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Michigan's 12th congressional district

43 members have held this seat since Aug 7, 1893. Now: Rashida Tlaib D.

Holders
43
25 R · 17 D · 1 P
Longest tenure
12 years
John Bonifas Bennett
Current
3.8 years
Rashida Tlaib, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/mi-12Every holder, newest first
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1900192019401960198020002020Samuel Merritt Stephenson · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Merritt Stephenson · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanCarlos Douglas Shelden · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanCarlos Douglas Shelden · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanCarlos Douglas Shelden · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Olin Young · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Olin Young · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Olin Young · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Olin Young · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Olin Young · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Josiah MacDonald · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · ProgressiveWilliam Francis James · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Francis James · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Francis James · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Francis James · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Francis James · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Francis James · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanWilliam Francis James · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Francis James · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Francis James · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Francis James · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Bonifas Bennett · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Bonifas Bennett · 1947-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Bonifas Bennett · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Bonifas Bennett · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanJames Grant O’Hara · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJames Grant O’Hara · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJames Grant O’Hara · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratJames Grant O’Hara · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratDavid E. Bonior · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratDavid E. Bonior · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratDavid E. Bonior · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratSander M. Levin · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratSander M. Levin · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratSander M. Levin · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratSander M. Levin · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratSander M. Levin · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratDebbie Dingell · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · DemocratHorace Olin Young · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Eugene Hook · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratFrank Eugene Hook · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratJohn D. Dingell · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratRashida Tlaib · 2023-01-03 – present · Democrat
Rashida Tlaib D
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Debbie Dingell D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
John D. Dingell D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Sander M. Levin D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Sander M. Levin D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Sander M. Levin D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Sander M. Levin D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Sander M. Levin D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
David E. Bonior D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
David E. Bonior D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
David E. Bonior D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
James Grant O’Hara D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
James Grant O’Hara D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
James Grant O’Hara D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
James Grant O’Hara D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
John Bonifas Bennett R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
John Bonifas Bennett R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
John Bonifas Bennett R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1959 · 12 years
Frank Eugene Hook D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
John Bonifas Bennett R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Frank Eugene Hook D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
William Francis James R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
William Francis James R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
William Francis James R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
William Francis James R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
William Francis James R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
William Francis James R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
William Francis James R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Francis James R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Francis James R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Francis James R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Josiah MacDonald P
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Horace Olin Young R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Horace Olin Young R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Horace Olin Young R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Horace Olin Young R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Horace Olin Young R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Horace Olin Young R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Carlos Douglas Shelden R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Carlos Douglas Shelden R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Carlos Douglas Shelden R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Samuel Merritt Stephenson R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Samuel Merritt Stephenson R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months

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