Michigan's 5th congressional district

Michigan's 5th congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It includes all of Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe (except for the city of Milan), and St. Joseph counties, southern Berrien County, most of Calhoun County, and far southern Kalamazoo County. The district is represented by Republican Tim Walberg.

From 1873 to 1993, the 5th was based in the Grand Rapids area of Western Michigan. Its most notable member was Gerald Ford, who in 1974 became the 38th President of the United States upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, at the height of the Watergate Scandal.

In 1993, this district essentially became the 3rd district, while the 5th was redrawn to take in Bay City, Saginaw and the Thumb, the core of the old 8th district. After the 2000 census, this district was extended to Flint, previously the core of the 9th district; however, it was geographically and demographically the successor of the 9th.

Major cities

 * Adrian
 * Albion
 * Cassopolis
 * Coldwater
 * Dowagiac
 * Hillsdale
 * Jackson
 * Marshall
 * Monroe
 * Niles
 * Sturgis
 * Three Rivers

List of members representing the district
The following is a list of all occupants of the congressional seat since the district was created at the start of the 38th Congress.