Wisconsin's 5th Senate district

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Wisconsin's 5th
State Senate district
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Wisconsin's 5th Senate district
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Wisconsin's 5th Senate district
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Wisconsin's 5th Senate district
2024 map defined in 2023 Wisc. Act 94
2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
composed of Assembly districts 13, 14, and 15
Senator
  Rob Hutton
R Brookfield
since January 3, 2023 (1 years)
Demographics81.72%  White
4.57%  Black
6.1%  Hispanic
5.81%  Asian
1.59%  Native American
0.1%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
  Voting age
178,761
140,958
Website Official website
Notes Milwaukee metro area (west)

The 5th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. [1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district is composed of parts of western Milwaukee County, and eastern Waukesha County. It includes the cities of Brookfield and Pewaukee, and the villages of Elm Grove and Pewaukee, as well as most of the cities of Wauwatosa and West Allis, and parts of the cities of Milwaukee and Waukesha. [2]

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Current elected officials

Rob Hutton is the senator representing the 5th district since January 2023. He previously served eight years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 13th Assembly district from 2013 to 2021. [3]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 5th Senate district comprises the 13th, 14th, and 15th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: [4]

The district is located mostly within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Scott L. Fitzgerald. [5] The parts of the district in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, and some of the West Allis precincts are within Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, represented by Gwen Moore.

Past senators

A list of all previous senators from this district: [6]

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
District created1848
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Iowa County
Henry M. Billings Dem. 1st
Montgomery M. Cothren Dem. 2nd 1849
3rd 1850
Levi Sterling Whig 4th 1851
5th 1852
Edward M. Hunter Dem. 6th 1853
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7th 1854
Jackson Hadley Dem. 8th 1855
9th 1856
Augustus Greulich Dem. 10th 1857
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11th 1858
Cicero Comstock Rep. 12th 1859
13th 1860
Charles Quentin Dem. Died May 8, 1862. 14th 1861
15th 1862
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Francis Huebschmann Dem. Won 1862 special election.
William K. Wilson Dem. 16th 1863
17th 1864
18th 1865
19th 1866
Jackson Hadley Dem. Died March 1867. 20th 1867
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Henry L. Palmer Dem. Won 1867 special election.
21st 1868
William Pitt Lynde Dem. 22nd 1869
23rd 1870
Francis Huebschmann Dem. 24th 1871
Philo Belden Rep. 25th 1872
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Racine County
Robert Hall Baker Rep. 26th 1873
Charles Herrick Lib. Rep. 27th 1874
Robert Hall Baker Rep. 28th 1875
29th 1876
Isaac W. Van Schaick Rep. 30th 1877
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31st 1878
32nd 1879
33rd 1880
34th 1881
35th 1882
Jedd P. C. Cottrill Dem. 36th 18831884
37th 18851886
Theodore Fritz People's 38th 18871888
39th 18891890
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Paul Bechtner Dem. 40th 18911892
41st 18931894
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William H. Austin Rep. 42nd 18951896
43rd 18971898
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    • Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 15, 16, city of Milwaukee
Frank A. Anson Rep. 44th 18991900
45th 19011902
Charles C. Rogers Rep. 46th 19031904
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    • Wards 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 15, 16, City of Milwaukee
47th 19051906
Edward T. Fairchild Rep. 48th 19071908
49th 19091910
George J. Weigle Rep. 50th 19111912
51st 19131914
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Edward T. Fairchild Rep. Appointed Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, September 1916. 52nd 19151916
Henry Otto Reinnoldt Rep. Won 1916 special election. 53rd 19171918
Rudolph Beyer Soc. 54th 19191920
55th 19211922
Bernhard Gettelman Rep. 56th 19231924
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57th 19251926
58th 19271928
59th 19291930
60th 19311932
61st 19331934
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Harold V. Schoenecker Dem. 62nd 19351936
63rd 19371938
Bernhard Gettelman Rep. Resigned April 1954. 64th 19391940
65th 19411942
66th 19431944
67th 19451946
68th 19471948
69th 19491950
70th 19511952
71st 19531954
--Vacant--
Walter L. Merten Rep. 72nd 19551956
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73rd 19571958
James B. Brennan Dem. Appointed U.S. Attorney April 1961. 74th 19591960
75th 19611962
--Vacant--
Charles J. Schmidt Dem. Resigned May 10, 1964. 76th 19631964
Wilfred Schuele Dem. Won 1964 special election. 77th 19651966
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78th 19671968
79th 19691970
80th 19711972
81st 19731974
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Northwest Milwaukee County
    • Assembly Dist. 13, 14, 15
David G. Berger Dem. 82nd 19751976
83rd 19771978
84th 19791980
85th 19811982
Mordecai Lee Dem. 86th 19831984
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Northwest Milwaukee County
    • Wards 19-21, 25-28, 31-39, 80-89, 125-127, 129, 130, 133-135, 139, 141, 142, 170, 172, 174-177, 180-182, 282-295, 299, 300, 309, 310, city of Milwaukee
87th 19851986
88th 19871988
89th 19891990
Tom Barrett Dem. Won 1989 special election.
90th 19911992
91st 19931994
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Peggy Rosenzweig Rep. Won 1993 special election.
92nd 19951996
93rd 19971998
94th 19992000
95th 20012002
Thomas G. Reynolds Rep. 96th 20032004
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Western Milwaukee County and eastern Waukesha County
97th 20052006
Jim Sullivan Dem. 98th 20072008
99th 20092010
Leah Vukmir Rep. Elected 2010.
Defeated in 2018 U.S. Senate election.
100th 20112012
101st 20132014
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Western Milwaukee County and eastern Waukesha County
    • Assembly Dist. 13, 14, 15
102nd 20152016
103rd 20172018
Dale P. Kooyenga Rep. 104th 20192020
105th 20212022
Rob Hutton Rep. Elected 2022. 106th 2023–2024
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Western Milwaukee County
Eastern Waukesha County

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References

  1. "Senate District 5". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  2. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 5 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  3. "Senator Rob Hutton". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  4. District Map
  5. Congressional District Map
  6. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.