Martha Wright Griffiths was an American lawyer and judge before being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1954. Griffiths was the first woman to serve on the House Committee on Ways and Means and the first woman elected to the United States Congress from Michigan as a member of the Democratic Party. She was "instrumental" in including the prohibition of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 1982,Griffiths was also the first woman elected lieutenant governor of Michigan,as Matilda Dodge Wilson had been appointed the first female lieutenant governor of Michigan in 1939.
James Johnston Blanchard is an American attorney,diplomat,and politician who served as the 45th governor of Michigan from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic Party,Blanchard previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983,and later as the United States Ambassador to Canada from 1993 to 1996.
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 was the older brother of former U.S. Senator Carl Levin,and is the father of former Congressman Andy Levin,his successor.
Robert McClelland was an American statesman,serving as U.S. Representative from Michigan,the ninth governor of Michigan,and United States Secretary of the Interior.
Milton Robert Carr was an American lawyer,academic,and politician from Michigan.
Vincent Morrison Brennan was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1923.
Frank Eugene Hook was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Henry Frazier Reams Sr. was an American lawyer and politician of the United States Democratic Party from Toledo,Ohio. Reams served as a U.S. Congressman from Ohio from 1951 to 1955.
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.
John Logan Chipman was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who was most notable for his service as a United States representative from 1887 until his death.
Raymond Francis Clevenger was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan between 1965 and 1967.
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 1984,losing the Republican primary to astronaut Jack R. Lousma,and in 1988,when he 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,ending his electoral career.
Billie Sunday Farnum was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1967.
Dennis Mark Hertel is an American politician and lawyer from Michigan. From 1981 to 1993,he served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Timothy Edward Tarsney was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1889.
Harold Martin Ryan was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was twice elected to the United States House of Representatives,serving from 1962 to 1965.
Samuel Fowler was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the U.S. representative for two terms from 1889 to 1893.
John Corbett O'Meara was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Marietta Sebree "Marti" Robinson is an American lawyer and former political candidate in Michigan and California. She is a former Commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
