Michigan's 16th congressional district Created 1930 Eliminated 2000 Years active 1933–2003
The 16th district boundaries for the 106th Congress, prior to being eliminated after redistricting in 2002
Michigan's 16th congressional district is an obsolete
United States
congressional district in
Michigan . It covered the communities of
Dearborn ,
Downriver and
Monroe County .
[1]
The first Representative to Congress elected from the 16th district,
John Lesinski, Sr. , took office in 1933, after
reapportionment due to the
1930 census . The district was dissolved following the
2000 census . The last Representative elected from the district,
John Dingell , was subsequently elected from the
15th district . The only other Representative elected from the 16th district in its 70 years of existence was
John Lesinski, Jr. It could be called a Polish district , because all three district's representatives were
Polish-Americans .
Voting
List of members representing the district
Representative
Party
Term
Cong ress
Electoral history
District created March 4, 1933
John Lesinski Sr. (
Dearborn )
Democratic
March 4, 1933– May 27, 1950
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
Elected in 1932 .
Re-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 . Died.
Vacant
May 27, 1950– January 3, 1951
81st
John Lesinski Jr. (
Dearborn )
Democratic
January 3, 1951– January 3, 1965
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
Elected in 1950 .
Re-elected in 1952 .
Re-elected in 1954 .
Re-elected in 1956 .
Re-elected in 1958 .
Re-elected in 1960 .
Re-elected in 1962 . Lost renomination.
John Dingell (
Dearborn )
Democratic
January 3, 1965– January 3, 2003
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
Redistricted from the
15th district and
re-elected in 1964 .
Re-elected in 1966 .
Re-elected in 1968 .
Re-elected in 1970 .
Re-elected in 1972 .
Re-elected in 1974 .
Re-elected in 1976 .
Re-elected in 1978 .
Re-elected in 1980 .
Re-elected in 1982 .
Re-elected in 1984 .
Re-elected in 1986 .
Re-elected in 1988 .
Re-elected in 1990 .
Re-elected in 1992 .
Re-elected in 1994 .
Re-elected in 1996 .
Re-elected in 1998 .
Re-elected in 2000 . Redistricted to the
15th district .
District eliminated January 3, 2003
Elections
Notes
^ Alamanac of American Politics 2002, p816
References
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