Wisconsin's 25th State Senate district

Wisconsin's 25th
State Senate district
Wisconsin's 25th; State Senate district
	Wisconsin Senate District 25, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Senator
	Janet Bewley; D–Mason
	since January 3, 2015 (7 years)
Demographics	91.7% White; 0.8% Black; 1.8% Hispanic; 0.7% Asian; 4.2% Native American; 0.8% Other
Population (2010); • Voting age	172,409; 136,067
Notes	Far north-western Wisconsin

The 25th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate.^[3] Located in northwest Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Price, and Washburn counties, as well as eastern Burnett County, northern Sawyer County, and parts of southwest Vilas County, eastern Polk County, northeast St. Croix County, and northwest Dunn County. The 25th Senate district is the largest Wisconsin Senate district by area; mostly rural, the largest population center is the city of Rice Lake. The district also includes the Bad River and Lac du Flambeau Indian reservations, and most of the Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest.^[4]

Current elected officials[]

Janet Bewley is the senator representing the 25th district. She was first elected in the 2014 general election, and is now in her second four-year term. Before serving as a senator, she was a member of the State Assembly from 2011 to 2015.^[5]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 25th Senate district comprises the 73rd, 74th, and 75th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:

Assembly District 73: Nick Milroy (D–South Range)
Assembly District 74: Beth Meyers (D–Bayfield)
Assembly District 75: Romaine Quinn (R–Rice Lake)

The district is located almost entirely within Wisconsin's 7th congressional district, which is currently represented by U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany. The portion of the district in Dunn County falls within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Ron Kind.^[6]

History[]

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

After the fifth (1852) session of the state legislature, the Wisconsin Senate was expanded to 25 members. The first member for the 25th District was James T. Lewis, of Columbus (later a Governor of Wisconsin). The district at that time consisted of Columbia County.^[7] This was true until 1872, when the district became the counties of the counties of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara (Columbia County was now the Twenty-Seventh District).

In 1876, the Senate was again redistricted: the Twenty-Fifth now consisted of the City of Madison, and various other Towns and Villages in Dane County, Wisconsin (more or less the previous Seventh District); while what had been the 25th was now the Ninth District.^[8]

In 1883, the Twenty-Fifth now consisted of Eau Claire, Pepin and Pierce Counties (three of the eleven counties which had made up the Seventh District); Dane County became the Twenty-Sixth District.

From 1887-1891, the district consisted of Clark and Eau Claire Counties. The short-lived redistricting of 1891 left the district consisting of Clark, Price, Taylor, and Wood Counties. From 1892-1895, the district once again consisted of Clark and Eau Claire Counties. From 1896-1910, the district consisted of Clark and Marathon Counties. From 1911-1922, the district consisted of Langlade and Marathon Counties. From 1923-1954, the district consisted of Lincoln and Marathon Counties.

After the 1954 redistricting, the district had completely changed, and now consisted of Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas Counties (Lincoln and Marathon Counties had been split between the new 12th and 29th Districts). The 1960 federal census showed that this district, at 74,293 people, was the least populous of Wisconsin's 33 districts, 38.0% below the average;^[9] in the wake of Baker v. Carr, a redistricting would be necessary. After a great deal of litigation, the Wisconsin Supreme Court created a redistricting map promulgated on May 14, 1964. The new Twenty-Fifth District added Iron, Price, Rusk and Sawyer Counties to the district.^[10] The 1972 redistricting took away Rusk County and a southern portion of Price County, adding the eastern part of Barron County instead; but left the district mostly unchanged.^[11] The 1982 redistricting removed Price County entirely, and modified the Barron County portion, as well as adding one Rusk County township. In 1992, the latest court-ordered redistricting added the remainder of Barron County, while dropping the Rusk County township once more. The 2002 court-ordered redistricting added part of Burnett County for the first time, while taking away segments of Sawyer and Barron Counties. The new 2011 redistricting bill took away most of Sawyer, but added for the first time a single township in Vilas County, and a township from both Dunn and Saint Croix Counties, and Price County in whole.

Past senators[]

The district has previously been represented by:

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.

Senator	Party	Notes	Session	Years	District Definition
District created by 1852 Wisc. Act 499.				1852	WI Senate District 25, 1852-1871 Columbia County
James T. Lewis	Dem.	Resigned 1853 after elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.	6th	1853
John Q. Adams	Dem.	Won 1853 special election.	7th	1854
	Rep.		8th	1855
	Rep.		9th	1856
	Rep.		10th	1857
			11th	1858
			12th	1859
			13th	1860
G. W. Hazelton	Rep.		14th	1861
G. W. Hazelton	Rep.		15th	1862
Jonathan Bowman	Rep.		16th	1863
	Rep.		17th	1864
	Natl. Union		18th	1865
	Natl. Union		19th	1866
Robert B. Sanderson	Natl. Union		20th	1867
Robert B. Sanderson	Rep.		21st	1868
William M. Griswold	Rep.	Redistricted to 27th district.	22nd	1869
			23rd	1870
			24th	1871
Waldo Flint	Rep.	Redistricted from 29th district.	25th	1872	Green Lake, Marquette, and Waushara counties
Robert L. D. Potter	Rep.		26th	1873
			27th	1874
			28th	1875
			29th	1876
George B. Burrows	Rep.		30th	1877	Eastern Dane County
			31st	1878
			32nd	1879
			33rd	1880
			34th	1881
			35th	1882	Eau Claire, Pepin, and Pierce counties 1880 population: 43,962
Hans Warner	Rep.		36th	1883–1884
Hans Warner	Rep.		37th	1885–1886
William A. Rust	Rep.		38th	1887–1888
William A. Rust	Rep.		39th	1889–1890	Clark and Eau Claire counties 1890 population: 48,331
Robert MacBride	Rep.		40th	1891–1892
Robert MacBride	Rep.		41st	1893–1894
Clarion A. Youmans	Rep.		42nd	1895–1896
Clarion A. Youmans	Rep.		43rd	1897–1898	Clark and Marathon counties 1895 population: 57,940 1900 population: 69,104
Andrew L. Kreutzer	Rep.		44th	1899–1900
			45th	1901–1902
			46th	1903–1904
			47th	1905–1906
Spencer M. Marsh	Rep.		48th	1907–1908
Spencer M. Marsh	Rep.		49th	1909–1910
W. W. Albers	Dem.		50th	1911–1912
			51st	1913–1914	Langlade and Marathon counties 1910 population: 72,116
			52nd	1915–1916
			53rd	1917–1918
Claire B. Bird	Rep.		54th	1919–1920
Claire B. Bird	Rep.		55th	1921–1922
Joseph L. Barber	Rep.		56th	1923–1924	Lincoln and Marathon counties
Joseph L. Barber	Rep.		57th	1925–1926
Otto Mueller	Rep.		58th	1927–1928
			59th	1929–1930
			60th	1931–1932
			61st	1933–1934
Roland E. Kannenberg	Prog.		62nd	1935–1936
Roland E. Kannenberg	Prog.		63rd	1937–1938
Otto Mueller	Rep.		64th	1939–1940
Otto Mueller	Rep.		65th	1941–1942
William McNeight	Rep.		66th	1943–1944
William McNeight	Rep.		67th	1945–1946
Clifford Krueger	Rep.		68th	1947–1948
			69th	1949–1950
			70th	1951–1952
			71st	1953–1954
Carl Lauri	Dem.		72nd	1955–1956	Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas counties
			73rd	1957–1958
			74th	1959–1960
			75th	1961–1962
Frank Christopherson Jr.	Dem.		76th	1963–1964
Frank Christopherson Jr.	Dem.		77th	1965–1966	Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Price, Rusk, and Sawyer counties
Arthur Cirilli	Rep.	Resigned July 1972 after appointed Wisconsin circuit court judge.	78th	1967–1968
			79th	1969–1970
			80th	1971–1972
--Vacant--			80th	1971–1972
Daniel O. Theno	Rep.	Won 1972 special election.	81st	1973–1974	Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and Eastern Barron County Northern Price County
			82nd	1975–1976
			83rd	1977–1978
			84th	1979–1980
			85th	1981–1982
			86th	1983–1984	Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and Most of Barron County
			87th	1985–1986	Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and Most of Barron County Part of Rusk County
Robert Jauch	Dem.	Won 1986 election. Re-elected 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010.	88th	1987–1988
			89th	1989–1990
			90th	1991–1992
			91st	1993–1994	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and Part of Polk County
			92nd	1995–1996
			93rd	1997–1998
			94th	1999–2000
			95th	2001–2002
			96th	2003–2004	Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Washburn counties and Most of Barron County Most of Sawyer County Eastern Burnett County Part of Polk County
			97th	2005–2006
			98th	2007–2008
			99th	2009–2010
			100th	2011–2012
			101st	2013–2014	Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Price, Washburn counties and Part of Sawyer County Eastern Burnett County Part of Dunn County Part of Polk County Part of St. Croix County Part of Vilas County
Janet Bewley	Dem.	Won 2014 election. Re-elected 2018.	102nd	2015–2016
			103rd	2017–2018
			104th	2019–2020
			105th	2021–2022

Notes[]

^ 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. 175–191. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
^ Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 25 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
^ "Senate District 25". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 25 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
^ "Senator Janet Bewley". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
^ "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ Manual for the Use of the Assembly, of the State of Wisconsin, for the Year 1853 Madison: Brown and Carpenter, Printers, 1853; pp. 67, 85
^ Warner, Hans B., ed. The Blue Book of the State of 0Wisconsin 1880 Madison, 1880; pp. 498, 500, 505
^ Toepel, M. G.; Theobald, H. Rupert, eds. The Wisconsin Blue book, 1962 Madison: State of Wisconsin, 1962; p. 352
^ Theobald, H. Rupert, ed. The Wisconsin Blue book, 1964 Madison, 1964; pp. 787-789
^ Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. The State of Wisconsin 1973 Blue Book Madison: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales, 1973; p. 70

External links[]

[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. 175–191. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[2] Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 25 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

[3] "Senate District 25". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 20, 2021.

[4] "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 25 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 20, 2021.

[5] "Senator Janet Bewley". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 20, 2021.

[6] "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 10, 2021.

[7] Manual for the Use of the Assembly, of the State of Wisconsin, for the Year 1853 Madison: Brown and Carpenter, Printers, 1853; pp. 67, 85

[8] Warner, Hans B., ed. The Blue Book of the State of 0Wisconsin 1880 Madison, 1880; pp. 498, 500, 505

[9] Toepel, M. G.; Theobald, H. Rupert, eds. The Wisconsin Blue book, 1962 Madison: State of Wisconsin, 1962; p. 352

[10] Theobald, H. Rupert, ed. The Wisconsin Blue book, 1964 Madison, 1964; pp. 787-789

[11] Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. The State of Wisconsin 1973 Blue Book Madison: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales, 1973; p. 70

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