Michigan

Michigan is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. It was admitted to the U.S. on January 26, 1837 as the twenty-sixth state. Michigan is the eleventh largest state by area, and the tenth largest by population.
==State Facts==
Name 	Michigan
Capital City 	Lansing
Population 	9, 883, 635  (10/50)
Area 	96, 716 square miles  (11/50)
Counties 	83
Largest Cities	Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Sterling Heights, Ann Arbor
==Governors==
Number	Name	Party	Term 	Spouse
1 	
Stevens T. Mason
(1811-43)	Dem. 	1835-40 	Julia Mason
2 	
William Woodbridge
(1780-1861)	Whig 	1840-41 	Juliana Woodbridge
3 	
James Wright Gordon
(1809-53)	Whig 	1841-42 	Mary Gordon
4 	
John S. Barry
(1802-70)	Dem. 	1842-46 	Mary Barry
5 	
Alpheus Felch
(1804-96)	Dem. 	1846-47 	Lucretia Felch
6 	
William L. Greenly
(1813-83)	Dem. 	1847-48 	Elizabeth Greenly
7 	
Epaphroditus Ransom
(1798-1859)	Dem. 	1848-50 	Almira Ransom
8 	
John S. Barry
(1802-70)	Dem. 	1850-52 	Mary Barry
9 	
Robert McClelland
(1807-80)	Dem 	1852-53 	Sarah McClelland
10 	
Andrew Parsons
(1817-55)	Dem. 	1853-55 	Marietta Parsons
11 	
Kinsley S. Bingham
(1808-61)	Rep. 	1855-59 	Mary Bingham
12 	
Moses Wisner
(1815-63)	Rep. 	1859-61 	Angeolina Wisner
13 	
Austin Blair
(1818-94)	Rep. 	1861-65 	Sarah Blair
14 	
Henry H. Crapo
(1804-69)	Rep. 	1865-69 	Mary Crapo
15 	
Henry P. Baldwin
(1814-92)	Rep. 	1869-73 	Sibyle Baldwin
16 	
John J. Bagley
(1832-81)	Rep. 	1873-77 	Frances Bagley
17 	
Charles Croswell
(1825-86)	Rep. 	1877-81 	Elizabeth Croswell
18 	
David Jerome
(1829-96)	Rep. 	1881-83 	Lucy Jerome
19 	
Josiah Begole
(1815-96)	Dem. 	1883-85 	Harriet Begole
20 	
Russell A. Alger
(1836-1907)	Rep. 	1885-87 	Annette Alger
21 	
Cyrus G. Luce
(1824-1905)	Rep. 	1887-91 	Mary Luce
22 	
Edwin B. Winans
(1826-94)	Dem. 	1891-93 	Elizabeth Winans
23 	
John Treadway Rich
(1841-1926)	Rep. 	1893-97 	Lucretia Rich
24 	
Hazen S. Pingree
(1840-1901)	Rep. 	1897-1901	Frances Pingree
25 	
Aaron T. Bliss
(1837-1906)	Rep. 	1901-05 	Allaseba Bliss
26 	
Fred M. Warner
(1865-1923)	Rep. 	1905-11 	Martha Warner
27 	
Chase Osborn
(1860-1949)	Rep. 	1911-13 	Lillian Osborn
28 	
Woodbridge Nathan Ferris
(1853-1928)	Dem. 	1913-17 	Helen Ferris
29 	
Albert Sleeper
(1862-1934)	Rep. 	1917-21 	Mary Sleeper
30 	
Alex J. Groesbeck
(1873-1953)	Rep. 	1921-27 	N/A
31 	
Fred W. Green
(1871-1936)	Rep. 	1927-31 	Helen Green
32 	
Wilber M. Brucker
(1894-1968)	Rep. 	1931-33 	Clara Brucker
33 	
William Comstock
(1877-1949)	Dem. 	1933-35 	Josephine Comstock
34 	
Frank Fitzgerald
(1885-1939)	Rep. 	1935-37 	Queena Fitzgerald
35 	
Frank Murphy
(1890-1949)	Dem. 	1937-39 	N/A
36 	
Frank Fitzgerald
(1885-1939)	Rep. 	1939 	Queena Fitzgerald
37 	
Luren Dickinson
(1859-1943)	Rep. 	1939-41 	Zora Dickinson
38 	
Murray Van Wagoner
(1898-1986)	Dem. 	1941-43 	Helen Van Wagoner
39 	
Harry Kelly
(1895-1971)	Rep. 	1943-47 	Anne Kelly
40 	
Kim Sigler
(1894-1953)	Rep. 	1947-49 	Mae Sigler
41 	
G. Mennen Williams
(1911-88)	Dem. 	1949-61 	Nancy Williams
42 	
John Swainson
(1925-94)	Dem. 	1961-63 	Alice Swainson
43 	
George W. Romney
(1907-95)	Rep. 	1963-69 	Lenore Romney
44 	
William Milliken
(1922-2019)	Rep. 	1969-83 	Helen Milliken
45 	
James Blanchard
(1942-)	Dem. 	1983-91 	
1. Paula Blanchard
2. Janet Blanchard
46 	
John Engler
(1948-)	Rep. 	1991-2003	Michelle Engler
47 	
Jennifer Granholm
(1959-)	Dem. 	2003-11 	Daniel Mulhern
48 	
Rick Snyder
(1958-)	Rep. 	2011-19 	Sue Snyder
49 	
Gretchen Whitmer
(1971-)	Dem. 	2019-Pr. 	Marc Mallory
==U.S. Senators (Class 1 and Class 2)==
Class 1 (Next Election in 2024)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
1. 	Lucius Lyon
(1800-51)	Democratic 	1837-39
(2 years)
2. 	Augustus Seymour Porter
(1798-1872)	Whig 	1840-45
(5 years)
3. 	Lewis Cass
(1782-1866)	Democratic 	1845-48
(3 years)
4. 	Thomas Fitzgerald
(1796-1855)	Democratic 	1848-49
(1 year)
5. 	Lewis Cass
(1782-1866)	Democratic 	1849-57
(8 years)
6. 	Zachariah Chandler
(1813-79)	Republican 	1857-75
(18 years)
7. 	Isaac P. Christiancy
(1812-90)	Republican 	1875-79
(4 years)
8. 	Zachariah Chandler
(1813-79)	Republican 	1879
(8 months)
9. 	Henry P. Baldwin
(1814-92)	Republican 	1879-81
(2 years)
10. 	Omar D. Conger
(1818-98)	Republican 	1881-87
(6 years)
11. 	Francis B. Stockbridge
(1826-94)	Republican 	1887-94
(7 years)
12. 	John Patton Jr.
(1850-1907)	Republican 	1894-95
(1 year)
13. 	Julius C. Burrows
(1837-1915)	Republican 	1895-1911
(16 years)
14. 	Charles E. Townsend
(1856-1924)	Republican 	1911-23
(12 years)
15. 	Woodbridge Nathan Ferris
(1853-1928)	Democratic 	1923-28
(5 years)
16. 	Arthur Vandenberg
(1884-1951)	Republican 	1928-51
(23 years)
17. 	Blair Moody
(1902-54)	Democratic 	1951-52
(1 year)
18. 	Charles E. Potter
(1916-79)	Republican 	1952-59
(7 years)
19. 	Philip Hart
(1912-76)	Democratic 	1959-76
(17 years)
20. 	Donald Riegle
(1938-)	Democratic 	1976-95
(19 years)
21. 	Spencer Abraham
(1952-)	Republican 	1995-2001
(6 years)
22. 	Debbie Stabenow
(1950-)	Democratic 	2001-Present
(20 years)
Class 2 (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
1. 	John Norvell
(1789-1850)	Democratic 	1837-41
(4 years)
2. 	William Woodbridge
(1780-1861)	Whig 	1841-47
(6 years)
3. 	Alpheus Felch
(1804-96)	Democratic 	1847-53
(6 years)
4. 	Charles E. Stuart
(1810-87)	Democratic 	1853-59
(6 years)
5. 	Kinsley S. Bingham
(1808-61)	Republican 	1859-61
(2 years)
6. 	Jacob M. Howard
(1805-71)	Republican 	1862-71
(9 years)
7. 	Thomas W. Ferry
(1827-96)	Republican 	1871-83
(12 years)
8. 	Thomas W. Palmer
(1830-1913)	Republican 	1883-89
(6 years)
9. 	James McMillan
(1838-1902)	Republican 	1889-1902
(13 years)
10. 	Russell A. Alger
(1836-1907)	Republican 	1902-07
(5 years)
11. 	William Alden Smith
(1859-1932)	Republican 	1907-19
(12 years)
12. 	Truman Handy Newberry
(1864-1945)	Republican 	1919-22
(3 years)
13. 	James J. Couzens
(1872-1936)	Republican 	1922-36
(14 years)
14. 	Prentiss M. Brown
(1889-1973)	Democratic 	1936-43
(7 years)
15. 	Homer S. Ferguson
(1889-1982)	Republican 	1943-55
(12 years)
16. 	Patrick V. McNamara
(1894-1966)	Democratic 	1955-66
(11 years)
17. 	Robert P. Griffin
(1923-2015)	Republican 	1966-79
(13 years)
18. 	Carl Levin
(1934-)	Democratic 	1979-2015
(36 years)
19. 	Gary Peters
(1958-)	Democratic 	2015-Present
(6 years)