Wisconsin's 5th congressional district
Wisconsin's 5th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Area | 1,273.23 sq mi (3,297.7 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2018 est.) | 731,341 | ||
Median household income | $70,271[1] | ||
Ethnicity | |||
Cook PVI | R+13[3] |
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]
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 |
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District created | March 4, 1863 | ||||
Ezra Wheeler |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
38th | [data missing] | 1863 – 1873 [data missing] |
Philetus Sawyer |
Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873 |
39th 40th 41st 42nd |
[data missing] Redistricted to the 6th district. | |
Charles A. Eldredge |
Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | Redistricted from the 4th district. [data missing] |
1873 – 1883 [data 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 missing] | 1883 – 1893 [data missing] |
Joseph Rankin |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – January 24, 1886 |
48th 49th |
[data missing] Died. | |
Vacant | January 24, 1886 – March 8, 1886 |
49th | |||
Thomas R. Hudd | Democratic | March 8, 1886 – March 3, 1889 |
49th 50th |
[data missing] | |
George H. Brickner |
Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 |
51st 52nd 53rd |
[data missing] | |
1893 – 1903 [data missing] | |||||
Samuel S. Barney |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 |
54th 55th 56th 57th |
[data missing] Retired. | |
William H. Stafford |
Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 |
58th 59th 60th 61st |
[data missing] Lost renomination. |
1903 – 1913 [data missing] |
Victor L. Berger |
Socialist | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
62nd | [data missing] Lost re-election. | |
William H. Stafford |
Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 |
63rd 64th 65th |
[data missing] Lost re-election. |
1913 – 1933 [data 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 missing] Lost re-election. | |
Victor L. Berger |
Socialist | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929 |
68th 69th 70th |
[data missing] Lost re-election. | |
William H. Stafford |
Republican | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 |
71st 72nd |
[data missing] Lost renomination. | |
Thomas O'Malley | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 |
73rd 74th 75th |
[data missing] Lost re-election. |
1933 – 1943 [data missing] |
Lewis D. Thill | Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943 |
76th 77th |
[data missing] Lost re-election. | |
Howard J. McMurray | Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
78th | [data missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
1943 – 1953 [data missing] |
Andrew Biemiller |
Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
79th | [data missing] Lost re-election. | |
Charles J. Kersten |
Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
80th | [data missing] Lost re-election. | |
Andrew Biemiller |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
81st | [data missing] Lost re-election. | |
Charles J. Kersten |
Republican | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1955 |
82nd 83rd |
[data missing] Lost re-election. | |
1953 – 1963 [data 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 missing] Retired. | |
1963 – 1973 [data missing] | |||||
1973 – 1983 [data missing] | |||||
Jim Moody |
Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
[data missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
1983 – 1993 [data missing] |
Tom Barrett |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th |
[data missing] Retired to run for Governor of Wisconsin. |
1993 – 2003 [data missing] |
Jim Sensenbrenner |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – Present |
108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
Redistricted from the 9th district. Retiring in 2020. |
2003 – 2013 |
2013 – Present |
See also
References
- ^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=55&cd=05
- ^ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US5505-congressional-district-5-wi/
- ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ 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.
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