Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district

Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district
Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Mark Pocan (D–Madison)
Area	3,511.41 mi2
Distribution	75.65% urban, 24.35% rural
Population (2000)	670,457
Median income	$46,976
Ethnicity	90.6% White, 3.6% Black, 2.4% Asian, 3.4% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 0.4% other
Occupation	15.4% blue collar, 64.8% white collar, 19.8% gray collar
Cook PVI	D+17

Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southern Wisconsin, covering Dane County, Iowa County, Lafayette County, Sauk County and Green County, as well as portions of Richland County and Rock County [1]. The district includes Madison, the state's capital, its suburbs and some of the surrounding areas.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Mark Pocan, who succeeded current Senator Tammy Baldwin in 2013.

Historically, the district has tilted Democratic, due largely to the presence of heavily Democratic Madison. It was a swing district for much of the 1990s and early 2000s. and was held by a Republican from 1991 to 1999. However, since the 2000s round of redistricting, only the Milwaukee-based 4th District is considered more Democratic. John Kerry won the district in 2004 with 62% of the vote. Barack Obama also swept the district in 2008 with 69% of the vote to John McCain's 30%.

List of representatives

Congress(es)	Representative	Party	Date	Note
District created			June 9, 1848
30th	Mason C. Darling	Democratic	June 9, 1848 – March 3, 1849
31st	Orsamus Cole	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
32nd–33rd	Ben C. Eastman	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855
34th–36th	Cadwallader C. Washburn	Republican	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861
37th	Luther Hanchett	Republican	March 4, 1861 – November 24, 1862	Died
Vacant			November 24, 1862 – January 26, 1863
37th	Walter D. McIndoe	Republican	January 26, 1863 – March 3, 1863	Redistricted to the 6th district
38th–39th	Ithamar Sloan	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867
40th–41st	Benjamin F. Hopkins	Republican	March 4, 1867 – January 1, 1870	Died
Vacant			January 1, 1870 – February 23, 1870
41st	David Atwood	Republican	February 23, 1870 – March 3, 1871
42nd–43rd	Gerry Whiting Hazelton	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875
44th–47th	Lucien B. Caswell	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883
48th	Daniel H. Sumner	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
49th	Edward S. Bragg	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887
50th	Richard W. Guenther	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Redistricted from the 6th district
51st–53rd	Charles Barwig	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895
54th–55th	Edward Sauerhering	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899
56th–57th	Herman B. Dahle	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903
58th–59th	Henry Cullen Adams	Republican	March 4, 1903 – July 9, 1906	Died
Vacant			July 9, 1906 – September 4, 1906
59th–62nd	John M. Nelson	Republican	September 4, 1906 – March 3, 1913	Redistricted to the 3rd district
63rd–64th	Michael E. Burke	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917	Redistricted from the 6th district
65th–69th	Edward Voigt	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1927
70th–72nd	Charles A. Kading	Republican	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933
73rd	Charles W. Henney	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
74th–75th	Harry Sauthoff	Progressive	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939
76th	Charles Hawks, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941
77th–78th	Harry Sauthoff	Progressive	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945
79th	Robert Kirkland Henry	Republican	January 3, 1945 – November 20, 1946	Died, elected to 80th Congress, but died before serving.
Vacant			November 20, 1946 – April 22, 1947
80th–84th	Glenn Robert Davis	Republican	April 22, 1947 – January 3, 1957
85th	Donald Edgar Tewes	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959
86th–101st	Robert Kastenmeier	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1991
102nd–105th	Scott L. Klug	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1999
106th–112th	Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013
113th	Mark Pocan	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district

As of April 2015, two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district are alive.

U.S. Representative	U.S. House of Representatives Term	Date of birth (and age)
Scott L. Klug	1991 - 1999	(1953-01-16) January 16, 1953
Tammy Baldwin	1999 - 2013	(1962-02-11) February 11, 1962

External links

• 2nd Congressional District of Wisconsin
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present