Wisconsin's 4th congressional district

Wisconsin's 4th congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in Wisconsin, encompassing a part of Milwaukee County and including all of the city of Milwaukee and its working-class suburbs of Cudahy, St. Francis, South Milwaukee, and West Milwaukee. Recent redistricting has added the Milwaukee County North Shore communities of Glendale, Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, Fox Point, Bayside, and Brown Deer to the district. It is currently represented by Gwen Moore, a Democrat.

Wisconsin's 4th congressional district
Wisconsin's 4th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Gwen Moore D–Milwaukee
Area	111.90 sq mi (289.8 km^2)
Distribution	100.0% urban 0.00% rural
Population (2018 est.)	710,573
Median income	$45,057[1]
Ethnicity	41% white[2] 33% black 18% Hispanic 4% Asian 3% other 0% Native American
Cook PVI	D+25[3]

In the 21st century this has been the most Democratic congressional district in Wisconsin. John Kerry won 69% of the vote here in 2004. Barack Obama also swept the district in 2008 by a three-to-one margin over John McCain with 75.39% of the vote to McCain's 23.61%.

Before the 2000 census, the 4th covered much of south Milwaukee, and extended into eastern Waukesha County. After Wisconsin lost a district in the 2000 census, the 4th was cut back to a Milwaukee County district.

List of members representing the district

#	Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created			March 4, 1863
1	Charles A. Eldredge	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1873	38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd	Elected in 1862. Redistricted to the 5th district.
2	Alexander Mitchell	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Redistricted from the 1st district. [data unknown/missing]
3	William Pitt Lynde	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	[data unknown/missing]
4	Peter V. Deuster	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885	46th 47th 48th	[data unknown/missing]
5	Isaac W. Van Schaick	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	[data unknown/missing]
6	Henry Smith	Union Labor	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	[data unknown/missing]
7	Isaac W. Van Schaick	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st
8	John L. Mitchell	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned at end of Congress when elected to the US Senate Elected to 53rd Congress, but never served
Vacant			March 3, 1893 – August 27, 1893	53rd
9	Peter J. Somers	Democratic	August 27, 1893 – March 3, 1895		Elected to finish Mitchell's term. [data unknown/missing]
10	Theobald Otjen	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1907	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th	[data unknown/missing]
11	William J. Cary	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1919	60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	[data unknown/missing]
12	John C. Kleczka	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	[data unknown/missing]
13	John C. Schafer	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd
14	Raymond Joseph Cannon	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	[data unknown/missing]
15	John C. Schafer	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	[data unknown/missing]
16	Thaddeus Wasielewski	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947	77th 78th 79th	[data unknown/missing]
17	John C. Brophy	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	[data unknown/missing]
18	Clement J. Zablocki	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – December 3, 1983	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant			December 3, 1983 – April 3, 1984	98th
19	Jerry Kleczka	Democratic	April 3, 1984 – January 3, 2005	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	Elected to finish Zablocki's term. [data unknown/missing]
20	Gwen Moore	Democratic	January 3, 2005 – present	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2004.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

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

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Specific

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=55&cd=04
2. https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US5504-congressional-district-4-wi/
3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

External links

• Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District