Washington's 4th legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. The district borders Idaho to the east, Washington's 6th legislative district to the south, Spokane to the west, and Washington's 7th legislative district on the north.
The largely suburban district is represented by state senator Leonard Christian and state representatives Suzanne Schmidt (position 1) and Rob Chase (position 2), all Republicans.
Past legislators
Statehood-1932 During this period, the state senate and state house districts were geographically distinct. Year Senate House Senator Senate District Geography House Position 1 House Position 2 House Position 3 House District Geography 1st (1889-1890)F. H. Luce (R)Adams, Franklin, Lincoln, part and Okanogan 2nd (1891-1892)E. B. Hyde (R) Spokane County (part) House District Established Spokane County (part)J. E. Gandy (R)A. G. Hanson (R)Louis Reinhardt (R) 3rd (1893-1894)C. W. Ide (R)H. W. Greenberg (R)W. H. Ludden (R)F. M. Tull (R) 4th (1895-1896)F. M. Tull (R)J. E. Gandy (R)O. B. Nelson (R) 5th (1897-1898)H. E. Houghton (P.P.)John B. Johnston (Silver Rep.)W. B. Roberts (Silver Rep.)Louis J. McAtee (D)Vacant 6th (1899-1900)Herman D. Crow (R)Harry Rosenhaupt (R)R. N. McLean (R)J. F. Sexton (R) 7th (1901-1902)F. D. Shaw (R)Harry Rosenhaupt (R)W. Storey Buck (R) 8th (1903-1904)Samuel A. Wells (R)Ellsworth C. Whitney (R)Position Eliminated 9th (1905-1906)Walker A. Henry (R)Charles A. Ratcliffe (R)John A. Fancher (R) 10th (1907-1908)W. D. Scott (R)J. F. Congleton (R) 11th (1909-1910)Richard A. Hutchinson (R)John A. Fancher (R)Albert M. Stevens (R) 12th (1911-1912)Clyde A. Miller (R) 13th (1913-1914)Richard A. Hutchinson (Prog.)Albert M. Stevens (Prog.)George L. Reid (Prog.) 14th (1915-1916)Albert M. Stevens (R)A. R. Stratton (R) 15th (1917-1918)Richard A. Hutchinson (R)Olaf L. Olsen (R) 16th (1919-1920) 17th (1921-1922)Harve H. Phipps (R) 18th (1923-1924)Charles E. Peterson (R)Olaf L. Olsen (R) 19th (1925-1926)Daniel Morgan (R)Thomas McCormick (R) 20th (1927-1928)Arthur L. Hooper (R) 21st (1929-1930)Harve H. Phipps (R)Sam W. Webb (R)Charles E. Peterson (R) 22nd (1931-1932)Charles E. Peterson (R)Harry C. Huse (D)
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 4th legislative district's state senate and house seats are identical geographically from 1933 to the present day.
Year Senate HouseDistrict Geography Senator House Position 1 House Position 2 23rd (1933-1934)Ed Peirce (D)Carl J. Luck (D)John R. Sullivan (D) Spokane County (part) 24th (1935-1936)Alfred E. Holt (D)Carl J. Luck (D) 25th (1937-1938)Alfred E. Holt (D)Mel Butler (D) 26th (1939-1940)Thomas H. Bienz (D)Roderick A. Lindsay (D) 27th (1941-1942)Roderick A. Lindsay (D)Dave Sweeny (D)Vacant 28th (1943-1944)Thomas H. Bienz (D)Fred C. Ashley (R)Herbert M. Hamblen (R) 29th (1945-1946) 30th (1947-1948) 31st (1949-1950)Roderick A. Lindsay (D)Robert E. Blair (D)Carl F. Mohr (D) 32nd (1951-1952)D. W. Giboney (D)W. Kenneth Jones (R) 33rd (1953-1954)Harold Davis (R) 34th (1955-1956)Arthur D. Jones, Jr. (R)William A. Weitzman (R) 35th (1957-1958)Karl V. Herrmann (D)Kathryn Epton (D)James E. Winton (R) 36th (1959-1960)William S. Day (D)Kathryn Epton (D) 37th (1961-1962) 38th (1963-1964)Mike E. Odell (R) 39th (1965-1966)Kathryn Epton (D)40th (1967-1968)Gordon W. Richardson (R)1965 Redistricting Spokane County (part) 41st (1969-1970)William S. Day (D)James P. Kuehnle (R) 42nd (1971-1972)Walt O. Knowles (D)43rd (1973-1974)1972 Redistricting Spokane County (part), Whitman County (part) 44th (1975-1976) 45th (1977-1978)Jack W. Grier (D)46th (1979-1980)Ren Taylor (R) 47th (1981-1982)Bob McCaslin Sr. (R)Mike Padden (R)48th (1983-1984) Spokane County (part)49th (1985-1986)50th (1987-1988)51st (1989-1990)Charles R. Wolfe (R)52nd (1991-1992)George Orr (D)53rd (1993-1994) 54th (1995-1996)Larry Crouse (R)Mark Sterk (R) 55th (1997-1998)Lynn Schindler (R)56th (1999-2000)57th (2001-2002)58th (2003-2004)59th (2005-2006)60th (2007-2008) 61st (2009-2010)Matt Shea (R)62nd (2011-2012)Jeff Baxter (R)Mike Padden (R) 63rd (2013-2014)Leonard Christian (R)Bob McCaslin Jr. (R)64th (2015-2016)65th (2017-2018)Matt Shea (R)Bob McCaslin Jr. (R)66th (2019-2020)67th (2021-2022)Bob McCaslin Jr. (R)Rob Chase (R)68th (2023-2024)Suzanne Schmidt (R)Leonard Christian (R)69th (2025-2026)Leonard Christian (R)Rob Chase (R)
Key
P.P. is People's Party which was closely associate with the Populist Party.
See also Washington Redistricting Commission Washington State Legislature Washington State Senate Washington House of Representatives Washington (state) legislative districts
Notes
References
External links Washington State Redistricting Commission Washington House of Representatives Map of Legislative Districts