Wisconsin's 17th Senate district

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'''Wisconsin's 17th Senate district''' is one of 33 districts in the [[Wisconsin Senate]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senate District 17 |url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/17 |website= [[Wisconsin Legislature]] |access-date= March 10, 2021 }}</ref> Located in southwest [[Wisconsin]], the district comprises all of [[Crawford County, Wisconsin|Crawford]], [[Grant County, Wisconsin|Grant]], [[Green County, Wisconsin|Green]], [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]], and [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa]] counties, as well as parts of southwest [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County]], western [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]], and southern [[Vernon County, Wisconsin|Vernon County]]. It includes the cities of [[Boscobel, Wisconsin|Boscobel]], [[Brodhead, Wisconsin|Brodhead]], [[Cuba City, Wisconsin|Cuba City]], [[Darlington, Wisconsin|Darlington]], [[Dodgeville, Wisconsin|Dodgeville]], [[Lancaster, Wisconsin|Lancaster]], [[Mineral Point, Wisconsin|Mineral Point]], [[Monroe, Wisconsin|Monroe]], [[Oregon, WI|Oregon]], [[Platteville, Wisconsin|Platteville]], [[Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin|Prairie du Chien]], and [[Shullsburg, Wisconsin|Shullsburg]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/?sen=17&single=y |title= Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 17 Boundaries |website= [[Wisconsin Legislature]] |access-date= March 10, 2021 }}</ref>

==Current elected officials== [[Howard Marklein]] is the senator representing the 17th district. He was first elected in the 2014 general election, and is now in his second four-year term. Before serving as senator, he was a member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] from 2011 to 2015, representing the 51st Assembly district.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/legislators/senate/2105 |title= Senator Howard L. Marklein |website= [[Wisconsin Legislature]] |access-date= March 10, 2021 }}</ref> After the 2024 redistricting, Marklein no longer resides in the new district.

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] districts. The 17th Senate district comprises the 49th, 50th, and 51st Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:<ref>{{cite book|title=Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 52|isbn=978-0-9752820-1-4}}</ref> * [[Wisconsin's 49th Assembly district|Assembly District 49]]: [[Travis Tranel]] (R–[[Cuba City, Wisconsin|Cuba City]]) * [[Wisconsin's 50th Assembly district|Assembly District 50]]: [[Jenna Jacobson]] (D–[[Oregon, Wisconsin|Oregon]]) * [[Wisconsin's 51st Assembly district|Assembly District 51]]: [[Todd Novak]] (R–[[Dodgeville, Wisconsin|Dodgeville]])

The 17th Senate district crosses two congressional districts. The portion of the district in Iowa, Lafayette, Green, and Dane counties fall within [[Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district]], which is represented by [[Mark Pocan]]. The remainder of the district, in Grant and Crawford County, falls within [[Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district]], represented by [[Derrick Van Orden]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/gisdocs/CongressionalMaps/Statewide_Congressional_Map_Poster.pdf |title= State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts |website= [[Wisconsin Legislature]] |access-date= March 10, 2021 }}</ref>

<gallery> File:Wyalusing Academy overhead river 01.jpg|Wyalusing Academy, in [[Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin|Prairie du Chien]], with the [[Mississippi River]] in the background File:Grant-county-courthouse3.jpg|Historic [[Grant County Courthouse (Wisconsin)|Grant County Courthouse]] in [[Lancaster, Wisconsin|Lancaster]] File:Platteville's_Main_Street.JPG|Downtown [[Platteville, Wisconsin|Platteville]] File:WyalusingStateParkWisconsinRiverIntoMississippiRiver.jpg|[[Wyalusing State Park]] File:New_Glarus_Village_Hall.JPG|[[New Glarus, Wisconsin|New Glarus]] village hall File:Half-Way_Tree.jpg|Half-Way Tree in [[Brodhead, Wisconsin|Brodhead]] File:Monroe_WI.jpg|[[Monroe, Wisconsin]] File:Cadizsprings.jpg|[[Cadiz Springs State Recreation Area]] File:MonticelloWI_Panorama.jpg|[[Monticello, Green County, Wisconsin|Monticello]] File:Iowa County Courthouse.jpg|Historic [[Iowa County Courthouse (Wisconsin)|Iowa County Courthouse]] in [[Dodgeville, Wisconsin|Dodgeville]] File:Viewfromeasttower.jpg|View of [[Blue Mounds, Wisconsin|Blue Mounds]], from [[Blue Mound State Park]] File:Mineral Point High Street 20100829.jpg|High Street in [[Mineral Point, Wisconsin|Mineral Point]] File:Mt._Horeb_Opera_Block.jpg|[[Mt. Horeb Opera Block]] in [[Mount Horeb, Wisconsin|Mount Horeb]] File:Rockledgeamongtrees.jpg|Rock Ledge in [[Governor Dodge State Park]] File:Hollandale.jpg|Aerial view of [[Hollandale, Wisconsin|Hollandale]] </gallery>

==History== The 17th Senate district was one of the original 19 Senate districts when Wisconsin was established as a [[U.S. state]]. The 17th district was defined in Article XIV, Section 12 of the [[Constitution of Wisconsin|Wisconsin Constitution]] as "The towns of [[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]], [[Caledonia, Wisconsin|Caledonia]], [[Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin|Mount Pleasant]], [[Raymond, Wisconsin|Raymond]], [[Norway, Wisconsin|Norway]], [[Rochester, Wisconsin|Rochester]], [[Yorkville, Wisconsin|Yorkville]], and [[Burlington (town), Wisconsin|Burlington]], in the [[Racine County, Wisconsin|county of Racine]]".<ref>{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1853 |title= Manual for the use of the Assembly of the State of Wisconsin, for the year 1853 |year= 1853 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1853/reference/wi.wibluebk1853.i0004.pdf |chapter= Constitution of the State of Wisconsin |page= 38 |access-date= March 10, 2021 }}</ref> At that time, this list of towns constituted the northern half of Racine County, but after the establishment of [[Kenosha County, Wisconsin|Kenosha County]] in 1850, this collection of towns would constitute the entire territory of Racine County. During these years, the [[Free Soil Party]] was established as a splinter faction of the Democratic Party, and Racine County was a center of Free Soil power in the state of Wisconsin.

In 1852, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a reapportionment which expanded the Senate to 25 seats. The act redefined the 17th Senate district as "The towns of [[Janesville (town), Wisconsin|Janesville]], [[Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock]], [[Fulton, Wisconsin|Fulton]], [[Porter, Wisconsin|Porter]], [[Center, Rock County, Wisconsin|Centre]], [[Plymouth, Wisconsin|Plymouth]], [[Newark, Wisconsin|Newark]], [[Avon, Wisconsin|Avon]], [[Spring Valley, Wisconsin|Spring Valley]], [[Magnolia, Wisconsin|Magnolia]], and [[Union, Rock County, Wisconsin|Union]], in the [[Rock County, Wisconsin|county of Rock]]".<ref>{{cite act|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1852/related/acts/499.pdf |type = Act |index= 499 |year= 1852 |title= An Act to apportion and district anew the members of the Senate and Assembly of the State of Wisconsin |legislature= [[Wisconsin Legislature]] |page=776 }}</ref> This constituted the western half of Rock County. The 1856 redistricting, which expanded the Senate to 30 seats, reiterated the existing boundaries for the 17th district, but noted the addition of the city of Janesville, which was incorporated in 1853. The 1861 redistricting act, which expanded the Senate to its current number of 33 senators, expanded the 17th district to cover all of Rock County.<ref>{{cite act|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1861/related/acts/216.pdf |type = Act |index= 216 |year= 1861 |title= An Act to apportion the State into Senate and Assembly Districts |legislature= [[Wisconsin Legislature]] |page= 238}}</ref>

The district boundaries remained unchanged until 1892, when a controversial redistricting act was passed just days before the 1892 election. The new boundaries of the 17th district were defined as "The [[Green County, Wisconsin|county of Green]] and the towns of Union, Porter, Magnolia, Center, Spring Valley, Plymouth, Avon, Newark, [[Beloit, Wisconsin|Beloit]] and the Third and Fourth wards of the city of Beloit, in the county of Rock, and the towns of [[Cottage Grove, Wisconsin|Cottage Grove]], [[Deerfield, Wisconsin|Deerfield]], [[Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin|Pleasant Springs]], [[Dunkirk, Wisconsin|Dunkirk]], [[Dunn, Dane County, Wisconsin|Dunn]], [[Rutland, Wisconsin|Rutland]], [[Christiana, Dane County, Wisconsin|Christiana]], [[Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin|Albion]] and the city of [[Stoughton, Wisconsin|Stoughton]], in the [[Dane County, Wisconsin|county of Dane]]".<ref>{{cite act|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1891/related/acts/92ss2act01.pdf |type = Special Session 2 Act |index= 1 |year= 1891 |title= An Act to apportion the State of Wisconsin into Senate and Assembly districts |legislature= [[Wisconsin Legislature]] |pages= 8-9 }}</ref> Simplified, this constituted all of Green County, western Rock County, and southeast Dane County.

The 1892 act was quickly superseded by an 1896 act, which redefined the 17th Senate district as "Green and [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]] counties, and the towns of Avon, Beloit, Clinton, Newark, Plymouth, Spring Valley, [[Turtle, Wisconsin|Turtle]], and the village of [[Clinton (village), Rock County, Wisconsin|Clinton]], and the city of Beloit, in the county of Rock." The list of towns in Rock county constituted roughly the southern half of the county. This act was, in turn, superseded by the 1901 redistricting act which removed Rock County from the district entirely, and added [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa County]] to Green and Lafayette.<ref>{{cite act|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1901/related/acts/309.pdf |type = Act |index= 309 |year= 1901 |title= An Act to apportion and district anew the State of Wisconsin into Senate districts |legislature= [[Wisconsin Legislature]] |page= 427 }}</ref>

In 1951, after several decades without redistricting, the Wisconsin Legislature passed the so-called Rosenberry plan, named for retired Wisconsin Supreme Court justice [[Marvin B. Rosenberry]], who chaired the redistricting commission which drafted the plan. The new plan went into effect in the 1954 elections, after some additional wrangling and judicial arguments. Under that plan, the 17th Senate district added [[Grant County, Wisconsin|Grant County]] to Green, Lafayette, and Iowa.<ref>{{cite act|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1951/related/acts/728.pdf |type = Act |index= 728 |year= 1951 |title= An Act to amend 4.01 and 4.02 of the statutes, relating to the apportionment of assemblymen and senators |legislature= [[Wisconsin Legislature]] |page= 583}}</ref>

In the 1960s, the Legislature missed a court-imposed deadline to pass a redistricting plan after the [[1960 United States census|1960 U.S. census]]. The Wisconsin Supreme Court, therefore, enforced its own plan for legislative districts in a filing in ''State ex rel. Reynolds v. Zimmerman''. In the court-ordered plan, the 17th Senate district added [[Richland County, Wisconsin|Richland County]] to Grant, Green, Iowa, and Lafayette.<ref>{{cite court |url= https://cite.case.law/wis-2d/23/606/ |litigants= State ex rel. Reynolds v. Zimmerman |court= [[Wisconsin Supreme Court]] |date= May 14, 1964 |vol= 23 |reporter= Wis. 2d |opinion= 606 |access-date= March 10, 2021 |via= [[Harvard Law School|Case Law Project]] }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

The district only changed slightly in the 1972 redistricting, the first to occur after the Supreme Court ruling requiring state legislative districts to offer equal representation. The 17th district lost several towns of northwest Grant County, and gained parts of southwest Rock County and northwest Dane County.<ref>{{cite act|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1971/related/acts/304.pdf |type = Act |index= 304 |year= 1971 |title= An Act ... relating to districting the senate and assembly based on the number of inhabitants shown by the certified results of the 1970 census of population |legislature= [[Wisconsin Legislature]] |pages= 1193-1194 }}</ref>

In the 1981–1982 session, the Legislature again failed to pass a redistricting plan, and, as a result of litigation, a panel of three [[United States federal judges|federal judges]] ordered a new districting plan in ''Wisconsin State AFL-CIO v. Elections Board''. Under the court-ordered plan, the 17th Senate district lost most of Richland County and northern Green County, and the parts of Dane County that had been added in 1972, it gained more of Rock County and part of southern [[Sauk County, Wisconsin|Sauk County]].<ref>{{cite court |url= https://cite.case.law/f-supp/543/630/ |litigants= Wisconsin State AFL-CIO v. Elections Board |court= [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin|E.D. Wis.]] |date= June 9, 1982 |vol= 543 |reporter= F. Supp. |opinion= 630 |access-date= March 10, 2021 |via= [[Harvard Law School|Case Law Project]] }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> This court-ordered plan was only in-effect for the 1982 election; in 1983 the Legislature acted to override the court-ordered plan with their own plan for the remainder of the 1980s elections. The 17th district regained all of Richland County and added most of Sauk County and part of southern [[Juneau County, Wisconsin|Juneau County]]; it lost all of Green and Rock counties.<ref>{{cite act|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1983/related/acts/29.pdf |type = Act |index= 29 |year= 1983 |title= An Act ... relating to redistricting the senate and assembly based on the 1980 federal census of population and making miscellaneous changes in the statutes pertaining to decennial legislative redistricting |legislature= [[Wisconsin Legislature]] |pages= 636, 644-645, 683 }}</ref>

The 1992 redistricting was again ordered by a panel of judges, and this time was not superseded by a Legislative plan. The 1992 plan saw the 17th district add all of Juneau and the remaining parts of Grant County while losing much of Richland County. The subsequent 2002 and 2011 maps vary in boundaries, but keep roughly this configuration, stretching from Grant to Juneau, with parts of Richland, Sauk, Iowa, and Lafayette counties.

==Past senators== The boundaries of districts have changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented different geographic areas, due to [[redistricting]].

At statehood, the district was one of two for [[Racine County, Wisconsin|Racine County]]. It was represented by:

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Senator ! Party ! Notes ! Session ! Years ! District definition |- style="height:2em" | colspan="4" | ''District created'' | rowspan="2" | 1848 | rowspan="4" | [[File:1848 WI Sen 17.svg|frameless|center|150px]] Northern [[Racine County, Wisconsin|Racine County]] |- style="height:2em" | align=left | [[Philo White]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | | [[1st Wisconsin Legislature|1st]] |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Victor Willard]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Free Soil}} | {{nowrap|[[Free Soil Party|Free Soil]]}} | rowspan="2" | | [[2nd Wisconsin Legislature|2nd]] | 1849 |- style="height:3em" | [[3rd Wisconsin Legislature|3rd]] | 1850 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Stephen O. Bennett]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Free Soil}} | {{nowrap|[[Free Soil Party|Free Soil]]}} | rowspan="2" | | [[4th Wisconsin Legislature|4th]] | 1851 | rowspan="2" | [[File:1848 WI Sen 17.svg|frameless|center|150px]] [[Racine County, Wisconsin|Racine County]] |- style="height:3em" | [[5th Wisconsin Legislature|5th]] | 1852 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Ezra Miller (legislator)|Ezra Miller]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | rowspan="2" | | [[6th Wisconsin Legislature|6th]] | 1853 | rowspan="4" | [[File:1852 WI Sen 17.svg|frameless|center|150px]] {{Collapsible list |title=Western [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]]|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;| * Town of [[Avon, Wisconsin|Avon]] * Town of [[Center, Rock County, Wisconsin|Center]] * Town of [[Fulton, Wisconsin|Fulton]] * Town of [[Janesville (town), Wisconsin|Janesville]] * Town of [[Magnolia, Wisconsin|Magnolia]] * Town of [[Newark, Wisconsin|Newark]] * Town of [[Plymouth, Rock County, Wisconsin|Plymouth]] * Town of [[Porter, Wisconsin|Porter]] * Town of [[Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock]] * Town of [[Spring Valley (town), Wisconsin|Spring Valley]] * Town of [[Union, Rock County, Wisconsin|Union]] }} |- style="height:3em" | [[7th Wisconsin Legislature|7th]] | 1854 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="4" align=left | [[James Sutherland (Wisconsin politician)|James Sutherland]] | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="4" | | [[8th Wisconsin Legislature|8th]] | 1855 |- style="height:3em" | [[9th Wisconsin Legislature|9th]] | 1856 |- style="height:3em" | [[10th Wisconsin Legislature|10th]] | 1857 | rowspan="5" | [[File:1856 WI Sen 17.svg|frameless|center|150px]] {{Collapsible list |title=Western [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]]|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;| * Town of [[Avon, Wisconsin|Avon]] * Town of [[Center, Rock County, Wisconsin|Center]] * Town of [[Fulton, Wisconsin|Fulton]] * Town of [[Janesville (town), Wisconsin|Janesville]] * Town of [[Magnolia, Wisconsin|Magnolia]] * Town of [[Newark, Wisconsin|Newark]] * Town of [[Plymouth, Rock County, Wisconsin|Plymouth]] * Town of [[Porter, Wisconsin|Porter]] * Town of [[Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock]] * Town of [[Spring Valley (town), Wisconsin|Spring Valley]] * Town of [[Union, Rock County, Wisconsin|Union]] * City of [[Janesville, Wisconsin|Janesville]] }} |- style="height:3em" | [[11th Wisconsin Legislature|11th]] | 1858 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Zebulon P. Burdick]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="2" | | [[12th Wisconsin Legislature|12th]] | 1859 |- style="height:3em" | [[13th Wisconsin Legislature|13th]] | 1860 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Ezra Foot]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="2" | | [[14th Wisconsin Legislature|14th]] | 1861 |- style="height:3em" | [[15th Wisconsin Legislature|15th]] | 1862 | rowspan="26" | [[File:1861 WI Sen 17.svg|frameless|center|150px]] {{small|1861–1865}} [[File:1866 WI Sen 17.svg|frameless|center|150px]] {{small|1866–1870}} [[File:1871 WI Sen 17.svg|frameless|center|150px]] {{small|1871–1875}} [[File:1876 WI Sen 17.svg|frameless|center|150px]] {{small|1876–1881}} [[File:1882 WI Sen 17.svg|frameless|center|150px]] {{small|1882–1887}} [[File:1888 WI Sen 17.svg|frameless|center|150px]] {{small|1888–1891}} [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]] {{small|1885 population: 42,620}} |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="4" align=left | [[William A. Lawrence (Wisconsin politician)|William A. Lawrence]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="4" | | [[16th Wisconsin Legislature|16th]] | 1863 |- style="height:3em" | [[17th Wisconsin Legislature|17th]] | 1864 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/National Union}} | {{nowrap|[[National Union Party (United States)|Natl. Union]]}} | [[18th Wisconsin Legislature|18th]] | 1865 |- style="height:3em" | [[19th Wisconsin Legislature|19th]] | 1866 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[S. J. Todd|Samuel J. Todd]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/National Union}} | {{nowrap|[[National Union Party (United States)|Natl. Union]]}} | rowspan="2" | | [[20th Wisconsin Legislature|20th]] | 1867 |- style="height:3em" | [[21st Wisconsin Legislature|21st]] | 1868 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="4" align=left | [[Charles G. Williams]] | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="4" | | [[22nd Wisconsin Legislature|22nd]] | 1869 |- style="height:3em" | [[23rd Wisconsin Legislature|23rd]] | 1870 |- style="height:3em" | [[24th Wisconsin Legislature|24th]] | 1871 |- style="height:3em" | [[25th Wisconsin Legislature|25th]] | 1872 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="4" align=left | [[Horatio Davis]] | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="4" | | [[26th Wisconsin Legislature|26th]] | 1873 |- style="height:3em" | [[27th Wisconsin Legislature|27th]] | 1874 |- style="height:3em" | [[28th Wisconsin Legislature|28th]] | 1875 |- style="height:3em" | [[29th Wisconsin Legislature|29th]] | 1876 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="6" align=left | [[Hamilton Richardson]] | rowspan="6" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="6" | | [[30th Wisconsin Legislature|30th]] | 1877 |- style="height:3em" | [[31st Wisconsin Legislature|31st]] | 1878 |- style="height:3em" | [[32nd Wisconsin Legislature|32nd]] | 1879 |- style="height:3em" | [[33rd Wisconsin Legislature|33rd]] | 1880 |- style="height:3em" | [[34th Wisconsin Legislature|34th]] | 1881 |- style="height:3em" | [[35th Wisconsin Legislature|35th]] | 1882 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Simon Lord]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="2" | | [[36th Wisconsin Legislature|36th]] | 1883–1884 |- style="height:3em" | [[37th Wisconsin Legislature|37th]] | 1885–1886 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Allen P. Lovejoy]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="2" | | [[38th Wisconsin Legislature|38th]] | 1887–1888 |- style="height:3em" | [[39th Wisconsin Legislature|39th]] | 1889–1890 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Richard Burdge]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="2" | | [[40th Wisconsin Legislature|40th]] | 1891–1892 |- style="height:3em" | [[41st Wisconsin Legislature|41st]] | 1893–1894 | rowspan="2" | [[File:1892 WI Sen 17.svg|frameless|center|150px]] [[Green County, Wisconsin|Green County]] and {{Collapsible list |title={{nowrap|southeast [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County]]}} {{nowrap|& western [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]]}}|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;| * Dane County ** Town of [[Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin|Albion]] ** Town of [[Christiana, Dane County, Wisconsin|Christiana]] ** Town of [[Cottage Grove (town), Wisconsin|Cottage Grove]] ** Town of [[Deerfield (town), Dane County, Wisconsin|Deerfield]] ** Town of [[Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin|Pleasant Springs]] ** Town of [[Dunkirk, Wisconsin|Dunkirk]] ** Town of [[Dunn, Dane County, Wisconsin|Dunn]] ** Town of [[Rutland, Wisconsin|Rutland]] ** City of [[Stoughton, Wisconsin|Stoughton]] * Rock County ** Town of [[Avon, Wisconsin|Avon]] ** Town of [[Beloit (town), Wisconsin|Beloit]] ** Town of [[Center, Rock County, Wisconsin|Center]] ** Town of [[Magnolia, Wisconsin|Magnolia]] ** Town of [[Newark, Wisconsin|Newark]] ** Town of [[Plymouth, Rock County, Wisconsin|Plymouth]] ** Town of [[Porter, Wisconsin|Porter]] ** Town of [[Spring Valley (town), Wisconsin|Spring Valley]] ** Town of [[Union, Rock County, Wisconsin|Union]] ** Wards 4, 5, City of [[Beloit, Wisconsin|Beloit]] }} |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Henry Putnam]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="2" | | [[42nd Wisconsin Legislature|42nd]] | 1895–1896 |- style="height:3em" | [[43rd Wisconsin Legislature|43rd]] | 1897–1898 | rowspan="3" | [[File:1896 WI Sen 17.svg|frameless|center|150px]] [[Green County, Wisconsin|Green]] and [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]] counties and {{Collapsible list |title=southern [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]]|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;| * Town of [[Avon, Wisconsin|Avon]] * Town of [[Beloit (town), Wisconsin|Beloit]] * Town of [[Clinton (town), Rock County, Wisconsin|Clinton]] * Town of [[Newark, Wisconsin|Newark]] * Town of [[Plymouth, Rock County, Wisconsin|Plymouth]] * Town of [[Spring Valley (town), Wisconsin|Spring Valley]] * Town of [[Turtle, Wisconsin|Turtle]] * Village of [[Clinton (village), Rock County, Wisconsin|Clinton]] * City of [[Beloit, Wisconsin|Beloit]] }} |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="8" align=left | [[Harry C. Martin]] | rowspan="8" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="8" | | [[44th Wisconsin Legislature|44th]] | 1899–1900 |- style="height:3em" | [[45th Wisconsin Legislature|45th]] | 1901–1902 |- style="height:3em" | [[46th Wisconsin Legislature|46th]] | 1903–1904 | rowspan="28" | [[Green County, Wisconsin|Green]], [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa]], and [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]] counties 1910 population: 64,213 |- style="height:3em" | [[47th Wisconsin Legislature|47th]] | 1905–1906 |- style="height:3em" | [[48th Wisconsin Legislature|48th]] | 1907–1908 |- style="height:3em" | [[49th Wisconsin Legislature|49th]] | 1909–1910 |- style="height:3em" | [[50th Wisconsin Legislature|50th]] | 1911–1912 |- style="height:3em" | [[51st Wisconsin Legislature|51st]] | 1913–1914 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Platt Whitman]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="2" | | [[52nd Wisconsin Legislature|52nd]] | 1915–1916 |- style="height:3em" | [[53rd Wisconsin Legislature|53rd]] | 1917–1918 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Oscar R. Olson]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="2" | | [[54th Wisconsin Legislature|54th]] | 1919–1920 |- style="height:3em" | [[55th Wisconsin Legislature|55th]] | 1921–1922 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Olaf H. Johnson]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="2" | | [[56th Wisconsin Legislature|56th]] | 1923–1924 |- style="height:3em" | [[57th Wisconsin Legislature|57th]] | 1925–1926 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Charles W. Hutchison]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="2" | | [[58th Wisconsin Legislature|58th]] | 1927–1928 |- style="height:3em" | [[59th Wisconsin Legislature|59th]] | 1929–1930 |- style="height:2em" | align=left | [[William Olson]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | ''Died Nov. 1931'' | rowspan="2" | [[60th Wisconsin Legislature|60th]] | rowspan="2" | 1931–1932 |- style="height:1em" | colspan="3" | ''Vacant'' |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="3" align=left | [[George Engebretson]] | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="3" | ''Won 1932 special election'' | [[61st Wisconsin Legislature|61st]] | 1933–1934 |- style="height:3em" | [[62nd Wisconsin Legislature|62nd]] | 1935–1936 |- style="height:3em" | [[63rd Wisconsin Legislature|63rd]] | 1937–1938 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Carl Lovelace]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="2" | ''Died Feb. 1941'' | [[64th Wisconsin Legislature|64th]] | 1939–1940 |- style="height:1em" | rowspan="2" | [[65th Wisconsin Legislature|65th]] | rowspan="2" | 1941–1942 |- style="height:2em" | colspan="3" | ''Vacant'' |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="6" align=left | [[Melvin Olson]] | rowspan="6" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="6" | | [[66th Wisconsin Legislature|66th]] | 1943–1944 |- style="height:3em" | [[67th Wisconsin Legislature|67th]] | 1945–1946 |- style="height:3em" | [[68th Wisconsin Legislature|68th]] | 1947–1948 |- style="height:3em" | [[69th Wisconsin Legislature|69th]] | 1949–1950 |- style="height:3em" | [[70th Wisconsin Legislature|70th]] | 1951–1952 |- style="height:3em" | [[71st Wisconsin Legislature|71st]] | 1953–1954 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="4" align=left | [[Robert S. Travis]] | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="4" | | [[72nd Wisconsin Legislature|72nd]] | 1955–1956 | rowspan="5" | [[Grant County, Wisconsin|Grant]], [[Green County, Wisconsin|Green]], [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa]], and [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]] counties |- style="height:3em" | [[73rd Wisconsin Legislature|73rd]] | 1957–1958 |- style="height:3em" | [[74th Wisconsin Legislature|74th]] | 1959–1960 |- style="height:3em" | [[75th Wisconsin Legislature|75th]] | 1961–1962 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="6" align=left | [[Gordon Roseleip]] | rowspan="6" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="6" | | [[76th Wisconsin Legislature|76th]] | 1963–1964 |- style="height:3em" | [[77th Wisconsin Legislature|77th]] | 1965–1966 | rowspan="4" | [[Grant County, Wisconsin|Grant]], [[Green County, Wisconsin|Green]], [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa]], [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]], and [[Richland County, Wisconsin|Richland]] counties |- style="height:3em" | [[78th Wisconsin Legislature|78th]] | 1967–1968 |- style="height:3em" | [[79th Wisconsin Legislature|79th]] | 1969–1970 |- style="height:3em" | [[80th Wisconsin Legislature|80th]] | 1971–1972 |- style="height:3em" | [[81st Wisconsin Legislature|81st]] | 1973–1974 | rowspan="5" | [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa]], [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]], [[Richland County, Wisconsin|Richland]] counties and Most of Grant County Most of Green County {{Collapsible list |title=Southwest [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]]|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;| * Town of [[Avon, Wisconsin|Avon]] * Town of [[Magnolia, Wisconsin|Magnolia]] * Town of [[Newark, Wisconsin|Newark]] * Town of [[Plymouth, Rock County, Wisconsin|Plymouth]] * Town of [[Spring Valley (town), Wisconsin|Spring Valley]] * Village of [[Orfordville, Wisconsin|Orfordville]] }} {{Collapsible list |title=Part of [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County]]|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;| * Town of [[Black Earth (town), Wisconsin|Black Earth]] * Town of [[Mazomanie (town), Wisconsin|Mazomanie]] * Village of [[Black Earth, Wisconsin|Black Earth]] * Village of [[Mazomanie, Wisconsin|Mazomanie]] }} |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | [[Kathryn Morrison (legislator)|Kathryn Morrison]] | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | rowspan="2" | | [[82nd Wisconsin Legislature|82nd]] | 1975–1976 |- style="height:3em" | [[83rd Wisconsin Legislature|83rd]] | 1977–1978 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="7" align=left | [[Richard Kreul]] | rowspan="7" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="7" | ''Resigned July 1991'' | [[84th Wisconsin Legislature|84th]] | 1979–1980 |- style="height:3em" | [[85th Wisconsin Legislature|85th]] | 1981–1982 |- style="height:3em" | [[86th Wisconsin Legislature|86th]] | 1983–1984 | [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa]], [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]] counties and Most of Grant County Most of Green County Western [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]] Southern Sauk County Part of [[Richland County, Wisconsin|Richland County]] |- style="height:3em" | [[87th Wisconsin Legislature|87th]] | 1985–1986 | rowspan="6" | [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa]], [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]], [[Richland County, Wisconsin|Richland]] counties and Most of Grant County Most of [[Sauk County, Wisconsin|Sauk County]] Southern Juneau County Part of Vernon County |- style="height:3em" | [[88th Wisconsin Legislature|88th]] | 1987–1988 |- style="height:3em" | [[89th Wisconsin Legislature|89th]] | 1989–1990 |- style="height:1em" | rowspan="3" | [[90th Wisconsin Legislature|90th]] | rowspan="3" | 1991–1992 |- style="height:1em" | colspan="3" | ''Vacant'' |- style="height:1em" | rowspan="12" align=left | [[Dale Schultz]] | rowspan="12" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="12" | ''Won 1991 special election'' |- style="height:3em" | [[91st Wisconsin Legislature|91st]] | 1993–1994 | rowspan="5" | [[Grant County, Wisconsin|Grant]], [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa]], [[Juneau County, Wisconsin|Juneau]], [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]] counties and Most of [[Sauk County, Wisconsin|Sauk County]] Northeast [[Richland County, Wisconsin|Richland County]] |- style="height:3em" | [[92nd Wisconsin Legislature|92nd]] | 1995–1996 |- style="height:3em" | [[93rd Wisconsin Legislature|93rd]] | 1997–1998 |- style="height:3em" | [[94th Wisconsin Legislature|94th]] | 1999–2000 |- style="height:3em" | [[95th Wisconsin Legislature|95th]] | 2001–2002 |- style="height:3em" | [[96th Wisconsin Legislature|96th]] | 2003–2004 | rowspan="5" | [[Grant County, Wisconsin|Grant]], [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa]], [[Juneau County, Wisconsin|Juneau]], counties and Most of [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette County]] Most of [[Sauk County, Wisconsin|Sauk County]] Most of [[Richland County, Wisconsin|Richland County]] Part of [[Monroe County, Wisconsin|Monroe County]] |- style="height:3em" | [[97th Wisconsin Legislature|97th]] | 2005–2006 |- style="height:3em" | [[98th Wisconsin Legislature|98th]] | 2007–2008 |- style="height:3em" | [[99th Wisconsin Legislature|99th]] | 2009–2010 |- style="height:3em" | [[100th Wisconsin Legislature|100th]] | 2011–2012 |- style="height:3em" | [[101st Wisconsin Legislature|101st]] | 2013–2014 | rowspan="5" | [[File:2011 WI Sen 17.png|frameless|center|300px]] [[Grant County, Wisconsin|Grant]], [[Juneau County, Wisconsin|Juneau]], [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]], [[Richland County, Wisconsin|Richland]] counties and Most of [[Sauk County, Wisconsin|Sauk County]] Western of [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa County]] Southwest [[Green County, Wisconsin|Green County]] Part of [[Monroe County, Wisconsin|Monroe County]] |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="6" align=left | {{nowrap|[[Howard Marklein]]}} | rowspan="6" {{Party shading/Republican }} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | rowspan="6" | | [[102nd Wisconsin Legislature|102nd]] | 2015–2016 |- style="height:3em" | [[103rd Wisconsin Legislature|103rd]] | 2017–2018 |- style="height:3em" | [[104th Wisconsin Legislature|104th]] | 2019–2020 |- style="height:3em" | [[105th Wisconsin Legislature|105th]] | 2021–2022 |- style="height:3em" | [[106th Wisconsin Legislature|106th]] | 2023–2024 | [[File:2022 WI Sen 17.png|frameless|center|300px]] [[Grant County, Wisconsin|Grant]], [[Juneau County, Wisconsin|Juneau]], [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]], [[Richland County, Wisconsin|Richland]] counties and most of [[Sauk County, Wisconsin|Sauk County]] western of [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa County]] southwest [[Green County, Wisconsin|Green County]] part of [[Vernon County, Wisconsin|Vernon County]] |- style="height:3em" | [[107th Wisconsin Legislature|107th]] | 2025–2026 | [[File:2024 WI Sen 17.svg|frameless|center|150px]] [[Crawford County, Wisconsin|Crawford]], [[Grant County, Wisconsin|Grant]], [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa]], [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]] counties and southwestern [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County]] part of [[Vernon County, Wisconsin|Vernon County]] part of [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]] |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/17 Senate District 17] at [[Wisconsin Legislature]] ** [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/senate/2426 Senator Howard L. Marklein (2023)] ** [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/legislators/senate/2105 Senator Howard L. Marklein (2021)] ** [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/legislators/senate/1908 Senator Howard L. Marklein (2019)] ** [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/legislators/senate/1516 Senator Howard L. Marklein (2017)]

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