13th Wisconsin Legislature

The Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1860, to April 2, 1860, 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 odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 8, 1859. 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 2, 1858.

Major events

 * January 2, 1860: 2nd Inauguration of Alexander Randall as Governor of Wisconsin.
 * January 7, 1860: Assemblymember Andrew Eble, representing southwest Milwaukee County, died in a hunting accident.
 * January 17, 1860: Assemblymember Daniel C. Jenne, representing Outagamie County, resigned his seat after it was demonstrated that he had actually lost his election to Milo Coles.
 * January 23, 1860: Theodore Hartung won a special election to fill the Assembly vacancy created by Andrew Eble's death.
 * November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President of the United States.
 * December 24, 1860: Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union issued by the government of South Carolina.

Major legislation

 * March 27, 1860: Act to organize the county of Ashland, 1860 Act 211
 * March 28, 1860: Joint Resolution relative to grants of public lands to actual settlers and to passage of "The Homestead Bill," 1860 Joint Resolution 1
 * March 30, 1860: Act to establish an official State paper, 1860 Act 240. Established the Wisconsin State Journal as the official state paper.
 * March 30, 1860: Joint Resolution objecting to any change of the Naturalization Law, 1860 Joint Resolution 2
 * March 31, 1860: Joint Resolution in relation to the Homestead Bill in Congress, 1860 Joint Resolution 3

Sessions

 * 1st Regular session: January 11, 1860 – April 2, 1860

Senate leadership

 * President of the Senate: Butler G. Noble, Lieutenant Governor
 * President pro tempore: Moses M. Davis

Assembly leadership

 * Speaker of the Assembly: William P. Lyon

Members of the Senate
Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:

Members of the Assembly
Members of the Assembly for the Thirteenth Wisconsin Legislature:

Senate employees

 * Chief Clerk: John H. Warren
 * Assistant Clerk: Willard Merrill
 * Engrossing Clerk: J. B. Selby
 * Enrolling Clerk: G. M. Powell
 * Transcribing Clerk: A. L. Burke
 * Sergeant-at-Arms: Asa Kinney
 * Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: S. S. Keyes
 * Postmaster: James L. Wilder
 * Post Messenger: Garret J. Mahoney
 * Doorkeeper: Henry M. Higbee
 * Fireman: Franz G. L. Struve
 * Messengers:
 * William W. Worthington
 * Walter C. Wyman
 * Sylvester Mygatt

Assembly employees

 * Chief Clerk: L. H. D. Crane
 * Assistant Clerk: John S. Dean
 * Engrossing Clerk: R. S. Kingman
 * Enrolling Clerk: Thaddeus C. Pound
 * Transcribing Clerk: E. Gilbert Jackson
 * Sergeant-at-Arms: Joseph Gates
 * Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: A. Armstrong
 * Postmaster: Marcus Otterbourg
 * Assistant Postmaster: Chancey B. Valentine
 * Doorkeeper: William C. Lessure
 * Assistant Doorkeeper: John T. Taylor
 * Firemen:
 * Nelson C. Andrews
 * Stephen S. Woodward
 * Phillip Cary
 * Robert R. Jores
 * Messengers:
 * Samuel H. Fernandez
 * Carlton C. Hart
 * Edward Livingston
 * William H. Barnes
 * George W. Yout
 * William H. Bennett