33rd Wisconsin Legislature

The Thirty-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 4, 1879. 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 5, 1878.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican William E. Smith, of Milwaukee County, serving the first year of his second two-year term, having won re-election in the 1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

October 19, 1880: Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice Edward George Ryan died in office.
November 2, 1880: James A. Garfield elected the 20th President of the United States.
November 11, 1880: Governor William E. Smith appointed justice Orsamus Cole as the 6th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. On the same day, Smith appointed John B. Cassoday as associate justice.

Major legislation

March 5, 1880: An Act to allow general accident insurance companies to do business in this state, .
March 11, 1880: An Act to preserve and promote the public health in the city of Milwaukee, . Criminalized the act of dumping waste or wastewater into any river or stream in Milwaukee.
March 15, 1880: An Act to promote good order and repress crime, . Created sentence-reduction incentives for good behavior by state prisoners.
March 15, 1880: An Act for the prevention of cruelty to minors, .
March 15, 1880: An Act to prevent the adulteration of food and medicine and provide for analyzing the same, .
March 16, 1880: An Act relating to non-registered voters and amendatory of section twenty-four of the revised statutes of 1878, . Enabled unregistered voters to be eligible to vote with the assistance of a registered voter acting as witness for their eligibility.
Joint Resolution amending sections numbers 4, 5, 11, and 21, article 4 of the constitution of the State of Wisconsin, . First legislative passage of a proposed constitutional amendment to double the duration of terms for members of the Assembly from 1 year to 2 years, and for senators from 2 years to 4 years, and to also switch the legislature to biennial rather than annual sessions. The amendment would eventually be ratified at the 1881 Fall general election.
Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 3 of the constitution of Wisconsin relating to suffrage, . Proposed an amendment to the state constitution to allow universal suffrage in Wisconsin for all people over age 21 who were citizens or recent immigrants intent on becoming citizens.

Sessions

1st Regular session: January 14, 1880March 17, 1880

Leaders

Senate leadership

President of the Senate: James M. Bingham
President pro tempore: Thomas B. Scott

Assembly leadership

Speaker of the Assembly: Alexander A. Arnold

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Senate for the Thirty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:

Dist.	Counties	Senator	Residence	Party
01	Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, & Shawano		Kewaunee	Rep.
02	Brown		Green Bay	Rep.
03	Racine		Burlington	Rep.
04	Crawford & Vernon		Prairie du Chien	Rep.
05	Milwaukee		Milwaukee	Rep.
06	Milwaukee		Milwaukee	Dem.
07	Milwaukee		Milwaukee	Rep.
08	Kenosha & Walworth		Kenosha	Rep.
09	Green Lake, Marquette,		Berlin	Rep.
10	Waukesha		Lisbon	Dem.
11	Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Price, Taylor,		Grand Rapids	Rep.
12	Green & Lafayette		Shullsburg	Rep.
13	Dodge		Beaver Dam	Rep.
14	Juneau & Sauk		Baraboo	Rep.
15	Manitowoc		Manitowoc	Dem.
16	Grant		Lancaster	Rep.
17	Rock		Janesville	Rep.
18			Ripon	Rep.
19	Winnebago		Oshkosh	Dem.
20	Sheboygan		Plymouth	Dem.
21	Marathon, Portage,		Wausau	Rep.
22	Calumet & Outagamie		Harrison	Dem.
23	Jefferson		Watertown	Rep.
24	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk,		Ashland	Rep.
25	Dane		Madison	Rep.
26	Dane		Cross Plains	Dem.
27	Adams & Columbia		Columbus	Rep.
28	Iowa & Richland		Richland	Rep.
29	Buffalo, Pepin,		Durand	Rep.
30	Dunn,,			Rep.
31	La Crosse		La Crosse	Rep.
32	Jackson		Black River Falls	Rep.
33	Ozaukee & Washington			Dem.

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Thirty-Third Wisconsin Legislature:

Employees

Senate employees

Chief Clerk: Charles E. Bross
* Assistant Clerk: J. F. A. Williams
* Bookkeeper: T. S. Ansley
* Engrossing Clerk: John P. Mitchell
* Enrolling Clerk: John P. Webster
* Transcribing Clerk: Gilbert Tennant
* Proofreader: Thomas A. Dyson
* Clerk for the Judiciary Committee: Walter L. Houser
* Clerk for the Committee on Claims: J. Lamborn
* Clerk for the Committee on Enrolled Bills: Charles Pinckney
* Clerk for the Committee on Engrossed Bills: Charles H. Darlington
* Document Clerk: William Graham
Sergeant-at-Arms: Chalmers Ingersoll
* Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: Daniel Harshman
Postmaster: A. C. Fraser
* Assistant Postmaster: James E. Heg
Gallery Attendants:
* Jacob Cleaver
* A. J. Barsantee
Wash Room Attendant: William McCann
Document Room Attendant: Frank S. Hatson
Enrolling Room Attendant: H. R. Rawson
Committee Room Attendant: Oscar M. Dering
Doorkeepers:
* M. Simon
* W. F. Cochran
* Edwin Rowclitt
* Louis Goeller
Porter: W. L. Dowler
Night Watch: G. H. Markstrom
President's Messenger: Ralph Irish
Chief Clerk's Messenger: J. G. Hyland
Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: Edward N. Potter
Messengers:
* Charles Pierce
* Gustrave Mosier
* John Rindlaub
* T. Nelson
Janitor: M. Finnerty

Assembly employees

Chief Clerk: John E. Eldred
* 1st Assistant Clerk: William M. Fogo
** 2nd Assistant Clerk: Charles N. Herreid
* Bookkeeper: O. A. Southmayd
* Engrossing Clerk: P. H. Swift
* Enrolling Clerk: T. J. Vaughn
* Transcribing Clerk: C. H. Ladd
* Proof Reader: J. A. Ellis
Sergeant-at-Arms: Daniel H. Pulcifer
* Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: George W. Church
Postmaster: W. W. Sturtevant
* Assistant Postmaster: T. M. Griswold
Doorkeepers:
* Isidore Lison
* George Seebald
* Dehart McLummins
* Charles A. Vaetz
Gallery Attendant: Otto Comdohr
Night Watch: W. R. Alban
Room Attendants:
* William Gillillan Jr.
* J. W. Dunn
Speaker's Messenger: Paul R. Colvin
Clerk's Messenger: Eddie Cavanaugh
Sergeant-at-Arms' Messenger: Adolph Roeder
Messengers:
* George Bean
* Hugh Edwards
* Thomas Jones
* Alma Marsden
* Frank Leonard
* Thomas Gillespie
* C. Hindrich
* J. Kohner
* Edwin Dahlby
* John Kempf