Michigan's 4th congressional district

Michigan's 4th congressional district is a United States congressional district located in the state of Michigan. The current 4th district contains much of Michigan's old 2nd district, and includes all of Allegan and Van Buren counties, as well as portions of Ottawa, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, and Berrien counties.^[5] In 2022, the district was redrawn to start in St. Joseph Township and extend north to Port Sheldon Township. ^[5] The 4th is currently represented by Republican Bill Huizenga, who previously represented the old 2nd district.

Michigan's 4th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Bill Huizenga R–Holland
Distribution	63.33% rural^[1] 36.67% urban
Population (2022)	778,490^[2]
Median household income	$70,086^[3]
Ethnicity	91.8% White 3.0% Hispanic 1.8% Two or more races 1.8% Black 1.0% Asian 0.7% other
Cook PVI	R+5^[4]

Cities

Allegan Bangor Battle Creek Benton Harbor Coloma Douglas

Fennville Galesburg Gobles Hartford Holland Hudsonville

Kalamazoo Otsego Parchment Plainwell Portage St. Joseph

Saugatuck South Haven Springfield Watervliet Wayland Zeeland

Presidential election results

This table indicates how the district has voted in U.S. presidential elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it was configured at the time of the election, not as it is configured today.

Year	Results
1992	Bill Clinton 38% – George H.W. Bush 37%
1996	Bill Clinton 47% – Bob Dole 41%
2000	George W. Bush 54% – Al Gore 44%
2004	George W. Bush 55% – John Kerry 44%
2008	Barack Obama 50% – John McCain 48%
2012	Mitt Romney 54% – Barack Obama 46%
2016	Donald Trump 60% – Hillary Clinton 35%
2020	Donald Trump 61% – Joe Biden 37%

Recent election results from statewide races

This table indicates how the district has voted in recent statewide elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it is currently configured, not necessarily as it was at the time of these elections.

Year	Office	Results
2016	President	Donald Trump 51.6% – Hillary Clinton 42.2%
2018	Senate	John James 51.6% – Debbie Stabenow 46.2%
	Governor	Bill Schuette 49.4% – Gretchen Whitmer 47.4%
	Attorney General	Tom Leonard 52.3% – Dana Nessel 42.8%
2020	President	Donald Trump 51.1% – Joe Biden 47.1%
	Senate	John James 53.6% – Gary Peters 44.5%
2022	Proposal 3	Yes 51.5% – 48.5%

History

Michigan's 4th congressional district was first formed in 1852. At this time It covered everywhere from Macomb County to the western end of the Upper Peninsula. Ingham County was not in the district, and then the boundary turned northward after Eaton County only going west again Midland County was reached. It went west again along Midland and subsequent counties southern lines and then headed north again on the east side of Muskegon County, with Manistee being its southern county that bordered Lake Michigan.

In 1863 it gained the areas around Grand Rapids and Muskegon but lost everything east of Ionia County and most of the Upper Peninsula. In 1872 it was redrawn to cover Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, Van Buren and St. Joseph Counties. In 1892 these boundaries were altered by the addition of Allegan and Barry Counties but the subtraction of Kalamazoo County. This remained the district boundaries for the next 72 years.

In 1964 the 4th district was redrawn. Barry County was subtracted from the district while Branch and Hillsdale Counties were added. In 1972 the district boundaries were altered by adding small sections of Calhoun County and subtracting small portions of Hillsdale and St. Joseph Counties.

The 1982 redistricting removed from the district all of Hillsdale County and the portion of Calhoun County that was in the district. Quincy and Butler Townships in Branch County were also removed. In Kalamazoo County Schoolcraft Township and most of Portage were added to the district. The southern and western portions of Allegan County and most of western Ottawa County including Holland, Michigan were also in the district.

In the renumbering of 1992 this district essentially became the 6th, while the old 10th became the new 4th.

The old 10th and 1990s 4th

The old 10th included most of Grand Traverse and all of Kalkaska County which were lost to the new 1st (old 11th) in the 1992 redistricting. It also included Wexford County that was moved to the new 2nd (old 9th) in the 1992 redistricting. The only other areas lost were small parts of Antrim and Iosco Counties and a portion of Shiawasee County consisting of Durand and Vernon Township.

The new 4th gained Montcalm county from the old 9th district. It gained the Clinton and most of the Shiawasee portions of the old 6th district and the northern half of Oscoda County. It also gained a portion of south-west Saginaw County and the portion of Midland County that had not been in the old 10th.

In 2002 Leelaunau County and a small section of north-west Grand Traverse County were the only areas gerrymandered from the 1st and other districts into the 4th that had not been in the old 10th.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1853
Hestor L. Stevens (Pontiac)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. Retired.
George Washington Peck (Lansing)	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. Lost re-election.
De Witt C. Leach (Lansing)	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired.
Rowland E. Trowbridge (Birmingham)	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. Redistricted to the 5th district and lost re-election.
Francis William Kellogg (Grand Rapids)	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1862. Retired.
Thomas W. Ferry (Grand Haven)	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	39th 40th 41st	Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870 but declined the seat when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		March 4, 1871 – December 4, 1871	42nd
Wilder D. Foster (Grand Rapids)	Republican	April 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873		Elected April 4, 1871 to finish Ferry's term and seated December 4, 1871. Redistricted to the 5th district.
Julius C. Burrows (Kalamazoo)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. Lost re-election.
Allen Potter (Kalamazoo)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. Retired.
Edwin W. Keightley (Constantine)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Retired.
Julius C. Burrows (Kalamazoo)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost re-election.
George L. Yaple (Mendon)	Democratic^[a]	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Lost re-election.
Julius C. Burrows (Kalamazoo)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893	49th 50th 51st 52nd	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Henry F. Thomas (Allegan)	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Lost renomination.
Edward L. Hamilton (Niles)	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1921	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Retired.
John C. Ketcham (Hastings)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost re-election.
George E. Foulkes (Hartford)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	Elected in 1932. Lost re-election.
Clare Hoffman (Allegan)	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1963	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Retired.
Edward Hutchinson (St. Joseph)	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1977	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired.
David Stockman (St. Joseph)	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 21, 1981	95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Vacant		January 21, 1981 – April 21, 1981	97th
Mark Siljander (Three Rivers)	Republican	April 21, 1981 – January 3, 1987	97th 98th 99th	Elected to finish Stockman's term. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Lost renomination.
Fred Upton (St. Joseph)	Republican	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 6th district.
Dave Camp (Midland)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2015	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired.	1993–2003
					2003–2013
					2013–2023
John Moolenaar (Midland)	Republican	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2023	114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 2nd district.
Bill Huizenga (Holland)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – present	118th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 2022.	2023–present

Recent election results

2012

Michigan's 4th congressional district, 2012^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Camp (incumbent)	197,386	63.1
	Democratic	Debra Freidell Wirth	104,996	33.6
	Libertarian	John Gelineau	4,285	1.4
	Constitution	George Zimmer	3,506	1.1
	Green	Pat Timmons	2,776	0.9
Total votes			312,949	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

Michigan's 4th congressional district, 2014^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Moolenaar	123,962	56.5
	Democratic	Jeff Holmes	85,777	39.1
	U.S. Taxpayers	George Zimmer	4,990	2.3
	Libertarian	Will White	4,694	2.1
Total votes			219,423	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

Michigan's 4th congressional district, 2016 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Moolenaar (incumbent)	194,572	61.6
	Democratic	Debra Wirth	101,277	32.1
	Libertarian	Leonard Schwartz	8,516	2.7
	Constitution	George M. Zimmer	5,595	1.8
	Green	Jordan Salvi	3,953	1.2
	Natural Law	Keith Butkovich	1,838	0.6
Total votes			315,751	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

Michigan's 4th congressional district, 2018^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Moolenaar (incumbent)	178,510	62.6
	Democratic	Jerry Hilliard	106,540	37.4
Total votes			285,050	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

Michigan's 4th congressional district, 2020^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Moolenaar (incumbent)	242,621	65.0
	Democratic	Jerry Hilliard	120,802	32.4
	Libertarian	David Canny	5,374	1.4
	Green	Amy Slepr	4,448	1.2
Total votes			373,245	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

Michigan's 4th congressional district, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Huizenga (incumbent)	183,936	54.3
	Democratic	Joseph Alfonso	143,690	42.4
	Libertarian	Lorence Wenke	8,478	2.5
	U.S. Taxpayers	Curtis Michael Clark	2,244	0.6
Total votes			338,348	100.0
	Republican hold

See also

• Michigan's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

•  United States portal
•  Michigan portal

Notes

1. George L. Yaple was elected as a fusion candidate, but was seated in Congress with the Democrats.

1. https://www2.census.gov/geo/relfiles/cdsld13/26/ur_cd_26.txt^{[bare URL plain text file]}
2. "My Congressional District".
3. "My Congressional District".
4. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
5. "The changes to Michigan's congressional map, district by district". Michigan Radio. February 15, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
6. "2012 Michigan House Results". Politico.
7. "2014 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/04/2014".
8. "2016 Michigan Election Results - Official Results". Michigan Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
9. Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
10. "2020 Michigan Election Results Official". Michigan Secretary of State. Retrieved November 23, 2020.

References

• Govtrack.us for the 4th District - Lists current Senators and representative, and map showing district outline
• The Political graveyard: U.S. Representatives from Michigan, 1807-2003
• U.S. Representatives 1837-2003, Michigan Manual 2003-2004
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

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