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Major events. April 30, 1836: Henry Dodge was appointed the first Governor of the Wisconsin Territory. October 10, 1836: George Wallace Jones elected delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin Territory's at-large congressional district.
The Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory consisted of a council (equivalent to a senate) and representatives. The first session of the First Legislative Assembly convened at Belmont, Iowa County (now in Lafayette County), on October 25, and adjourned December 9, 1836.
Elections were held October 10 to choose delegates to a territorial convention. That meeting opened October 25, 1836, in a chilly wood-frame building at Belmont, in the lead region. Among the delegates' first actions was choosing a capital.
The Fifth Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory convened from January 4, 1847, to February 11, 1847, and from February 7, 1848, to March 13, 1848, in regular session.The Assembly also convened in special session from October 18, 1847, to October 27, 1847, to organize a second constitutional convention after the failure to adopt the first Wisconsin Constitution.
By 1836, Wisconsin finally had a large enough population to be eligible to become its own territory, a necessary step toward statehood. Henry Dodge was appointed as the first Wisconsin territorial governor. He and other territorial leaders worked to gain statehood.
5 mar 2022 · Wisconsin Governor Alexander Randall asked “all patriotic citizens” to organize themselves into militia companies for service in defending the Union. From 1861 to 1865, more than 91,000 Wisconsin residents served in 50 infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment and eight artillery batteries.
20 lip 2023 · Governor Henry Dodge communicated the resolution to the 28th Congress, asserting that the U.S. government had allocated parts of the Wisconsin Territory to the states of Illinois and Indiana and had “invaded” parts of Wisconsin when proposing boundaries for the soon-to-be-admitted state of Michigan. 3 When the question was put to the ...
