Michigan's 9th congressional district is contained within Oakland County

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...

 in the southeast areas of the state of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

 and encompasses most of the county. It is the only congressional district to lie entirely within Oakland County.

Like Oakland County as a whole, the 9th Congressional District has historically been very Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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. However, in 2008, Gary Peters

Gary Peters (Michigan politician)

Gary Peters is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Oakland County, a suburban county northwest of Detroit. He previously represented the 14th District in the Michigan Senate, and was a political science professor at...

 became the first Democrat

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 to represent this district. He faced independent Bob Gray and Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 Rocky Raczkowski in the 2010 General Election; Peters won by a narrow margin.

Cities

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• Auburn Hills
  Auburn Hills, Michigan
  Auburn Hills is a city in Metro Detroit, Oakland County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 21,412 at the 2010 census. The city was formed in 1983 when Pontiac Township became the City of Auburn Hills.-Economy:...
  
  
• Berkley
  Berkley, Michigan
  Berkley is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is an inner suburb of Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the total population was 14,970.-Downtown, Dream Cruise, etc.:...
  
  
• Birmingham
  Birmingham, Michigan
  Birmingham is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan and an affluent suburb of Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,103...
  
  
• Bloomfield Hills
  Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
  Bloomfield Hills is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan, northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,869...
  
  
• Clawson
  Clawson, Michigan
  Clawson is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,825.-Geography:...
  
  

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• Farmington Hills
  Farmington Hills, Michigan
  Farmington Hills is a community in southeastern Michigan. It is the largest city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Its population was 79,740 at the 2010 census...
  
  
• Farmington
  Farmington, Michigan
  Farmington is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a northern suburb of Detroit and is part of the Metro Detroit area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,372. It is fully surrounded by Farmington Hills, except for a small portion bordered by Livonia to the...
  
  
• Keego Harbor
  Keego Harbor, Michigan
  Keego Harbor is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,970 at the 2010 census. The city originated as a real estate investment and planned resort established by Pontiac lawyer Joseph E. Sawyer circa 1900. The name Keego is said to mean "big fish" in an Indian...
  
  
• Lake Angelus
  Lake Angelus, Michigan
  Lake Angelus is a city in North Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 290, making it Michigan's smallest incorporated city.-Geography:...
  
  
• Orchard Lake Village
  Orchard Lake Village, Michigan
  Orchard Lake Village is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan and a small, exclusive suburb on the outskirts of Metro Detroit. The population was 2,375 at the 2010 census....
  
  

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• Pontiac
  Pontiac, Michigan
  Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac, located within the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 59,515. It is the county seat of Oakland County...
  
  
• Rochester Hills
  Rochester Hills, Michigan
  Rochester Hills is an affluent city in northeast Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 70,995. The city of Rochester is bounded on the north, south, and west by Rochester Hills...
  
  
• Rochester
  Rochester, Michigan
  Rochester is an affluent city in north Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan on the northern outskirts of metro Detroit. The population was 12,711 at the 2010 census...
  
  
• Royal Oak
  Royal Oak, Michigan
  Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 57,236. It should not be confused with Royal Oak Charter Township, a separate community located nearby....
  
  
• Sylvan Lake
  Sylvan Lake, Michigan
  Sylvan Lake is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,720 at the 2010 census. It borders Pontiac, the county seat, northeast.-Geography:...
  
  
• Troy
  Troy, Michigan
  Troy is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan, and is a suburb of Detroit. The population was 80,980 at the 2010 census, making it the 11th-largest city in Michigan by population, and the largest city in Oakland County...
  
  

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Townships

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Bloomfield Charter Township Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan Bloomfield Charter Township, known officially as The Charter Township of Bloomfield, is a charter township of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 41,070.... Oakland Charter Township Oakland Charter Township, Michigan Oakland Charter Township is a charter township on the north Oakland County outskirts of Metro Detroit, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is usually referred to as "Oakland Township". The population was 16,779 at the 2010 census... Orion Charter Township Orion Township, Michigan Orion Charter Township is a charter township of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 35,394 at the 2010 census. The official motto of the township and village is "Where living is a vacation". Orion Township contains the much smaller village of Lake Orion...

Royal Oak Charter Township Royal Oak Charter Township, Michigan Royal Oak Charter Township is a charter township of Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit and is part of the Metro Detroit area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,419. The nearby city of Royal Oak is legally separate from the township.Until 2004, the... West Bloomfield Charter Township West Bloomfield Township, Michigan West Bloomfield Charter Township is an affluent charter township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan, within the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 64,690. As of 2008, West Bloomfield Township was ranked the 8th highest income city in the... Waterford Charter Township Waterford Township, Michigan Waterford Charter Township is a charter township in north Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 71,707.-History:... Independence Township, Michigan 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...

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Notes
District created		March 4, 1873
Jay A. Hubbell Jay Abel Hubbell Jay Abel Hubbell was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives....	Republican	March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1883	43rd-47th
Byron M. Cutcheon Byron M. Cutcheon -See also:*List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F-References:...	Republican	March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1891	48th-51st
Harrison H. Wheeler Harrison H. Wheeler Harrison H. Wheeler was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Wheeler was born at Farmers Creek in Lapeer County, Michigan and attended the common schools. He taught school until 1861 and the outbreak of the Civil War...	Democratic	March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893	52nd
John W. Moon John W. Moon John Wesley Moon was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Moon was born in Wayne County, Michigan, near Ypsilanti and attended the common schools. As a youth, he worked on a farm and attended school during the winter...	Republican	March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895	53rd
Roswell P. Bishop Roswell P. Bishop Roswell Peter Bishop was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Bishop was born in Sidney, New York, and attended Unadilla Academy, Cooperstown Seminary and Walton Academy, all in Upstate New York, after which he taught school for several years.During the American Civil War, he...	Republican	March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1907	54th-59th
James C. McLaughlin James C. McLaughlin James Campbell McLaughlin was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.McLaughlin was born in Beardstown, Illinois. His parents, David and Isabella McLaughlin, had come from Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1851 and settled in Beardstown. The family moved to Muskegon, Michigan, in 1864, and David...	Republican	March 4, 1907 - November 29, 1932	60th-72nd	Died
Vacant		November 29, 1932 – March 4, 1933	72nd 72nd United States Congress The Seventy-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, 1931 to March 4, 1933, during the last two years...
Harry W. Musselwhite Harry W. Musselwhite Harry Webster Musselwhite was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Musselwhite was born on a farm near Coldwater, Michigan and attended the district school and the high school there. He apprenticed, and later employed, as a printer in Coldwater from 1886 to 1888...	Democratic	March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935	73rd
Albert J. Engel Albert J. Engel Albert Joseph Engel was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Engel was born in New Washington, Ohio. He attended the public schools in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, and the Central YMCA College in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the law department of Northwestern University,...	Republican	January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1951	74th-81st
Ruth Thompson Ruth Thompson Ruth Thompson was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Thompson was born in Whitehall, Michigan and attended the public schools. She graduated from Muskegon Business College of nearby Muskegon in 1905, and became a lawyer with a private practice...	Republican	January 3, 1951 - January 3, 1957	82nd-84th
Robert P. Griffin Robert P. Griffin Robert Paul Griffin was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan and Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court....	Republican	January 3, 1957 - May 11, 1966	85th-89th	Resigned after being appointed to the US Senate
Vacant		May 11, 1966 – November 8, 1966	89th 89th United States Congress -House of Representatives:- Senate :* President of the Senate: Hubert Humphrey , starting January 20, 1965* President pro tempore: Carl Hayden - Majority leadership :* Majority Leader and Democratic Conference Chairman: Mike Mansfield...
Guy Vander Jagt Guy Vander Jagt Guy Adrian Vander Jagt was a Republican politician from Michigan. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee....	Republican	November 8, 1966 - January 3, 1993	89th-102nd
Dale Kildee	Democratic	January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2003	103rd-107th	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 , 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
Joe Knollenberg Joe Knollenberg Joseph "Joe" Knollenberg is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. From 1993 to 2009, he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing ....	Republican	January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2009	108th-110th	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
Gary Peters Gary Peters (Michigan politician) Gary Peters is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Oakland County, a suburban county northwest of Detroit. He previously represented the 14th District in the Michigan Senate, and was a political science professor at...	Democratic	January 3, 2009 - Present	111th-	Incumbent

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