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Wisconsin Senate, District 19

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Location
  
Central Wisconsin

Parent organization
  
Wisconsin Legislature

Senator
  
Roger Roth (R)

Website
  
District Website

Type
  
District of the Upper House

The 19th District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in east central Wisconsin, and is currently composed of parts of Outagamie, and Winnebago counties. The district contains most of Appleton and Menasha.

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Current elected officials

Roger Roth is the senator serving the 19th district. He was elected to a four-year term in 2014.

The area of the 19th Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:

  • The 55th (represented by Mike Rohrkaste)
  • The 56th (represented by Dave Murphy)
  • The 57th (represented by Amanda Stuck)
  • The district is also located partly within Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Tom Petri, and partly within Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Reid Ribble.

    Past senators

    Past senators include:

    In the first Wisconsin legislature, that of 1848, the 19th District included the first and second Wards of the City of Milwaukee, and the Towns of Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, and Granville in Milwaukee County. It was represented by

  • Riley N. Messenger, 1848, Democrat, Milwaukee
  • John B. Smith, 1849-50, Democrat, Milwaukee
  • Francis Huebschmann, 1851-52, Democrat, Milwaukee
  • For the 1853 session, the Senate was expanded and redistricted. The new 19th district consisted of the Counties of Bad Ax, Chippewa, Crawford, La Crosse, La Pointe, and St. Croix. It was represented by:

  • Benjamin Allen, 1853-54, Democrat, Pepin/Hudson
  • William J. Gibson, 1855-56, Democrat, Black River Falls
  • Before the 1857 session, the Senate was expanded yet again. The new 19th District was represented by:

  • Temple Clark, 1857-1858, Democrat, Manitowoc
  • Samuel Thurber, 1859-1860, Democrat, Manitowoc
  • Joseph Vilas, 1863-1864, Democrat, Manitowoc
  • James H. Foster, 1872
  • William P. Rounds, 1875-1876
  • Return Torrey, 1877-1878
  • Andrew Haben, (1879-1880)
  • George H. Buckstaff, 1880s–1890s
  • George White Pratt, 1890s
  • Charles W. Davis, 1890s
  • Henry I. Weed, 1899-1903
  • John A. Fridd, 1907-1911
  • William M. Bray, 1910s
  • Merritt F. White, 1910s; 1920s–1930s
  • Julius H. Dennhardt, 1919-1923, Republican, Neenah
  • Pierce A. Morrissey, 1930s
  • Taylor G. Brown, 1930s–1940s
  • William Draheim, 1950s–1970s
  • Gary R. Goyke, 1970s–1980s
  • 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.

    References

    Wisconsin Senate, District 19 Wikipedia