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Michigan's 2nd congressional district

66 members have held this seat since Dec 4, 1843. Now: John R. Moolenaar R.

Holders
66
49 R · 15 D · 1 W · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
8 years
Earl Cory Michener
Current
3.8 years
John R. Moolenaar, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/mi-2Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Lucius Lyon · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn Smith Chipman · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratEdward Bradley · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Sprague · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigCharles Edward Stuart · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratDavid Addison Noble · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratHenry Waldron · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratHenry Waldron · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Waldron · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanFernando Cortez Beaman · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Upson · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Upson · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lewis Stoughton · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Waldron · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Waldron · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Willits · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Willits · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Willits · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanNathaniel Buel Eldredge · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratNathaniel Buel Eldredge · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratEdward Payson Allen · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Payson Allen · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJames Sedgwick Gorman · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJames Sedgwick Gorman · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Spalding · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Spalding · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Cassorte Smith · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Cassorte Smith · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Elroy Townsend · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Elroy Townsend · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Elroy Townsend · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Elroy Townsend · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Walter Wedemeyer · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Willard Beakes · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Willard Beakes · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratMark Reeves Bacon · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanEarl Cory Michener · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanEarl Cory Michener · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanEarl Cory Michener · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanEarl Cory Michener · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanEarl Cory Michener · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanEarl Cory Michener · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanEarl Cory Michener · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Camillus Lehr · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratEarl Cory Michener · 1943-01-06 – 1951-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge Meader · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge Meader · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanWeston Edward Vivian · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratMarvin Leonel Esch · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanMarvin Leonel Esch · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanMarvin Leonel Esch · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · RepublicanCarl Duane Pursell · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanCarl Duane Pursell · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanCarl Duane Pursell · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanPeter Hoekstra · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanPeter Hoekstra · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanPeter Hoekstra · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanPeter Hoekstra · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanPeter Hoekstra · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · RepublicanBill Huizenga · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanBill Huizenga · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Edward Stuart · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Willard Beakes · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratEarl Cory Michener · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge Meader · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanJohn R. Moolenaar · 2023-01-03 – present · Republican
John R. Moolenaar R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Bill Huizenga R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Bill Huizenga R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Peter Hoekstra R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Peter Hoekstra R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Peter Hoekstra R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Peter Hoekstra R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Peter Hoekstra R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Carl Duane Pursell R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Carl Duane Pursell R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Carl Duane Pursell R
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Marvin Leonel Esch R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Marvin Leonel Esch R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Marvin Leonel Esch R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Weston Edward Vivian D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
George Meader R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
George Meader R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
George Meader R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
Earl Cory Michener R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1951 · 8 years
Earl Cory Michener R
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
John Camillus Lehr D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Earl Cory Michener R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Earl Cory Michener R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Earl Cory Michener R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Earl Cory Michener R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Earl Cory Michener R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Earl Cory Michener R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Earl Cory Michener R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Mark Reeves Bacon R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Samuel Willard Beakes D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Samuel Willard Beakes D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Samuel Willard Beakes D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Walter Wedemeyer R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Charles Elroy Townsend R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Charles Elroy Townsend R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Charles Elroy Townsend R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Charles Elroy Townsend R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Henry Cassorte Smith R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Henry Cassorte Smith R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
George Spalding R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
George Spalding R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
James Sedgwick Gorman D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
James Sedgwick Gorman D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Edward Payson Allen R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Edward Payson Allen R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Nathaniel Buel Eldredge D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Edwin Willits R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Edwin Willits R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Edwin Willits R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Henry Waldron R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Henry Waldron R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
William Lewis Stoughton R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Charles Upson R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Charles Upson R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Fernando Cortez Beaman R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Henry Waldron R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Henry Waldron R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Henry Waldron IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
David Addison Noble D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Charles Edward Stuart D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
William Sprague W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Edward Bradley D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Charles Edward Stuart D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Smith Chipman D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Lucius Lyon D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months

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