Michigan's 27th Senate district

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Senator
  John Cherry III
D–Flint
Demographics61% White
29% Black
4% Hispanic
1% Asian
4% Multiracial
Population(2022)259,449
Notes[1]
Michigan's 27th
State Senate district
Senator
  John Cherry III
D–Flint
Demographics61% White
29% Black
4% Hispanic
1% Asian
4% Multiracial
Population (2022)259,449
Notes[1]

Michigan's 27th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 27th 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 John Cherry III since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Jim Ananich.

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 27 encompasses part of Genesee County.[4]

District 27, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in Flint, also covering the surrounding Genesee County communities of Burton, Clio, Mount Morris, Swartz Creek, Flint Township, Mount Morris Township, Genesee Township, and Vienna Township.[5]

The district was located entirely within Michigan's 5th congressional district, and overlapped with the 34th, 48th, 49th, and 50th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[6]

List of senators

Senator Party Dates Residence Notes
William McCauley Democratic 1853–1854 Brighton [7][8][9]
John Kenyon Democratic 1855–1856 Tyrone [7][10][11]
John Merritt Lamb Sr. Republican 1857–1858 Dryden [7][12]
William S. Mills Republican 1859–1860 Lexington [7][13]
Daniel G. Wilder Republican 1861–1862 Watrousville [7][14][15]
David H. Jerome Republican 1863–1866 Saginaw [7][16]
Nathan B. Bradley Republican 1867–1868 Bay City [7][17]
Charles Blunt Mills Republican 1869–1870 Mayville [7][18][19]
Harrison H. Wheeler Democratic 1871–1872 Wenona [7][20]
Henry H. Hinds Republican 1873–1874 Stanton [7][21]
Allen B. Morse Democratic 1875–1876 Ionia [7][22]
Marsden C. Burch Republican 1877–1878 Hersey [7][23]
William E. Ambler Republican 1879–1882 Pentwater [7][24]
Fitch Phelps Republican 1883–1886 Big Rapids [7][25]
Ansel W. Westgate Republican 1887–1888 Cheboygan [7][26]
John G. Berry Republican 1889–1890 Otsego County [7][27]
James E. Holcomb Democratic 1891–1892 Wolverine [7][28]
William J. Mears Republican 1893–1894 Boyne Falls [7][29]
Clyde C. Chittenden Republican 1895–1896 Cadillac [7][30]
George G. Covell Republican 1897–1898 Traverse City Resigned after appointed U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan.[7][31][32]
James W. Milliken Republican 1898–1900 Traverse City [7][33]
Ambrose E. Palmer Republican 1901–1902 Kalkaska [7][34]
Orlando C. Moffatt Republican 1903–1906 Traverse City [7][35]
Fred C. Wetmore Republican 1907–1910 Cadillac [7][36]
Robert E. Walter Republican 1911–1916 Traverse City [7][37]
William W. Smith Republican 1917–1920 Traverse City [7][38]
Albert J. Engel Republican 1921–1922 Lake City [7][39]
William L. Case Republican 1923–1926 Benzonia [7][40]
Albert J. Engel Republican 1927–1932 Lake City [7][39]
Felix H. H. Flynn Republican 1933–1940 Cadillac [7][41]
James T. Milliken Republican 1941–1950 Traverse City [7][42]
Felix H. H. Flynn Republican 1951–1953 Cadillac Died in office.[7][41]
John Minnema Republican 1954–1960 Traverse City [7][43]
William G. Milliken Republican 1961–1964 Traverse City [7][44]
William Romano Democratic 1965–1966 Warren Died in office.[7][45][46]
James D. Gray Democratic 1967–1974 Warren [7][47]
John T. Bowman Democratic 1975–1977 Roseville Resigned to become a lobbyist.[7][48][49]
Art Miller Jr. Democratic 1977–1994 Warren [7][50]
Dan DeGrow Republican 1995–2002 Port Huron [7][51]
Robert L. Emerson Democratic 2003–2006 Flint [7][51]
John J. Gleason Democratic 2007–2013 Flushing Resigned after elected Genesee County Clerk/Register of Deeds.[7][52]
Jim Ananich Democratic 2013–2022 Flint [7][53][54]
John Cherry III Democratic 2023–present Flint [55]

Recent election results

Historical district boundaries

References

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