Michigan's 21st Senate district

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Senator
  Sarah Anthony
D–Lansing
Demographics71% White
12% Black
9% Hispanic
3% Asian
4% Multiracial
Population(2022)264,191
Notes[1]
Michigan's 21st
State Senate district
Senator
  Sarah Anthony
D–Lansing
Demographics71% White
12% Black
9% Hispanic
3% Asian
4% Multiracial
Population (2022)264,191
Notes[1]

Michigan's 21st Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 21st district was created by the 1850 Michigan Constitution, as the 1835 constitution only permitted a maximum of eight senate districts.[2][3] It has been represented by Democrat Sarah Anthony since 2023.[4]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 21 encompasses all of Eaton County, as well as part of Ingham County.[5]

District 21, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered Berrien, Cass, and St. Joseph Counties in far southwest Michigan. Communities in the district included Benton Harbor, Niles, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Benton Heights, Fair Plain, Paw Paw Lake, Dowagiac, Sturgis, Three Rivers, Benton Township, Lincoln Township, Niles Township, and St. Joseph Township.[6]

The district was located entirely within Michigan's 6th congressional district, and overlapped with the 59th, 78th, and 79th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[7] It bordered the state of Indiana, as well as Lake Michigan.[8]

List of senators

Senator Party Dates Residence Notes
Frederick W. Curtenius Whig 1853–1854 Kalamazoo [9][10]
Ebenezer Lakin Brown Republican 1855–1856 Schoolcraft [9][11]
John Roberts Republican 1857–1858 Hastings [9][12]
Harvey Williams Republican 1859–1860 Charlotte [9][13]
Norman Bailey Republican 1861–1862 Hastings [9][14][15]
Smith W. Fowler Republican 1863–1864 Charlotte [9][16]
John M. Nevins Republican 1865–1866 Hastings [9][17]
James Turner Republican 1867–1868 Lansing [9][18]
Stephen Pearl Republican 1869–1870 Duplain [9][19]
Isaac M. Cravath Republican 1871–1872 Lansing Died in office.[9][20][21]
John N. Mellen Republican 1873–1876 Romeo [9][22]
Crockett McElroy Republican 1877–1880 St. Clair [9][23]
James R. McGurk Republican 1881–1882 Capac [9][24]
James William Belknap Republican 1883–1886 Greenville [9][25]
John W. Moon Republican 1887–1888 Muskegon [9][26]
Jacob Den Herder Republican 1889–1890 Zeeland [9][27]
George Ford Porter Democratic 1891–1892 Gooding [9][28]
Edwin G. Fox Republican 1893–1894 Mayville [9][29]
John L. Preston Republican 1895–1898 Columbiaville [9][30]
Theron W. Atwood Republican 1899–1902 Caro [9][31]
William E. Brown Republican 1903–1906 Lapeer [9][32]
William McKay Republican 1907–1908 Caro Died in office.[9][33][34]
Edwin G. Fox Republican 1909–1910 Mayville Died in office.[9][29]
John Conley Democratic 1911–1912 Lapeer [9][35]
Terry T. Corliss Republican 1913–1916 Mayville [9][36]
Charles B. Scully Republican 1917–1920 Almont [9][37]
Burney E. Brower Republican 1921–1926 Jackson [9][38]
Ari H. Woodruff Republican 1927–1932 Wyandotte [9][39][40]
John Nichczynski Democratic 1933–1934 Detroit Died in office.[9][41][42]
Sidney C. Gray Democratic 1935–1936 Detroit [9][43]
Joseph C. Roosevelt Democratic 1937–1938 Detroit [9][44]
Stanley Nowak Democratic 1939–1948 Detroit [9][45]
Robert A. Haggerty Democratic 1949–1954 Detroit [9][46]
Patrick J. Doyle Democratic 1955–1962 Dearborn [9][47]
William D. Ford Republican 1963–1964 Taylor [9][48]
Garry E. Brown Republican 1965–1966 Schoolcraft [9][49]
Anthony Stamm Republican 1967–1974 Kalamazoo Died in office.[9][50]
Jack Welborn Republican 1974–1982 Kalamazoo [9][51]
Harmon G. Cropsey Republican 1983–1990 Decatur [9][52]
Paul Wartner Republican 1991–1994 Portage [9][53]
Dale L. Shugars Republican 1995–2002 Portage [9][54]
Ron Jelinek Republican 2003–2010 Three Oaks [9][55]
John Proos Republican 2011–2018 St. Joseph [9][56]
Kim LaSata Republican 2019–2022 Bainbridge Township [9][57][58]
Sarah Anthony Democratic 2023–present Lansing [59][60]

Recent election results

Historical district boundaries

References

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