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Michigan's 6th congressional district

58 members have held this seat since Dec 7, 1863. Now: Debbie Dingell D.

Holders
58
45 R · 13 D
Longest tenure
10 years
William Wallace Blackney
Current
3.8 years
Debbie Dingell, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/mi-6Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020John Fletcher Driggs · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Fletcher Driggs · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanRandolph Strickland · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJabez Gridley Sutherland · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratJosiah Williams Begole · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Harman Durand · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratMark Spencer Brewer · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanMark Spencer Brewer · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanOliver Lyman Spaulding · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Baruch Winans · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratEdwin Baruch Winans · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratMark Spencer Brewer · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanMark Spencer Brewer · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanByron Gray Stout · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratDavid Demerest Aitken · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Demerest Aitken · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel William Smith · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel William Smith · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel William Smith · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel William Smith · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel William Smith · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel William Smith · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel William Smith · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel William Smith · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel William Smith · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanPatrick Henry Kelley · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanPatrick Henry Kelley · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanPatrick Henry Kelley · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanPatrick Henry Kelley · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanGrant Martin Hudson · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanGrant Martin Hudson · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanGrant Martin Hudson · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanGrant Martin Hudson · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanSeymour Howe Person · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanClaude Ernest Cady · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratAndrew Jackson Transue · 1937-01-05 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Wallace Blackney · 1943-01-06 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Hayworth · 1955-01-05 – 1957-01-04 · DemocratCharles Ernest Chamberlain · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Ernest Chamberlain · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Ernest Chamberlain · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Ernest Chamberlain · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanMilton Robert Carr · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratMilton Robert Carr · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratJames Whitney Dunn · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanMilton Robert Carr · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratFred Upton · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanFred Upton · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanFred Upton · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanFred Upton · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanFred Upton · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanFred Upton · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Wallace Blackney · 1935-01-03 – 1937-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Wallace Blackney · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanKit Francis Clardy · 1953-01-03 – 1955-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Ernest Chamberlain · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanMilton Robert Carr · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratDebbie Dingell · 2023-01-03 – present · Democrat
Debbie Dingell D
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Fred Upton R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Fred Upton R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Fred Upton R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Fred Upton R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Fred Upton R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Fred Upton R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Milton Robert Carr D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Milton Robert Carr D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
James Whitney Dunn R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
Milton Robert Carr D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Milton Robert Carr D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Donald Hayworth D
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1957 · 2 years
Kit Francis Clardy R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1955 · 2 years
William Wallace Blackney R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1953 · 10 years
William Wallace Blackney R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Andrew Jackson Transue D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 · 2 years
William Wallace Blackney R
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1937 · 2 years
Claude Ernest Cady D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Seymour Howe Person R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Grant Martin Hudson R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Grant Martin Hudson R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Grant Martin Hudson R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Grant Martin Hudson R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Patrick Henry Kelley R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Patrick Henry Kelley R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Patrick Henry Kelley R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Patrick Henry Kelley R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Samuel William Smith R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Samuel William Smith R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Samuel William Smith R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Samuel William Smith R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Samuel William Smith R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Samuel William Smith R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Samuel William Smith R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Samuel William Smith R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Samuel William Smith R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
David Demerest Aitken R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
David Demerest Aitken R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Byron Gray Stout D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Mark Spencer Brewer R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Mark Spencer Brewer R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Edwin Baruch Winans D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Edwin Baruch Winans D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Oliver Lyman Spaulding R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Mark Spencer Brewer R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Mark Spencer Brewer R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
George Harman Durand D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Josiah Williams Begole R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Jabez Gridley Sutherland D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Randolph Strickland R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
John Fletcher Driggs R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
John Fletcher Driggs R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months

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