The 1st Senate district of

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is one of 33 districts in the

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. Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises all of

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and Kewaunee counties, as well as nearly all of Calumet County, much of northern and western

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and eastern and southern Brown County, along with parts of southwest

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. It includes the cities of

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and Chilton and parts of the cities of

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and Green Bay.

Current elected officials

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is the senator representing the 1st district. He was first elected in the 2018 general election, after losing an earlier bid for the seat in a June 2018 special election. He previously served 8 years in the

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, representing the 2nd Assembly district. Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three

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) * Assembly District 2:

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(R– Two Rivers) * Assembly District 3:

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(R–

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) Most of the district is located within

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, which is represented by U.S. Representative

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. The portion of the district in Manitowoc County falls within

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, represented by

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History

At Wisconsin statehood, the Senate had only 19 districts. The 1st District consisted of

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, Calumet, Manitowoc and Sheboygan

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/ref> For the 1853 session, the Senate was expanded to 25 members, and the 1st District lost Brown County. For the 1857 session, the Senate was again expanded, to 30 members, and the District was reduced to Sheboygan County alone (the rest of the district became the new 19th District). As of 1862, the Senate expanded to 33 seats, a size it would retain well into the 21st century; the 1st District remained unchanged. The Senate was totally redistricted in 1876; Sheboygan County was now part of the 20th Senate District (along with part of

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). The new 1st District was made up of

, Kewaunee, Oconto and Shawano counties, which had previously been part of the

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and

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Districts. Kewaunee and Shawano counties were removed from the district in 1888. Kewaunee was later re-added and Oconto removed in 1892—this district remained consistent for thirty years. In 1922, the district moved to roughly its present boundaries when Marinette was removed and Manitowoc county was re-added. This district was stable for fifty years. From 1972 to 2012 the district had been edited 6 times adding and removing small portions of Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, and Outagamie counties.

List of past senators

District definition

References

{{United States legislatures Wisconsin Senate districts Door County, Wisconsin Calumet County, Wisconsin Kewaunee County, Wisconsin Outagamie County, Wisconsin Manitowoc County, Wisconsin 1848 establishments in Wisconsin

Current elected officials

History

List of past senators

District definition

See also

References