Wisconsin's 25th Senate district explained

Image Caption:2024 map defined in
2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
2011 map was defined in
composed of Assembly districts 73, 74, and 75
State:Wisconsin
District:25
Chamber:Senate
Party:Republican
Residence:Cameron
Residence Link:Cameron, Barron County, Wisconsin
Incumbentsince:January 3, 2023 (years)
Population:178,879
Population Year:2020
Voting Age:144,476
Percent White:89.83
Percent Black:0.91
Percent Hispanic:1.41
Percent Asian:0.68
Percent Native American:6.42
Percent Pacific Islander:0.1
Website:Official website
Notes:Far northwest Wisconsin

The 25th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.[1] Located in northwest Wisconsin, where Wisconsin meets Lake Superior, the district comprises all of Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Polk, Sawyer, and Washburn counties. It contains the cities of Superior, Ashland, Bayfield, Hayward, Spooner, and Washburn. The district also includes the Bad River Indian reservation and the Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest.[2]

Current elected officials

Romaine Quinn is the senator representing the 25th district since January 2023. He previously served in the State Assembly, representing the 75th Assembly district from 2015 to 2021, and was mayor of Rice Lake from 2010 through 2012.[3] After the 2024 redistricting, Quinn no longer resides in the new district.

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:

The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 7th congressional district, which is currently represented by U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

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;[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] 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.

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
District created by 1852 Wisc. Act 499.1852Columbia County
align=left James T. LewisDem.Resigned 1853 after elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.6th1853
Dem.Won 1853 special election.7th1854
Rep.8th1855
9th1856
Moses M. DavisRep.10th1857
11th1858
12th1859
13th1860
G. W. HazeltonRep.14th1861
15th1862
Jonathan BowmanRep.16th1863
17th1864
18th1865
19th1866
Robert B. Sanderson20th1867
Rep.21st1868
William M. GriswoldRep.Redistricted to 27th district.22nd1869
23rd1870
24th1871
align=left Waldo FlintRep.Redistricted from 29th district.25th1872Green Lake, Marquette, and Waushara counties
Robert L. D. PotterRep.26th1873
27th1874
28th1875
29th1876
George B. BurrowsRep.30th1877Eastern Dane County
31st1878
32nd1879
33rd1880
34th1881
35th1882Eau Claire, Pepin, and Pierce counties
1880 population: 43,962
Hans WarnerRep.36thnowrap 1883 - 1884
37thnowrap 1885 - 1886
William A. RustRep.38thnowrap 1887 - 1888
39th1889 - 1890Clark and Eau Claire counties
1890 population: 48,331
Robert MacBrideRep.40th1891 - 1892
41st1893 - 1894
Clarion A. YoumansRep.42nd1895 - 1896
43rd1897 - 1898Clark and Marathon counties
1895 population: 57,940
1900 population: 69,104
Andrew L. KreutzerRep.44thnowrap 1899 - 1900
45thnowrap 1901 - 1902
46thnowrap 1903 - 1904
47thnowrap 1905 - 1906
Spencer M. MarshRep.48thnowrap 1907 - 1908
49th1909 - 1910
W. W. AlbersDem.50th1911 - 1912
51stnowrap 1913 - 1914Langlade and Marathon counties
1910 population: 72,116
52ndnowrap 1915 - 1916
53rdnowrap 1917 - 1918
Claire B. BirdRep.54thnowrap 1919 - 1920
55thnowrap 1921 - 1922
Joseph L. BarberRep.56th1923 - 1924Lincoln and Marathon counties
57th1925 - 1926
Otto MuellerRep.58th1927 - 1928
59th1929 - 1930
60th1931 - 1932
61st1933 - 1934
Roland E. KannenbergProg.62ndnowrap 1935 - 1936
63rdnowrap1937 - 1938
Otto MuellerRep.64thnowrap 1939 - 1940
65thnowrap 1941 - 1942
William McNeightRep.66thnowrap 1943 - 1944
67th1945 - 1946
Clifford KruegerRep.68th1947 - 1948
69th1949 - 1950
70thnowrap 1951 - 1952
71stnowrap 1953 - 1954
Carl LauriDem.72ndnowrap 1955 - 1956Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas counties
73rdnowrap 1957 - 1958
74thnowrap 1959 - 1960
75thnowrap 1961 - 1962
Dem.76thnowrap 1963 - 1964
77thnowrap 1965 - 1966Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Price, Rusk, and Sawyer counties
Rep.Resigned July 1972 after appointed Wisconsin circuit court judge.78thnowrap 1967 - 1968
79thnowrap 1969 - 1970
80th1971 - 1972
--Vacant--
Daniel O. ThenoRep.Won 1972 special election.81stnowrap 1973 - 1974Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and
Eastern Barron County
Northern Price County
82ndnowrap 1975 - 1976
83rdnowrap 1977 - 1978
84thnowrap 1979 - 1980
85thnowrap 1981 - 1982
86thnowrap 1983 - 1984Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and
Most of Barron County
87thnowrap 1985 - 1986Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and
Most of Barron County
Part of Rusk County
Robert JauchDem.Won 1986 election.
Re-elected 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010.		88thnowrap 1987 - 1988
89thnowrap 1989 - 1990
90thnowrap 1991 - 1992
91st1993 - 1994Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and
Part of Polk County
92ndnowrap 1995 - 1996
93rdnowrap 1997 - 1998
94thnowrap 1999 - 2000
95thnowrap 2001 - 2002
96thnowrap 2003 - 2004Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Washburn counties and
Most of Barron County
Most of Sawyer County
Eastern Burnett County
Part of Polk County
97thnowrap 2005 - 2006
98thnowrap 2007 - 2008
99thnowrap 2009 - 2010
100thnowrap 2011 - 2012
101stnowrap 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 BewleyDem.Won 2014 election.
Re-elected 2018.		102ndnowrap 2015 - 2016
103rdnowrap 2017 - 2018
104thnowrap 2019 - 2020
105thnowrap 2021 - 2022
align=left Romaine QuinnRep.Elected 2022.106thnowrap 2023 - 2024 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price, Washburn counties,
part of Polk County,
northern Sawyer County

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senate District 25 . . March 20, 2021 .
  2. Web site: Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 25 Boundaries . . March 20, 2021 .
  3. Web site: Senator Romaine Robert Quinn . . January 3, 2023 .
  4. Web site: State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts . . March 10, 2021 .
  5. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1853 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
  6. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1880 Warner, Hans B., ed. The Blue Book of the State of 0Wisconsin 1880 Madison, 1880; pp. 498, 500, 505
  7. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1962 Toepel, M. G.; Theobald, H. Rupert, eds. The Wisconsin Blue book, 1962 Madison: State of Wisconsin, 1962; p. 352
  8. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1964 Theobald, H. Rupert, ed. The Wisconsin Blue book, 1964 Madison, 1964; pp. 787-789
  9. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1973 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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