Wisconsin's 1st Senate district

The 1st Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.^[1] Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Door and Kewaunee counties, as well as nearly all of Calumet County, much of northern and western Manitowoc County and eastern and southern Brown County, along with parts of southwest Outagamie County. It includes the cities of Sturgeon Bay and Chilton and parts of the cities of Appleton, Menasha and Green Bay.^[2]

Wisconsin's 1st State Senate district
From 2024 to 2031 From 2022 to 2023 From 2012 to 2021 2024 map defined in 2023 Wisc. Act 94 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43 composed of Assembly districts 1, 2, and 3
Senator	André Jacque R–De Pere since January 7, 2019 (6 years, 220 days)
Demographics	92.66% White 0.81% Black 3.1% Hispanic 1.35% Asian 1.51% Native American 0.07% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)  • Voting age	178,600 138,622
Website	District website
Notes	Door Peninsula and northeast Wisconsin

Current elected officials

André Jacque is the senator representing the 1st district. He was first elected in the 2018 general election,^[3] after losing an earlier bid for the seat in a June 2018 special election.^[4] He previously served 8 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 2nd Assembly district.^[5]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 1st Senate district comprises the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:

• Assembly District 1: Joel Kitchens (R–Sturgeon Bay)
• Assembly District 2: Shae Sortwell (R–Two Rivers)
• Assembly District 3: Ron Tusler (R–Harrison)

Most of the district is located within Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Tony Wied.^[6] The portion of the district in Manitowoc County falls within Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, represented by Glenn Grothman.

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  View from the Potawatomi State Park Observation Tower.
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  Third Avenue Historic District (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin).
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  Kewaunee Pierhead Light.
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  Mishicot, Wisconsin
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  Denmark, Wisconsin
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  Fox River from Sunset Park in Kimberly
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  Chilton Post Office
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  Uptown Chilton, Wisconsin
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  Downtown New Holstein
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  Sherwood viewed from High Cliff State Park

History

At Wisconsin statehood, the Senate had only 19 districts. The 1st District consisted of Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc and Sheboygan counties.^[7]

For the 1853 session, the Senate was expanded to 25 members, and the 1st District lost Brown County.

For the 1857 session, the Senate was again expanded, to 30 members, and the District was reduced to Sheboygan County alone (the rest of the district became the new 19th District).

As of 1862, the Senate expanded to 33 seats, a size it would retain well into the 21st century; the 1st District remained unchanged.

The Senate was totally redistricted in 1876; Sheboygan County was now part of the 20th Senate District (along with part of Fond du Lac County). The new 1st District was made up of Door, Kewaunee, Oconto and Shawano counties, which had previously been part of the 2nd and 8th Districts.

Kewaunee and Shawano counties were removed from the district in 1888. Kewaunee was later re-added and Oconto removed in 1892—this district remained consistent for thirty years.

In 1922, the district moved to roughly its present boundaries when Marinette was removed and Manitowoc county was re-added. This district was stable for fifty years.

From 1972 to 2012 the district had been edited 6 times adding and removing small portions of Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, and Outagamie counties.

List of past senators

List of Senators to the Wisconsin Senate from the 1st district

Member	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Term start	Term end	Ref.
District created
Harrison C. Hobart	Dem.	Sheboygan	Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan	June 5, 1848	January 1, 1849
Lemuel Goodell	Dem.	Stockbridge		January 1, 1849	January 6, 1851
Theodore Conkey	Dem.	Appleton		January 6, 1851	January 3, 1853
Horatio N. Smith	Dem.	Sheboygan	Calumet, Manitowoc, Sheboygan	January 12, 1853	January 2, 1854
		Plymouth		January 2, 1854	January 1, 1855
David Taylor	Rep.	Sheboygan		January 1, 1855	January 5, 1857
Elijah Fox Cook	Dem.		Sheboygan	January 5, 1857	January 3, 1859
Robert H. Hotchkiss	Dem.	Plymouth		January 3, 1859	January 7, 1861
Luther H. Cary	Rep.	Greenbush		January 7, 1861	January 5, 1863
John E. Thomas	Dem.	Sheboygan Falls		January 5, 1863	January 2, 1865
John A. Bentley	Union	Sheboygan		January 2, 1865	January 7, 1867
Van Eps Young	Union			January 7, 1867	October, 1867
--Vacant--				October, 1867	January 6, 1868
Robert H. Hotchkiss	Dem.	Plymouth		January 6, 1868	January 4, 1869
David Taylor	Rep.	Sheboygan		January 4, 1869	January 2, 1871
John H. Jones	Rep.	Sheboygan		January 2, 1871	January 6, 1873
Patrick H. O'Rourk	Dem.	Cascade		January 6, 1873	January 5, 1874
		Lyndon		January 5, 1874	January 4, 1875
Enos Eastman	Dem.	Plymouth		January 4, 1875	January 1, 1877
George Grimmer	Rep.	Kewaunee	Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano	January 1, 1877	January 3, 1881
William A. Ellis	Rep.	Peshtigo	Door, Kewaunee, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto, Shawano	January 3, 1881	January 1, 1883
Edward S. Minor	Rep.	Sturgeon Bay	Door, Florence, Kewaunee, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto	January 1, 1883	January 3, 1887
Edward Scofield	Rep.	Oconto	Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto	January 1, 1887	January 7, 1889
			Door, Marinette, Oconto	January 7, 1889	February 4, 1891
John Fetzer	Dem.	Forestville		February 4, 1891	January 2, 1893
			Door, Kewaunee, Marinette	January 2, 1893	January 7, 1895
De Wayne Stebbins	Rep.	Ahnapee		January 7, 1895	January 2, 1899
		Algoma		January 2, 1899	June 12, 1901
--Vacant--				June 12, 1901	January 5, 1903
Harlan P. Bird	Rep.	Wausaukee		January 5, 1903	January 2, 1911
M. W. Perry	Rep.	Algoma		January 2, 1911	January 6, 1919
Herbert Peterson	Rep.	Sturgeon Bay		January 6, 1919	January 1, 1923
John E. Cashman	Rep.	Franklin	Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc	January 1, 1923	January 5, 1925
		Denmark		January 5, 1925	January 7, 1935
	Prog.			January 7, 1935	January 2, 1939
Francis A. Yindra	Dem.	Manitowoc		January 2, 1939	December 6, 1939
--Vacant--				December 6, 1939	January 6, 1941
John E. Cashman	Prog.	Denmark		January 6, 1941	June 4, 1946
--Vacant--				June 4, 1946	January 6, 1947
Everett LaFond	Rep.	Two Rivers		January 6, 1947	January 3, 1955
Alfred A. Laun Jr.	Rep.	Kiel		January 3, 1955	January 7, 1963
Alex Meunier	Rep.	Sturgeon Bay		January 7, 1963	January 4, 1971
Jerome Martin	Dem.	Whitelaw		January 4, 1971	January 1, 1973
			Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc	January 1, 1973	January 27, 1977
--Vacant--				January 27, 1977	May 12, 1977
Alan Lasee	Rep.	De Pere		May 12, 1977	January 3, 1983
		Green Bay	Brown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc	January 3, 1983	January 7, 1985
		Rockland	Brown, Calumet, Door, Fond du Lac, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie	January 7, 1985	January 6, 2003
			Brown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie	January 6, 2003	January 3, 2011
Frank Lasee	Rep.	De Pere		January 3, 2011	December 29, 2017
--Vacant--				December 29, 2017	June 28, 2018
Caleb Frostman	Dem.	Sturgeon Bay		June 28, 2018	January 7, 2019	[8]
André Jacque	Rep.	De Pere		January 7, 2019	January 6, 2025
		New Franken		January 6, 2025	Current	[9]

District definition

Session	Years	District Definition
1st	1848	Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan counties
2nd	1849
3rd	1850
4th	1851
5th	1852
6th	1853	Calumet, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan counties
7th	1854
8th	1855
9th	1856
10th	1857	1857–1860 1861–1865 1866–1870 1871–1875 Sheboygan County
11th	1858
12th	1859
13th	1860
14th	1861
15th	1862
16th	1863
17th	1864
18th	1865
19th	1866
20th	1867
21st	1868
22nd	1869
23rd	1870
24th	1871
25th	1872
26th	1873
27th	1874
28th	1875
29th	1876
30th	1877	Door, Kewaunee, Marinette, Oconto, Shawano counties
31st	1878
32nd	1879
33rd	1880
34th	1881
35th	1882
36th	1883–1884	Door, Florence, Kewaunee, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto counties
37th	1885–1886
38th	1887–1888
39th	1889–1890	Door, Marinette, and Oconto counties
40th	1891–1892
41st	1893–1894	1892–1895 1896–1901 1902–1911 1912–1921 Door, Kewaunee, and Marinette counties
42nd	1895–1896
43rd	1897–1898
44th	1899–1900
45th	1901–1902
46th	1903–1904
47th	1905–1906
48th	1907–1908
49th	1909–1910
50th	1911–1912
51st	1913–1914
52nd	1915–1916
53rd	1917–1918
54th	1919–1920
55th	1921–1922
56th	1923–1924	1922–1953 1954–1963 1964–1971 Door, Kewaunee, and Manitowoc counties
57th	1925–1926
58th	1927–1928
59th	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	1949–1950
70th	1951–1952
71st	1953–1954
72nd	1955–1956
73rd	1957–1958
74th	1959–1960
75th	1961–1962
76th	1963–1964
77th	1965–1966
78th	1967–1968
79th	1969–1970
80th	1971–1972
81st	1973–1974	Door, Kewaunee, and Manitowoc counties, and Eastern Brown County Town of Eaton Town of Glenmore Town of Green Bay Town of Holland Town of Humboldt Town of Morrison Town of New Denmark Town of Rockland Town of Scott Village of Denmark Wards 14, 21, 22, City of Green Bay
82nd	1975–1976
83rd	1977–1978
84th	1979–1980
85th	1981–1982
86th	1983–1984	Door and Kewaunee counties, and Eastern Brown County, northeast Calumet County, & northern Manitowoc County Brown County Town of Bellevue Town of Eaton Town of Green Bay Town of Humboldt Town of Morrison Town of New Denmark Town of Scott Village of Denmark Wards 1-6, 13-20, 22, city of Green Bay Calumet County Town of Charlestown Town of Rantoul Village of Hilbert Village of Potter Manitowoc County Town of Cato Town of Cooperstown Town of Franklin Town of Eaton Town of Gibson Town of Kossuth Town of Maple Grove Town of Manitowoc Rapids Town of Mishicot Town of Rockalnd Town of Two Creeks Town of Two Rivers Village of Francis Creek Village of Kellnersville Village of Maribel Village of Mishicot Village of Reedsville Village of Valders City of Two Rivers
87th	1985–1986	Door and Kewaunee counties, and Eastern Brown County Town of De Pere Town of Eaton Town of Glenmore Town of Green Bay Town of Holland Town of Humboldt Town of Morrison Town of New Denmark Town of Rockland Town of Scott Village of Wrightstown Most of Calumet County Town of Brillion Town of Brothertown Town of Charlestown Town of Chilton Town of Harrison Town of Rantoul Town of Stockbridge Town of Woodville Village of Hilbert Village of Potter Village of Sherwood Village of Stockbridge City of Brillion City of Chilton Wards 9, 13, 21, 22, 23, City of Appleton part of Fond du Lac County Town of Calumet Northern Manitowoc County Town of Cato Town of Cooperstown Town of Franklin Town of Eaton Town of Gibson Town of Kossuth Town of Maple Grove Town of Manitowoc Rapids Town of Mishicot Town of Rockalnd Town of Two Creeks Town of Two Rivers Village of Francis Creek Village of Kellnersville Village of Maribel Village of Mishicot Village of Reedsville Village of Whitelaw City of Two Rivers part of Outagamie County Town of Buchanan Wards 2, 5, 10, 11, 20, 24, City of Appleton
88th	1987–1988
89th	1989–1990
90th	1991–1992
91st	1993–1994	Door and Kewaunee counties, and Eastern Brown County Town of Bellevue Town of Eaton Town of Glenmore Town of Green Bay Town of Holland Town of Humboldt Town of Ledgeview Town of Morrison Town of New Denmark Town of Rockland Town of Scott Town of Wrightstown Village of Denmark Wards 3, 4, 5, 6, City of De Pere Most of Calumet County Town of Brillion Town of Brothertown Town of Charlestown Town of Chilton Town of Harrison Town of Rantoul Town of Stockbridge Town of Woodville Village of Hilbert Village of Potter Village of Sherwood Village of Stockbridge City of Brillion City of Chilton Ward 1, Town of New Holstein Wards 10, 11, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, City of Appleton part of Fond du Lac County Town of Calumet Town of Marshfield Village of Mount Calvary Village of St. Cloud Wards 1, 2, Town of Taycheedah Northern Manitowoc County Town of Cato Town of Cooperstown Town of Franklin Town of Eaton Town of Gibson Town of Kossuth Town of Maple Grove Town of Manitowoc Rapids Town of Mishicot Town of Rockalnd Town of Two Creeks Town of Two Rivers Village of Francis Creek Village of Kellnersville Village of Maribel Village of Mishicot Village of Reedsville Village of Whitelaw City of Two Rivers part of Outagamie County Wards 5, 8, 9, 12, City of Appleton
92nd	1995–1996
93rd	1997–1998
94th	1999–2000
95th	2001–2002
96th	2003–2004	Door and Kewaunee counties, Eastern Brown County Town of Eaton Town of Glenmore Town of Green Bay Town of Holland Town of Humboldt Town of Ledgeview Town of Morrison Town of New Denmark Town of Rockland Town of Scott Town of Wrightstown Village of Bellevue Village of Denmark Village of Wrightstown Northern Calumet County Town of Brillion Town of Chilton Town of Harrison Town of Stockbridge Town of Woodville Village of Hilbert Village of Sherwood Village of Stockbridge City of Brillion City of Chilton Wards 10, 11, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, City of Appleton Wards of City of Menasha Northern Manitowoc County Town of Cooperstown Town of Franklin Town of Gibson Town of Kossuth Town of Maple Grove Town of Mishicot Town of Two Creeks Town of Two Rivers Village of Francis Creek Village of Kellnersville Village of Maribel Village of Mishicot City of Two Rivers part of Outagamie County Town of Buchanan Village of Combined Locks Village of Kimberly Wards 5, 6, 7, 11, Village of Little Chute
97th	2005–2006
98th	2007–2008
99th	2009–2010
100th	2011–2012
101st	2013–2014	Door and Kewaunee counties, Eastern Brown County Town of Eaton Town of Green Bay Town of Holland Town of Humboldt Town of Lawrence Town of Morrison Town of New Denmark Town of Rockland Town of Scott Town of Wrightstown Village of Denmark Village of Wrightstown Part of Town of Ledgeview Part of City of De Pere Part of Ward 1, City of Green Bay Northern Calumet County Town of Brillion Town of Harrison Town of Stockbridge Town of Woodville Village of Hilbert Village of Sherwood Village of Stockbridge City of Brillion City of Chilton Wards 10, 11, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, City of Appleton Wards of City of Menasha Northern Manitowoc County Town of Cooperstown Town of Franklin Town of Gibson Town of Kossuth Town of Mishicot Town of Two Creeks Town of Two Rivers Village of Francis Creek Village of Kellnersville Village of Maribel Village of Mishicot City of Two Rivers part of Outagamie County Town of Buchanan Village of Combined Locks Village of Kimberly Wards 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, Village of Little Chute
102nd	2015–2016
103rd	2017–2018
104th	2019–2020
105th	2021–2022
106th	2023–2024	Door and Kewaunee counties, northeast Manitowoc County eastern and southern Brown County northern Calumet County part of Outagamie County
107th	2025–2026

See also

Political subdivisions of Wisconsin