The 5th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. 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.
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.
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:District Map Assembly District 13: Robyn Vining (D–Wauwatosa) Assembly District 14: Angelito Tenorio (D–West Allis) Assembly District 15: Adam Neylon (R– Pewaukee)
The district is located mostly within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Scott L. Fitzgerald.Congressional District Map 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:Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition District created1848 Iowa County 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 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. 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 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 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 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 1991–199291st1993–1994 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 2005–2006Jim 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 Rob Hutton Rep. Elected 2022. 106th 2023–2024 Western Milwaukee CountyEastern Waukesha County 107th 2025–2026
References
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