John Mathias Engler is an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th Governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party,he later worked for Business Roundtable,where The Hill called him one of the country's top lobbyists.
Woodbridge Nathan Ferris was an American educator from New York,Illinois and Michigan who served as the 28th Governor of Michigan and in the United States Senate as a Democrat.
Thomas White Ferry,or T.W. Ferry,was a U.S. Representative,U.S. Senator,and acting Vice President of the United States from the State of Michigan. Except for President Gerald Ford,no Michigan politician has held higher office than Ferry. He is one of only four United States senators from Michigan to have served as president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate,and Ferry is the only U.S. senator from Michigan to hold the position for multiple Congresses.
Robert Paul Griffin was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he represented Michigan in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate and was a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. He co-sponsored the Landrum-Griffin Act,which regulates the internal affairs of labor unions. As a deputy minority leader in the Senate,he called on President Richard Nixon,a fellow Republican,to resign during the Watergate scandal.
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.
Paul Brentwood Henry was an American professor of political science and politician from Michigan. He was elected to five terms and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 until his death from brain cancer in Grand Rapids,Michigan in 1993.
The 1978 United States Senate elections in the middle of Democratic President Jimmy Carter's term. Thirteen seats changed hands between parties,resulting in a net gain of three seats for the Republicans. Democrats nevertheless retained a 58–41 majority.
The Michigan Republican Party is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in Michigan,sometimes referred to as MIGOP. Ronald Weiser was elected chairman in 2021.
Frank Dwight Fitzgerald was an American politician. He was elected as the 34th and 36th Governor of Michigan and was the only Michigan governor to die in office.
Michael J. Bouchard is an American politician who has served as Sheriff of Oakland County,Michigan since 1999. A member of the Republican Party,Bouchard previously served in the Michigan State Senate from 1991 to 1999,and as the Senate Majority Leader from 1998 to 1999. He was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for United States Senate in 2006,losing to incumbent Debbie Stabenow.
Richard Franklin Vander Veen was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Robert William Davis was an American politician from the state of Michigan. He represented the state's 11th congressional district,which at that time included the Upper Peninsula and a large portion of Northern Michigan,in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until 1993.
Marvin Leonel Esch was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan and a member of the Republican Party. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1977 before unsuccessfully seeking a seat in the United States Senate in the 1976 election. Following his political career,Esch became active in business and political activism,becoming director of public affairs for the U.S. Steel Corporation and director of programs and seminars for the American Enterprise Institute.
Henry Franklin Thomas was an American physician and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1893 to 1897
Philip Edward Ruppe is an American former politician from the U.S. state of Michigan and a member of the Republican Party. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1979 before running,unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 1982. He is a Korean War veteran,having served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. After leaving the U.S. House,Ruppe became active in business before running for election,without success,to the 103rd Congress.
John Robert Moolenaar is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 4th congressional district since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2003 to 2008 and the Michigan Senate from 2011 to 2014.
Herbert F. Baker was an American politician who served in the Michigan Legislature.
Events from the year 2012 in Michigan.
