Wisconsin's 6th congressional district

Wisconsin's 6th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Wisconsin
district number = 6



image width = 300
image caption = District map as of 2002
representative = Tom Petri
party = Republican
english area = 5,641.16
percent urban = 60.63
percent rural = 39.37
population = 670,440
population year = 2000
median income = 44,242
percent white = 95.3
percent black = 1.1
percent asian = 1.5
percent native american = 0.4
percent hispanic =2.3
percent other race = 0.2
percent blue collar = 32.5
percent white collar = 49.9
percent gray collar = 17.6
cpvi = R + 5

Wisconsin's 6th congressional district is a congressional district of the United State House of Representatives in eastern Wisconsin. The district includes all or portions of the following counties: Adams, Calumet, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Manitowoc, Marquette, Sheboygan, Waushara and Winnebago.

The district's current Representative is Thomas E. Petri (R), from Fond du Lac, who came to office in a special election held in April 1979. Petri is member of the House Committee on Labor and Education. He is also on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and is the ranking Republican on the Aviation Subcommittee.

History

Wisconsin's 6th congressional district came into existence in 1863 following the Federal Census of 1860. The first elected Representative from the District was Walter D. McIndoe of Wausau. The district originally comprised the counties of the northern and western parts of the state and shifted eastward as further reapportionment occurred following future censuses.

Census of 1860

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The 6th District(yellow) originally included the counties of Bad Ax (Vernon), La Crosse, Monroe, Juneau, Adams, Portage, Wood, Jackson, Trempealeau, Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce, St. Croix, Dunn, Eau Claire, Clark, Marathon, Chippewa, Dallas (Barron), Polk, Burnett, Douglas, La Pointe and Ashland. Areas of east central Wisconsin, which make up much of the 6th District today, were originally part of the newly created 5th district.

Census of 1870

The results of the 1870 Census allowed for Wisconsin to gain two additional seats in the House of Representatives. The new 6th District was shifted eastward and included many counties that are included what is today identified as Northeast Wisconsin. It included the counties of Brown, Calumet, Door, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Outagamie, Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago. Representative Philetus Sawyer of Oshkosh had been elected to Congress from Wisconsin's 5th District since 1865, was then elected from the new version of the 6th District. He later served the state as a member of the U.S. Senate.

Census of 1880

throughout the decade. The 6th District now included the counties of Adams, Green Lake, Marquette, Outagamie, Waushara and Winnebago.

Census of 1890

allowed for Wisconsin to gain a 10th Congressional seat. The 6th District shifted eastward to a configuration that closely resembled that of today's linear east to west shape with a population of 187,001. The state population was enumerated at 1,686,880. The 6th District then included the counties of Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Marquette, Waushara and Winnebago.

Census of 1900

. The population of the counties making up the 6th District totaled 184,517.

Censuses of 1910 & 1920

. The 6th district did grow from 201,637 to 214,206 between the two enumerations.

Censuses of 1930, 1940 & 1950

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Census of 1960

was added to the existing counties of the 6th District, which were Calumet, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington and Winnebago. This slight western shift gave the district a population of 391,743.

It was also during this era, that the Republican Party's domination of the district was broken. Democrat John Abner Race, represented the district from 1965-1967. Other than this brief interruption, a Republican has been sent to Washington, D.C. in every election since 1938.

Census of 1970

. This was not enough of an increase to keep up with other areas of the country and the state lose a seat in the House of Representatives. The loss again required the state's districts to be reapportioned.

The 6th District now extended farther west than at any time other than its original configuration in 1860. It now included all or portions of Adams, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Juneau, Manitowoc, Marquette, Monroe, Sheboygan, Waushara and Winnebago counties.

This was also the first time, other than in Milwaukee County, that districts did not follow county borders throughout the state. The township of Waupun in Fond du Lac County was included in the 2nd District. Only the five eastern most townships in Monroe County were included in the 6th District.

Census of 1980

. In addition, the counties of Calumet, Green Lake, Manitowoc, Marquette, Waushara and Winnebago were included in their entirety. The population of the 6th District according to the 1980 Census was 522,546.

Census of 1990

saw Wisconsin retain its nine seats in the House of Representatives and created only minor changes to the 6th District. All or portions of Adams, Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Juneau, Manitowoc, Marquette, Monroe, Outagamie, Sheboygan, Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago counties were part of the Sixth.

Census of 2000

Following the 2000 Census, Wisconsin's population rose to 5,363,675. Unfortunately for the state, this amount of growth was not as substantial as in other part's of the nation and Wisconsin lost a congressional seat. Now with only eight seats, a major redistricting took place in the state for the first time since the state's loss of its 10th seat following the Census of 1970. The new 6th District included the counties of Adams, Calument, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Manitowoc, Waushara and Winnebago, in addition to small sections of Outagamie and Jefferson counties.

Census of 2010

Predictions for the Census of 2010 thus far indicate that Wisconsin will hold on to its eight seats in the House of Representatives.

List of Representatives

External links

* [http://www.house.gov/petri/welcome.htm Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District]
* [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=browse&scope=WI.WIBlueBks University of Wisconsin Digital Collection - State of Wisconsin Blue Books]


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