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U.S. Senators from Michigan:
Name	Dates of Service
*Class 1*
Lucius Lyon (D) Augustus S. Porter (W) Lewis Cass (D) Thomas Fitzgerald (D) Lewis Cass (D) Zachariah Chandler (R) Isaac P. Christiancy (R) Zachariah Chandler (R) Henry P. Baldwin (R) Omar D. Conger (R) Francis B. Stockbridge (R) John Patton, Jr. (R) Julius C. Burrows (R) Charles E. Townsend (R) Woodbridge N. Ferris (D) Arthur H. Vandenberg (R) A. E. Blair Moody (D) Charles E. Potter (R) Philip A. Hart (D) Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D) Spencer Abraham (R) Deborah A. Stabenow (D)	1837-1839 1840-1845 1845-1848 1848-1849 1849-1857 1857-1875 1875-1879 1879-1879 1879-1881 1881-1887 1887-1894 1894-1895 1895-1911 1911-1923 1923-1928 1928-1951 1951-1952 1952-1959 1959-1976 1976-1995 1995-2001 2001---

Name	Dates of Service
*Class 2*
John Norvell (D) William Woodbridge (W) Alpheus Felch (D) Charles E. Stuart (D) Kinsley S. Bingham (R) Jacob M. Howard (R) Thomas W. Ferry (R) Thomas W. Palmer (R) James McMillan (R) Russell A. Alger (R) William Alden Smith (R) Truman H. Newberry (R) James Couzens (R) Prentiss M. Brown (D) Homer S. Ferguson (R) Patrick V. McNamara (D) Robert P. Griffin (R) Carl Levin (D)	1837-1841 1841-1847 1847-1853 1853-1859 1859-1861 1862-1871 1871-1883 1883-1889 1889-1902 1902-1907 1907-1919 1919-1922 1922-1936 1936-1943 1943-1955 1955-1966 1966-1979 1979---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): Carl Levin

Michigan Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Senate President (U.S. Vice President): Gerald R. Ford President Pro Tempore: Lewis Cass, Charles E. Stuart, Thomas W. Ferry, Arthur H. Vandenberg Republican Conference Chairman: Arthur H. Vandenberg Republican Policy Committee Chairman: Homer Ferguson Democratic Conference Secretary: Debbie Stabenow Party Whips: Robert P. Griffin Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Armed Services: Carl Levin Foreign Relations: Arthur H. Vandenberg Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs: Donald W. Riegle, Jr. Public Works: Patrick McNamara
Michigan Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Lewis Cass by Daniel C. French (Statuary Hall); Zachariah Chandler by Charles H. Niehaus (Hall of Columns). Busts: Vice Presidents Collection: Gerald R. Ford by Walker Hancock (Second floor, east corridor, Senate wing). Paintings: Fort Mackinac, Michigan by Seth Eastman (Center section, first floor, west corridor). Architecturally Significant Buildings, Construction Materials, Furniture and Objects: Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building--the most recent and only Senate office building designed in a modern style without any classical ornament. 1951--New seats and stools for Senate galleries, American Seating Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Plaque: Arthur H. Vandenberg (S-138).


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