Wisconsin's 6th Senate district

Wisconsin's 6th
State Senate district
Map
Map
Map
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 16, 17, and 18
Senator
  La Tonya Johnson
D–Milwaukee
since January 3, 2017 (7 years)
Demographics32.4% White
56.13% Black
5.97% Hispanic
4.99% Asian
1.66% Native American
0.15% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		178,495
150,001
WebsiteOfficial website
NotesNorth side of Milwaukee

The 6th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.[1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district is entirely contained within central Milwaukee County. It includes parts of north, west, and downtown Milwaukee, and part of eastern Wauwatosa. It contains landmarks such as the Marquette University campus, Fiserv Forum (home of the Milwaukee Bucks), the Milwaukee Public Museum, historic Holy Cross Cemetery, and the Miller Brewing Company.[2] The 6th Senate district is one of two majority-black Senate districts in Wisconsin.

Current elected officials

La Tonya Johnson is the senator representing the 6th district. Now in her second term, she was first elected in the 2016 general election, after the previous senator, Nikiya Harris Dodd, declined to seek re-election.

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 6th Senate district comprises the 16th, 17th, and 18th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:[3]

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

Past senators

At Wisconsin statehood the Senate had only nineteen districts, whose boundaries were defined in Article XIV of the Constitution of Wisconsin. The 6th district was defined as Grant County, in the southwest corner of the state.

After the fifth session (1852) of the state legislature, the Senate was expanded to 25 members and a reapportionment occurred. The 6th district was moved to the north side of Milwaukee County. Through the subsequent 160 years of redistricting, the 6th district has remained in this location, though the boundaries have shifted.

Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition
District created 1848
Grant County
George W. Lakin Whig 1st
2nd 1849
John H. Rountree Whig 3rd 1850
4th 1851
Joel C. Squires Dem. Redistricted to 16th district. 5th 1852
Duncan Reed Dem. Redistricted from 18th district. 6th 1853
Edward McGarry Dem. 7th 1854
8th 1855
Edward O'Neill Dem. 9th 1856
10th 1857
Patrick Walsh Dem. 11th 1858
12th 1859
Michael J. Egan Dem. 13th 1860
14th 1861
Edward Keogh Dem. 15th 1862
16th 1863
Hugh Reynolds Dem. 17th 1864
18th 1865
Charles H. Larkin Dem. 19th 1866
20th 1867
21st 1868
22nd 1869
Peter V. Deuster Dem. 23rd 1870
24th 1871
John L. Mitchell Dem. 25th 1872
26th 1873
John Black Dem. 27th 1874
28th 1875
John L. Mitchell Dem. 29th 1876
30th 1877
George H. Paul Dem. 31st 1878
32nd 1879
33rd 1880
34th 1881
Enoch Chase Dem. 35th 1882
36th 1883–1884
Julius Wechselberg Rep. 37th 1885–1886
38th 1887–1888
Herman Kroeger Union Labor 39th 1889–1890
Dem. 40th 1891–1892
Oscar Altpeter Dem. 41st 1893–1894
42nd 1895–1896
William Devos Rep. Resigned in 1902. 43rd 1897–1898
44th 1899–1900
45th 1901–1902
Rip Reukema Rep. Won 1902 special election. 46th 1903–1904
Jacob Rummel Soc. Dem. 47th 1905–1906
48th 1907–1908
Winfield R. Gaylord Soc. Dem. 49th 1909–1910
50th 1911–1912
George Weissleder Dem. 51st 1913–1914
52nd 1915–1916
W. C. Zumach Soc. 53rd 1917–1918
54th 1919–1920
Joseph J. Hirsch Soc. 55th 1921–1922
56th 1923–1924
Joseph A. Padway Soc. Resigned in 1926. 57th 1925–1926
Alex C. Ruffing Soc. Won 1926 special election. 58th 1927–1928
Thomas M. Duncan Soc. 59th 1929–1930
60th 1931–1932
Charles H. Phillips Dem. 61st 1933–1934
62nd 1935–1936
George Hampel Prog. 63rd 1937–1938
64th 1939–1940
65th 1941–1942
66th 1943–1944
Edward Reuther Dem. 67th 1945–1946
68th 1947–1948
William A. Schmidt Dem. 69th 1949–1950
70th 1951–1952
71st 1953–1954
72nd 1955–1956
William R. Moser Dem. Resigned Feb. 1962. 73rd 1957–1958
74th 1959–1960
75th 1961–1962
--Vacant--
Martin J. Schreiber Dem. Won 1962 special election.
Resigned after elected Governor in 1970. 		76th 1963–1964
77th 1965–1966
North-central Milwaukee County
78th 1967–1968
79th 1969–1970
--Vacant-- 80th 1971–1972
Mark Lipscomb Jr. Dem.
Monroe Swan Dem. Removed from office Oct. 1980. 81st 1973–1974
North-central Milwaukee County
    • Assembly Dist. 16, 17, 18
82nd 1975–1976
83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
Gary R. George Dem. Defeated in 2003 recall primary. 85th 1981–1982
86th 1983–1984
North-central Milwaukee County
    • Wards 1-3, 4-18, 22-24, 29, 30, 67, 68, 105-122, 128, 131, 136, 183-199, 303, city of Milwaukee
87th 1985–1986
88th 1987–1988
89th 1989–1990
90th 1991–1992
91st 1993–1994
    • Wards 6, 7, 15, 16, 27, 32, 35, 63, 65-77, 111, 112, 114, 116-118, 120-130, 134-136, 175, 177-180, 184-190, 293, 294, 313, 314-322, 324-327, city of Milwaukee
92nd 1995–1996
93rd 1997–1998
94th 1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004
    • Wards 29-36, 60-62, 65-73, 81, 82, 84, 105-114, 116-131, 167-175, 179-181, 275-281, 290, 297-314, city of Milwaukee
Spencer Coggs Dem. Won 2003 recall election.
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
Nikiya Harris Dodd Dem. 101st 2013–2014
102nd 2015–2016
La Tonya Johnson Dem. 103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th 2021–2022
106th 2023–2024
Central Milwaukee County

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Senate District 6". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 6 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  3. ^ District Map
  4. ^ Congressional District Map