Michigan's 5th congressional district

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Michigan's 5th congressional district
Population (2000)	662,563
Median income	$39,675
Ethnic composition	76.7% White, 18.6% Black, 0.7% Asian, 3.6% Hispanic, 0.5% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	D+12

Michigan's 5th congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

It is currently a mostly industrial area ^[1] encompassing the area south of Saginaw Bay. It consists 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. The seat of the district is currently occupied by Democrat Dale E. Kildee, who typically faces little opposition in this predominantly Democratic district. ^[2]

Contents 1 Predecessors 2 Major cities 3 Representatives 4 References

[edit] Predecessors

From 1873 to 1993, the 5th was based in the Grand Rapids area of Western Michigan. Its most notable occupant 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 infamous Watergate Scandal. From 1993 to 2003, it was drawn as a district including Bay City, Saginaw and the Thumb.

The current 5th's nearest ancestor is the pre-2003 9th District.

[edit] Major cities

• Bay City
• Beecher
• Burton
• Flint
• Saginaw

[edit] Representatives

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

Representative	Party	Term
Augustus C. Baldwin	Union Democrat	1863 – 1865
Rowland E. Trowbridge	Republican	1865 – 1869
Omar D. Conger	Republican	1869 – 1873
Wilder D. Foster	Republican	1873 – 1875
William B. Williams	Republican	1875 – 1877
John W. Stone	Republican	1877 – 1881
George W. Webber	Republican	1881 – 1883
Julius Houseman	Democrat	1883 – 1885
Charles C. Comstock	Democrat	1885 – 1887
Melbourne H. Ford	Democrat	1887 – 1889
Charles E. Belknap	Republican	1889 – 1891
Melbourne H. Ford	Democrat	1891 – 1891
Charles E. Belknap	Republican	1891 – 1893
George F. Richardson	Democrat	1893 – 1895
William Alden Smith	Republican	1895 – 1907
Gerrit J. Diekema	Republican	1907 – 1911
Edwin F. Sweet	Democrat	1911 – 1913
Carl Mapes	Republican	1913 – 1939
Bartel J. Jonkman	Republican	1940 – 1949
Gerald Ford	Republican	1949 – 1973
Richard VanderVeen	Democrat	1974 – 1977
Harold S. Sawyer	Republican	1977 – 1985
Paul B. Henry	Republican	1985 – 1993
James A. Barcia	Democrat	1993 – 2003
Dale E. Kildee	Democrat	2003 – present

[edit] References

1. ^ Congressman Dale Kildee - 5th District of Michigan
2. ^ Michigan Liberal: Michigan Politics Blog

• Govtrack.us for the 7th District - Lists current Senators and representative, and map showing district outline
• The Political graveyard: U.S. Representatives from Michigan, 1807-2003
• U.S. Representatives 1837-2003, Michigan Manual 2003-2004

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