Wisconsin's 16th State Senate district | |||||
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Demographics | 83.03% White 5.02% Black 6.31% Hispanic 3.85% Asian 1.51% Native American 0.11% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
Population (2020) • Voting age | 177,313 137,206 | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
Notes | South-central Wisconsin |
The 16th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. [1] Located in south-central Wisconsin, the district comprises much of eastern Dane County, western Jefferson County, and part of southwest Dodge County. It includes the cities of Fitchburg, Fort Atkinson, Lake Mills, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, and Waterloo, and the villages of Cottage Grove, Deerfield, and Marshall, and parts of the city of Madison and the village of McFarland. It also contains Lake Kegonsa State Park and most of Lake Koshkonong. [2]
Melissa Agard is the senator representing the 16th district. She was first elected in the 2020 general election. Before serving as senator, she served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2013 to 2021, representing Madison's north side. [3]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 16th Senate district comprises the 46th, 47th, and 48th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: [4]
The district crosses two congressional districts. The portion of the district in Dodge and Jefferson counties fall within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Scott L. Fitzgerald. The remainder of the district, in Dane County, falls within Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, represented by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan. [5]
Notable past senators include: [6]
Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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District created | 1848 | Kenosha County | |||
C. Latham Sholes [7] | Dem. | 1st | |||
Free Soil | 2nd | 1849 | |||
Elijah Steele [7] | Dem. | Resigned. | 3rd | 1850 | |
Orson S. Head [7] | Whig | Won 1851 special election. | 4th | 1851 | |
John Sharpstein [7] | Dem. | Redistricted to 8th district | 5th | 1852 | |
Joel C. Squires [7] | Dem. | Resigned. | 6th | 1853 | 1852–1855 1856–1860 1861–1865 1866–1870 1871–1875 1876–1881 1882–1887 Grant County |
James W. Seaton [7] | Dem. | Won 1853 special election | |||
Nelson Dewey [7] | Dem. | 7th | 1854 | ||
8th | 1855 | ||||
J. Allen Barber [7] | Rep. | 9th | 1856 | ||
10th | 1857 | ||||
Noah Virgin [7] | Rep. | 11th | 1858 | ||
12th | 1859 | ||||
13th | 1860 | ||||
14th | 1861 | ||||
Milas K. Young [7] | Rep. | 15th | 1862 | ||
16th | 1863 | ||||
Natl. Union | 17th | 1864 | |||
18th | 1865 | ||||
John H. Rountree [7] | Natl. Union | 19th | 1866 | ||
20th | 1867 | ||||
George C. Hazelton [7] | Rep. | 21st | 1868 | ||
22nd | 1869 | ||||
23rd | 1870 | ||||
24th | 1871 | ||||
John C. Holloway [7] | Rep. | 25th | 1872 | ||
26th | 1873 | ||||
27th | 1874 | ||||
28th | 1875 | ||||
Oscar C. Hathaway [7] | Rep. | 29th | 1876 | ||
30th | 1877 | ||||
31st | 1878 | ||||
32nd | 1879 | ||||
George W. Ryland [7] | Rep. | 33rd | 1880 | ||
34th | 1881 | ||||
35th | 1882 | ||||
36th | 1883–1884 | ||||
Edward I. Kidd | Rep. | 37th | 1885–1886 | ||
38th | 1887–1888 | ||||
39th | 1889–1890 | Crawford & Grant counties | |||
40th | 1891–1892 | ||||
Charles H. Baxter | Rep. | 41st | 1893–1894 | Crawford and Richland counties, and Northern Grant County
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42nd | 1895–1896 | ||||
43rd | 1897–1898 | Grant and Iowa counties | |||
44th | 1899–1900 | ||||
Edward E. Burns | Rep. | 45th | 1901–1902 | ||
46th | 1903–1904 | Crawford and Grant counties | |||
47th | 1905–1906 | ||||
48th | 1907–1908 | ||||
John J. Blaine | Rep. | 49th | 1909–1910 | ||
50th | 1911–1912 | ||||
Robert Glenn | Rep. | Elected 1912. Died 1915. | 51st | 1913–1914 | Crawford, Grant, and Richland counties |
52nd | 1915–1916 | ||||
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Henry Edgar Roethe | Rep. | 53rd | 1917–1918 | ||
54th | 1919–1920 | ||||
55th | 1921–1922 | ||||
56th | 1923–1924 | Crawford, Grant, and Vernon counties | |||
Edward J. Roethe | Rep. | 57th | 1925–1926 | ||
58th | 1927–1928 | ||||
59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
60th | 1931–1932 | ||||
William D. Carroll | Dem. | 61st | 1933–1934 | ||
62nd | 1935–1936 | ||||
Edward J. Roethe | Rep. | 63rd | 1937–1938 | ||
64th | 1939–1940 | ||||
Helmar Lewis | Rep. | 65th | 1941–1942 | ||
66th | 1943–1944 | ||||
Foster B. Porter | Rep. | 67th | 1945–1946 | ||
68th | 1947–1948 | ||||
69th | 1949–1950 | ||||
70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
72nd | 1955–1956 | ||||
Gaylord Nelson | Dem. | Redistricted from 26th district. | 73rd | 1957–1958 | Most of Dane County |
Carl W. Thompson | Dem. | 74th | 1959–1960 | ||
75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
76th | 1963–1964 | ||||
77th | 1965–1966 | ||||
78th | 1967–1968 | ||||
79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
80th | 1971–1972 | ||||
81st | 1973–1974 | and Northern Rock County
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82nd | 1975–1976 | ||||
83rd | 1977–1978 | ||||
84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
85th | 1981–1982 | ||||
86th | 1983–1984 | Part of Rock County
Northern Green County
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Charles Chvala | Dem. | 87th | 1985–1986 | Eastern Dane County Part of Jefferson County
Northwest Rock County Most of Green County
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88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
90th | 1991–1992 | ||||
91st | 1993–1994 | Part of Dane County Southern Columbia County Part of Rock County | |||
92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
95th | 2001–2002 | ||||
96th | 2003–2004 | Part of Dane County Southern Columbia County Part of Sauk County | |||
Mark F. Miller | Dem. | 97th | 2005–2006 | ||
98th | 2007–2008 | ||||
99th | 2009–2010 | ||||
100th | 2011–2012 | ||||
101st | 2013–2014 | Central Dane County
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102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
104th | 2019–2020 | ||||
Melissa Agard | Dem. | 105th | 2021–2022 | ||
106th | 2023–2024 | Central Dane County |
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