Wisconsin's 7th congressional district

Wisconsin's 7th congressional district
Wisconsin's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. Wisconsin's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Sean Duffy (R–Weston)
Area	18,786.53 mi2
Distribution	42.04% urban, 57.96% rural
Population (2000)	670,462
Median income	$39,026
Ethnicity	95.6% White, 0.3% Black, 1.5% Asian, 0.9% Hispanic, 1.5% Native American, 0.1% other
Occupation	30.8% blue collar, 52.3% white collar, 16.9% gray collar
Cook PVI	R+2

Wisconsin's 7th congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in northwestern and central Wisconsin; it is the largest congressional district in the state geographically, covering 20 counties (in whole or part), for a total of 18,787 sq mi. The district contains the following counties: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark (partial), Douglas, Iron, Langlade (partial), Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Polk, Portage, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Washburn and Wood.

The district is currently represented by Sean Duffy, a Republican. David Obey announced his retirement in 2010, and Duffy won the seat against Democratic State Senator Julie Lassa.

While John Kerry narrowly won the district in 2004 with 51% of the vote, the 7th District swung more Democratic in 2008, giving 55.91% of the vote to Barack Obama and 42.52% to John McCain.

List of representatives

Congress(es)	Representative	Party	Years	Note
District created			March 4, 1873
43rd–44th	Jeremiah Rusk	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	Redistricted from the 6th district
45th–47th	Herman L. Humphrey	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883
48th	Gilbert M. Woodward	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
49th–51st	Ormsby B. Thomas	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891
52nd	Frank P. Coburn	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
53rd	George B. Shaw	Republican	March 4, 1893 – August 27, 1894	Died
Vacant			August 27, 1894 – November 5, 1894
53rd–55th	Michael Griffin	Republican	November 5, 1894 – March 3, 1899
56th–66th	John J. Esch	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1921
67th–70th	Joseph D. Beck	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929
71st	Merlin Hull	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931
72nd	Gardner R. Withrow	Republican	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	Redistricted to the 3rd district
73rd–75th	Gerald J. Boileau	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	Redistricted from the 8th district
		Progressive	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939
76th–82nd	Reid F. Murray	Republican	January 3, 1939 – April 29, 1952	Died
Vacant			April 29, 1952 – January 3, 1953
83rd–91st	Melvin Laird	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 21, 1969	Resigned after being appointed US Secretary of Defense
Vacant			January 21, 1969 – April 1, 1969
91st–111th	Dave Obey	Democratic	April 1, 1969 – January, 3, 2011	Retired
112th–Present	Sean Duffy	Republican	January 3, 2011 – Present	Incumbent

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 7th congressional district

As of April 2015, two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 7th congressional district are alive.

U.S. Representative	U.S. House of Representatives Term	Date of birth (and age)
Melvin Laird	1953 - 1969	(1922-09-01) September 1, 1922
Dave Obey	1969 - 2011	(1938-10-03) October 3, 1938

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Wisconsin's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

General

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Specific

External links

• Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District