Wisconsin's 5th Senate district

{{Short description|American legislative district in Milwaukee County and Waukesha County, Wisconsin}}

{{Infobox United States legislative district

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| From 2024 to 2031

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| From 2022 to 2023

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| From 2012 to 2021

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|image caption = 2024 map defined in {{nowrap|[https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/acts/94 2023 Wisc. Act 94]}}
2022 map defined in [https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=512188 Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission]
2011 map was defined in {{nowrap|[https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/43 2011 Wisc. Act 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 ({{ayd|2023|1|3}})

|Democratic =

|Republican =

|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

|percent_multiracial =

|percent_other_race =

|website = [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/5 Official website]

|notes = Milwaukee metro area (west)

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The 5th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.{{Cite web|title=Senate District 5 |url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/5 |website= Wisconsin Legislature |accessdate= March 6, 2021 }} 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.{{Cite web|url= https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/?sen=5&single=y |title= Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 5 Boundaries |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= March 6, 2021 }}

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.{{cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/senate/2560 |title= Senator Rob Hutton |website= Wisconsin Legislature |accessdate= January 3, 2023 }}

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:[http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/gisdocs/SenateMaps/Sen_05_Poster_Map.pdf 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.[http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/redistricting/Maps/cd5.pdf 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.

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:Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.

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! Senator

! Party

! Notes

! Session

! Years

! District Definition

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| colspan="4" | District created

| rowspan="2" |1848

| rowspan="6" | File:1848 WI Sen 05.svg Iowa County

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| align=left | Henry M. Billings

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| 1st

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| rowspan="2" align=left | {{nowrap|Montgomery M. Cothren}}

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

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| 2nd

| 1849

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| 3rd

| 1850

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Levi Sterling

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

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| 4th

| 1851

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| 5th

| 1852

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Edward M. Hunter

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="2" |

| 6th

| 1853

| rowspan="4" | File:1852 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Northern Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Town of Granville
Town of Milwaukee
Town of Wauwatosa
Wards 1, 2, City of Milwaukee}}

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| 7th

| 1854

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Jackson Hadley

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

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| 8th

| 1855

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| 9th

| 1856

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Augustus Greulich

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

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| 10th

| 1857

| rowspan="5" | File:1856 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Northern Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Town of Granville
Town of Milwaukee
Wards 1, 2, 6, 7, city of Milwaukee

}}

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| 11th

| 1858

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Cicero Comstock

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

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| 12th

| 1859

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| 13th

| 1860

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Charles Quentin

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="2" |Died May 8, 1862.

| 14th

| 1861

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| rowspan="2" | 15th

| rowspan="2" | 1862

| rowspan="6" | File:1856 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Northern Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Town of Granville
Town of Milwaukee
Wards 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, city of Milwaukee

}}

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| align=left | {{nowrap|Francis Huebschmann}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Won 1862 special election.

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| rowspan="4" align=left | William K. Wilson

| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

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| 16th

| 1863

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| 17th

| 1864

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| 18th

| 1865

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| 19th

| 1866

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| align=left | Jackson Hadley

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Died March 1867.

| rowspan="2" | 20th

| rowspan="2" | 1867

| rowspan="6" | File:1866 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Northern Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Town of Granville
Town of Milwaukee
Town of Wauwatosa
Wards 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, city of Milwaukee

}}

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Henry L. Palmer

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="2" | Won 1867 special election.

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| 21st

| 1868

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| rowspan="2" align=left | William Pitt Lynde

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

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| 22nd

| 1869

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| 23rd

| 1870

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| align=left | Francis Huebschmann

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Redistricted to 3rd district.

| 24th

| 1871

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| align=left | Philo Belden

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Redistricted from 7th district.

| 25th

| 1872

| rowspan="5" | File:1871 WI Sen 05.svg Racine County

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| align=left | Robert Hall Baker

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Resigned Sep. 1873.

| 26th

| 1873

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| align=left | Charles Herrick

| {{Party shading/Liberal Republican}} | {{nowrap|Lib. Rep.}}

| Won Nov. 1873 special election.

| 27th

| 1874

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Robert Hall Baker

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 28th

| 1875

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| 29th

| 1876

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| rowspan="6" align=left | Isaac W. Van Schaick

| rowspan="6" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="6" |

| 30th

| 1877

| rowspan="9" | File:1876 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Northern Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Town of Granville
Town of Milwaukee
Town of Wauwatosa
Wards 1, 6, 9, 10, 13, city of Milwaukee

}}

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| 31st

| 1878

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| 32nd

| 1879

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| 33rd

| 1880

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| 34th

| 1881

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| 35th

| 1882

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Jedd P. C. Cottrill

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

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| 36th

| 1883–1884

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| 37th

| 1885–1886

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Theodore Fritz

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labor}} | People's

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| 38th

| 1887–1888

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| 39th

| 1889–1890

| rowspan="2" | File:1888 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Central Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Wards 2, 4, 7, 15, 16, city of Milwaukee

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Paul Bechtner

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

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| 40th

| 1891–1892

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| 41st

| 1893–1894

| rowspan="2" | File:1892 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Central Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Wards 5, 8, 12, 15, 16, city of Milwaukee

}}

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| rowspan="2" align=left | William H. Austin

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

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| 42nd

| 1895–1896

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| 43rd

| 1897–1898

| rowspan="3"| File:1896 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Central Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 15, 16, city of Milwaukee}}

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Frank A. Anson

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

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| 44th

| 1899–1900

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| 45th

| 1901–1902

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Charles C. Rogers

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 46th

| 1903–1904

| rowspan="5"| File:1902 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Central Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Wards 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 15, 16, City of Milwaukee

}}

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| 47th

| 1905–1906

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Edward T. Fairchild

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 48th

| 1907–1908

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| 49th

| 1909–1910

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| rowspan="2" align=left | George J. Weigle

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 50th

| 1911–1912

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| 51st

| 1913–1914

| rowspan="5" | File:1912 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Western Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Town of Wauwatosa
City of Wauwatosa
Wards 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, City of Milwaukee}}

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| align=left | Edward T. Fairchild

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Appointed Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, September 1916.

| 52nd

| 1915–1916

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| align=left | Henry Otto Reinnoldt

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Won 1916 special election.

| 53rd

| 1917–1918

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Rudolph Beyer

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.

| rowspan="2"|

| 54th

| 1919–1920

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| 55th

| 1921–1922

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| rowspan="6" align=left | Bernhard Gettelman

| rowspan="6" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="6" |

| 56th

| 1923–1924

| rowspan="5" | File:1922 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Central Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Wards 15, 19, 20, 22, city of Milwaukee}}

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| 57th

| 1925–1926

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| 58th

| 1927–1928

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| 59th

| 1929–1930

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| 60th

| 1931–1932

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| 61st

| 1933–1934

| rowspan="12" | File:1932 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Central Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Wards 9, 15, 19, 22, 26, city of Milwaukee}}

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Harold V. Schoenecker

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="2" |

| 62nd

| 1935–1936

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| 63rd

| 1937–1938

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| rowspan="8" align=left | Bernhard Gettelman

| rowspan="8" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="8" | Resigned April 1954.

| 64th

| 1939–1940

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| 65th

| 1941–1942

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| 66th

| 1943–1944

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| 67th

| 1945–1946

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| 68th

| 1947–1948

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| 69th

| 1949–1950

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| 70th

| 1951–1952

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| rowspan="2" | 71st

| rowspan="2" | 1953–1954

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| colspan="3" | --Vacant--

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Walter L. Merten

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 72nd

| 1955–1956

| rowspan="6" | File:1954 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Central Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Wards 5, 9, 15, city of Milwaukee}}

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| 73rd

| 1957–1958

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| rowspan="2" align=left | James B. Brennan

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="2" |Appointed U.S. Attorney April 1961.

| 74th

| 1959–1960

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| rowspan="2" | 75th

| rowspan="2" | 1961–1962

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| colspan="3" | --Vacant--

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| align=left | Charles J. Schmidt

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Resigned May 10, 1964.

| 76th

| 1963–1964

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| rowspan="5" align=left | Wilfred Schuele

| rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="5" |Won 1964 special election.

| 77th

| 1965–1966

| rowspan="4" | File:1964 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Northern Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Wards 2, 9, 15, city of Milwaukee
Wards 4, 5, city of Glendale

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| 78th

| 1967–1968

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| 79th

| 1969–1970

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| 80th

| 1971–1972

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| 81st

| 1973–1974

| rowspan="5" | File:1972 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Northwest Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Assembly Dist. 13, 14, 15}}

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| rowspan="4" align=left |David G. Berger

| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="4"|

| 82nd

| 1975–1976

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| 83rd

| 1977–1978

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| 84th

| 1979–1980

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| 85th

| 1981–1982

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| rowspan="4" align=left | Mordecai Lee

| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="4" |

| 86th

| 1983–1984

| rowspan="6" | File:1982 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Northwest Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

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

}}

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| 87th

| 1985–1986

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| 88th

| 1987–1988

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| rowspan="2"| 89th

| rowspan="2"| 1989–1990

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| rowspan="3" align=left | Tom Barrett

| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="3"|Won 1989 special election.

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| 90th

| 1991–1992

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| rowspan="2" |91st

| rowspan="2" |1993–1994

| rowspan="6" | File:1992 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Western Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

City of Wauwatosa
Wards 30, 31, 39-41, 81-101, 131, 286, 288, 289, city of Milwaukee
Wards 1-23, 27-29, city of West Allis

}}

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| rowspan="5" align=left | Peggy Rosenzweig

| rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="5"|Won 1993 special election.

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| 92nd

| 1995–1996

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| 93rd

| 1997–1998

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| 94th

| 1999–2000

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| 95th

| 2001–2002

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Thomas G. Reynolds

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 96th

| 2003–2004

|rowspan="5" | File:2002 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Western Milwaukee County {{nowrap|and eastern Waukesha County}}|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Milwaukee County
City of Wauwatosa
City of West Allis
Village of West Milwaukee
Wards 37, 85-94, 191, 192, 282-289, city of Milwaukee
Waukesha County
Village of Elm Grove
Wards 1-3, 7, 9, 15, 23, 24, city of Brookfield

}}

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| 97th

| 2005–2006

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| rowspan="2" align=left |Jim Sullivan

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="2" |

| 98th

| 2007–2008

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| 99th

| 2009–2010

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| rowspan="4" align=left | Leah Vukmir

| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="4"|Elected 2010.
Defeated in 2018 U.S. Senate election.

| 100th

| 2011–2012

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| 101st

| 2013–2014

| rowspan="5" | File:2011 WI Sen 05.png {{Collapsible list |title=Western Milwaukee County {{nowrap|and eastern Waukesha County}}|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Assembly Dist. 13, 14, 15}}

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| 102nd

| 2015–2016

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| 103rd

| 2017–2018

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Dale P. Kooyenga

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 104th

| 2019–2020

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| 105th

| 2021–2022

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Rob Hutton

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" | Elected 2022.

| 106th

| 2023–2024

| File:2022 WI Sen 05.png Western Milwaukee County
Eastern Waukesha County

107th

| 2025–2026

| File:2024 WI Sen 05.svg

References

External links

[http://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate/sen05/news/ constituency site]
[http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/gisdocs/SenateMaps/Sen_05_Poster_Map.pdf district map]

Category:Wisconsin Senate districts

Category:Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Category:Waukesha County, Wisconsin

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