List of United States senators from Wisconsin
Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848. Its current U.S. senators are Republican Ron Johnson (since 2011, re-elected in 2016) and Democrat Tammy Baldwin (since 2013, re-elected in 2018), making it one of nine states to have a split United States Senate delegation.
List of senators[edit]
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2012 and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. |
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Class 3 Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2010 and 2016. The next election will be in 2022. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Vacant | May 29, 1848 – June 8, 1848 |
Wisconsin elected its Senators 10 days after statehood. | 1 | 30th | 1 | Wisconsin elected its Senators 10 days after statehood. | May 29, 1848 – June 8, 1848 |
Vacant | ||||
1 | ![]() Henry Dodge |
Democratic | June 8, 1848 – March 3, 1857 |
Elected in 1848. | Elected in 1848. | June 8, 1848 – March 3, 1855 |
Democratic | ![]() Isaac P. Walker |
1 | |||
31st | 2 | Re-elected in 1849. Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1851. Retired. |
2 | 32nd | ||||||||||
33rd | ||||||||||||
34th | 3 | Elected in 1854. [Data unknown/missing.] |
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861 |
Republican | ![]() Charles Durkee |
2 | ||||||
2 | ![]() James R. Doolittle |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1869 |
Elected in 1857. | 3 | 35th | ||||||
36th | ||||||||||||
37th | 4 | Elected in 1861. | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1879 |
Republican | ![]() Timothy O. Howe |
3 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1863. [Data unknown/missing.] |
4 | 38th | ||||||||||
39th | ||||||||||||
40th | 5 | Re-elected in 1866. | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() Matthew H. Carpenter |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875 |
Elected in 1868 or 1869. Lost re-election. |
5 | 41st | ||||||
42nd | ||||||||||||
43rd | 6 | Re-elected in 1872. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
4 | ![]() Angus Cameron |
Republican | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881 |
Elected in 1875. Retired. |
6 | 44th | ||||||
45th | ||||||||||||
46th | 7 | Elected in 1879. Died. |
March 4, 1879 – February 24, 1881 |
Republican | ![]() Matthew H. Carpenter |
4 | ||||||
February 24, 1881 – March 14, 1881 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
5 | ![]() Philetus Sawyer |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1893 |
Elected in 1881. | 7 | 47th | ||||||
Elected to finish Carpenter's term. Retired. |
March 14, 1881 – March 3, 1885 |
Republican | ![]() Angus Cameron |
5 | ||||||||
48th | ||||||||||||
49th | 8 | Elected in 1885. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891 |
Republican | ![]() John Coit Spooner |
6 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1887. Retired. |
8 | 50th | ||||||||||
51st | ||||||||||||
52nd | 9 | Elected in 1890. Lost renomination. |
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897 |
Democratic | ![]() William F. Vilas |
7 | ||||||
6 | ![]() John L. Mitchell |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899 |
Elected in 1893. Retired. |
9 | 53rd | ||||||
54th | ||||||||||||
55th | 10 | Elected January 26, 1897.[1] | March 4, 1897 – April 30, 1907 |
Republican | ![]() John Coit Spooner |
8 | ||||||
7 | ![]() Joseph V. Quarles |
Republican | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1905 |
Elected in 1899. Retired. |
10 | 56th | ||||||
57th | ||||||||||||
58th | 11 | Re-elected January 27, 1903.[2] Resigned. | ||||||||||
8 | ![]() Robert M. La Follette Sr. |
Republican | January 4, 1906 – June 18, 1925 |
Elected January 25, 1905. (Did not assume the seat until January 2, 1906, preferring to finish his term as Governor of Wisconsin.) |
11 | 59th | ||||||
60th | ||||||||||||
April 30, 1907 – May 17, 1907 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Spooner's term. | May 17, 1907 – March 3, 1915 |
Republican | ![]() Isaac Stephenson |
9 | ||||||||
61st | 12 | Re-elected in 1909. Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1911. | 12 | 62nd | ||||||||||
63rd | ||||||||||||
64th | 13 | Elected in 1914. Died. |
March 4, 1915 – October 21, 1917 |
Democratic | ![]() Paul O. Husting |
10 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1916. | 13 | 65th | ||||||||||
October 21, 1917 – April 18, 1918 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected April 2, 1918 to finish Husting's term. | April 18, 1918 – March 3, 1927 |
Republican | ![]() Irvine Lenroot |
11 | ||||||||
66th | ||||||||||||
67th | 14 | Re-elected in 1920. Lost renomination. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1922. Died. |
14 | 68th | ||||||||||
69th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | June 18, 1925 – September 30, 1925 |
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9 | ![]() Robert M. La Follette Jr. |
Republican | September 30, 1925 – January 3, 1947 |
Elected to finish his father's term | ||||||||
70th | 15 | Elected in 1926. Lost renomination. |
March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933 |
Republican | ![]() John J. Blaine |
12 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1928. | 15 | 71st | ||||||||||
72nd | ||||||||||||
73rd | 16 | Elected in 1932. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 |
Democratic | ![]() F. Ryan Duffy |
13 | ||||||
Progressive | Re-elected in 1934. | 16 | 74th | |||||||||
75th | ||||||||||||
76th | 17 | Elected in 1938. | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1963 |
Republican | ![]() Alexander Wiley |
14 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1940. Lost nomination as a Republican. |
17 | 77th | ||||||||||
78th | ||||||||||||
79th | 18 | Re-elected in 1944. | ||||||||||
10 | ![]() Joseph McCarthy |
Republican | January 3, 1947 – May 2, 1957 |
Elected in 1946. | 18 | 80th | ||||||
81st | ||||||||||||
82nd | 19 | Re-elected in 1950. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. Died. |
19 | 83rd | ||||||||||
84th | ||||||||||||
85th | 20 | Re-elected in 1956. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Vacant | May 3, 1957 – August 27, 1957 |
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11 | ![]() William Proxmire |
Democratic | August 28, 1957 – January 3, 1989 |
Elected to finish McCarthy's term | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1958. | 20 | 86th | ||||||||||
87th | ||||||||||||
88th | 21 | Elected in 1962. | January 8, 1963 – January 3, 1981 |
Democratic | ![]() Gaylord A. Nelson |
15 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 21 | 89th | ||||||||||
90th | ||||||||||||
91st | 22 | Re-elected in 1968. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. | 22 | 92nd | ||||||||||
93rd | ||||||||||||
94th | 23 | Re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1976. | 23 | 95th | ||||||||||
96th | ||||||||||||
97th | 24 | Elected in 1980. | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993 |
Republican | ![]() Robert W. Kasten Jr. |
16 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1982. Retired. |
24 | 98th | ||||||||||
99th | ||||||||||||
100th | 25 | Re-elected in 1986. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
12 | ![]() Herb Kohl |
Democratic | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2013 |
Elected in 1988. | 25 | 101st | ||||||
102nd | ||||||||||||
103rd | 26 | Elected in 1992. | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011 |
Democratic | ![]() Russ Feingold |
17 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 26 | 104th | ||||||||||
105th | ||||||||||||
106th | 27 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 27 | 107th | ||||||||||
108th | ||||||||||||
109th | 28 | Re-elected in 2004. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. Retired. |
28 | 110th | ||||||||||
111th | ||||||||||||
112th | 29 | Elected in 2010. | January 3, 2011 – Present |
Republican | ![]() Ron Johnson |
18 | ||||||
13 | ![]() Tammy Baldwin |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – Present |
Elected in 2012. | 29 | 113th | ||||||
114th | ||||||||||||
115th | 30 | Re-elected in 2016. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2018. | 30 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | ||||||||||||
118th | 31 | To be determined in the 2022 election. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2024 election. | 31 | 119th | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
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Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
Living former U.S. senators from Wisconsin[edit]
As of November 2019[update], there are three living former senators, one from Class 1 and two from Class 3. The most recent senator to die was William Proxmire (1957–1989) on December 15, 2005, who is also the most recently serving Senator to die.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Bob Kasten | 1981–1993 | 3 | June 19, 1942 |
Herb Kohl | 1989–2013 | 1 | February 7, 1935 |
Russ Feingold | 1993–2011 | 3 | March 2, 1953 |
See also[edit]
- List of United States Representatives from Wisconsin
- United States congressional delegations from Wisconsin
References[edit]
- ^ "TWO SENATORS ELECTED". The New York Times. January 27, 1897. p. 3.
- ^ "Senator Spooner Re-elected". The New York Times. January 28, 1903. p. 8.