Wisconsin's 5th State Senate district | |||||
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Demographics | 81.72% 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]
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.
A list of all previous senators from this district: [6]
Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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District created | 1848 | 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 | Northern Milwaukee County | |
7th | 1854 | ||||
Jackson Hadley | Dem. | 8th | 1855 | ||
9th | 1856 | ||||
Augustus Greulich | Dem. | 10th | 1857 | Northern Milwaukee County | |
11th | 1858 | ||||
Cicero Comstock | Rep. | 12th | 1859 | ||
13th | 1860 | ||||
Charles Quentin | Dem. | Died May 8, 1862. | 14th | 1861 | |
15th | 1862 | Northern Milwaukee County | |||
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 | Northern Milwaukee County |
Henry L. Palmer | Dem. | Won 1867 special election. | |||
21st | 1868 | ||||
William Pitt Lynde | Dem. | 22nd | 1869 | ||
23rd | 1870 | ||||
Francis Huebschmann | Dem. | Redistricted to 3rd district. | 24th | 1871 | |
Philo Belden | Rep. | Redistricted from 7th district. | 25th | 1872 | Racine County |
Robert Hall Baker | Rep. | Resigned Sep. 1873. | 26th | 1873 | |
Charles Herrick | Lib. Rep. | Won Nov. 1873 special election. | 27th | 1874 | |
Robert Hall Baker | Rep. | 28th | 1875 | ||
29th | 1876 | ||||
Isaac W. Van Schaick | Rep. | 30th | 1877 | Northern Milwaukee County | |
31st | 1878 | ||||
32nd | 1879 | ||||
33rd | 1880 | ||||
34th | 1881 | ||||
35th | 1882 | ||||
Jedd P. C. Cottrill | Dem. | 36th | 1883–1884 | ||
37th | 1885–1886 | ||||
Theodore Fritz | People's | 38th | 1887–1888 | ||
39th | 1889–1890 | Central Milwaukee County
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Paul Bechtner | Dem. | 40th | 1891–1892 | ||
41st | 1893–1894 | Central Milwaukee County
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William H. Austin | Rep. | 42nd | 1895–1896 | ||
43rd | 1897–1898 | Central Milwaukee County
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Frank A. Anson | Rep. | 44th | 1899–1900 | ||
45th | 1901–1902 | ||||
Charles C. Rogers | Rep. | 46th | 1903–1904 | Central Milwaukee County
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47th | 1905–1906 | ||||
Edward T. Fairchild | Rep. | 48th | 1907–1908 | ||
49th | 1909–1910 | ||||
George J. Weigle | Rep. | 50th | 1911–1912 | ||
51st | 1913–1914 | Western Milwaukee County | |||
Edward T. Fairchild | Rep. | Appointed Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, September 1916. | 52nd | 1915–1916 | |
Henry Otto Reinnoldt | Rep. | Won 1916 special election. | 53rd | 1917–1918 | |
Rudolph Beyer | Soc. | 54th | 1919–1920 | ||
55th | 1921–1922 | ||||
Bernhard Gettelman | Rep. | 56th | 1923–1924 | Central Milwaukee County
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57th | 1925–1926 | ||||
58th | 1927–1928 | ||||
59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
60th | 1931–1932 | ||||
61st | 1933–1934 | Central Milwaukee County
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Harold V. Schoenecker | Dem. | 62nd | 1935–1936 | ||
63rd | 1937–1938 | ||||
Bernhard Gettelman | Rep. | Resigned April 1954. | 64th | 1939–1940 | |
65th | 1941–1942 | ||||
66th | 1943–1944 | ||||
67th | 1945–1946 | ||||
68th | 1947–1948 | ||||
69th | 1949–1950 | ||||
70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
--Vacant-- | |||||
Walter L. Merten | Rep. | 72nd | 1955–1956 | Central Milwaukee County
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73rd | 1957–1958 | ||||
James B. Brennan | Dem. | Appointed U.S. Attorney April 1961. | 74th | 1959–1960 | |
75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
--Vacant-- | |||||
Charles J. Schmidt | Dem. | Resigned May 10, 1964. | 76th | 1963–1964 | |
Wilfred Schuele | Dem. | Won 1964 special election. | 77th | 1965–1966 | Northern Milwaukee County |
78th | 1967–1968 | ||||
79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
80th | 1971–1972 | ||||
81st | 1973–1974 | Northwest Milwaukee County
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David G. Berger | Dem. | 82nd | 1975–1976 | ||
83rd | 1977–1978 | ||||
84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
85th | 1981–1982 | ||||
Mordecai Lee | Dem. | 86th | 1983–1984 | Northwest Milwaukee County
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87th | 1985–1986 | ||||
88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
Tom Barrett | Dem. | Won 1989 special election. | |||
90th | 1991–1992 | ||||
91st | 1993–1994 | Western Milwaukee County
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Peggy Rosenzweig | Rep. | Won 1993 special election. | |||
92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
95th | 2001–2002 | ||||
Thomas G. Reynolds | Rep. | 96th | 2003–2004 | Western Milwaukee County and eastern Waukesha County
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97th | 2005–2006 | ||||
Jim Sullivan | Dem. | 98th | 2007–2008 | ||
99th | 2009–2010 | ||||
Leah Vukmir | Rep. | Elected 2010. Defeated in 2018 U.S. Senate election. | 100th | 2011–2012 | |
101st | 2013–2014 | Western Milwaukee County and eastern Waukesha County
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102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
Dale P. Kooyenga | Rep. | 104th | 2019–2020 | ||
105th | 2021–2022 | ||||
Rob Hutton | Rep. | Elected 2022. | 106th | 2023–2024 | Western Milwaukee County Eastern Waukesha County |
107th | 2025–2026 |
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