Michigan's 17th congressional district
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Michigan's 17th congressional district is an obsolete United States
congressional district
in Michigan
. The first Representative to Congress elected from the 17th district, George Anthony Dondero
, took office in 1933, after reapportionment
due to the 1930 census
. The district was dissolved following the 1990 census
. The last Representative elected from the district, Sander M. Levin
, was subsequently elected from the 12th district
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
congressional district
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 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"....
. The first Representative to Congress elected from the 17th district, George Anthony Dondero
George Anthony Dondero
George A. Dondero was a Representative to the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Michigan.- Biography :Dondero was born on a farm in Greenfield Township, Michigan, which has since become part of Detroit...
, took office in 1933, after reapportionment
United States congressional apportionment
United States congressional apportionment is the process by which seats in the United States House of Representatives are redistributed amongst the 50 states following each constitutionally mandated decennial census. Each state is apportioned a number of seats which approximately corresponds to its...
due to the 1930 census
United States Census, 1930
The Fifteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau one month from April 1, 1930, determined the resident population of the United States to be 122,775,046, an increase of 13.7 percent over the 106,021,537 persons enumerated during the 1920 Census.-Census questions:The 1930 Census...
. The district was dissolved following the 1990 census
United States Census, 1990
The Twenty-first United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9.8 percent over the 226,545,805 persons enumerated during the 1980 Census....
. The last Representative elected from the district, Sander M. Levin
Sander M. Levin
Sander Martin Levin, generally known as Sandy Levin, is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1983, and the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee...
, was subsequently elected from the 12th district
Michigan's 12th congressional district
Michigan's 12th congressional district is a United States Congressional District located in Detroit's inner suburbs to the north, along the Interstate 696 corridor in Macomb and Oakland counties, as well as a portion of Macomb north of the corridor....
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List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | Congress | Notes |
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District created | March 4, 1933 | |||
George Anthony Dondero George Anthony Dondero George A. Dondero was a Representative to the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Michigan.- Biography :Dondero was born on a farm in Greenfield Township, Michigan, which has since become part of Detroit... |
Republican | March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1953 | 73rd-82nd | Redistricted to the |
Charles G. Oakman Charles G. Oakman Charles Gibb Oakman was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Oakman was born in Detroit, Michigan; attended the public schools and Wayne State University. He graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1926 and engaged in the real estate and transportation business 1927-1940... |
Republican | January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1955 | 83rd | |
Martha Griffiths Martha Griffiths Martha Wright Griffiths was an American lawyer and judge before being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1954. Griffiths was the first woman to serve on the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means and the first woman elected to the United States Congress from Michigan as... |
Democratic | January 3, 1955 - December 31, 1974 | 84th-93rd | Resigned |
Vacant | December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
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... |
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William M. Brodhead William M. Brodhead William McNulty Brodhead is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Brodhead was born in Cleveland, Ohio and attended elementary and secondary schools in Cleveland. He received a B.A. from Wayne State University in Detroit, in 1965 and a J.D... |
Democratic | January 3, 1975 - January 3, 1983 | 94th-97th | |
Sander M. Levin Sander M. Levin Sander Martin Levin, generally known as Sandy Levin, is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1983, and the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee... |
Democratic | January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1993 | 98th-102nd | Redistricted to the |
District eliminated | January 3, 1993 |