Michigan's 13th congressional district
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Michigan's 13th congressional district is a United States
congressional district
in Wayne County, Michigan
. It includes the east side of Detroit
, portions of the city's near west side, the inner suburbs of River Rouge
, Harper Woods
, Ecorse
, the downriver
communities of Lincoln Park
, and Wyandotte
, as well as the upscale Grosse Pointe
suburbs.
It is currently represented by Democrat Hansen Clarke
.
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Following the 2000 census
, the congressional apportionment
for Michigan was reduced by one and redistricting
resulted in the land area of the 13th district (as well as several others) changing significantly.
Prior to 2002, the 13th district encompassed a large portion of western Wayne County and part of eastern Washtenaw County
.
Following redistricting, the new 13th district incorporated most of what had formerly been the 15th district
, as well as a large portion of the 14th district
and part of the 16th district
.
Before Redistricting the old 15th District included Lincoln Park
, Ecorse
, River Rouge
, Hamtramck
, Grosse Pointe Park
, Grosse Pointe Shores
, and Grosse Pointe Farms
. It also included all Detroit south and east of a line beginning at the point where Greenfield Road intersects the Dearborn border, heading north along Greenfield until it reached Lyndon Avenue. At Lyndon the line headed east to Livernois, although the was a small area on the south side of Lyndon just east of Schaffer Avenue that was in the 14th district. The boundary line then went about a block south on Livernois until it reached Doris Avenue. It followed Doris to Linwood Avenue (not to be confused with Lyndon Avenue) where it went not even a normal block's length south to go on Oakman Blvd. until it reached the Highland Park City line. The boundary ran along the west and south sides of Highland Park until the point where Highland Park meets Hamtramck. From this point the boundary ran along the western and Northern boundary of Hamtramck and then the eastern boandary of Hamtrack, until the point where the boundary intersected Brockton which was then followed in a north-easterly direction until the intersection of Brockton and Mt. Elliot. At Mt. Elliot the boundary turned south until intersecting Georgia Avenue, and then proceeded east along Georgia Avenue. When the boundary intersected Van Dyke Avenue it turned north until it intersected Ginnell Avenue where it again turned east. The boundary followed Grinnell Avenue until it intersected Harding Avenue, where it turned south east for a block to where it intersected Gratiot and then turned to going Northeast.
The boundary followed Gratiot until it intersects Houston Whittier St, at which point it again turned east, following Houston Whittier until intersecting Kelly Road. The boundary then followed Kelly Road in a northeasterly direction until intersection Grayton Road, which went east by southeast. It followed Grayton until intersecting I-94 which it essentially followed north-eastward until it intersected the Grosse Point line.
The simple differences betwwen the old 15th and the new 13th Districts is that the new 13th includes Grosse Pointe Shores, Grosse Pointe Woods and Harper Woods as well as Wyandotte, and no longer includes Hamtramck. The change in its part of Detroit is harder to explain, but the first thing to remember is it now touches 8 Mile Road. The portion of the diatrict north of Tireman and west of Livernois has been moved to the 14th district. East of Livernois the boundary has been moved about 12 blocks south to about Courtland Street. It generally follows this line until intersecting with the Highland Park border. Highland Park remains in the 14th district. Hamtrack's western border where it touchs Detroit and then its southern border formers the district line. This is then true of Hamtramck's eastern border, and then its northern border until this intersects Conant. Where the northern border of Hamtramck goes east of Conant, Conant becomes the western border of the 13th District. The boundary then follows Conant in a northeastward direction until it intersects Dequinder which it follows to Eight Mile. Thus the area north of the old district line east of Conant was all transferred from the 14th district to the 13th district.
The districts area had a population that was 60.8% African-American in 2000. This was down from 69.9% African-American in the old 15th district in 2000. The area of the 15th district had been 70% African-American in 1990. These figures are not 100% comparable since the 1990 census did not allow marking more than one race while the 2000 census did.
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Congressional district
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in Wayne County, Michigan
Wayne County, Michigan
-History:Wayne County was one of the first counties formed when the Northwest Territory was organized. It was named for the American general "Mad Anthony" Wayne. It originally encompassed the entire area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, as well as small sections that are now part of northern...
. It includes the east side of Detroit
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
, portions of the city's near west side, the inner suburbs of River Rouge
River Rouge, Michigan
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,917 people, 3,640 households, and 2,504 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,713.9 per square mile . There were 4,080 housing units at an average density of 1,528.0 per square mile...
, Harper Woods
Harper Woods, Michigan
Harper Woods is a city located on the eastside of suburban Detroit, Michigan, United States. The city is located in Wayne County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 14,236.- History :...
, Ecorse
Ecorse, Michigan
Ecorse is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan, named for the Ecorse River. The population was 9,512 at the 2010 census.-History:...
, the downriver
Downriver
Downriver is the unofficial name for a collection of 18 suburban cities and townships in Wayne County, Michigan south of Detroit along the western shore of the Detroit River....
communities of Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park, Michigan
Lincoln Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It lies in an area of cities and communities known as Downriver. The population was 38,144 at the 2010 census . The settlement was organized as a village in 1921, and reorganized as a city in 1925. The area was originally home to...
, and Wyandotte
Wyandotte, Michigan
Wyandotte is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 25,883 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 7.6% from 2000. Wyandotte is located in southeastern Michigan, approximately south of Detroit on the Detroit River, and is part of the collection of communities known as...
, as well as the upscale Grosse Pointe
Grosse Pointe
Grosse Pointe refers to a coastal area in Metro Detroit, Michigan, United States that comprises five adjacent individual communities. From southwest to northeast, they are:*Grosse Pointe Park, city*Grosse Pointe, city*Grosse Pointe Farms, city...
suburbs.
It is currently represented by Democrat Hansen Clarke
Hansen Clarke
Hansen Hashim Clarke is the U.S. Representative for . Clarke, a Democrat, was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1991 through 1992, and from 1999 through 2002. He then served in the Michigan Senate, representing the 1st District from January 1, 2003 to January 3, 2011. Clarke...
.
2002 redistricting
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, the congressional apportionment
United States congressional apportionment
United States congressional apportionment is the process by which seats in the United States House of Representatives are redistributed amongst the 50 states following each constitutionally mandated decennial census. Each state is apportioned a number of seats which approximately corresponds to its...
for Michigan was reduced by one and redistricting
Redistricting
Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to...
resulted in the land area of the 13th district (as well as several others) changing significantly.
Prior to 2002, the 13th district encompassed a large portion of western Wayne County and part of eastern Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County, Michigan
Washtenaw County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 344,791. Its county seat is Ann Arbor. The United States Office of Management and Budget defines the county as part of the Detroit–Warren–Flint Combined Statistical Area...
.
Following redistricting, the new 13th district incorporated most of what had formerly been the 15th district
Michigan's 15th congressional district
Michigan's 15th congressional district 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. It also includes the western portion of Dearborn...
, as well as a large portion of the 14th district
Michigan's 14th congressional district
Michigan's 14th congressional district is a congressional district in Wayne County, Michigan, encompassing the northwest side of Detroit, the suburbs located immediately west of the city, the Downriver suburbs adjacent to the Detroit River and the enclaves of Highland Park and Hamtramck. It has...
and part of the 16th district
Michigan's 16th congressional district
Michigan's 16th congressional district is an obsolete United States congressional district in Michigan. It covered the communities of Dearborn, Downriver and Monroe County....
.
Before Redistricting the old 15th District included Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park, Michigan
Lincoln Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It lies in an area of cities and communities known as Downriver. The population was 38,144 at the 2010 census . The settlement was organized as a village in 1921, and reorganized as a city in 1925. The area was originally home to...
, Ecorse
Ecorse, Michigan
Ecorse is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan, named for the Ecorse River. The population was 9,512 at the 2010 census.-History:...
, River Rouge
River Rouge, Michigan
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,917 people, 3,640 households, and 2,504 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,713.9 per square mile . There were 4,080 housing units at an average density of 1,528.0 per square mile...
, Hamtramck
Hamtramck, Michigan
Hamtramck is a city in Wayne County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 22,423. Hamtramck is surrounded by the city of Detroit except for a small portion of the western border that touches the similarly surrounded city of Highland Park...
, Grosse Pointe Park
Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan
Grosse Pointe Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 11,555 at the 2010 census. Bordering on Detroit with frontage on southern Lake Saint Clair, it is the westernmost of the noted Grosse Pointe suburbs, with the oldest overall housing stock of the five cities...
, Grosse Pointe Shores
Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan
Grosse Pointe Shores is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. With only land area, the city is the smallest of the five Grosse Pointe communities. The city, which is entirely residential, is the location of the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club on Lake Saint Clair. The city's population was 3,008 at the...
, and Grosse Pointe Farms
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
Grosse Pointe Farms is a suburban city bordering Detroit located in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It ranks as the 76th highest-income city in America. The population was 9,479 at the 2010 census. It is bordered by Grosse Pointe on the west, Detroit on the north, Grosse Pointe Woods...
. It also included all Detroit south and east of a line beginning at the point where Greenfield Road intersects the Dearborn border, heading north along Greenfield until it reached Lyndon Avenue. At Lyndon the line headed east to Livernois, although the was a small area on the south side of Lyndon just east of Schaffer Avenue that was in the 14th district. The boundary line then went about a block south on Livernois until it reached Doris Avenue. It followed Doris to Linwood Avenue (not to be confused with Lyndon Avenue) where it went not even a normal block's length south to go on Oakman Blvd. until it reached the Highland Park City line. The boundary ran along the west and south sides of Highland Park until the point where Highland Park meets Hamtramck. From this point the boundary ran along the western and Northern boundary of Hamtramck and then the eastern boandary of Hamtrack, until the point where the boundary intersected Brockton which was then followed in a north-easterly direction until the intersection of Brockton and Mt. Elliot. At Mt. Elliot the boundary turned south until intersecting Georgia Avenue, and then proceeded east along Georgia Avenue. When the boundary intersected Van Dyke Avenue it turned north until it intersected Ginnell Avenue where it again turned east. The boundary followed Grinnell Avenue until it intersected Harding Avenue, where it turned south east for a block to where it intersected Gratiot and then turned to going Northeast.
The boundary followed Gratiot until it intersects Houston Whittier St, at which point it again turned east, following Houston Whittier until intersecting Kelly Road. The boundary then followed Kelly Road in a northeasterly direction until intersection Grayton Road, which went east by southeast. It followed Grayton until intersecting I-94 which it essentially followed north-eastward until it intersected the Grosse Point line.
The simple differences betwwen the old 15th and the new 13th Districts is that the new 13th includes Grosse Pointe Shores, Grosse Pointe Woods and Harper Woods as well as Wyandotte, and no longer includes Hamtramck. The change in its part of Detroit is harder to explain, but the first thing to remember is it now touches 8 Mile Road. The portion of the diatrict north of Tireman and west of Livernois has been moved to the 14th district. East of Livernois the boundary has been moved about 12 blocks south to about Courtland Street. It generally follows this line until intersecting with the Highland Park border. Highland Park remains in the 14th district. Hamtrack's western border where it touchs Detroit and then its southern border formers the district line. This is then true of Hamtramck's eastern border, and then its northern border until this intersects Conant. Where the northern border of Hamtramck goes east of Conant, Conant becomes the western border of the 13th District. The boundary then follows Conant in a northeastward direction until it intersects Dequinder which it follows to Eight Mile. Thus the area north of the old district line east of Conant was all transferred from the 14th district to the 13th district.
The districts area had a population that was 60.8% African-American in 2000. This was down from 69.9% African-American in the old 15th district in 2000. The area of the 15th district had been 70% African-American in 1990. These figures are not 100% comparable since the 1990 census did not allow marking more than one race while the 2000 census did.
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List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | Congress | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created | March 4, 1913 | |||
| Patrick H. Kelley Patrick H. Kelley Patrick Henry Kelley was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as U.S. Representative from Michigan's 6th congressional district from 1915-1923.-Biography:... |
Republican | March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915 | 63rd | Redistricted Redistricting Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to... to the |
| Charles A. Nichols Charles Archibald Nichols Charles Archibald Nichols was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Nichols was born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whitney Nichols in Boyne City, Michigan, and attended the public schools. He engaged in newspaper work as reporter and criminal investigator for the Detroit Journal and the Detroit... |
Republican | March 4, 1915 - April 25, 1920 | 64th-66th | Died |
| Vacant | April 25, 1920 – November 2, 1920 |
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| Clarence McLeod | Republican | November 2, 1920 - March 3, 1921 | 66th | |
| Vincent M. Brennan Vincent M. Brennan Vincent Morrison Brennan was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Brennan was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan and moved with his parents to Detroit in 1895. He graduated from SS... |
Republican | March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1923 | 67th | |
| Clarence McLeod | Republican | March 4, 1923 - January 3, 1937 | 68th-74th | |
| George O'Brien George D. O'Brien George Donoghue O’Brien was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.... |
Democratic | January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1939 | 75th | |
| Clarence McLeod | Republican | January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1941 | 76th | |
| George O'Brien George D. O'Brien George Donoghue O’Brien was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.... |
Democratic | January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1947 | 77th-79th | |
| Howard A. Coffin Howard A. Coffin Howard Aldridge Coffin was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Coffin was born in Middleborough, Massachusetts and attended the Vermont Academy at Saxtons River... |
Republican | January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1949 | 80th | |
| George O'Brien George D. O'Brien George Donoghue O’Brien was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.... |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1955 | 81st-83rd | |
| Charles C. Diggs, Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1955 - June 3, 1980 | 83rd-96th | Resigned |
| Vacant | June 3, 1980 – November 4, 1980 |
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| George W. Crockett, Jr. | Democratic | November 4, 1980 - January 3, 1991 | 96th-101st | |
| Barbara-Rose Collins Barbara-Rose Collins Barbara-Rose Collins is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.According to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress , Collins, was:... |
Democratic | January 3, 1991 - January 3, 1993 | 102nd | Redistricted Redistricting Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to... to the |
| William D. Ford William D. Ford William David Ford was a U.S. Representative from Michigan.Ford was born in Detroit and attended Henry Ford Trade School, Melvindale High School, Nebraska State Teachers College, and Wayne State University.... |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 - January 3, 1995 | 103rd | Redistricted Redistricting Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to... from the |
| Lynn N. Rivers Lynn N. Rivers Lynn Nancy Rivers is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Rivers was born in Au Gres, Michigan and graduated from Au Gres-Sims High School, Arenac County, in 1975. She received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1987 and a J.D. from Wayne State University in 1992... |
Democratic | January 3, 1995 - January 3, 2003 | 104th-107nd | |
| Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick is an American politician who was U.S. Representative for from 1997 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In August 2010 she lost the Democratic primary election... |
Democratic | January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2011 | 108th-111th | Redistricted Redistricting Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to... from the , Incumbent |
| Hansen Clarke Hansen Clarke Hansen Hashim Clarke is the U.S. Representative for . Clarke, a Democrat, was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1991 through 1992, and from 1999 through 2002. He then served in the Michigan Senate, representing the 1st District from January 1, 2003 to January 3, 2011. Clarke... |
Democratic | January 3, 2011 - present | 112th | Defeated incumbent Kilpatrick in the Democratic Primary |