Wisconsin's 2nd State Senate district | |||||
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Demographics | 87.74% 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 | ||||
Notes | Northeast 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]
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]
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]
Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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District created | 1848 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Brown and Kewaunee counties | |
16th | 1863 | ||||
Frederick S. Ellis | Dem. | 17th | 1864 | ||
18th | 1865 | ||||
Matthew J. Meade | Dem. | 19th | 1866 | ||
20th | 1867 | 1866–1871 1871–1875 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 | 1876–1881 1882–1887 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 | Brown and Calumet counties | |
40th | 1891–1892 | ||||
Robert J. McGeehan | Dem. | 41st | 1893–1894 | 1892–1895 1896–1901 1902–1911 1912–1921 1922–1953 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 | Brown County | |||
73rd | 1957–1958 | ||||
74th | 1959–1960 | ||||
75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
76th | 1963–1964 | ||||
Robert W. Warren | Rep. | 77th | 1965–1966 | Calumet County, parts of Brown County
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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
part of Outagamie County
part of Sheboygan County part of Washington 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 | 1983–1984 | Part of Brown, Calumet, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano | |||
87th | 1985–1986 | Part 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 | 1993–1994 | Part of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano | |||
92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
95th | 2001–2002 | ||||
96th | 2003–2004 | Part of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano | |||
97th | 2005–2006 | ||||
98th | 2007–2008 | ||||
99th | 2009–2010 | ||||
100th | 2011–2012 | ||||
101st | 2013–2014 | Part of Brown, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca | |||
102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
104th | 2019–2020 | ||||
105th | 2021–2022 | ||||
106th | 2023–2024 | Northwest Brown County Most of Outagamie County Most of Shawano County Part of Wauapaca County |
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