24th Wisconsin Legislature

The Twenty-Fourth 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 8, 1870. 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 2, 1869.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Lucius Fairchild, of Dane County, serving the second year of his third two-year term, having won re-election in the 1869 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

January 18, 1871: Proclamation of the German Empire formalized the creation of the German Empire from the North German Confederation and their south German allies.
April 20, 1871: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Civil Rights Act of 1871, commonly known as the "Ku Klux Klan Act".
May 4, 1871: The first Major League Baseball game was played.
May 10, 1871: Treaty of Frankfurt ended the Franco-Prussian War and transferred the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine from France to the Germany.
October 8, 1871: The Peshtigo fire burned about 1.2 million acres in northeast Wisconsin and resulted in more than 1,500 deaths. The Great Chicago Fire occurred on the same day, killing approximately 300 and destroying 17,500 buildings.
November 7, 1871: Cadwallader C. Washburn elected Governor of Wisconsin.

Major legislation

March 24, 1871: An Act to apportion the state into senate and assembly districts.

Sessions

1st Regular session: January 11, 1871March 25, 1871

Leaders

Senate leadership

President of the Senate: Thaddeus C. Pound
President pro tempore: Charles G. Williams

Assembly leadership

Speaker of the Assembly: William E. Smith

Members

Members of the Senate

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

Dist.	Counties	Senator	Residence	Party
01	Sheboygan		Sheboygan	Rep.
02	Brown, Door, Kewaunee		Ahnapee	Dem.
03	Ozaukee		Ozaukee	Dem.
04	Washington		Addison	Dem.
05	Milwaukee		Milwaukee	Dem.
06	Milwaukee		Milwaukee	Dem.
07	Racine		Rochester	Rep.
08	Kenosha		Kenosha	Rep.
09	Adams, Juneau, Monroe		Necedah	Rep.
10	Waukesha		Merton	Dem.
11	Dane		Stoughton	Rep.
12	Walworth		Spring Prairie	Rep.
13	Lafayette		Darlington	Rep.
14	Sauk		Spring Green	Rep.
15	Iowa		Linden	Rep.
16	Grant		Boscobel	Rep.
17	Rock		Janesville	Rep.
18	Dodge		Beaver Dam	Dem.
19	Manitowoc		Manitowoc	Dem.
20	Fond du Lac		Ripon	Rep.
21	Winnebago		Koro	Rep.
22	Calumet, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano		Chilton	Dem.
23	Jefferson		Farmington	Dem.
24	Green		Monroe	Rep.
25	Columbia		Columbus	Rep.
26	Dane		Middleton	Rep.
27	Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Wood		Waupaca	Dem.
28	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk,		Trimbelle	Dem.
29	Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara		Princeton	Rep.
30	Crawford, Richland			Dem.
31	La Crosse & Vernon		La Crosse	Rep.
32	Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn,, Jackson, Pepin, Trempealeau		Black River Falls	Rep.
33	Dodge		Horicon	Dem.

Members of the Assembly

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

Employees

Senate employees

Chief Clerk: O. R. Smith
* Assistant Clerk: J. H. Waggoner
** Bookkeeper: Sid A. Foster
* Engrossing Clerk: A. J. High
* Enrolling Clerk: H. L. Hyde
* Transcribing Clerk: Richard Perry
Sergeant-at-Arms: W. W. Baker
* Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: W. W. Dantz
Postmaster: C. E. Weeks
* Assistant Postmaster: Hiram Seffens
Doorkeeper: W. G. Hyde
Doorkeeper: H. E. Seaver
* Assistant Doorkeeper: J. Dixon
* Assistant Doorkeeper: C. W. Watrous
* Assistant Doorkeeper: H. A. Wilcox
* Gallery Doorkeeper: A. A. Petty
* Night Watch: John Grant Jr.
Governor's Attendant: C. H. Stone
Porter: F. H. Bates
General Messenger: Willie Hadley
Clerk's Messenger: Willie Bowen
Messengers:
* Willie Dennison
* Frank Roe
* Charles Young
* Charles H. Newton
* Patrick Tierney

Assembly employees

Chief Clerk: Ephraim W. Young
* Assistant Clerk: William M. Newcomb
** Bookkeeper: Fred A. Dennett
* Engrossing Clerk: C. D. Purple
* Enrolling Clerk: Jacob Fuss
* Transcribing Clerk: Linda Harris
Sergeant-at-Arms: Sam Fifield
* 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: O. C. Bissell
* 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: D. L. Quaw
Postmaster: Myron DeWolf
* 1st Assistant Postmaster: J. F. Cleghorn
* 2nd Assistant Postmaster: Albert Emonson
Doorkeepers:
* E. S. Blake
* Thomas Watson
* John Stansmore
* O. R. Jones
Night Watch: W. A. Fay
Firemen:
* D. B. Crandall
* Richard Prichard
Gallery Attendants:
* Peter Williams
* A. J. Sutherland
Committee Room Attendants:
* J. W. Brackett
* L. N. Taylor
* William W. Maxwell
* George Slingsby
Washroom Attendant: S. D. Hanchett
Porter: R. S. Warner
Speaker's Messenger: Willie Holmes
Chief Clerk's Messenger: Frank R. Norton
Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: Willie Potter
Messengers:
* Frank Beyler
* Daniel Fitzpatrick
* George E. McDill
* George Sherman
* Freddie Blake
* Ballard P. Barnett
* Eugene Kuntz
* S. G. Huntington
* Charles F. Dana
* Adolph Hastreiter
* Emeal Hammer