Wisconsin Senate, District 15

Senate District 15
Type	District of the Upper House
Location	Far-southern Wisconsin
Senator	Janis Ringhand (D)
Parent organization	Wisconsin Legislature
Website	District website

The 15th District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in far southern Wisconsin, and is currently composed of parts of Dane, Jefferson, Rock, and Walworth counties.^[1]

Current elected officials

Janis Ringhand is the senator serving the 15th district. She was elected in 2014 to a four-year term. She was preceded by Tim Cullen, who previously served in the state senate from 1974-1986.^[2]

The area of the 15th Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:^[3]

The 43rd (represented by Andy Jorgensen)
The 44th (represented by Debra Kolste)
The 45th (represented by Mark Spreitzer).

The district is also located partly within Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Paul Ryan, Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan, and Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Jim Sensenbrenner.^[4]

Past senators

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

Judy Robson, 1998-2010
Timothy Weeden, 1987-1998
Tim Cullen, 1975-1987
James D. Swan, 1967-1975
Peter P. Carr, 1955-1967
Robert P. Robinson, 1943-53
Maurice Coakley, 1935-1943
Alexander Paul, 1933-1934
George Washington Blanchard, 1927-1933
Alva Garey, 1923-1926
Henry Kleist, 1919-1922 (only Socialist senator from the 15th District)
Henry Rollman, 1915-1918
Samuel W. Randolph, 1903-1914
Norman Knudson, 1899-1902
John McMullen (legislator), 1895-1898
William F. Nash, 1889-1894
John Carey, 1883-1888
Joseph Rankin, 1877-1882
John Schuette, 1875-1876
Carl Schmidt (legislator), 1873-1874
Francis Little, 1871-1872
Joel Whitman, 1867-1868
Wyman Lincoln, 1865-1866
George L. Frost, 1863-1864
Charles Rodolf, 1859-1860
Lemuel W. Joiner, 1857-1858, 1861-1862, 1869-1870
Amasa Cobb, 1855-1856
Levi Sterling, 1853-1854
Andrew Palmer (legislator), 1851-1852
Otis Norton, 1848-1850

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

↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 48. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
↑ "Wisconsin Senate Site". http://legis.wisconsin.gov/w3asp/contact/legislatorpages.aspx?house=Senate&district=15&display=bio. External link in |work= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 48. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 17. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.

External links

District Website

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