23rd Wisconsin Legislature

• February 3, 1870: Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the required three-fourths of U.S. states. • June 22, 1870: The U.S. Congress created the United States Department of Justice. • July 19, 1870: France declared war on the Kingdom of Prussia, initiating the Franco-Prussian War. • September 4, 1870: French Emperor Napoleon III was deposed and the French Third Republic was established. • October 12, 1870: Former Confederate general Robert E. Lee died after suffering a stroke. ==Party summary==

Senate summary Assembly summary ==Sessions==

• 1st Regular session: January 12, 1870March 17, 1870 ==Leaders==

Senate leadership • President of the Senate: Thaddeus C. Pound (R) • President pro tempore: David Taylor (R) Assembly leadership • Speaker of the Assembly: James M. Bingham (R) ==Members==

Members of the Senate Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Twenty-Third Wisconsin Legislature: Members of the Assembly Members of the Assembly for the Twenty-Third Wisconsin Legislature: ==Employees==

Senate employees • Chief Clerk: Leander B. Hills • Assistant Clerk: H. H. Rust • Bookkeeper: Robert A. Gillett • Engrossing Clerk: A. J. High • Enrolling Clerk: J. H. Balch • Transcribing Clerk: Julia A. Hubbard • Sergeant-at-Arms: Earl M. Rogers • Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: William Freeman • Postmaster: L. D. Frost • Assistant Postmaster: T. Watson • Doorkeeper: D. W. Collins • Doorkeeper: W. Cook • Assistant Doorkeeper: Levi Burgett • Assistant Doorkeeper: F. Chamberlain • Gallery Doorkeeper: H. A. Wilcox • Night Watch: John Grant Jr. • President's Attendant: F. Bowers • Porter: A. T. Conger • Messengers: • Eddie Knight • Willie Hadley • Charlie Young • Charles F. Torgerson • Charlie S. Vedder • Max Roeder Assembly employees • Chief Clerk: Ephraim W. Young • Assistant Clerk: William M. Newcomb • Bookkeeper: Fred A. Dennett • Engrossing Clerk: A. H. Reed • Enrolling Clerk: S. F. Hammond • Transcribing Clerk: G. H. Brock • Sergeant-at-Arms: O. C. Johnson • 1st Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: O. C. Bissell • 2nd Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms: S. C. McDonald • Postmaster: J. H. Wagoner • 1st Assistant Postmaster: Myron DeWolf • 2nd Assistant Postmaster: Henry Stannard • Doorkeepers: • W. S. Seavey • A. B. Finch • Joseph F. Wigmore • W. W. Dantz • Night Watch: John K. Parish • Firemen: • Sidney Emmes • E. G. Garner • Gallery Attendants: • George A. Phinney • H. S. Grinde • Committee Room Attendants: • T. D. Powers • Fred Keud • Hiram Steffins • George Slurzsby • Porter: J. W. Plato • Speaker's Messenger: C. Bingham • Chief Clerk's Messenger: Frank R. Norton • Messengers: • Emile Hammer • Frank Beyler • Daniel Fitzpatrick • Frank Johnson • Henry A. Douglas • Charles S. Parker • Marshall Jackson • Oscar Green • Clarence Patch • Willie Holmes • Thaddeus W. Sutliff ==References==