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-

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