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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 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.
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.
On July 4, 1836, the Wisconsin Territory was born. President Andrew Jackson appointed General Henry Dodge as governor, with responsibility to conduct a census, hold elections and convene a territorial legislature.
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.
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 ...
