Michigan's 17th congressional district is an obsolete

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. The first Representative to Congress elected from the 17th district,

George Anthony Dondero George Anthony Dondero (December 16, 1883 – January 29, 1968) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan. Background Dondero was born on a farm in Greenfield Township, Michigan, which has since become part ...

, took office in 1933, after

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due to the

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. The district was dissolved following the 1990 census. The last Representative elected from the district, Sander M. Levin, was subsequently elected from the 12th district. From 1982 until the districts demise it included all of Detroit west of the Southfield Freeway, Redford Township, Dearborn Heights, Southfield, Lathrup Village, Oak Park, Berkley, Royal Oak Township, Pleasant Ridge, Ferndale, Royal Oak, Huntington Woods and Clawson.

List of representatives

References

The Political graveyard: U.S. Representatives from Michigan, 1807-2003

U.S. Representatives 1837-2003
Michigan Manual 2003-2004 * *
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
17 Former congressional districts of the United States Constituencies established in 1933 1933 establishments in Michigan Constituencies disestablished in 1993 1993 disestablishments in Michigan {{US-Congress-stub