Michigan's 4th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Darrin Camilleri since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Marshall Bullock.

Geography District 4 encompasses part of Wayne County.

2011 Apportionment Plan District 4, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in central Detroit in Wayne County, also covering the nearby communities of Allen Park, Lincoln Park, and Southgate.

The district was split three ways among Michigan's 12th, 13th, and 14th congressional districts, and overlapped with the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 10th, 13th, and 14th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives. At just over 47 square miles, it was the smallest Senate district in the state.

List of senators Senator Party Dates Residence Notes Silas Finch Democratic 1835–1836 Saline William J. Moody Democratic 1835–1836 Jackson Henry Rumsey Democratic 1835–1837 Ann Arbor George B. Cooper Democratic 1837–1838 Jackson William Moore Democratic 1837–1838 York James Kingsley Democratic 1838 Ann Arbor Ebenezer B. Harrington Democratic 1839 Port Huron Jacob Summers Democratic 1839–1840 Utica Justin Rice Whig 1840–1841 Port Huron DeWitt C. Walker Democratic 1841 Romeo Townsend E. Gidley Whig 1842 Jackson County Henry Hewitt Democratic 1842 Marshall Edward A. Warner Democratic 1842–1843 Coldwater Edward Bradley Democratic 1843 Marshall William J. Moody Democratic 1843–1844 Jackson Abner Pratt Democratic 1844–1845 Marshall Jesse F. Turner Democratic 1844–1845 DeWitt James Videto Democratic 1845–1846 Spring Arbor George A. Coe Whig 1846 Coldwater Successfully contested the seat of Ephraim B. Danforth. Loren Maynard Democratic 1846 Marengo Isaac D. Toll Democratic 1847 Fawn River Jerome B. Fitzgerald Democratic 1847–1848 St. Joseph Alexander H. Redfield Democratic 1848–1849 Cassopolis John McKinney Democratic 1849–1850 Paw Paw Henry H. Riley Democratic 1850–1852 Constantine Philotus Haydon Whig 1851–1852 Hamilton The 1850 Michigan Constitution takes effect, changing the district from a multi-member district to a single-member district. Seneca Newberry Democratic 1853–1854 Rochester Alfred J. Boss Republican 1855–1856 Pontiac John L. Near Republican 1857–1858 Brownstown William E. Warner Democratic 1859–1860 Rawsonville John L. Near Republican 1861–1862 Brownstown Andrew S. Robertson Democratic 1863–1864 Mount Clemens Giles Hubbard Republican 1865–1866 Mount Clemens Charles Andrews Republican 1867–1870 Armada Gilbert Hatheway Republican 1871 New Baltimore Died in office. Seymour Brownell Democratic 1872 Utica J. Webster Childs Republican 1873–1874 Ypsilanti Jeremiah D. Corey Democratic 1875–1876 Manchester John L. Burleigh Democratic 1877–1878 Ann Arbor J. Webster Childs Republican 1879–1880 Ypsilanti David G. Rose Democratic 1881–1882 Manchester Charles H. Richmond Democratic 1883–1884 Ann Arbor Reuben Kempf Republican 1885–1886 Ann Arbor James S. Gorman Democratic 1887–1890 Chelsea In 1886, elected on a fusion ticket with the Greenbackers. Augustin C. McCormick Democratic 1891–1892 Grafton Charles F. Gibson Republican 1893–1894 Detroit Herbert Smalley Republican 1895–1896 Detroit Samuel J. Lawrence Republican 1897–1898 Wyandotte William T. McGraw Republican 1899–1900 Detroit Solon Goodell Republican 1901–1904 Wayne County Seneca C. Traver Republican 1905–1908 River Rouge John N. Anhut Republican 1909–1910 Detroit James H. Lee Democratic 1911–1912 Detroit Robert Y. Ogg Republican 1913–1916 Detroit George M. Condon Republican 1917–1926 Detroit Arthur E. Wood Republican 1927–1932 Detroit Edward B. McKenna Democratic 1933–1934 Detroit Arthur E. Wood Republican 1935–1936 Detroit James A. Burns Democratic 1937–1938 Detroit Allen G. Ludington Republican 1939–1940 Detroit James A. Burns Democratic 1941–1942 Detroit Arthur E. Wood Republican 1943–1944 Detroit Daniel J. Ryan Democratic 1945–1946 Detroit Arthur E. Wood Republican 1947–1948 Detroit Patrick Walsh Democratic 1949–1954 Detroit Charles S. Blondy Democratic 1955–1964 Detroit Coleman A. Young Democratic 1965–1973 Detroit Resigned after elected mayor of Detroit. David S. Holmes Jr. Democratic 1974–1994 Detroit Died in office. Patricia Holmes Democratic 1994 Detroit Jackie Vaughn III Democratic 1995–2002 Detroit Buzz Thomas Democratic 2003–2010 Detroit Virgil Smith Jr. Democratic 2011–2016 Detroit Resigned. Ian Conyers Democratic 2016–2018 Detroit Marshall Bullock Democratic 2019–2022 Detroit Darrin Camilleri Democratic 2023–present Trenton

Recent election results 2022

2018

2016 special election In March 2016, incumbent Virgil Smith Jr. resigned after being sentenced to prison for shooting up his wife's car, and a special election was called to fill the seat.

2014

Federal and statewide results Year Office Results 2020 President Biden 74.2 – 24.6% 2018 Senate Stabenow 76.2 – 21.7% Governor Whitmer 77.4 – 20.1% 2016 President Clinton 74.6 – 22.3% 2014 Senate Peters 81.8 – 15.1% Governor Schauer 75.8 – 22.6% 2012 President Obama 82.8 – 16.6% Senate Stabenow 84.7 – 12.8%

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) 1992 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) 2001 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Allen Park Detroit (part) Lincoln Park Southgate 2011 Apportionment Plan

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