La Pointe, Douglas, Burnet, Polk and St. Croix

Asaph Whittlesey.

Pierce, Pepin, Dunn, Eau Claire, Chippewa & Clark

William P. Bartlett.

The Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin, hereby certifies the foregoing is a correct list of Members of Assembly, elected at a General Election, held in said State, on the eighth day of November, A. D. 1859, as returned to this office by the Clerks of County Boards of Supervisors of the several Counties in said State.

Witness my hand and the Great Seal of the State, [L. S.] at the Capitol in Madison, this 10th day of January, 1860.

L. P. HARVEY,

Secretary of State.

I, John Collins, the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of said County hereby certifies, that at a General Election held in the several Towns in said County, on the eighth day of November, A. D. 1859, Samuel Cole was, by the greatest number of votes, elected a member of Assembly for the Eastern District for the County of La Fayette.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Board of County Supervisors, at Shullsburg, in said County, this twelfth day of December, 1859.

[L. S.]

JOHN COLLINS,

Clerk of Board of Supervisors.

J. S. Patten, the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of said County hereby certifies, that at a General Election held in the several towns and wards in the Assembly District, composed of the Counties of La Crosse and Monroe, on the eighth day

of November, 1859, John J. McKay was, by the greatest number of votes elected a member of the Assembly for said Assembly District.

[L.S.]

Given under my hand at La Crosse, this 29th day of November, 1859.

J. S. PATTEN,

Clerk of Board of Supervisors of La Crosse County.
By S. WOODWARD, Deputy.

The roll was then called, and all the gentlemen certified to, as above set forth, excepting Messrs. Schmidtner, Spottswood and Wiley, then took and subscribed the oath of office, which was then administered by Hon. Orsamus Cole, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

Mr. Alden then moved that the Assembly do proceed to choose seats.

Mr. Bovay moved to adjourn to 3 o'clock this P. M.;
Which was lost.

Mr. Bouck moved to proceed to the election of Speaker;
Which was ruled out of order.

Mr. Judd moved to lay Mr. Alden's motion on the table;
Which was agreed to.

Mr. Bouck then renewed his motion to proceed to the election of a Speaker;

Which was carried.

Whereupon

Mr. Horn nominated Henry L. Palmer, of Milwaukee, for that office.

A ballot was had and resulted as follows:

Messrs. Ahlhauser, Altenhoffen, Bachuber, Beath, Bouck, Bow, Boyd, Dockry, Elmore, Fairchild, Green, Griffin, Grover, Hesk, Horn, Humann, Hunkins, Jackson, Kiefer, Keogh, Kingsbury, Meigs, Mulholland, Munn, Neville, Patchin, Rankin, Ruan, Seaton, Simpson, Sutton and Winter-32 voted for H. L. Palmer.

Messrs. Alden, Baldwin, Ballantine, Barden, Barnum, Bartlett, Bettis, Blackman, Bovay, Brooks, Bugh, Bunn, Burt, Child, Clize, Cobb, DeWolf, Dickson, Farwell, Fischer, Golden, Goodwin, Griswold, Hammerquist, Hayden, Holton, Horton, Howland, Jenne, Johnson, Judd, Langland, Lewis, McMichael, McKay, Miller, Mitchell, Moore, Nash, Ordway, Phillips, Robertson, Rogers, Smith, Stannard, Sumner, Upson, Vandercook, Weage, Westby, Wescott, Wheeler, Whittlesey, Whiting, Wood and Young-55 voted for William P. Lyon.

Mr. H. L. Palmer voted for Fred Horn.
Mr. William P. Lyon voted for Amasa Cobb.