The 13th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. Located in south central Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Green Lake and Marquette counties, along with most of Dodge County, western Fond du Lac County, and parts of northern Jefferson County, eastern Adams County, northeast Columbia County, and southwest Winnebago County. It includes the cities of Beaver Dam, Horicon, Markesan, Mayville, Montello, Princeton, Ripon, Watertown, and Waupun.
Current elected officials John Jagler is the senator representing the 13th district. He was first elected in a 2021 special election. He previously served 8 years in the State Assembly.
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 13th Senate district comprises the 37th, 38th, and 39th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:Map on District Website Assembly District 37: Mark Born (R–Beaver Dam) Assembly District 38: William Penterman (R–Hustisford) Assembly District 39: Alex Dallman (R–Markesan)
The 13th Senate district, in its current borders, crosses three different congressional districts. The part of the district in Adams County falls within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, represented by U.S. Representative Derrick Van Orden. The parts of the district in Jefferson County and the southern half of Dodge County fall within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, represented by Scott L. Fitzgerald. All of the remainder falls within Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, represented by Glenn Grothman.
Past senators The district has previously been represented by:Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
Note: the boundaries of districts have changed repeatedly over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a completely different geographic area, due to redistricting.
Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition District created 1848 Waukesha County Joseph Turner Dem. 1st Frederick Sprague Dem. 2nd 1849 3rd 1850 George Hyer Dem. Resigned. 4th 1851 --Vacant-- 5th 1852 E. B. West Whig Won 1852 special election. Charles Dunn Dem. 6th 1853 Lafayette County 7th 1854 8th 1855 9th 1856 Philemon Simpson Dem. 10th 1857 11th 1858 12th 1859 13th 1860 Samuel Cole Dem. 14th 1861 15th 1862 James Earnest Dem. 16th 1863 17th 1864 Samuel Cole 18th 1865 19th 1866 James Earnest Dem. 20th 1867 21st 1868 Hamilton H. Gray Dem. 22nd 1869 23rd 1870 Henry S. Magoon Rep. Redistricted to 11th district. 24th 1871 Satterlee Clark Jr. Dem. Redistricted from 33rd district. 25th 1872 Most of Dodge County Samuel D. Burchard Dem. 26th 1873 27th 1874 John A. Barney Dem. 28th 1875 29th 1876 Charles H. Williams Dem. 30th 1877 31st 1878 Edward C. McFetridge Rep. 32nd 1879 33rd 1880 Arthur K. Delaney Dem. 34th 1881 35th 1882 Benjamin F. Sherman Dem. 36th 1883–1884 Dodge County 37th 1885–1886 Charles Pettibone Ind. 38th 1887–1888 39th 1889–1890 William Voss Dem. 40th 1891–1892 41st 1893–1894 Michael E. Burke Dem. 42nd 1895–1896 43rd 1897–1898 Dodge County Michael A. Jacobs Dem. 44th 1899–1900 45th 1901–1902 William C. North Dem. 46th 1903–1904 47th 1905–1906 Paul O. Husting Dem. 48th 1907–1908 49th 1909–1910 50th 1911–1912 51st 1913–1914 Dodge, Washington counties Byron Barwig Dem. 52nd 1915–1916 53rd 1917–1918 Herman J. F. Bilgrien Rep. 54th 1919–1920 55th 1921–1922 56th 1923–1924 57th 1925–1926 William H. Markham Rep. 58th 1927–1928 59th 1929–1930 Eugene A. Clifford Dem. 60th 1931–1932 61st 1933–1934 Frank E. Panzer Prog. 62nd 1935–1936 63rd 1937–1938 Jesse Peters Rep. 64th 1939–1940 65th 1941–1942 Frank E. Panzer Rep. Died Aug. 1969. 66th 1943–1944 67th 1945–1946 68th 1947–1948 69th 1949–1950 70th 1951–1952 71st 1953–1954 72nd 1955–1956 73rd 1957–1958 74th 1959–1960 75th 1961–1962 76th 1963–1964 77th 1965–1966 Jefferson, Washington & 78th 1967–1968 79th 1969–1970 --Vacant-- Dale McKenna Dem. Won 1969 special election. 80th 1971–1972 81st 1973–1974 82nd 1975–1976 83rd 1977–1978 Peter D. Bear Dem. Resigned Sep. 1980. 84th 1979–1980 --Vacant-- Barbara Lorman Rep. Won 1980 special election. 85th 1981–1982 86th 1983–1984 87th 1985–1986 88th 1987–1988 89th 1989–1990 90th 1991–1992 91st 1993–1994 Scott L. Fitzgerald Rep. Resigned 2020 after elected to U.S. House. 92nd 1995–1996 93rd 1997–1998 94th 1999–2000 95th 2001–2002 96th 2003–2004 97th 2005–2006 98th 2007–2008 99th 2009–2010 100th 2011–2012 101st 2013–2014 102nd 2015–2016 103rd 2017–2018 104th 2019–2020 --Vacant-- 105th 2021–2022 John Jagler Rep. Won 2021 special election.Re-elected 2022. 106th 2023–2024 Southeast Columbia County,most of Dodge County,northeast Dane County,northern Jefferson County,part of Waukesha County 107th 2025–2026
References
External links Senate District 13 at Wisconsin Legislature Senator John Jagler (2023) Senator John Jagler (2021) Senator Scott L. Fitzgerald (2019) Senator Scott L. Fitzgerald (2017)