Second Session of the Fifth Legislative Assembly, 1848, COUNCIL. President-HORATIO N. WELLS, of Milwaukee. Secretary-THOMAS MCHUGH. | Sergeant-at-Arms-EDWARD P. LOCKHART. Speaker-TIMOTHY BURNS, of Iowa. Chief Clerk-LA FAYETTE KELLOGG. | Sergeant-at-Arms-JOHN MULLANPHY. ⚫ Resigned his seat because a bill in relation to Washington County was rejected. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS First Convention. The first Constitutional Convention assembled at Madison on the 5th day of October, 1846, and adjourned on the 16th day of December, 1846, having framed a Constitution, which was submitted to a vote of the people on the first Tuesday in April, 1847, and the same was rejected. The Convention was composed of the following gentlemen: President-DON A. J. UPHAM, of Milwaukee. BROWN. David Agry, CALUMET. Lemuel Goodell. COLUMBIA. Jeremiah Drake, CRAWFORD. Peter A. R. Brace. DANE. John Y. Smith, DODGE. William M. Dennis, FOND DU LAC. Warren Chase, Moses S. Gibson. GRANT. Thomas P. Burnett, Thomas Cruson, Lorenzo Bevans, Joel Allen Barber, GREEN. Davis Bowen, Secretary-LA FAYETTE KELLOGG. GREEN-continued. IOWA. William R. Smith, JEFFERSON. LA POINTE. James P. Hays. MARQUETTE. MANITOWoo. Evander M. Soper. MILWAUKEE. Don A. J. Upham, Garret M. Fitzgerald, Horace Chase, Charles E. Brown. PORTAGE. Henry C. Goodrich. RACINE. Edward G. Ryan, Chatfield H. Parsons, Victor M. Willard, James H. Hall, James B. Cartter, ROCK. A. Hyatt Smith, Sanford P. Hammond, Joseph S. Pierce, George B. Hall, RICHLAND. ST. CROIX. SHEBOYGAN. David Giddings. WASHINGTON. Bostwick O'Connor, • This gentleman never took his seat. This Convention assembled at Madison, on the 15th of December, 1847, and ad journed on the 1st of February, 1848, having framed a Constitution which was submitted to a vote of the people on the second Monday in March following, and the same was adopted. The Convention was constituted as follows: Messrs. Samuel W. Beall, Warren Chase, Stoddard Judd, Theodore Prentiss, Garret M. Fitzgerald and Frederick S. Lovell, being the only members of the first Convention who were elected to the second; the members of the first, in almost every county, declining a re-election. President-MORGAN L. MARTIN, of Brown. STATE GOVERNMENT. [The first session of the State Legislature was held at the Capitol at Madison, on Monday, the fifth day of June, A. D. 1843, pursuant to the Constitution, which had been adopted by a large majority vote of the people. The apportionment of Senators and Representatives was under Constitutional provisions, until otherwise declared by law.] First Session of the State Legislature, 1848, SENATE. President-JOHN E. HOLMES, Lt. Governor. Sergeant-at-Arms-LYMAN H. SEAVER. Chief Clerk-HENRY G. ABBEY. Speaker-NINIAN E. WHITESIDE, of La Fayette. Chief Clerk-DANIEL N. JOHNSON. | Sergeant-at-Arms-JOHN MULLANPHY. |