Wisconsin Senate, District 1
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| Type | District of the Upper House |
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Region served
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The Door Peninsula |
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Senator
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Frank Lasee (R) |
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Parent organization
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Wisconsin Legislature |
| Website | Official Site |
The 1st District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in Eastern Wisconsin, and is currently composed of Brown, Door, Kewaunee, and Calumet Counties. The district does not contain, but is adjacent to the Green Bay area.
Frank Lasee is the senator serving the 1st district. He was elected in 2010 to a four-year term. Before serving as a senator, he held an office in the State Assembly. His cousin Alan previously held the senate seat for the 1st district.
The area of the 1st Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:
The district is also located within Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Reid Ribble.
At Wisconsin statehood, the Senate had only 19 districts. The 1st District consisted of Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc and Sheboygan counties. It elected:
For the 1853 session, the Senate was expanded to 25 members, and the 1st District lost Brown County. The new District elected:
For the 1859 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); the new 1st District elected:
As of 1862, the Senate expanded to 33 seats, a size it would retain well into the 21st century; the 1st District remained unchanged. It elected:
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