Michigan's 6th congressional district

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Michigan's 6th congressional district is a United States congressional district in southwest Michigan. It consists of all of Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, and Van Buren, counties, and includes most of southern and eastern Allegan and a portion of western Calhoun counties.

Contents 1 Major cities 2 Representatives 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Major cities

• Allegan
• Benton Harbor
• Cassopolis
• Niles
• Kalamazoo
• Paw Paw
• Portage
• St. Joseph
• South Haven
• Sturgis
• Three Rivers

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress
John F. Driggs	Republican	1863-1869	38th-40th
Randolph Strickland	Republican	1869-1871	41st
Jabez G. Sutherland	Democratic	1871-1873	42nd
Josiah Begole	Republican	1873-1875	43rd
George H. Durand	Democratic	1875-1877	44th
Mark S. Brewer	Republican	1877-1881	45th-46th
Oliver L. Spaulding	Republican	1881-1883	47th
Edwin B. Winans [1]	Democratic	1883-1887	48th-49th
Mark S. Brewer	Republican	1887-1891	50th-51st
Byron G. Stout [2]	Democratic	1891-1893	52nd
David D. Aitken	Republican	1893-1897	53rd-54th
Samuel W. Smith	Republican	1897-1915	55th-63rd
Patrick H. Kelley	Republican	1915-1923	64th-67th
Grant M. Hudson	Republican	1923-1931	67th-71st
Seymour H. Person	Republican	1931-1933	72nd
Claude E. Cady	Democratic	1933-1935	73rd
William W. Blackney	Republican	1935-1937	74th
Andrew J. Transue	Democratic	1937-1939	75th
William W. Blackney	Republican	1939-1953	76th-82nd
Kit Clardy	Republican	1953-1955	83rd
Donald Hayworth	Democratic	1955-1957	84th
Charles E. Chamberlain	Republican	1957-1975	85th-93rd
Bob Carr	Democratic	1975-1981	94th-96th
Jim Dunn	Republican	1981-1983	97th
Bob Carr	Democratic	1983-1993	98th-102nd
Fred Upton	Republican	1993-present	103rd-110th

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Edwin B. Winans was elected as a fusion candidate, but was seated in Congress with the Democratic Party.
2. ^ Byron G. Stout was elected on a Democratic and Union ticket in 1890 to the 52nd Congress.

[edit] References

• 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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