2nd Wisconsin Legislature

The Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 10, 1849, to April 2, 1849, 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. Senators representing even numbered districts were serving the second year of their two-year term.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Democrat Nelson Dewey, of Grant County, serving his first full year in office after winning election in the state's first gubernatorial election in May 1848, and taking office in June 1848.

Major events

January 17, 1849: Isaac P. Walker re-elected United States Senator by the Wisconsin Legislature in joint session.
March 4, 1849: Inauguration of Zachary Taylor as the 12th President of the United States.
November 6, 1849: Nelson Dewey re-elected Governor of Wisconsin.

Major legislation

February 8, 1849: Joint resolution related to Slavery and the Slave trade,
March 6, 1849: Act to extend the boundaries of the county of Marquette,
March 8, 1849: Act in relation to the boundaries of the counties of Columbia, Adams, Sauk, Chippewa, La Pointe, and St. Croix,
March 8, 1849: Act to extend the boundaries of Winnebago county,
March 10, 1849: Joint resolution relative to a proposed amendment to the constitution of the United States, concerning the election of Senators in congress,
March 22, 1849: Act submitting the question of the extension of the right of suffrage to a vote of the People, . Setting a referendum for the 1849 general election which would grant voting rights to African Americans living in Wisconsin. The referendum passed, but the legality was challenged. The Wisconsin Supreme Court finally upheld the result of the 1849 referendum in the 1866 case of Gillespie v Palmer and others.
March 31, 1849: Joint resolution instructing the Hon. Isaac P. Walker to resign his seat as United States Senator, .
March 31, 1849: An Act in relation to homicide. Created Wisconsin's first law criminalizing abortion.

Sessions

1st Regular session: January 10, 1849April 2, 1849

Leaders

Senate leadership

President of the Senate: John E. Holmes, Lieutenant Governor

Assembly leadership

Speaker of the Assembly: Harrison Carroll Hobart

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Second Wisconsin Legislature :

District	Counties	Senator	Party	Residence
01	Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan		Dem.	Stockbridge
02	Columbia, Marquette, Portage, Sauk		Whig	Fort Winnebago
03	Crawford, Chippewa,,		Dem.	Eastman
04	Fond du Lac, Winnebago		Dem.	Ceresco
05	Iowa, Richland		Dem.	Mineral Point
06	Grant		Whig	Platteville
07	Lafayette		Dem.	Shullsburg
08	Green		Dem.	Monroe
09	Dane		Whig	Madison
10	Dodge		Dem.	Watertown
11	Washington		Dem.	Cedarburg
12	Jefferson		Dem.	Watertown
13	Waukesha		Dem.	Eagleville
14	Walworth		Dem.	Geneva
15	Rock		Whig	Milton
16	Racine		Dem.	Kenosha
17	Racine		Free Soil	Waterford
18	Milwaukee		Dem.	Milwaukee
19	Milwaukee		Dem.	Milwaukee

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Second Wisconsin Legislature :

Employees

Senate employees

Chief Clerk: William Rudolph Smith
Assistant Clerk: P. N. Bovee
Enrolling Clerk: G. W. Boardman
Engrossing Clerk: Henry B. Welsh
Transcribing Clerk: William Dutcher
Messenger: Moritz Morgenstine
Doorkeeper: J. S. Delno
Fireman: S. B. Sibley
Sergeant-at-Arms: W. Shellmer

Assembly employees

Chief Clerk: Robert L. Ream
Chief Clerk pro tem: Daniel Noble Johnson
Assistant Clerk: William Hull
Assistant Clerk pro tem: Alexander T. Gray
Enrolling Clerk: Aaron V. Fryer
Engrossing Clerk: J. J. Driggs
Transcribing Clerk: Lyman Cowderey
Messenger: Marshall Ten Eyk
Doorkeeper: C. W. White
Fireman: Samuel Noyes
Sergeant-at-Arms: Felix McLinden