. W. Campbell
• * Enrolling Clerk: George W. Stoner
• * Transcribing Clerk: J. J. Tschudy
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Luther Basford
• * Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: James L. Wilder
• Postmaster: James L. Hosford
• * Assistant Postmaster: John Van t'Woud
• Doorkeeper: B. S. Miller
• * Assistant Doorkeeper: Francis Mika
• * Assistant Doorkeeper: Samuel Bachman
• * Assistant Doorkeeper: Paul Halverson
• Firemen:
• * Alex Stilwell
• * John Crowley
• Messengers:
• * J. E. Brown
• * John Hutchins
• * Albert F. Dexter
• * Frank Kellogg
• Porter: George E. Albee

  Assembly

• Chief Clerk: John S. Dean
• * Assistant Clerk: Ephraim W. Young
• ** Bookkeeper: Merrick P. Wing
• * Engrossing Clerk: Herbert A. Lewis
• * Enrolling Clerk: S. Canning Fisher
• * Transcribing Clerk: Henry C. Hadley
• Sergeant-at-Arms: A. M. Thomson
• * 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: C. D. Lon
• * 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: D. S. Hawley
• Postmaster: M. B. Patchin
• * 1st Assistant Postmaster: John B. Eugene
• * 2nd Assistant Postmaster: Oscar Babcock
• Doorkeeper: Franklin Kelly
• * Assistant Doorkeeper: A. J. Fuller
• * Assistant Doorkeeper: P. P. Davis
• * Assistant Doorkeeper: William C. Lesure
• Firemen:
• * H. H. Hayward
• * Philip Carey
• * Iver Knudsen
• Messengers:
• * Adam Waltz
• * James E. Dean
• * Richard L. Hayward
• * Edgar C. McLaughlin
• * Patrick W. Lannen
• * William H. Miller
• * Louis Sholes
• * George D. Potter
• * Mark W. Bailey