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 almost all of the city of Milwaukee (except the slivers of the city in Waukesha and Washington counties), as well as 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
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Gwen Moore D–Milwaukee
Area	111.90 sq mi (289.8 km2)
Distribution	100.0% urban 0.00% rural
Population (2023)	719,795
Median household income	$59,499[1]
Ethnicity	41.0% White 31.6% Black 17.8% Hispanic 4.9% Asian 3.8% Two or more races 0.9% other
Cook PVI	D+25[2]

With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+25, it is the most Democratic district in Wisconsin.^[2] 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.

Counties and municipalities within the district

#	County	Seat	Population
79	Milwaukee	Milwaukee	928,059

Milwaukee County

Bayside, Brown Deer, Fox Point, Glendale, Milwaukee, River Hills, Shorewood, Wauwatosa, West Allis (half), West Milwaukee, and Whitefish Bay.

Election results from statewide races

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W Bush 51% – Al Gore 45%
2004	President	John Kerry 70% – George W. Bush 30%
2008	President	Barack Obama 75% – John McCain 24%
2012	President	Barack Obama 75% – Mitt Romney 24%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 73% – Donald Trump 22%
2020	President	Joe Biden 76% – Donald Trump 22%

List of members representing the district

#	Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District
District established March 4, 1863
1	Charles A. Eldredge (Fond du Lac)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1873	38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to the 5th district.	Dodge, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, & Washington counties
2	Alexander Mitchell (Milwaukee)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1872. Retired.	Milwaukee, Ozaukee, & Washington counties
3	William Pitt Lynde (Milwaukee)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Retired.
4	Peter V. Deuster (Milwaukee)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885	46th 47th 48th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Lost re-election.
						Milwaukee County
5	Isaac W. Van Schaick (Milwaukee)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. Retired.
6	Henry Smith (Milwaukee)	Union Labor	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. Lost re-election.
7	Isaac W. Van Schaick (Milwaukee)	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. Retired to run for state senator.
8	John L. Mitchell (Milwaukee)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892 but resigned when elected U.S. senator.
Vacant			March 3, 1893 – August 27, 1893	53rd		Southern Milwaukee County Town of Franklin Town of Greenfield Town of Lake Town of Oak Creek Wards 1-9, 11, 12, 14-18, city of Milwaukee
9	Peter J. Somers (Milwaukee)	Democratic	August 27, 1893 – March 3, 1895		Elected to finish Mitchell's term. Retired.
10	Theobald Otjen (Milwaukee)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1907	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Lost renomination.
						Southern Milwaukee County Town of Franklin Town of Greenfield Town of Lake Town of Oak Creek Town of Wauwatosa Village of Cudahy City of South Milwaukee City of Wauwatosa Wards 2-5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14-17, 23, city of Milwaukee
11	William J. Cary (Milwaukee)	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1919	60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost renomination.
						Southern Milwaukee County Town of Franklin Town of Greenfield Town of Lake Town of Oak Creek Town of Wauwatosa Village of Cudahy Village of West Milwaukee City of South Milwaukee City of Wauwatosa City of West Allis Wards 3-5, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 23, 24, city of Milwaukee
12	John C. Kleczka (Milwaukee)	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Retired.
13	John C. Schafer (Milwaukee)	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost re-election.
14	Raymond Joseph Cannon (Milwaukee)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost renomination and lost re-election as an independent.	Southern Milwaukee County Town of Franklin Town of Greenfield Town of Lake Town of Oak Creek Town of Wauwatosa Village of West Milwaukee City of Cudahy City of South Milwaukee City of Wauwatosa City of West Allis Wards 3-5, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 23, 24, 27, city of Milwaukee
15	John C. Schafer (Milwaukee)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	Elected in 1938. Lost re-election.
16	Thad F. Wasielewski (Milwaukee)	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947	77th 78th 79th	Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Lost renomination and lost re-election as an independent.
17	John C. Brophy (Milwaukee)	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.
18	Clement J. Zablocki (Milwaukee)	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	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Died.
						Southern Milwaukee County Village of Greendale Village of Hales Corners Village of West Milwaukee City of Cudahy City of Franklin City of Greenfield City of Oak Creek City of St. Francis City of South Milwaukee City of West Allis The part of the city of Milwaukee south of the Menomonee River
						Southern Milwaukee County Village of Greendale Village of Hales Corners Village of West Milwaukee City of Cudahy City of Franklin City of Greenfield City of Oak Creek City of St. Francis City of South Milwaukee City of Wauwatosa City of West Allis The part of the city of Milwaukee south of St. Paul Ave. and east of 39th St.
						Southern Milwaukee County & southeast Waukesha County Milwaukee County Village of Greendale Village of Hales Corners Village of West Milwaukee City of Cudahy City of Franklin City of Greenfield City of Oak Creek City of St. Francis City of South Milwaukee City of West Allis The part of the city of Milwaukee south of the line extending from the point where I-94 intersects with the western city limits, following I-94 east to the point where it intersects with the Menomonee River, then following the river east to the point where it intersects with the Milwaukee River, then north to E. Juneau Ave., east to N. Van Buren St., south to E. State St., east 1 block, south 1 block, then east on E. Kilbourn Ave. to the lake Waukesha County Town of Vernon Town of Waukesha Village of Big Bend City of Muskego City of New Berlin The part of the city of Waukesha south of a line extending from the point where the right-of-way of the M.St.P. & S.S.M. railroad intersects the northern city limits, south along the right-of-way of the M.St.P. & S.S.M. railroad to Moreland Blvd., then east to Murray Ave., north to Catherine St., east to Highland Ave., north to Josephine St., east to Cardinal Dr., north to Atlantic Dr., east to Empire Dr., northeasterly on Empire Dr. and Wolf Rd. to the city limits
Vacant			December 3, 1983 – April 3, 1984	98th
19	Jerry Kleczka (Milwaukee)	Democratic	April 3, 1984 – January 3, 2005	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	Elected to finish Zablocki's term. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired.
						1993–2003
						2003–2013
20	Gwen Moore (Milwaukee)	Democratic	January 3, 2005 – present	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.
						2013–2023
						2023–present

Recent election results

2002 district boundaries (2002–2011)

Year	Date	Elected				Defeated				Total	Plurality
2002[3]	Nov. 5	Jerry Kleczka (inc)	Democratic	122,031	86.32%	Brian Verdin	Rep.	18,324	12.96%	141,367	103,707
2004[4]	Nov. 2	Gwen Moore	Democratic	212,382	69.60%	Gerald H. Boyle	Rep.	85,928	28.16%	305,142	126,454
						Tim Johnson	Ind.	3,733	1.22%
						Robert R. Raymond	Ind.	1,861	0.61%
						Colin Hudson	Con.	897	0.29%
2006[5]	Nov. 7	Gwen Moore (inc)	Democratic	136,735	71.31%	Perfecto Rivera	Rep.	54,486	28.42%	191,742	82,249
2008[6]	Nov. 4	Gwen Moore (inc)	Democratic	222,728	87.63%	Michael D. LaForest	Rep.	29,282	11.52%	254,179	193,446
2010[7]	Nov. 2	Gwen Moore (inc)	Democratic	143,559	68.98%	Dan Sebring	Rep.	61,543	29.57%	208,103	82,016
						Eddie Ahmad Ayyash	Ind.	2,802	1.35%

2011 district boundaries (2012–2021)

Year	Date	Elected				Defeated				Total	Plurality
2012[8]	Nov. 6	Gwen Moore (inc)	Democratic	235,257	72.21%	Dan Sebring	Rep.	80,787	24.80%	325,788	154,470
						Robert R. Raymond	Ind.	9,277	2.85%
2014[9]	Nov. 4	Gwen Moore (inc)	Democratic	179,045	70.24%	Dan Sebring	Rep.	68,490	26.87%	254,892	110,555
						Robert R. Raymond	Ind.	7,002	2.75%
2016[10]	Nov. 8	Gwen Moore (inc)	Democratic	220,181	76.74%	Robert R. Raymond	Ind.	33,494	11.67%	254,892	110,555
						Andy Craig	Lib.	32,183	11.22%
2018[11]	Nov. 6	Gwen Moore (inc)	Democratic	206,487	75.61%	Tim Rogers	Rep.	59,091	21.64%	273,087	147,396
						Robert R. Raymond	Ind.	7,170	2.63%
2020[12]	Nov. 3	Gwen Moore (inc)	Democratic	232,668	74.65%	Tim Rogers	Rep.	70,769	22.70%	311,697	161,899
						Robert R. Raymond	Ind.	7,911	2.54%

2022 district boundaries (2022–2031)

Year	Date	Elected				Defeated				Total	Plurality
2022[13]	Nov. 8	Gwen Moore (inc)	Democratic	191,955	75.27%	Tim Rogers	Rep.	57,660	22.61%	255,012	134,295
						Robert R. Raymond	Ind.	5,164	2.03%

See also

• United States portal

• 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. "My Congressional District".
2. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
3. Results of Fall General Election - 11/05/2002 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. December 2, 2002. p. 4. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
4. Results of Fall General Election - 11/02/2004 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. December 1, 2004. p. 4. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
5. Results of Fall General Election - 11/07/2006 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. December 5, 2006. p. 4. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
6. Results of Fall General Election - 11/04/2008 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. December 1, 2008. p. 3. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
7. 2010 Fall General Election Results Summary (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. October 4, 2010. pp. 3–4. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
8. Canvass Results for 2012 Presidential and General Election - 11/6/2012 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. November 6, 2012. p. 3. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
9. Canvass Results for 2014 General Election - 11/4/2014 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. November 26, 2014. p. 4. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
10. Canvass Results for 2016 General Election - 11/8/2016 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. December 22, 2016. pp. 3–4. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
11. Canvass Results for 2018 General Election - 11/6/2018 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. February 22, 2019. p. 4. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
12. Canvass Results for 2020 General Election - 11/3/2020 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 18, 2020. p. 2. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
13. Canvass Results for 2022 General Election - 11/8/2022 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 30, 2022. p. 3. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

External links

• Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District

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