Wisconsin's 7th Senate district

The 7th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.[1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises eastern and southeastern Milwaukee County, including downtown, south side, and lakeshore areas of the city of Milwaukee, as well as the cities of Cudahy, Oak Creek, South Milwaukee, and St. Francis, and part of the city of Greenfield. The district contains landmarks such as the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee campus, the Milwaukee Art Museum (Quadracci Pavilion), the Port of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, and the Henry Maier Festival Park, site of Milwaukee's annual Summerfest.[2]

Wisconsin's 7th
State Senate district

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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 19, 20, and 21
Senator
  Chris Larson
DMilwaukee
since January 3, 2011 (13 years)
Demographics78.35% White
5.3% Black
9.45% Hispanic
4.7% Asian
1.96% Native American
0.13% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
 • Voting age
177,863
150,001
WebsiteOfficial website
NotesMilwaukee metro area (southeast)

Current elected officials

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Chris Larson is the senator representing the 7th district. He was first elected in the 2010 general election, after defeating incumbent Jeffrey Plale in a primary challenge.[3]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 7th Senate district comprises the 19th, 20th, and 21st Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:

The district is almost entirely within Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore.[4] The part of the district in Greenfield is within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, represented by Scott Fitzgerald.

Past senators

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A list of all previous senators from this district:[5]

Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition
District created 1848
 
Lafayette County
Thomas K. Gibson Dem. 1st
Dennis Murphy Dem. 2nd 1849
3rd 1850
Samuel G. Bugh Dem. 4th 1851
5th 1852
John W. Cary Dem. 6th 1853
 
1852–1855

 
1856–1860

 
1861–1865

 
1866–1870
Racine County
7th 1854
Charles Clement Rep. 8th 1855
9th 1856
Champion S. Chase Rep. 10th 1857
11th 1858
Nicholas D. Fratt Dem. 12th 1859
13th 1860
William L. Utley Rep. 14th 1861
15th 1862
Timothy D. Morris Rep. 16th 1863
Natl. Union 17th 1864
Jerome Case Natl. Union 18th 1865
19th 1866
Henry Stevens Natl. Union 20th 1867
21st 1868
Rep. 22nd 1869
23rd 1870
Philo Belden Rep. Redistricted to the 5th district. 24th 1871
William M. Colladay Rep. Redistricted from the 11th district. 25th 1872
 
Eastern Dane County
John Anders Johnson Rep. 26th 1873
27th 1874
George E. Bryant Rep. 28th 1875
29th 1876
George A. Abert Dem. 30th 1877
 
31st 1878
Edwin Hyde Rep. 32nd 1879
33rd 1880
Edward B. Simpson Rep. 34th 1881
35th 1882
William S. Stanley Rep. 36th 1883–1884
37th 1885–1886
Christian Widule Rep. 38th 1887–1888
39th 1889–1890
 
Christian A. Koenitzer Dem. 40th 1891–1892
41st 1893–1894
 
Charles T. Fisher Rep. 42nd 1895–1896
43rd 1897–1898
 
Barney A. Eaton Rep. 44th 1899–1900
45th 1901–1902
46th 1903–1904
 
47th 1905–1906
George E. Page Rep. 48th 1907–1908
 
49th 1909–1910
Gabriel Zophy Soc. Dem. 50th 1911–1912
51st 1913–1914
 
Louis A. Arnold Soc. Dem. 52nd 1915–1916
53rd 1917–1918
Soc. 54th 1919–1920
55th 1921–1922
William F. Quick Soc. 56th 1923–1924
 
57th 1925–1926
Herbert H. Smith Rep. 58th 1927–1928
59th 1929–1930
Leonard Fons Rep. 60th 1931–1932
61st 1933–1934
 
Max Galasinski Dem. 62nd 1935–1936
63rd 1937–1938
Anthony P. Gawronski Dem. Resigned in 1948. 64th 1939–1940
65th 1941–1942
66th 1943–1944
67th 1945–1946
68th 1947–1948
--Vacant-- 69th 1949–1950
Roman R. Blenski Dem. Won 1949 special election.
70th 1951–1952
71st 1953–1954
Leland McParland Dem. 72nd 1955–1956
 
73rd 1957–1958
74th 1959–1960
75th 1961–1962
76th 1963–1964
77th 1965–1966
 
78th 1967–1968
79th 1969–1970
Kurt Frank Dem. 80th 1971–1972
81st 1973–1974
 
82nd 1975–1976
83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
85th 1981–1982
Jerry Kleczka Dem. Resigned after election to U.S. House. 86th 1983–1984
 
--Vacant--
John R. Plewa Dem. Died in office September 1995. 87th 1985–1986
88th 1987–1988
89th 1989–1990
90th 1991–1992
91st 1993–1994
 
92nd 1995–1996
--Vacant--
Richard Grobschmidt Dem. Won 1995 special election.
93rd 1997–1998
94th 1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
Jeffrey Plale Dem. 96th 2003–2004
 
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
Chris Larson Dem. 100th 2011–2012
101st 2013–2014
 
    • City of Cudahy
    • City of Oak Creek
    • City of Saint Francis
    • City of South Milwaukee
    • blocks of the city of Milwaukee:
      • U.S. census tract 7200, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
      • U.S. census tract 7300, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010
      • U.S. census tract 7400, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
      • U.S. census tract 7500, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016
      • U.S. census tract 7600, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012
      • U.S. census tract 7700, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009
      • U.S. census tract 7800, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011
      • U.S. census tract 7900, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
      • U.S. census tract 10700, blocks 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026
      • U.S. census tract 10800, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
      • U.S. census tract 11000, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
      • U.S. census tract 11100, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
      • U.S. census tract 11200, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
      • U.S. census tract 11300, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
      • U.S. census tract 11400, blocks 1026, 1027, 1028, 1030
      • U.S. census tract 14300, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
      • U.S. census tract 14400, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
      • U.S. census tract 16500, blocks 3000, 3021
      • U.S. census tract 16600, blocks 2017, 2018, 2025
      • U.S. census tract 17900, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1006, 1007, 1008, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 4000
      • U.S. census tract 18000, blocks 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1086
      • U.S. census tract 18100, blocks 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
      • U.S. census tract 18200, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
      • U.S. census tract 18300, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009
      • U.S. census tract 18400, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
      • U.S. census tract 18500, blocks 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
      • U.S. census tract 20600, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
      • U.S. census tract 20700, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 5000, 5001, 5002, 5003, 5004, 5005, 5006, 5007, 6000, 6001, 6002, 6003, 6004, 6005, 6006, 6007, 6008, 6009, 6010
      • U.S. census tract 20800, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 5000, 5001, 5002, 5003, 5004, 5005, 5006, 5007
      • U.S. census tract 20900, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008
      • U.S. census tract 21000, blocks 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
      • U.S. census tract 21100, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024
      • U.S. census tract 21200, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
      • U.S. census tract 21600, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019
      • U.S. census tract 21700, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 5000, 5001, 5002, 5003, 5004, 5005, 5006, 5007, 5008, 5009, 5010, 5011, 5012, 5013, 5014, 5015, 5016, 5017, 5018, 5019, 5020, 5021, 5022, 5023, 5024, 5025, 5026, 5027, 5028
      • U.S. census tract 21800, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 3000, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014
      • U.S. census tract 120502, block 3028
      • U.S. census tract 160100, block 4000
      • U.S. census tract 185200, block 1028
      • U.S. census tract 186600, blocks 1000, 1001
      • U.S. census tract 186900, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002
      • U.S. census tract 187000, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003
      • U.S. census tract 187300, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1009, 1010, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030
      • U.S. census tract 187400, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1102, 1103
      • U.S. census tract 980000, blocks 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1034
102nd 2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th 2021–2022
106th 2023–2024
 
Southeast Milwaukee County

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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Senate District 7". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 7 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Senator Chris Larson". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  4. ^ Congressional District Map
  5. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
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