Wisconsin Senate, District 7

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Wisconsin's 7th
State Senate District
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Wisconsin Senate District 7, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Senator
  Chris Larson
D – Milwaukee
since January 3, 2011 (10 years)
Demographics80.5%  White
3.6%  Black
9.7%  Hispanic
3.4%  Asian
0.7%  Native American
2.1% Other
Population (2010)
 • Voting age		172,423 [1] [2]
143,560
Notes Milwaukee metro area (southeast)

The 7th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. [3] 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, South Milwaukee, and St. Francis. The district also contains 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. [4]

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Current elected officials

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. [5]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 7th Senate district comprises the 19th, 20th, and 21st Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: [6]

The district is also located within Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore. [7]

Past senators

A list of all previous senators from this district: [8]

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
District created1848 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
WI Senate District 7, 1853-1872 Map of Wisconsin highlighting Racine County.svg
WI Senate District 7, 1853-1872

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 18th1865
19th1866
Henry Stevens Natl. Union 20th1867
21st1868
Rep. 22nd1869
23rd1870
Philo Belden Rep. 24th1871
William M. Colladay Rep. 25th1872
parts of Dane County
John Anders Johnson Rep. 26th1873
27th1874
George E. Bryant Rep. 28th1875
29th1876
George A. Abert Dem. 30th1877
31st1878
Edwin Hyde Rep. 32nd1879
33rd1880
Edward B. Simpson Rep. 34th1881
35th1882
William S. Stanley Rep. 36th1883–1884
37th1885–1886
Christian Widule Rep. 38th1887–1888
39th1889–1890
Christian A. Koenitzer Dem. 40th1891–1892
41st1893–1894
and
parts of Waukesha County
Charles T. Fisher Rep. 42nd1895–1896
43rd1897–1898
Barney A. Eaton Rep. 44th1899–1900
45th1901–1902
46th1903–1904
47th1905–1906
George E. Page Rep. 48th1907–1908
49th1909–1910
Gabriel Zophy Soc. Dem. 50th1911–1912
51st1913–1914
Louis A. Arnold Soc. Dem. 52nd1915–1916
53rd1917–1918
Soc. 54th1919–1920
55th1921–1922
William F. Quick Soc. 56th1923–1924
57th1925–1926
Herbert H. Smith Rep. 58th1927–1928
59th1929–1930
Leonard Fons Rep. 60th1931–1932
61st1933–1934
Max Galasinski Dem. 62nd1935–1936
63rd1937–1938
Anthony P. Gawronski Dem. Resigned in 1948.64th1939–1940
65th1941–1942
66th1943–1944
67th1945–1946
68th1947–1948
--Vacant--69th1949–1950
Roman R. Blenski Dem. Won 1949 special election.
70th1951–1952
71st1953–1954
Leland McParland Dem. 72nd1955–1956
73rd1957–1958
74th1959–1960
75th1961–1962
76th1963–1964
77th1965–1966
78th1967–1968
79th1969–1970
Kurt Frank Dem. 80th1971–1972
81st1973–1974
82nd1975–1976
83rd1977–1978
84th1979–1980
85th1981–1982
Jerry Kleczka Dem. Resigned after election to U.S. House.86th1983–1984
--Vacant--
John R. Plewa Dem. Died in office September 1995.87th1985–1986
88th1987–1988
89th1989–1990
90th1991–1992
91st1993–1994
92nd1995–1996
--Vacant--
Richard Grobschmidt Dem. Won 1995 special election.
93rd1997–1998
94th1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
Jeffrey Plale Dem. 96th 2003–2004
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
Chris Larson Dem. 100th 2011–2012
101st2013–2014
102nd2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th 2021–2022


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.

See also

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. 29–32. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. ↑ Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 7 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Senate District 7". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 7 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Senator Chris Larson". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  6. ↑ District Map
  7. ↑ Congressional District Map
  8. ↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.

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