CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. First Convention. The first Constitutional Convention assembled at Madison on the 5th day of October, 1845, and adjourned on the 16th day of December, 1846, having framed a Constitution, which was submitted to a vote of the people on the first Tuesday in April, 1847, and the same was rejected. The Convention was composed of the following gentlemen: Brown President-DON A. J. UPHAM, of Milwaukee. David Agry, Calumet Lemuel Goodell. ColumbiaJeremiah Drake, La Fayette Hill. Crawford Peter A. R. Brace. Dane John Y. Smith, Abel Dunning, Benjamin Fuller, George B. Smith, Nathaniel F. Hyer, John M. Babcock. Dodge William M. Dennis, Fond du Lac Warren Chase, Grant Secretary-LA FAYETTE KELLOGG. Iowa-continued. Ninian E. Whitesides, Patrick Rogan, James P. Hays. Don A. J. Upham, *This gentleman never took his seat. Rock A. Hyatt Smith, Sanford P. Hammond. Edward Coumbe. St. Croix--- William Holcombe. Sheboygan- Washington Bostwick O. Connor, Charles Julius Kern, Waukesha Andrew E. Elmore, George Reed, Elisha W. Edgerton, Walworth Solmous Wakeley, Winnebago James Duane Doty. +Seat unsuccessfully contested by Matthias J. Bovee. Second Convention. This Convention assembled at Madison, on the 15th of December, 1847, and adjourned on the 1st of February, 1848, having framed a Constitution which was submitted to a vote of the people on the second Monday in March following, and the same was adopted. The Convention was constitued as follows: Messrs. Samuel W. Beall, Warren Chase, Stoddard Judd, Theodore Prentiss, Garrett M. Fitzgerald and Frederick S. Lovell, being the only members of the first Convention who were elected to the second; the members of the first, in almost every county, declining a re-election. Brown President-MORGAN L. MARTIN, of Brown. Iowa-continued. La Fayette-- Marquette & Winnebago William H. Kennedy. Theodore Secor, STATE GOVERNMENT. [The first session of the State Legislature was held at the Capitol at Madison, on Monday, the fifth day of June, A. D. 1848, pursuant to the Constitution, which had been adopted by a large majority Vote of the people. The apportionment of Senators and Representatives was under Constitutional provisions, until otherwise declared by law. First Session of the State Legislature, 1848, Convened June 5, 1848, and adjourned August 21, 1848. SENATE. President JOHN E. HOLMES, Lt. Governor. Sergeant-at-Arms-LYMAN H. SEAVER. Chief Clerk-HENRY G. ABBEY. Dis. Names. Post Office. Dis. Names. Post Office. Cedarburg. 14 John W. Boyd.. Geneva. Milton. 2 Henry Merrell. 5 H. M. Billings.. 6 Geo. W. Lakin Sheboygan. Platteville. 7 Thos. K. Gibson Benton. 10 Wm. M. Dennis.] Watertown. ASSEMBLY. Speaker-NINIAN E. WHITESIDE, of La Fayette. Chief Clerk-DANIEL NOBLE JOHNSON. | Sergeant-at-Arms-JOHN MULLANPHY. First Session of State Legislature-Assembly-(continued.) Second Session of the State Legislature, 1849, Convened on the 10th of January, 1849, and adjourned April 2, 1849. Seat contested successfully by Joseph Bowron, of Hudson. +Seat contested by H. Eugene Eastman on the ground of ineligibility; but sustained his seat by a vote on report made. Resigned his seat, having been a Postmaster when elected. |