List of United States senators from Wisconsin
Appearance
Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848. Its current senators are Republican Ron Johnson and Democrat Tammy Baldwin.
List of Senators
Class 1Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018. | C | Class 3Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016. | ||||||||||
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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 4, 1857 |
Elected in 1848. | Elected in 1848 | June 8, 1848 – March 4, 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 missing] |
March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1861 |
Republican | ![]() Charles Durkee |
2 | ||||||
2 | ![]() James R. Doolittle |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1869 |
Elected in 1857. | 3 | 35th | ||||||
36th | ||||||||||||
37th | 4 | Elected in 1861. | March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1879 |
Republican | ![]() Timothy O. Howe |
3 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1863. [data missing] |
4 | 38th | ||||||||||
39th | ||||||||||||
40th | 5 | Re-elected in 1866. | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() Matthew H. Carpenter |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 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 4, 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 4, 1893 |
Elected in 1881. | 7 | 47th | ||||||
Elected to finish Carpenter's term. Retired. |
March 14, 1881 – March 4, 1885 |
Republican | ![]() Angus Cameron |
5 | ||||||||
48th | ||||||||||||
49th | 8 | Elected in 1885. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1891 |
Republican | ![]() John Coit Spooner |
6 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1887. Retired. |
8 | 50th | ||||||||||
51st | ||||||||||||
52nd | 9 | Elected in 1891. Lost renomination. |
March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1897 |
Democratic | ![]() William F. Vilas |
7 | ||||||
6 | ![]() John L. Mitchell |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1899 |
Elected in 1893. Retired. |
9 | 53rd | ||||||
54th | ||||||||||||
55th | 10 | Elected in 1897. | March 4, 1897 – April 30, 1907 |
Republican | ![]() John Coit Spooner |
8 | ||||||
7 | ![]() Joseph V. Quarles |
Republican | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1905 |
Elected in 1899. Retired. |
10 | 56th | ||||||
57th | ||||||||||||
58th | 11 | Re-elected in 1903. Resigned. | ||||||||||
Vacant | March 4, 1905 – January 2, 1906 |
11 | 59th | |||||||||
8 | ![]() Robert M. La Follette, Sr. |
Republican | January 2, 1906 – June 18, 1925 |
Elected late in 1905. | ||||||||
60th | ||||||||||||
April 30, 1907 – May 17, 1907 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Spooner's term. | May 17, 1907 – March 4, 1915 |
Republican | ![]() Isaac Stephenson |
9 | ||||||||
61st | 12 | Re-elected in 1909. Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1910. | 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 to finish Husting's term. | April 18, 1918 – March 4, 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 4, 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 | ||||||
Republican | Re-elected in 1940. Lost renomination. |
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 | To be determined in the 2016 election. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 30 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | ||||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Wisconsin
As of April 2015[update], there are three living former Senators, one from Class 1 and two from Class 3.
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 |