Michigan's 12th congressional district

Michigan's 12th congressional district since January 3, 2013

Representative

Debbie Dingell
D–Dearborn

Population (2010)

705,974

Median income

$57,034^[1]

Ethnicity

76.5% white
10.6% black
4.7% Asian
5.1% Hispanic
0.4% Native American

Cook PVI

D+14^[2]

Michigan's 12th congressional district is a US congressional district in Michigan, which under its current borders stretches from Detroit's western suburbs to Ann Arbor.^[3]

The district was first created during the reapportionment and redistricting after the 1890 Census. From 2003 to 2013 it was 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. District boundaries were redrawn in 1993, and 2003 due to reapportionment following the censuses of 1990 and 2000.^[4]

During the 113th Congress (2013 to 2015), the district was represented by John Dingell (D). He was a Congressman for this and other districts for a total of 59 years, making him the longest-serving member of Congress in US history. He was succeeded by his wife Debbie Dingell, who currently represents the district.^[3]

Major cities

Under its borders from 2013 to 2023^[5], the district includes the following major cities:

Election results from presidential races

In recent times^[6]^[7], the district has voted consistently for the Democratic Party candidate in presidential races.

Year	Winner	Margin
1992	B. Clinton	42 - 40%
1996	B. Clinton	52 - 38%
2000	Gore	61 - 37%
2004	Kerry	61 - 39%
2008	Obama	65 - 33%
2012	Obama	66 - 33%
2016	H. Clinton	61 - 35%

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1893
Samuel M. Stephenson	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	Redistricted from the 11th district.
Carlos D. Shelden	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	55th 56th 57th	Lost in primary
H. Olin Young	Republican	March 4, 1903 – May 16, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Resigned while a contest for the seat was pending. Lost election contest.
Vacant		May 16, 1913 – August 26, 1913	63rd	Due to a mistake in how the name of William J. MacDonald appeared on the ballot in Ontonagon County some votes were not included in the official count by the state board of canvassers, even though their inclusion in unofficial returns showed MacDonald had won. Subsequently, the United States House Committee on Elections unanimously reported a resolution to the full house awarding the seat to MacDonald.
William J. MacDonald	Progressive	August 26, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Won election contest. Lost re-election.
W. Frank James	Republican	March 4, 1915 – January 3, 1935	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd	Lost re-election.
Frank Hook	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943	74th 75th 76th 77th	Lost re-election.
John B. Bennett	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	Lost re-election.
Frank Hook	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	Lost re-election.
John B. Bennett	Republican	January 3, 1947 – August 9, 1964	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	Died.
Vacant		August 9, 1964 – January 3, 1965
James G. O'Hara	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1977	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	Redistricted from the 7th district.. Retired.
David Bonior	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993	95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted to the 10th district..
Sander Levin	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 17th district. Redistricted to the 9th district.
John Dingell	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	113th	Redistricted from the 15th district. Retired.
Debbie Dingell	Democratic	January 3, 2015 – Present	114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2014.