Wisconsin's 7th State Senate district | |||||
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Demographics | 78.35% White 5.3% Black 9.45% Hispanic 4.7% Asian 1.96% Native American 0.13% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
Population (2020) • Voting age | 177,863 150,001 | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
Notes | Milwaukee metro area (southeast) |
The 7th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. [1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises eastern and southeastern Milwaukee County, including downtown, south side, and lakeshore areas of the city of Milwaukee, as well as the cities of Cudahy, Oak Creek, South Milwaukee, and St. Francis, and part of the city of Greenfield. The district contains landmarks such as the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee campus, the Milwaukee Art Museum (Quadracci Pavilion), the Port of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, and the Henry Maier Festival Park, site of Milwaukee's annual Summerfest. [2]
Chris Larson is the senator representing the 7th district. He was first elected in the 2010 general election, after defeating incumbent Jeffrey Plale in a primary challenge. [3]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 7th Senate district comprises the 19th, 20th, and 21st Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
The district is almost entirely within Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore. [4] The part of the district in Greenfield is within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, represented by Scott Fitzgerald.
A list of all previous senators from this district: [5]
Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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District created | 1848 | Lafayette County | |||
Thomas K. Gibson | Dem. | 1st | |||
Dennis Murphy | Dem. | 2nd | 1849 | ||
3rd | 1850 | ||||
Samuel G. Bugh | Dem. | 4th | 1851 | ||
5th | 1852 | ||||
John W. Cary | Dem. | 6th | 1853 | 1852–1855 1856–1860 1861–1865 1866–1870 Racine County | |
7th | 1854 | ||||
Charles Clement | Rep. | 8th | 1855 | ||
9th | 1856 | ||||
Champion S. Chase | Rep. | 10th | 1857 | ||
11th | 1858 | ||||
Nicholas D. Fratt | Dem. | 12th | 1859 | ||
13th | 1860 | ||||
William L. Utley | Rep. | 14th | 1861 | ||
15th | 1862 | ||||
Timothy D. Morris | Rep. | 16th | 1863 | ||
Natl. Union | 17th | 1864 | |||
Jerome Case | Natl. Union | 18th | 1865 | ||
19th | 1866 | ||||
Henry Stevens | Natl. Union | 20th | 1867 | ||
21st | 1868 | ||||
Rep. | 22nd | 1869 | |||
23rd | 1870 | ||||
Philo Belden | Rep. | Redistricted to the 5th district. | 24th | 1871 | |
William M. Colladay | Rep. | Redistricted from the 11th district. | 25th | 1872 | Eastern Dane County
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John Anders Johnson | Rep. | 26th | 1873 | ||
27th | 1874 | ||||
George E. Bryant | Rep. | 28th | 1875 | ||
29th | 1876 | ||||
George A. Abert | Dem. | 30th | 1877 | Central Milwaukee County
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31st | 1878 | ||||
Edwin Hyde | Rep. | 32nd | 1879 | ||
33rd | 1880 | ||||
Edward B. Simpson | Rep. | 34th | 1881 | ||
35th | 1882 | ||||
William S. Stanley | Rep. | 36th | 1883–1884 | ||
37th | 1885–1886 | ||||
Christian Widule | Rep. | 38th | 1887–1888 | ||
39th | 1889–1890 | Most of Milwaukee County | |||
Christian A. Koenitzer | Dem. | 40th | 1891–1892 | ||
41st | 1893–1894 | Northern Milwaukee County & Eastern Waukesha County | |||
Charles T. Fisher | Rep. | 42nd | 1895–1896 | ||
43rd | 1897–1898 | Southern Milwaukee County
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Barney A. Eaton | Rep. | 44th | 1899–1900 | ||
45th | 1901–1902 | ||||
46th | 1903–1904 | Southern Milwaukee County
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47th | 1905–1906 | ||||
George E. Page | Rep. | 48th | 1907–1908 | Southern Milwaukee County
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49th | 1909–1910 | ||||
Gabriel Zophy | Soc. Dem. | 50th | 1911–1912 | ||
51st | 1913–1914 | Southern Milwaukee County
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Louis A. Arnold | Soc. Dem. | 52nd | 1915–1916 | ||
53rd | 1917–1918 | ||||
Soc. | 54th | 1919–1920 | |||
55th | 1921–1922 | ||||
William F. Quick | Soc. | 56th | 1923–1924 | Southeast Milwaukee County
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57th | 1925–1926 | ||||
Herbert H. Smith | Rep. | 58th | 1927–1928 | ||
59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
Leonard Fons | Rep. | 60th | 1931–1932 | ||
61st | 1933–1934 | Southeast Milwaukee County
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Max Galasinski | Dem. | 62nd | 1935–1936 | ||
63rd | 1937–1938 | ||||
Anthony P. Gawronski | Dem. | Resigned in 1948. | 64th | 1939–1940 | |
65th | 1941–1942 | ||||
66th | 1943–1944 | ||||
67th | 1945–1946 | ||||
68th | 1947–1948 | ||||
--Vacant-- | 69th | 1949–1950 | |||
Roman R. Blenski | Dem. | Won 1949 special election. | |||
70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
Leland McParland | Dem. | 72nd | 1955–1956 | Southern Milwaukee County
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73rd | 1957–1958 | ||||
74th | 1959–1960 | ||||
75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
76th | 1963–1964 | ||||
77th | 1965–1966 | Southeast Milwaukee County
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78th | 1967–1968 | ||||
79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
Kurt Frank | Dem. | 80th | 1971–1972 | ||
81st | 1973–1974 | Southeast Milwaukee County
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82nd | 1975–1976 | ||||
83rd | 1977–1978 | ||||
84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
85th | 1981–1982 | ||||
Jerry Kleczka | Dem. | Resigned after election to U.S. House. | 86th | 1983–1984 | Southeast Milwaukee County
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--Vacant-- | |||||
John R. Plewa | Dem. | Died in office September 1995. | 87th | 1985–1986 | |
88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
90th | 1991–1992 | ||||
91st | 1993–1994 | Southeast Milwaukee County
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92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
--Vacant-- | |||||
Richard Grobschmidt | Dem. | Won 1995 special election. | |||
93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
95th | 2001–2002 | ||||
Jeffrey Plale | Dem. | 96th | 2003–2004 | Southeast Milwaukee County
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97th | 2005–2006 | ||||
98th | 2007–2008 | ||||
99th | 2009–2010 | ||||
Chris Larson | Dem. | 100th | 2011–2012 | ||
101st | 2013–2014 | Southeast Milwaukee County
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102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
104th | 2019–2020 | ||||
105th | 2021–2022 | ||||
106th | 2023–2024 | Southeast Milwaukee County |
Note: the boundaries of districts have changed repeatedly over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a completely different geographic area, due to redistricting.
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