Wisconsin Senate, District 16

The 16th District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in south-central Wisconsin, and is currently composed of parts of Columbia, and Dane counties. The district contains part of Madison, the capital city.[3]

Wisconsin's 16th
State Senate District
Senator
  Melissa Agard
D–Madison
since January 4, 2021 (0 years)
Demographics77.7% White
6.7% Black
8.5% Hispanic
4.7% Asian
0.2% Native American
2.2% Other
Population (2010)
 • Voting age		172,429[1][2]
131,255
NotesSouth-central Wisconsin

Current elected officials

Melissa Agard is the senator serving the 16th district. She was first elected in the 2020 general election. Before serving as a senator, she held an office in the State Assembly from 2013 to 2021.

The area of the 16th Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:[4]

The district is also located partly within Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan, and partly within Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman.[5]

Past senators

Notable past senators include:[6]

Legislative Session Senator Party Years Notes District Definition
District created 1848 Kenosha County
1st Christopher L. Sholes[7] Democratic
2nd 1849
3rd Elijah Steele[7] Democratic 1850
4th Orson S. Head[7] Democratic 1851
5th John Sharpstein[7] Democratic 1852 Transitioned to 8th district
6th Joel C. Squires[7] Democratic 1853 Resigned
WI Senate District 16, 1853-1872

Grant County
James W. Seaton[7] Democratic Elected in 1853 special election
7th Nelson Dewey[7] Democratic 1854
8th 1855
9th J. Allen Barber[7] Republican 1856
10th 1857
11th Noah Virgin[7] Republican 1858
12th 1859
13th 1860
14th 1861
15th Milas K. Young[7] Republican 1862
16th 1863
17th National Union 1864
18th 1865
19th John H. Rountree[7] National Union 1866
20th 1867
21st George C. Hazelton[7] Republican 1868
22nd 1869
23rd 1870
24th 1871
25th John C. Holloway[7] Republican 1872
26th 1873
27th 1874
28th 1875
29th Oscar C. Hathaway[7] Republican 1876
30th 1877
31st 1878
32nd 1879
33rd George W. Ryland[7] Republican 1880
34th 1881
35th 1882
36th 1883–1884
37th Edward I. Kidd Republican 1885–1886
38th 1887–1888
39th 1889–1890 Crawford and Grant counties
40th 1891–1892
41st Charles H. Baxter Republican 1893–1894 Crawford and Richland counties, and
42nd 1895–1896
43rd 1897–1898 Grant and Iowa counties
44th 1899–1900
45th Edward E. Burns Republican 1901–1902
46th 1903–1904 Crawford and Grant counties
47th 1905–1906
48th 1907–1908
49th John J. Blaine Republican 1909–1910
50th 1911–1912
51st Robert Glenn Republican 1913–1914 Crawford, Grant, and Richland counties
52nd 1915–1916
53rd Henry Edgar Roethe Republican 1917–1918
54th 1919–1920
55th 1921–1922
56th 1923–1924 Crawford, Grant, and Vernon counties
57th Edward J. Roethe Republican 1925–1926
58th 1927–1928
59th 1929–1930
60th 1931–1932
61st William D. Carroll Democratic 1933–1934
62nd 1935–1936
63rd Edward J. Roethe Republican 1937–1938
64th 1939–1940
65th Helmar Lewis Republican 1941–1942
66th 1943–1944
67th Foster B. Porter Republican 1945–1946
68th 1947–1948
69th 1949–1950
70th 1951–1952
71st 1953–1954
72nd 1955–1956
73rd Gaylord Nelson Democratic 1957–1958 Redistricted from 26th district Most of Dane County
74th Carl W. Thompson Democratic 1959–1960
75th 1961–1962
76th 1963–1964
77th 1965–1966
78th 1967–1968
79th 1969–1970
80th 1971–1972
81st 1973–1974 and
82nd 1975–1976
83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
85th 1981–1982
86th 1983–1984
87th Charles Chvala Democratic 1985–1986
88th 1987–1988
89th 1989–1990
90th 1991–1992
91st 1993–1994 Part of Dane County
Southern Columbia County
92nd 1995–1996
93rd 1997–1998
94th 1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004 Part of Dane County
Southern Columbia County
97th Mark F. Miller Democratic 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st 2013–2014
102nd 2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th Melissa Agard Democratic 2021–2022

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. In the original constitution of the State of Wisconsin, it is stated that "The towns of Southport, Pike, Pleasant Prairie, Paris, Bristol, Brighton, Salem and Wheatland, in the county of Racine, shall constitute the sixteenth senate district."[8] (At that time, Racine County included what in 1850 would become Kenosha County; and the city later known as Kenosha was still called "Southport".)

Notes
  1. 2011 Wisconsin Act 43 and 44 with Baldus et al vs. Brennan et al by Municipal Ward (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. October 18, 2012. pp. 105–109. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 16 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 50. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
  4. Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 50. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
  5. Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 17. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
  6. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
  7. Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  8. Manual for the Use of the Assembly, of the State of Wisconsin, for the year 1853. Prepared Pursuant to a Resolution of the Assembly. Madison: Brown & Carpenter, Printers; 1853


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