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The Wisconsin Historical Society (officially the State Historical Society of Wisconsin) is simultaneously a state agency and a private membership organization whose purpose is to maintain, promote and spread knowledge relating to the history of North America, with an emphasis on the state of Wisconsin and the trans-Allegheny West. [3]
January 26, 1844: An Act to submit to the people of Wisconsin the question of the expediency of forming a state government. [3] January 30, 1845: Resolution to declare the name of the Territory, "Wisconsin." [4] January 31, 1846: An Act in relation to the formation of a State Government in Wisconsin. [5]: 5–12
Number Start date [2] End date General election 1st Wisconsin Legislature: June 5, 1848 January 1, 1849 February 1, 1848 2nd Wisconsin Legislature: January 1, 1849
In 1846, Furber was elected to the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature as the representative, in the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives, for Crawford County, Wisconsin. [4] In 1849, he was elected to the first Minnesota Territorial Legislature and served as the first Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He was elected to ...
Tweedy was also a member of the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846. Tweedy was elected as a non-voting delegate to the Thirtieth Congress to represent the Wisconsin Territory, serving from March 4, 1847, until Wisconsin became a state on May 29, 1848. Tweedy was prominent in business involving railroads and public affairs.
Pages in category "1846 in Wisconsin Territory" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Ceresco, [1] also known as the Wisconsin Phalanx, was a commune founded in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin in 1844 by followers of the communitarian socialist ideas of Charles Fourier. About 180 people lived in the Association at its peak, farming nearly 2,000 acres.
When Wisconsin became a state on May 29, 1848, no provision was made for the section of land between the St. Croix River and the Mississippi River which had previously been organized as part of Wisconsin Territory. Additionally when Iowa became a state on December 28, 1846, no provision was made for official organization of the remainder of ...