U.S. Congressional Delegations from Michigan
These are tables of congressional delegations from Michigan to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. For an alphabetical list of Representatives, see List of United States Representatives from Michigan.
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | |
| 24th (1835-1837) | Isaac E. Crary 47 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 25th (1837-1839) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 26th (1839-1841) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 27th (1841-1843) | Jacob M. Howard | ||||||||||||||||||
| 28th (1843-1845) | Robert McClelland | Lucius Lyon | James B. Hunt | ||||||||||||||||
| 29th (1845-1847) | John S. Chipman | ||||||||||||||||||
| 30th (1847-1849) | Edward Bradley 46 | Kinsley S. Bingham | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles E. Stuart | |||||||||||||||||||
| 31st (1849-1851) | Alexander W. Buel | William Sprague 45 | |||||||||||||||||
| 32nd (1851-1853) | Ebenezer J. Penniman | James L. Conger | Charles E. Stuart | ||||||||||||||||
| 33rd (1853-1855) | David Stuart | David A. Noble | Samuel Clark | Hestor L. Stevens | |||||||||||||||
| 34th (1855-1857) | William A. Howard | Henry Waldron | David S. Walbridge | George W. Peck | |||||||||||||||
| 35th (1857-1859) | De Witt C. Leach | ||||||||||||||||||
| 36th (1859-1861) | George B. Cooper 44 | Francis W. Kellogg | |||||||||||||||||
| William A. Howard 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 37th (1861-1863) | Bradley F. Granger | Fernando C. Beaman | Rowland E. Trowbridge | ||||||||||||||||
| 38th (1863-1865) | Fernando C. Beaman | Charles Upson | John W. Longyear | Francis W. Kellogg | Augustus C. Baldwin | John F. Driggs | |||||||||||||
| 39th (1865-1867) | Thomas W. Ferry 43 | Rowland E. Trowbridge | |||||||||||||||||
| 40th (1867-1869) | Austin Blair | ||||||||||||||||||
| 41st (1869-1871) | William L. Stoughton | Omar D. Conger | Randolph Strickland | ||||||||||||||||
| 42nd (1871-1873) | Henry Waldron | Wilder D. Foster 43 | Jabez G. Sutherland | ||||||||||||||||
| 43rd (1873-1875) | Moses W. Field | Henry Waldron | George Willard | Julius C. Burrows | Wilder D. Foster 42 | Josiah W. Begole | Omar D. Conger | Nathan B. Bradley | Jay A. Hubbell | ||||||||||
| William B. Williams | |||||||||||||||||||
| 44th (1875-1877) | Alpheus S. Williams 41 | Allen Potter | George H. Durand | ||||||||||||||||
| 45th (1877-1879) | Edwin Willits | Jonas H. McGowan | Edwin W. Keightly | John W. Stone | Mark S. Brewer | Charles C. Ellsworth | |||||||||||||
| 46th (1879-1881) | John S. Newberry | Julius C. Burrows | Roswell G. Horr | ||||||||||||||||
| 47th (1881-1883) | Henry W. Lord | Edward S. Lacey | George W. Webber | Oliver L. Spaulding | John T. Rich 40 | ||||||||||||||
| 48th (1883-1885) | William C. Maybury 37 | Nathaniel B. Eldredge 39 | George L. Yaple 37 | Julius Houseman 37 | Edwin B. Winans 37 | Ezra C. Carleton 37 | Byron M. Cutcheon | Herschel H. Hatch | Edward Breitung | ||||||||||
| 49th (1885-1887) | James O'Donnell | Julius C. Burrows | Charles C. Comstock | Timothy E. Tarsney 37 | Spencer O. Fisher | Seth C. Moffat 38 | |||||||||||||
| 50th (1887-1889) | John L. Chipman 33 | Edward P. Allen | Melbourne H. Ford | Mark S. Brewer | Justin R. Whiting 37 | ||||||||||||||
| Henry W. Seymour | |||||||||||||||||||
| 51st (1889-1891) | Charles E. Belknap | Aaron T. Bliss | Frank W. Wheeler | Samuel M. Stephenson | |||||||||||||||
| 52nd (1891-1893) | James S. Gorman | Melbourne H. Ford 35 | Byron G. Stout 36 | Henry M. Youmans | Harrison H. Wheeler | Thomas A. E. Weadock | |||||||||||||
| Charles E. Belknap 35 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 53rd (1893-1895) | Julius C. Burrows 32 | Henry F. Thomas | George F. Richardson 34 | David D. Aitken | William S. Linton | John W. Moon | John Avery | Samuel M. Stephenson | |||||||||||
| Levi T. Griffin 33 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 54th (1895-1897) | John B. Corliss | George Spalding | Alfred Milne 32 | William A. Smith 29 | Horace G. Snover | Roswell P. Bishop | Rousseau O. Crump 30 | ||||||||||||
| 55th (1897-1899) | Albert M. Todd 31 | Edward L. Hamilton | Samuel W. Smith | Ferdinand Brucker 31 | William S. Mesick | Carlos D. Sheldon | |||||||||||||
| 56th (1899-1901) | Henry C. Smith | Washington Gardner | Edgar Weeks | Joseph W. Fordney | |||||||||||||||
| 57th (1901-1903) | Archibald B. Darragh | ||||||||||||||||||
| Henry H. Alpin | |||||||||||||||||||
| 58th (1903-1905) | Alfred Lucking | Charles E. Townsend | Henry McMorran | George A. Loud | H. Olin Young 28 | ||||||||||||||
| 59th (1905-1907) | Edwin Denby | ||||||||||||||||||
| 60th (1907-1909) | James C. McLaughlin 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gerrit J. Diekema | |||||||||||||||||||
| 61st (1909-1911) | Francis H. Dodds | ||||||||||||||||||
| 62nd (1911-1913) | Frank E. Doremus | William Wedemeyer | John M. C. Smith | Edwin F. Sweet | |||||||||||||||
| 63rd (1913-1915) | Samuel Beakes | Carl Mapes 16 | Louis C. Cramton | Roy O. Woodruff | Francis O. Lindquist | Patrick H. Kelley27 | |||||||||||||
| William J. MacDonald | |||||||||||||||||||
| 64th (1915-1917) | Patrick H. Kelley | George A. Loud | Frank D. Scott | William F. James | Charles Nichols 25 | ||||||||||||||
| 65th (1917-1919) | Mark R. Reeves 26 | Gilbert A. Currie | |||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Beakes | |||||||||||||||||||
| 66th (1919-1921) | Earl C. Michener | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clarence McLeod | |||||||||||||||||||
| 67th (1921-1923) | George P. Codd | William H. Frankhauser 22 | John C. Ketcham | Roy O. Woodruff | Vincent M. Brennan | ||||||||||||||
| John M. C. Smith 22 23 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 68th (1923-1925) | Robert H. Clancy | Grant M. Hudson | Bird J. Vincent 20 | Clarence McLeod | |||||||||||||||
| Arthur B. Williams 23 24 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 69th (1925-1927) | John B. Sosnowski | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Hooper 19 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 70th (1927-1929) | Robert H. Clancy | Frank P. Bohn | |||||||||||||||||
| 71st (1929-1931) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 72nd (1931-1933) | Seymour H. Person | Jesse P. Wolcott | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael J. Hart 20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 73rd (1933-1935) | George G. Sadowski | John C. Lehr | George E. Foulkes | Claude E. Cady | Musselwhite, Harry W. | Prentiss M. Brown 18 | Carl M. Weideman | John D. Dingell, Sr. 11 | John Lesinski, Sr. 14 | George A. Dondero | |||||||||
| 74th (1935-1937) | Earl C. Michener | Henry M. Kimball 17 | Clare E. Hoffman | William W. Blackney | Fred L. Crawford | Albert J. Engel | Frank Hook | Louis C. Rabaut | |||||||||||
| Vernon Main 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 75th (1937-1939) | Paul W. Shafer12 | Andrew J. Transue | John F. Luecke | George O'Brien | |||||||||||||||
| 76th (1939-1941) | Rudolph G. Tenerowicz | William W. Blackney | Fred Bradley 15 | Clarence McLeod | |||||||||||||||
| Bartel J. Jonkman 16 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 77th (1941-1943) | George O'Brien | ||||||||||||||||||
| 78th (1943-1945) | George G. Sadowski | John B. Bennett | |||||||||||||||||
| 79th (1945-1947) | Frank Hook | ||||||||||||||||||
| 80th (1947-1949) | John B. Bennett | Howard A. Coffin | Harold F. Youngblood | ||||||||||||||||
| Charles E. Potter13 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 81st (1949-1951) | Gerald Ford2 | George O'Brien | Louis C. Rabaut 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 82nd (1951-1953) | Thaddeus M. Machrowicz 8 | George Meader | Ruth Thompson | John Lesinski, Jr. | |||||||||||||||
| 83rd (1953-1955) | Kit F. Clardy | Alvin M. Bentley | Elford Cederberg | Victor A. Knox | Charles G. Oakman | George A. Dondero | |||||||||||||
| 84th (1955-1957) | August E. Johansen | Donald Hayworth | Charles C. Diggs, Jr. 5 | Martha W. Griffiths | |||||||||||||||
| John Dingell11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 85th (1957-1959) | Charles E. Chamberlain | Robert J. McIntosh | Robert P. Griffin 7 | William S. Broomfield | |||||||||||||||
| 86th (1959-1961) | James G. O'Hara | ||||||||||||||||||
| 87th (1961-1963) | James Harvey 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lucien N. Nedzi 8 | Harold M. Ryan 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 88th (1963-1965) | Edward Hutchinson | Ned Staebler 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 89th (1965-1967) | John Conyers | Weston E. Vivian | Paul H. Todd, Jr. | John C. Mackie | Guy Vander Jagt 7 | Raymond F. Clevenger | James G. O'Hara | Lucien N. Nedzi | William D. Ford | John Dingell | Billie S. Farnum | ||||||||
| 90th (1967-1969) | Marvin L. Esch | Garry Brown | Donald Riegle, Jr. | Philip Ruppe | Jack H. McDonald | ||||||||||||||
| 91st (1969-1971) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 92nd (1971-1973) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 93rd (1973-1975) | Robert J. Huber | William S. Broomfield | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Vander Veen2 | Bob Traxler 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 94th (1975-1977) | Bob Carr | Donald Riegle, Jr.3 | William M. Brodhead | James J. Blanchard | |||||||||||||||
| 95th (1977-1979) | Carl D. Pursell | David Stockman 6 | Harold S. Sawyer | Dale Kildee | David Bonior | ||||||||||||||
| 96th (1979-1981) | Howard Wolpe | Donald J. Albosta | Robert W. Davis | ||||||||||||||||
| George W. Crockett, Jr. 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 97th (1981-1983) | Jim Dunn | Dennis Hertel | |||||||||||||||||
| Mark D. Siljander 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 98th (1983-1985) | Bob Carr | Sander Levin | William S. Broomfield | ||||||||||||||||
| 99th (1985-1987) | Paul B. Henry | Bill Schuette | |||||||||||||||||
| 100th (1987-1989) | Fred Upton | ||||||||||||||||||
| 101st (1989-1991) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 102nd (1991-1993) | Dave Camp | Barbara-Rose Collins | |||||||||||||||||
| 103rd (1993-1995) | Bart Stupak | Peter Hoekstra | Paul B. Henry 10 | Dave Camp | James Barcia | Fred Upton | Nick Smith | Bob Carr | Dale Kildee | David Bonior | Joe Knollenberg | Sander Levin | William D. Ford | John Conyers | Barbara-Rose Collins | ||||
| Vern Ehlers 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 104th (1995-1997) | Dick Chrysler | Lynn N. Rivers | |||||||||||||||||
| 105th (1997-1999) | Debbie Stabenow | Carolyn Kilpatrick | |||||||||||||||||
| 106th (1999-2001) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 107th (2001-2003) | Mike Rogers | ||||||||||||||||||
| 108th (2003-2005) | Dale Kildee | Joe Knollenberg | Candice S. Miller | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Carolyn Kilpatrick | John Dingell | |||||||||||||
| 109th (2005-2007) | Joe Schwarz | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes
The notes are not strictly chronological as the table is under construction in reverse sequence. The notes can be renumbered after the table is stable.
- Note 1: In 1962, Ned Staebler was elected as an at-large candidate after the 1960 census indicated Michigan would gain a seat in the House of Representatives, but the districts had not been redrawn and District 19 had not been created at the time of the election.
- Note 2: Gerald Ford resigned December 6, 1973, to become Vice President under Richard Nixon; Richard Vander Veen was elected to fill the vacancy in a special election in February 1974.
- Note 3: Donald W. Riegle, Jr. elected as a Republican and switched to Democratic Party in 1973. Resigned December 30, 1976 after being elected to the U.S. Senate; a replacement was not selected as the resignation came at the end of his term.
- Note 4: James Harvey resigned on January 31, 1974 after being appointed by President Richard Nixon as a United States District Court judge for the Eastern District of Michigan; Jerome Traxler was elected to fill vacancy, April 23, 1974
- Note 5: Charles Coles Diggs, Jr., resigned June 3, 1980; George William Crockett, Jr., was simultaneously elected November 4, 1980 in a special election to fill the remainder of Diggs' term in the 96th Congress and to the 97th Congress.
- Note 6: Dave Stockman resigned on January 27, 1981, after being elected to the 97th Congress; Mark D. Siljander was elected in a special election to fill the vacancy and assumed office on April 21, 1981.
- Note 7: Robert P. Griffin resigned on May 10, 1966, to be appointed the following day to the United States Senate to fill vacancy caused by the death of Patrick V. McNamara; Guy Vander Jagt was elected simultaneously in a special election November 8, 1966, to fill the unexpired term in the 89th and for a full term in the 90th Congress.
- Note 8: Thaddeus M. Machrowicz resigned September 18, 1961, having been appointed a judge of the United States District Court for the eastern district of Michigan; Lucien N. Nedzi was elected by special election, to fill the vacancy, assuming office on November 7, 1961.
- Note 9: Louis C. Rabaut died November 12, 1961; Harold M. Ryan was elected by special election to fill the vacancy, assuming office on February 13, 1962.
- Note 10: Paul B. Henry died on July 31, 1993; Vernon J. Ehlers was elected in a special election to fill the vacancy, assuming office on December 7, 1993.
- Note 11: John D. Dingell, Sr., died September 19, 1955; John D. Dingell, Jr., was elected by special election to fill the vacancy, assuming office on December 13, 1955.
- Note 12: Paul W. Shafer died August 17, 1954. No replacement was elected to fill the vacancy.
- Note 13: Charles E. Potter resigned November 4, 1952, to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate caused by the death of Arthur H. Vandenberg. No replacement was elected to fill the vacancy.
- Note 14: John Lesinski, Sr., died May 27, 1950. No replacement was elected to fill the vacancy, although his son John Lesinski, Jr., was elected in the next general election.
- Note 15: Fred Bradley died May 24, 1947. Charles E. Potter was elected August 26, 1947 to fill the vacancy.
- Note 16: Carl E. Mapes died December 12, 1939; Bartel J. Jonkman was elected by special election to fill the vacancy, assuming office on February 19, 1940.
- Note 17: Henry M. Kimball died October 19, 1935; Vernon W. Main was elected to fill the vacancy, assuming office on December 17, 1935.
- Note 18: Prentiss M. Brown resigned November 18, 1936; he had been elected on November 3, 1936, to the United States Senate for a full term beginning January 3, 1937, but was subsequently appointed to the Senate to fill the vacancy for the term ending January 3, 1937, caused by the death of James J. Couzens. No replacement was elected to fill the vacancy in the House due Brown's resignation.
- Note 19: Joseph L. Hooper died February 22, 1934; the vacancy was not filled.
- Note 20: Bird J. Vincent died July 18, 1931; Michael J. Hart was elected to fill the vacancy November 3, 1931.
- Note 21: James C. McLaughlin died November 29, 1932; the vacancy was not filled.
- Note 22: William H. Frankhauser died May 9, 1921; John M. C. Smith was elected June 28, 1921, to fill the vacancy.
- Note 23: John M. C. Smith died March 23, 1923; Arthur B. Williams elected June 19, 1923, to fill the vacancy.
- Note 24: Arthur B. Williams died May 1, 1925; Joseph L. Hooper was elected August 18, 1925, to fill vacancy.
- Note 25: Charles A. Nichols died April 26, 1920; Clarence J. McLeod was elected to fill the vacancy November 2, 1920.
- Note 26: In the election of November 7, 1916, official returns showed Mark R. Bacon had won by 49 votes. Although there was no provision in state law at that time for recounting ballots in the election of federal officials, a separate examination of votes in Jackson County revealed that Samuel W. Beakes was entitled to 87 more votes. However, the board of state canvassers and the Michigan Supreme Court refused to allow a recount. Finally, the U.S. House Committee on Elections decided to conduct a recount, which gave Beakes the victory by 132 votes. The committee unanimously reported resolutions to the full House stating that Bacon had not been elected to the seat and was not entitled to it, and that, in fact, Beakes was the elected representative of the district. The House seated Beakes on December 13, 1917.
- Note 27: Patrick H. Kelley was elected congressman at-large. Michigan gained one seat due to reapportionment following the 1910 Census, but Michigan did not redraw its congressional districts until 1913.
- Note 28: H. Olin Young presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Sixty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1913, until his resignation, effective May 16, 1913, while a contest for the seat was pending. Due to a mistake in how the name of William J. MacDonald appeared on the ballot in Ontonagon County, some votes were not included in the official count by the state board of canvassers, even though their inclusion in unofficial returns showed MacDonald had won. Subsequently, the House Committee on Elections unanimously reported a resolution to the full house awarding the 12th District seat to MacDonald, who took the oath of office August 26, 1913.
- Note 29: William A. Smith was elected to the U.S. Senate on February 6, 1907 to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1907, caused by the death of Russell A. Alger; Gerrit J. Diekema was elected April 27, 1907, to fill the vacancy in the House.
- Note 30: Rousseau O. Crump died May 1, 1901; Henry H. Aplin was elected October 15, 1901, to fill the vacancy.
- Note 31: In 1896, Albert M. Todd and Ferdinand Brucker were elected on the Democratic Peoples Union Silver ticket, a union of elements from the Democratic Party and Populist Party. They were seated as part of the Democratic Party in Congress.
- Note 32: Julius C. Burrows was re-elected to the House of Representatives for the 54th Congress in the general election of November 1894. The Michigan Legislature elected Burrows to the U.S. Senate on January 16, 1895 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis B. Stockbridge (succeeding John Patton, Jr. who had been appointed as an interim replacement by Michigan Governor John T. Rich); Alfred Milnes was elected in a special election on April 18, 1895, to fill vacancy in the House.
- Note 33: John L. Chipman died August 17, 1893; Levi T. Griffin was elected November 7, 1893, to fill the vacancy.
- Note 34: George F. Richardson won the November 8, 1892, general election by a plurality of 10 votes, receiving a certificate of election from the board of state canvassers. The defeated candidate, incumbent Charles E. Belknap, requested a recount in Ionia County, alleging irregularities. The Michigan Supreme Court ordered the recount on February 3, 1893, which subsequently resulted in a plurality of 19 votes for Belknap. The new board of state canvassers then issued a certificate of election to Belknap. The contest was brought to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on August 8, 1893. Following debate on the validity of the contestants’ credentials, the House voted to seat Richardson, referring the matter to the House Committee on Elections. Following further examination, the committee issued a report upholding Richardson’s claim to the seat.
- Note 35: Melbourne H. Ford died April 20, 1891; Charles E. Belknap was elected November 3, 1891, to fill the vacancy.
- Note 36: Byron G. Stout was elected on a Democratic and Union ticket in 1890 to the 52nd Congress.
- Note 37: A number of candidates were elected as Fusion candidates, but were seated in Congress with the Democratic Party: Justin R. Whiting 1886, 1888, and 1890 (he was elected as a Democrat in 1892); Timothy E. Tarsney in 1884 and 1886; Edwin B. Winans in 1882 and 1884; William C. Maybury in 1882 and 1884; Ezra C. Carleton in 1882 and 1884; George L. Yaple in 1882; Julius Houseman in 1882.
- Note 38: Seth C. Moffatt died December 22, 1887; Henry W. Seymour was elected to fill the vacancy February 14, 1888.
- Note 39: Nathaniel B. Eldredge was elected on a Democratic and Union ticket in 1884 to the 49th Congress.
- Note 40: Omar D. Conger was re-elected to the House in the general election, November 2, 1880. He was subequently elected by the Michigan State Legislature to the U.S. Senate January 18, 1881; John T. Rich was elected April 4, 1881, to fill the vacancy in the House.
- Note 41: Alpheus S. Williams died December 28, 1878; the vacancy was not filled.
- Note 42: Wilder D. Foster died September 20, 1873; William B. Williams was elected November 4, 1873, to fill the vacancy.
- Note 43: Thomas W. Ferry was re-elected to the House in the general election November 8, 1870; the Michigan Legislature subsequently elected him to U.S. Senate January 18, 1871; Wilder D. Foster was elected April 4, 1871 to fill the vacancy in the House.
- Note 44: George B. Cooper won the election of November 2, 1858, and was seated by the U.S. House of Representatives. William A. Howard contested the results in the House, alleging voting irregularities in several wards. Following its investigation, the House Committee on Elections reported that the sitting member, Cooper, was not entitled to his seat and that the contestant Howard was. The House passed resolutions to that effect May 15, 1860, at which time Howard took the oath of office.
- Note 45: William Sprague was elected on a Free Soil Party ticket and was seated with the Whigs in Congress.
- Note 46: Edward Bradley was elected November 3, 1846, but died August 5, 1847 in New York City, while en route to Washington, D.C. to take office; Charles E. Stuart was elected November 2, 1847, to fill the vacancy.
- Note 47: Isaac E. Crary was the first elected U.S. representative from the state of Michigan, elected October 5 and 6, 1835. However, due to Michigan’s dispute with Ohio over the Toledo Strip, Congress refused to accept his credentials until it admitted Michigan to the Union as a state on January 26, 1837.
Key
| Democratic-Republican Party |
| Whig Party |
| Progressive Party |
| Democratic Party |
| Republican Party |
Sources
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
- Chapter VI - Michigan's Congressional Delegation Michigan Manual 2003-2004
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