Wisconsin's 5th congressional district

Wisconsin's 5th congressional district
Wisconsin's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. Wisconsin's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Jim Sensenbrenner (R–Menomonee Falls)
Area	1,273.23 mi2
Distribution	84.79% urban, 15.21% rural
Population (2000)	670,458
Median income	$58,594
Ethnicity	95.3% White, 1.3% Black, 1.5% Asian, 2.2% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other
Occupation	20.2% blue collar, 66.8% white collar, 13.0% gray collar
Cook PVI	R+13

Wisconsin's 5th congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in Wisconsin, covering all of Washington County, some of Waukesha County and portions of Milwaukee and Jefferson counties. The district includes the northern Milwaukee suburbs as well as the more affluent western suburbs. It is currently represented by Republican Jim Sensenbrenner.

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. The district now numbered the 5th was primarily encompassed in Wisconsin's 9th congressional district until the abolition of the latter.

List of Representatives

Congress(es)	Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District created			March 4, 1863
38th	Ezra Wheeler	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Berlin
39th–42nd	Philetus Sawyer	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873	Oshkosh	Redistricted to 6th district
43rd	Charles Augustus Eldredge	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Fond du Lac	Redistricted from 4th district
44th	Samuel D. Burchard	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	Beaver Dam
45th–47th	Edward S. Bragg	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	Fond du Lac
48th–49th	75px Joseph Rankin	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – January 24, 1886	Manitowoc	Died
Vacant			January 24, 1886 – March 8, 1886
49th–50th	Thomas R. Hudd	Democratic	March 8, 1886 – March 3, 1889	Green Bay
51st–53rd	George H. Brickner	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	Sheboygan Falls
54th–57th	Samuel S. Barney	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	West Bend	Retired
58th–61st	William H. Stafford	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	Milwaukee	Lost renomination
62nd	Victor L. Berger	Socialist	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913		Lost re-election to Stafford
63rd–65th	William H. Stafford	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	Milwaukee	Lost re-election to Berger
Vacant			March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921		Congress refused to seat Rep.-elect Victor L. Berger
67th	William H. Stafford	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	Milwaukee	Lost re-election to Berger
68th–70th	Victor L. Berger	Socialist	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929		Lost re-election to Stafford
71st–72nd	William H. Stafford	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	Milwaukee	Lost renomination
73rd–75th	Thomas O'Malley	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939		Lost re-election
76th–77th	Lewis D. Thill	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943		Lost re-election
78th	Howard J. McMurray	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945		Retired to run for U.S. Senate
79th	Andrew Biemiller	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947		Lost re-election to Kersten
80th	75px Charles J. Kersten	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949		Lost re-election to Biemiller
81st	Andrew Biemiller	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951		Lost re-election to Kersten
82nd–83rd	75px Charles J. Kersten	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1955		Lost re-election to Reuss
84th–97th	Henry S. Reuss	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1983	Milwaukee	Retired
98th–102nd	75px Jim Moody	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993		Retired to run for U.S. Senate
103rd–107th	75px Tom Barrett	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	Milwaukee	Retired to run for Governor
108th–Present	Jim Sensenbrenner	Republican	January 3, 2003 – Present		Redistricted from the 9th district, Incumbent

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 5th congressional district

As of April 2015, two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 5th congressional district is alive.

U.S. Representative	U.S. House of Representatives Term	Date of birth (and age)
Jim Moody	1983 - 1993	(1935-09-02) September 2, 1935
Tom Barrett	1993 - 2003	(1953-12-08) December 8, 1953

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

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

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present