Michigan's 4th congressional district is a
United States congressional district located in the state of
Michigan . The current 4th district contains much of
Michigan's old 2nd district , and includes all of
Allegan and
Van Buren counties, as well as portions of
Ottawa ,
Kalamazoo ,
Calhoun , and
Berrien counties. In 2022, the district was redrawn to start in
St. Joseph Township and extend north to
Port Sheldon Township . The 4th is currently represented by
Republican Bill Huizenga , who previously represented the old 2nd district.
Composition
Kalamazoo – 73,598Georgetown Township – 54,091
Battle Creek – 52,721Portage – 48,891Holland Charter Township – 38,276
Holland – 34,540Oshtemo Township – 23,747Kalamazoo Township – 22,777
Park Township – 18,625
Texas Charter Township – 17,691Comstock Township – 15,231
Benton Charter Township – 14,374
Antwerp Township – 13,425
Zeeland Charter Township – 12,008Emmett Charter Township – 11,744Cooper Township – 10,418
St. Joseph Charter Township – 9,993
Jamestown Charter Township – 9,630Westwood – 9,621Bedford Charter Township – 9,198
Benton Harbor – 9,103Pennfield Charter Township – 8,781Richland Township – 8,693Dorr Township – 7,922
St. Joseph – 7,856Hudsonville – 7,629Fair Plain – 7,402Blendon Township – 7,081Leighton Township – 7,001Paw Paw Township – 6,881
Pavilion Township – 6,387Gun Plain Township – 6,148Laketown Township – 5,928Otsego Township – 5,903Zeeland – 5,719Almena Township – 5,308Springfield – 5,292Allegan – 5,222Port Sheldon Township – 5,206Salem Township – 5,156Coloma Charter Township – 5,051
Olive Township – 5,007Ross Township – 4,851Allegan Township – 4,689Wayland – 4,435Otsego – 4,120South Haven Charter Township – 4,041South Haven – 3,964Heath Township – 3,937Alamo Township – 3,805Lee Township (Allegan County) – 3,805Plainwell – 3,788Benton Heights – 3,652Decatur Township – 3,575Wayland Township – 3,573Saugatuck Township – 3,443Geneva Township – 3,416Manlius Township – 3,312Lawrence Township – 3,289Hagar Township – 3,243Overisel Township – 3,113Watervliet Township – 3,036
Hartford Township – 3,021Pine Grove Township – 2,994Bloomingdale Township – 2,930Casco Township – 2,796Fillmore Township – 2,778Hopkins Township – 2,760Martin Township – 2,723Bainbridge Township – 2,682Ganges Township – 2,574Porter Township – 2,568Columbia Township – 2,546Trowbridge Township – 2,530Hartford – 2,515Covert Township – 2,510Waverly Township – 2,506
Recent election results from statewide races
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 Barry Counties but the subtraction of Kalamazoo County. This remained the district boundaries for the next 72 years.
In 1964 the 4th district was redrawn. Barry 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 removed from the district all of Hillsdale County and the 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 were added to the district. The southern and western portions of Allegan County and most of western Ottawa County including Holland, Michigan were also in the district.
In the renumbering of 1992 this district essentially became the 6th, while the old 10th became the new 4th.
The old 10th and 1990s 4th
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 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 the 4th that had not been in the old 10th.
List of members representing the district
Member
Party
Years
Cong
Electoral history
District location
District created March 4, 1853
Hestor L. Stevens (Pontiac )
Democratic
March 4, 1853 –
33rd
Elected in 1852 .
George Washington Peck (Lansing )
Democratic
March 4, 1855 –
34th
Elected in 1854 .
De Witt C. Leach (Lansing )
Republican
March 4, 1857 –
35th 36th
Elected in 1856 .Re-elected in 1858 .
Rowland E. Trowbridge (Birmingham )
Republican
March 4, 1861 –
37th
Elected in 1860 .5th district
Francis William Kellogg (Grand Rapids )
Republican
March 4, 1863 –
38th
Redistricted from the 3rd district re-elected in 1862 .
Thomas W. Ferry (Grand Haven )
Republican
March 4, 1865 –
39th 40th 41st
Elected in 1864 .Re-elected in 1866 .Re-elected in 1868 .Re-elected in 1870 but declined the seat when elected U.S. Senator .
Vacant
March 4, 1871 –
42nd
Wilder D. Foster (Grand Rapids )
Republican
April 4, 1871 –
Elected April 4, 1871 to finish Ferry's term and seated December 4, 1871.5th district
Julius C. Burrows (Kalamazoo )
Republican
March 4, 1873 –
43rd
Elected in 1872 .
Allen Potter (Kalamazoo )
Democratic
March 4, 1875 –
44th
Elected in 1874 .
Edwin W. Keightley (Constantine )
Republican
March 4, 1877 –
45th
Elected in 1876 .
Julius C. Burrows (Kalamazoo )
Republican
March 4, 1879 –
46th 47th
Elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 .
George L. Yaple (Mendon )
Democratic
March 4, 1883 –
48th
Elected in 1882 .
Julius C. Burrows (Kalamazoo )
Republican
March 4, 1885 –
49th 50th 51st 52nd
Elected in 1884 .Re-elected in 1886 .Re-elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 .3rd district
Henry F. Thomas (Allegan )
Republican
March 4, 1893 –
53rd 54th
Elected in 1892 .Re-elected in 1894 .
Edward L. Hamilton (Niles )
Republican
March 4, 1897 –
55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th
Elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 .Re-elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 .Re-elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 .
John C. Ketcham (Hastings )
Republican
March 4, 1921 –
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd
Elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 .
George E. Foulkes (Hartford )
Democratic
March 4, 1933 –
73rd
Elected in 1932 .
Clare Hoffman (Allegan )
Republican
January 3, 1935 –
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th
Elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 .Re-elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .Re-elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .
Edward Hutchinson (St. Joseph )
Republican
January 3, 1963 –
88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th
Elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .Re-elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .
David Stockman (St. Joseph )
Republican
January 3, 1977 –
95th 96th 97th
Elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Office of Management and Budget .
Vacant
January 21, 1981 –
97th
Mark Siljander (Three Rivers )
Republican
April 21, 1981 –
97th 98th 99th
Elected to finish Stockman's term .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .
Fred Upton (St. Joseph )
Republican
January 3, 1987 –
100th 101st 102nd
Elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .6th district
Dave Camp (Midland )
Republican
January 3, 1993 –
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th
Redistricted from the 10th district re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .
1993–2003
2003–2013
2013–2023
John Moolenaar (Midland )
Republican
January 3, 2015 –
114th 115th 116th 117th
Elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .2nd district
Bill Huizenga (Holland )
Republican
January 3, 2023 –
118th 119th
Redistricted from the 2nd district re-elected in 2022 .Re-elected in 2024 .
2023–present
Recent election results
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
See also
Notes
^ https://www2.census.gov/geo/relfiles/cdsld13/26/ur_cd_26.txt ^ "My Congressional District" .^ "My Congressional District" .^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List" . Cook Political Report . July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023 .^ "The changes to Michigan's congressional map, district by district" . Michigan Radio . February 15, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2023 .^ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::287ace43-1a66-4686-b596-949f578971a8 ^ "2012 Michigan House Results" . Politico ^ "2014 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/04/2014" .^ "2016 Michigan Election Results - Official Results" . Michigan Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016 .^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018" . Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . Retrieved April 27, 2019 . ^ "2020 Michigan Election Results Official" . Michigan Secretary of State . Retrieved November 23, 2020 .^ "2022 Michigan Election Results" . Michigan Department of State. November 8, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2024 .^ "2024 Michigan Election Results" . Michigan Department of State. November 22, 2024.
References
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