Michigan's 15th congressional district

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United States House of Representatives, Michigan District 15 is a district in parts of Washtenaw and Wayne counties, and all of Monroe County. It includes the southwest suburbs of Detroit such as Romulus, Taylor, Inkster, and Dearborn Heights.

The district's politics have been dominated by the Dingell family since its creation after the United States Census, 1930. Its first congressman, John D. Dingell, Sr., was elected in 1932 and served until his death in 1955. His son, John, Jr. won a special election to succeed him and has held it ever since. John, Jr. is the current Dean (longest-serving member) of the House of Representatives.

The 15th District is well known as being liberal, since it is represented by the demographically young cities Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti in which the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University are located in Washtenaw County, respectively.

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[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress
John D. Dingell, Sr.	Democratic	1933-1955	73rd-84th
John Dingell, Jr.	Democratic	1955-1965	84th-88th
William D. Ford	Democratic	1965-1993	88th-102nd
Barbara-Rose Collins	Democratic	1993-1997	103rd-104th
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick	Democratic	1997-2003	105th-107th
John Dingell, Jr.	Democratic	2003-present	108th

[edit] References

U.S. Representatives 1837-2003, Michigan Manual 2003-2004

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