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.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Alexander Randall, of Waukesha County, serving the first year of his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1859 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

January 2, 1860: 2nd Inauguration of Alexander Randall 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,

Sessions

1st Regular session: January 11, 1860 - April 2, 1860

Leaders

Senate leadership

President of the Senate: Butler G. Noble, Lieutenant Governor
President pro tempore: Moses M. Davis

Assembly leadership

Speaker of the Assembly: William P. Lyon

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:

District	Counties	Senator	Party	Residence
01	Sheboygan		Dem.	Plymouth
02	Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawanaw		Dem.	Kewaunee
03	Ozaukee		Dem.	Cedarburg
04	Washington		Dem.	Cedar Creek
05	Northern Milwaukee		Rep.	Milwaukee
06	Southern Milwaukee		Dem.	Franklin
07	Racine		Dem.	Racine
08	Kenosha		Rep.	Kenosha
09	Adams, Juneau, Sauk		Rep.	Delton
10	Waukesha		Rep.	Summit
11	Eastern Dane		Dem.	Cottage Grove
12	Walworth		Rep.	East Troy
13	Lafayette		Dem.	Shullsburg
14	Northern Jefferson		Rep.	Watertown
15	Iowa, Richland		Dem.	Orion
16	Grant		Rep.	Platteville
17	Rock		Rep.	Janesville
18	Rock		Rep.	Beloit
19	Manitowoc, Calumet		Dem.	Manitowoc
20	Fond du Lac		Rep.
21	Winnebago		Rep.	Oshkosh
22	Dodge	Benjamin Ferguson	Rep.	Fox Lake
23	Southern Jefferson		Rep.	Jefferson
24	Green		Rep.	Monroe
25	Columbia		Rep.	Portage
26	Dane		Dem.	Black Earth
27	Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood		Rep.	Stanton
28	Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn,, Pierce, Polk,		Rep.	River Falls
29	Marquette		Rep.	Marquette
30	Bad Ax, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Tremealeau		Rep.

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:

Employees

Senate employees

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 employees

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