Michigan's 4th House of Representatives district is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in Wayne County. The district was created in 1965, when the Michigan Supreme Court ordered the reapportionment of state legislative districts from a county-based system to a proportional one following the Supreme Court case Reynolds v. Sims. It is currently represented by Democrat Karen Whitsett of Detroit.
List of representatives Representative Party Years Residence Notes William B. Fitzgerald Democratic 1965–1970 Detroit Died December 1970. William B. Fitzgerald Jr. 1971–1972 Detroit Redistricted to the 12th district. Alma Grace Stallworth 1973–1974 Detroit Redistricted from the 15th district. George Cushingberry Jr. 1975–1982 Detroit Alma Grace Stallworth 1983–1992 Detroit Redistricted to the 12th district. Joseph F. Young Jr. 1993–1994 Detroit Redistricted from the 15th district. Edward Vaughn 1995–2000 Detroit Previously served in the 8th district; term limited. Mary D. Waters 2001–2006 Detroit Term limited. Coleman A. Young II 2007–2010 Detroit Maureen Stapleton 2011–2012 Detroit Rose Mary Robinson 2013–2018 Detroit Term limited. Isaac Robinson 2019–2020 Detroit Died March 2020. Abraham Aiyash 2020–2022 Hamtramck Redistricted to the 9th district. Karen S. Whitsett 2023–present Detroit Redistricted from the 9th district.
Historical district boundaries Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) 1964 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) 1972 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) 1982 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part; much of the Lower East Side and Upper East Side and part of Midtown) 1992 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part; much of the Lower East Side and parts of Downtown and Midtown) 2001 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part; Midtown and New Center) Hamtramck 2011 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Dearborn (part) Detroit (part) 2021 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Remedial 2021 Apportionment Plan Approved in 2024
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