Wisconsin's 5th Senate district explained

Image Caption:	2024 map defined in 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in composed of Assembly districts 13, 14, and 15
State:	Wisconsin
District:	5
Chamber:	Senate
Representative:	Rob Hutton
Party:	Republican
Residence:	Brookfield
Incumbentsince:	January 3, 2023 (years)
Population:	178,761
Population Year:	2020
Voting Age:	140,958
Percent White:	81.72
Percent Black:	4.57
Percent Hispanic:	6.1
Percent Asian:	5.81
Percent Native American:	1.59
Percent Pacific Islander:	0.1
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]

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]

• Assembly District 13: Tom Michalski (R - Elm Grove)
• Assembly District 14: Robyn Vining (D - Wauwatosa)
• Assembly District 15: Dave Maxey (R - New Berlin)

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]

Senator	Party	Notes	Session	Years	District Definition
District created				1848	Iowa County
align=left	Henry M. Billings		Dem.				1st
	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
align=left						Dem.	Won 1862 special election.
William K. Wilson	Dem.		16th	1863
			17th	1864
			18th	1865
			19th	1866
align=left	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
align=left	Francis Huebschmann		Dem.	Redistricted to 3rd district.	24th	1871
align=left	Philo Belden		Rep.	Redistricted from 7th district.	25th	1872	Racine County
align=left	Robert Hall Baker		Rep.	Resigned Sep. 1873.	26th	1873
align=left	Charles Herrick			Won Nov. 1873 special election.	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
Frank A. Anson	Rep.		44th	1899 - 1900
			45th	1901 - 1902
Charles C. Rogers	Rep.		46th	1903 - 1904
			47th	1905 - 1906
Edward T. Fairchild	Rep.		48th	1907 - 1908
			49th	1909 - 1910
George J. Weigle	Rep.		50th	1911 - 1912
			51st	1913 - 1914
align=left	Edward T. Fairchild		Rep.	Appointed Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, September 1916.		52nd	1915 - 1916
align=left	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--
align=left	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
David G. Berger	Dem.		82nd	1975 - 1976
			83rd	1977 - 1978
			84th	1979 - 1980
			85th	1981 - 1982
Mordecai Lee	Dem.		86th	1983 - 1984
			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
			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
align=left	Rob Hutton		Rep.	Elected 2022.	106th	2023–2024	Western Milwaukee County Eastern Waukesha County

External links

• constituency site
• district map

Notes and References

1. Web site: Senate District 5 . . March 6, 2021 .
2. Web site: Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 5 Boundaries . . March 6, 2021 .
3. Web site: Senator Rob Hutton . . January 3, 2023 .
4. http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/gisdocs/SenateMaps/Sen_05_Poster_Map.pdf District Map
5. http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/redistricting/Maps/cd5.pdf Congressional District Map
6. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.