This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Wisconsin special session opens with statehood push
Oct 1847 special session convened at Madison to consider forming a state government and a constitution. Henry Dodge presides in council. Wisconsin’s population growth and land grants are cited as arguments for rapid admission to the Union. Governor Dodge urges swift, unified action toward statehood and a constitutional convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Legislative Assally
Madison
Crovernor
Fifteenth Legislative Assembly
Acine County
Frederic Ek
Philo White
Walworth
Henry Clark
Rock
Andrew Palmer
Town
Richland
Fay E. Whitesides
Grant
Orris McCartney
Green
Dane and
Saukh
I. Collins
Milwauke
Horatio N. Wells
Washington and
Sheboygan
C. M. Phelps
Brown
Mason C. Darling
Weaukesha
Joseph
Turner
Crawford
St. Croix
Benjamin Manahan
Holmes
Jefferson Co
Clark
Mason C. Daring
Elouse
Messrs. White
Collins
Messrs. Lovell
Palmer
Milwaukee
Messrs
Merriory
Wisconsin
House
Legislative Assembly
Congress of the United States
Congress
United States Treasury
Illneis
Missouri
United States
Enry Dodge
Executive Department
LaFayette Kellogg
Wit - Milwaukee
Isaac P. Walker
Jam Holliday
Asa Kinnee
Racine
J. F. Newell
Dudley Cass
Eleazer Wakely
George Walworth
G. HW
Williston
Daniel C. Keach
Dane & Sauk
E. T. Gardiner
Alexander Botkin
Chippewa & St. Croit
Henry Jackson
Waukesha
Gworge Reed
L. Martin
Secretary of the Treasury
Barksdale
Register of the Treasury
Washington Union
Washington
Texas
Neuces
New Mexico
Upper
California
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Puebla, &c
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana