Wisconsin Senate, District 22

The 22nd District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in far south-eastern Wisconsin, and primarily covers the cities of Racine and Kenosha.[3]

Wisconsin's 22nd
State Senate District
Senator
  Robert Wirch
D–Kenosha
since January 6, 1997 (24 years)
Demographics62.4% White
15.2% Black
20.3% Hispanic
1.1% Asian
0.4% Native American
0.6% Other
Population (2010)
 • Voting age		172,270[1][2]
125,777
NotesComposed of the cities of Racine and Kenosha.

Current elected officials

Robert Wirch is the senator serving the 22nd district. He was first elected to the Senate in 1996. Before serving as a senator, he held an office in the State Assembly from 1993 to 1997.[4][5]

The area of the 22nd Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:[6]

The district is also located within Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Bryan Steil.[7]

Past senators

A partial list of all previous senators from this district:[8]

Legislative Session Senator Party Years Notes District Definition
District created 1852
WI Senate District 22, 1853-1862

Dodge County
6th Judson Prentice Whig 1853
7th Ezra A. Bowen Democratic 1854
8th 1855
9th Solomon L. Rose Democratic 1856
10th 1857
11th William E. Smith Republican 1858
12th 1859
13th Benjamin Ferguson Democratic 1860
14th 1861
15th Thomas R. Hudd Democratic 1862 Outagamie, Shawano, Oconto, and Door Counties
16th 1863
17th Joseph Harris National Union 1864
18th 1865
19th Augustus L. Smith Democratic 1866
20th 1867 Outagamie, Calumet, Oconto, and Shawano Counties
21st William Young Democratic 1868
22nd 1869
23rd George Baldwin Democratic 1870
24th 1871
25th George Kreiss Democratic 1872 Calumet County and
26th 1873
27th Reinhard Schlichting Republican 1874
28th 1875
29th James Ryan Democratic 1876
30th 1877 Calumet and Outagamie Counties
31st George N. Richmond Democratic 1878
32nd 1879
33rd Benjamin F. Carter Democratic 1880
34th 1881
35th John L. Pingel Democratic 1882
36th 1883–1884
William Kennedy Democratic
37th 1885–1886
38th 1887–1888
39th 1889–1890 Outagamie County and
40th 1891–1892
41st 1893–1894 Outagamie County and
42nd 1895–1896
43rd John Meek Whitehead Republican 1897-1898 and
44th 1899–1900 and
45th 1901–1902
46th 1903–1904 Rock County
47th 1905–1906
48th 1907–1908
49th 1909–1910
50th 1911–1912
51st Lawrence E. Cunningham Republican 1913-1914 Rock and Walworth Counties
52nd 1915–1916
53rd 1917–1918
54th 1919–1920
55th Eldo T. Ridgway Republican 1921-1922
56th 1923–1924 Kenosha and Walworth Counties
57th George W. Hull Republican 1925-1926
58th 1927–1928
59th Conrad Shearer Republican 1929-1930
60th 1931–1932
61st 1933–1934
62nd 1935–1936
63rd 1937–1938
64th 1939–1940
65th 1941–1942
66th 1943–1944
67th 1945–1946
68th 1947–1948
69th William Trinke Republican 1949-1950
70th 1951–1952
71st 1953–1954
72nd 1955–1956
73rd 1957–1958
74th 1959–1960
75th Earl D. Morton Republican 1961–1962
76th 1963–1964
77th Joseph Lourigan Democratic 1965–1966 Kenosha County
78th 1967–1968
79th 1969–1970
80th 1971–1972
81st Doug La Follette Democratic 1973–1974 Elected in 1972 election.
Elected Wisconsin Secretary of State in 1974.		 Kenosha County and and
82nd John J. Maurer Democratic 1975–1976 Elected in 1975 special election.
Re-elected 1976, 1980.
Appointed Wisconsin Secretary of Veterans Affairs 1985.
83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
85th 1981–1982
86th 1983–1984 Kenosha County, and
87th Joseph F. Andrea Democratic 1985–1986 Elected in 1984 election.
Re-elected 1988, 1992.
Did not seek re-election 1996.
88th 1987–1988
89th 1989–1990
90th 1991–1992
91st 1993–1994 Kenosha County, and
92nd 1995–1996
93rd Robert Wirch Democratic 1997–1998 Elected in 1996 election.
Re-elected 2000, 2004, 2008.
Survived 2011 recall election.
Re-elected 2012, 2016.
94th 1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004 and
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st 2013–2014 and
102nd 2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th 2021–2022

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.

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. 148–152. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 22 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 62. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
  4. Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 62. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
  5. "District website".
  6. Wisconsin Blue Book, 2012-13 edition, page 63. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
  7. Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 17. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
  8. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (comp.). State of Wisconsin 1991-1992 Blue Book. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Administration, 1991, pp. 657-666.


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