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Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district

67 members have held this seat since Dec 3, 1849. Now: Mark Pocan D.

Holders
67
40 R · 22 D · 3 P · 1 W · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
12 years
Mark Pocan
Current
12 years
Mark Pocan, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/wi-2Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Orsamus Cole · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigBen C. Eastman · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratBen C. Eastman · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratCadwallader Colden Washburn · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratCadwallader Colden Washburn · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanCadwallader Colden Washburn · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanLuther Hanchett · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanIthamar Conkey Sloan · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanIthamar Conkey Sloan · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Hopkins · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Atwood · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanGerry Whiting Hazelton · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanGerry Whiting Hazelton · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanLucien Bonaparte Caswell · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanLucien Bonaparte Caswell · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanLucien Bonaparte Caswell · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanLucien Bonaparte Caswell · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Hadley Sumner · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratEdward Stuyvesant Bragg · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratRichard William Guenther · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Barwig · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratCharles Barwig · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratCharles Barwig · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratEdward Sauerhering · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Sauerhering · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanHerman Bjorn Dahle · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanHerman Bjorn Dahle · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Cullen Adams · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Cullen Adams · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Mandt Nelson · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Mandt Nelson · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Mandt Nelson · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanMichael Edmund Burke · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratMichael Edmund Burke · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratEdward Voigt · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Voigt · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Voigt · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Voigt · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Voigt · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanCharles August Kading · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanCharles August Kading · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanCharles August Kading · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanCharles William Francis Henney · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratCharles Hawks Jr. · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanHarry Sauthoff · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · ProgressiveGlenn Robert Davis · 1947-01-03 – 1957-01-04 · RepublicanRobert William Kastenmeier · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratRobert William Kastenmeier · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratRobert William Kastenmeier · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRobert William Kastenmeier · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratRobert William Kastenmeier · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratRobert William Kastenmeier · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratRobert William Kastenmeier · 1987-01-06 – 1991-01-04 · DemocratScott L. Klug · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanTammy Baldwin · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratTammy Baldwin · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratTammy Baldwin · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratMark Pocan · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratWalter Duncan McIndoe · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Hopkins · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Mandt Nelson · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Sauthoff · 1935-01-03 – 1939-01-04 · ProgressiveHarry Sauthoff · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · ProgressiveRobert Kirkland Henry · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Edgar Tewes · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanScott L. Klug · 1991-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanMark Pocan · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · Democrat
Mark Pocan D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Mark Pocan D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Tammy Baldwin D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Tammy Baldwin D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Tammy Baldwin D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Scott L. Klug R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Scott L. Klug R
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1997 · 6 years
Robert William Kastenmeier D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1991 · 4 years
Robert William Kastenmeier D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Robert William Kastenmeier D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Robert William Kastenmeier D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Robert William Kastenmeier D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Robert William Kastenmeier D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Robert William Kastenmeier D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Donald Edgar Tewes R
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Glenn Robert Davis R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1957 · 10 years
Robert Kirkland Henry R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Harry Sauthoff P
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Harry Sauthoff P
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Charles Hawks Jr. R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
Harry Sauthoff P
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1939 · 4 years
Charles William Francis Henney D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Charles August Kading R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Charles August Kading R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Charles August Kading R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Edward Voigt R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Edward Voigt R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Edward Voigt R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Edward Voigt R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Edward Voigt R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Michael Edmund Burke D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Michael Edmund Burke D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John Mandt Nelson R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
John Mandt Nelson R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
John Mandt Nelson R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Henry Cullen Adams R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
John Mandt Nelson R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Henry Cullen Adams R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Herman Bjorn Dahle R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Herman Bjorn Dahle R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Edward Sauerhering R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Edward Sauerhering R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Charles Barwig D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Charles Barwig D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Charles Barwig D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Richard William Guenther R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Daniel Hadley Sumner D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Gerry Whiting Hazelton R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Gerry Whiting Hazelton R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
David Atwood R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Benjamin Franklin Hopkins R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Ithamar Conkey Sloan R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Ithamar Conkey Sloan R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Luther Hanchett R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Walter Duncan McIndoe R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Cadwallader Colden Washburn R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Cadwallader Colden Washburn IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Ben C. Eastman D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Ben C. Eastman D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Orsamus Cole W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.