Michigan's 5th congressional district

Michigan's 5th congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The district is currently represented by Democrat Dan Kildee. His uncle, Dale Kildee, previously represented the district.[5] It is currently a mostly industrial area,[6] with Arenac County, Iosco County, and Tuscola County being the main exceptions. From 2003 to 2013 it encompassed much of the area south of Saginaw Bay. It consisted of all of Tuscola and Genesee counties and the southeast portion of Bay and the eastern portion of Saginaw counties in the eastern-central portion of the state during that time. The district was extended into the upper mitt for the 2012 redistricting and most of Tuscola County was cut out.

Michigan's 5th congressional district
Michigan's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Dan Kildee
DFlushing
Distribution
  • 77.49% urban[1]
  • 22.51% rural
Population (2019)672,466[2]
Median household
income
$47,655[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+5[4]

Predecessors

From 1873 to 1993, the 5th was based in the Grand Rapids area of Western Michigan. Its most notable member was Gerald Ford, who in 1974 became the 38th President of the United States upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, at the height of the Watergate Scandal. From 1993 to 2003, it was drawn as a district including Bay City, Saginaw and the Thumb.

Recent election results in statewide races

Year Office Results
2000 President Gore 61 - 37%
2004 President Kerry 59 - 41%
2008 President Obama 64 - 35%
2012 President Obama 61 - 38%
2016 President Clinton 50 - 46%
2018 Senate Stabenow 55 - 43%
2018 Governor Whitmer 57 - 40%
2020 President Biden 51 - 47%

Jurisdictions in the district

List of members representing the district

The following is a list of all occupants of the congressional seat since the district was created at the start of the 38th Congress

Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history Location
District created March 4, 1863

Augustus C. Baldwin
Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
38th Elected in 1862.
Lost re-election.
1863 – 1873
[data unknown/missing]

Rowland E. Trowbridge
Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1869
39th
40th
Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
[data unknown/missing]

Omar D. Conger
Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873
41st
42nd
Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the 7th district.

Wilder D. Foster
Republican March 4, 1873 –
September 20, 1873
43rd Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1872.
Died.
1873 – 1883
[data unknown/missing]
Vacant September 20, 1873 –
December 1, 1873

William B. Williams
Republican December 1, 1873 –
March 3, 1877
43rd
44th
Elected to finish Foster's term.
Re-elected in 1874.
[data unknown/missing]

John W. Stone
Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881
45th
46th
Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
[data unknown/missing]

George W. Webber
Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th Elected in 1880.
[data unknown/missing]

Julius Houseman
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48th Elected in 1882.
[data unknown/missing]
1883 – 1893
[data unknown/missing]

Charles C. Comstock
Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887
49th Elected in 1884.
[data unknown/missing]

Melbourne H. Ford
Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
50th Elected in 1886.
[data unknown/missing]

Charles E. Belknap
Republican March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891
51st Elected in 1888.
[data unknown/missing]

Melbourne H. Ford
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
April 20, 1891
52nd Elected in 1890.
Died.
Vacant April 20, 1891 –
November 3, 1891

Charles E. Belknap
Republican November 3, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
Elected to finish Ford's term.
[data unknown/missing]

George F. Richardson
Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Elected in 1892.[lower-alpha 1]
[data unknown/missing]
1893 – 1903
[data unknown/missing]

William Alden Smith
Republican March 4, 1895 –
February 9, 1907
54th
55th
56th
57th
58th
59th
Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
1903 – 1913
[data unknown/missing]
Vacant February 9, 1907 –
March 17, 1908
59th
60th

Gerrit J. Diekema
Republican March 17, 1908 –
March 3, 1911
60th
61st
Elected April 27, 1907 to finish Smith's term and seated March 17, 1908.
Re-elected later in 1908.
Lost re-election.

Edwin F. Sweet
Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913
62nd Elected in 1910.
Lost re-election.

Carl E. Mapes
Republican March 4, 1913 –
December 12, 1939
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
Elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Died.
1913 – 1933
[data unknown/missing]
1933 – 1943
[data unknown/missing]
Vacant December 12, 1939 –
February 19, 1940
76th

Bartel J. Jonkman
Republican February 19, 1940 –
January 3, 1949
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
Elected to finish Mapes's term.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
[data unknown/missing]
1943 – 1953
[data unknown/missing]

Gerald Ford
Republican January 3, 1949 –
December 6, 1973
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Resigned to become U.S. Vice President.
1953 – 1963
[data unknown/missing]
1963 – 1973
[data unknown/missing]
1973 – 1983
[data unknown/missing]
Vacant December 6, 1973 –
February 18, 1974
93rd

Richard Vander Veen
Democratic February 18, 1974 –
January 3, 1977
93rd
94th
Elected to finish Ford's term.
Re-elected in 1974.
Lost re-election.

Harold S. Sawyer
Republican January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1985
95th
96th
97th
98th
Elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Retired.
1983 – 1993
[data unknown/missing]

Paul B. Henry
Republican January 3, 1985 –
January 3, 1993
99th
100th
101st
102nd
Elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.

James A. Barcia
Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2003
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Retired to run for state senator.

Dale Kildee
Democratic January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2013
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected here in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Retired.

Dan Kildee
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
present
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

Recent election results

2012

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Kildee 214,531 65.0
Republican Jim Slezak 103,931 31.5
Independent David Davenport 6,694 2.0
Libertarian Gregory Creswell 4,990 1.5
Total votes 330,146 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 2014[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Kildee (incumbent) 148,182 66.7
Republican Allen Hardwick 69,222 31.2
Libertarian Harold Jones 4,734 2.1
Total votes 222,138 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 2016 [8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Kildee (incumbent) 195,279 61.2
Republican Al Hardwick 112,102 35.1
Libertarian Steve Sluka 7,006 2.2
Green Harley Mikkelson 4,904 1.5
Total votes 319,291 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Kildee (incumbent) 164,502 59.5
Republican Travis Wines 99,265 35.9
Working Class Kathy Goodwin 12,646 4.6
Total votes 276,413 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 2020[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Kildee (incumbent) 196,599 54.4
Republican Tim Kelly 150,772 41.8
Working Class Kathy Goodwin 8,180 2.3
Libertarian James Harris 5,481 1.5
Total votes 361,032 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

Notes

  1. With a plurality of 10 votes, Richardson received a certificate of election from the board of state canvassers. Incumbent Charles E. Belknap requested a recount in Ionia County, alleging irregularities. The Michigan Supreme Court ordered the recount on February 3, 1893, which counted 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 U.S. House of Representatives on August 8, 1893. Following floor debate on the validity of the contestants’ credentials, the House seated Richardson, referring the matter to the Committee on Elections. Following further examination, the committee issued a report upholding Richardson’s claim to the seat.

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  3. "My Congressional District".
  4. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  5. Thorne, Blake (November 7, 2012). "Dan Kildee (D) wins in Michigan 5th Congressional District election 2012 results". Flint Journal. MLive Media Group. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  6. Congressman Dale Kildee - 5th District of Michigan Archived January 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

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