Wisconsin's 16th State Senate District | |||||
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Wisconsin Senate District 16, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43 | |||||
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Demographics | 77.7% 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 | ||||
Notes | South-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]
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]
Notable past senators include: [8]
Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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District created | 1848 | 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 | 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 | |||
18th | 1865 | ||||
John H. Rountree [9] | Natl. Union | 19th | 1866 | ||
20th | 1867 | ||||
George C. Hazelton [9] | Rep. | 21st | 1868 | ||
22nd | 1869 | ||||
23rd | 1870 | ||||
24th | 1871 | ||||
John C. Holloway [9] | Rep. | 25th | 1872 | ||
26th | 1873 | ||||
27th | 1874 | ||||
28th | 1875 | ||||
Oscar C. Hathaway [9] | Rep. | 29th | 1876 | ||
30th | 1877 | ||||
31st | 1878 | ||||
32nd | 1879 | ||||
George W. Ryland [9] | Rep. | 33rd | 1880 | ||
34th | 1881 | ||||
35th | 1882 | ||||
36th | 1883–1884 | ||||
Edward I. Kidd | Rep. | 37th | 1885–1886 | ||
38th | 1887–1888 | ||||
39th | 1889–1890 | Crawford and Grant counties | |||
40th | 1891–1892 | ||||
Charles H. Baxter | Rep. | 41st | 1893–1894 | Crawford and Richland counties, and Northern Grant County
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42nd | 1895–1896 | ||||
43rd | 1897–1898 | Grant and Iowa counties | |||
44th | 1899–1900 | ||||
Edward E. Burns | Rep. | 45th | 1901–1902 | ||
46th | 1903–1904 | Crawford and Grant counties | |||
47th | 1905–1906 | ||||
48th | 1907–1908 | ||||
John J. Blaine | Rep. | 49th | 1909–1910 | ||
50th | 1911–1912 | ||||
Robert Glenn | Rep. | 51st | 1913–1914 | Crawford, Grant, and Richland counties | |
52nd | 1915–1916 | ||||
Henry Edgar Roethe | Rep. | 53rd | 1917–1918 | ||
54th | 1919–1920 | ||||
55th | 1921–1922 | ||||
56th | 1923–1924 | Crawford, Grant, and Vernon counties | |||
Edward J. Roethe | Rep. | 57th | 1925–1926 | ||
58th | 1927–1928 | ||||
59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
60th | 1931–1932 | ||||
William D. Carroll | Dem. | 61st | 1933–1934 | ||
62nd | 1935–1936 | ||||
Edward J. Roethe | Rep. | 63rd | 1937–1938 | ||
64th | 1939–1940 | ||||
Helmar Lewis | Rep. | 65th | 1941–1942 | ||
66th | 1943–1944 | ||||
Foster B. Porter | Rep. | 67th | 1945–1946 | ||
68th | 1947–1948 | ||||
69th | 1949–1950 | ||||
70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
72nd | 1955–1956 | ||||
Gaylord Nelson | Dem. | Redistricted from 26th district. | 73rd | 1957–1958 | Most of Dane County |
Carl W. Thompson | Dem. | 74th | 1959–1960 | ||
75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
76th | 1963–1964 | ||||
77th | 1965–1966 | ||||
78th | 1967–1968 | ||||
79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
80th | 1971–1972 | ||||
81st | 1973–1974 | and Northern Rock County
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82nd | 1975–1976 | ||||
83rd | 1977–1978 | ||||
84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
85th | 1981–1982 | ||||
86th | 1983–1984 | Part of Rock County
Northern Green County
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Charles Chvala | Dem. | 87th | 1985–1986 | Eastern Dane County Part of Jefferson County
Northwest Rock County Most of Green County
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88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
90th | 1991–1992 | ||||
91st | 1993–1994 | Part of Dane County Southern Columbia County Part of Rock County | |||
92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
95th | 2001–2002 | ||||
96th | 2003–2004 | Part 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 | ||||
101st | 2013–2014 | Central Dane County
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102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
104th | 2019–2020 | ||||
Melissa Agard | Dem. | 105th | 2021–2022 |
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