History / Congress

Michigan's 7th congressional district

53 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1873. Now: Tom Barrett R.

Holders
53
38 R · 15 D
Longest tenure
14 years
Jesse Paine Wolcott
Current
21 months
Tom Barrett, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/mi-7Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Omar Dwight Conger · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanOmar Dwight Conger · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanOmar Dwight Conger · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanOmar Dwight Conger · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Tyler Rich · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanEzra Child Carleton · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratEzra Child Carleton · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJustin Rice Whiting · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJustin Rice Whiting · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJustin Rice Whiting · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJustin Rice Whiting · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratHorace Greeley Snover · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Greeley Snover · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanEdgar Weeks · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanEdgar Weeks · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Gordon McMorran · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Gordon McMorran · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Gordon McMorran · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Gordon McMorran · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Gordon McMorran · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanLouis Convers Cramton · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanLouis Convers Cramton · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanLouis Convers Cramton · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanLouis Convers Cramton · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanLouis Convers Cramton · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanLouis Convers Cramton · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanLouis Convers Cramton · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanLouis Convers Cramton · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanLouis Convers Cramton · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Paine Wolcott · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Paine Wolcott · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanJesse Paine Wolcott · 1943-01-06 – 1957-01-04 · RepublicanJames Grant O’Hara · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJames Grant O’Hara · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · DemocratJohn C. Mackie · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratDonald Wayne Riegle Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Wayne Riegle Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Wayne Riegle Jr. · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratDale E. Kildee · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratDale E. Kildee · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratDale E. Kildee · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratNick Smith · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanNick Smith · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanNick Smith · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanNick Smith · 2003-01-07 – 2005-01-04 · RepublicanJohn J.H. Schwarz · 2005-01-04 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanTim Walberg · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanMark H. Schauer · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratTim Walberg · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanTim Walberg · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanTom Barrett · 2025-01-03 – present · RepublicanRobert John McIntosh · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanElissa Slotkin · 2023-01-03 – 2025-01-04 · Democrat
Tom Barrett R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Elissa Slotkin D
Jan 3, 2023 – Jan 4, 2025 · 2 years
Tim Walberg R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Tim Walberg R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Mark H. Schauer D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Tim Walberg R
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
John J.H. Schwarz R
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 4, 2007 · 2 years
Nick Smith R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2005 · 2 years
Nick Smith R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Nick Smith R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Nick Smith R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Dale E. Kildee D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Dale E. Kildee D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Dale E. Kildee D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John C. Mackie D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
James Grant O’Hara D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
James Grant O’Hara D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Robert John McIntosh R
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Jesse Paine Wolcott R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1957 · 14 years
Jesse Paine Wolcott R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Jesse Paine Wolcott R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Louis Convers Cramton R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Louis Convers Cramton R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Louis Convers Cramton R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Louis Convers Cramton R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Louis Convers Cramton R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Louis Convers Cramton R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Louis Convers Cramton R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Louis Convers Cramton R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Louis Convers Cramton R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Henry Gordon McMorran R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Henry Gordon McMorran R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Henry Gordon McMorran R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Henry Gordon McMorran R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Henry Gordon McMorran R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Edgar Weeks R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Edgar Weeks R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Horace Greeley Snover R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Horace Greeley Snover R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Justin Rice Whiting D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Justin Rice Whiting D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Justin Rice Whiting D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Justin Rice Whiting D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Ezra Child Carleton D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Ezra Child Carleton D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John Tyler Rich R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Omar Dwight Conger R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Omar Dwight Conger R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Omar Dwight Conger R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Omar Dwight Conger R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months

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