| State: | Michigan |
| District: | 17 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Jonathan Lindsey |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Coldwater |
| Percent White: | 85 |
| Percent Black: | 4 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 6 |
| Percent Asian: | 1 |
| Percent Multiracial: | 4 |
| Population: | 270,220 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Notes: | [1] |
Michigan's 17th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 17th district was created by the 1850 Michigan Constitution, as the 1835 constitution only permitted a maximum of eight senate districts.[2] [3] It has been represented by Republican Jonathan Lindsey since 2023, succeeding fellow Republican Dale Zorn.[4] [5]
District 17 encompasses all of Branch, Cass, and St. Joseph counties, as well as parts of Berrien, Calhoun, Hillsdale, and Jackson counties.[6]
District 17, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered Lenawee and Monroe Counties on the outskirts of Detroit and Toledo, including the communities of Monroe, Adrian, Tecumseh, Carleton, Dundee, Hudson, Morenci, Blissfield, Clinton, Bedford Township, Monroe Township, Frenchtown Township, Berlin Township, Madison Township, and part of Milan.[7]
The district was located entirely within Michigan's 7th congressional district, and overlapped with the 17th, 56th, 57th, and 65th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[8] It bordered the state of Ohio, and shared a water border with Canada via Lake Erie.[9]
| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward S. Moore | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1853–1854 | Three Rivers | [10] | ||
| Charles Upson | bgcolor= | Republican | 1855–1856 | Centreville | [11] | ||
| Alonzo Garwood | bgcolor= | Republican | 1857–1858 | Cassopolis | [12] | ||
| George Meacham | bgcolor= | Republican | 1859–1860 | Union | [13] | ||
| Gilman C. Jones | bgcolor= | Republican | 1861–1862 | Dowagiac | [14] | ||
| Emmons Buell | bgcolor= | Republican | 1863–1864 | Cass County | [15] | ||
| Levi Aldrich | bgcolor= | Republican | 1865–1866 | Edwardsburg | [16] | ||
| William B. Williams | bgcolor= | Republican | 1867–1870 | Allegan | [17] | ||
| Francis B. Stockbridge | bgcolor= | Republican | 1871–1872 | Saugatuck | [18] | ||
| Adam Beattie | bgcolor= | Republican | 1873–1874 | Ovid | [19] | ||
| George M. Huntington | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1875–1876 | Mason | |||
| Lorison J. Taylor | bgcolor= | Republican | 1877–1878 | Laingsburg | [20] [21] | ||
| Horace Halbert | bgcolor= | Republican | 1879–1880 | Fowlerville | [22] | ||
| William M. Kilpatrick | bgcolor= | Republican | 1881–1882 | Owosso | [23] | ||
| Justin R. Whiting | bgcolor= | Greenback | 1883–1884 | St. Clair | Also backed by the Democrats.[24] [25] | ||
| William M. Cline | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1885–1886 | Port Huron | Elected on a fusion ticket in 1884, backed by both the Democrats and the Greenback Party.[26] [27] | ||
| Edwin G. Fox | bgcolor= | Republican | 1887–1890 | Mayville | [28] | ||
| John Bastone | bgcolor= | Patrons[29] | 1891 | Caro | Also endorsed by the Democrats. Resigned.[30] [31] | ||
| Edmund M. Barnard | bgcolor= | Republican | 1893–1898 | Grand Rapids | [32] | ||
| Robert D. Graham | bgcolor= | Republican | 1899–1900 | Grand Rapids | [33] | ||
| Augustus W. Weekes | bgcolor= | Republican | 1901–1904 | Lowell | [34] | ||
| Huntley Russell | bgcolor= | Republican | 1905–1908 | Kent County | [35] | ||
| Horace T. Barnaby Jr. | bgcolor= | Republican | 1909–1912 | Grand Rapids | [36] | ||
| Thomas H. McNaughton | bgcolor= | Republican | 1913–1914 | Ada | |||
| John Paul | bgcolor= | Republican | 1915–1916 | East Grand Rapids | [37] | ||
| Anson R. Harrington | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1917–1918 | Comstock Park | [38] | ||
| Thomas H. McNaughton | bgcolor= | Republican | 1919–1924 | Ada | [39] | ||
| James C. Quinlan | bgcolor= | Republican | 1925–1928 | Grand Rapids | |||
| James A. Skinner | bgcolor= | Republican | 1929–1932 | Cedar Springs | [40] | ||
| J. Neal Lamoreaux | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1933–1934 | Comstock Park | |||
| M. Harold Saur | bgcolor= | Republican | 1935–1936 | Kent City | |||
| J. Neal Lamoreaux | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1937–1938 | Comstock Park | [41] | ||
| M. Harold Saur | bgcolor= | Republican | 1939–1946 | Kent City | [42] | ||
| James C. Quinlan | bgcolor= | Republican | 1947–1948 | Grand Rapids | Died in office.[43] | ||
| John B. Martin Jr. | bgcolor= | Republican | 1949–1950 | Grand Rapids | [44] | ||
| Charles R. Feenstra | bgcolor= | Republican | 1951–1962 | Grand Rapids | [45] | ||
| Robert VanderLaan | bgcolor= | Republican | 1963–1964 | Grand Rapids | [46] | ||
| Carl W. O'Brien | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1965–1966 | Pontiac | [47] | ||
| L. Harvey Lodge | bgcolor= | Republican | 1967–1974 | Waterford | [48] [49] | ||
| Kerry K. Kammer | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1975–1982 | Pontiac | [50] | ||
| Richard D. Fessler | bgcolor= | Republican | 1983–1990 | Union Lake | [51] | ||
| Jim Berryman | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1995–1998 | Adrian | [52] | ||
| Beverly S. Hammerstrom | bgcolor= | Republican | 1999–2006 | Temperance | [53] | ||
| Randy Richardville | bgcolor= | Republican | 2007–2014 | Monroe | [54] | ||
| Dale Zorn | bgcolor= | Republican | 2015–2022 | Ida | [55] [56] | ||
| Jonathan Lindsey | bgcolor= | Republican | 2023–present | Coldwater | [57] | ||
| Year | Office | Results[58] |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Trump 59.9 – 38.3% |
| 2018 | Senate | James 54.8 – 43.1% |
| Governor | Schuette 52.7 – 44.3% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 58.1 – 36.3% |
| 2014 | Senate | Land 47.9 – 47.6% |
| Governor | Snyder 52.4 – 44.8% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 49.5 – 49.4% |
| Senate | Stabenow 54.9 – 41.4% |
| Map | Description | Apportionment Plan | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Apportionment Plan | [59] | |
| 1972 Apportionment Plan | [60] | |
| 1982 Apportionment Plan | [61] | |
| 1992 Apportionment Plan | [62] | ||
| 2001 Apportionment Plan | [63] | |
| 2011 Apportionment Plan | [64] | ||