Wisconsin's 32nd Senate district

The 32nd Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate.[2] Located in western Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Crawford County, as well as nearly all of La Crosse and Vernon counties, and most of the southern half of Monroe County. It includes the cities of La Crosse, Onalaska, Prairie du Chien, and Viroqua.[3]

Wisconsin's 32nd
State Senate district
2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
composed of Assembly districts 94, 95, and 96
Senator
  Brad Pfaff
D–Onalaska
since January 4, 2021 (2 years)
Demographics89.2% White
2.1% Black
2.5% Hispanic
3.7% Asian
1.1% Native American
0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
1.0% Other
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		178,385[1]
139,973
NotesWestern Wisconsin

Current elected officials

Brad Pfaff is the current senator representing the 32nd district. He was elected in the 2020 general election. Before his election as senator, he served nearly two years as Acting Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.[4]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 32nd Senate district comprises the 94th, 95th, and 96th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:

The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Derrick Van Orden.[5]

History

The 32nd District was created in 1861 after the 1860 United States census, when the State Senate was expanded from 30 to 33 members. The first to represent the district was M. D. Bartlett, a Republican from Durand who served in the 1862 and 1863 sessions. At that time, the district consisted of Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin and Trempealeau Counties.

Past senators

The district has been represented by:[6]

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

Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition
District created by 1861 Wisc. Act 216. 1861 Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, and Trempealeau counties
M. D. Bartlett Rep. 15th 1862
16th 1863
Carl C. Pope Natl. Union 17th 1864
18th 1865
Joseph G. Thorp Natl. Union 19th 1866
20th 1867
Alfred W. Newman Rep. 21st 1868
22nd 1869
William T. Price Rep. 23rd 1870
24th 1871
Orlando Brown Rep. 25th 1872 Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, and Trempealeau counties
1870 population: 32,992
26th 1873
Robert C. Field Rep. 27th 1874
28th 1875
Mark Douglas Rep. 29th 1876
30th 1877 Jackson and Monroe counties
1875 population: 32,365
1880 population: 34,891
William T. Price Rep. 31st 1878
32nd 1879
33rd 1880
34th 1881
Charles K. Erwin Rep. 35th 1882
36th 1883–1884
37th 1885–1886
38th 1887–1888
Hugh H. Price Rep. 39th 1889–1890 Jackson, Monroe, and Wood counties
1885 population: 53,809
40th 1891–1892
Levi Withee Rep. 41st 1893–1894 La Crosse and Trempealeau counties
1890 population: 57,721
1895 population: 65,573
1900 population: 66,111
1910 population: 66,924
42nd 1895–1896
43rd 1897–1898
44th 1899–1900
John C. Gaveney Rep. 45th 1901–1902
46th 1903–1904
Thomas Morris Rep. Resigned 1910 after elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. 47th 1905–1906
48th 1907–1908
49th 1909–1910
Otto Bosshard Rep. Won 1910 special election. 50th 1911–1912
51st 1913–1914
52nd 1915–1916
Eugene F. Clark Rep. 53rd 1917–1918
54th 1919–1920
55th 1921–1922
56th 1923–1924 Jackson, La Crosse, and Trempealeau counties
Valentine S. Keppel Rep. 57th 1925–1926
58th 1927–1928
59th 1929–1930
60th 1931–1932
Harry W. Griswold Rep. 61st 1933–1934
62nd 1935–1936
Oscar S. Paulson Prog. 63rd 1937–1938
64th 1939–1940
Rudolph Schlabach Rep. Resigned Feb. 1953, appointed to Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission. 65th 1941–1942
66th 1943–1944
67th 1945–1946
68th 1947–1948
69th 1949–1950
70th 1951–1952
71st 1953–1954
--Vacant--
Raymond Bice Sr. Rep.
72nd 1955–1956
73rd 1957–1958
74th 1959–1960
75th 1961–1962
76th 1963–1964
77th 1965–1966 Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties
78th 1967–1968
Milo Knutson Rep. 79th 1969–1970
80th 1971–1972
81st 1973–1974 Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties and
Northwest Grant County
Southeast Trempealeau County
Southwest Jackson County
Part of Monroe County
82nd 1975–1976
Paul Offner Dem. Resigned Feb. 1984. 83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
85th 1981–1982
86th 1983–1984
--Vacant--
Brian Rude Rep. Won 1984 special election.
87th 1985–1986 Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties and
Northern Grant County
Southwest Monroe County
88th 1987–1988
89th 1989–1990
90th 1991–1992
91st 1993–1994 Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties and
Most of Richland County
Part of Monroe County
92nd 1995–1996
93rd 1997–1998
94th 1999–2000
Mark Meyer Dem. 95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004 Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties and
Northwest Richland County
Southern Monroe County
Dan Kapanke Rep. Lost 2011 recall election. 97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
Jennifer Shilling Dem. Won 2011 recall election.
Resigned May 2020.
101st 2013–2014 Crawford and La Crosse counties and
Most of Vernon County
Southern Monroe County
102nd 2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
--Vacant--
Brad Pfaff Dem. 105th 2021–2022
106th 2023–2024
Crawford County,
most of La Crosse County,
most of Vernon County,
southern Monroe County

References
  1. "LTSB Open Data: Wisconsin Senate Districts (2022)". Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  2. "Senate District 32". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  3. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 32 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  4. "Senator Brad Pfaff". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  5. "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  6. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
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