The 37th district was created with the adoption of the 1963 Michigan Constitution, as the previous 1908 state constitution only permitted 34 senatorial districts.

District 38 encompasses the entirety of Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, and Presque Isle counties as well as parts of Chippewa and Mackinac counties.

[4] District 37, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered the northernmost parts of the Lower Peninsula and the eastern end of the Upper Peninsula, including all of Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Luce, and Mackinac Counties.

Communities in the district included Traverse City, Sault Ste.

[6] The district bordered Canada, as well as three Great Lakes: Huron, Michigan, and Superior.