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List of United States senators from Wisconsin

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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 1
Class 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 3
Class 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.
# 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
 
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
 
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, 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)
Bob Kasten 1981–1993 3 (1942-06-19) June 19, 1942 (age 82)
Herb Kohl 1989–2013 1 (1935-02-07) February 7, 1935 (age 89)
Russ Feingold 1993–2011 3 (1953-03-02) March 2, 1953 (age 71)

See also