Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States. It borders Wisconsin to the northwest in the Upper Peninsula,and Indiana and Ohio to the south in the Lower Peninsula;it is also connected by Lakes Superior,Michigan,Huron,and Erie to Minnesota and Illinois,and the Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of 96,716 sq mi (250,490 km2),Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population,the 11th-largest by area,and the largest by area east of the Mississippi River. Its capital is Lansing,and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. The name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word ᒥᓯᑲᒥ,meaning "large water" or "large lake".
Macomb County is a county located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Michigan,bordering Lake St. Clair,and is part of northern Metro Detroit. As of the 2020 Census,the population was 881,217,making it the third-most populous county in the state. The county seat is Mt. Clemens. Macomb County is part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn,MI Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city of Detroit is located on the county's southern border. Macomb County contains 27 cities,townships and villages,including three of the top ten most-populous municipalities in Michigan as of the 2020 census:Warren (#3),Sterling Heights (#4) and Clinton Township (#8). Most of this population is concentrated south of Hall Road (M-59),one of the county's main thoroughfares.
Farmington Hills is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northwestern suburb of Detroit,Farmington Hills is located roughly 22 miles (35.4 km) from downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census,the city's population was 83,986,making it the second-largest community in Oakland County.
Pontiac is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County,Michigan,United States. As of the 2020 census,the city had a total population of 61,606. A part of Metro Detroit,Pontiac is about 20 miles (32.2 km) northwest of Detroit.
Dearborn is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit,Dearborn borders Detroit to the south and west,roughly 7 miles (11.3 km) west of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census,it had a population of 109,976,ranking as the seventh-largest city in Michigan. Dearborn is best known as the home of the Ford Motor Company,and the birthplace and hometown of its founder,Henry Ford.
John Stoughton Newberry was an American industrialist and politician. He served as the first provost marshal for the State of Michigan and as a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.
Gerhard Mennen "Soapy" Williams was an American politician who served as the 41st governor of Michigan,elected in 1948 and serving six two-year terms in office. He later served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and as chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.
Michigan's 12th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Michigan.
Henry Waldron was an American politician and a United States Representative from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Jerome Bob Traxler,also known as J. Bob Traxler or Bob Traxler,was an American lawyer and politician from Michigan. He served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 to 1993.
The Detroit Observatory is located on the corner of Observatory and Ann streets in Ann Arbor,Michigan. It was built in 1854,and was the first scientific research facility at the University of Michigan and one of the oldest observatories of its type in the nation. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1958 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Jack H. McDonald was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1973.
Dwight May was a politician from the U. S. state of Michigan who also served as officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The Clay Office and Conference Center is a renovated office complex formerly known as the Clay School. It is located at 453 Martin Luther King,Jr. Boulevard in Midtown Detroit,Michigan. It is the oldest school building in the city of Detroit. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1982.
Christ Church Detroit is an Episcopal church located at 960 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit,Michigan. It is also known as Old Christ Church,Detroit. It is the oldest Protestant church in Michigan still located on its original site. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1970 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
The Sibley House is a private residence located at 976 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit,Michigan. It currently is used as the Rectory of Christ Church Detroit. The house was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1958 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Franz Christian Kuhn was an American lawyer and judge. He served as Michigan Attorney General and later as a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court in the early 20th century. Kuhn was a Republican.
George W. Mans Jr. was an American college football player and coach and politician. He was the captain of the 1961 Michigan Wolverines football team,an assistant football coach at the University of Michigan from 1966 to 1973,and the head coach of the Eastern Michigan Eagles football team from 1974 to 1975. Mans later went into politics,serving as the mayor of Trenton,Michigan and a member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
William Henry Weatherspoon was an American songwriter and record producer,best known for his work for Motown Records in the 1960s. He co-wrote "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted",an international hit for Jimmy Ruffin,and many other hit songs.
An election was held on November 8,2016 to elect all 110 members to Michigan's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices,including U.S. President,U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. The primary election was held on August 2,2016.
