Wisconsin Senate, District 16

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Wisconsin's 16th
State Senate District
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Wisconsin Senate District 16, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Senator
  Melissa Agard
D Madison
since January 4, 2021 (0 years)
Demographics77.7%  White
6.7%  Black
8.5%  Hispanic
4.7%  Asian
0.2%  Native American
2.2% Other
Population (2010)
  Voting age
172,429 [1] [2]
131,255
NotesSouth-central Wisconsin

The 16th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. [3] Located in south-central Wisconsin, the district comprises much of eastern Dane County. It contains the north side of Wisconsin's capital city, Madison, as well as the cities of Monona, Stoughton, and Sun Prairie, and the northern half of the city of Fitchburg. [4]

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Current elected officials

Melissa Agard is the senator representing the 16th district. She was first elected in the 2020 general election. Before serving as senator, she served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2013 to 2021, representing Madison's north side. [5]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 16th Senate district comprises the 46th, 47th, and 48th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: [6]

The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan. [7]

Past senators

Notable past senators include: [8]

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
District created1848 Kenosha County
C. Latham Sholes [9] Dem. 1st
Free Soil 2nd 1849
Elijah Steele [9] Dem. 3rd 1850
Orson S. Head [9] Dem. 4th 1851
John Sharpstein [9] Dem. Redistricted to 8th district 5th 1852
Joel C. Squires [9] Dem. Resigned. 6th 1853
WI Senate District 16, 1853-1872 Map of Wisconsin highlighting Grant County.svg
WI Senate District 16, 1853-1872

Grant County
James W. Seaton [9] Dem. Won 1853 special election
Nelson Dewey [9] Dem. 7th 1854
8th 1855
J. Allen Barber [9] Rep. 9th 1856
10th 1857
Noah Virgin [9] Rep. 11th 1858
12th 1859
13th 1860
14th 1861
Milas K. Young [9] Rep. 15th 1862
16th 1863
Natl. Union 17th 1864
18th1865
John H. Rountree [9] Natl. Union 19th1866
20th1867
George C. Hazelton [9] Rep. 21st1868
22nd1869
23rd1870
24th1871
John C. Holloway [9] Rep. 25th1872
26th1873
27th1874
28th1875
Oscar C. Hathaway [9] Rep. 29th1876
30th1877
31st1878
32nd1879
George W. Ryland [9] Rep. 33rd1880
34th1881
35th1882
36th1883–1884
Edward I. Kidd Rep. 37th1885–1886
38th1887–1888
39th1889–1890 Crawford and Grant counties
40th1891–1892
Charles H. Baxter Rep. 41st1893–1894 Crawford and Richland counties, and
Northern Grant County
42nd1895–1896
43rd1897–1898 Grant and Iowa counties
44th1899–1900
Edward E. Burns Rep. 45th1901–1902
46th1903–1904 Crawford and Grant counties
47th1905–1906
48th1907–1908
John J. Blaine Rep. 49th1909–1910
50th1911–1912
Robert Glenn Rep. 51st1913–1914 Crawford, Grant, and Richland counties
52nd1915–1916
Henry Edgar Roethe Rep. 53rd1917–1918
54th1919–1920
55th1921–1922
56th1923–1924 Crawford, Grant, and Vernon counties
Edward J. Roethe Rep. 57th1925–1926
58th1927–1928
59th1929–1930
60th1931–1932
William D. Carroll Dem. 61st1933–1934
62nd1935–1936
Edward J. Roethe Rep. 63rd1937–1938
64th1939–1940
Helmar Lewis Rep. 65th1941–1942
66th1943–1944
Foster B. Porter Rep. 67th1945–1946
68th1947–1948
69th1949–1950
70th1951–1952
71st1953–1954
72nd1955–1956
Gaylord Nelson Dem. Redistricted from 26th district.73rd1957–1958Most of Dane County
Carl W. Thompson Dem. 74th1959–1960
75th1961–1962
76th1963–1964
77th1965–1966
78th1967–1968
79th1969–1970
80th1971–1972
81st1973–1974
Parts of Dane County
and
Northern Rock County
82nd1975–1976
83rd1977–1978
84th1979–1980
85th1981–1982
86th1983–1984
Parts of Dane County
Part of Rock County
Northern Green County
Charles Chvala Dem. 87th1985–1986
Eastern Dane County
Northwest Rock County
Most of Green County
88th1987–1988
89th1989–1990
90th1991–1992
91st1993–1994Part of Dane County
Southern Columbia County
Part of Rock County
92nd1995–1996
93rd1997–1998
94th1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004Part of Dane County
Southern Columbia County
Part of Sauk County
Mark F. Miller Dem. 97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st2013–2014
Central Dane County
102nd2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
Melissa Agard Dem. 105th 2021–2022

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. In the original constitution of the State of Wisconsin, it is stated that "The towns of Southport, Pike, Pleasant Prairie, Paris, Bristol, Brighton, Salem and Wheatland, in the county of Racine, shall constitute the sixteenth senate district." [10] (At that time, Racine County included what in 1850 would become Kenosha County; and the city later known as Kenosha was still called "Southport".)

Notes

  1. 2011 Wisconsin Act 43 and 44 with Baldus et al vs. Brennan et al by Municipal Ward (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. October 18, 2012. pp. 105–109. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 16 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. "Senate District 16". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  4. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 16 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  5. "Senator Melissa Agard". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  6. Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 50. ISBN   978-0-9752820-1-4.
  7. "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  8. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  10. Manual for the Use of the Assembly, of the State of Wisconsin, for the year 1853. Prepared Pursuant to a Resolution of the Assembly. Madison: Brown & Carpenter, Printers; 1853


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