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Michigan's 5th congressional district

57 members have held this seat since Dec 7, 1863. Now: Tim Walberg R.

Holders
57
41 R · 16 D
Longest tenure
10 years
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
Current
3.8 years
Tim Walberg, since Jan 3, 2023
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18801900192019401960198020002020Augustus Carpenter Baldwin · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratRowland Ebenezer Trowbridge · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanOmar Dwight Conger · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanWilder De Ayr Foster · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Brewster Williams · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Wesley Stone · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Wesley Stone · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Webber · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Houseman · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratCharles Carter Comstock · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratMelbourne Haddock Ford · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratCharles Eugene Belknap · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Eugene Belknap · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Frederick Richardson · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Alden Smith · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Alden Smith · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Alden Smith · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Alden Smith · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Alden Smith · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Alden Smith · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanGerrit John Diekema · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanGerrit John Diekema · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Forrest Sweet · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratCarl Edgar Mapes · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanCarl Edgar Mapes · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanCarl Edgar Mapes · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanCarl Edgar Mapes · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanCarl Edgar Mapes · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanCarl Edgar Mapes · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanCarl Edgar Mapes · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanCarl Edgar Mapes · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanCarl Edgar Mapes · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanCarl Edgar Mapes · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanCarl Edgar Mapes · 1933-03-09 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanBartel John Jonkman · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanGerald Rudolph Ford Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanGerald Rudolph Ford Jr. · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanGerald Rudolph Ford Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanGerald Rudolph Ford Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Franklin Vander Veen · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratHarold Samuel Sawyer · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanHarold Samuel Sawyer · 1979-01-15 – 1985-01-04 · RepublicanPaul B. Henry · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanJames A. Barcia · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratJames A. Barcia · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratJames A. Barcia · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratDale E. Kildee · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratDale E. Kildee · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratDaniel T. Kildee · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Brewster Williams · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanMelbourne Haddock Ford · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratBartel John Jonkman · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanGerald Rudolph Ford Jr. · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Franklin Vander Veen · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratPaul B. Henry · 1985-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanDaniel T. Kildee · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratTim Walberg · 2023-01-03 – present · Republican
Tim Walberg R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Daniel T. Kildee D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Daniel T. Kildee D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Dale E. Kildee D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Dale E. Kildee D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
James A. Barcia D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
James A. Barcia D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
James A. Barcia D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Paul B. Henry R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Paul B. Henry R
Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 4, 1987 · 2 years
Harold Samuel Sawyer R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1985 · 6 years
Harold Samuel Sawyer R
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Richard Franklin Vander Veen D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Richard Franklin Vander Veen D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
Bartel John Jonkman R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Bartel John Jonkman R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Carl Edgar Mapes R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1941 · 7.8 years
Carl Edgar Mapes R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Carl Edgar Mapes R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Carl Edgar Mapes R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Carl Edgar Mapes R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Carl Edgar Mapes R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Carl Edgar Mapes R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Carl Edgar Mapes R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Carl Edgar Mapes R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Carl Edgar Mapes R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Carl Edgar Mapes R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Edwin Forrest Sweet D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Gerrit John Diekema R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Gerrit John Diekema R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Alden Smith R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Alden Smith R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
William Alden Smith R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
William Alden Smith R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
William Alden Smith R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
William Alden Smith R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
George Frederick Richardson D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Charles Eugene Belknap R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Melbourne Haddock Ford D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Charles Eugene Belknap R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Melbourne Haddock Ford D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Charles Carter Comstock D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Julius Houseman D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
George Washington Webber R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John Wesley Stone R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
John Wesley Stone R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
William Brewster Williams R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Wilder De Ayr Foster R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
William Brewster Williams R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Omar Dwight Conger R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Augustus Carpenter Baldwin D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months

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