Wisconsin Senate, District 3

The 3rd District of the Wisconsin State Senate is located in Southern Wisconsin, and is composed of parts of central Milwaukee County, including part of the cities of Milwaukee, West Allis, and Greenfield, and the village of West Milwaukee.[3]

Wisconsin's 3rd
State Senate District
Senator
  Tim Carpenter
D–Milwaukee
since January 3, 2003 (18 years)
Demographics38.2% White
7.3% Black
49.2% Hispanic
2.5% Asian
0.7% Native American
2.1% Other
Population (2010)
 • Voting age		171,977[1][2]
121,395
NotesComposed of central Milwaukee County

Current elected officials

Tim Carpenter is the senator currently serving the 3rd district. He has served since 2003, and was re-elected in 2014 to another four-year term. Before serving as a Senator, he held an office in the State Assembly from 1985 to 2003.[4]

The area of the 3rd Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:[5]

The district is also located within Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore.[6]

Past senators

Note: the boundaries of districts have changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a completely different geographic area, due to redistricting.

The district has previously been represented by:[7]

Legislative Session Senator Party Years Notes District Definition
District created 1848 Crawford, Chippewa, St. Croix, and La Pointe counties
1st Daniel G. Fenton Democratic
2nd James Fisher Democratic 1849
3rd 1850
4th Hiram A. Wright Democratic 1851
5th 1852
6th Andrew M. Blair Democratic 1853
WI Senate District 3, 1853-1872

Ozaukee County
7th 1854
8th Bolivar G. Gill Democratic 1855
9th 1856
10th Herman J. Schulteis Democratic 1857
11th 1858
12th Lion Silverman Democratic 1859 Resigned.
Vacant
13th Frederick Hilgen Democratic 1860 Elected in 1859 special election.
14th Hugh Cunning Democratic 1861
15th 1862
16th John R. Bohan Democratic 1863
17th 1864
18th Lyman Morgan Democratic 1865 Redistricted to 33rd district.
19th 1866
20th 1867
21st 1868
22nd 1869
23rd 1870
24th 1871
25th Francis Huebschmann Democratic 1872
26th Frederick W. Cotzhausen Democratic 1873
27th 1874
28th William H. Jacobs Democratic 1875
29th 1876
30th Thomas A. Bones Republican 1877
WI Senate District 3, 1877-1892

Racine County
31st 1878
32nd William Everett Chipman Republican 1879
33rd 1880
34th Albert L. Phillips Republican 1881
35th 1882
36th Charles Jonas Democratic 1883–1884
37th 1885–1886
38th Henry Allen Cooper Republican 1887–1888
39th 1889–1890
40th Adam Apple Democratic 1891–1892
41st 1893–1894 Racine and Kenosha counties
42nd Ernst G. Timme Republican 1895–1896
43rd 1897–1898
44th John F. Reynolds Republican 1899–1900
45th 1901–1902
46th Otis Wells Johnson Republican 1903–1904
47th 1905–1906
48th Isaac T. Bishop Republican 1907–1908
49th 1909–1910
50th 1911–1912
51st 1913–1914
52nd Charles H. Everett Republican 1915–1916
53rd 1917–1918
54th George L. Buck Republican 1919–1920
55th 1921–1922
56th Walter Polakowski Socialist 1923–1924
57th 1925–1926
58th 1927–1928
59th 1929–1930
60th 1931–1932
61st 1933–1934
62nd Arthur L. Zimny Democratic 1935–1936
63rd 1937–1938
64th 1939–1940
65th 1941–1942
66th Clement J. Zablocki Democratic 1943–1944 Elected to U.S. House.
67th 1945–1946
68th 1947–1948
69th Vacant 1949–1950
Casimir Kendziorski Democratic Elected in 1949 special election.
Re-elected 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970.
Died in office.
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
82nd Jerry Kleczka Democratic 1975–1976 Redistricted to 7th district.
83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
85th 1981–1982
86th John Norquist Democratic 1983–1984 Elected Mayor of Milwaukee.
Resigned.
87th 1985–1986
88th 1987–1988
Vacant
89th Brian B. Burke Democratic 1989–1990 Elected in 1988 special election.
90th 1991–1992
91st 1993–1994
92nd 1995–1996
93rd 1997–1998
94th 1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
96th Tim Carpenter Democratic 2003–2004
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st 2013–2014
102nd 2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th 2021–2022


See also

Political subdivisions of Wisconsin

Notes
  1. 2011 Wisconsin Act 43 and 44 with Baldus et al vs. Brennan et al by Municipal Ward (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. October 18, 2012. pp. 17–20. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 3 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. District Map
  4. Carpenter Biography
  5. District Map
  6. Congressional District Map
  7. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
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