On January 14, 1998, Governor Tommy G. Thompson addressed the Wisconsin Assembly at Wisconsin's First Territorial Capitol in Belmont in honor of the sesquicentennial of statehood. Serving more terms than any other governor in Wisconsin history, he spoke to the ninety-nine-member Assembly and noted that this was the second time he had taken part in governmental proceedings at Belmont, having convened a cabinet meeting at the First Capitol in 1991. Dressed in period clothing and arriving by carriage on a cold January day, he praised the historic leadership of the people of Wisconsin in endeavors such as auto racing, milk-testing, conservation, education, anti-discrimination laws, social reform, and entertainment, and remarked that Wisconsinites invented the outboard motor, the typewriter, the hamburger, and malted milk. He concluded by praising Wisconsin's efforts in the nation's wars and declaring a new era of Wisconsin leadership.