Wisconsin's 9th 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 25, 26, and 27
State:	Wisconsin
District:	9
Chamber:	Senate
Representative:	Devin LeMahieu
Party:	Republican
Residence:	Sheboygan
Incumbentsince:	January 3, 2015 (years)
Population:	178,886
Population Year:	2020
Voting Age:	140,758
Percent White:	86.17
Percent Black:	2.17
Percent Hispanic:	5.17
Percent Asian:	4.46
Percent Native American:	1.63
Percent Pacific Islander:	0.1
Website:	Official website
Notes:	Eastern Wisconsin

The 9th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.^[1] Located in eastern Wisconsin, the district comprises most of Sheboygan County and the parts of eastern and southern Manitowoc County and northeast Fond du Lac County. It contains the cities of Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Two Rivers, Plymouth, Kiel, and Sheboygan Falls, and the villages of Kohler, Oostburg, and Elkhart Lake. The district also contains Sheboygan County Memorial Airport, Whistling Straits golf course, Road America motorsport course, Kohler-Andrae State Park, Lakeland University, and the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus.^[2]

Current elected officials

Devin LeMahieu is the senator representing the 9th district. He was first elected in the 2014 general election.

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 9th Senate district comprises the 25th, 26th, and 27th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:^[3]

• Assembly District 25: Paul Tittl (R - Manitowoc)
• Assembly District 26: Terry Katsma (R - Oostburg)
• Assembly District 27: Amy Binsfeld (R - Mosel)

The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman.^[4]

Past senators

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.

The district has previously been represented by:^[5]

Senator	Party	Notes	Session	Years	District Definition
District created				1848	Dane County
align=left	Simeon Mills		Dem.				1st
Alexander Botkin	Whig		2nd	1849
			3rd	1850
Eliab B. Dean Jr.	Dem.		4th	1851
			5th	1852
George R. McLane	Dem.		6th	1853
			7th	1854
Denison Worthington	Rep.		8th	1855
			9th	1856
John T. Kingston	Rep.		10th	1857	Adams, Juneau, Sauk counties
			11th	1858
H. W. Curtis	Rep.		12th	1859
			13th	1860
John T. Kingston	Rep.		14th	1861
			15th	1862	Adams, Juneau, Waushara counties
Alanson M. Kimball		Rep.		16th		1863
				17th		1864
Henry G. Webb			18th	1865
			19th	1866
DeWitt C. Wilson				20th	1867	Adams, Juneau, Monroe counties
				21st	1868
William J. Kershaw	Rep.		22nd	1869
			23rd	1870
align=left	Eliphalet S. Miner		Rep.	Redistricted to 29th district.	24th		1871
Francis Little	Rep.	Redistricted from 15th district.	25th	1872	Iowa County
			26th	1873
			27th	1874
David McFarland		Rep.		28th		1875
		Dem.		29th		1876
Hobart S. Sacket	Rep.		30th	1877	Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara counties
			31st	1878
			32nd	1879
			33rd	1880
James F. Wiley	Rep.		34th	1881
			35th	1882
			36th	1883–1884	Green Lake, Portage, Waushara counties
			37th	1885–1886
George Fitch	Rep.		38th	1887–1888
			39th	1889–1890	Green Lake, Portage, Waushara and
Ferdinand T. Yahr	Dem.		40th	1891–1892
			41st	1893–1894	Adams, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette counties
Clarence V. Peirce	Rep.		42nd	1895–1896
			43rd	1897–1898	Adams, Marquette, Waushara, Wood counties
Thomas Fearne	Rep.		44th	1899–1900
			45th	1901–1902
Herman C. Wipperman	Rep.		46th	1903–1904
			47th	1905–1906
Theodore W. Brazeau	Rep.		48th	1907–1908
			49th	1909–1910
Edward F. Kileen	Rep.		50th	1911–1912
			51st	1913–1914
David V. Jennings	Dem.		52nd	1915–1916
			53rd	1917–1918
			54th	1919–1920
			55th	1921–1922
align=left	Ben H. Mahon		Rep.	Died Oct. 1924.		56th	1923–1924
Irving P. Mehigan	Rep.	Won 1924 special election.	57th	1925–1926
			58th	1927–1928
			59th	1929–1930
			60th	1931–1932
			61st	1933–1934
James L. Callan	Dem.		62nd	1935–1936
			63rd	1937–1938
Cornelius T. Young	Dem.		64th	1939–1940
			65th	1941–1942
Robert E. Tehan	Dem.	Resigned after appointed U.S. Dist. Judge, E.D. Wis.	66th	1943–1944
			67th	1945–1946
			68th	1947–1948
			69th	1949–1950
Vacant
Henry Maier	Dem.	Resigned in 1960 to become Mayor of Milwaukee.	70th	1951–1952
			71st	1953–1954
			72nd	1955–1956
			73rd	1957–1958
			74th	1959–1960
Vacant
Norman Sussman	Dem.	Died April 1969.	75th	1961–1962
			76th	1963–1964
			77th	1965–1966
			78th	1967–1968
			79th	1969–1970
Vacant
Ronald G. Parys	Dem.	Won 1969 special election.
			80th	1971–1972
			81st	1973–1974
			82nd	1975–1976
			83rd	1977–1978
Jim Moody	Dem.		84th	1979–1980
			85th	1981–1982
Carl Otte	Dem.		86th	1983–1984
			87th	1985–1986
William Te Winkle	Dem.		88th	1987–1988
			89th	1989–1990
Calvin Potter	Dem.		90th	1991–1992
			91st	1993–1994
			92nd	1995–1996
			93rd	1997–1998
James Baumgart	Dem.		94th	1999–2000
			95th	2001–2002
Joe Leibham	Rep.	Resigned Dec. 2014.	96th	2003–2004
			97th	2005–2006
			98th	2007–2008
			99th	2009–2010
			100th	2011–2012
			101st	2013–2014
Devin LeMahieu	Rep.		102nd	2015–2016
			103rd	2017–2018
			104th	2019–2020
			105th	2021–2022
			106th	2023–2024	Most of Manitowoc County, Most of Sheboygan County, part of Calumet County

External links

• 9th Senate District, Senator Leibham in the Wisconsin Blue Book (2005–2006)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Senate District 9. . March 5, 2021 .
2. Web site: Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 9 Boundaries . . March 5, 2021 .
3. http://legis.wisconsin.gov//Senate/sen09/Sdist09.pdf District Map
4. http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/redistricting/Maps/cd6.pdf Congressional District Map
5. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.