Philip Aloysius Hart was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat,he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death from cancer in Washington,D.C. in 1976. He was known as the "Conscience of the Senate". He is the namesake of the Hart Senate Office Building.
Dale Edward Kildee was an American politician who served as U.S. Representative of Michigan from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Sander Martin Levin is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2019,representing Michigan's 9th congressional district. Levin,a member of the Democratic Party from Michigan,is a former ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee;he was Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee from 2010 to 2011. He is the older brother of former U.S. Senator Carl Levin,and the father of former Congressman Andy Levin,his successor.
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. is an American politician,author,and businessman from Michigan. He served for five terms as a Representative and for three terms as a Senator in the U.S. Congress.
Benjamin Gratz Brown was an American politician. He was a U.S. Senator,the 20th Governor of Missouri,and the Liberal Republican and Democratic Party vice presidential candidate in the presidential election of 1872.
Julius Caesar Burrows was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
John Worth Kern was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana. While the title was not official,he is considered to be the first Senate majority leader,while serving concurrently as chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus. He was also the Democratic vice presidential nominee in the 1908 presidential election.
The 1970 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate. It took place on November 3,with the 33 seats of Class 1 contested in regular elections. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies. These races occurred in the middle of Richard Nixon's first term as president. The Democrats lost a net of three seats,while the Republicans and the Conservative Party of New York picked up one net seat each,and former Democrat Harry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected as an independent.
The 1964 United States Senate elections were held on November 3. The 33 seats of Class 1 were contested in regular elections. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies. They coincided with the election of President Lyndon B. Johnson by an overwhelming majority,to a full term. His Democratic Party picked up a net two seats from the Republicans. As of 2023,this was the last time either party has had a two-thirds majority in the Senate,which would have hypothetically allowed the Senate Democrats to override a veto,propose constitutional amendments,or convict and expel certain officials without any votes from Senate Republicans. In practice,however,internal divisions effectively prevented the Democrats from doing so. The Senate election cycle coincided with Democratic gains in the House in the same year.
James Grant O'Hara was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan,serving as U.S. Representative from 1959 to 1977.
Richard Franklin Vander Veen was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Frederic Thomas Greenhalge was a British-born lawyer and politician in the United States state of Massachusetts. He served in the United States House of Representatives and was the state's 38th governor. He was elected three consecutive times,but died early in his third term. He was the state's first foreign-born governor.
Edward Charles Pierce was a politician and physician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
James Whitney Dunn is an American politician and businessman from the Michigan. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1983 before unsuccessfully seeking reelection. He ran for the Senate in 1988,but was defeated by Democratic incumbent Donald W. Riegle,Jr. He sought another term in the U.S. House in 1990,but lost in the Republican primary to Dave Camp.
Michael James Hart was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
George Frederick Richardson was a politician from the U.S. states of Michigan and Washington.
Neil Oliver Staebler was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Andrew Neumann is a Democratic state legislator from Michigan. He served in the Michigan State House of Representatives,representing the 106th District from 2009 to 2010. The 106th District is located in the North East Lower Peninsula and includes all of Alcona,Alpena,Crawford,Montmorency,Oscoda,and Presque Isle counties. He was elected on November 4,2008 to replace outgoing Rep. Matthew Gillard. Neumann previously represented the 106th District from 1999–2003 and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Michigan State Senate in 2002. In 2003,he was appointed Fire Marshal for the State of Michigan.
Elections were held in Delaware on Tuesday,November 2,2010. Primary elections were held on September 14,2010.
Joseph S. Mack (1919-2005) was a Democratic member of the Michigan Senate,representing much of the Upper Peninsula from 1967 to 1990.
