22nd Wisconsin Legislature

The Twenty-Second 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, 1868. 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 5, 1867.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Lucius Fairchild, of Dane County, serving the second year of his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1867 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

January 27, 1869: Matthew H. Carpenter was elected United States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature in Joint Session.
March 4, 1869: Inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant as 18th President of the United States
May 15, 1869: The National Woman Suffrage Association was founded in New York.

Major legislation

March 9, 1869: Joint Resolution ratifying the proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States, .
March 9, 1869: Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution of the state so as to authorize the abolishment of the grand jury system, . This amendment was ratified at the November 1870 general election.
March 10, 1869: An Act to codify the laws of this state relating to highways and bridges,
March 11, 1869: Joint Resolution proposing amendment to section 4 article 7 of the constitution, . Proposed expanding the Wisconsin Supreme Court from three to five justices. This amendment was rejected by voters in November 1872, but the court expansion was successful on a subsequent attempt in 1878.

Sessions

1st Regular session: January 13, 1869March 11, 1869

Leaders

Senate leadership

President of the Senate: Wyman Spooner
President pro tempore: George C. Hazelton

Assembly leadership

Speaker of the Assembly: Alexander M. Thomson

Members

Members of the Senate

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

Dist.	Counties	Senator	Residence	Party
01	Sheboygan		Sheboygan	Rep.
02	Brown, Door, Kewaunee		Green Bay	Dem.
03	Ozaukee		Ozaukee	Dem.
04	Washington		Addison	Dem.
05	Milwaukee		Milwaukee	Dem.
06	Milwaukee		Milwaukee	Dem.
07	Racine		Caledonia	Rep.
08	Kenosha		Kenosha	Rep.
09	Adams, Juneau, Monroe		Big Spring	Rep.
10	Waukesha		Oconomowoc	Dem.
11	Dane		Stoughton	Rep.
12	Walworth		Whitewater	Rep.
13	Lafayette		Darlington	Dem.
14	Sauk		Delton	Rep.
15	Iowa		Wyoming	Rep.
16	Grant		Boscobel	Rep.
17	Rock		Janesville	Rep.
18	Dodge		Beaver Dam	Dem.
19	Manitowoc		Manitowoc	Dem.
20	Fond du Lac		Fond du Lac	Dem.
21	Winnebago		Menasha	Rep.
22	Calumet, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano		Medina	Dem.
23	Jefferson		Farmington	Dem.
24	Green		Monticello	Rep.
25	Columbia		Columbus	Rep.
26	Dane		Madison	Dem.
27	Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood		Grand Rapids	Rep.
28	Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Dallas, Douglas, Pierce, St. Croix		Prescott	Rep.
29	Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara		Berlin	Rep.
30	Crawford, Richland			Rep.
31	La Crosse & Vernon		Viroqua	Rep.
32	Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau		Trempealeau	Rep.
33	Dodge		Horicon	Dem.

Members of the Assembly

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

Employees

Senate employees

Chief Clerk: L. B. Hills
* Assistant Clerk: John S. Wilson
** Bookkeeper: H. H. Rust
* Engrossing Clerk: J. H. Culvor
* Enrolling Clerk: W. T. Brayton
* Transcribing Clerk: E. M. Truell
Sergeant-at-Arms: W. H. Hamilton
* Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Franklin Kelly
Postmaster: T. L. Terry
* Assistant Postmaster: George Pietssch
Doorkeeper: John McGill
* Assistant Doorkeeper: P. C. Selden
* Assistant Doorkeeper: J. K. Parish
* Assistant Doorkeeper: Mark Shepard
* Gallery Doorkeeper: Henry Taylor
* Night Watch: E. C. Arnold
Porter & Mess: Martin Mulville
Messengers:
* Robert B. McCord
* Charlie S. Vedder
* George Webster
* V. Wilson
* William Gleason
* Edward Knight

Assembly employees

Chief Clerk: Ephraim W. Young
* Assistant Clerk: William M. Newcomb
** Bookkeeper: Fred A. Dennett
* Engrossing Clerk: A. H. Reed
* Enrolling Clerk: E. H. Webb
* Transcribing Clerk: E. C. Clark
Sergeant-at-Arms: R. C. Kelly
* 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Sam Fifield
* 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: E. A. Gibbons
Postmaster: C. F. Solberg
* 1st Assistant Postmaster: Sam Bartholomew
* 2nd Assistant Postmaster: H. C. Warner
Doorkeepers:
* A. McLaughlin
* T. H. Grist
* J. Dickinson
* H. Seffens
Night Watch: James Roberts
Firemen:
* J. Warren
* Samuel Bachman
Speaker's Messenger: Parke I. Graves
Chief Clerk's Messenger: Frank R. Norton
Messengers:
* Thomas McDonald
* Charles H. Newton
* Henry A. Douglass
* Emile Hammer
* George Aiken
* Howley Baxter
* C. Bingham
* G. F. Hibbard
* Dan Fitzpatrick
Gallery Attendants:
* William Woolnough
* W. P. Borroughs