Michigan's 1st Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Erika Geiss since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Stephanie Chang.

Geography District 1 encompasses part of Wayne County.

2011 Apportionment Plan District 1, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered parts of Wayne County along the Canadian border, including much of Detroit as well as River Rouge, Ecorse, Wyandotte, Riverview, Trenton, Woodhaven, Gibraltar, Grosse Ile, and parts of Brownstown.

The district was split three ways among Michigan's 12th, 13th, and 14th congressional districts. It overlapped with the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 14th, and 23rd districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.

List of senators Senator Party Dates Residence Notes Jonathan D. Davis Democratic 1835–1837 Plymouth Conrad Ten Eyck Democratic 1835–1837 Dearborn Resigned. John McDonell Democratic 1835–1838 Detroit Resigned. Benjamin B. Kercheval Democratic 1837–1839 Detroit Elected in 1837 to fill Conrad Ten Eyck's vacancy. William Woodbridge Whig 1838–1839 Detroit De Garmo Jones Whig 1840–1841 Detroit Benjamin F. H. Witherell Democratic 1840–1841 Detroit Dewitt C. Walker Democratic 1842 Romeo Lyman Granger Democratic 1842–1843 Columbus Jonathan Shearer Democratic 1842–1844 Plymouth Neil Gray Jr. Democratic 1843–1844 Ray Lorenzo M. Mason Democratic 1844–1845 Port Huron William Hale Democratic 1845–1846 Detroit Abner C. Smith Democratic 1845–1846 Mount Clemens Oel Rix Democratic 1846–1847 Richmond Andrew T. McReynolds Democratic 1847 Detroit Robert P. Eldredge Democratic 1847–1848 Mount Clemens John E. Schwarz Democratic 1847–1848 Detroit George Griswold Democratic 1848–1849 Detroit Charles A. Loomis Democratic 1848–1849 Saint Clair Jacob Summers Democratic 1849–1850 Utica Titus Dort Democratic 1849–1852 Dearborn Joseph T. Copeland Democratic 1850–1851 Saint Clair Resigned, elected circuit judge. Andrew Harvie Democratic 1850–1852 Detroit Andrew Harvie Democratic 1850–1852 Detroit Henry C. Kibbee Democratic 1851–1852 Mount Clemens The 1850 Michigan Constitution takes effect, changing the district from a multi-member district to a single-member district. George Griswold Democratic 1853–1854 Detroit Buckminster Wight Republican 1855–1856 Detroit Alexander H. Redfield Democratic 1857–1858 Detroit Anthony Dudgeon Democratic 1859–1860 Detroit William Adair Democratic 1861–1866 Detroit Paul Gies Democratic 1867–1868 Detroit William Adair Democratic 1869–1870 Detroit James W. Romeyn Democratic 1871–1872 Detroit William B. Wesson Republican 1873–1874 Detroit William Adair Democratic 1875–1878 Detroit James D. Weir Democratic 1879–1880 Detroit James Caplis Republican 1881–1882 Detroit James W. Romeyn Democratic 1883–1884 Detroit Michael Greiner Democratic 1885–1886 Wayne County John Rairden Republican 1887–1888 Detroit Also backed by the Labor Party. Joseph Nagel Democratic 1889–1890 Detroit Frank Smith Democratic 1891–1892 Detroit Lewis C. Hough Democratic 1893–1894 Plymouth F. Markham Briggs Republican 1895–1896 Plymouth Arthur L. Holmes Republican 1897–1898 Detroit John J. Perren Democratic 1899–1900 Detroit Arthur L. Holmes Republican 1901–1902 Detroit William P. Scullen Democratic 1903–1904 Greenfield Frederick C. Martindale Republican 1905–1908 Greenfield Lawrence W. Snell Republican 1909–1912 Highland Park Clarence E. Gittins Progressive 1913–1914 Highland Park Louis N. Hilsendegen Republican 1915–1916 Grosse Pointe Herman L. Koehler Republican 1917–1918 Detroit Walter J. Hayes Republican 1919–1924 Wayne County Roy Herald Republican 1925–1926 Highland Park George Defer Republican 1927 Detroit Died in office. Fred W. Harding Republican 1929–1932 Grosse Pointe James A. Murphy Democratic 1933–1939 Detroit Died in office. Carl W. Bischoff Democratic 1939–1940 Detroit Ernest G. Nagel Democratic 1941–1942 Detroit Charles N. Youngblood Sr. Democratic 1943–1946 Detroit Matthew F. Callahan Republican 1947–1948 Detroit Harold M. Ryan Democratic 1949–1962 Detroit Resigned. Charles N. Youngblood Jr. Democratic 1963–1964 Detroit George S. Fitzgerald Democratic 1965–1974 Grosse Pointe Park William B. Fitzgerald Jr. Democratic 1975–1978 Detroit John F. Kelly Democratic 1979–1994 Detroit Joseph F. Young Jr. Democratic 1995–2002 Detroit Hansen Clarke Democratic 2003–2010 Detroit Coleman Young II Democratic 2011–2018 Detroit Stephanie Chang Democratic 2019–2022 Detroit Erika Geiss Democratic 2023–present Taylor

Recent election results 2022

2018

2014

Federal and statewide results Year Office Results 2020 President Biden 70.4 – 28.3% 2018 Senate Stabenow 72.0 – 26.1% Governor Whitmer 73.4 – 24.2% 2016 President Clinton 70.6 – 26.2% 2014 Senate Peters 77.1 – 19.9% Governor Schauer 70.0 – 28.4% 2012 President Obama 78.0 – 21.4% Senate Stabenow 80.0 – 17.2%

Historical district boundaries

Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Park 1964 Apportionment Plan Macomb County (part) Lake Township Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Park Grosse Pointe Township 1972 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Park Grosse Pointe Township Grosse Pointe Woods Harper Woods 1982 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Park Grosse Pointe Township Grosse Pointe Woods Harper Woods 1992 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) 2001 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Brownstown Township (part) Detroit (part) Ecorse Gibraltar Grosse Ile Township River Rouge Riverview Trenton Woodhaven Wyandotte 2011 Apportionment Plan

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