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United States House of Representatives, Michigan District 1 is a United States Congressional district containing the entire Upper Peninsula of Michigan as well as part of the Lower Peninsula. Currently the district is represented by Democrat Bart Stupak, who has been the representative since 1993. Prior to 1993, the district covered part of the metropolitan Detroit area.
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The district is the second-largest congressional district in land mass east of the Mississippi River. Its boundaries contain much of the northeastern part of the Lower Peninsula in addition to the entire Upper Peninsula. Altogether, the district makes up about 44% of the land area of state of Michigan. It contains the second-longest shoreline of any district in the United States, behind the at-large district of Alaska.
It contains all of 30 Michigan counties and a portion of a 31st, comprising almost three-eighths of the state's 83 counties.
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The 1st district boundaries for the 106th Congress, prior to redistricting in 2002
The Michigan First District was located in Detroit until the 1992 election. In that year Michigan lost two congressional districts and in the course of the redistricting process the remaining districts were renumbered. As a result, the old 1st basically became the new 14th, while much of the old 11th District became the new 1st District.
The 1st from 1992-2002 was similar to the modern district, except that it did not go nearly as far south along Lake Huron, while it took in Traverse City and some surrounding areas on the west side of the state.
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- ^ Congressional Districts by Urban/Rural Population & Land Area (109th Congress). 2000 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 11 January 2007.
- ^ Census Data: Pennsylvania, District 10. 2000 United States Census. Washington Post. Retrieved on 11 January 2007.
- ^ Isaac E. Crary was the first elected U.S. representative from the state of Michigan, elected October 5 and 6, 1835. However, due to Michigan’s dispute with Ohio over the Toledo Strip, Congress refused to accept his credentials until it admitted Michigan to the Union as a state on January 26, 1837.
- ^ a b George B. Cooper won the election of November 2, 1858, and was seated by the U.S. House of Representatives. William A. Howard contested the results in the House, alleging voting irregularities in several wards. Following its investigation, the House Committee on Elections reported that the sitting member, Cooper, was not entitled to his seat and that the contestant Howard was. The House passed resolutions to that effect May 15, 1860, at which time Howard took the oath of office.
- ^ Alpheus S. Williams died December 28, 1878; the vacancy was not filled.
- ^ William C. Maybury was elected as a fusion candidate, but was seated in Congress with the Democratic Party.
- ^ a b John L. Chipman died August 17, 1893; Levi T. Griffin was elected November 7, 1893, to fill the vacancy.
- ^ a b Robert H. Clancy was first elected as a Democrat in 1922 and served for two years in the 67th Congress. He was defeated in 1924 by Republican candidate John B. Sosnowski. In 1926, Clancy switched to the Republican Party and defeated Sosnowski in the primary and went on to defeat Democratic candidate William M. Donnelly in the general election. He served as a Republican until 1933.
- ^ Rudolph G. Tenerowicz campaigned as a Republican in 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, and 1954.
- ^ a b Thaddeus M. Machrowicz resigned September 18, 1961, having been appointed a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; Lucien N. Nedzi was elected by special election, to fill the vacancy, assuming office on November 7, 1961.
- ^ a b After the 1990 Census, the boundaries for Congressional Districts in Michigan were redrawn in 1993. Prior to that, the first district represented an area in Detroit and the 11th district represented the Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan.
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