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Wisconsin's 5th Senate district

American legislative district in Milwaukee County and Waukesha County, Wisconsin

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image caption	2024 map defined in [2023 Wisc. Act 94](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/acts/94)
2022 map defined in [ Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission](https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=512188)
2011 map was defined in [2011 Wisc. Act 43](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/43)
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 ()
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](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/5)
notes	Milwaukee metro area (west)

| | From 2024 to 2031 | | From 2022 to 2023 | | From 2012 to 2021 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 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:

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. 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.

File:Wauwatosa_at_Menomonee_River.jpg|Wauwatosa, Wisconsin File:Medical_College_of_Wisconsin_Main_Buildings.jpg|Medical College of Wisconsin File:Menomonee_River_at_Webster_Park.jpg|Menomonee River at Webster Park File:2022_Wisconsin_State_Fair_20_(view_of_Wisconsin_State_Fair_Park_from_Wonderfair_Wheel).jpg|Wisconsin State Fair Park File:Greenfield_Park_West_Allis_view_of_the_body_of_water.jpg|Greenfield Park File:Pettit_National_Ice_Center.jpg|Pettit National Ice Center File:Pewaukee_Lakefront.jpg|Pewaukee lakefront File:Waukesha_County_Technical_College.jpg|Waukesha County Technical College File:BrookfieldSquareMall.jpg|Brookfield Square

Past senators

A list of all previous senators from this district:

Senator	Party	Notes	Session	Years	District Definition
District created	1848	[[File:1848 WI Sen 05.svg	frameless	center	150px]] Iowa County
Henry M. Billings		Dem.		[1st](1st-wisconsin-legislature)
Montgomery M. Cothren	Dem.		[2nd](2nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1849
[3rd](3rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1850
Levi Sterling	Whig		[4th](4th-wisconsin-legislature)	1851
[5th](5th-wisconsin-legislature)	1852
Edward M. Hunter	Dem.		[6th](6th-wisconsin-legislature)	1853	[[File:1852 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Northern Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[7th](7th-wisconsin-legislature)	1854
Jackson Hadley	Dem.		[8th](8th-wisconsin-legislature)	1855
[9th](9th-wisconsin-legislature)	1856
Augustus Greulich	Dem.		[10th](10th-wisconsin-legislature)	1857	[[File:1856 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Northern Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[11th](11th-wisconsin-legislature)	1858
Cicero Comstock	Rep.		[12th](12th-wisconsin-legislature)	1859
[13th](13th-wisconsin-legislature)	1860
Charles Quentin	Dem.	Died May 8, 1862.	[14th](14th-wisconsin-legislature)	1861
[15th](15th-wisconsin-legislature)	1862	[[File:1856 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Northern Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
Francis Huebschmann		Dem.	Won 1862 special election.
William K. Wilson	Dem.		[16th](16th-wisconsin-legislature)	1863
[17th](17th-wisconsin-legislature)	1864
[18th](18th-wisconsin-legislature)	1865
[19th](19th-wisconsin-legislature)	1866
Jackson Hadley		Dem.	Died March 1867.	[20th](20th-wisconsin-legislature)	1867	[[File:1866 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Northern Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
Henry L. Palmer	Dem.	Won 1867 special election.
[21st](21st-wisconsin-legislature)	1868
William Pitt Lynde	Dem.		[22nd](22nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1869
[23rd](23rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1870
Francis Huebschmann		Dem.	Redistricted to 3rd district.	[24th](24th-wisconsin-legislature)	1871
Philo Belden		Rep.	Redistricted from 7th district.	[25th](25th-wisconsin-legislature)	1872	[[File:1871 WI Sen 05.svg	frameless	center	150px]] Racine County
Robert Hall Baker		Rep.	Resigned Sep. 1873.	[26th](26th-wisconsin-legislature)	1873
Charles Herrick		Lib. Rep.	Won Nov. 1873 special election.	[27th](27th-wisconsin-legislature)	1874
Robert Hall Baker	Rep.		[28th](28th-wisconsin-legislature)	1875
[29th](29th-wisconsin-legislature)	1876
Isaac W. Van Schaick	Rep.		[30th](30th-wisconsin-legislature)	1877	[[File:1876 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Northern Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[31st](31st-wisconsin-legislature)	1878
[32nd](32nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1879
[33rd](33rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1880
[34th](34th-wisconsin-legislature)	1881
[35th](35th-wisconsin-legislature)	1882
Jedd P. C. Cottrill	Dem.		[36th](36th-wisconsin-legislature)	1883–1884
[37th](37th-wisconsin-legislature)	1885–1886
Theodore Fritz	People's		[38th](38th-wisconsin-legislature)	1887–1888
[39th](39th-wisconsin-legislature)	1889–1890	[[File:1888 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Central Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
Paul Bechtner	Dem.		[40th](40th-wisconsin-legislature)	1891–1892
[41st](41st-wisconsin-legislature)	1893–1894	[[File:1892 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Central Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
William H. Austin	Rep.		[42nd](42nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1895–1896
[43rd](43rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1897–1898	[[File:1896 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Central Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
Frank A. Anson	Rep.		[44th](44th-wisconsin-legislature)	1899–1900
[45th](45th-wisconsin-legislature)	1901–1902
Charles C. Rogers	Rep.		[46th](46th-wisconsin-legislature)	1903–1904	[[File:1902 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Central Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[47th](47th-wisconsin-legislature)	1905–1906
Edward T. Fairchild	Rep.		[48th](48th-wisconsin-legislature)	1907–1908
[49th](49th-wisconsin-legislature)	1909–1910
George J. Weigle	Rep.		[50th](50th-wisconsin-legislature)	1911–1912
[51st](51st-wisconsin-legislature)	1913–1914	[[File:1912 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Western Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
Edward T. Fairchild		Rep.	Appointed Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, September 1916.	[52nd](52nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1915–1916
Henry Otto Reinnoldt		Rep.	Won 1916 special election.	[53rd](53rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1917–1918
Rudolph Beyer	Soc.		[54th](54th-wisconsin-legislature)	1919–1920
[55th](55th-wisconsin-legislature)	1921–1922
Bernhard Gettelman	Rep.		[56th](56th-wisconsin-legislature)	1923–1924	[[File:1922 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Central Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[57th](57th-wisconsin-legislature)	1925–1926
[58th](58th-wisconsin-legislature)	1927–1928
[59th](59th-wisconsin-legislature)	1929–1930
[60th](60th-wisconsin-legislature)	1931–1932
[61st](61st-wisconsin-legislature)	1933–1934	[[File:1932 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Central Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
Harold V. Schoenecker	Dem.		[62nd](62nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1935–1936
[63rd](63rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1937–1938
Bernhard Gettelman	Rep.	Resigned April 1954.	[64th](64th-wisconsin-legislature)	1939–1940
[65th](65th-wisconsin-legislature)	1941–1942
[66th](66th-wisconsin-legislature)	1943–1944
[67th](67th-wisconsin-legislature)	1945–1946
[68th](68th-wisconsin-legislature)	1947–1948
[69th](69th-wisconsin-legislature)	1949–1950
[70th](70th-wisconsin-legislature)	1951–1952
[71st](71st-wisconsin-legislature)	1953–1954
--Vacant--
Walter L. Merten	Rep.		[72nd](72nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1955–1956	[[File:1954 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Central Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[73rd](73rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1957–1958
James B. Brennan	Dem.	Appointed U.S. Attorney April 1961.	[74th](74th-wisconsin-legislature)	1959–1960
[75th](75th-wisconsin-legislature)	1961–1962
--Vacant--
Charles J. Schmidt		Dem.	Resigned May 10, 1964.	[76th](76th-wisconsin-legislature)	1963–1964
Wilfred Schuele	Dem.	Won 1964 special election.	[77th](77th-wisconsin-legislature)	1965–1966	[[File:1964 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Northern Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[78th](78th-wisconsin-legislature)	1967–1968
[79th](79th-wisconsin-legislature)	1969–1970
[80th](80th-wisconsin-legislature)	1971–1972
[81st](81st-wisconsin-legislature)	1973–1974	[[File:1972 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Northwest Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
David G. Berger	Dem.		[82nd](82nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1975–1976
[83rd](83rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1977–1978
[84th](84th-wisconsin-legislature)	1979–1980
[85th](85th-wisconsin-legislature)	1981–1982
Mordecai Lee	Dem.		[86th](86th-wisconsin-legislature)	1983–1984	[[File:1982 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Northwest Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[87th](87th-wisconsin-legislature)	1985–1986
[88th](88th-wisconsin-legislature)	1987–1988
[89th](89th-wisconsin-legislature)	1989–1990
Tom Barrett	Dem.	Won 1989 special election.
[90th](90th-wisconsin-legislature)	1991–1992
[91st](91st-wisconsin-legislature)	1993–1994	[[File:1992 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Western Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
Peggy Rosenzweig	Rep.	Won 1993 special election.
[92nd](92nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1995–1996
[93rd](93rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1997–1998
[94th](94th-wisconsin-legislature)	1999–2000
[95th](95th-wisconsin-legislature)	2001–2002
Thomas G. Reynolds	Rep.		[96th](96th-wisconsin-legislature)	2003–2004	[[File:2002 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Western Milwaukee County and eastern Waukesha County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[97th](97th-wisconsin-legislature)	2005–2006
Jim Sullivan	Dem.		[98th](98th-wisconsin-legislature)	2007–2008
[99th](99th-wisconsin-legislature)	2009–2010
Leah Vukmir	Rep.	Elected 2010.
Defeated in 2018 U.S. Senate election.	[100th](100th-wisconsin-legislature)	2011–2012
[101st](101st-wisconsin-legislature)	2013–2014	[[File:2011 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Western Milwaukee County and eastern Waukesha County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[102nd](102nd-wisconsin-legislature)	2015–2016
[103rd](103rd-wisconsin-legislature)	2017–2018
Dale P. Kooyenga	Rep.		[104th](104th-wisconsin-legislature)	2019–2020
[105th](105th-wisconsin-legislature)	2021–2022
Rob Hutton	Rep.	Elected 2022.	[106th](106th-wisconsin-legislature)	2023–2024	[[File:2022 WI Sen 05.png	frameless	center	300px]] Western Milwaukee County
Eastern Waukesha County
[107th](107th-wisconsin-legislature)	2025–2026	[[File:2024 WI Sen 05.svg	frameless	center	150px]]

References

"Senate District 5".
"Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 5 Boundaries".
"Senator Rob Hutton".
[http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/gisdocs/SenateMaps/Sen_05_Poster_Map.pdf District Map]
[http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/redistricting/Maps/cd5.pdf Congressional District Map]
Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, ''Statistics: History'', pages 657-666.

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