1st Wisconsin Territorial Assembly

1st Wisconsin Territorial Assembly
1st Wisconsin Territorial Assembly
Overview
Legislative body	Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory
Meeting place	Belmont, Wisconsin Territory; (1st session); Burlington, Wisconsin Territory; (2nd & special session);
Term	October 25, 1836 – November 5, 1838
Election	October 10, 1836
Council
Members	13
President	Henry S. Baird (W); (1st session); Arthur B. Ingram; (2nd & special session);
House of Representatives
Members	26
Speaker	Peter H. Engle (D); (1st session); Isaac Leffler (W); (2nd session); William B. Sheldon (D); (special session);
Sessions
1st
1st	October 25, 1836 – December 9, 1836
2nd	November 6, 1837 – January 20, 1838
Special sessions
Special
Special	June 11, 1838 – June 25, 1838

The First Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory convened from October 25, 1836, to December 9, 1836, and from November 6, 1837, to January 20, 1838, in regular session. The Assembly also convened in special session from June 11, 1838, to June 25, 1838.

The first session was held at Belmont, Iowa County (in present-day Lafayette County, Wisconsin). The 2nd session and special session were held at Burlington, Des Moines County (in present-day Des Moines County, Iowa).

The three sessions of the 1st Legislative Assembly were the only legislative sessions to take place before the division of the Iowa Territory from the Wisconsin Territory.

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