# Michigan's 16th congressional district

Michigan's 16th congressional district is an obsolete United States congressional district in Michigan. It covered the communities of Dearborn, Downriver and Monroe County.
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.

## Voting

Election results from presidential races :
| Year | Office | Results |
| 2000 | President | Gore 51 - 47% |
| 1996 | President | Clinton 54 - 34% |
| 1992 | President | Clinton 43 - 36% |

## List of members representing the district

| Representative | Party | Term | Cong ress | Electoral history |
| District created March 4, 1933 |||||
| John Lesinski Sr. (Dearborn) | Democratic | March 4, 1933– May 27, 1950 | 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st | 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 | Vacant | May 27, 1950– January 3, 1951 | 81st | |
| John Lesinski Jr. (Dearborn) | Democratic | January 3, 1951– January 3, 1965 | 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th | 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. |
| John Dingell (Dearborn) | Democratic | January 3, 1965– January 3, 2003 | 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th | Redistricted from the 15th district 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 15th district. |
| District eliminated January 3, 2003 |||||

## Elections

1964 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell | 112,763 | 73% | |
| | Republican | John Lesinski Jr. (Incumbent) | 40,673 | 27% | |
1966 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 71,787 | 63% | |
| | Republican | John T. Dempsey | 42,738 | 37% | |
1968 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 105,690 | 74% | |
| | Republican | Monte Bona | 37,000 | 26% | |
1970 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 90,540 | 79% | |
| | Republican | William Rostrom | 23,867 | 21% | |
1972 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 110,715 | 70% | |
| | Republican | William Rostrom | 48,414 | 30% | |
1974 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 95,834 | 78% | |
| | Republican | Wallace English | 25,248 | 22% | |
1976 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 121,682 | 76% | |
| | Republican | William Rostrom | 36,378 | 24% | |
1978 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 93,387 | 70% | |
| | Republican | Melvin Heuer | 26,827 | 30% | |
1980 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 105,844 | 70% | |
| | Republican | Pamella Seay | 42,735 | 30% | |
1982 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 114,006 | 74% | |
| | Republican | David K. Haskins | 39,227 | 26% | |
1984 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 121,463 | 64% | |
| | Republican | Frank Grzywacki | 68,116 | 36% | |
1986 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 101,659 | 78% | |
| | Republican | Frank Grzywacki | 28,791 | 22% | |
1988 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 132,775 | 100% | |
1990 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 88,962 | 67% | |
| | Republican | William T. Morse | 42,469 | 33% | |
1992 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 156,964 | 65% | |
| | Republican | Frank Beaumont | 75,694 | 35% | |
1994 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 105,846 | 60% | |
| | Republican | Ken Larkin | 71,159 | 40% | |
1996 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 136,854 | 64% | |
| | Republican | James Deshauna | 78,723 | 36% | |
1998 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 116,145 | 67% | |
| | Republican | William T. Morse | 54,121 | 33% | |
2000 election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Dingell (Incumbent) | 167,142 | 72% | |
| | Republican | William T. Morse | 62,469 | 28% | |