Michigan's 2nd congressional district
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Congressional district
A congressional district is “a geographical division of a state from which one member of the House of Representatives is elected.”Congressional Districts are made up of three main components, a representative, constituents, and the specific land area that both the representative and the...
in Western Michigan
Western Michigan
West Michigan and Western Michigan are terms for an arbitrarily selected region in the U.S. state of Michigan in its Lower Peninsula. There is no official definition for what constitutes "West Michigan." The area of West Michigan may also include parts Southern Michigan.-Definition:In general,...
. It consists of the counties of Benzie
Benzie County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the 2000 census, there were 15,998 people, 6,500 households, and 4,595 families residing in the county. The population density was 50 people per square mile . There were 10,312 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile...
, Manistee
Manistee County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 24,527 people, 9,860 households, and 6,714 families residing in the county. The population density was 45 people per square mile . There were 14,272 housing units at an average density of 26 per square mile...
, Wexford
Wexford County, Michigan
-Tourism:There are many attractions and hot spots in Wexford county to check out. The Manistee National Forest is a great recreation site. The Manistee River is great for fisherman, kayakers and canoers, and other outdoor lovers.-Demographics:...
, Mason
Mason County, Michigan
Mason County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,705. The county seat is Ludington.-History:...
, Lake
Lake County, Michigan
-Highways:* US 10* M-37-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 11,333 people, 4,704 households, and 3,052 families residing in the county. The population density was 20 people per square mile . There were 13,498 housing units at an average density of 24 per square mile...
, Oceana
Oceana County, Michigan
-US highways:* US-31* US 31 Business Route is a spur serving downtown Hart.* US 31 Business Route loops through downtown Pentwater, returning to mainline US-31 at both ends.-Michigan State Trunklines:* M-20* M-120-Intercounty Highways:*B-15...
, Newaygo
Newaygo County, Michigan
Newaygo County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Grand Rapids–Wyoming, MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 48,460. The county seat is White Cloud. Newaygo County was either named for an Ojibwe leader who signed the Saginaw...
, Muskegon
Muskegon County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 170,200 people, 63,330 households, and 44,267 families residing in the county. The population density was 334 people per square mile . There were 68,556 housing units at an average density of 135 per square mile...
, Ottawa
Ottawa County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 238,314 people, 81,662 households, and 61,328 families residing in the county. The population density was 421 people per square mile . There were 86,856 housing units at an average density of 154 per square mile...
, and the northern portion of Allegan
Allegan County, Michigan
-Interstates:* I-196* I-196 Business Loop serves the city of Holland.-US highways:* US-31* US-131-Michigan State Trunklines:* M-40* M-89* M-179* M-222-Allegan County Intercounty Highways:* A-2* A-37* A-42* A-45-Demographics:...
and the northwest portion of Kent
Kent County, Michigan
-Air Service:*Commercial air service to Grand Rapids is provided by Gerald R. Ford International Airport . Previously named Kent County International Airport, it holds Grand Rapids' mark in modern history with the United States' first regularly scheduled airline service, beginning July 31, 1926,...
. The 2nd district has the largest concentration of Dutch-Americans
Dutch-Americans
A Dutch American is an American of Dutch descent.Following the exploration of the American East Coast by Henry Hudson on behalf of the Dutch East India Company in 1609, Dutch settlement in the Americas started in 1613...
of any congressional district in the country . The district has a Cook PVI of R+7, making it the most Republican district in the state of Michigan. John McCain
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
won the district in 2008 with 51% of the vote, his best performance in any of Michigan's 15 congressional districts. Rep. Hoekstra announced he would not seek re-election to Congress in 2010. Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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Bill Huizenga
Bill Huizenga
William P. Huizenga is the member of Congress for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives.-Early life, education, and career:...
replaced Hoekstra after winning the 2010 General Election
United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2010
The 2010 congressional elections in Michigan will be held on November 2, 2010, to determine will represent the state of Michigan in the United States House of Representatives. Michigan has fifteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Eight of the seats are...
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Major cities
- CadillacCadillac, MichiganCadillac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Wexford County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 10,000. The city is situated at the junction of US 131, M-55 and M-115...
- FremontFremont, MichiganFremont is a city in Newaygo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,081 at the 2010 census.- History :The first inhabitants of the Fremont area were native Americans. A group of settlers led by Daniel Weaver first settled in the area in 1855. The Weaver homestead served as the...
- Grand HavenGrand Haven, MichiganGrand Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Ottawa County. Grand Haven is located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Grand River, for which it is named. As of the 2010 census, Grand Haven had a population of 10,412. It is part of the...
- HollandHolland, MichiganHolland is a city in the western region of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan on Lake Macatawa, which is fed by the Macatawa River ....
- JenisonJenison, MichiganJenison is an unincorporated community in Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place for statistical purposes, but has no legal status as an incorporated municipality. The community is governed by Georgetown Charter Township. The population of the CDP was 17,211...
- LudingtonLudington, MichiganLudington is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 8,357. It is the county seat of Mason County.Ludington is a harbor town located on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Pere Marquette River...
- MuskegonMuskegon, MichiganMuskegon is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,401. The city is the county seat of Muskegon County...
- Muskegon HeightsMuskegon Heights, MichiganMuskegon Heights is a city in Muskegon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 12,049 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.2 square miles , all land....
- Norton ShoresNorton Shores, MichiganNorton Shores is a city in Muskegon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 22,527 at the 2000 census.-Overview:Norton Shores is located on the shores of Lake Michigan in Muskegon County...
- HudsonvilleHudsonville, MichiganHudsonville is a city in Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 7,160.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 7,160 people, 2,514 households, and 1,920 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,729.1 per square mile...
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | Congress | Notes |
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| District created | March 4, 1843 | |||
| Lucius Lyon Lucius Lyon Lucius Lyon was a U.S. statesman from the state of Michigan. He was born in Shelburne, Vermont, where he received a common school education and studied engineering and surveying... |
Democrat | March 4, 1843 - March 4, 1845 | 28th | |
| John Smith Chipman John Smith Chipman John Smith Chipman was a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Chipman was born in Shoreham in Addison County, Vermont, where attended the rural schools and graduated from Middlebury College in 1823... |
Democrat | March 4, 1845 - March 4, 1847 | 29th | |
| Edward Bradley Edward Bradley (politician) Edward Bradley was a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.Bradley was born in East Bloomfield, New York and attended the common schools and the local academy in Canandaigua. He was associate judge of the common pleas court of Ontario County in 1836... |
Democrat | March 4, 1847 - August 5, 1847 | 30th | Died |
| Vacant | August 5, 1847 – December 6, 1847 |
30th 30th United States Congress The Thirtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1849, during the last two years of... |
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| Charles E. Stuart Charles E. Stuart Charles Edward Stuart was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Biography:Stuart was born in New York, either near Waterloo, New York, or in Columbia County. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832, and commenced practice in Waterloo... |
Democrat | December 6, 1847 - March 4, 1849 | 30th | |
| William Sprague William Sprague (1809-1868) William Sprague was a minister and politician in the U.S. state of Michigan.Sprague was born in Providence, Rhode Island, a distant cousin of William Sprague, Governor of Rhode Island. He attended the public schools there, moved to Michigan, and settled in Kalamazoo, where he studied theology and... |
Whig | March 4, 1849 - March 4, 1851 | 31st | |
| Charles E. Stuart Charles E. Stuart Charles Edward Stuart was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Biography:Stuart was born in New York, either near Waterloo, New York, or in Columbia County. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832, and commenced practice in Waterloo... |
Democrat | March 4, 1851 - March 4, 1853 | 32nd | |
| David A. Noble David A. Noble David Addison Noble was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Noble was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He attended a private school in Plainfield and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown in 1825. He studied law in Albany and New York City and was admitted to the... |
Democrat | March 4, 1853 - March 4, 1855 | 33rd | |
| Henry Waldron Henry Waldron Henry Waldron was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Waldron was born in Albany, New York. He attended Albany Academy and graduated from Rutgers College in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1836. He moved to Michigan in 1837 and was employed as a civil engineer in railroad work... |
Republican | March 4, 1855 - March 4, 1861 | 34th-36th | |
| Fernando C. Beaman Fernando C. Beaman Fernando Cortez Beaman was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan during and after the American Civil War.... |
Republican | March 4, 1861 - March 4, 1863 | 37th | Redistricted Redistricting Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to... to the |
| Charles Upson Charles Upson Charles Upson was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Upson was born in Southington, Connecticut to Lydia Upson and Asahel Upson . He attended the district and select schools of Southington and later taught school in Farmington from 1840 to 1842... |
Republican | March 4, 1863 - March 4, 1869 | 38th-40th | |
| William L. Stoughton William L. Stoughton William Lewis Stoughton was a politician and soldier from U.S. state of Michigan who served in the United States Congress, as well as serving as a general and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Stoughton was born in Bangor, New York. He attended Kirtland,... |
Republican | March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1873 | 41st-42nd | |
| Henry Waldron Henry Waldron Henry Waldron was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Waldron was born in Albany, New York. He attended Albany Academy and graduated from Rutgers College in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1836. He moved to Michigan in 1837 and was employed as a civil engineer in railroad work... |
Republican | March 4, 1873 - March 4, 1877 | 43rd-44th | Redistricted Redistricting Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to... from the |
| Edwin Willits Edwin Willits Edwin Willits was a politician from the U.S. State of Michigan.Willits was born in Otto, New York and moved to Michigan with his parents in September 1836. He graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in June 1855. The following April he settled in Monroe, Michigan where he was... |
Republican | March 4, 1877 - March 4, 1883 | 45th-47th | |
| Nathaniel B. Eldredge Nathaniel B. Eldredge Nathaniel Buel Eldredge was a physician, infantry officer, lawyer, sheriff, and ultimately a two-term Democratic congressman from the State of Michigan.-Biography:... |
Democrat | March 4, 1883 - March 4, 1887 | 48th-49th | |
| Edward P. Allen Edward P. Allen Edward Payson Allen was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Allen was born in Sharon Township, Michigan and attended the district and select schools. He graduated from the State normal school in 1864... |
Republican | March 4, 1887 - March 4, 1891 | 40th-51st | |
| James S. Gorman James S. Gorman James Sedgwick Gorman was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Gorman was born in Lyndon Township, Michigan, near Chelsea. He attended the common schools and the Union School of Chelsea, and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1876. He was... |
Democrat | March 4, 1891 - March 4, 1895 | 52nd-53rd | |
| George Spalding George Spalding George Spalding was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Spalding was born in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland and immigrated to the United States in 1843 with his parents. The settled in Buffalo, New York, where he attended the public schools. He later moved to Monroe,... |
Republican | March 4, 1895 - March 4, 1899 | 54th-55th | |
| Henry C. Smith Henry C. Smith Henry Cassorte Smith was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Smith was born in Canandaigua, New York and in the following year moved with his father to a farm near Palmyra, Michigan. He attended the common schools and graduated from Adrian College in 1878. He taught school, studied law,... |
Republican | March 4, 1899 - March 4, 1903 | 56th-57th | |
| Charles E. Townsend Charles E. Townsend Charles Elroy Townsend was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.Townsend was born near Concord, Michigan and attended the common schools in Concord and Jackson and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He taught school at Concord 1881-1886 and was Jackson County... |
Republican | March 4, 1903 - March 4, 1911 | 58th-61st | |
| William Wedemeyer William Wedemeyer William Walter Wedemeyer was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Wedemeyer was born near Lima Township in Washtenaw County, Michigan. He attended the district schools and Ann Arbor High School. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1895... |
Republican | March 4, 1911 - January 2, 1913 | 62nd | Died |
| Vacant | January 2, 1913 – March 4, 1913 |
62nd 62nd United States Congress - House of Representatives :* Democratic : 230 * Republican : 162* Socialist : 1* Independent : 1TOTAL members: 394-Senate:* President: James S... |
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| Samuel Beakes | Democrat | March 4, 1913 - March 4, 1917 | 63rd-64th | |
| Mark R. Bacon Mark R. Bacon Mark Reeves Bacon was a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Bacon was born in Phillipstown, Illinois and attended the public schools there. He taught school at the Academy in Bolivar, Missouri in 1871. He studied law, was admitted to the bar on July 4, 1876, and commenced... |
Republican | March 4, 1917 - December 13, 1917 | 65th | Lost contested election |
| Samuel Beakes | Democrat | December 13, 1917 - March 4, 1919 | 65th | Won contested election |
| Earl C. Michener Earl C. Michener Earl Cory Michener was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Michener was born near Attica in Seneca County, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Adrian, Michigan in 1889 and attended the public schools there. During the Spanish-American War, he served in the U.S... |
Republican | March 4, 1919 - March 4, 1933 | 66th-72nd | |
| John C. Lehr John C. Lehr John Camillus Lehr was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Lehr was born in Monroe, Michigan and attended St. Mary’s private school and graduated from Monroe High School in 1897. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1900... |
Democrat | March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 | 73rd | |
| Earl C. Michener Earl C. Michener Earl Cory Michener was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Michener was born near Attica in Seneca County, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Adrian, Michigan in 1889 and attended the public schools there. During the Spanish-American War, he served in the U.S... |
Republican | January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1951 | 74th-81st | |
| George Meader George Meader George Meader was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Meader was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan and attended the public schools of various cities in Michigan. He was a student at Ohio Wesleyan University from 1923 to 1925 and graduated from the University of Michigan, A.B. in 1927 and... |
Republican | January 3, 1951 - January 3, 1965 | 82nd-88th | |
| Weston E. Vivian Weston E. Vivian Weston "Wes" Edward Vivian was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Vivian was born in Newfoundland, Canada and moved to the United States with his parents on September 5, 1929, settling in Cranston, Rhode Island where he attended school. He served in the United States Navy as an enlisted... |
Democrat | January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1967 | 89th | |
| Marvin L. Esch Marvin L. Esch Marvin Leonel Esch was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan and a member of the Republican Party. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1977 before unsuccessfully seeking a seat in the United States Senate in the 1976 election... |
Republican | January 3, 1967 - January 3, 1977 | 90th-94th | |
| Carl D. Pursell | Republican | January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1993 | 95th-102nd | |
| Peter Hoekstra | Republican | January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2011 | 103rd-111th | |
| Bill Huizenga Bill Huizenga William P. Huizenga is the member of Congress for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives.-Early life, education, and career:... |
Republican | January 3, 2011 - Present | 112th- | Incumbent Incumbent The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W... |