Wisconsin's 5th State Senate District | |||||
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Wisconsin Senate District 5, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43 | |||||
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Demographics | 86.0% White 2.8% Black 5.5% Hispanic 4.3% Asian 0.3% Native American 1.1% Other | ||||
Population (2010) • Voting age | 172,421 [1] [2] 135,759 | ||||
Notes | Milwaukee suburbs (west) |
The 5th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. [3] 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 Wauwatosa, as well as most of the city of West Allis and the northern half of the city of New Berlin. [4]
Dale P. Kooyenga is the senator representing the 5th district. He was first elected in the 2018 general election. He previously served in the State Assembly, representing the 14th Assembly district from 2011 to 2019. [5]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 5th Senate district comprises the 13th, 14th, and 15th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: [6]
The district is located mostly within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Scott L. Fitzgerald. [7]
A list of all previous senators from this district: [8]
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 | parts of Milwaukee County | |
7th | 1854 | ||||
Jackson Hadley | Dem. | 8th | 1855 | ||
9th | 1856 | ||||
Augustus Greulich | Dem. | 10th | 1857 | ||
11th | 1858 | ||||
Cicero Comstock | Rep. | 12th | 1859 | ||
13th | 1860 | ||||
Charles Quentin | Dem. | Died May 8, 1862. | 14th | 1861 | |
15th | 1862 | ||||
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 | |
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 | 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 | parts of Milwaukee County
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31st | 1878 | ||||
32nd | 1879 | ||||
33rd | 1880 | ||||
34th | 1881 | ||||
35th | 1882 | ||||
Jedd P. C. Cottrill | Dem. | 36th | 1883–1884 | ||
37th | 1885–1886 | ||||
Theodore Fritz | Peoples' | 38th | 1887–1888 | ||
39th | 1889–1890 | parts of Milwaukee County
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Paul Bechtner | Dem. | 40th | 1891–1892 | ||
41st | 1893–1894 | parts of Milwaukee County
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William H. Austin | Rep. | 42nd | 1895–1896 | ||
43rd | 1897–1898 | parts of Milwaukee County
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Frank A. Anson | Rep. | 44th | 1899–1900 | ||
45th | 1901–1902 | ||||
Charles C. Rogers | Rep. | 46th | 1903–1904 | parts of Milwaukee County
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47th | 1905–1906 | ||||
Edward T. Fairchild | Rep. | 48th | 1907–1908 | parts of Milwaukee County
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49th | 1909–1910 | ||||
George J. Weigle | Rep. | 50th | 1911–1912 | ||
51st | 1913–1914 | parts of 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 | parts of Milwaukee County
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57th | 1925–1926 | ||||
58th | 1927–1928 | ||||
59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
60th | 1931–1932 | ||||
61st | 1933–1934 | parts of Milwaukee County
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Harold V. Schoenecker | Dem. | 62nd | 1935–1936 | ||
63rd | 1937–1938 | ||||
Bernhard Gettelman | Rep. | 64th | 1939–1940 | ||
65th | 1941–1942 | ||||
66th | 1943–1944 | ||||
67th | 1945–1946 | ||||
68th | 1947–1948 | ||||
69th | 1949–1950 | ||||
70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
Walter L. Merten | Rep. | 72nd | 1955–1956 | parts of 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 | |
78th | 1967–1968 | parts of Milwaukee County
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79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
80th | 1971–1972 | ||||
81st | 1973–1974 | parts of 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 | parts of Milwaukee County
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87th | 1985–1986 | parts of Milwaukee County
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88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
Tom Barrett | Dem. | Won 1989 special election. | |||
90th | 1991–1992 | ||||
91st | 1993–1994 | ||||
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 | parts of 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 | ||||
102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
Dale P. Kooyenga | Rep. | 104th | 2019–2020 | ||
105th | 2021–2022 |
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