Michigan: Governors, 1950s
Governors of Michigan, 1950-59 (may be incomplete!)
G.
Mennen Williams 1949-60
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
Governors of Michigan: Events and Candidates of
the 1950's (may be incomplete!)
- 1950 Sep 12:
G.
Mennen Williams (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1950 Sep 12:
Harry
F. Kelly (Rep), nominated;
Frederick
M. Alger, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary;
Eugene
C. Keyes (Rep), defeated in primary;
Albert
J. Engel (Rep), defeated in primary;
Thomas
S. Leith (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1950 Nov 7:
G.
Mennen Williams (Dem), elected;
Harry
F. Kelly (Rep), defeated;
Perry
Hayden (Prohibition), defeated;
Theos
A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Howard
Lerner (Socialist Workers), defeated.
- 1952 Aug 5:
G.
Mennen Williams (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1952 Aug 5:
Frederick
M. Alger, Jr. (Rep), nominated;
Donald
S. Leonard (Rep), defeated in primary;
William
C. Vandenberg (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1952 Nov 4:
G.
Mennen Williams (Dem), elected;
Frederick
M. Alger, Jr. (Rep), defeated;
E.
Harold Munn (Prohibition), defeated;
Theos
A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Howard
Lerner (Socialist Workers), defeated.
- 1954 Aug 3:
G.
Mennen Williams (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1954 Aug 3:
Donald
S. Leonard (Rep), nominated;
D.
Hale Brake (Rep), defeated in primary;
Owen
J. Cleary (Rep), defeated in primary;
Eugene
C. Keyes (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1954 Nov 2:
G.
Mennen Williams (Dem), elected;
Donald
S. Leonard (Rep), defeated;
E.
Harold Munn (Prohibition), defeated;
Theos
A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Frank
Lovell (Socialist Workers), defeated.
- 1956 Aug 7:
G.
Mennen Williams (Dem), nominated unopposed.
- 1956 Aug 7:
Albert
E. Cobo (Rep), nominated;
Donald
S. Leonard (Rep), defeated in primary.
- 1956 Nov 6:
G.
Mennen Williams (Dem), elected;
Albert
E. Cobo (Rep), defeated;
Alfred
T. Halsted (Prohibition), defeated.
- 1958 Aug 5:
G.
Mennen Williams (Dem), nominated;
William
L. Johnson (Dem), defeated in primary.
- 1958 Nov 4:
G.
Mennen Williams (Dem), elected;
Paul
D. Bagwell (Rep), defeated;
Ralph
W. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Rollin
M. Severance (Prohibition), defeated;
Frank
Lovell (Socialist Workers), defeated.
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