Wisconsin's 5th congressional district

Wisconsin's 5th congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in Wisconsin, covering most of Milwaukee's northern and western suburbs. It presently covers all of Washington and Jefferson counties, most of Waukesha County, and portions of Dodge, Milwaukee and Walworth counties. It is currently represented by Republican Jim Sensenbrenner, who is not running for re-election in 2020.[4]

Wisconsin's 5th congressional district
Wisconsin's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Jim Sensenbrenner R–Menomonee Falls
Area	1,273.23 sq mi (3,297.7 km^2)
Distribution	84.79% urban 15.21% rural
Population (2018 est.)	731,341
Median income	$70,271[1]
Ethnicity	86% white[2] 6% Hispanic 3% Asian 3% black 1% other 0% Native American
Cook PVI	R+13[3]

This is the most Republican district in Wisconsin. George W. Bush carried the district in 2004 with 63% of the vote. The 5th District was the only district in Wisconsin that John McCain won in 2008, giving 57.73% of the vote to McCain and 41.28% to Barack Obama.

Prior to the 2000 census (when Wisconsin lost a seat in Congress), the 5th District was a Milwaukee district, with vastly different boundaries and political history, represented often by Democrats or even Socialists. Most of the territory now in the 5th was part of the 9th District from 1965 to 2003. At that time, all of Milwaukee was merged into the 4th District, while the old 9th essentially became the new 5th.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created		March 4, 1863
Ezra Wheeler	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[data unknown/missing]	1863 – 1873 [data unknown/missing]
Philetus Sawyer	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873	39th 40th 41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 6th district.
Charles A. Eldredge	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Redistricted from the 4th district. [data unknown/missing]	1873 – 1883 [data unknown/missing]
Samuel D. Burchard	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th
Edward S. Bragg	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45th 46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]	1883 – 1893 [data unknown/missing]
Joseph Rankin	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – January 24, 1886	48th 49th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		January 24, 1886 – March 8, 1886	49th
Thomas R. Hudd	Democratic	March 8, 1886 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	[data unknown/missing]
George H. Brickner	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
					1893 – 1903 [data unknown/missing]
Samuel S. Barney	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	54th 55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
William H. Stafford	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	58th 59th 60th 61st	[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination.	1903 – 1913 [data unknown/missing]
Victor L. Berger	Socialist	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
William H. Stafford	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.	1913 – 1933 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Congress refused to seat Representative-elect Victor L. Berger.
William H. Stafford	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Victor L. Berger	Socialist	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	68th 69th 70th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
William H. Stafford	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination.
Thomas O'Malley	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.	1933 – 1943 [data unknown/missing]
Lewis D. Thill	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	76th 77th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Howard J. McMurray	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	1943 – 1953 [data unknown/missing]
Andrew Biemiller	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Charles J. Kersten	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Andrew Biemiller	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Charles J. Kersten	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1955	82nd 83rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
					1953 – 1963 [data unknown/missing]
Henry S. Reuss	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1983	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
					1963 – 1973 [data unknown/missing]
					1973 – 1983 [data unknown/missing]
Jim Moody	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	1983 – 1993 [data unknown/missing]
Tom Barrett	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Governor of Wisconsin.	1993 – 2003 [data unknown/missing]
Jim Sensenbrenner	Republican	January 3, 2003 – Present	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 9th district. Retiring in 2020.	2003 – 2013
					2013 – Present

See also

• Wisconsin's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=55&cd=05
2. https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US5505-congressional-district-5-wi/
3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
4. Brufke, JulieGrace (September 4, 2019). "Republican Jim Sensenbrenner announces he won't seek reelection". The Hill. Washington, DC. Retrieved September 4, 2019.

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present