The 16th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.[1] Located in south-central Wisconsin, the district comprises much of eastern Dane County, western Jefferson County, and part of southwest Dodge County. It includes the cities of Fitchburg, Fort Atkinson, Lake Mills, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, and Waterloo, and the villages of Cottage Grove, Deerfield, and Marshall, and parts of the city of Madison and the village of McFarland. It also contains Lake Kegonsa State Park and most of Lake Koshkonong.[2]
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2024 map defined in 2023 Wisc. Act 94 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43 composed of Assembly districts 46, 47, and 48 | |||||
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| Demographics | 83.03% White 5.02% Black 6.31% Hispanic 3.85% Asian 1.51% Native American 0.11% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
| Population (2020) • Voting age | 177,313 137,206 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| Notes | South-central Wisconsin | ||||
Current elected officials
editMelissa 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.[3]
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:[4]
- Assembly District 46: Melissa Ratcliff (D–Cottage Grove)
- Assembly District 47: Jimmy P. Anderson (D–Fitchburg)
- Assembly District 48: Samba Baldeh (D–Madison)
The district crosses two congressional districts. The portion of the district in Dodge and Jefferson counties fall within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Scott L. Fitzgerald. The remainder of the district, in Dane County, falls within Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, represented by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan.[5]
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Downtown Fort Atkinson -
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Commons Park, downtown Lake Mills -
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Stoughton public library -
Neighborhood in Fitchburg. -
Fitchburg farm -
Downtown Sun Prairie -
Sun Prairie Downtown Historic District
Past senators
editNotable past senators include:[6]
- Christopher Latham Sholes, 1848-1850, "father of the typewriter"
- John Sharpstein, 1852, Justice of the Supreme Court of California
- Nelson Dewey, 1854-1856, 1st Governor of Wisconsin
- J. Allen Barber, 1856-1858, U.S. Congressman (1871-1875), 15th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- George Cochrane Hazelton, 1868-1872, U.S. Congressman (1877-1883), 1st Attorney General for the District of Columbia
- John J. Blaine, 1909-1913, 24th Governor of Wisconsin, United States Senator (1927-1933)
- Gaylord Nelson, 1949-1958, 35th Governor of Wisconsin, United States Senator (1963-1981)
- Charles Chvala, 1985-2005, Majority Leader (1999-2002)
- Mark F. Miller, 2005-2021, Majority Leader (2012-2013)
| Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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| District created | 1848 |  | |||
| C. Latham Sholes[7] | Dem. | 1st | |||
| Free Soil | 2nd | 1849 | |||
| Elijah Steele[7] | Dem. | Resigned. | 3rd | 1850 | |
| Orson S. Head[7] | Whig | Won 1851 special election. | 4th | 1851 | |
| John Sharpstein[7] | Dem. | Redistricted to 8th district | 5th | 1852 | |
| Joel C. Squires[7] | Dem. | Resigned. | 6th | 1853 |        Grant County |
| James W. Seaton[7] | Dem. | Won 1853 special election | |||
| Nelson Dewey[7] | Dem. | 7th | 1854 | ||
| 8th | 1855 | ||||
| J. Allen Barber[7] | Rep. | 9th | 1856 | ||
| 10th | 1857 | ||||
| Noah Virgin[7] | Rep. | 11th | 1858 | ||
| 12th | 1859 | ||||
| 13th | 1860 | ||||
| 14th | 1861 | ||||
| Milas K. Young[7] | Rep. | 15th | 1862 | ||
| 16th | 1863 | ||||
| Natl. Union | 17th | 1864 | |||
| 18th | 1865 | ||||
| John H. Rountree[7] | Natl. Union | 19th | 1866 | ||
| 20th | 1867 | ||||
| George C. Hazelton[7] | Rep. | 21st | 1868 | ||
| 22nd | 1869 | ||||
| 23rd | 1870 | ||||
| 24th | 1871 | ||||
| John C. Holloway[7] | Rep. | 25th | 1872 | ||
| 26th | 1873 | ||||
| 27th | 1874 | ||||
| 28th | 1875 | ||||
| Oscar C. Hathaway[7] | Rep. | 29th | 1876 | ||
| 30th | 1877 | ||||
| 31st | 1878 | ||||
| 32nd | 1879 | ||||
| George W. Ryland[7] | Rep. | 33rd | 1880 | ||
| 34th | 1881 | ||||
| 35th | 1882 | ||||
| 36th | 1883–1884 | ||||
| Edward I. Kidd | Rep. | 37th | 1885–1886 | ||
| 38th | 1887–1888 | ||||
| 39th | 1889–1890 |  | |||
| 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. | Elected 1912. Died 1915. |
51st | 1913–1914 | Crawford, Grant, and Richland counties |
| 52nd | 1915–1916 | ||||
| --Vacant-- | |||||
| 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 | ||
| 106th | 2023–2024 |  | |||
References
edit- ^ "Senate District 16". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 16 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Melissa Agard". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 50. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
- ^ "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 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.