Wisconsin's 9th Senate district

The 9th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.[1] Located in eastern Wisconsin, the district comprises most of Sheboygan County and the parts of eastern and southern Manitowoc County and northeast Fond du Lac County. It contains the cities of Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Two Rivers, Plymouth, Kiel, and Sheboygan Falls, and the villages of Kohler, Oostburg, and Elkhart Lake. The district also contains Sheboygan County Memorial Airport, Whistling Straits golf course, Road America motorsport course, Kohler-Andrae State Park, Lakeland University, and the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus.[2]

Wisconsin's 9th
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 25, 26, and 27
Senator
  Devin LeMahieu
RSheboygan
since January 3, 2015 (9 years)
Demographics86.17% White
2.17% Black
5.17% Hispanic
4.46% Asian
1.63% Native American
0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
 • Voting age
178,886
140,758
WebsiteOfficial website
NotesEastern Wisconsin

Current elected officials

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Devin LeMahieu is the senator representing the 9th district. He was first elected in the 2014 general election.

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 9th Senate district comprises the 25th, 26th, and 27th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:[3]

The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman.[4]

Past senators

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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.

The district has previously been represented by:[5]

Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition
District created 1848
 
Dane County
Simeon Mills Dem. 1st
Alexander Botkin Whig 2nd 1849
3rd 1850
Eliab B. Dean Jr. Dem. 4th 1851
5th 1852
George R. McLane Dem. 6th 1853
 
7th 1854
Denison Worthington Rep. 8th 1855
9th 1856
John T. Kingston Rep. 10th 1857
 
Adams, Juneau, Sauk counties
11th 1858
H. W. Curtis Rep. 12th 1859
13th 1860
John T. Kingston Rep. 14th 1861
15th 1862
 
Adams, Juneau, Waushara counties
Alanson M. Kimball Rep. 16th 1863
Natl. Union 17th 1864
Henry G. Webb Natl. Union 18th 1865
19th 1866
DeWitt C. Wilson Natl. Union 20th 1867
 
Adams, Juneau, Monroe counties
Rep. 21st 1868
William J. Kershaw Rep. 22nd 1869
23rd 1870
Eliphalet S. Miner Rep. Redistricted to 29th district. 24th 1871
Francis Little Rep. Redistricted from 15th district. 25th 1872
 
Iowa County
26th 1873
27th 1874
David McFarland Rep. 28th 1875
Dem. 29th 1876
Hobart S. Sacket Rep. 30th 1877
 
Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara counties
31st 1878
32nd 1879
33rd 1880
James F. Wiley Rep. 34th 1881
35th 1882
36th 1883–1884
 
Green Lake, Portage, Waushara counties
37th 1885–1886
George Fitch Rep. 38th 1887–1888
39th 1889–1890
 
Green Lake, Portage, Waushara and
Ferdinand T. Yahr Dem. 40th 1891–1892
41st 1893–1894
 
Adams, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette counties
Clarence V. Peirce Rep. 42nd 1895–1896
43rd 1897–1898
 
1896–1901

 
1902–1911
Adams, Marquette, Waushara, Wood counties
Thomas Fearne Rep. 44th 1899–1900
45th 1901–1902
Herman C. Wipperman Rep. 46th 1903–1904
47th 1905–1906
Theodore W. Brazeau Rep. 48th 1907–1908
49th 1909–1910
Edward F. Kileen Rep. 50th 1911–1912
51st 1913–1914
 
David V. Jennings Dem. 52nd 1915–1916
53rd 1917–1918
54th 1919–1920
55th 1921–1922
Ben H. Mahon Rep. Died Oct. 1924. 56th 1923–1924
Irving P. Mehigan Rep. Won 1924 special election. 57th 1925–1926
58th 1927–1928
59th 1929–1930
60th 1931–1932
61st 1933–1934
 
James L. Callan Dem. 62nd 1935–1936
63rd 1937–1938
Cornelius T. Young Dem. 64th 1939–1940
65th 1941–1942
Robert E. Tehan Dem. Resigned after appointed
U.S. Dist. Judge, E.D. Wis.
66th 1943–1944
67th 1945–1946
68th 1947–1948
69th 1949–1950
Vacant
Henry Maier Dem. Resigned in 1960 to become Mayor of Milwaukee. 70th 1951–1952
71st 1953–1954
72nd 1955–1956
 
73rd 1957–1958
74th 1959–1960
Vacant
Norman Sussman Dem. Died April 1969. 75th 1961–1962
76th 1963–1964
77th 1965–1966
 
North-central Milwaukee County
78th 1967–1968
79th 1969–1970
Vacant
Ronald G. Parys Dem. Won 1969 special election.
80th 1971–1972
81st 1973–1974
 
82nd 1975–1976
83rd 1977–1978
Jim Moody Dem. 84th 1979–1980
85th 1981–1982
Carl Otte Dem. 86th 1983–1984
 
87th 1985–1986
 
Southeast Calumet County,
southern Manitowoc County, and most of Sheboygan County
William Te Winkle Dem. 88th 1987–1988
89th 1989–1990
Calvin Potter Dem. 90th 1991–1992
91st 1993–1994
 
Southeast Calumet County,
southern Manitowoc County,
and most of Sheboygan County
92nd 1995–1996
93rd 1997–1998
James Baumgart Dem. 94th 1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
Joe Leibham Rep. Resigned Dec. 2014. 96th 2003–2004
 
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st 2013–2014
 
Devin LeMahieu Rep. 102nd 2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th 2021–2022
106th 2023–2024
 
Most of Manitowoc County,
Most of Sheboygan County,
part of Calumet County

References

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  1. ^ "Senate District 9". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 9 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  3. ^ District Map
  4. ^ Congressional District Map
  5. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
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