Wisconsin's 12th State Senate District | |||||
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Wisconsin Senate District 12, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43 | |||||
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Demographics | 93.3% White 0.5% Black 1.8% Hispanic 0.4% Asian 3.6% Native American 0.4% Other | ||||
Population (2010) • Voting age | 172,381 [1] [2] 137,663 | ||||
Notes | Northern Wisconsin |
The 12th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. [3] Located in northern Wisconsin, the district comprises Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Menominee, and Oneida counties, and most of Marinette, Oconto, and Vilas counties, as well as parts of northern Marathon County and Shawano County. [4]
Mary Felzkowski is the senator representing the 12th district. She was first elected in the 2020 general election. She previously served 8 years in the State Assembly. [5]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 12th Senate district comprises the 34th, 35th, and 36th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: [6]
The 12th Senate district is split between two congressional districts. The portion of the district in Florence, Forest, Langlade, Oneida, Vilas, Lincoln, and Marathon counties falls within the Wisconsin's 7th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany; the remainder of the district, which falls within Marinette, Oconto, Menominee, and Shawano counties, is in Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher. [7]
Past senators include: [8]
Note: the boundaries of the district has changed repeatedly over history. Previous politicians of this district have represented a completely different geographic area, due to redistricting. The district definitions for the given era are specified in the "District definition" column.
Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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--District created-- | 1848 | Jefferson County | |||
Myron B. Williams | Dem. | 1st | |||
2nd | 1849 | ||||
Peter H. Turner | Dem. | 3rd | 1850 | ||
4th | 1851 | ||||
Alva Stewart | Whig | Transitioned to 14th district | 5th | 1852 | |
Eleazer Wakeley | Dem. | 6th | 1853 | Walworth County | |
7th | 1854 | ||||
8th | 1855 | ||||
Jesse C. Mills | Rep. | 9th | 1856 | ||
10th | 1857 | ||||
John W. Boyd | Rep. | 11th | 1858 | ||
12th | 1859 | ||||
Oscar F. Bartlett | Rep. | 13th | 1860 | ||
14th | 1861 | ||||
Wyman Spooner | Rep. | 15th | 1862 | ||
16th | 1863 | ||||
Newton Littlejohn | Natl. Union | 17th | 1864 | ||
18th | 1865 | ||||
19th | 1866 | ||||
20th | 1867 | ||||
Rep. | 21st | 1868 | |||
22nd | 1869 | ||||
Samuel Pratt | Rep. | 23rd | 1870 | ||
24th | 1871 | ||||
Orrin Bacon | Rep. | 25th | 1872 | Green County | |
26th | 1873 | ||||
Harvey T. Moore | Ref. | 27th | 1874 | ||
28th | 1875 | ||||
Joseph B. Treat | Rep. | 29th | 1876 | ||
30th | 1877 | Green and Lafayette counties | |||
31st | 1878 | ||||
32nd | 1879 | ||||
John W. Blackstone Jr. | Rep. | 33rd | 1880 | ||
34th | 1881 | ||||
Archibald N. Randall | Rep. | 35th | 1882 | ||
36th | 1883–1884 | ||||
James Waddington | Rep. | 37th | 1885–1886 | ||
38th | 1887–1888 | ||||
Phineas Clawson | Rep. | 39th | 1889–1890 | ||
40th | 1891–1892 | ||||
Neal Brown | Dem. | 41st | 1893–1894 | Marathon and Wood counties | |
42nd | 1895–1896 | ||||
Clarence A. Lamoreux | Rep. | 43rd | 1897–1898 | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties | |
44th | 1899–1900 | ||||
William O'Neil | Rep. | 45th | 1901–1902 | ||
46th | 1903–1904 | Ashland, Bayfield, Price, Sawyer, Taylor, Washburn counties | |||
Albert W. Sanborn | Rep. | 47th | 1905–1906 | ||
48th | 1907–1908 | ||||
49th | 1909–1910 | ||||
50th | 1911–1912 | ||||
A. Pearce Tomkins | Rep. | 51st | 1913–1914 | Ashland, Bayfield, Sawyer, Rusk, Price counties 1910 population: 69,134 | |
52nd | 1915–1916 | ||||
A. H. Wilkinson | Rep. | 53rd | 1917–1918 | ||
54th | 1919–1920 | ||||
Chester H. Werden | Rep. | 55th | 1921–1922 | ||
56th | 1923–1924 | Ashland, Iron, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Vilas counties | |||
James H. Carroll | Rep. | 57th | 1925–1926 | ||
58th | 1927–1928 | ||||
59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
60th | 1931–1932 | ||||
Bernard J. Gehrmann | Rep. | Elected to U.S. House in 1934 | 61sth | 1933–1934 | |
Joseph E. McDermid | Prog. | Won 1935 special election. | 62nd | 1935–1936 | |
63rd | 1937–1938 | ||||
64th | 1939–1940 | ||||
James H. Carroll | Rep. | 65th | 1941–1942 | ||
66th | 1943–1944 | ||||
Ernest A. Heden | Rep. | 67th | 1945–1946 | ||
68th | 1947–1948 | ||||
Clayton Hicks | Rep. | 69th | 1949–1950 | ||
70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
Paul J. Rogan | Rep. | Resigned | 71st | 1953–1954 | |
Bernard J. Gehrmann | Rep. | Won 1954 special election | 72nd | 1955–1956 | Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Taylor, Vilas counties |
Clifford Krueger | Rep. | Resigned 1982. | 73rd | 1957–1958 | |
74th | 1959–1960 | ||||
75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
76th | 1963–1964 | ||||
77th | 1965–1966 | Clark, Forest, Lincoln, Oneida, Taylor, Vilas counties | |||
78th | 1967–1968 | ||||
79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
80th | 1971–1972 | ||||
81st | 1973–1974 | Florence, Forest, Lincoln, Oneida, Rusk, Taylor, Vilas counties, Part of Northern Clark County
Most of Langlade County Northern Marinette County
Northern Oconto County | |||
82nd | 1975–1976 | ||||
83rd | 1977–1978 | ||||
84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
85th | 1981–1982 | ||||
--Vacant-- | 86th | 1983–1984 | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Menominee, Oneida, Vilas counties, Part of Northern Marathon County Northern Marinette County Part of Northern Oconto County Northwestern Shawano County
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Lloyd H. Kincaid | Dem. | Won 1983 special election. | |||
87th | 1985–1986 | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Menominee, Oneida, Vilas counties, Part of Northern Marathon County Northern Marinette County
Northern Oconto County Part of Northwestern Shawano County
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88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
--Vacant-- | |||||
Roger Breske | Dem. | Won 1990 special election. | 90th | 1991–1992 | |
91st | 1993–1994 | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Menominee, Oneida, Vilas counties, Part of Northern Marathon County Northern Marinette County
Northern Oconto County Part of Northeastern Portage County Part of Northwestern Shawano County
Part of Northwestern Waupaca County | |||
92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
95th | 2001–2002 | ||||
96th | 2003–2004 | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Menominee, Oneida, Vilas counties, Part of Northern Marathon County Northern Marinette County
Northern Oconto County Part of Northwestern Shawano County
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97th | 2005–2006 | ||||
98th | 2007–2008 | ||||
Jim Holperin | Dem. | 99th | 2009–2010 | ||
100th | 2011–2012 | ||||
Tom Tiffany | Rep. | Elected to U.S. House in 2020. | 101st | 2013–2014 | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Menominee, Oneida counties, Part of Northern Marathon County Northern Marinette County
Northern Oconto County
Part of Northwestern Shawano County
Most of Vilas County
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102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
104th | 2019–2020 | ||||
--Vacant-- | |||||
Mary Felzkowski | Rep. | 105th | 2021–2022 |
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