Michigan Manual 2015-2016

Introduction and Preface to the Michigan Manual

Introduction and Table of Contents i - xvii
Profile of Michigan

Chapter I - MICHIGAN HISTORY

CHAPTER I Entire chapter as a single document
CHAPTER I - Michigan History pages 1-2
Chronology of Michigan Historypages 3-20
Conventions of Assent First Convention of Assent of the Territory of Michiganpages 21-24

Chapter II - MICHIGAN CONSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER II Entire chapter as a single document
CHAPTER II - Constitutions pages 25-26
Michigan's Constitutions - Narrative pages 27-28
Constitutional Convention - 1835 pages 29-38
Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 pages 39-45
Adoption or Rejection of Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of 1963 pages 96-102
Constitutions - Constitution of the United States pages 103-122

Chapter III - THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

CHAPTER III Entire chapter as a single document
CHAPTER III - The Legislative Branch pages 123-124
The Legislative Branch - Introduction pages 125-126
The Legislative Branch - Members, Organization, Procedures, Sessions pages 127-136
The Legislative Branch - Senate Members page 137
The Legislative Branch - Senate Districts pages 138-139
The Legislative Branch - Senate Committees pages 140-142
The Legislative Branch -Senate Biographies page 143

State Senator Jim Ananich page 144
State Senator Steven M. Bieda page 144
State Senator Darwin L. Booherpage 145
State Senator Jack Brandenberg page 145
State Senator Tom Casperson page 146
State Senator Patrick ColBeck page 147
State Senator Judy K. Emmons page 147
State Senator Mike Green page 148
State Senator Vincent Gregory page 149
State Senator Goeff Hansen page 149
State Senator Curtis Hertel, Jr.page 150
State Senator Dave Hildenbrand page 150
State Senator Morris Hood III page 151
State Senator Hoon-Yung Hopgood page 151
State Senator Kenneth B. Horn page 152
State Senator Joe Hune page 152
State Senator Bert Johnson page 153
State Senator Rick Jones page 153
State Senator David Knezek page 154
State Senator Marty Knollenberg page 154
State Senator Mike Kowall page 155
State Senator Peter MacGregor page 156
State Senator Jim Marleau page 156
State Senator Arlan B. Meekhof page 157
State Senator Mike Nofs page 157
State Senator Margaret O'Brien page 158
State Senator Phil Pavlov page 158
State Senator John Proos page 159
State Senator David B. Robertson page 159
State Senator Tory Rocca page 160
State Senator Wayne Schmidt page 160
State Senator Tonya Schuitmaker page 161
State Senator Mike Shirkey page 161
State Senator Virgil Smith page 162
State Senator Jim Stamas page 162
State Senator Rebekah Warren page 163
State Senator Coleman Young II page 164
State Senator Dale W. Zorn page 164

The Legislative Branch - House Members pages 165-166
The Legislative Branch - House Districts pages 167-170
The Legislative Branch - House Committees pages 171-174
The Legislative Branch - House Biographies page 175

State Representative Chris Afendoulis page 176
State Representative Brian Banks page 176
State Representative Tom Barrett page 177
State Representative John Bizon, M.D. page 177
State Representative Winnie Brinks page 178
State Representative Charles M. Brunner page 178
State Representative Jon Bumstead page 179
State Representative Wendell Byrd page 179
State Representative Mike Callton, D.C. page 180
State Representative Edward Canfield page 180
State Representative Stephanie Chang page 181
State Representative Lee Chatfield page 181
State Representative John Chirkun page 182
State Representative Paul Clemente page 182
State Representative Tom Cochran page 183
State Representative Triston Cole page 183
State Representative Kevin Cotter page 184
State Representative Todd Courser page 184
State Representative Laura Cox page 185
State Representative Kathy Crawford page 185
State Representative George T. Darnay page 186
State Representative Scott Dianda page 186
State Representative Brandon Dillon page 187
State Representative Gretchen Driskell page 187
State Representative Fred Durhal, III page 188
State Representative Pam Faris page 188
State Representative Jeff Farrington page 189
State Representative Anthony G. Forlini page 189
State Representative Ray A. Franz page 190
State Representative Cindy Gamrat page 190
State Representative Daniela Garcia page 191
State Representative LaTanya Garrett page 191
State Representative Sherry Gay-Dagnago page 192
State Representative Erika Geiss page 192
State Representative Ben Glardon page 193
State Representative Gary Glenn page 193
State Representative Ken Goike page 194
State Representative Joseph Graves page 194
State Representative Christine Greig page 195
State Representative Tim Greimel page 195
State Representative Vanessa Guerra page 196
State Representative Kurt Heise page 196
State Representative Jon Hoadley page 197
State Representative Thomas B. Hooker page 197
State Representative Marcia Hovey-Wright page 198
State Representative Martin Howrylak page 198
State Representative Holly Hughes page 199
State Representative Brandt Iden page 199
State Representative Larry Inman page 200
State Representative Jeff Irwin page 200
State Representative Bradford C. Jacobsen page 201
State Representative Nancy E. Jenkins page 201
State Representative Joel Johnson page 202
State Representative Tim Kelly page 202
State Representative Klint Kesto page 203
State Representative John Kivela page 203
State Representative Robert L. Kosowski page 204
State Representative Andrea LaFontaine page 204
State Representative Marilyn Lane page 205
State Representative Dan Lauwers page 205
State Representative Bill LaVoy page 206
State Representative Tom Leonard page 206
State Representative Eric Leutheuser page 207
State Representative Frank Liberati page 207
State Representative Leslie Love page 208
State Representative Peter Lucido page 208
State Representative Lisa Posthumus Lyons page 209
State Representative David Maturen page 209
State Representative Ed McBroom page 210
State Representative Mike McCready page 210
State Representative Aaron Miller page 211
State Representative Derek E. Miller page 211
State Representative Jeremy Moss page 212
State Representative Paul Muxlow page 212
State Representative Sheldon Neeley page 213
State Representative Aric Nesbitt page 213
State Representative Rick Outman page 214
State Representative Kristy Pagan page 214
State Representative Dave Pagel page 215
State Representative Peter Pettalia page 215
State Representative Phil Phelps page 216
State Representative Julie Plawecki page 216
State Representative Earl Poleski page 217
State Representative Phil Potvin page 217
State Representative Amanda Price page 218
State Representative Al Pscholka page 218
State Representative Bruce R. Rendon page 219
State Representative Brett Roberts page 219
State Representative Sarah Roberts page 220
State Representative Rose Mary Robinson page 220
State Representative Jim Runestad page 221
State Representative David Rutledge page 221
State Representative Harvey Santana page 222
State Representative Andy Schor page 222
State Representative Jason Sheppard page 223
State Representative Samir Singh page 223
State Representative Charles Smiley page 224
State Representative Pat Somerville page 224
State Representative Jim Tedder page 225
State Representative Lana Theis page 225
State Representative Alberta Tinsley-Talabi page 226
State Representative Jim Townsend page 226
State Representative Henry Vaupel page 227
State Representative Rob VerHuelen page 227
State Representative Roger Victory page 228
State Representative Michale Webber page 228
State Representative Robert Wittenberg page 229
State Representative Henry Yanez page 229
State Representative Ken Yonker page 230
State Representative Adam F. Zemke page 230

Legislative and Congressional Representation by County, 2015-2016 pages 231-236
Legislative Officers and Agencies pages 237-247
Former Legislatures and Legislative Officers Territorial Legislatures 1824-1835 First Legislative Council — First and Second Sessions pages 248-250
Former State Legislatures, 1835-2014 pages 251-255
Senate Majority Leaders / Presidents Pro Tempore of the State Senate, 1835-2015 pages 256-257
Secretaries of the State Senate, 1835-2015 page 258
Speakers of the House of Representatives page 259-260
Speakers Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives, 1835-2015/Clerks of the House of Representatives, 1835-2015pages 261-262
Sources of Michigan Legislative Informationpages 263-266

Chapter IV - THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

CHAPTER IV Entire chapter as a single document
CHAPTER IV - The Executive Branch pages 267-268
The Executive Branch - Profile of the Executive Branch and Organizational Chart pages 269-270
The Executive Branch - Executive Branch Reorganization pages 271-273
The Executive Branch - Gubernatorial Appointment Process pages 274-276
The Executive Branch - Development of the State Budget pages 277-280
Executive Branch - Consitittional Executive Officers page 281-281
- The Executive Branch - Governor page 282
- The Executive Branch - Lieutenant Governor page 283
- The Executive Branch - Secretary of State page 284
- The Executive Branch - Attorney General page 285
- The Executive Branch - State Treasurer page 286
- The Executive Branch - Superintendent of Public Instruction page 287
- The Executive Branch - State Board of Education page 288-289
Agriculture, Department of pages 290-291
Attorney General, Department of page 292
Civil Rights, Department of page 293
Corrections, Department of pages 294-2975
Education, Department of pages 296-297
Environmental Quality, Department of pages 298-299
Health and Human Services, Department of pages 300-302
Insurance and Financial Services pages 303-304
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Department of pages 305-307
Military and Veterans Affairs, Department of page 308
Natural Resources, Department of pages 309-312
State, Department of pages 313-314
State Police, Department of pages 315-316
State Talent and Economic Development, Department of page 317
Technology, Management and Budget, Department of pages 318-322
Transportation, Department of pages 322-323
Treasury, Department of pages 324-329
Boards and Commissions in the State of Michigan pages 330-329
Former Officials of Michigan French-Canadian Governors, 1603-1760 / British-Canadian Governors, 1760-1792 / Governors of the Northwest Territory, 1787-18001 / Governor of the Indiana Territory, 1800-1805 / Governors of the Michigan Territory, 1805-1835 pages 345-346
Governors of Michigan - 1835-2015 / Lieutenant Governors, 1835-2015 / Secretaries of State, 1835-2015 / Attorneys General, 1836-2015 / State Treasurers, 1836-2015 / Auditors General, 1836-2015 / Superintendents of Public Instruction, 1836-2015 / State Highway Commissioners, 1903-1965 / State Board of Education, 1849-2015 pages 347-354

Chapter V - THE JUDICIAL BRANCH

CHAPTER V Entire chapter as a single document
CHAPTER V - The Judicial Branch - Title Page pages 355-356
Profile and Organization Chart page 357
The Supreme Court - Justices of the Supreme Court - History pages 358-359
The Supreme Court Biographies pages 360-366
Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, 1836-2015 pages 367-368
The Michigan Court of Appeals page 369
The Court of Appeals - Judicial District Descriptions page 370
The Court of Appeals - Judicial Districts Map Descriptions and Map page 371
Judges of the Court of Appeals pages 372-380
Michigan Trial Courts pages 381-382
Circuit Court — Jucicial Circuits pages 383-384
Circuit Court — Jucicial Circuits with Map pages 370-371
Judges of the Circuit Court pages 386-387
Michigan Probate Courts and Probate Court Districts page 388
Judges of the Probate Court page 389
District Court — Judicial Districts page 390
Judges of the District Courtpages 391-395
Municipal Courts page 396
Judicial Branch Agencies pages 397-402

Chapter VI - MICHIGAN'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION

CHAPTER VI Entire chapter as a single document
CHAPTER VI - Introduction pages 405-406
Michigan's Congressional Delegation the 114TH U.S. Congresspage 407
Senator Gary Peters page 408
Senator Debbie Stabenow page 409
Representatives Justin Amash and Dan Benishek page 410
Representative Michael D. Bishop page 411
Representative John Conyers, JR. page 412
Representative Debbie Dingell page 413
Representatives Bill Huizenga and Daniel T. Kildee page 414
Representatives Brenda Lawrence and Sander M. Levin page 415
Representatives Candice S. Miller and John Moolenaar page 416
Representatives Dave Trott and Fred S. Upton page 417
Representative Tim Walberg page 418
Members of the U.S. Congress from Michigan, Serving 1837-2015 page 419
U.S. Representatives pages 420-440

Chapter VII - INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

CHAPTER VII Entire chapter as a single document
Michigan's Institutions of Higher Education pages 441-490
Introduction pages 443-444
- Central Michigan University pages 445-447
- Eastern Michigan University pages 448-452
- Ferris State University pages 453-454
- Grand Valley State University pages 455-458
- Lake Superior State University pages 459-460
- Michigan State University pages 461-463
- Michigan Technological University pages 464-466
- Northern Michigan University pages 467-469
- Oakland University pages 470-471
- Saginaw Valley State University pages 472-473
- University of Michigan pages 474-476
- Wayne State University pages 477-478
- Western Michigan University pages 479-481
Community Colleges page 482
Independent Colleges and Universities page 483
Former Members Regents of the University of Michigan, 1837-2015 pages 484-486
Former Members Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, 1861-2015 pages 487-488
Former Members Board of Governors of Wayne State University, 1956-2015 pages 489-490

Chapter VIII - LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER VIII Entire chapter as a single document
CHAPTER VIII - Local Government -Title Page pages 491-492
Introduction pages 443-444
Michigan's System of Local Government and Michigan Counties Map pages 493-496
Official Census Counts for Michigan Cities, Villages, and Townships or Remainders of Townships, 2010 pages 497-510
Population of Indian Reservations and Trust Lands in Michigan, 2010 pages 511-512
Public School Systems Historical Data, Number of School Days, Districts, Students, Teachers, Total Salaries pages 513-516

Chapter IX - ELECTIONS

CHAPTER IX Entire chapter as a single document
CHAPTER IX - Elections pages 517-518
How an Issue Becomes a Ballot Proposal pages 519-521
Laws Proposed by Initiative Petition and Submitted to the People, 1964-2014: Summary, Date, Outcome, Vote Tally pages 522-526
State Election Results for Selected Positions page 527
U.S. Congress General Election Results 2014 pages 528-229
U.S. Senate General Election Results 2014 page 530
General Election Results for Governor 2014 page 531
State Senator General Election Results 2014 pages 532-533
State Representative General Election Results 2014 pages 534-538
Voter Registration and Turnout General Elections: Presidential/Gubernatorial Elections 1948-2014 page 539
Elections - Summary of Vote for Governor, 1835-2014 pages 540-544

Indexes

CHAPTER X Entire chapter as a single document
Indexes pages 545-546
General Index pages 547-548
Index of Names pages 549-557

Addenda

Addendum
Errata Sheet