Robert “Bob” Bauman is an alderman on the Milwaukee Common Council. He represents the city’s 4th District, which includes much of downtown.
Official Biography
Alderman Robert J. Bauman was first elected in April 2004 after a 27-year career as an attorney and businessman. A native of Chicago, Alderman Bauman received his B.A., cum laude, from Marquette University in 1974 and his J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law in 1977.
After working five years with a major Milwaukee law firm, Alderman Bauman formed a start-up company on Milwaukee’s north side that rebuilt and remanufactured railroad passenger cars and transit equipment. After the sale of that company, he worked as a consultant to the transportation industry.
In 1990 Alderman Bauman returned to the practice of law in downtown Milwaukee specializing in commercial litigation, criminal defense, employment law and real estate. He has been an advocate for improved and expanded public transportation and improved land use planning in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin. He served as chair of the Southeast Wisconsin New Transportation Alliance; served on the Technical Advisory Committee of the East-West Corridor Study and on the Advisory Committee of the Downtown Transit Connector Study; and served as a commissioner on the Milwaukee Transportation Commission.
Alderman Bauman is also a longtime historic preservation advocate. Since 1997, he has resided in an 1888 Victorian home in the Historic Concordia Neighborhood on Milwaukee’s west side and is a member of the board of directors of Historic Concordia Neighbors, Inc.
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Campaign Finance Reports
2025 - January Continuing - $15,070 - 53 contributions
2020 - July Continuing - No Contributions
2021 - January Continuing - $750 - 2 contributions
2020 Pre-Election - $1,000 - 2 contributions
2020 - January Continuing - $13,954 - 85 contributions
2019 - January Continuing - $3,322 - 11 contributions
2018 - July Continuing - Report Not in System
2017 - July Continuing - $20,862 - 105 contributions
2017 - January Continuing - $1,736 - 4 contributions
2016 - July Continuing - $9,918 - 60 contributions
2016 - Pre-Election - $13,735 - 84 contributions
2016 - Pre-Primary - $3,505 - 11 contributions
2016 - January Continuing - $6,598 - 47 contributions
2015 - July Continuing - $11,516 - 86 contributions
2015 - January Continuing - $15,643 - 108 contributions
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