Michigan's 8th Senate district

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Senator
  Mallory McMorrow
D–Royal Oak
Demographics49% White
42% Black
2% Hispanic
2% Asian
1% Other
3% Multiracial
Population(2022)260,994
Notes[1]
Michigan's 8th
State Senate district
Senator
  Mallory McMorrow
D–Royal Oak
Demographics49% White
42% Black
2% Hispanic
2% Asian
1% Other
3% Multiracial
Population (2022)260,994
Notes[1]

Michigan's 8th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The current senator for the district is Mallory McMorrow of Royal Oak.[2]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 8 encompasses parts of Oakland and Wayne counties.[3]

District 8, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in northern and coastal Macomb County to the north of Detroit, including the communities of St. Clair Shores, Harrison Township, Mount Clemens, Chesterfield Township, New Baltimore, Lenox Township, New Haven, Ray Township, Utica, Shelby Township, Washington Township, Romeo, and Bruce Township.[4]

The district overlapped with Michigan's 9th and 10th congressional districts, and with the 18th, 24th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 36th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[5]

List of senators

Senator Party Dates Residence Notes
Alexander M. Arzeno Democratic 1853–1854 Newport [6][7]
William H. Montgomery Democratic 1855–1856 Ida [6][8][9]
William H. Pattison Republican 1857–1858 Saline [6][10][11]
Chester L. Yost Republican 1859–1860 Ypsilanti [6][12]
Nathan Webb Republican 1861–1862 Ypsilanti [6][13]
John J. Robison Democratic 1863–1864 Manchester Elected on a Fusionist ticket.[6][14][15]
J. Webster Childs Republican 1865–1866 Ypsilanti [6][16][17]
Charles Croswell Republican 1867–1868 Adrian [6][18]
John K. Boies Republican 1869–1870 Hudson [6][19]
James P. Cawley Republican 1871–1872 Morenci [6][20][21]
Philip H. Emerson Republican 1873 Battle Creek Resigned to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah.[6][22]
Willson F. Hewitt Republican 1874 Marshall [6][23]
William Cook Republican 1875–1878 Homer [6][24]
John C. Patterson Republican 1879–1882 Marshall [6][25]
Charles Austin Republican 1883–1886 Battle Creek [6][26]
Warren J. Willits Republican 1887–1888 Three Rivers [6][27]
Peyton Ranney Republican 1889–1890 Kalamazoo [6][28]
Marden Sabin Republican 1891–1892 Centreville [6][29]
Jan W. Garvelink Republican 1893–1894 Allegan County [6][30]
George W. Merriman Republican 1895–1898 Hartford [6][31]
James W. Humphrey Republican 1899–1902 Wayland [6][32]
Jason Woodman Republican 1903–1906 Paw Paw [6][33]
Erastus N. Bates Republican 1907–1910 Moline [6][34]
Milan D. Wiggins Republican 1911–1914 Bloomingdale Died in office.[6][35]
Burrell Tripp Republican 1915–1918 Allegan [6][36]
Bayard G. Davis Republican 1919–1922 Lawton [6][37]
George Leland Republican 1923–1934 Fennville Died in office.[6][38]
Frank R. Mosier Republican 1935–1936 Fennville [6][39]
Earl L. Burhans Republican 1937–1942 Paw Paw [6][40]
Harold D. Tripp Republican 1943–1950 Allegan [6][41]
J. Edward Hutchinson Republican 1951–1960 Fennville [6][42]
Frederic Hilbert Republican 1961–1964 Wayland [6][43]
Michael J. O'Brien Democratic 1965–1974 Detroit Died in office.[6][44]
Michael J. O'Brien Jr. Democratic 1974 Detroit [6][45]
Donald E. Bishop Republican 1975–1982 Rochester [6][46]
Philip Mastin Democratic 1983 Pontiac Recalled.[6][47]
Rudy J. Nichols Republican 1984–1990 Waterford [6][48]
Mat J. Dunaskiss Republican 1991–1994 Lake Orion [6][49]
Loren N. Bennett Republican 1995–2002 Canton [6][50]
Raymond E. Basham Democratic 2003–2010 Taylor [6][51]
Hoon-Yung Hopgood Democratic 2011–2014 Taylor [6][52]
Jack Brandenburg Republican 2015–2018 Harrison Township [6][53]
Peter Lucido Republican 2019–2020 Shelby Township Resigned after elected Macomb County prosecutor.[6][54]
Doug Wozniak Republican 2021–2022 Shelby Township [6][55]
Mallory McMorrow Democratic 2023–present Royal Oak [56]

Recent election results

Historical district boundaries

References

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