Wisconsin Senate, District 5

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Wisconsin's 5th
State Senate District
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Wisconsin Senate District 5, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Senator
  Dale P. Kooyenga
R Brookfield
since January 7, 2019 (2 years)
Demographics86.0%  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]

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Current elected officials

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]

Past senators

A list of all previous senators from this district: [8]

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
District created1848 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
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
18th1865
19th1866
Jackson Hadley Dem. Died March 1867.20th1867
Henry L. Palmer Dem. Won 1867 special election.
21st1868
William Pitt Lynde Dem. 22nd1869
23rd1870
Francis Huebschmann Dem. 24th1871
Philo Belden Rep. 25th1872 Racine County
Robert Hall Baker Rep. 26th1873
Charles Herrick Lib. Rep. 27th1874
Robert Hall Baker Rep. 28th1875
29th1876
Isaac W. Van Schaick Rep. 30th1877
31st1878
32nd1879
33rd1880
34th1881
35th1882
Jedd P. C. Cottrill Dem. 36th18831884
37th18851886
Theodore Fritz Peoples' 38th18871888
39th18891890
Paul Bechtner Dem. 40th18911892
41st18931894
William H. Austin Rep. 42nd18951896
43rd18971898
    • Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 15, 16, City of Milwaukee
Frank A. Anson Rep. 44th18991900
45th19011902
Charles C. Rogers Rep. 46th19031904
47th19051906
Edward T. Fairchild Rep. 48th19071908
    • Wards 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 15, 16, City of Milwaukee
49th19091910
George J. Weigle Rep. 50th19111912
51st19131914
Edward T. Fairchild Rep. Appointed Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, September 1916.52nd19151916
Henry Otto Reinnoldt Rep. Won 1916 special election.53rd19171918
Rudolph Beyer Soc. 54th19191920
55th19211922
Bernhard Gettelman Rep. 56th19231924
57th19251926
58th19271928
59th19291930
60th19311932
61st19331934
Harold V. Schoenecker Dem. 62nd19351936
63rd19371938
Bernhard Gettelman Rep. 64th19391940
65th19411942
66th19431944
67th19451946
68th19471948
69th19491950
70th19511952
71st19531954
Walter L. Merten Rep. 72nd19551956
73rd19571958
James B. Brennan Dem. Appointed U.S. Attorney April 1961.74th19591960
75th19611962
Vacant
Charles J. Schmidt Dem. Resigned May 10, 1964.76th19631964
Wilfred Schuele Dem. Won 1964 special election.77th19651966
78th19671968
    • Assembly Dist. 2, 9, 15
79th19691970
80th19711972
81st19731974
    • Assembly Dist. 13, 14, 15
David G. Berger Dem. 82nd19751976
83rd19771978
84th19791980
85th19811982
Mordecai Lee Dem. 86th19831984
    • Assembly Dist. 7, 8, 9
87th19851986
    • Assembly Dist. 13, 14, 15
88th19871988
89th19891990
Tom Barrett Dem. Won 1989 special election.
90th19911992
91st19931994
Peggy Rosenzweig Rep. Won 1993 special election.
92nd19951996
93rd19971998
94th19992000
95th 20012002
Thomas G. Reynolds Rep. 96th 20032004
parts of western Milwaukee County and eastern Waukesha County
    • Assembly Dist. 13, 14, 15
97th 20052006
Jim Sullivan Dem. 98th 20072008
99th 20092010
Leah Vukmir Rep. Elected 2010.
Defeated in 2018 U.S. Senate election.
100th 20112012
101st20132014
102nd20152016
103rd 20172018
Dale P. Kooyenga Rep. 104th 20192020
105th 20212022

Notes

  1. 2011 Wisconsin Act 43 and 44 with Baldus et al vs. Brennan et al by Municipal Ward (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. October 18, 2012. pp. 23–26. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 5 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. "Senate District 5". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  4. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 5 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  5. "Senator Dale Kooyenga". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  6. District Map
  7. Congressional District Map
  8. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.

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