At this time It covered everywhere from Macomb County to the western end of the Upper Peninsula.

In 1863 it gained the areas around Grand Rapids and Muskegon but lost everything east of Ionia County and most of the Upper Peninsula.

In 1872 it was redrawn to cover Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, Van Buren and St. Joseph Counties.

In Kalamazoo County Schoolcraft Township and most of Portage were added to the district.

It gained the Clinton and most of the Shiawasee portions of the old 6th district and the northern half of Oscoda County.