Wisconsin's 5th Senate district

The 5th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate.[2] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district is composed of parts of western Milwaukee County, and eastern Waukesha County. It includes the cities of Brookfield, New Berlin, and Wauwatosa, as well as most of the city of West Allis.[3]

Wisconsin's 5th
State Senate district
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 (0 years)
Demographics80.6% White
4.2% Black
6.4% Hispanic
6.3% Asian
1.1% Native American
0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
1.1% Other
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		178,536[1]
140,980
NotesMilwaukee suburbs (west)

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.[4]

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:[5]

The district is located mostly within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Scott L. Fitzgerald.[6]

Past senators

A list of all previous senators from this district:[7]

Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition
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
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
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
Paul Bechtner Dem. 40th 1891–1892
41st 1893–1894
William H. Austin Rep. 42nd 1895–1896
43rd 1897–1898
    • Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 15, 16, city of Milwaukee
Frank A. Anson Rep. 44th 1899–1900
45th 1901–1902
Charles C. Rogers Rep. 46th 1903–1904
    • Wards 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 15, 16, City of Milwaukee
47th 1905–1906
Edward T. Fairchild Rep. 48th 1907–1908
49th 1909–1910
George J. Weigle Rep. 50th 1911–1912
51st 1913–1914
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
57th 1925–1926
58th 1927–1928
59th 1929–1930
60th 1931–1932
61st 1933–1934
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
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
79th 1969–1970
80th 1971–1972
81st 1973–1974
    • Assembly Dist. 13, 14, 15
David G. Berger Dem. 82nd 1975–1976
83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
85th 1981–1982
Mordecai Lee Dem. 86th 1983–1984
    • 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 1985–1986
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
Western Milwaukee County and eastern Waukesha County
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
    • Assembly Dist. 13, 14, 15
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

Notes
  1. "LTSB Open Data: Wisconsin Senate Districts (2022)". Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  2. "Senate District 5". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  3. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 5 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  4. "Senator Rob Hutton". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  5. District Map
  6. Congressional District Map
  7. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
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