| State: | Michigan |
| District Number: | 16 |
| Obsolete: | yes |
| Created: | 1930 |
| Eliminated: | 2000 |
| Years: | 1933–2003 |
| Population Year: | 1990 |
Michigan's 16th congressional district is an obsolete United States congressional district in Michigan. It covered the communities of Dearborn, Downriver and Monroe County.[1]
The first Representative to Congress elected from the 16th district, John Lesinski, Sr., took office in 1933, after reapportionment due to the 1930 census. The district was dissolved following the 2000 census. The last Representative elected from the district, John Dingell, was subsequently elected from the 15th district. The only other Representative elected from the 16th district in its 70 years of existence was John Lesinski, Jr. It could be called a Polish district, because all three district's representatives were Polish-Americans.
| Election results from presidential races | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results | |
| 2000 | President | Gore 51 - 47% | |
| 1996 | President | Clinton 54 - 34% | |
| 1992 | President | Clinton 43 - 36% | |
| Representative | Party | Term | Cong ress | Electoral history | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1933 | |||||||
| align=left | John Lesinski Sr. | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1933– May 27, 1950 | Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936 Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Died. | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 27, 1950– January 3, 1951 | |||||
| align=left | John Lesinski Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1951– January 3, 1965 | Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Lost renomination. | ||
| align=left | John Dingell | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1965– January 3, 2003 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the . | ||
| District eliminated January 3, 2003 | |||||||
. The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. Kenneth C. Martis. 1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York.
. The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. Kenneth C. Martis. 1982. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York.