Michigan's 8th congressional district

Michigan's 8th congressional district is a United States

United States

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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 Southern Michigan

Southern Michigan

Southern Michigan is a loosely defined geographic area of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Southern Michigan may be referred to as a sub-region or component area to the larger geographic regions of Central Michigan, West Michigan, and Southeast Michigan.Southern Michigan is a...

and Southeast Michigan

Southeast Michigan

Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan that is home to a majority of the state's businesses and industries as well as slightly over half of the state's population, most of whom are concentrated in Metro...

. It consists of all of Clinton

Clinton County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 64,753 people, 23,653 households, and 17,976 families residing in the county. The population density was 113 people per square mile . There were 24,630 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile...

, Ingham

Ingham County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 279,320 people, 108,593 households, and 63,744 families residing in the county. The population density was 500 people per square mile . There were 115,056 housing units at an average density of 206 per square mile...

, and Livingston

Livingston County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 156,951 people, 55,384 households, and 43,531 families residing in the county. The population density was 276 people per square mile . There were 58,919 housing units at an average density of 104 per square mile...

counties, and includes the southern 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 the northern portion of Oakland

Oakland County, Michigan

-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,202,362 people, 471,115 households, and 315,175 families residing in the county. The population density as of the 2000 census was 1,369 people per square mile . There were 492,006 housing units at an average density of 564 per square mile...

counties.

The district was first created in 1873, after redistricting

United States congressional apportionment

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following the 1870 census

United States Census, 1870

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.

The current congressman is Republican Mike Rogers, who has represented the district since 2001.

Major cities

Brighton
Brighton, Michigan
Brighton is a principal satellite city of Metro Detroit located in the southeast portion of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,444. Brighton forms part of the South Lyon-Howell-Brighton Urban Area...
Clarkston
Independence Township, Michigan
Independence Charter Township is a charter township of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 34,681 at the 2010 census. The township was named by one of its earliest settlers, Joseph Van Sycle, who came to the area in 1834 from Independence, New Jersey.- History :John W...
DeWitt
DeWitt, Michigan
DeWitt is a city in Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,507 at the 2010 census.-History:DeWitt was named after DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York during the 1830s. It was first settled by Captain David Scott, who moved there from Ann Arbor in 1833, and platted the...
East Lansing
East Lansing, Michigan
East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located directly east of Lansing, Michigan, the state's capital. Most of the city is within Ingham County, though a small portion lies in Clinton County. The population was 48,579 at the time of the 2010 census, an increase from...
Howell
Howell, Michigan
Howell is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 9,489. It is the county seat of Livingston County and is located mostly within Howell Township, but is politically independent from Howell Township...
Lansing
Lansing, Michigan
Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...

(part)
Mason
Mason, Michigan
Mason is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is named after the state's first governor, Stevens T. Mason. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,252. It is the county seat of Ingham County. Mason is the only city in the U.S. that serves as a county seat ahead of a state capital,...
Okemos
Okemos, Michigan
Okemos is an unincorporated community in Meridian Charter Township, Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place for statistical purposes and does not have any separate legal existence as a municipality. Local government is provided by the township...
St. Johns
St. Johns, Michigan
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,485 people, 2,994 households, and 1,999 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,909.1 per square mile . There were 3,148 housing units at an average density of 802.9 per square mile...
Haslett
Haslett, Michigan
Haslett is an unincorporated community in Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place used for statistical purposes. The population was 11,283 at the 2000 census. Though it has its own school district and post office , Haslett is administered by Meridian Charter...

History

In the redistricting for the 2002 election the district gained all of Clinton County

Clinton County, Michigan

about half its current area of Shiawasee County and most of its area in Oakland County

Oakland County, Michigan

while losing all the parts of Washtenaw County

Washtenaw County, Michigan

Washtenaw County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 344,791. Its county seat is Ann Arbor. The United States Office of Management and Budget defines the county as part of the Detroit–Warren–Flint Combined Statistical Area...

and Genessee County that had been in the district.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Notes
District created		March 4, 1873
Nathan B. Bradley Nathan B. Bradley Nathan Ball Bradley was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Bradley was born in Lee, Massachusetts and moved with his parents to Lorain County, Ohio, in 1835 where he attended the common schools. He moved to Wisconsin in 1849 and was employed in a sawmill in the pine region...	Republican	March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1877	43rd-44th
Charles C. Ellsworth Charles C. Ellsworth Charles Clinton Ellsworth was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Ellsworth was born in the village of West Berkshire in Berkshire, Vermont. His mother Bathama Ellsworth died when he was two years old. His father, William C. Ellsworth, was a native of Connecticut and moved to...	Republican	March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879	45th
Roswell G. Horr Roswell G. Horr Roswell Gilbert Horr was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Horr was born in Waitsfield, Vermont and moved with his parents to Lorain County, Ohio, in 1834, where he attended the public schools...	Republican	March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1885	46th-48th
Timothy E. Tarsney Timothy E. Tarsney Timothy Edward Tarsney was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Tarsney was born in Ransom, Michigan and attended the common and high schools. He worked on the Government roads in Tennessee until the close of the Civil War...	Democratic	March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889	49th-50th
Aaron T. Bliss Aaron T. Bliss Aaron Thomas Bliss was a U.S. Representative from and the 25th Governor of the US state of Michigan, and was from Saginaw-Early life in New York:...	Republican	March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1891	51st
Henry M. Youmans Henry M. Youmans Henry Melville Youmans was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Youmans was born in Otego, New York and attended the common schools. He was in the employ of the York & Erie Railroad Co. on the Susquehanna division for ten years. He moved to East Saginaw, Michigan in 1862 and engaged in...	Democratic	March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893	52nd
William S. Linton William S. Linton William Seelye Linton was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Linton was born in St. Clair, Michigan and moved with his parents to Saginaw in 1859, where he attended the public schools. He engaged as clerk in a store at Farwell and became engaged in various activities connected with the...	Republican	March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1897	53rd-54th
Ferdinand Brucker Ferdinand Brucker Ferdinand Brucker was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Brucker was born in Bridgeport, Michigan, where he attended the common schools. He was a member of the State militia 1878-1881...	Democratic	March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1899	55th
Joseph W. Fordney Joseph W. Fordney Joseph Warren Fordney was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Fordney was born on a farm near Hartford City, Indiana where he attended the common schools. He moved to Saginaw, Michigan in June 1869 and engaged in the lumber industry...	Republican	March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1923	56th-67th
Bird J. Vincent Bird J. Vincent Bird J. Vincent was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life:Vincent was born in Brandon Township near Clarkston, Michigan.-Education:...	Republican	March 4, 1923-July 18, 1931	68th-72nd	Died
Vacant		July 18, 1931 – November 3, 1931	72nd 53rd United States Congress The Fifty-third 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, 1893 to March 4, 1895, during the fifth and sixth...
Michael J. Hart Michael J. Hart Michael James Hart was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Hart was born in Waterloo, Quebec, Canada. He immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1880 and settled in James Township, Michigan, where he attended the district schools of Jamestown and Saginaw, and a business college...	Democratic	November 3, 1931 - January 3, 1935	72nd-73rd
Fred L. Crawford Fred L. Crawford Fred Lewis Crawford was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Crawford was born in Dublin, Texas and attended local public schools. He went to business college at Peniel , and attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He engaged in accountancy at Des Moines, Iowa, and Detroit,...	Republican	January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1953	74th-82nd
Alvin M. Bentley Alvin Morell Bentley Alvin Morell Bentley III was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. As a U.S. representative, he made national headlines as one of the victims of the 1954 U.S. Capitol shootings.-Early years:...	Republican	January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1961	83rd-86th
James Harvey	Republican	January 3, 1961 - January 31, 1974	87th-93rd	Resigned after being appointed as a judge of the US District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over of the eastern portion of the state of Michigan. The Court is based in Detroit, with courthouses also located in Ann Arbor, Bay City, Flint, and Port Huron...
Vacant		January 31, 1974 – April 23, 1974	93rd 93rd United States Congress The Ninety-third 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, 1973 to January 3, 1975, during the end of Richard...
J. Bob Traxler J. Bob Traxler Jerome Bob Traxler, also known as J. Bob Traxler or Bob Traxler, , was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan....	Democratic	April 23, 1974 - January 3, 1993	93rd-102nd
Bob Carr Milton Robert Carr Milton Robert Carr, commonly known as Bob Carr, is a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Carr served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 6th and 8th congressional districts for eight terms and one term, respectively. Carr's career in the U.S...	Democratic	January 3, 1993 - January 3, 1995	103rd	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
Dick Chrysler Dick Chrysler Richard "Dick" Chrysler is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Chrysler was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and graduated from Brighton High School in Brighton, Michigan...	Republican	January 3, 1995 - January 3, 1997	104th
Debbie Stabenow Debbie Stabenow Deborah Ann Greer "Debbie" Stabenow is the junior United States Senator from Michigan and a member of the Democratic Party. Before her election to the U.S. Senate, she was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 8th congressional district from 1997 to 2001...	Democratic	January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2001	105th-106th
Mike Rogers	Republican	January 3, 2001 -Present	107th-111th	Incumbent

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