Wisconsin's 1st Senate district
American legislative district in northeast Wisconsin
The 1st Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate .[ 1] Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Door and Kewaunee counties, as well as nearly all of Calumet County , much of northern and western Manitowoc County and eastern and southern Brown County , along with parts of southwest Outagamie County . It includes the cities of Sturgeon Bay and Chilton and parts of the cities of Appleton , Menasha and Green Bay .[ 2]
Current elected officials
André Jacque is the senator representing the 1st district. He was first elected in the 2018 general election,[ 3] after losing an earlier bid for the seat in a June 2018 special election.[ 4] He previously served 8 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly , representing the 2nd Assembly district.[ 5]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 1st Senate district comprises the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
Most of the district is located within Wisconsin's 8th congressional district , which is represented by U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher .[ 6] [ 7] The portion of the district in Manitowoc County falls within Wisconsin's 6th congressional district , represented by Glenn Grothman .
Past senators
Note: the boundaries of districts have changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a different geographic area, due to redistricting .
At Wisconsin statehood, the Senate had only 19 districts. The 1st District consisted of Brown , Calumet , Manitowoc and Sheboygan counties .[ 8]
For the 1853 session, the Senate was expanded to 25 members, and the 1st District lost Brown County.
For the 1857 session, the Senate was again expanded, to 30 members, and the District was reduced to Sheboygan County alone (the rest of the district became the new 19th District ).
As of 1862, the Senate expanded to 33 seats, a size it would retain well into the 21st century; the 1st District remained unchanged.
The Senate was totally redistricted in 1876; Sheboygan County was now part of the 20th Senate District (along with part of Fond du Lac County ). The new 1st District was made up of Door , Kewaunee , Oconto and Shawano counties, which had previously been part of the 2nd and 8th Districts.
Kewaunee and Shawano counties were removed from the district in 1888. Kewaunee was later re-added and Oconto removed in 1892—this district remained consistent for thirty years.
In 1922, the district moved to roughly its present boundaries when Marinette was removed and Manitowoc county was re-added. This district was stable for fifty years.
From 1972 to 2012 the district has been edited 6 times adding and removing small portions of Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac , Manitowoc, and Outagamie counties.
Senator
Party
Notes
Session
Years
District Definition
District created
1848
Brown , Calumet , Manitowoc , and Sheboygan counties
Harrison C. Hobart
Dem.
1st
Lemuel Goodell
Dem.
2nd
1849
3rd
1850
Theodore Conkey
Dem.
4th
1851
5th
1852
Horatio N. Smith
Dem.
6th
1853
Calumet , Manitowoc , and Sheboygan counties
7th
1854
David Taylor
Rep.
8th
1855
9th
1856
Elijah Fox Cook
Dem.
10th
1857
1857–1860 1861–1865 1866–1870 1871–1875 Sheboygan County
11th
1858
Robert H. Hotchkiss
Dem.
12th
1859
13th
1860
Luther H. Cary
Rep.
14th
1861
15th
1862
John E. Thomas
Dem.
16th
1863
17th
1864
John A. Bentley
Natl. Union
18th
1865
19th
1866
Van Eps Young
Natl. Union
20th
1867
Robert H. Hotchkiss
Dem.
21st
1868
David Taylor
Rep.
22nd
1869
23rd
1870
John H. Jones
Rep.
24th
1871
25th
1872
Patrick H. O'Rourk
Dem.
26th
1873
27th
1874
Enos Eastman
Dem.
28th
1875
29th
1876
George Grimmer
Rep.
30th
1877
Door , Kewaunee , Marinette , Oconto , Shawano counties
31st
1878
32nd
1879
33rd
1880
William A. Ellis
Rep.
34th
1881
35th
1882
Edward S. Minor
Rep.
Later became a Congressman.
36th
1883–1884
Door , Florence , Kewaunee , Langlade , Marinette , Oconto counties
37th
1885–1886
Edward Scofield
Rep.
Later became Governor.
38th
1887–1888
39th
1889–1890
Door , Marinette , and Oconto counties
John Fetzer
Dem.
40th
1891–1892
41st
1893–1894
1892–1895 1896–1901 1902–1911 1912–1921 Door , Kewaunee , and Marinette counties
De Wayne Stebbins
Rep.
42nd
1895–1896
43rd
1897–1898
44th
1899–1900
45th
1901–1902
Harlan P. Bird
Rep.
46th
1903–1904
47th
1905–1906
48th
1907–1908
49th
1909–1910
M. W. Perry
Rep.
50th
1911–1912
51st
1913–1914
52nd
1915–1916
53rd
1917–1918
Herbert Peterson
Rep.
54th
1919–1920
55th
1921–1922
John E. Cashman
Rep.
56th
1923–1924
1922–1953 1954–1963 1964–1971 Door , Kewaunee , and Manitowoc counties
57th
1925–1926
58th
1927–1928
59th
1929–1930
60th
1931–1932
61st
1933–1934
Prog.
62nd
1935–1936
63rd
1937–1938
Francis A. Yindra
Dem.
64th
1939–1940
John E. Cashman
Prog.
Died Jun. 1946.
65th
1941–1942
66th
1943–1944
67th
1945–1946
Everett F. LaFond
Rep.
68th
1947–1948
69th
1949–1950
70th
1951–1952
71st
1953–1954
Alfred A. Laun Jr.
Rep.
72nd
1955–1956
73rd
1957–1958
74th
1959–1960
75th
1961–1962
Alex Meunier
Rep.
76th
1963–1964
77th
1965–1966
78th
1967–1968
79th
1969–1970
Jerome Martin
Dem.
Died Jan. 1977.
80th
1971–1972
81st
1973–1974
Door , Kewaunee , and Manitowoc counties, and
82nd
1975–1976
--Vacant--
83rd
1977–1978
Alan Lasee
Rep.
Won 1977 special election. Re-elected 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006. Retired 2010.
84th
1979–1980
85th
1981–1982
86th
1983–1984
Door and Kewaunee counties, and
Brown County
Calumet County
Manitowoc County
87th
1985–1986
Door and Kewaunee counties, and
88th
1987–1988
89th
1989–1990
90th
1991–1992
91st
1993–1994
Door and Kewaunee counties, and
92nd
1995–1996
93rd
1997–1998
94th
1999–2000
95th
2001–2002
96th
2003–2004
Door and Kewaunee counties,
97th
2005–2006
98th
2007–2008
99th
2009–2010
Frank Lasee
Rep.
Elected 2010. Re-elected 2014. Defeated in 2016 congressional primary. Appointed Secretary of Workforce Development December 2017.
100th
2011–2012
101st
2013–2014
Door and Kewaunee counties,
102nd
2015–2016
103rd
2017–2018
Caleb Frostman
Dem.
Won 2018 special election.
André Jacque
Rep.
Elected 2018. Re-elected 2022.
104th
2019–2020
105th
2021–2022
106th
2023–2024
Door and Kewaunee counties, northeast Manitowoc County eastern and southern Brown County northern Calumet County part of Outagamie County
See also
Political subdivisions of Wisconsin
References
^ "Senate District 1" . Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 6, 2021 .
^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 1 Boundaries" . Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved February 7, 2021 .
^ Welter, Liz (November 7, 2018). "Andre Jacque wins Senate District 1 seat" . Green Bay Press-Gazette . Retrieved September 5, 2020 .
^ Anderson, Jonathan; Welter, Liz (June 12, 2018). "Caleb Frostman defeats André Jacque in 1st Senate District special election/" . Green Bay Press-Gazette . Retrieved September 5, 2020 .
^ "Senator André Jacque" . Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 6, 2021 .
^ Gallagher Website
^ Congressional District Map
^ The legislative manual, of the state of Wisconsin; comprising Jefferson's manual, rules, forms and laws, for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference Eighth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Rublee, State Printers, 1869; p. 43
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