Michigan's 21st Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 21st district was created by the 1850 Michigan Constitution, as the 1835 constitution only permitted a maximum of eight senate districts. It has been represented by Democrat Sarah Anthony since 2023.
Geography District 21 encompasses all of Eaton County, as well as part of Ingham County.
2011 Apportionment Plan District 21, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered Berrien, Cass, and St. Joseph Counties in far southwest Michigan. Communities in the district included Benton Harbor, Niles, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Benton Heights, Fair Plain, Paw Paw Lake, Dowagiac, Sturgis, Three Rivers, Benton Township, Lincoln Township, Niles Township, and St. Joseph Township.
The district was located entirely within Michigan's 6th congressional district, and overlapped with the 59th, 78th, and 79th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives. It bordered the state of Indiana, as well as Lake Michigan.
List of senators Senator Party Dates Residence Notes Frederick W. Curtenius Whig 1853–1854 Kalamazoo Ebenezer Lakin Brown Republican 1855–1856 Schoolcraft John Roberts Republican 1857–1858 Hastings Harvey Williams Republican 1859–1860 Charlotte Norman Bailey Republican 1861–1862 Hastings Smith W. Fowler Republican 1863–1864 Charlotte John M. Nevins Republican 1865–1866 Hastings James Turner Republican 1867–1868 Lansing Stephen Pearl Republican 1869–1870 Duplain Isaac M. Cravath Republican 1871–1872 Lansing Died in office. John N. Mellen Republican 1873–1876 Romeo Crockett McElroy Republican 1877–1880 St. Clair James R. McGurk Republican 1881–1882 Capac James William Belknap Republican 1883–1886 Greenville John W. Moon Republican 1887–1888 Muskegon Jacob Den Herder Republican 1889–1890 Zeeland George Ford Porter Democratic 1891–1892 Gooding Edwin G. Fox Republican 1893–1894 Mayville John L. Preston Republican 1895–1898 Columbiaville Theron W. Atwood Republican 1899–1902 Caro William E. Brown Republican 1903–1906 Lapeer William McKay Republican 1907–1908 Caro Died in office. Edwin G. Fox Republican 1909–1910 Mayville Died in office. John Conley Democratic 1911–1912 Lapeer Terry T. Corliss Republican 1913–1916 Mayville Charles B. Scully Republican 1917–1920 Almont Burney E. Brower Republican 1921–1926 Jackson Ari H. Woodruff Republican 1927–1932 Wyandotte John Nichczynski Democratic 1933–1934 Detroit Died in office. Sidney C. Gray Democratic 1935–1936 Detroit Joseph C. Roosevelt Democratic 1937–1938 Detroit Stanley Nowak Democratic 1939–1948 Detroit Robert A. Haggerty Democratic 1949–1954 Detroit Patrick J. Doyle Democratic 1955–1962 Dearborn William D. Ford Republican 1963–1964 Taylor Garry E. Brown Republican 1965–1966 Schoolcraft Anthony Stamm Republican 1967–1974 Kalamazoo Died in office. Jack Welborn Republican 1974–1982 Kalamazoo Harmon G. Cropsey Republican 1983–1990 Decatur Paul Wartner Republican 1991–1994 Portage Dale L. Shugars Republican 1995–2002 Portage Ron Jelinek Republican 2003–2010 Three Oaks John Proos Republican 2011–2018 St. Joseph Kim LaSata Republican 2019–2022 Bainbridge Township Sarah Anthony Democratic 2023–present Lansing
Recent election results 2022
2018
2014
Federal and statewide results Year Office Results 2020 President Trump 57.3 – 40.8% 2018 Senate James 56.5 – 41.0% Governor Schuette 54.6 – 41.9% 2016 President Trump 57.3 – 37.5% 2014 Senate Land 57.1 – 39.2% Governor Snyder 56.9 – 40.1% 2012 President Romney 54.1 – 45.0% Senate Hoekstra 50.6 – 45.8%
Historical district boundaries
Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes Barry County (part) Barry Township Carlton Township Hope Township Irving Township Orangeville Township Prairieville Township Rutland Township Thornapple Township Kalamazoo County St. Joseph County (part) Burr Oak Township Colon Township Fawn River Township Florence Township Leonidas Township Mendon Township Nottawa Township Sherman Township Sturgis Sturgis Township 1964 Apportionment Plan Cass County (part) Porter Township (part) Kalamazoo County (part) Excluding Alamo Township Charleston Township St. Joseph County (part) Constantine Township Fabius Township Florence Township Flowerfield Township Lockport Township Mendon Township Mottville Township Nottawa Township Park Township Sherman Township Sturgis Township White Pigeon Township Van Buren County (part) Almena Township Pine Grove Township Waverly Township 1972 Apportionment Plan Cass County Kalamazoo County (part) Alamo Township Brady Township Charleston Township Climax Township Comstock Township Galesburg Kalamazoo Township (part) Oshtemo Township Parchment Pavilion Township Portage Prairie Ronde Township Ross Township Schoolcraft Township Texas Township Wakeshma Township St. Joseph County 1982 Apportionment Plan Kalamazoo County St. Joseph County (part) Mendon Township Park Township 1992 Apportionment Plan Berrien County Cass County Van Buren County (part) Almena Township Arlington Township Bangor Bangor Township Bloomingdale Township Columbia Township Covert Township Decatur Township Geneva Township Gobles Hamilton Township Hartford Hartford Township Keeler Township Lawrence Township Grove Township Porter Township South Haven (part) South Haven Township Waverly Township 2001 Apportionment Plan Berrien County Cass County St. Joseph County 2011 Apportionment Plan
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