Michigan State Attorneys General, 1836-2018 (May be
incomplete!)
Daniel
LeRoy 1836-37
Peter
Morey 1837-41
Zephaniah
Platt 1841-43
Elon
Farnsworth 1843-45
Henry
N. Walker 1845-47
Edward
Mundy 1847-48
George
V. N. Lothrop 1848-51
William
Hale 1851-54
Jacob
M. Howard 1855-60
Charles
Upson 1861-62
Albert
Williams 1863-66
William
L. Stoughton 1867-68
Dwight
May 1869-72
Byron
D. Ball 1873-74
Isaac
Marston 1874
Andrew
J. Smith 1875-76
Otto
Kirchner 1877-80
Jacob
J. Van Riper 1881-84
Moses
Taggart 1885-88
Stephen
V. R. Trowbridge 1889-90
Benjamin
W. Huston 1890
Adolphus
A. Ellis 1891-94
Fred
A. Maynard 1895-98
Horace
M. Oren 1899-1902
Charles
A. Blair 1903-04
John
E. Bird 1905-10
Franz
C. Kuhn 1910-12
Roger
I. Wykes 1912
Grant
Fellows 1913-16
Alex
J. Groesbeck 1917-20
Merlin
Wiley 1921-23
Andrew
B. Dougherty 1923-26
Clare
Retan 1926
William
W. Potter 1927-28
Wilber
M. Brucker 1928-30
Paul
W. Voorhies 1931-32
Patrick
H. O'Brien 1933-34
Harry
S. Toy 1935
David
H. Crowley 1935-36
Raymond
Wesley Starr 1937-38
Thomas
Read 1939-40
Herbert
J. Rushton 1941-44
John
R. Dethmers 1945-46
Foss
O. Eldred 1946
Eugene
F. Black 1947-48
Stephen
J. Roth 1949-50
Frank
G. Millard 1951-54
Thomas
M. Kavanagh 1955-57
Paul
L. Adams 1958-61
Frank
J. Kelley 1961-98
Jennifer
M. Granholm 1999-2002
Mike
Cox 2003-10
Bill
Schuette 2011-18
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1860:
Charles
Upson (Rep), elected.
1874 Apr 1:
Byron
D. Ball, resigned;
Isaac
Marston, appointed.
1878:
Frank
Dumon, defeated;
Allen
B. Morse, defeated.
1880:
William
Newton, defeated.
1886 Nov 2:
Moses
Taggart (Rep), elected;
John
C. Donnelly (Fusion), defeated;
James
R. Laing (Prohibition), defeated.
1888 Nov 6:
Stephen
V. R. Trowbridge (Rep), elected;
Adolphus
A. Ellis (Dem), defeated;
Lemuel
C. Clute (Prohibition), defeated.
1890:
Benjamin
W. Huston, defeated.
1892:
Gerrit
J. Diekema (Rep), defeated;
Myron
H. Walker (Prohibition), defeated.
1894:
James
O'Hara (Dem), defeated.
1900:
James
O'Hara (Dem), defeated.
1902 Nov 4:
Charles
A. Blair (Rep), elected.
1904:
Francis
O. Gaffney (Dem), defeated.
1906 Nov 6:
John
E. Bird (Rep), elected;
Emanuel
J. Doyle (Dem), defeated;
Winent
H. D. Fox (Prohibition), defeated;
James
H. McFarlan (Socialist), defeated;
Adolph
Barstow (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1910 Jun 6:
John
E. Bird, resigned;
Franz
C. Kuhn, appointed.
1910 Nov 8:
Franz
C. Kuhn (Rep), elected;
Thomas
J. Bresnahan (Dem), defeated;
Hamilton
S. McMaster (Socialist), defeated;
William
S. McCormick (Prohibition), defeated;
Frederick
N. Hitchcock (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1912 Sep 9:
Franz
C. Kuhn, resigned;
Roger
I. Wykes, appointed.
1914 Nov 3:
Charles
P. O'Neil (Progressive), defeated.
1916 Nov 7:
Alex
J. Groesbeck (Rep), elected;
George
J. Burke (Dem), defeated;
Clinton
B. Griner (Socialist), defeated;
Thomas
A. Mead (Prohibition), defeated;
John
Fendt (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1918 Nov 5:
Alex
J. Groesbeck (Rep), elected;
James
H. Baker (Dem), defeated;
Solomon
Poperno (Socialist), defeated;
Harvey
B. Hatch (Prohibition), defeated;
William
A. Schnau (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
Merlin
Wiley (Rep), elected;
Thomas
J. Cavanaugh (Dem), defeated;
Thomas
A. Mead (Prohibition), defeated;
Henry
Stone (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Max
Wagman (Socialist), defeated;
M.
C. Brown, defeated.
1923 Jan 4:
Merlin
Wiley, resigned.
1923 Jan 9:
Andrew
B. Dougherty, appointed.
1924:
Howard
C. Cavanaugh (Dem), defeated.
1926 Oct 27:
Andrew
B. Dougherty, resigned;
Clare
Retan, appointed.
1926 Nov 2:
William
W. Potter (Rep), elected;
Alva
M. Cummins (Dem), defeated;
Cyril
Lambkin (Workers), defeated.
1928 Feb 16:
William
W. Potter, resigned.
1928 Feb 18:
Wilber
M. Brucker, appointed.
1928 Nov 6:
Wilber
M. Brucker (Rep), elected;
Kim
Sigler (Dem), defeated;
John
Kiiskila (Workers), defeated;
Garmen
N. Speredon (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1930 Nov 4:
Paul
W. Voorhies (Rep), elected;
Elmer
Kirkby (Dem), defeated;
William
Pharr (Workers), defeated;
Joseph
P. Campbell (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1932:
Paul
W. Voorhies (Rep), defeated.
1934 Nov 6:
Patrick
H. O'Brien (Dem), defeated.
1935 Oct 24:
David
H. Crowley, appointed.
1936 Nov 3:
Raymond
Wesley Starr (Dem), elected;
David
H. Crowley (Rep), defeated;
Emanuel
Seidler (Socialist), defeated;
Gottlob
C. Leibrand (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Floyd
McDonnel (Communist), defeated;
Edith
L. Walzel (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Charles
L. Bartlett (American), defeated.
1938 Nov 8:
Thomas
Read (Rep), elected;
Raymond
Wesley Starr (Dem), defeated;
Emanuel
Seidler (Socialist), defeated;
Abner
Dilley (Constitutional Democratic), defeated;
Arthur
J. Wobler (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Evelyn
A. Greene (American), defeated;
Archibald
D. Jones (Square Deal), defeated.
1940 Nov 5:
Herbert
J. Rushton (Rep), elected;
Raymond
Wesley Starr (Dem), defeated;
James
H. Stites (Socialist), defeated;
Merrill
C. Work (Communist), defeated;
Fred
Piatt (Prohibition), defeated;
Charles
Schwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1942 Nov 3:
Herbert
J. Rushton (Rep), elected;
John
W. Babcock (Dem), defeated;
Fred
Piatt (Prohibition), defeated.
1944 Nov 7:
John
R. Dethmers (Rep), elected;
Thurman
B. Doyle (Dem), defeated;
G.
Albert Emerich (Prohibition), defeated;
James
H. Stites (Socialist), defeated;
Kenneth
C. Weber (America First), defeated;
Charles
Schwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1946 Aug 15:
John
R. Dethmers, resigned.
1946 Sep 9:
Foss
O. Eldred, appointed.
1946 Nov 5:
Eugene
F. Black (Rep), elected;
Thurman
B. Doyle (Dem), defeated;
LeRoy
B. McInally (Prohibition), defeated;
Grace
M. Hamilton (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Philip
Raymond (Communist), defeated.
1948 Nov 2:
Stephen
J. Roth (Dem), elected;
Stuart
B. White (Rep), defeated;
Ernest
Goodman (Progressive), defeated;
LeRoy
B. McInally (Prohibition), defeated;
Samuel
Silverstein (Socialist), defeated;
Marion
L. Walbridge (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1950 Nov 7:
Frank
G. Millard (Rep), elected;
Stephen
J. Roth (Dem), defeated;
G.
Albert Emerich (Prohibition), defeated;
Ralph
W. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Guilford
E. Pennington (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1952 Nov 4:
Frank
G. Millard (Rep), elected;
John
T. Damm (Dem), defeated;
G.
Albert Emerich (Prohibition), defeated;
Ralph
W. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1954 Nov 2:
Thomas
M. Kavanagh (Dem), elected;
Frank
G. Millard (Rep), defeated;
Ralph
W. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1956 Nov 6:
Thomas
M. Kavanagh (Dem), elected;
Richard
C. Van Dusen (Rep), defeated.
1958 Jan 1:
Paul
L. Adams, appointed.
1958 Nov 4:
Paul
L. Adams (Dem), elected;
Jason
L. Honigman (Rep), defeated;
Albert
Mills (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Rita
Shaw (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1960 Nov 8:
Paul
L. Adams (Dem), elected;
Wendell
A. Miles (Rep), defeated;
Rita
Shaw (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Alan
LaRose (Prohibition), defeated;
Roman
V. Ceglowski (Independent American), defeated;
Ralph
W. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1961 Dec 27:
Paul
L. Adams, resigned.
1961 Dec 28:
Frank
J. Kelley, appointed.
1962 Nov 6:
Frank
J. Kelley (Dem), elected;
Robert
J. Danhof (Rep), defeated;
Theos
A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1964 Nov 3:
Frank
J. Kelley (Dem), elected;
Meyer
Warshawsky (Rep), defeated;
Allen
Bibb (Freedom Now), defeated;
Robert
Fink (Socialist Workers), defeated;
William
Walbridge (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1966 Nov 8:
Frank
J. Kelley (Dem), elected;
Lawrence
B. Lindemer (Rep), defeated;
Charles
Schwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1970 Nov 3:
Frank
J. Kelley (Dem), elected;
William
S. Farr, Jr. (Rep), defeated;
John
Zywicki (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Ronald
Reosti (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1974 Nov 5:
Frank
J. Kelley (Dem), elected;
Myron
H. Wahls (Rep), defeated;
Ray
D. Markel (American Independent), defeated;
Clarice
Jobes (Human Rights), defeated.
1978 Nov 7:
Frank
J. Kelley (Dem), elected;
Stephen
C. Bransdorfer (Rep), defeated;
James
E. Wells (American Independent), defeated.
1986:
Robert
H. Cleland (Rep), defeated.
1990 Nov 6:
Frank
J. Kelley (Dem), elected;
Clifford
W. Taylor (Rep), defeated.
1994 Nov 8:
Frank
J. Kelley (Dem), elected;
John
A. Smietanka (Rep), defeated.
1998 Nov 3:
Jennifer
M. Granholm (Dem), elected;
John
A. Smietanka (Rep), defeated.
2002 Nov 5:
Mike
Cox (Rep), elected;
Gary
C. Peters (Dem), defeated;
Jerry
J. Kaufman (Green), defeated;
Gerald
T. Van Sickle (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated.
2010 Nov 2:
Bill
Schuette (Rep), elected;
David
Leyton (Dem), defeated;
Daniel
W. Grow (Libertarian), defeated;
Gerald
T. Van Sickle (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated.
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