The 33rd Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.[1] Located in southeastern Wisconsin, the district comprises most of western Waukesha County along with parts of eastern Jefferson County, southwest Washington County, and southeast Dodge County. It includes the cities of Delafield, Hartford, and Oconomowoc, and the villages of Chenequa, Dousman, Eagle, Hartland, Lac La Belle, Merton, Neosho, North Prairie, Palmyra, Sussex, and Wales.[2]
| Wisconsin's 33rd State Senate district | |||||
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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 97, 98, and 99 | |||||
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| Demographics | 93.27% White 0.79% Black 2.59% Hispanic 1.49% Asian 1.1% Native American 0.08% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
| Population (2020) • Voting age | 177,842 138,561 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| Notes | Southeast Wisconsin | ||||
Current elected officials
editChris Kapenga is the senator representing the 33rd district. He was first elected to the Senate in a 2015 special election. Before becoming a state senator, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2011 through 2015.[3]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 33rd Senate district comprises the 97th, 98th, and 99th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
- Assembly District 97: Scott Allen (R–Waukesha)
- Assembly District 98: Adam Neylon (R–Pewaukee)
- Assembly District 99: Cindi Duchow (R–Delafield)
The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Scott L. Fitzgerald.[4]
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Downtown Palmyra -
Downtown Hartford -
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Downtown Oconomowoc
Past senators
editPrevious senators include:[5]
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.
| Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created by 1861 Wisc. Act 216. | 1861 | Eastern Dodge County | |||
| Satterlee Clark | Dem. | 15th | 1862 | ||
| 16th | 1863 | ||||
| 17th | 1864 | ||||
| 18th | 1865 | ||||
| 19th | 1866 | ||||
| 20th | 1867 | Eastern Dodge County | |||
| 21st | 1868 | ||||
| 22nd | 1869 | ||||
| 23rd | 1870 | ||||
| 24th | 1871 | ||||
| Lyman Morgan | Dem. | Redistricted from the 3rd district. | 25th | 1872 | Ozaukee and Washington counties 1870 population: 39,483 1875 population: 40,407 1880 population: 38,904 1885 population: 39,489 |
| Adam Schantz | Dem. | 26th | 1873 | ||
| 27th | 1874 | ||||
| Gilead J. Wilmot | Dem. | 28th | 1875 | ||
| 29th | 1876 | ||||
| Philip Schneider | Dem. | 30th | 1877 | ||
| 31st | 1878 | ||||
| Lyman Morgan | Dem. | 32nd | 1879 | ||
| 33rd | 1880 | ||||
| George F. Hunt | Dem. | 34th | 1881 | ||
| 35th | 1882 | ||||
| Edward Reed Blake | Dem. | 36th | 1883–1884 | ||
| 37th | 1885–1886 | ||||
| Peter Lochen | Dem. | 38th | 1887–1888 | ||
| 39th | 1889–1890 | Ozaukee and Washington counties and Eastern Waukesha County
1885 population: 55,580 | |||
| Frederick W. Horn | Dem. | Died January 1893 | 40th | 1891–1892 | |
| --Vacant-- | 41st | 1893–1894 | Ozaukee and Washington counties and Eastern Dodge County 1890 population: 52,778 | ||
| Stephen F. Mayer | Dem. | 42nd | 1895–1896 | ||
| 43rd | 1897–1898 | Washington and Waukesha counties 1895 population: 60,639 1900 population: 58,818 | |||
| Alfred M. Jones | Rep. | 44th | 1899–1900 | ||
| 45th | 1901–1902 | ||||
| Ernst Merton | Dem. | 46th | 1903–1904 | ||
| 47th | 1905–1906 | ||||
| Henry Lockney | Rep. | 48th | 1907–1908 | ||
| 49th | 1909–1910 | ||||
| George E. Hoyt | Rep. | 50th | 1911–1912 | ||
| 51st | 1913–1914 | Jefferson and Waukesha counties 1910 population: 71,406 | |||
| Charles Mülberger | Dem. | 52nd | 1915–1916 | ||
| 53rd | 1917–1918 | ||||
| 54th | 1919–1920 | ||||
| 55th | 1921–1922 | ||||
| John C. Schuman | Rep. | 56th | 1923–1924 | ||
| 57th | 1925–1926 | ||||
| 58th | 1927–1928 | ||||
| 59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
| William H. Edwards | Rep. | 60th | 1931–1932 | ||
| 61st | 1933–1934 | ||||
| Chester Dempsey | Dem. | 62nd | 1935–1936 | ||
| 63rd | 1937–1938 | ||||
| William A. Freehoff | Rep. | 64th | 1939–1940 | ||
| 65th | 1941–1942 | ||||
| 66th | 1943–1944 | ||||
| 67th | 1945–1946 | ||||
| Chester Dempsey | Rep. | Died October 1969. | 68th | 1947–1948 | |
| 69th | 1949–1950 | ||||
| 70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
| 71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
| 72nd | 1955–1956 | ||||
| 73rd | 1957–1958 | ||||
| 74th | 1959–1960 | ||||
| 75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
| 76th | 1963–1964 | ||||
| 77th | 1965–1966 | Northern Waukesha County | |||
| 78th | 1967–1968 | ||||
| 79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
| --Vacant-- | |||||
| Roger P. Murphy | Rep. | Resigned February 1980 to become a Wisconsin circuit court judge. | 80th | 1971–1972 | |
| 81st | 1973–1974 | Northern Waukesha County | |||
| 82nd | 1975–1976 | ||||
| 83rd | 1977–1978 | ||||
| 84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
| --Vacant-- | |||||
| Susan Engeleiter | Rep. | Won 1980 special election. Resigned April 1989 to become Administrator of the Small Business Administration. | |||
| 85th | 1981–1982 | ||||
| 86th | 1983–1984 | ||||
| 87th | 1985–1986 | Eastern Waukesha County Part of Milwaukee County | |||
| 88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
| 89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
| --Vacant-- | |||||
| Margaret Farrow | Rep. | Won 1989 special election. Resigned May 2001 to become Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. | |||
| 90th | 1991–1992 | ||||
| 91st | 1993–1994 | Eastern Waukesha County Part of Milwaukee County | |||
| 92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
| 93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
| 94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
| 95th | 2001–2002 | ||||
| --Vacant-- | |||||
| Theodore Kanavas | Rep. | ||||
| 96th | 2003–2004 | Northern Waukesha County Southeast Washington County | |||
| 97th | 2005–2006 | ||||
| 98th | 2007–2008 | ||||
| 99th | 2009–2010 | ||||
| Rich Zipperer | Rep. | Resigned Aug. 2012. | 100th | 2011–2012 | |
| --Vacant-- | |||||
| Paul Farrow | Rep. | Resigned July 2015. | 101st | 2013–2014 |  |
| 102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
| --Vacant-- | |||||
| Chris Kapenga | Rep. | Won 2015 special election. | |||
| 103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
| 104th | 2019–2020 | ||||
| 105th | 2021–2022 | ||||
| 106th | 2023–2024 |  | |||
References
edit- ^ "Senate District 33". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
- ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 33 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Chris Kapenga". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
- ^ "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.