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Michigan's 2nd congressional district
	Michigan's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Bill Huizenga; R-Zeeland
Distribution	74.26% urban; 25.74% rural;
Population (2016)	734,965
Median income	$56,103
Ethnicity	84.72% white; 6.45% black; 9.96% Hispanic; 0.46% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+9

Michigan's 2nd congressional district is a United States Congressional district in Western Michigan. From 2003 to 2013 It consisted of the counties of Benzie, Manistee, Wexford, Mason, Lake, Oceana, Newaygo, Muskegon, Ottawa, and the northern portion of Allegan and the northwest portion of Kent. The borders were altered slightly for redistricting in 2012.

The 2nd district has the largest concentration of Dutch Americans of any congressional district in the country.^[5]John McCain won the district in 2008 with 51% of the vote, his best performance in any of Michigan's 15 congressional districts.^[6] Rep. Hoekstra announced he would not seek re-election to Congress in 2010. Republican Bill Huizenga replaced Hoekstra after winning the 2010 General Election.

Major cities

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2016	President	Trump 56 - 38%
2012	President	Romney 56 - 43%
2008	President	McCain 51 - 48%
2004	President	Bush 60 - 39%
2000	President	Bush 59 - 38%
1996	President	Dole 50 - 41%
1992	President	Bush 45 - 34%

History

The 2nd congressional district today is largely the same as it was after the 1992 redistricting. There have been some changes, but it still covers in general the same area.

Prior to the 1992 redistricting the 2nd district covered the northern half to two thirds of Livonia, Northville Township, the Wayne County portion of the city of Northville, Plymouth and Plymouth Township all in Wayne County. It also covered most of Washtenaw County, Michigan but not Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti. The only county entirely in the district was Hillsdale County. Most of Jackson county was in the district, but the some of that county's northern tier townships were in Michigan's 6th congressional district. About half of Lenawee County was in the district, and the far north-east portion of Branch county was also in the district.

In 1992, this district essentially became the 7th district, while the 2nd was redrawn to take in much of the territory of the old 9th district.

List of U.S. Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Notes
District created		March 4, 1843
Lucius Lyon	Democrat	March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845	28th
John Smith Chipman	Democrat	March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847	29th
Edward Bradley^[7]	Democrat	March 4, 1847 - August 5, 1847	30th	Died
Vacant		August 5, 1847 - December 6, 1847
Charles E. Stuart^[7]	Democrat	December 6, 1847 - March 3, 1849	30th
William Sprague	Whig ^[8]	March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851	31st
Charles E. Stuart	Democrat	March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853	32nd
David A. Noble	Democrat	March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855	33rd
Henry Waldron	Republican	March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1861	34th 35th 36th
Fernando C. Beaman	Republican	March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863	37th	Redistricted to the 1st district
Charles Upson	Republican	March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th
William L. Stoughton	Republican	March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1873	41st 42nd
Henry Waldron	Republican	March 4, 1873 - March 4, 1877	43rd 44th	Redistricted from the 1st district
Edwin Willits	Republican	March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883	45th 46th 47th
Nathaniel B. Eldredge	Democrat ^[9]	March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1887	48th 49th
Edward P. Allen	Republican	March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1891	50th 51st
James S. Gorman	Democrat	March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd
George Spalding	Republican	March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1899	54th 55th
Henry C. Smith	Republican	March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1903	56th 57th
Charles E. Townsend	Republican	March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1911	58th 59th 60th 61st
William Wedemeyer	Republican	March 4, 1911 - January 2, 1913	62nd	Died
Vacant		January 2, 1913 - March 3, 1913
Samuel Beakes	Democrat	March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1917	63rd 64th
Mark R. Bacon^[10]	Republican	March 4, 1917 - December 13, 1917	65th	Lost contested election
Samuel Beakes	Democrat	December 13, 1917 - March 3, 1919	65th	Won contested election
Earl C. Michener	Republican	March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1933	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd
John C. Lehr	Democrat	March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935	73rd
Earl C. Michener	Republican	January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1951	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st
George Meader	Republican	January 3, 1951 - January 3, 1965	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th
Weston E. Vivian	Democrat	January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1967	89th
Marvin L. Esch	Republican	January 3, 1967 - January 3, 1977	90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th
Carl Pursell	Republican	January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1993	95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd
Pete Hoekstra	Republican	January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2011	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th
Bill Huizenga	Republican	January 3, 2011 - Present	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Incumbent

Living former Members

As of July 2019^[update], there are four living former members. The most recent representative to die was Marvin L. Esch (served 1967-1977) on June 19, 2010. The most recently serving representative to die was Carl Pursell (served 1977-1993) on June 11, 2009.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Weston E. Vivian	1965-1967	(1924-10-25) October 25, 1924 (age 95)
Pete Hoekstra	1993-2011	(1953-10-30) October 30, 1953 (age 66)

Historical district boundaries

1993 - 2003

2003 - 2013

Notes

^ https://www2.census.gov/geo/relfiles/cdsld13/26/ur_cd_26.txt
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=26&cd=02
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=26&cd=02
^ "Partisan Voting Index - Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved 2017.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved .CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/4161/presidential-results-by-congressional-district-20002008
^ ^a ^b Edward Bradley was elected November 3, 1846, but died August 5, 1847 in New York City, while en route to Washington, D.C. to take office; Charles E. Stuart was elected November 2, 1847, to fill the vacancy.
^ William Sprague was elected on a Free Soil Party ticket and was seated with the Whigs in Congress.
^ Nathaniel B. Eldredge was elected on a Democratic and Union ticket in 1884 to the 49th Congress.
^ : In the election of November 7, 1916, official returns showed Mark R. Bacon had won by 49 votes. Although there was no provision in state law at that time for recounting ballots in the election of federal officials, a separate examination of votes in Jackson County revealed that Samuel W. Beakes was entitled to 87 more votes. However, the board of state canvassers and the Michigan Supreme Court refused to allow a recount. Finally, the U.S. House Committee on Elections decided to conduct a recount, which gave Beakes the victory by 132 votes. The committee unanimously reported resolutions to the full House stating that Bacon had not been elected to the seat and was not entitled to it, and that, in fact, Beakes was the elected representative of the district. The House seated Beakes on December 13, 1917.

References

Govtrack.us for the 2nd 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

Coordinates: 43°23?51?N 86°19?08?W / 43.39750°N 86.31889°W / 43.39750; -86.31889

[1] ttps://www2.census.gov/geo/relfiles/cdsld13/26/ur_cd_26.txt

[2] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=26&cd=02

[3] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=26&cd=02

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index - Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved 2017.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved .CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] ttp://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/4161/presidential-results-by-congressional-district-20002008

[Bradley-7] Edward Bradley was elected November 3, 1846, but died August 5, 1847 in New York City, while en route to Washington, D.C. to take office; Charles E. Stuart was elected November 2, 1847, to fill the vacancy.

[Sprague-8] William Sprague was elected on a Free Soil Party ticket and was seated with the Whigs in Congress.

[Eldredge-9] Nathaniel B. Eldredge was elected on a Democratic and Union ticket in 1884 to the 49th Congress.

[Bacon-10] : In the election of November 7, 1916, official returns showed Mark R. Bacon had won by 49 votes. Although there was no provision in state law at that time for recounting ballots in the election of federal officials, a separate examination of votes in Jackson County revealed that Samuel W. Beakes was entitled to 87 more votes. However, the board of state canvassers and the Michigan Supreme Court refused to allow a recount. Finally, the U.S. House Committee on Elections decided to conduct a recount, which gave Beakes the victory by 132 votes. The committee unanimously reported resolutions to the full House stating that Bacon had not been elected to the seat and was not entitled to it, and that, in fact, Beakes was the elected representative of the district. The House seated Beakes on December 13, 1917.

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