Michigan's 1st congressional district
U.S. House district for Michigan
Michigan's 1st congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative Area 24,875[1] sq mi (64,430 km2 ) Distribution 63.42% rural[2] 36.58% urban Population (2022) 782,743[3] Median household income $60,877[4] Ethnicity Cook PVI R+13[5]
Michigan's 1st congressional district is a United States congressional district that fully contains the 15 counties of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and 20 counties of Northern Michigan in the Lower Peninsula . The district is currently represented by Republican Jack Bergman .
Cities and towns
The district is the second-largest congressional district east of the Mississippi River by land area, only behind Maine's 2nd congressional district . Its boundaries contain the entire Upper Peninsula of Michigan and much of the northern part of the Lower Peninsula . Altogether, the district makes up about 44% of the land area of the state of Michigan yet contains only 7% of Michigan's population. It contains the second-longest shoreline of any district in the United States, behind Alaska's at-large congressional district .
Counties
Of the 83 counties in Michigan, the following 35 lie entirely within the district. One county (Wexford ) lies partially in the district.
Major settlements in the district
History
Prior to 1992, the 1st congressional district was a Detroit-based congressional district. From the election of Republican John B. Sosnowski in 1925 until 1964, the former 1st district was represented by only one non-Polish-American politician, Robert H. Clancy . Along with Sosnowski, 6 Polish-Americans served as the 1st district's representatives elected 7 times, since 1925. The other strong Polish Michigan congressional districts were the 15th district (where half of the elected were Polish-American) and the dissolved 16th district (where all three elected representatives were of Polish descent). In 1964, the 1st congressional district was drawn as a new, African-American majority district reflecting the changing demographics of Detroit, while enough of the old 1st district was moved to the 14th district so that the 14th district retained the 1st's old congressman. John Conyers was elected to congress from the 1st district, a position he would hold until the 1st was removed from Detroit.
After 1992, the 1st district covered land in the UP and Northern Michigan. Most of this territory had been known as the 11th district from 1892 to 1992. The 1st from 1992 to 2002 was similar to the present district, except that it did not extend nearly as far south along Lake Michigan , while it took in Traverse City and some surrounding areas on the west side of the state.
Presidential election results
This table indicates how the district has voted in U.S. presidential elections ; election results reflect voting in the district as it was configured at the time of the election, not as it is configured today.
Recent election results from statewide races
This table indicates how the district has voted in recent statewide elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it is currently configured, not necessarily as it was at the time of these elections.
List of members representing the district
Member
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
District location
District created March 4, 1843
Robert McClelland (Monroe )
Democratic
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849
28th 29th 30th
Elected in 1843 .Re-elected in 1844 .Re-elected in 1846 . Retired.
1843–1853 [data missing ]
Alexander W. Buel (Detroit )
Democratic
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
31st
Elected in 1848 . Lost re-election.
Ebenezer J. Penniman (Plymouth )
Whig
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
32nd
Elected in 1850 . Retired.
David Stuart (Detroit )
Democratic
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
33rd
Elected in 1852 . Lost re-election.
1853–1863 [data missing ]
William A. Howard (Detroit )
Opposition
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
34th
Elected in 1854 .Re-elected in 1856 . Lost re-election.
Republican
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
35th
George B. Cooper (Jackson )
Democratic
March 4, 1859 – May 15, 1860
36th
Elected in 1858 . Lost election contest.
William A. Howard (Detroit )
Republican
May 15, 1860 – March 3, 1861
36th
Won election contest. Retired.
Bradley F. Granger (Ann Arbor )
Republican
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
37th
Elected in 1860 . Redistricted to the 3rd district and lost re-election as a Democrat.
Fernando C. Beaman (Adrian )
Republican
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871
38th 39th 40th 41st
Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1862 .Re-elected in 1864 .Re-elected in 1866 .Re-elected in 1868 . Retired.
1863–1873 [data missing ]
Henry Waldron (Hillsdale )
Republican
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
42nd
Elected in 1870 . Redistricted to the 2nd district .
Moses W. Field (Detroit )
Republican
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
43rd
Elected in 1872 . Lost re-election.
1873–1883 [data missing ]
Alpheus S. Williams (Detroit )
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – December 21, 1878
44th 45th
Elected in 1874 .Re-elected in 1876 . Lost re-election and died before next term began.
Vacant
December 21, 1878 – March 3, 1879
45th
John S. Newberry (Detroit )
Republican
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
46th
Elected in 1878 . Retired.
Henry W. Lord (Detroit )
Republican
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
47th
Elected in 1880 . Lost re-election.
William C. Maybury (Detroit )
Democratic[6]
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
48th 49th
Elected in 1882 .Re-elected in 1884 . Retired.
1883–1893 [data missing ]
John L. Chipman (Detroit )
Democratic
March 4, 1887 – August 17, 1893
50th 51st 52nd 53rd
Elected in 1886 .Re-elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 .Re-elected in 1892 . Died.
1893–1903 [data missing ]
Vacant
August 17, 1893 – November 7, 1893
53rd
Levi T. Griffin (Detroit )
Democratic
December 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Elected to finish Chipman's term . Lost re-election.
John B. Corliss (Detroit )
Republican
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903
54th 55th 56th 57th
Elected in 1894 .Re-elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 . Lost re-election.
Alfred Lucking (Detroit )
Democratic
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
58th
Elected in 1902 . Lost re-election.
1903–1913 [data missing ]
Edwin C. Denby (Detroit )
Republican
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911
59th 60th 61st
Elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 . Lost re-election.
Frank E. Doremus (Detroit )
Democratic
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1921
62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th
Elected in 1910 .Re-elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 . Retired.
1913–1933 [data missing ]
George P. Codd (Detroit )
Republican
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
67th
Elected in 1920 . Retired.
Robert H. Clancy (Detroit )
Democratic
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925
68th
Elected in 1922 . Lost re-election.
John B. Sosnowski (Detroit )
Republican
March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927
69th
Elected in 1924 . Lost renomination.
Robert H. Clancy (Detroit )
Republican
March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933
70th 71st 72nd
Elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 . Redistricted to the 14th district and lost re-election.
George G. Sadowski (Detroit )
Democratic
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
73rd 74th 75th
Elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 . Lost renomination.
1933–1943 [data missing ]
Rudolph G. Tenerowicz (Detroit )
Democratic[7]
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943
76th 77th
Elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 . Lost renomination.
George G. Sadowski (Detroit )
Democratic
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1951
78th 79th 80th 81st
Elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 .Re-elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 . Lost renomination.
1943–1953 [data missing ]
Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (Hamtramck )
Democratic
January 3, 1951 – September 18, 1961
82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th
Elected in 1950 .Re-elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 . Resigned to become U.S. District Judge .
1953–1963 [data missing ]
Vacant
September 18, 1961 – November 7, 1961
87th
Lucien N. Nedzi (Detroit )
Democratic
November 7, 1961 – January 3, 1965
87th 88th
Elected to finish Machrowicz's term .Re-elected in 1962 . Redistricted to the 14th district .
1963–1973 [data missing ]
John Conyers (Detroit )
Democratic
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1993
89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd
Elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .Re-elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 . Redistricted to the 14th district .[8]
1973–1983 [data missing ]
1983–1993 [data missing ]
Bart Stupak (Menominee )
Democratic
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th
Elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 . Retired.
1993–2003
2003–2013
Dan Benishek (Crystal Falls )
Republican
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017
112th 113th 114th
Elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 . Retired.
2013–2023
Jack Bergman (Watersmeet )
Republican
January 3, 2017 – present
115th 116th 117th 118th
Elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .Re-elected in 2022 .
2023–present
Elections
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
See also
Notes
^ "Congressional Districts by Urban/Rural Population & Land Area (109th Congress)" (PDF) . 2000 United States Census . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 11, 2007 .
^ Michigan congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area
^ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District" . www.census.gov . Retrieved October 5, 2023 . {{cite web }}
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^ "My Congressional District" .
^ "2022 Cook PV: District Map and List" . The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2023 .
^ William C. Maybury was elected as a fusion candidate , but was seated in Congress with the Democratic Party.
^ Rudolph G. Tenerowicz campaigned as a Republican in 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, and 1954.
^ Redistricted again in 2012, to the 13th district.
^ "2012 Michigan House Results" . Politico .
^ "2014 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/04/2014" .
^ "2016 Michigan Election Results - Official Results" . Michigan Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016 .
^ "Michigan Election Results 2018: Live Midterm Map by County & Analysis" . Politico .
^ "2020 Michigan Election Results Official" . Michigan Secretary of State . Retrieved November 23, 2020 .
References
External links
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