23rd Wisconsin Legislature
The Twenty-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from to 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 even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 2, 1869. 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 3, 1868.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Lucius Fairchild, of Dane County, serving the first year of his third two-year term, having won re-election in the 1869 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
Major events
- February 3, 1870: Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the required three-fourths of U.S. states.
- June 22, 1870: The U.S. Congress created the United States Department of Justice.
- July 19, 1870: France declared war on the Kingdom of Prussia, initiating the Franco-Prussian War.
- September 4, 1870: French Emperor Napoleon III was deposed and the French Third Republic was established.
- October 12, 1870: Former Confederate general Robert E. Lee died after suffering a stroke.
Sessions
1st Regular session: January 12, 1870March 17, 1870Leaders
Senate leadership
- President of the Senate: Thaddeus C. Pound
- President pro tempore: David Taylor
Assembly leadership
Members
Members of the Senate
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Twenty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:Members of the Assembly
Members of the Assembly for the Twenty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:Employees
Senate employees
- Chief Clerk: Leander B. Hills
- * Assistant Clerk: H. H. Rust
- ** Bookkeeper: Robert A. Gillett
- * Engrossing Clerk: A. J. High
- * Enrolling Clerk: J. H. Balch
- * Transcribing Clerk: Julia A. Hubbard
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Earl M. Rogers
- * Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: William Freeman
- Postmaster: L. D. Frost
- * Assistant Postmaster: T. Watson
- Doorkeeper: D. W. Collins
- Doorkeeper: W. Cook
- * Assistant Doorkeeper: Levi Burgett
- * Assistant Doorkeeper: F. Chamberlain
- * Gallery Doorkeeper: H. A. Wilcox
- * Night Watch: John Grant Jr.
- President's Attendant: F. Bowers
- Porter: A. T. Conger
- Messengers:
- * Eddie Knight
- * Willie Hadley
- * Charlie Young
- * Charles F. Torgerson
- * Charlie S. Vedder
- * Max Roeder
Assembly employees
- Chief Clerk: Ephraim W. Young
- * Assistant Clerk: William M. Newcomb
- ** Bookkeeper: Fred A. Dennett
- * Engrossing Clerk: A. H. Reed
- * Enrolling Clerk: S. F. Hammond
- * Transcribing Clerk: G. H. Brock
- Sergeant-at-Arms: O. C. Johnson
- * 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: O. C. Bissell
- * 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: S. C. McDonald
- Postmaster: J. H. Wagoner
- * 1st Assistant Postmaster: Myron DeWolf
- * 2nd Assistant Postmaster: Henry Stannard
- Doorkeepers:
- * W. S. Seavey
- * A. B. Finch
- * Joseph F. Wigmore
- * W. W. Dantz
- Night Watch: John K. Parish
- Firemen:
- * Sidney Emmes
- * E. G. Garner
- Gallery Attendants:
- * George A. Phinney
- * H. S. Grinde
- Committee Room Attendants:
- * T. D. Powers
- * Fred Keud
- * Hiram Steffins
- * George Slurzsby
- Porter: J. W. Plato
- Speaker's Messenger: C. Bingham
- Chief Clerk's Messenger: Frank R. Norton
- Messengers:
- * Emile Hammer
- * Frank Beyler
- * Daniel Fitzpatrick
- * Frank Johnson
- * Henry A. Douglas
- * Charles S. Parker
- * Marshall Jackson
- * Oscar Green
- * Clarence Patch
- * Willie Holmes
- * Thaddeus W. Sutliff