| State: | Michigan |
| District: | 21 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Sarah Anthony |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Lansing |
| Percent White: | 80 |
| Percent Black: | 10 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 6 |
| Percent Asian: | 1 |
| Percent Other Race: | 3 |
| Population: | 267,164[1] |
| Population Year: | 2018 |
Michigan's 21st Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 21st 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 Democrat Sarah Anthony since 2023, succeeding Republican Kim LaSata.[4] [5]
District 21 encompasses all of Eaton County, as well as part of Ingham County.[6]
District 21, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered Berrien, Cass, and St. Joseph Counties in far southwest Michigan. Communities in the district included Benton Harbor, Niles, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Benton Heights, Fair Plain, Paw Paw Lake, Dowagiac, Sturgis, Three Rivers, Benton Township, Lincoln Township, Niles Township, and St. Joseph Township.[7]
The district was located entirely within Michigan's 6th congressional district, and overlapped with the 59th, 78th, and 79th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[8] It bordered the state of Indiana, as well as Lake Michigan.[1]
| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick W. Curtenius | bgcolor= | Whig | 1853–1854 | Kalamazoo | [9] | ||
| Ebenezer Lakin Brown | bgcolor= | Republican | 1855–1856 | Schoolcraft | [10] | ||
| John Roberts | bgcolor= | Republican | 1857–1858 | Hastings | [11] | ||
| Harvey Williams | bgcolor= | Republican | 1859–1860 | Charlotte | [12] | ||
| Norman Bailey | bgcolor= | Republican | 1861–1862 | Hastings | [13] [14] | ||
| Smith W. Fowler | bgcolor= | Republican | 1863–1864 | Charlotte | [15] | ||
| John M. Nevins | bgcolor= | Republican | 1865–1866 | Hastings | [16] | ||
| James Turner | bgcolor= | Republican | 1867–1868 | Lansing | [17] | ||
| Stephen Pearl | bgcolor= | Republican | 1869–1870 | Duplain | [18] | ||
| Isaac M. Cravath | bgcolor= | Republican | 1871–1872 | Lansing | Died in office.[19] [20] | ||
| John N. Mellen | bgcolor= | Republican | 1873–1876 | Romeo | [21] | ||
| Crockett McElroy | bgcolor= | Republican | 1877–1880 | St. Clair | [22] | ||
| James R. McGurk | bgcolor= | Republican | 1881–1882 | Capac | [23] | ||
| James William Belknap | bgcolor= | Republican | 1883–1886 | Greenville | [24] | ||
| John W. Moon | bgcolor= | Republican | 1887–1888 | Muskegon | [25] | ||
| Jacob Den Herder | bgcolor= | Republican | 1889–1890 | Zeeland | [26] | ||
| George Ford Porter | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1891–1892 | Gooding | [27] | ||
| Edwin G. Fox | bgcolor= | Republican | 1893–1894 | Mayville | |||
| John L. Preston | bgcolor= | Republican | 1895–1898 | Columbiaville | [28] | ||
| Theron W. Atwood | bgcolor= | Republican | 1899–1902 | Caro | [29] | ||
| William E. Brown | bgcolor= | Republican | 1903–1906 | Lapeer | [30] | ||
| William McKay | bgcolor= | Republican | 1907–1908 | Caro | Died in office.[31] [32] | ||
| Edwin G. Fox | bgcolor= | Republican | 1909–1910 | Mayville | Died in office.[33] | ||
| John Conley | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1911–1912 | Lapeer | [34] | ||
| Terry T. Corliss | bgcolor= | Republican | 1913–1916 | Mayville | [35] | ||
| Charles B. Scully | bgcolor= | Republican | 1917–1920 | Almont | [36] | ||
| Burney E. Brower | bgcolor= | Republican | 1921–1926 | Jackson | [37] | ||
| Ari H. Woodruff | bgcolor= | Republican | 1927–1932 | Wyandotte | [38] [39] | ||
| John Nichczynski | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1933–1934 | Detroit | Died in office.[40] [41] | ||
| Sidney C. Gray | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1935–1936 | Detroit | [42] | ||
| Joseph C. Roosevelt | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1937–1938 | Detroit | [43] | ||
| Stanley Nowak | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1939–1948 | Detroit | [44] | ||
| Robert A. Haggerty | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1949–1954 | Detroit | [45] | ||
| Patrick J. Doyle | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1955–1962 | Dearborn | [46] | ||
| William D. Ford | bgcolor= | Republican | 1963–1964 | Taylor | [47] | ||
| Garry E. Brown | bgcolor= | Republican | 1965–1966 | Schoolcraft | [48] | ||
| Anthony Stamm | bgcolor= | Republican | 1967–1974 | Kalamazoo | Died in office.[49] | ||
| Jack Welborn | bgcolor= | Republican | 1974–1982 | Kalamazoo | [50] | ||
| Harmon G. Cropsey | bgcolor= | Republican | 1983–1990 | Decatur | [51] | ||
| Paul Wartner | bgcolor= | Republican | 1991–1994 | Portage | [52] | ||
| Dale L. Shugars | bgcolor= | Republican | 1995–2002 | Portage | [53] | ||
| Ron Jelinek | bgcolor= | Republican | 2003–2010 | Three Oaks | [54] | ||
| John Proos | bgcolor= | Republican | 2011–2018 | St. Joseph | [55] | ||
| Kim LaSata | bgcolor= | Republican | 2019–2022 | Bainbridge Township | [56] [57] [58] | ||
| Sarah Anthony | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2023–present | Lansing | [59] [60] | ||
| Year | Office | Results[61] |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Trump 57.3 – 40.8% |
| 2018 | Senate | James 56.5 – 41.0% |
| Governor | Schuette 54.6 – 41.9% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 57.3 – 37.5% |
| 2014 | Senate | Land 57.1 – 39.2% |
| Governor | Snyder 56.9 – 40.1% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 54.1 – 45.0% |
| Senate | Hoekstra 50.6 – 45.8% |
| Map | Description | Apportionment Plan | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Apportionment Plan | [62] | |
| 1972 Apportionment Plan | [63] | |
| 1982 Apportionment Plan | [64] | ||
| 1992 Apportionment Plan | [65] | ||
| 2001 Apportionment Plan | [66] | |
| 2011 Apportionment Plan | [67] | ||