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.

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, 1871 – March 25, 1871

Senate leadership

 * President of the Senate: Thaddeus C. Pound (R)
 * President pro tempore: Charles G. Williams (R)

Assembly leadership

 * Speaker of the Assembly: William E. Smith (R)

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

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

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