Wisconsin's 16th
State Senate district
2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
composed of Assembly districts 46, 47, and 48
Senator
  Melissa Agard
D–Madison
since January 4, 2021 (2 years)
Demographics71.2% White
10.1% Black
9.8% Hispanic
6.1% Asian
1.0% Native American
0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
1.2% Other
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		178,608[1]
139,268
NotesSouth-central Wisconsin

The 16th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate.[2] Located in south-central Wisconsin, the district comprises much of eastern Dane County. It contains the east side of Wisconsin's capital city, Madison, as well as the cities of Monona and Sun Prairie, and the northern half of the city of Fitchburg.[3]

Current elected officials

Melissa Agard is the senator representing the 16th district. She was first elected in the 2020 general election. Before serving as senator, she served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2013 to 2021, representing Madison's north side.[4]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 16th Senate district comprises the 46th, 47th, and 48th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:[5]

The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan.[6]

Past senators

Notable past senators include:[7]

Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition
District created 1848
Kenosha County
C. Latham Sholes[8] Dem. 1st
Free Soil 2nd 1849
Elijah Steele[8] Dem. Resigned. 3rd 1850
Orson S. Head[8] Whig Won 1851 special election. 4th 1851
John Sharpstein[8] Dem. Redistricted to 8th district 5th 1852
Joel C. Squires[8] Dem. Resigned. 6th 1853
1852–1855

1856–1860

1861–1865

1866–1870

1871–1875

1876–1881

1882–1887
Grant County
James W. Seaton[8] Dem. Won 1853 special election
Nelson Dewey[8] Dem. 7th 1854
8th 1855
J. Allen Barber[8] Rep. 9th 1856
10th 1857
Noah Virgin[8] Rep. 11th 1858
12th 1859
13th 1860
14th 1861
Milas K. Young[8] Rep. 15th 1862
16th 1863
Natl. Union 17th 1864
18th 1865
John H. Rountree[8] Natl. Union 19th 1866
20th 1867
George C. Hazelton[8] Rep. 21st 1868
22nd 1869
23rd 1870
24th 1871
John C. Holloway[8] Rep. 25th 1872
26th 1873
27th 1874
28th 1875
Oscar C. Hathaway[8] Rep. 29th 1876
30th 1877
31st 1878
32nd 1879
George W. Ryland[8] Rep. 33rd 1880
34th 1881
35th 1882
36th 1883–1884
Edward I. Kidd Rep. 37th 1885–1886
38th 1887–1888
39th 1889–1890
Crawford & Grant counties
40th 1891–1892
Charles H. Baxter Rep. 41st 1893–1894 Crawford and Richland counties, and
Northern Grant County
42nd 1895–1896
43rd 1897–1898 Grant and Iowa counties
44th 1899–1900
Edward E. Burns Rep. 45th 1901–1902
46th 1903–1904 Crawford and Grant counties
47th 1905–1906
48th 1907–1908
John J. Blaine Rep. 49th 1909–1910
50th 1911–1912
Robert Glenn Rep. Elected 1912.
Died 1915.		 51st 1913–1914 Crawford, Grant, and Richland counties
52nd 1915–1916
--Vacant--
Henry Edgar Roethe Rep. 53rd 1917–1918
54th 1919–1920
55th 1921–1922
56th 1923–1924 Crawford, Grant, and Vernon counties
Edward J. Roethe Rep. 57th 1925–1926
58th 1927–1928
59th 1929–1930
60th 1931–1932
William D. Carroll Dem. 61st 1933–1934
62nd 1935–1936
Edward J. Roethe Rep. 63rd 1937–1938
64th 1939–1940
Helmar Lewis Rep. 65th 1941–1942
66th 1943–1944
Foster B. Porter Rep. 67th 1945–1946
68th 1947–1948
69th 1949–1950
70th 1951–1952
71st 1953–1954
72nd 1955–1956
Gaylord Nelson Dem. Redistricted from 26th district. 73rd 1957–1958 Most of Dane County
Carl W. Thompson Dem. 74th 1959–1960
75th 1961–1962
76th 1963–1964
77th 1965–1966
78th 1967–1968
79th 1969–1970
80th 1971–1972
81st 1973–1974
Parts of Dane County
and
Northern Rock County
82nd 1975–1976
83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
85th 1981–1982
86th 1983–1984
Parts of Dane County
Part of Rock County
Northern Green County
Charles Chvala Dem. 87th 1985–1986
Eastern Dane County
Northwest Rock County
Most of Green County
88th 1987–1988
89th 1989–1990
90th 1991–1992
91st 1993–1994 Part of Dane County
Southern Columbia County
Part of Rock County
92nd 1995–1996
93rd 1997–1998
94th 1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004 Part of Dane County
Southern Columbia County
Part of Sauk County
Mark F. Miller Dem. 97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st 2013–2014
Central Dane County
102nd 2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
Melissa Agard Dem. 105th 2021–2022
106th 2023–2024
Central Dane County

References

  1. ↑ "LTSB Open Data: Wisconsin Senate Districts (2022)". Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Senate District 16". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 16 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Senator Melissa Agard". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  5. ↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 50. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
  6. ↑ "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  7. ↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature" (PDF). The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
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