Wisconsin Senate, District 19

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Senate District 19
Type District of the Upper House
Location
Senator
Michael Ellis (R)
Parent organization
Wisconsin Legislature
Website District Website

The 19th District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in east central Wisconsin, and is currently composed of parts of Outagamie, and Winnebago counties. The district contains most of Appleton and Menasha.[1]

Current elected officials

Michael Ellis is the senator serving the 19th district, in office since 1982. Before serving as a senator, he held an office in the State Assembly from 1970 to 1980.

The area of the 19th Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:[2]

The district is also located partly within Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Tom Petri, and partly within Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Reid Ribble. [3]

Past senators

Past senators include:[4]

In the first Wisconsin legislature, that of 1848, the 19th District included the first and second Wards of the City of Milwaukee, and the Towns of Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, and Granville in Milwaukee County. It was represented by

For the 1853 session, the Senate was expanded and redistricted. The new 19th district consisted of the Counties of Bad Ax, Chippewa, Crawford, La Crosse, La Pointe, and St. Croix. It was represented by:

Before the 1857 session, the Senate was expanded yet again. The new 19th District was 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.

Notes

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  4. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.

External links

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