Michigan's 4th congressional district

Michigan's 4th congressional district
Michigan's 4th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	John Moolenaar R–Midland
Distribution	36.67% urban 63.33% rural
Population (2018)	704,592
Median income	$49,448
Ethnicity	93.93% white 1.74% black 3.09% Hispanic 2.8% Native American
Cook PVI	R+10

Michigan's 4th congressional district is a United States Congressional district that from 2003 to 2013 included portions of Northern and Central Michigan, consisting of all of Clare, Clinton, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, Mecosta, Midland, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Osceola, Roscommon, and Wexford counties, as well as the northern portion of Shiawassee county, most of the western portion of Saginaw county, and most of Montcalm county. The district was slightly altered in the 2012 redistricting.

The 4th is represented by John Moolenaar. This district has had Republican representation since the 1930s.

Major cities

• Midland
• Saginaw Township
• Mount Pleasant
• Owosso
• Thomas Township
• Bridgeport Township
• Big Rapids
• Alma
• Ithaca

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2016	President	Trump 60 - 35%
2012	President	Romney 54 - 46%
2008	President	Obama 50 - 48%
2004	President	Bush 55 - 44%
2000	President	Bush 54 - 44%
1996	President	Clinton 47 - 41%
1992	President	Clinton 38 - 37%

United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2010 | United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2012 | United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2014

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 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 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 ress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1853
Hestor L. Stevens	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
George Washington Peck	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
De Witt C. Leach	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	[data unknown/missing]
Rowland E. Trowbridge	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing]
Francis William Kellogg	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Redistricted from the 3rd district. [data unknown/missing]
Thomas W. Ferry	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	39th 40th 41st	[data unknown/missing] Re-elected in 1870 but declined the seat when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		March 4, 1871 – December 4, 1871	42nd
Wilder D. Foster	Republican	April 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873		Elected April 4, 1871 to finish Ferry's term and seated December 4, 1871. Redistricted to the 5th district.
Julius C. Burrows	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
Allen Potter	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Edwin W. Keightley	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data unknown/missing]
Julius C. Burrows	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
George L. Yaple	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing]
Julius C. Burrows	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893	49th 50th 51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Henry F. Thomas	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	[data unknown/missing]
Edward L. Hamilton	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1921	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	[data unknown/missing]
John C. Ketcham	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing]
George E. Foulkes	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	[data unknown/missing]
Clare Hoffman	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1963	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	[data unknown/missing]
Edward Hutchinson	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1977	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	[data unknown/missing]
David Stockman	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 21, 1981	95th 96th 97th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Vacant		January 21, 1981 – April 21, 1981
Mark Siljander	Republican	April 21, 1981 – January 3, 1987	97th 98th 99th	Elected to finish Stockman's term. [data unknown/missing]
Fred Upton	Republican	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	100th 101st 102nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 6th district.
Dave Camp	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2015	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th	Redistricted from the 10th district. Retired.
John Moolenaar	Republican	January 3, 2015 – present	114th 115th 116th	[data unknown/missing]

Historical district boundaries

1993 - 2003

2003 - 2013

See also

• Michigan's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Govtrack.us for the 4th 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
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present