Wisconsin's 6th Assembly district

The 6th Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1] Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Menominee County, most of Shawano County, and parts of western Oconto County, northeast Waupaca County, and northwest Brown County, including the cities of Shawano, Clintonville, and Gillett, and the villages of Bonduel, Bowler, Cecil, Embarrass, and Pulaski. It also contains the Menominee Indian Reservation and the Stockbridge–Munsee Community.[2] The district is represented by Republican Peter Schmidt, since January 2023.[3]

Wisconsin's 6th
State Assembly district
2024 map defined in 2023 Wisc. Act 94
2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Assemblymember
  Peter Schmidt
R–Bonduel
since January 3, 2023 (1 years)
Demographics87.07% White
1.04% Black
2.65% Hispanic
1.92% Asian
7.2% Native American
0.09% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		59,076
44,923
WebsiteOfficial website
NotesNortheast Wisconsin

The 6th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district, along with the 4th and 5th Assembly districts.[4]

List of past representatives
List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 6th district
Member Party Residence Counties represented Term start Term end Ref.
District created
Gervase Hephner Dem. Chilton Calumet, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington January 1, 1973 January 3, 1983 [5]
Gus Menos Dem. Brown Deer Milwaukee January 3, 1983 January 7, 1985 [6]
Robert Cowles Rep. Green Bay Brown January 7, 1985 April 21, 1987 [7]
--Vacant-- April 21, 1987 June 16, 1987
James R. Charneski Rep. Allouez June 16, 1987 January 3, 1989 [8]
Rosemary Hinkfuss Dem. Green Bay January 3, 1989 January 4, 1993 [9]
John Ainsworth Rep. Waukechon Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano January 4, 1993 January 1, 2007 [10]
Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca
Gary Tauchen Rep. Bonduel January 1, 2007 January 2, 2023 [11]
Brown, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca
Peter Schmidt Rep. Bonduel January 3, 2023 Current [3]

References
  1. "Assembly District 6". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 6 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  3. "Representative Peter A. Schmidt". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  4. An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting (Act 94). Wisconsin Legislature. 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  5. "The State: The state of Wisconsin 1981-1982 Blue Book: Biographies and pictures". digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  6. "The State: The state of Wisconsin 1983-1984 Blue Book: Biographies and pictures". digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  7. "The State: The state of Wisconsin 1985-1986 Blue Book: Biographies and pictures". digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  8. "The State: The state of Wisconsin 1987-1988 Blue Book: Biographies and pictures". digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  9. "The State: State of Wisconsin 1991-1992 Blue Book: Biographies and photos". digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  10. "The State: State of Wisconsin 2005-2006 Blue Book: Biographies". digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  11. "Representative Gary Tauchen". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
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