List of majority leaders of the Michigan Senate

The Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate is the leader of the majority party in the upper chamber of the Michigan Legislature. Elected by the members of the majority caucus, the majority leader has the authority under the rules of the Senate to name members to committees, refer legislation to committee, and perform other duties required by the rules or by state law.2011-2012 Michigan Manual: Senate Majority Leaders, 1959-2011

Image Senator Party Hometown District Session years Frank D. Beadle Republican St. Clair 34 1959–1962 Stanley G. Thayer Republican Ann Arbor 33 1963–1964 Raymond D. Dzendzel Democratic Detroit 7 1965–1966 Emil Lockwood Republican St. Louis 30 1967–1970 Robert VanderLaan Republican Kentwood 31 1970–1974 Milton Zaagman Republican Grand Rapids 32 1974 William B. Fitzgerald Jr. Democratic Detroit 1 1975-1976 William Faust Democratic Westland 13 1976–1984 John Engler Republican Mt. Pleasant 35 1984–1990 Richard Posthumus Republican Alto 31 1991–1998 Dan DeGrow Republican Port Huron 27 1999–2002 Ken Sikkema Republican Grandville 28 2003–2006 Mike Bishop Republican Rochester 12 2007–2010 Randy Richardville Republican Monroe 17 2011–2014 Arlan Meekhof Republican Ottawa 30 2015–2018Mike Shirkey Republican Jackson 16 2019–2022Winnie Brinks Democratic Grand Rapids 29 2023–

See also List of speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives List of Michigan state legislatures

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