Wisconsin's 6th State Senate district | |||||
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Demographics | 32.4% White 56.13% Black 5.97% Hispanic 4.99% Asian 1.66% Native American 0.15% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
Population (2020) • Voting age | 178,495 150,001 | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
Notes | North side of Milwaukee |
The 6th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. [1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district is entirely contained within central Milwaukee County. It includes parts of north, west, and downtown Milwaukee, and part of eastern Wauwatosa. It contains landmarks such as the Marquette University campus, Fiserv Forum (home of the Milwaukee Bucks), the Milwaukee Public Museum, historic Holy Cross Cemetery, and the Miller Brewing Company. [2] The 6th Senate district is one of two majority-black Senate districts in Wisconsin.
La Tonya Johnson is the senator representing the 6th district. Now in her second term, she was first elected in the 2016 general election, after the previous senator, Nikiya Harris Dodd, declined to seek re-election.
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 6th Senate district comprises the 16th, 17th, and 18th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: [3]
The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore. [4]
At Wisconsin statehood the Senate had only nineteen districts, whose boundaries were defined in Article XIV of the Constitution of Wisconsin. The 6th district was defined as Grant County, in the southwest corner of the state.
After the fifth session (1852) of the state legislature, the Senate was expanded to 25 members and a reapportionment occurred. The 6th district was moved to the north side of Milwaukee County. Through the subsequent 160 years of redistricting, the 6th district has remained in this location, though the boundaries have shifted.
Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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District created | 1848 | Grant County | |||
George W. Lakin | Whig | 1st | |||
2nd | 1849 | ||||
John H. Rountree | Whig | 3rd | 1850 | ||
4th | 1851 | ||||
Joel C. Squires | Dem. | Redistricted to 16th district. | 5th | 1852 | |
Duncan Reed | Dem. | Redistricted from 18th district. | 6th | 1853 | Southern Milwaukee County
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Edward McGarry | Dem. | 7th | 1854 | ||
8th | 1855 | ||||
Edward O'Neill | Dem. | 9th | 1856 | ||
10th | 1857 | Southern Milwaukee County | |||
Patrick Walsh | Dem. | 11th | 1858 | ||
12th | 1859 | ||||
Michael J. Egan | Dem. | 13th | 1860 | ||
14th | 1861 | ||||
Edward Keogh | Dem. | 15th | 1862 | Southern Milwaukee County | |
16th | 1863 | ||||
Hugh Reynolds | Dem. | 17th | 1864 | ||
18th | 1865 | ||||
Charles H. Larkin | Dem. | 19th | 1866 | ||
20th | 1867 | Southern Milwaukee County
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21st | 1868 | ||||
22nd | 1869 | ||||
Peter V. Deuster | Dem. | 23rd | 1870 | ||
24th | 1871 | ||||
John L. Mitchell | Dem. | 25th | 1872 | Southern Milwaukee County
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26th | 1873 | ||||
John Black | Dem. | 27th | 1874 | ||
28th | 1875 | ||||
John L. Mitchell | Dem. | 29th | 1876 | ||
30th | 1877 | Southern Milwaukee County
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George H. Paul | Dem. | 31st | 1878 | ||
32nd | 1879 | ||||
33rd | 1880 | ||||
34th | 1881 | ||||
Enoch Chase | Dem. | 35th | 1882 | ||
36th | 1883–1884 | ||||
Julius Wechselberg | Rep. | 37th | 1885–1886 | ||
38th | 1887–1888 | ||||
Herman Kroeger | Union Labor | 39th | 1889–1890 | Central Milwaukee County
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Dem. | 40th | 1891–1892 | |||
Oscar Altpeter | Dem. | 41st | 1893–1894 | Central Milwaukee County
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42nd | 1895–1896 | ||||
William Devos | Rep. | Resigned in 1902. | 43rd | 1897–1898 | Central Milwaukee County
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44th | 1899–1900 | ||||
45th | 1901–1902 | ||||
Rip Reukema | Rep. | Won 1902 special election. | 46th | 1903–1904 | Central Milwaukee County
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Jacob Rummel | Soc. Dem. | 47th | 1905–1906 | ||
48th | 1907–1908 | ||||
Winfield R. Gaylord | Soc. Dem. | 49th | 1909–1910 | ||
50th | 1911–1912 | ||||
George Weissleder | Dem. | 51st | 1913–1914 | Central Milwaukee County
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52nd | 1915–1916 | ||||
W. C. Zumach | Soc. | 53rd | 1917–1918 | ||
54th | 1919–1920 | ||||
Joseph J. Hirsch | Soc. | 55th | 1921–1922 | ||
56th | 1923–1924 | ||||
Joseph A. Padway | Soc. | Resigned in 1926. | 57th | 1925–1926 | |
Alex C. Ruffing | Soc. | Won 1926 special election. | 58th | 1927–1928 | |
Thomas M. Duncan | Soc. | 59th | 1929–1930 | ||
60th | 1931–1932 | ||||
Charles H. Phillips | Dem. | 61st | 1933–1934 | Central Milwaukee County
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62nd | 1935–1936 | ||||
George Hampel | Prog. | 63rd | 1937–1938 | ||
64th | 1939–1940 | ||||
65th | 1941–1942 | ||||
66th | 1943–1944 | ||||
Edward Reuther | Dem. | 67th | 1945–1946 | ||
68th | 1947–1948 | ||||
William A. Schmidt | Dem. | 69th | 1949–1950 | ||
70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
72nd | 1955–1956 | Central Milwaukee County
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William R. Moser | Dem. | Resigned Feb. 1962. | 73rd | 1957–1958 | |
74th | 1959–1960 | ||||
75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
--Vacant-- | |||||
Martin J. Schreiber | Dem. | Won 1962 special election. Resigned after elected Governor in 1970. | 76th | 1963–1964 | |
77th | 1965–1966 | North-central Milwaukee County | |||
78th | 1967–1968 | ||||
79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
--Vacant-- | 80th | 1971–1972 | |||
Mark Lipscomb Jr. | Dem. | ||||
Monroe Swan | Dem. | Removed from office Oct. 1980. | 81st | 1973–1974 | North-central Milwaukee County
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82nd | 1975–1976 | ||||
83rd | 1977–1978 | ||||
84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
Gary R. George | Dem. | Defeated in 2003 recall primary. | 85th | 1981–1982 | |
86th | 1983–1984 | North-central Milwaukee County
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87th | 1985–1986 | ||||
88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
90th | 1991–1992 | ||||
91st | 1993–1994 | Central Milwaukee County
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92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
95th | 2001–2002 | ||||
96th | 2003–2004 | Central Milwaukee County
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Spencer Coggs | Dem. | Won 2003 recall election. | |||
97th | 2005–2006 | ||||
98th | 2007–2008 | ||||
99th | 2009–2010 | ||||
100th | 2011–2012 | ||||
Nikiya Harris Dodd | Dem. | 101st | 2013–2014 | Central Milwaukee County | |
102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
La Tonya Johnson | Dem. | 103rd | 2017–2018 | ||
104th | 2019–2020 | ||||
105th | 2021–2022 | ||||
106th | 2023–2024 | Central Milwaukee County | |||
107th | 2025–2026 |
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