1st Wisconsin Territorial Assembly

1st Wisconsin Territorial Assembly
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Overview
Legislative bodyLegislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory
Meeting place
TermOctober 25, 1836 – November 5, 1838
ElectionOctober 10, 1836
Council
Members13
President
House of Representatives
Members26
Speaker
Sessions
1stOctober 25, 1836 – December 9, 1836
2ndNovember 6, 1837 – January 20, 1838
Special sessions
SpecialJune 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.[1][2]

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).[1]

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.

  1. ^ a b Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 161–163. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Acts Passed at the First Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Territory. 1836. Retrieved August 29, 2021.