Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district

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Wisconsin's 2nd
State Senate district
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Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district
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Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district
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Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district
2024 map defined in 2023 Wisc. Act 94
2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
composed of Assembly districts 4, 5, and 6
Senator
  Robert Cowles
R Allouez
since April 21, 1987 (37 years)
Demographics87.74%  White
0.86%  Black
2.27%  Hispanic
1.24%  Asian
7.52%  Native American
0.07%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
  Voting age
178,360
137,053
Website Official website
NotesNortheast Wisconsin

The 2nd Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. [1] Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Menominee County along with th southern half of Oconto County, the eastern half of Shawano County, and much of eastern Outagamie County and northwest Brown County. It includes the cities of Oconto, Oconto Falls, Clintonville, and Shawano, and the villages of Bonduel, Howard, Little Chute, Seymour, and Suamico, along with parts of the cities of Green Bay, Appleton, and Kaukauna. The district also contains the entirety of the Oneida and Menominee Indian reservations. [2]

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Current elected officials

Robert Cowles is the senator representing the 2nd district. He was first elected in a 1987 special election, and is now serving his 9th term. Before his election as senator, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1983 to 1987. [3]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 2nd Senate district comprises the 4th, 5th, and 6th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: [4]

The district is located within Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher. [5]

Past senators

Note: the boundaries of districts have changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a completely different geographic area, due to redistricting.

The district has previously been represented by: [6]

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
District created1848
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Columbia, Marquette, Portage, and Sauk counties
Henry Merrill Whig 1st
2nd 1849
George DeGraw Moore Whig 3rd 1850
4th 1851
James S. Alban Whig 5th 1852
6th 1853
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Brown, Door, Outagamie, Oconto, Waupaca, Marathon, and Portage counties
Joseph F. Loy Dem. 7th 1854
8th 1855
Perry H. Smith Dem. 9th 1856
10th 1857
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Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, and Shawano counties
Morgan Lewis Martin Dem. 11th 1858
12th 1859
Edward Decker Dem. 13th 1860
14th 1861
Edward Hicks Dem. 15th 1862
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Brown and Kewaunee counties
16th 1863
Frederick S. Ellis Dem. 17th 1864
18th 1865
Matthew J. Meade Dem. 19th 1866
20th 1867
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18661871

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18711875
Brown, Door, and Kewaunee counties
William J. Abrams Dem. 21st 1868
22nd 1869
Lyman Walker Dem. 23rd 1870
24th 1871
Myron P. Lindsley Dem. 25th 1872
26th 1873
John Milton Read Dem. 27th 1874
28th 1875
Thomas R. Hudd Dem. 29th 1876
30th 1877
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18761881

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18821887
Brown County
31st 1878
32nd 1879
David M. Kelly Rep. 33rd 1880
34th 1881
Thomas R. Hudd Dem. Resigned after election to U.S. House in 1886 special election. 35th 1882
36th 1883–1884
37th 1885–1886
--Vacant--
Charles W. Day Rep. 38th 1887–1888
Enos Warren Persons Dem. 39th 1889–1890
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Brown and Calumet counties
40th 1891–1892
Robert J. McGeehan Dem. 41st 1893–1894
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18921895

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18961901

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19021911

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19121921

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19221953
Brown and Oconto counties
42nd 1895–1896
Andrew Caldwell Mailer Rep. 43rd 1897–1898
44th 1899–1900
Henry F. Hagemeister Rep. 45th 1901–1902
46th 1903–1904
47th 1905–1906
48th 1907–1908
Timothy Burke Rep. 49th 1909–1910
50th 1911–1912
51st 1913–1914
52nd 1915–1916
53rd 1917–1918
54th 1919–1920
55th 1921–1922
56th 1923–1924
John B. Chase Rep. 57th 1925–1926
58th 1927–1928
Elmer Hall Rep. Previously elected Wisconsin Secretary of State. 59th 1929–1930
60th 1931–1932
E. F. Brunette Dem. 61st 1933–1934
62nd 1935–1936
Michael F. Kresky Jr. Prog. 63rd 1937–1938
64th 1939–1940
John W. Byrnes Rep. Elected to U.S. House in 1944. 65th 1941–1942
66th 1943–1944
Harold A. Lytie Dem. 67th 1945–1946
68th 1947–1948
Fred F. Kaftan Rep. 69th 1949–1950
70th 1951–1952
Leo P. O'Brien Rep. 71st 1953–1954
72nd 1955–1956
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Brown County
73rd 1957–1958
74th 1959–1960
75th 1961–1962
76th 1963–1964
Robert W. Warren Rep. 77th 1965–1966
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Calumet County,
parts of Brown County
78th 1967–1968
Myron P. Lotto Rep. 79th 1969–1970
80th 1971–1972
Tom Petri Rep. Resigned after election to U.S. House in 1979 special election. 81st 1973–1974 Calumet County,
parts of Brown County
eastern of Fond du Lac County
82nd 1975–1976
83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
Don Hanaway Rep. Won 1979 special election.
Re-elected 1980, 1984.
Elected Attorney General in 1986.
85th 1981–1982
86th 1983–1984Part of Brown, Calumet, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano
87th 1985–1986Part of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano
--Vacant-- 88th 1987–1988
Robert Cowles Rep. Won 1987 special election.
Re-elected 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008.
Survived 2011 recall election.
Re-elected 2012, 2016, 2020.
89th 1989–1990
90th 1991–1992
91st 1993–1994Part of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano
92nd 1995–1996
93rd 1997–1998
94th 1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004Part of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st 2013–2014
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Part of Brown, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca
102nd 2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th 2021–2022
106th 2023–2024
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Northwest Brown County
Most of Outagamie County
Most of Shawano County
Part of Wauapaca County

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References

  1. "Senate District 2". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  2. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 2 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  3. "Senator Robert L. Cowles". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  4. District Map
  5. Congressional District Map
  6. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.