13th Wisconsin Legislature
The Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1860, to April 2, 1860, 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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 8, 1859. 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 2, 1858.
Major events
- January 2, 1860: Governor Alexander Randall was sworn in for his 2nd term as Governor of Wisconsin.
- January 7, 1860: Assemblymember Andrew Eble, representing southwest Milwaukee County, died in a hunting accident.
- January 17, 1860: Assemblymember Daniel C. Jenne, representing Outagamie County, resigned his seat after it was demonstrated that he had actually lost his election to Milo Coles.
- January 23, 1860: Theodore Hartung won a special election to fill the Assembly vacancy created by Andrew Eble's death.
- November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President of the United States.
- December 24, 1860: Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union issued by the government of South Carolina.
Major legislation
- March 27, 1860: Act to organize the county of Ashland,
- March 28, 1860: Joint Resolution relative to grants of public lands to actual settlers and to passage of "The Homestead Bill,"
- March 30, 1860: Act to establish an official State paper, . Established the Wisconsin State Journal as the official state paper.
- March 30, 1860: Joint Resolution objecting to any change of the Naturalization Law,
- March 31, 1860: Joint Resolution in relation to the Homestead Bill in Congress,
Party summary
Senate
Assembly
Sessions
- 1st Regular session: January 11, 1860 - April 2, 1860
Leaders
Senate
- President of the Senate: Butler G. Noble, Lieutenant Governor
- President pro tempore: Moses M. Davis
Assembly
- Speaker of the Assembly: William P. Lyon
Members
Senate
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:| District | Counties | Senator | Party |
| 1 | Sheboygan | Robert H. Hotchkiss | Democrat |
| 2 | Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw | Edward Decker | Democrat |
| 3 | Ozaukee | Frederick Hilgen | Democrat |
| 4 | Washington | Densmore W. Maxon | Democrat |
| 5 | Northern Milwaukee | Cicero Comstock | Republican |
| 6 | Southern Milwaukee | Michael J. Egan | Democrat |
| 7 | Racine | Nicholas D. Fratt | Democrat |
| 8 | Kenosha | George Bennett | Republican |
| 9 | Adams, Juneau, Sauk | Henry W. Curtis | Republican |
| 10 | Waukesha | Denison Worthington | Republican |
| 11 | Eastern Dane | William Robert Taylor | Democrat |
| 12 | Walworth | Oscar F. Bartlett | Republican |
| 13 | Lafayette | Philemon B. Simpson | Democrat |
| 14 | Northern Jefferson | Charles R. Gill | Republican |
| 15 | Iowa, Richland | Charles Rodolf | Democrat |
| 16 | Grant | Noah H. Virgin | Republican |
| 17 | Western Rock | Zebulon P. Burdick | Republican |
| 18 | Eastern Rock | Alden I. Bennett | Republican |
| 19 | Manitowoc, Calumet | Samuel H. Thurber | Democrat |
| 20 | Fond du Lac | Elihu Phillips | Republican |
| 21 | Winnebago | Ganem W. Washburn | Democrat |
| 22 | Dodge | Benjamin Ferguson | Republican |
| 23 | Southern Jefferson | Enias D. Masters | Republican |
| 24 | Green | John W. Stewart | Republican |
| 25 | Columbia | Moses M. Davis | Republican |
| 26 | Western Dane | John B. Sweat | Democrat |
| 27 | Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood | Luther Hanchett | Republican |
| 28 | Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, La Pointe, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix | Charles B. Cox | Democrat |
| 29 | Marquette | M. W. Seely | Republican |
| 30 | Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Tremealeau | Buel E. Hutchinson | Republican |
Assembly
Members of the Assembly for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:Employees
Senate
- Chief Clerk: John H. Warren
- * Assistant Clerk: Willard Merrill
- * Engrossing Clerk: J. B. Selby
- * Enrolling Clerk: G. M. Powell
- * Transcribing Clerk: A. L. Burke
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Asa Kinney
- * Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: S. S. Keyes
- Postmaster: James L. Wilder
- * Post Messenger: Garret J. Mahoney
- Doorkeeper: Henry M. Higbee
- Fireman: Franz G. L. Struve
- Messengers:
- * William W. Worthington
- * Walter C. Wyman
- * Sylvester Mygatt
Assembly
- Chief Clerk: L. H. D. Crane
- * Assistant Clerk: John S. Dean
- * Engrossing Clerk: R. S. Kingman
- * Enrolling Clerk: Thaddeus C. Pound
- * Transcribing Clerk: E. Gilbert Jackson
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Joseph Gates
- * Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: A. Armstrong
- Postmaster: Marcus Otterbourg
- * Assistant Postmaster: Chancey B. Valentine
- Doorkeeper: William C. Lessure
- * Assistant Doorkeeper: John T. Taylor
- Firemen:
- * Nelson C. Andrews
- * Stephen S. Woodward
- * Phillip Cary
- * Robert R. Jores
- Messengers:
- * Samuel H. Fernandez
- * Carlton C. Hart
- * Edward Livingston
- * William H. Barnes
- * George W. Yout
- * William H. Bennett