About Dan Benishek
Dan Benishek is a Republican physician who represented Michigan’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 6, 2015, to January 3, 2017. Born April 20, 1952, he previously served in Congress beginning in 2011 and represented a largely rural district covering northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. Committee assignments during his tenure are not listed in the available data.
During his time in Congress, Benishek disclosed 239 trades with an estimated total trading volume of $4.2 million, placing him among the more active House traders of that period. His activity was heavily skewed toward purchases, with 189 buys compared to 50 sells. The most frequently traded stocks included an unnamed holding (50 trades), Procter & Gamble (PG, 6 trades), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, 5 trades), Verizon (VZ, 5 trades), and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK, 5 trades). Sector exposure spanned Banking (4 trades), Technology (4), Services (2), Retail Trade (2), and Manufacturing (2), reflecting diversified activity across consumer, healthcare, telecom, and financial industries.
Dan Benishek's Trades
Trading Activity
| Date | Asset | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | Benisher for Congress Inc (Loan) - Partial Loan PaymentOTHE | sell | $15K-$50K |
| 2026-04-17 | Berkshire for Congress, Inc. LoanOTHE | buy | $100K-$250K |
| 2016-10-05 | PG | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | NKE | sell | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | BAC | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | TFC | sell | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | BP | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | PG | sell | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | NKE | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | SBUX | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | MA | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | VZ | sell | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | PFE | sell | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | NFBK | sell | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | MSFT | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | XOM | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | META | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | F | sell | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | BAC | sell | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-10-05 | VZ | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-06-16 | SO | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-06-15 | PHG | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-06-15 | PSEC | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-06-15 | MSFT | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-06-15 | CLX | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-06-15 | DBCETF | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-06-01 | XLPETF | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-04-16 | WFC | buy | $15K-$50K |
| 2016-01-08 | LHX | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-08 | CSCO | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-08 | VZ | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-08 | WDC | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-08 | BAC | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-08 | CLF | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-06 | SO | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-06 | XLS | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-06 | CSCO | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-06 | VZ | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-06 | BAC | sell | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-06 | ACHC | sell | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-06 | SO | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-05 | RTX | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-05 | PG | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-05 | MSFT | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-05 | CLX | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2016-01-05 | GSK | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2015-07-11 | IBM | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2015-07-11 | OXY | buy | $1K-$15K |
| 2015-07-11 | DIS | sell | $1K-$15K |
| 2015-07-11 | VZ | buy | $1K-$15K |
Estimated current holdings
Derived from disclosed buys minus sells at range midpoints. Positions opened before disclosure records began, or reported only in ranges, make this an estimate of direction and scale, not a brokerage statement.