The 12th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.[1] Located in northern Wisconsin, the district comprises Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marinette, Oneida, and Vilas counties, and parts of northern Oconto County, northwest Shawano County, and northeast Marathon County. It contains the cities of Antigo, Eagle River, Marinette, Merrill, Peshtigo, Rhinelander, and Tomahawk.[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 34, 35, and 36 | |||||
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| Demographics | 93.15% White 0.57% Black 1.5% Hispanic 0.68% Asian 3.4% Native American 0.09% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
| Population (2020) • Voting age | 179,426 147,090 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| Notes | Northern Wisconsin | ||||
Current elected officials
editMary Felzkowski is the senator representing the 12th district. She was first elected in the 2020 general election. She previously served 8 years in the State Assembly.[3]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 12th Senate district comprises the 34th, 35th, and 36th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:[4]
- Assembly District 34: Rob Swearingen (R–Rhinelander)
- Assembly District 35: Calvin Callahan (R–Wilson)
- Assembly District 36: Jeffrey Mursau (R–Crivitz)
The 12th Senate district is split between two congressional districts. The portion of the district in Florence, Forest, Langlade, Oneida, Vilas, Lincoln, and Marathon counties falls within the Wisconsin's 7th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany; the remainder of the district, which falls within Marinette, Oconto, Menominee, and Shawano counties, is in Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher.[5]
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Downtown Rhinelander -
The Eagle River flowing through Eagle River -
Historic Lincoln County Courthouse in Merrill -
Downtown Tomahawk -
Pine forest within Council Grounds State Park -
Menominee River viewed from Niagara -
Headwaters Wilderness in the Nicolet National Forest -
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Past senators
editPast senators include:[6]
Note: the boundaries of the district has changed repeatedly over history. Previous politicians of this district have represented a completely different geographic area, due to redistricting. The district definitions for the given era are specified in the "District definition" column.
| Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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| --District created-- | 1848 |  | |||
| Myron B. Williams | Dem. | 1st | |||
| 2nd | 1849 | ||||
| Peter H. Turner | Dem. | 3rd | 1850 | ||
| 4th | 1851 | ||||
| Alva Stewart | Whig | Transitioned to 14th district | 5th | 1852 | |
| Eleazer Wakeley | Dem. | 6th | 1853 |     Walworth County | |
| 7th | 1854 | ||||
| 8th | 1855 | ||||
| Jesse C. Mills | Rep. | 9th | 1856 | ||
| 10th | 1857 | ||||
| John W. Boyd | Rep. | 11th | 1858 | ||
| 12th | 1859 | ||||
| Oscar F. Bartlett | Rep. | 13th | 1860 | ||
| 14th | 1861 | ||||
| Wyman Spooner | Rep. | 15th | 1862 | ||
| 16th | 1863 | ||||
| Newton Littlejohn | Natl. Union | 17th | 1864 | ||
| 18th | 1865 | ||||
| 19th | 1866 | ||||
| 20th | 1867 | ||||
| Rep. | 21st | 1868 | |||
| 22nd | 1869 | ||||
| Samuel Pratt | Rep. | 23rd | 1870 | ||
| 24th | 1871 | ||||
| Orrin Bacon | Rep. | 25th | 1872 |  | |
| 26th | 1873 | ||||
| Harvey T. Moore | Ref. | 27th | 1874 | ||
| 28th | 1875 | ||||
| Joseph B. Treat | Rep. | 29th | 1876 | ||
| 30th | 1877 |    Green and Lafayette counties | |||
| 31st | 1878 | ||||
| 32nd | 1879 | ||||
| John W. Blackstone Jr. | Rep. | 33rd | 1880 | ||
| 34th | 1881 | ||||
| Archibald N. Randall | Rep. | 35th | 1882 | ||
| 36th | 1883–1884 | ||||
| James Waddington | Rep. | 37th | 1885–1886 | ||
| 38th | 1887–1888 | ||||
| Phineas Clawson | Rep. | 39th | 1889–1890 | ||
| 40th | 1891–1892 | ||||
| Neal Brown | Dem. | 41st | 1893–1894 |  | |
| 42nd | 1895–1896 | ||||
| Clarence A. Lamoreux | Rep. | 43rd | 1897–1898 |  | |
| 44th | 1899–1900 | ||||
| William O'Neil | Rep. | 45th | 1901–1902 | ||
| 46th | 1903–1904 |  | |||
| Albert W. Sanborn | Rep. | 47th | 1905–1906 | ||
| 48th | 1907–1908 | ||||
| 49th | 1909–1910 | ||||
| 50th | 1911–1912 | ||||
| A. Pearce Tomkins | Rep. | 51st | 1913–1914 |  1910 population: 69,134 | |
| 52nd | 1915–1916 | ||||
| A. H. Wilkinson | Rep. | 53rd | 1917–1918 | ||
| 54th | 1919–1920 | ||||
| Chester H. Werden | Rep. | 55th | 1921–1922 | ||
| 56th | 1923–1924 |  | |||
| James H. Carroll | Rep. | 57th | 1925–1926 | ||
| 58th | 1927–1928 | ||||
| 59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
| 60th | 1931–1932 | ||||
| Bernard J. Gehrmann | Rep. | Elected to U.S. House in 1934 | 61st | 1933–1934 | |
| Joseph E. McDermid | Prog. | Won 1935 special election. | 62nd | 1935–1936 | |
| 63rd | 1937–1938 | ||||
| 64th | 1939–1940 | ||||
| James H. Carroll | Rep. | 65th | 1941–1942 | ||
| 66th | 1943–1944 | ||||
| Ernest A. Heden | Rep. | 67th | 1945–1946 | ||
| 68th | 1947–1948 | ||||
| Clayton Hicks | Rep. | 69th | 1949–1950 | ||
| 70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
| Paul J. Rogan | Rep. | Resigned | 71st | 1953–1954 | |
| Bernard J. Gehrmann | Rep. | Won 1954 special election | 72nd | 1955–1956 |  |
| Clifford Krueger | Rep. | Resigned 1982. | 73rd | 1957–1958 | |
| 74th | 1959–1960 | ||||
| 75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
| 76th | 1963–1964 | ||||
| 77th | 1965–1966 |  | |||
| 78th | 1967–1968 | ||||
| 79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
| 80th | 1971–1972 | ||||
| 81st | 1973–1974 |  northeast Clark County, most of Langlade County, northern Marinette County, northern Oconto County, & southern Price County
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| 82nd | 1975–1976 | ||||
| 83rd | 1977–1978 | ||||
| 84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
| 85th | 1981–1982 | ||||
| --Vacant-- | 86th | 1983–1984 |  part of Marathon County, northern Marinette County, part of Oconto County, & northwestern Shawano County
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| Lloyd H. Kincaid | Dem. | Won 1983 special election. | |||
| 87th | 1985–1986 | 
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| 88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
| 89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
| --Vacant-- | |||||
| Roger Breske | Dem. | Won 1990 special election. | 90th | 1991–1992 | |
| 91st | 1993–1994 |  part of Marathon County, northern Marinette County, northern Oconto County, part of Portage County, part of Shawano County, & part of Waupaca County
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| 92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
| 93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
| 94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
| 95th | 2001–2002 | ||||
| 96th | 2003–2004 | 
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| 97th | 2005–2006 | ||||
| 98th | 2007–2008 | ||||
| Jim Holperin | Dem. | 99th | 2009–2010 | ||
| 100th | 2011–2012 | ||||
| Tom Tiffany | Rep. | Elected to U.S. House in 2020. | 101st | 2013–2014 |  part Marathon County, northern Marinette County, northern Oconto County, part of Shawano County, & most of Vilas County
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| 102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
| 103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
| 104th | 2019–2020 | ||||
| --Vacant-- | |||||
| Mary Felzkowski | Rep. | 105th | 2021–2022 | ||
| 106th | 2023–2024 |  part Marathon County, northern Marinette County, northern Oconto County, part of Shawano County, & most of Vilas County | |||
References
edit- ^ "Senate District 12". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 12 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Mary Felzkowski". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ District Map
- ^ "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.