List of Majority Leaders of the Michigan Senate

Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate
Incumbent Arlan Meekhof since January 1, 2015
Michigan Senate
Formation	1959
First holder	Frank D. Beadle

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.^[1]

Senator	Hometown	District	Session years
Frank D. Beadle	St. Clair	34	1959-1962
Stanley G. Thayer	Ann Arbor	33	1963-1964
Raymond D. Dzendzel	Detroit	7	1965-1966
Emil Lockwood	St. Louis	30	1967-1970
Robert VanderLaan	Kentwood	31	1971-1974
Milton Zaagman	Grand Rapids	32	1974
William B. Fitzgerald, Jr.	Detroit	1	1975-1976
William Faust	Westland	13	1976-1984
John Engler	Mt. Pleasant	35	1984-1990
Richard Posthumus	Alto	31	1991-1998
Dan DeGrow	Port Huron	27	1999-2002
Ken Sikkema	Grandville	28	2003-2006
Mike Bishop	Rochester	12	2007-2010
Randy Richardville	Monroe	17	2011-2014
Arlan Meekhof	Ottawa	30	2015-

References

↑ 2011-2012 Michigan Manual: Senate Majority Leaders, 1959-2011

Members of the Michigan State Senate

President of the Senate: Brian Calley (R)
President pro Tempore: Tonya Schuitmaker (R)
Majority Leader: Arlan Meekhof (R)
Minority Leader: Jim Ananich (D)

Coleman Young II (D)
Bert Johnson (D)
Morris Hood III (D)
Vacant
David Knezek (D)
Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D)
Patrick Colbeck (R)
Jack Brandenburg (R)
Steven Bieda (D)
Tory Rocca (R)

Vincent Gregory (D)
Jim Marleau (R)
Marty Knollenberg (R)
David B. Robertson (R)
Mike Kowall (R)
Mike Shirkey (R)
Dale Zorn (R)
Rebekah Warren (D)
Mike Nofs (R)
Margaret O'Brien (R)

John Proos (R)
Joe Hune (R)
Curtis Hertel Jr. (D)
Rick Jones (R)
Phil Pavlov (R)
Tonya Schuitmaker (R)
Jim Ananich (D)
Peter MacGregor (R)
Dave Hildenbrand (R)
Arlan Meekhof (R)

Mike Green (R)
Kenneth Horn (R)
Judy Emmons (R)
Goeff Hansen (R)
Darwin L. Booher (R)
Jim Stamas (R)
Wayne Schmidt (R)
Tom Casperson (R)

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