The Fifth Congressional District of the U.S. state of Michigan is located in a mostly industrial area^[1] encompasing the area south of Saginaw Bay in Tuscola, Saginaw, and Genesee counties in the eastern-central portion of the state. The seat of the district is currently occupied by Democrat, Dale E. Kildee. Who typically faces little opposition in this heavily leftward leaning district^[2]. The district is notable as the seat was from 1949–1973 held by Gerald R. Ford, who in 1974 became the 38th President of the United States upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, at the height of the infamous Watergate Scandal; however, the district was then located in the southwestern part of the state in the Grand Rapids area. U.S. Congressional districts are determined after each census. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries â€¢ Politics Portal      A state of the United States is any one of the fifty subnational entities referred to... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... Saginaw Bay is located on Lake Huron, and forms the space between The Thumb and the rest of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan on the eastern side of the state of Michigan. ... Tuscola County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Saginaw County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Location in the state of Michigan Formed 1837 Seat Flint Area  - Total  - Water 1,682 km² (649 mi²) 25 km² (10 mi²) 1. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... Dale Edward Kildee (born September 16, 1929), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan since 1977. ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... The term Watergate scandal refers to a series of events during 1972 and 1974, that gained its name from burglaries of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C.. Though then-President Richard Nixon had endured two years of mounting political embarrassments, the... Nickname: Furniture City, G-Rap, GR Location of Grand Rapids within Kent County, Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Kent Mayor George Heartwell Area    - City 45. ...

Former seat occupants

The following is a list of all occupants of the congressional seat since the district was created at the start of the 38th Congress United States Capitol // The Thirty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. ...

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References

1. ^ http://www.house.gov/kildee/historical.shtml
2. ^ http://www.michiganliberal.com/tag.do?tag=CD05