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Wisconsin Assembly, District 94
The 94th Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Located in western Wisconsin, the district comprises most of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, La Crosse County. It includes the city of Onalaska, Wisconsin, Onalaska and the villages of Bangor, Wisconsin, Bangor, Holmen, Wisconsin, Holmen, and West Salem, Wisconsin, West Salem. The district is represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Steve Doyle (Wisconsin politician), Steve Doyle, since May 2011. The 94th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin Senate, District 32, Wisconsin's 32nd Senate district, along with the Wisconsin Assembly, District 95, 95th and Wisconsin Assembly, District 96, 96th Assembly districts. List of past representatives References {{Wisconsin state legislature districts Wisconsin State Assembly districts La Crosse County, Wisconsin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin Senate, District 32
The 32nd Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. Located in western Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Crawford County, as well as nearly all of La Crosse and Vernon counties, and most of the southern half of Monroe County. It includes the cities of La Crosse, Onalaska, Prairie du Chien, and Viroqua. Current elected officials Brad Pfaff is the current senator representing the 32nd district. He was elected in the 2020 general election. Before his election as senator, he served nearly two years as Acting Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 32nd Senate district comprises the 94th, 95th, and 96th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: * Assembly District 94: Steve Doyle (D– Onalaska) * Assembly District 95: Jill Billings (D–La Crosse) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Huebsch
Michael D. "Mike" Huebsch (born July 19, 1964) is an American Republican politician from La Crosse County, Wisconsin. He was the 76th speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, serving a total of 16 years in the Assembly (1995–2011). He later served as the 15th secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Administration in the cabinet of Governor Scott Walker. Biography Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Huebsch graduated from Onalaska High School and attended Oral Roberts University. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1995 through 2011. From 2007 to 2009, he served as Speaker of the Assembly. Huebsch, his wife, and family live in West Salem, Wisconsin. While in the State Assembly, he and fellow Republican representative and future governor Scott Walker were involved in the Jamyi Witch hiring controversy in 2001–02, in which they attempted to terminate the employment of state employee Jamyi Witch because of her beliefs as a Wiccan. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe County, Wisconsin
Monroe County is a county (United States), county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 46,274. Its county seat is Sparta, Wisconsin, Sparta. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.8%) is water. United States Army posts * Fort McCoy, Wisconsin Adjacent counties * Jackson County, Wisconsin, Jackson County - north * Juneau County, Wisconsin, Juneau County - east * Vernon County, Wisconsin, Vernon County - south * La Crosse County, Wisconsin, La Crosse County - west Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, census of 2020, the population was 46,274. The population density was . There were 19,769 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 89.2% White (U.S. Census), White, 1.4% Black (U.S. Census), Black or African American (U.S. Census), African American, 1.3% Native ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
Washington is a town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the La Crosse, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 745 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Middle Ridge and Newberg Corners are located in the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93.5 km2), all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 738 people, 228 households, and 181 families residing in the town. The population density was 20.4 people per square mile (7.9/km2). There were 236 housing units at an average density of 6.5 per square mile (2.5/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.10% White, 0.41% Native American, 0.81% Asian, and 0.68% from two or more races. There were 228 households, out of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.7% were married couples living together, 1.3% had a female householder with no husband prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. Since Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s, conservatism has been the dominant ideology of the GOP. It has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party since the mid-1850s. The Republican Party's intellectual predecessor is considered to be Northern members of the Whig Party, with Republican presidents Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison all being Whigs before switching to the party, from which they were elected. The collapse of the Whigs, which had previously been one of the two major parties in the country, strengthened the party's electoral success. Upon its founding, it supported c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvester G
Sylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective ''silvestris'' meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun ''silva'' meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with ''i''. In Classical Latin, ''y'' represented a separate sound distinct from ''i'', not a native Latin sound but one used in transcriptions of foreign words. After the Classical period ''y'' was pronounced as ''i''. Spellings with ''Sylv-'' in place of ''Silv-'' date from after the Classical period. Given name *Sylvester of Marsico (c. 1100–1162), Count of Marsico in the Kingdom of Sicily * Silvester Ashioya (born 1948), Kenyan hockey player *Silvester Bolam (1905–1953), British newspaper editor *Silvester Brito (1937–2018), American poet and academic * Sylvester Croom (born 1954), American football coach and former player * Silvester Diggles (1817–1880), Australian musician and ornithologist *Silvester Fernandes (born 1936), Kenyan hockey player * Silvester Gardiner (1708– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dane County, Wisconsin
Dane County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 561,504, making it the second-most populous county in Wisconsin. The county seat is Madison, which is also the state capital. Dane County is the central county of the Madison, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the Madison- Janesville- Beloit Combined Statistical Area. History Dane County was formed in 1836 as a territorial county and organized in 1839. It was named after Nathan Dane, a Massachusetts delegate to the Congress of the Confederation who helped carve Wisconsin out of the Northwest Territory. Dane County was settled in the 1840s by settlers from New England. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (3.3%) is water. Major highways * Interstate 39 * Interstate 90 * Interstate 94 * U.S. Highway 12 * U.S. Highway 14 * U.S. Highway 18 * U.S. Highway 51 * U.S. Highway 151 * Highway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-largest in the U.S. The city forms the core of the Madison Metropolitan Area which includes Dane County and neighboring Iowa, Green, and Columbia counties for a population of 680,796. Madison is named for American Founding Father and President James Madison. The city is located on the traditional land of the Ho-Chunk, and the Madison area is known as ''Dejope'', meaning "four lakes", or ''Taychopera'', meaning "land of the four lakes", in the Ho-Chunk language. Located on an isthmus and lands surrounding four lakes—Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Kegonsa and Lake Waubesa—the city is home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Wisconsin State Capitol, the Overture Center for the Arts, and the Henry Vilas Zoo. Madison is ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Lou Munts
Mary Louise "Mary Lou" Munts ( Rogers; August 21, 1924December 22, 2013) was an American lawyer, economist, and Democratic politician from Madison, Wisconsin. She served 12 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Madison's south side. Biography Born in Chicago, Illinois, Munts graduated from Swarthmore College. She received her master's degree in economics from the University of Chicago and then her law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. From 1973 until 1985, Munts served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from Madison, Wisconsin. Munts was instrumental in securing the passage of Wisconsin's Marital Property Act (1986In 1983m Munts became the Co-Chair of the Wisconsin Legislature's very powerful Joint Committee on Finance -- the first woman to achieve that status. She retired from the Wisconsin Assembly in 1984 after being appointed to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission. In 1992, Munts was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board and be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Trempealeau County (, ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 30,760. Its county seat is Whitehall, Wisconsin, Whitehall. Many people of Hispanic, Polish, Norwegian and German descent live in this area. History Patches of woodland are all that remain of the brush and light forest that once covered the county. In ancient times, the woodlands contained a great deal of timber, but Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans burned them periodically to encourage the growth of berries. They did little cultivation and had been almost completely removed from the area by 1837. French fur traders were the first Europeans to enter this land, traveling by river across the county. At the mouth of the Trempealeau River at its confluence with the Mississippi River, they found a bluff surrounded by water and called it ''La Montagne qui trempe à l’eau'' ("mountain steeped in water") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson County, Wisconsin
Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,145. Its county seat is Black River Falls. Jackson County was formed from Crawford County in 1853. It was named for President Andrew Jackson. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.3%) is water. Adjacent counties * Clark County - north * Wood County - east * Juneau County - southeast * Monroe County - south * La Crosse County - southwest * Trempealeau County - west * Eau Claire County - northwest Major highways Railroads *Canadian National *Union Pacific Buses *List of intercity bus stops in Wisconsin Demographics 2020 census As of the census of 2020, the population was 21,145. The population density was . There were 9,613 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 85.8% White, 6.5% Native American, 2.1% Black or African American, 0.4% Asian, 1.2% from ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
