Wisconsin Senate, District 2

The 2nd District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in Eastern Wisconsin, and is currently composed of parts of Brown, Outagamie, Shawano, and Waupaca Counties. The district does not contain the entirety of, but is adjacent to the Green Bay metro area.[3]

Wisconsin's 2nd
State Senate District
Senator
  Robert Cowles
R–Allouez
since April 21, 1987 (33 years)
Demographics89.5% White
1.0% Black
2.9% Hispanic
1.3% Asian
4.8% Native American
0.5% Other
Population (2010)
 • Voting age		172,461[1][2]
130,391
NotesComposed of most of Shawano and Outagamie counties, northeast Waupaca County, and part of northwest Brown County

Current elected officials

Robert Cowles is the senator serving the 2nd district. He has served since 1987, and has been re-elected to another four-year terms ever since. Before serving as a senator, he held an office in the State Assembly from 1982 to 1986.[4]

The area of the 2nd Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:[5]

The district is also located within Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher.[6]

Past senators

Note: the boundaries of districts have changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a completely different geographic area, due to redistricting.

The district has previously been represented by:[7]

Legislative Session Senator Party Years Notes District Definition
District created 1848 Columbia, Marquette, Portage, and Sauk counties
1st Henry Merrill Whig
2nd 1849
3rd George DeGraw Moore Whig 1850
4th 1851
5th James S. Alban Whig 1852
6th 1853 Brown, Door, Outagamie, Oconto, Waupaca, Marathon, and Portage counties
7th Joseph F. Loy Democratic 1854
8th 1855
9th Perry H. Smith Democratic 1856
10th 1857
11th Morgan Lewis Martin Democratic 1858
12th 1859 Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, and Shawano counties
13th Edward Decker Democratic 1860
14th 1861
15th Edward Hicks Democratic 1862 Brown and Kewaunee counties
16th 1863
17th Frederick S. Ellis Democratic 1864
18th 1865
19th Matthew J. Meade Democratic 1866
20th 1867 Brown, Door, and Kewaunee counties
21st William J. Abrams Democratic 1868
22nd 1869
23rd Lyman Walker Democratic 1870
24th 1871
25th Myron P. Lindsley Democratic 1872
26th 1873
27th John Milton Read Democratic 1874
28th 1875
29th Thomas R. Hudd Democratic 1876
30th 1877
WI Senate District 2, 1877-1889

Brown County
31st 1878
32nd 1879
33rd David M. Kelly Republican 1880
34th 1881
35th Thomas R. Hudd Democratic 1882 Elected to Congress in 1886 special election.
36th 1883–1884
37th 1885–1886
Vacant
38th Charles W. Day Republican 1887–1888
39th Enos Warren Persons Democratic 1889–1890 Brown and Calumet counties
40th 1891–1892
41st Robert J. McGeehan Democratic 1893–1894 Brown and Oconto counties
42nd 1895–1896
43rd Andrew Caldwell Mailer Republican 1897–1898
44th 1899–1900
45th Henry F. Hagemeister Republican 1901–1902
46th 1903–1904
47th 1905–1906
48th 1907–1908
49th Timothy Burke Republican 1909–1910
50th 1911–1912
51st 1913–1914
52nd 1915–1916
53rd 1917–1918
54th 1919–1920
55th 1921–1922
56th 1923–1924
57th John B. Chase Republican 1925–1926
58th 1927–1928
59th Elmer Hall Republican 1929–1930 Previously elected Wisconsin Secretary of State.
60th 1931–1932
61st E. F. Brunette Democratic 1933–1934
62nd 1935–1936
63rd Michael F. Kresky Jr. Progressive 1937–1938
64th 1939–1940
65th John W. Byrnes Republican 1941–1942 Elected to Congress in 1944.
66th 1943–1944
67th Harold A. Lytie Democratic 1945–1946
68th 1947–1948
69th Fred F. Kaftan Republican 1949–1950
70th 1951–1952
71st Leo P. O'Brien Republican 1953–1954
72nd 1955–1956
73rd 1957–1958 Brown County
74th 1959–1960
75th 1961–1962
76th 1963–1964 Calumet County,
77th Robert W. Warren Republican 1965–1966
78th 1967–1968
79th Myron P. Lotto Republican 1969–1970
80th 1971–1972
81st Tom Petri Republican 1973–1974 Elected to Congress in 1979 special election. Calumet County,
82nd 1975–1976
83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
Don Hanaway Republican Elected in 1979 special election.
Re-elected 1980, 1984.
Elected Attorney General in 1986.
85th 1981–1982
86th 1983–1984 Part of Brown, Calumet, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano
87th 1985–1986 Part of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano
88th Robert Cowles Republican 1987–1988 Elected in 1987 special election.
Re-elected 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008.
Survived 2011 recall election.
Re-elected 2012, 2016, 2020.
89th 1989–1990
90th 1991–1992
91st 1993–1994 Part of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano
92nd 1995–1996
93rd 1997–1998
94th 1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004 Part of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st 2013–2014 Part of Brown, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca
102nd 2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th 2021–2022


See also

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. 10–17. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 2 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. District Map
  4. Cowles Biography
  5. District Map
  6. Congressional District Map
  7. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.


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