Michigan's 4th congressional district is a United States

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 Congressional district

Congressional district

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 that currently includes portions of Northern

Northern Michigan

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 and Central Michigan

Central Michigan

Central Michigan, often called Mid Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Southern Michigan can be considered as a subregion of Central Michigan. As its name implies, it is the central area of the Lower Peninsula. Lower Michigan is said to resemble a mitten, and...

, consisting of all of

Clare

Clare County, Michigan

- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 31,252 people, 12,686 households, and 8,753 families residing in the county. The population density was 55 people per square mile . There were 22,229 housing units at an average density of 39 per square mile...

, Grand Traverse

Grand Traverse County, Michigan

-Air service:*Grand Traverse County is served by Cherry Capital Airport, which is located near Traverse City.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 77,654 people, 30,396 households, and 20,730 families residing in the county. The population density was 167 people per square mile . ...

, Gratiot

Gratiot County, Michigan

-US Highways:* US-127 routes north to I-75 and south to Lansing.*   BUS US-127 is a loop route through downtown Alma.*   BUS US-127 is a loop route through downtown Ithaca.*   BUS US-127 is a loop route through downtown St. Louis....

, Isabella

Isabella County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 63,351 people, 22,425 households, and 13,006 families residing in the county. The population density was 110 people per square mile . There were 24,528 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile...

, Kalkaska

Kalkaska County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 16,571 people, 6,428 households, and 4,634 families residing in the county. The population density was 30 people per square mile . There were 10,822 housing units at an average density of 19 per square mile...

, Leelanau

Leelanau County, Michigan

-History:The county's name is said to be a Native American word meaning "delight of life", but it is a neologism made up by Indian agent and ethnographer Henry Schoolcraft, who sometimes gave the name "Leelinau" to Native American women in his tales. He created many faux Indian place names in...

, Mecosta

Mecosta County, Michigan

Mecosta County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. The county is named after Chief Mecosta, the leader of the Potawatomi Native American tribe that once traveled the local waterways in search of fish and game. Chief Mecosta was one of the signers the Treaty of Washington in 1836. The easily...

, Midland

Midland County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 82,874 people, 31,769 households, and 22,683 families residing in the county. The population density was 159 people per square mile . There were 33,796 housing units at an average density of 65 per square mile...

, Missaukee

Missaukee County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 14,478 people, 5,450 households, and 4,043 families residing in the county. The population density was 26 people per square mile . There were 8,621 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...

, Montcalm

Montcalm County, Michigan

-Michigan State Highways:* M-46* M-57* M-66* M-82* M-91-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 61,266 people, 22,079 households, and 16,183 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 25,900 housing units at an average density...

, Osceola

Osceola County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,197 people, 8,861 households, and 6,415 families residing in the county. The population density was 41 people per square mile . There were 12,853 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile...

, and Roscommon

Roscommon County, Michigan

-Local attractions and activities:The community is centered in the area of two very large lakes, in the middle of large state forests. Wildlife are nearby, including bear, deer, eagles, Kirtland's Warblers, and turkeys. Local attractions and activities include:...

 counties and the northern portion of Shiawassee

Shiawassee County, Michigan

-Transportation:-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 71,687 people, 26,896 households, and 19,849 families residing in the county. The population density was 133 people per square mile . There were 29,087 housing units at an average density of 54 per square mile...

 and most of the western portion of Saginaw

Saginaw County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 210,039 people, 80,430 households, and 55,818 families residing in the county. The population density was 260 people per square mile . There were 85,505 housing units at an average density of 106 per square mile...

 counties.

The 4th is currently represented by Dave Camp

David Lee Camp

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. This district has had Republican

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 representation since the 1970s.

Major cities

• Midland
  Midland, Michigan
  Midland is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan in the Tri-Cities region of the state. It is the county seat of Midland County. The city's population was 41,863 as of the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Midland Micropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• Saginaw Township
  Saginaw Charter Township, Michigan
  Saginaw Charter Township is a charter township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 40,840 at the 2010 census. The city of Saginaw is adjacent to the township to the southeast, but is administratively autonomous....
  
  
• Mount Pleasant
  Mount Pleasant, Michigan
  Mount Pleasant is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Isabella County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 25,946. The 2008 census estimate places the population at 26,675....
  
  
• Owosso
  Owosso, Michigan
  Owosso is a city in Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 15,713 at the 2000 census. The city is located on the eastern side of Owosso Township, but is politically independent...
  
  
• Traverse City
  Traverse City, Michigan
  Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, although a small portion extends into Leelanau County. It is the largest city in the 21-county Northern Michigan region. The population was 14,674 at the 2010 census, with 143,372 in the Traverse...
  
  
• Thomas Township
  Thomas Township, Michigan
  Thomas Township is a civil township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 11,877 at the 2000 census. The 2009 census estimate places the population at 12,184.-Communities:...
  
  
• Bridgeport Township
  Bridgeport Charter Township, Michigan
  Bridgeport Charter Township is a charter township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 11,709...
  
  
• Big Rapids
  Big Rapids, Michigan
  Big Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 10,849. It is the county seat of Mecosta County. The city is located within Big Rapids Township, but is politically independent.-Geography:...
  
  
• Alma
  Alma, Michigan
  Alma is the largest city in Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 9,275 at the 2000 census. It was incorporated as the Village of Alma in 1872 and became a city in 1905....
  
  

History

Michigan's 4th Congressional District was first formed in 1852. At this time It covered everywhere from Macomb County to the western end of the Upper Peninsula. Ingham County was not in the district, and then the boundary turned northward after Eaton County only going west again Midland County was reached. It went west again along Midland and subsequent counties southern lines and then headed north again on the east side of Muskegon County, with Manistee being its southern county that bordered Lake Michigan.

In 1863 it gained the areas around Grand Rapids and Muskegon but lost everything east of Ionia County and most of the Upper Peninsula. In 1872 it was redrawn to cover Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, Van Buren and St. Joseph Counties. In 1892 these boundaries were altered by the addition of Allegan and Berry Counties but the subtraction of Kalamazoo County. This remained the district boundaries for the next 72 years.

In 1964 the 4th district was finally redrawn. Berry County was subtracted from the district while Branch and Hillsdale Counties were added. In 1972 the district boundaries were altered by adding small sections of Calhoun County and subtracting small portions of Hillsdale and St. Joseph Counties.

The 1982 redistricting saw the loss of all of Hillsdale County from the district and that portion of Calhoun County that was in the district. Quincy and Butler Townships in Branch County were also removed. In Kalamazoo County Schoolcraft Township and most of Portage

Portage, Michigan

Portage is a city in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 46,292 at the 2010 census. It is the smaller of the two main cities included in the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 326,589 as of 2010.Portage is adjacent to the...

 were added to the district. The souther and western portions of Allegan County and most of western Ottawa County including Holland, Michigan

Holland, Michigan

Holland 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 ....

 were also in the district.

In the renumbering of 1992 this district essentially became the 6th, while the old 10th decame the new 6th.

The old 10th and 1990s 6th

The old 10th included most of Grand Traverse and all of Kalkaska County which were lost to the new 1st (old 11th) in the 1992 redistricting. It also included Wexford County that was moved to the new 2nd (old 9th) in the 1992 redistricting. The only other areas lost were small parts of Antrim and Iosco Counties and a portion of Shiawasee County consisting of Durand

Durand, Michigan

Durand is a city in Shiawassee County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,933.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.-Demographics:...

 and Vernon Township.

The new 4th gained Montcalm county from the old 9th district. It gained the Clinton and most of the Shiawasee portions of the old 6th district and the northern half of Oscoda County. It also gained a portion of south-west Saginaw County and the portion of Midland County that had not been in the old 10th.

In 2002 Leelaunau County and a small section of north-west Grand Traverse County were the only areas gerrymandered from the 1st and other districts into to the 4th that had not been in the old 10th.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Notes
District created		March 4, 1853
Hestor L. Stevens Hestor L. Stevens Hestor Lockhart Stevens was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Stevens was born in Lima, New York and attended the common schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Rochester, New York. He ranked as major general of militia of western New York.Stevens...	Democrat	March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855	33rd
George Washington Peck George Washington Peck George Washington Peck was a United States Representative from the state of Michigan.Peck was born in New York City and pursued classical studies, attending Yale College and studying law in New York City. He moved to Michigan in 1839 and settled in Brighton, where he was admitted to the bar in...	Democrat	March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857	34th
De Witt C. Leach	Republican	March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1861	35th-36th
Rowland E. Trowbridge Rowland E. Trowbridge Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Trowbridge was born in Horseheads, New York and moved with his parents in 1821 to Oakland County, Michigan. In 1841, he graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio and engaged in agricultural pursuits...	Republican	March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863	37th
Francis William Kellogg Francis William Kellogg Francis William Kellogg was a U.S. Representative from the states of Michigan and Alabama.-Biography:...	Republican	March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1865	38th	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
Thomas W. Ferry Thomas W. Ferry Thomas White Ferry was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.Ferry was born in the old Mission House on Mackinac Island. The community on Mackinac at that time included the military garrison, the main depot of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company, and the mission....	Republican	March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1871	39th-41st
Vacant		March 4, 1871 – December 4, 1871	45th 42nd United States Congress The Forty-second 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, 1871 to March 3, 1873, during the third and fourth...
Wilder D. Foster Wilder D. Foster Wilder De Ayr Foster was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Foster was born in Orange County, New York where he attended the common schools. He moved to Michigan in 1837, and engaged in the hardware business at Grand Rapids in 1845...	Republican	December 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873	42nd	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
Julius C. Burrows Julius C. Burrows Julius Caesar Burrows was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early life and education:...	Republican	March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875	43rd
Allen Potter Allen Potter Allen Potter was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Potter was born in Galloway and attended the common schools. He moved to Adrian, Michigan in 1830 and to Jonesville, Michigan in 1838 where he learned the trade of tinsmith...	Democratic	March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877	44th
Edwin W. Keightley Edwin W. Keightley Edwin William Keightley was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Keightley was born on a farm near Scott in Lagrange County, Indiana. His parents, Peter L. and Elizabeth Keightly, emigrated from Lincolnshire, England; the former in 1831, and the latter in 1828...	Republican	March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879	45th
Julius C. Burrows Julius C. Burrows Julius Caesar Burrows was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early life and education:...	Republican	March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1883	46th-47th
George L. Yaple George L. Yaple George Lewis Yaple was a politician and jurist from the U.S. state of Michigan.Yaple was born in Leonidas, Michigan, and moved with his parents to Mendon, Michigan, in 1857, where he attended the common schools...	Democratic	March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885	48th
Julius C. Burrows Julius C. Burrows Julius Caesar Burrows was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early life and education:...	Republican	March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1893	49th-52nd	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
Henry F. Thomas Henry F. Thomas Henry Franklin Thomas was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Thomas was born in Tompkins Township, Michigan and attended the common schools and Albion College of Albion, Michigan in 1859. He enlisted in 1862 during the American Civil War as a private in the Seventh Regiment, Michigan...	Republican	March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1897	53rd-54th
Edward L. Hamilton Edward L. Hamilton Edward La Rue Hamilton was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Hamilton was born in Niles Township, Michigan, where he attended grade school and graduated from the Niles High School in 1876...	Republican	March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1921	55th-66th
John C. Ketcham John C. Ketcham John Clark Ketcham was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Ketcham was born in Toledo, Ohio, and moved with his parents to Maple Grove, Michigan near Nashville, the same year. He attended the common schools of Barry County and high school at Nashville. He taught in rural and high schools...	Republican	March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1933	67th-72nd
George E. Foulkes George Ernest Foulkes George Ernest Foulkes was a United States Representative from Michigan.Foulkes was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended the public schools of Chicago. He graduated from the law department of Lake Forest University, Chicago, in 1900. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced...	Democratic	March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935	73rd
Clare Hoffman Clare Hoffman Clare Eugene Hoffman was a United States Representative from Michigan.Hoffman was born in Vicksburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, where he attended the public schools. He graduated from the law department of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, in 1895...	Republican	January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1963	74th-87th
Edward Hutchinson	Republican	January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1977	88th-94th
David Stockman David Stockman David Alan Stockman is a former U.S. politician and businessman, serving as a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan and as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget ....	Republican	January 3, 1977- January 27, 1981	95th-97th	Resigned after being appointed Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Vacant		January 27, 1981 – April 21, 1981	97th 97th United States Congress The Ninety-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1981 to January 3, 1983, during the final weeks of...
Mark D. Siljander Mark D. Siljander Mark Deli Siljander is a former Republican U.S. Representative and deputy United Nations ambassador from the state of Michigan who was convicted of obstruction of justice and acting as an unregistered foreign agent related to his work for an Islamic charity with ties to international terrorism...	Republican	April 21, 1981 - January 3, 1987	97th-99th
Fred Upton Fred Upton Frederick Stephen Upton is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. He is a member of the Republican Party and Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The district, based in Kalamazoo, stretches along the Michigan-Indiana border in the southwestern part of the state.-Early life,...	Republican	January 3, 1987 - January 3, 1993	100th-102nd	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
Dave Camp David Lee Camp David Lee "Dave" Camp is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. He is a member of the Republican Party and the current Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means.-Early life, education and career:...	Republican	January 3, 1993–Present	103rd-111th	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 , Incumbent