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Michigan's 1st congressional district

70 members have held this seat since Dec 7, 1835. Now: Jack Bergman R.

Holders
70
42 D · 24 R · 2 W · 1 J · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
9.8 years
Jack Bergman
Current
9.8 years
Jack Bergman, since Jan 3, 2017
history/seat/mi-1Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Isaac Edwin Crary · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonIsaac Edwin Crary · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratIsaac Edwin Crary · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJacob Merritt Howard · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigRobert McClelland · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratRobert McClelland · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratRobert McClelland · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Woodruff Buel · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratEbenezer Jenckes Penniman · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigDavid Stuart · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Alanson Howard · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratWilliam Alanson Howard · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Byran Cooper · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratBradley Francis Granger · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanFernando Cortez Beaman · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanFernando Cortez Beaman · 1865-12-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Waldron · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanMoses Whelock Field · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanAlpheus Starkey Williams · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratAlpheus Starkey Williams · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJohn Stoughton Newberry · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanHenry William Lord · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Cotter Maybury · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cotter Maybury · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJohn Logan Chipman · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Logan Chipman · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJohn Logan Chipman · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohn Logan Chipman · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJohn Blaisdell Corliss · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Blaisdell Corliss · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Blaisdell Corliss · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Blaisdell Corliss · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Lucking · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratEdwin Denby · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Denby · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Denby · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Ellsworth Doremus · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratFrank Ellsworth Doremus · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratFrank Ellsworth Doremus · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratFrank Ellsworth Doremus · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratFrank Ellsworth Doremus · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Pierre Codd · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Henry Clancy · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJohn Bartholomew Sosnowski · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanRobert Henry Clancy · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Henry Clancy · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Henry Clancy · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Gregory Sadowski · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Gregory Sadowski · 1943-01-06 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratThaddeus Michael Machrowicz · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratLucien Norbert Nedzi · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · DemocratJohn Conyers, Jr. · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJohn Conyers, Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJohn Conyers, Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratJohn Conyers, Jr. · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratJohn Conyers, Jr. · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratJohn Conyers, Jr. · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratBart T. Stupak · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratBart T. Stupak · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratBart T. Stupak · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratBart T. Stupak · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratBart T. Stupak · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratDan Benishek · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanDan Benishek · 2015-01-06 – 2017-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Alanson Howard · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanLevi Thomas Griffin · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratRudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratThaddeus Michael Machrowicz · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratLucien Norbert Nedzi · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJack Bergman · 2017-01-03 – present · Republican
Jack Bergman R
Jan 3, 2017 – present · 9.8 years
Dan Benishek R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017 · 2 years
Dan Benishek R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Bart T. Stupak D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Bart T. Stupak D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Bart T. Stupak D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Bart T. Stupak D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Bart T. Stupak D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
John Conyers, Jr. D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
John Conyers, Jr. D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
John Conyers, Jr. D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John Conyers, Jr. D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
John Conyers, Jr. D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John Conyers, Jr. D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
George Gregory Sadowski D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1951 · 8 years
Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
George Gregory Sadowski D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Robert Henry Clancy R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Robert Henry Clancy R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Robert Henry Clancy R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
John Bartholomew Sosnowski R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Robert Henry Clancy D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
George Pierre Codd R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Frank Ellsworth Doremus D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Frank Ellsworth Doremus D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Frank Ellsworth Doremus D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Frank Ellsworth Doremus D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Frank Ellsworth Doremus D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Edwin Denby R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Edwin Denby R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Edwin Denby R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Alfred Lucking D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Blaisdell Corliss R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Blaisdell Corliss R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John Blaisdell Corliss R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John Blaisdell Corliss R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Logan Chipman D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Levi Thomas Griffin D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Logan Chipman D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Logan Chipman D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Logan Chipman D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Cotter Maybury D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William Cotter Maybury D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Henry William Lord R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John Stoughton Newberry R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Alpheus Starkey Williams D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Alpheus Starkey Williams D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Moses Whelock Field R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Henry Waldron R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Fernando Cortez Beaman R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
Fernando Cortez Beaman R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Bradley Francis Granger R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
George Byran Cooper D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
William Alanson Howard R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
William Alanson Howard R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
William Alanson Howard IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
David Stuart D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Alexander Woodruff Buel D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Robert McClelland D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Robert McClelland D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Robert McClelland D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Jacob Merritt Howard W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Isaac Edwin Crary D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Isaac Edwin Crary D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Isaac Edwin Crary J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.