Titles
Members of the Senate are commonly referred to as senators and members of the House of Representative are commonly referred to as representatives. Because this shadows the terminology used to describe members of Congress, constituents and news media, using the Associated Press guidelines for journalist, often refer to legislators as state senators or state representatives to avoid confusion with their federal counterparts. Michigan Constitution Article IV defines the Legislative Branch and powers. Article IV Sec 1 "The Legislative power of the State of Michigan is vested in a "senate and a house of representatives. Legislators are referred to as Senators or Representatives depending which chamber they were elected. Per Article IV sec 2 and 3 define Senators & representatives numbers (38 senators, 110 Representatives) terms and district apportionment. ‘‘ member of the Legislature (abbreviated to ML). This is the same with members of the United States House of Representatives, who increasingly use member of Congress (abbreviated to MC) as a post-nominal title. Constitutions of Michigan appear in the Biennially printed Michigan Manuals, are located at: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(jfrrop55xbhaoq45uwrhod55))/mileg.aspx?Page=PublicationsThe "Michigan Manual" has been printed since 1850, providing a unique compilation of Michigan History, Michigan Constitutions, current elected government officials Photo & Biographical information, Election results, County demographics and officials. Along with a huge amount of reference information and statistics for Michigan.
As elected officials, members of the Legislature also receive the courtesy title of the Honorable (abbreviated to Hon. or Hon'ble) for life.
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