2nd Wisconsin Territorial Assembly

2nd Wisconsin Territorial Assembly
2nd Wisconsin Territorial Assembly
Overview
Legislative body	Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory
Meeting place	Madison, Wisconsin Territory
Term	November 5, 1838 – November 2, 1840
Election	October 8, 1838
Council
Members	13
President	William Bullen; (1st session); James Collins; (2nd & 3rd session); William A. Prentiss; (extra session);
House of Representatives
Members	24 (1st & 2nd sessions); 26 (3rd & extra sessions);
Speaker	John Wilford Blackstone Sr. (W); (1st session); Lucius Israel Barber (W); (2nd session); Edward V. Whiton (W); (3rd session); Nelson Dewey (D); (extra session);
Sessions
1st
1st	November 26, 1838 – December 22, 1838
2nd	January 21, 1839 – March 11, 1839
3rd	December 2, 1839 – January 13, 1840
Special sessions
Extra
Extra	August 3, 1840 – August 14, 1840

The Second Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory convened from November 26, 1838, to December 22, 1838, from January 21, 1839, to March 11, 1839, and from December 2, 1839, to January 13, 1840, in regular session. The Assembly also convened in an extra session from August 3, 1840, to August 14, 1840.