U.S. citizenship · Michigan answers
As of October 26, 2026, Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin, both Democrats, are the U.S. senators from Michigan on the Senate’s own roster of the 119th Congress.
Gretchen Whitmer is the Governor of Michigan; her office describes her as a lawyer, educator and former prosecutor who served in both chambers of the Legislature and was the first woman to lead a Senate caucus.
Lansing has been the capital of Michigan since 1847, even though it was not incorporated as a city until 1859 (per senate.gov, michigan.gov and capitol.michigan.gov, checked on Oct 26, 2026).
Answer with whoever holds the office on the day of your interview.
Question 23 · Who is one of your state’s U.S. senators now?
Gary Peters or Elissa Slotkin
source, Oct 26, 2026
Question 29 · Name your U.S. representative.
It depends on your district
source, Oct 26, 2026
Question 61 · Who is the governor of your state now?
Gretchen Whitmer
source, Oct 26, 2026
Question 62 · What is the capital of your state?
Lansing
source, Oct 26, 2026
Michigan elects 13 members of the U.S. House, numbered 1st through 13th by district on house.gov, and question 29 asks for the one who represents your district. Find your representative by ZIP code at house.gov.
Questions 30, 38, 39 and 57 ask for the Speaker, the President, the Vice President and the Chief Justice: those answers are the same in every state and are on the full list with the names USCIS accepts.
Gretchen Whitmer. Before becoming governor she was a prosecutor and served in the Michigan House and Senate, where she was the first woman to lead a Senate caucus.
The officer expects the governor in office on the day of your interview. If your interview comes after a new governor is sworn in, check the date at the top of this page before you rely on the name.
Sources: About · 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), Form M-1778
Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin, both Democrats. Question 23 is satisfied by either one, and the Senate’s roster prints the first as “Peters, Gary C.”, which is the same person.
Source: U.S. Senate: Senators
The one for your own district: Michigan has 13. Enter your ZIP code on house.gov’s Find Your Representative page and memorize the member it shows.
Sources: Find Your Representative · Representatives
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It starts with the Michigan questions and stops at 12 correct or 9 missed, like the real test.
Who is one of your state’s U.S. senators now?
Say your answer out loud, the way you would to the officer. Then check it.
English is tested too: reading and writing · the interview.
No, Lansing is. Detroit served as the first state capital, but a law signed on March 16, 1847, moved the seat of government to Lansing Township, and the current Capitol there was dedicated on January 1, 1879. Source: official page "Three Capitols", checked on Oct 26, 2026.
Yes. Both are Michigan’s senators right now, and question 23 asks for just one of them. Source: official page "U.S. Senate: Senators", checked on Oct 26, 2026.
No. OneTryPass is an independent practice site. The names on this page come from official .gov pages, linked next to each answer, and the full USCIS question list is free at uscis.gov.
9 facts from official pages, each with the date we read it.
U.S. senators: senate.gov; Governor: michigan.gov and uscis.gov; State capital: capitol.michigan.gov; U.S. representative: house.gov.
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How often each kind of rule is read again: U.S. senators, 30 days; governor, 30 days; state capital, 365 days; U.S. representative, 90 days.
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