Washington's 2nd legislative district
Washington's 2nd legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. The district runs mostly east-west along the southern extreme of Pierce County but also includes part of Thurston County, including Yelm and Lacey.[1][2]
The largely rural district is represented by state senator Jim McCune and state representatives Andrew Barkis (position 1) and Matt Marshall (position 2), all Republicans.[3]
Past legislators
Statehood-1932
During this period, the state senate and state house districts were geographically distinct.[4]
| Year | Senate | House | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Senate District Geography | House Position 1 | House Position 2 | House District Geography | |
| 1st (1889-1890) | E. B. Hyde (R)[a] | Spokane County | |||
| B. C. Van Houten (R)[a] | |||||
| Alexander Watt (R)[a] | |||||
| 2nd (1891-1892) | James O'Neill (R) | Spokane (part) and Stevens Counties | House District Established | Spokane County (part) | |
| David Lehman (R) | |||||
| 3rd (1893-1894) | George H. Collin (P.P.) | ||||
| 4th (1895-1896) | Willard B. Field (P.P.), (Pop.)[b] | ||||
| 5th (1897-1898) | David R. Lusher (Pop.) | ||||
| 6th (1899-1900) | Charles A. Mantz (P.P.)[c] | Spokane (part) and Ferry Counties | Hiram E. Allen (R) | ||
| 7th (1901-1902) | Samuel Miller (D) | ||||
| 8th (1903-1904) | M. E. Stansell (R) | Stevens County | P. F. Quinn (D) | Position Established | |
| J. J. Fitzgerald (D) | |||||
| 9th (1905-1906) | Jesse Huxtable (R) | Daniel Hoch (R) | |||
| 10th (1907-1908) | A. W. Anderson (R) | Harry A. Rhodes (R) | |||
| 11th (1909-1910) | Harry C. Hayward (R) | R. E. Buchanan (R) | |||
| 12th (1911-1912) | R. E. Buchanan (R) | W. E. Stephens (R) | |||
| 13th (1913-1914) | Stevens and Pend Oreille Counties [d] | Zachariah Stewart (R) | Chas. H. Merriam (Prog.) | ||
| 14th (1915-1916) | C. R. McMillan (D) | John L. Wiley (D) | |||
| 15th (1917-1918) | Ira Honefenger (R) | Linneus Lincoln Westfall (R) | |||
| 16th (1919-1920) | W. Lon Johnson (R)[e] | Arthur L. True (R) | |||
| 17th (1921-1922) | Leo L. Miller (R) | ||||
| 18th (1923-1924) | Grant E. Hunt (R) | ||||
| 19th (1925-1926) | Vacant[f] | Isaac N. Stephens (R) | |||
| Louis A. Conyard (R)[g] | |||||
| 20th (1927-1928) | William G. Hartwell Sr. (R) | Isaac N. Stephens (R) | Grant E. Hunt (R) | ||
| 21st (1929-1930) | A. G. Hall (R) | Nelson J. Bostwick (R) | |||
| 22nd (1931-1932) | George Elmer Brown (R) | Dayton H. Stewart (R) | |||
1933-Present
After the passage of Initiative 57 and the 1930 redistricting cycle, the state senate and state house districts were geographically similar. While some senate districts would occasionally be broken up into house seats A and B, seats A and B were always contained in the Senate district boundaries.
The 2nd Legislative district's state senate and house seats are identical geographically from 1933 to the present day.[4]
| Year | Senate | House | District Geography | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | House Position 1 | House Position 2 | ||
| 23rd (1933-1934) | William G. Hartwell Sr. (R) | H. B. Clark (D) | Frank Schultz (D) | Stevens and Pend Oreille Counties |
| 24th (1935-1936) | David E. McMillan (D) | Walter A. Johnson (D) | ||
| 25th (1937-1938) | Charles W. Hodde (D) | |||
| 26th (1939-1940) | Lester E. Babcock (R) | Wallace Beckley (R) | ||
| 27th (1941-1942) | P. H. Graham (D) | Walter A. Johnson (D) | ||
| 28th (1943-1944) | B. J. Dahl (R) | Charles W. Hodde (D) | E. E. Hupp (R)[h] | |
| Earl G. Griffith (R)[i] | ||||
| 29th (1945-1946) | Earl G. Griffith (R) | Charles W. Hodde (D) | ||
| 30th (1947-1948) | ||||
| 31st (1949-1950) | Charles W. Hodde (D)[j] | K. O. Rosenberg (D) | ||
| 32nd (1951-1952) | Earl G. Griffith (R) | Charles W. Hodde (D)[j] | ||
| 33rd (1953-1954) | K. O. Rosenberg (D) | |||
| 34th (1955-1956) | ||||
| 35th (1957-1958) | ||||
| 36th (1959-1960) | David E. McMillan (D)[k] | Art Avey (D) | ||
| 37th (1961-1962) | Drennan McElroy (D) | |||
| 38th (1963-1964) | Drennan McElroy (D) | K. O. Rosenberg (D) | ||
| 39th (1965-1966) | Art Avey (D) | Frank Slagle (D) | ||
| 40th (1967-1968) | Joe Haussler (D) | 1965 Redistricting | ||
| Pierce County (part) and Thurston County (part) | ||||
| 41st (1969-1970) | Bruce A. Wilson (D)[k] | Joe Haussler (D) | Bill Schumaker (R) | |
| 42nd (1971-1972) | ||||
| 43rd (1973-1974) | R. Ted Bottiger (D)[l] | Wayne Ehlers (D)[m] | Phyllis Erickson (D)[n] | 1972 Redistricting |
| Pierce County (part) and Thurston County (part) | ||||
| 44th (1975-1976) | ||||
| 45th (1977-1978) | ||||
| 46th (1979-1980) | ||||
| 47th (1981-1982) | ||||
| Duane L. Kaiser (D)[o] | ||||
| 48th (1983-1984) | ||||
| 49th (1985-1986) | Ken Madsen (D)[p] | |||
| 50th (1987-1988) | Marilyn Rasmussen (D) | |||
| Ken Madsen (D)[p] | Randy Dorn (D) | |||
| 51st (1989-1990) | ||||
| 52nd (1991-1992) | ||||
| 53rd (1993-1994) | Marilyn Rasmussen (D) | Tom Campbell (D) | Pierce County (part) | |
| 54th (1995-1996) | Tom Campbell (R)[q] | Scott Smith (R) | ||
| 55th (1997-1998) | Roger Bush (R) | |||
| 56th (1999-2000) | Tom Campbell (R) | |||
| 57th (2001-2002) | ||||
| 58th (2003-2004) | Pierce County (part) and Thurston County (part) | |||
| 59th (2005-2006) | Jim McCune (R) | |||
| 60th (2007-2008) | ||||
| 61st (2009-2010) | Randi Becker (R) | |||
| 62nd (2011-2012) | J. T. Wilcox (R) | |||
| 63rd (2013-2014) | Gary C. Alexander (R)[r] | |||
| Graham Hunt (R)[s][t] | ||||
| 64th (2015-2016) | ||||
| Andrew Barkis (R) | ||||
| 65th (2017-2018) | ||||
| 66th (2019-2020) | ||||
| 67th (2021-2022) | Jim McCune (R) | |||
| 68th (2023-2024) | ||||
| 69th (2025-2026) | Matt Marshall (R) | |||
Key
| Democratic (D) |
| Populist (Pop) |
| Progressive (Bull Moose) (Prog) |
| Republican (R) |
- P.P. is People's Party which was closely associate with the Populist Party.
See also
Notes
- 1 2 3 This district was represented by three senators simultaneously from 1889-1890.
- ↑ Switched to the Populist Party in 1897.
- ↑ Switched to the Democratic Party in 1901.
- ↑ Pend Oreille County was created in 1911. The district did not change and contained the same voters as before 1911.
- ↑ Resigned in late 1924. Elected Lt. Governor.
- ↑ The seat was vacant until a special election in 1925. Vacancies could only be filled by special election called by the governor until 1930
- ↑ Elected in a 1925 special election
- ↑ Resigned Feb 1944
- ↑ Appointed 1944
- 1 2 Elected Speaker of the House
- 1 2 Redistricted out of the district
- ↑ Resigned Nov 20, 1987. Appointed to Northwest Power Planning Council
- ↑ Elected Speaker of the House for 48th and 49th legislative sessions (1983-86)
- ↑ Resigned May 11, 1981
- ↑ Appointed Jun. 22, 1981. Elected Nov. 3, 1981 to serve unexpired term.
- 1 2 Appointed Dec. 14, 1987 to the senate to serve unexpired term.
- ↑ Switched party affiliation to Republican on Jan 31, 1995
- ↑ Resigned Dec. 31, 2013
- ↑ Appointed Jan. 17, 2014.
- ↑ Resigned Feb. 16, 2016
References
- ↑ "2011 Washington State Redistricting Commission website". Civic Impulse, LLC. Archived from the original on February 19, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ↑ "GovTrack". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Find Your Legislator". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- 1 2 "State of Washington Members of the Legislature, 1889 – 2011" (PDF). Washington State Legislature. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 20, 2022.