Governors of Michigan, 1835-2022 (May be
incomplete!)
Stevens
T. Mason 1835-40
William
Woodbridge 1840-41
James
Wright Gordon 1841-42
John
S. Barry 1842-46
Alpheus
Felch 1846-47
William
L. Greenly 1847-48
Epaphroditus
Ransom 1848-50
John
S. Barry 1850
Robert
McClelland 1851-53
Andrew
Parsons 1853-55
Kinsley
S. Bingham 1855-59
Moses
Wisner 1859-61
Austin
Blair 1861-65
Henry
H. Crapo 1865-69
Henry
P. Baldwin 1869-72
John
J. Bagley 1873-76
Charles
M. Croswell 1877-80
David
H. Jerome 1881-82
Josiah
W. Begole 1883-84
Russell
A. Alger 1885-86
Cyrus
G. Luce 1887-90
Edwin
B. Winans 1891-92
John
T. Rich 1893-96
Hazen
S. Pingree 1897-1900
Aaron
T. Bliss 1901-04
Fred
M. Warner 1905-10
Chase
S. Osborn 1911-12
Woodbridge
N. Ferris 1913-16
Albert
E. Sleeper 1917-20
Alex
J. Groesbeck 1921-26
Fred
W. Green 1927-30
Wilber
M. Brucker 1931-32
William
A. Comstock 1933-34
Frank
D. Fitzgerald 1935-36
Frank
Murphy 1937-38
Frank
D. Fitzgerald 1939
Luren
D. Dickinson 1939-40
Murray
D. Van Wagoner 1941-42
Harry
F. Kelly 1943-46
Kim
Sigler 1947-48
G.
Mennen Williams 1949-60
John
B. Swainson 1961-62
George
W. Romney 1963-69
William
G. Milliken 1969-82
James
J. Blanchard 1983-90
John
M. Engler 1991-2002
Jennifer
M. Granholm 2003-10
Rick
Snyder 2011-18
Gretchen
Whitmer 2019-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1835:
John
Biddle (Whig), defeated.
1837:
Charles
Christopher Trowbridge, defeated.
1839:
Elon
Farnsworth (Dem), defeated.
1841:
Philo
C. Fuller (Whig), defeated.
1843:
Zina
Pitcher (Whig), defeated;
James
G. Birney, defeated.
1845:
Stephen
Vickery (Whig), defeated;
James
G. Birney, defeated.
1847:
Chester
Gurney, defeated;
James
M. Edmunds (Whig), defeated.
1847 Mar 3:
Alpheus
Felch, resigned.
1849:
Flavius
J. Littlejohn, defeated.
1851:
Townsend
E. Gidley (Whig), defeated.
1852:
Isaac
P. Christiancy, defeated;
Zachariah
Chandler (Whig), defeated.
1853 Mar 7:
Robert
McClelland, resigned.
1854:
Kinsley
S. Bingham (Rep), elected;
John
S. Barry (Dem), defeated.
1856:
Kinsley
S. Bingham (Rep), elected;
Alpheus
Felch (Dem), defeated.
1858:
Moses
Wisner (Rep), elected;
Charles
E. Stuart (Dem), defeated.
1860:
Austin
Blair (Rep), elected;
John
S. Barry (Dem), defeated.
1862:
Austin
Blair (Rep), elected;
Byron
G. Stout (Dem), defeated.
1864:
Henry
H. Crapo (Rep), elected;
William
M. Fenton (Dem), defeated.
1866:
Henry
H. Crapo (Rep), elected;
Alpheus
S. Williams (Dem), defeated.
1868:
Henry
P. Baldwin (Rep), elected;
John
Moore (Dem), defeated.
1870:
Henry
P. Baldwin (Rep), elected;
Charles
C. Comstock (Dem), defeated.
1872:
John
J. Bagley (Rep), elected;
Austin
Blair (Liberty), defeated.
1874:
John
J. Bagley (Rep), elected;
Henry
Chamberlain (Dem), defeated.
1876:
Charles
M. Croswell (Rep), elected;
William
L. Webber (Dem), defeated.
1878:
Charles
M. Croswell (Rep), elected;
Orlando
M. Barnes (Dem), defeated;
Henry
S. Smith (National), defeated.
1880:
David
H. Jerome (Rep), elected;
Frederick
M. Holloway (Dem), defeated;
David
Woodman (Greenback), defeated;
Isaac
W. McKeever (Prohibition), defeated;
Cornelius
Quick (American Labor), defeated.
1882:
Josiah
W. Begole (Fusion), elected;
David
H. Jerome (Rep), defeated;
Daniel
P. Sagendorph (Prohibition), defeated;
Waldo
May (National), defeated.
1884:
Russell
A. Alger (Rep), elected;
Josiah
W. Begole (Fusion), defeated;
David
Preston (Prohibition), defeated;
Jesse
M. Miller (Greenback), defeated.
1886 Nov 2:
Cyrus
G. Luce (Rep), elected;
George
L. Yaple (Fusion), defeated;
Samuel
Dickie (Prohibition), defeated.
1888:
Cyrus
G. Luce (Rep), elected;
Wellington
R. Burt (Fusion), defeated;
Amherst
B. Cheney (Prohibition), defeated;
Wildman
Mills (Union Labor), defeated.
1890 Nov 4:
Edwin
B. Winans (Dem), elected;
James
M. Turner (Rep), defeated;
Azariah
S. Partridge (Prohibition), defeated;
Eugene
H. Belden (Industrial), defeated.
1892 Nov 8:
John
T. Rich (Rep), elected;
Allen
B. Morse (Dem), defeated;
John
Russell (Prohibition), defeated;
John
W. Ewing (People's), defeated.
1894 Nov 6:
John
T. Rich (Rep), elected;
Spencer
O. Fisher (Dem), defeated;
Albert
M. Todd (Prohibition), defeated;
Alva
W. Nichols (People's), defeated.
1896 Nov 3:
Hazen
S. Pingree (Rep), elected;
Charles
R. Sligh (Fusion), defeated;
Rufus
S. Sprague (Dem), defeated;
Robert
C. Safford (Prohibition), defeated;
John
Gilberson (National), defeated.
1898 Nov 8:
Hazen
S. Pingree (Rep), elected;
Justin
R. Whiting (Fusion), defeated;
Noah
W. Cheever (Prohibition), defeated;
Sullivan
W. Cook (People's), defeated;
George
Hasseler (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1900 Nov 6:
Aaron
T. Bliss (Rep), elected;
William
C. Maybury (Dem), defeated;
Frederic
S. Goodrich (Prohibition), defeated;
Henry
Ramsay (Social Democratic), defeated;
Henry
Ulbricht (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Daniel
Thompson (People's), defeated.
1902 Nov 4:
Aaron
T. Bliss (Rep), elected;
Lorenzo
T. Durand (Dem), defeated;
Walter
S. Westerman (Prohibition), defeated;
William
E. Walter (Socialist), defeated;
Shepard
B. Cowles (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1904 Nov 8:
Fred
M. Warner (Rep), elected;
Woodbridge
N. Ferris (Dem), defeated;
James
M. Shackelton (Prohibition), defeated;
Clayton
J. Lamb (Socialist), defeated;
Meiko
Meyer (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1906 Nov 6:
Fred
M. Warner (Rep), elected;
Charles
H. Kimmerle (Dem), defeated;
R.
Clark Reed (Prohibition), defeated;
James
E. Walker (Socialist), defeated;
Herman
Richter (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1908:
James
B. Bradley (Rep), defeated in primary.
1908 Nov 3:
Fred
M. Warner (Rep), elected;
Lawton
T. Hemans (Dem), defeated;
John
W. Gray (Prohibition), defeated;
Alexander
M. Stirton (Socialist), defeated;
Archie
McInnes (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Alva
W. Nichols (Ind), defeated.
1910 Sep 6:
Lawton
T. Hemans (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1910 Sep 6:
Chase
S. Osborn (Rep), nominated;
Patrick
H. Kelley (Rep), defeated in primary;
Amos
S. Musselman (Rep), defeated in primary.
1910 Sep 6:
Fred
W. Corbett (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
1910 Sep 6:
Joseph
Warnock (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
1910 Nov 8:
Chase
S. Osborn (Rep), elected;
Lawton
T. Hemans (Dem), defeated;
Joseph
Warnock (Socialist), defeated;
Fred
W. Corbett (Prohibition), defeated;
Herman
Richter (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1912:
Frederick
C. Martindale (Rep), defeated in primary.
1912 Aug 27:
Woodbridge
N. Ferris (Dem), nominated.
1912 Nov 5:
Woodbridge
N. Ferris (Dem), elected;
Amos
S. Musselman (Rep), defeated;
L.
Whitney Watkins (Progressive), defeated;
James
Hoogerhyde (Socialist), defeated;
Jefferson
D. Leland (Prohibition), defeated;
Herman
Richter (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1914 Aug 25:
Chase
S. Osborn (Rep), nominated;
Frederick
C. Martindale (Rep), defeated in primary;
Alex
J. Groesbeck (Rep), defeated in primary;
William
S. Linton (Rep), defeated in primary;
George
E. Ellis (Rep), defeated in primary.
1914 Aug 25:
Henry
R. Pattengill (Progressive), nominated unopposed.
1914 Aug 25:
James
Hoogerhyde (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
1914 Aug 25:
Charles
N. Eayrs (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
1914 Aug 25:
Herman
Richter (Socialist Labor), nominated unopposed.
1914 Nov 3:
Woodbridge
N. Ferris (Dem), elected;
Chase
S. Osborn (Rep), defeated;
Henry
R. Pattengill (Progressive), defeated;
James
Hoogerhyde (Socialist), defeated;
Charles
N. Eayrs (Prohibition), defeated;
Herman
Richter (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1916 Aug 29:
Charles
H. Bender (Dem), nominated unopposed, but withdrew.
1916 Aug 29:
Albert
E. Sleeper (Rep), nominated;
Frank
B. Leland (Rep), defeated in primary;
Gerrit
J. Diekema (Rep), defeated in primary;
Washington
Gardner (Rep), defeated in primary;
Sybrant
Wesselius (Rep), defeated in primary.
1916 Aug 29:
Ernest
J. Moore (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
1916 Aug 29:
E.
W. Woodruff (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
1916 Nov 7:
Albert
E. Sleeper (Rep), elected;
Edwin
F. Sweet (Dem), defeated;
Ernest
J. Moore (Socialist), defeated;
E.
W. Woodruff (Prohibition), defeated;
James
R. Murray (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1918 Aug 25:
John
W. Bailey (Dem), nominated;
Edward
Frensdorf (Dem), defeated in primary.
1918 Aug 25:
Albert
E. Sleeper (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1918 Aug 25:
Ernest
J. Moore (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
1918 Aug 25:
John
S. McColl (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
1918 Aug 25:
Paul
O. Hinds (Socialist Labor), nominated unopposed.
1918 Nov 5:
Albert
E. Sleeper (Rep), elected;
John
W. Bailey (Dem), defeated;
Ernest
J. Moore (Socialist), defeated;
John
S. McColl (Prohibition), defeated;
Paul
O. Hinds (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1920:
Cassius
L. Glasgow (Rep), defeated in primary;
Luren
D. Dickinson (Rep), defeated in primary;
Frederick
C. Martindale (Rep), defeated in primary;
Charles
S. Mott (Rep), defeated in primary;
Frank
B. Leland (Rep), defeated in primary.
1920 Nov 2:
Alex
J. Groesbeck (Rep), elected;
Woodbridge
N. Ferris (Dem), defeated;
Benjamin
Blumenberg (Socialist), defeated;
Edward
J. Jeffries (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
John
Y. Johnston (Prohibition), defeated;
Edward
R. Markley (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1922 Sep 12:
Alva
M. Cummins (Dem), nominated;
James
B. Balch (Dem), defeated in primary.
1922 Sep 12:
Alex
J. Groesbeck (Rep), nominated;
Richard
H. Fletcher (Rep), defeated in primary;
Theodore
M. Joslin (Rep), defeated in primary.
1922 Sep 12:
Edward
R. Markley (Socialist Labor), nominated unopposed.
1922 Sep 12:
Belden
C. Hoyt (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
1922 Sep 12:
Benjamin
Blumenberg (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
1922 Nov 7:
Alex
J. Groesbeck (Rep), elected;
Alva
M. Cummins (Dem), defeated;
Benjamin
Blumenberg (Socialist), defeated;
Belden
C. Hoyt (Prohibition), defeated;
Edward
R. Markley (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1924:
William
W. Potter (Rep), defeated in primary;
Herbert
F. Baker (Rep), defeated in primary;
Thomas
Read (Rep), defeated in primary;
Charles
R. Sligh (Rep), defeated in primary.
1924 Nov 4:
Alex
J. Groesbeck (Rep), elected;
Edward
Frensdorf (Dem), defeated;
John
Y. Johnston (Prohibition), defeated;
Paul
Dinger (Socialist Labor), defeated;
William
L. Krieghoff (Socialist), defeated.
1926 Sep 14:
William
A. Comstock (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1926 Sep 14:
Fred
W. Green (Rep), nominated;
Alex
J. Groesbeck (Rep), defeated in primary.
1926 Sep 14:
Frank
E. Titus (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
1926 Sep 14:
William
Reynolds (Workers), nominated unopposed.
1926 Nov 2:
Fred
W. Green (Rep), elected;
William
A. Comstock (Dem), defeated;
Frank
E. Titus (Prohibition), defeated;
William
Reynolds (Workers), defeated.
1928 Sep 4:
William
A. Comstock (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1928 Sep 4:
Fred
W. Green (Rep), nominated;
George
W. Welsh (Rep), defeated in primary.
1928 Sep 4:
Ervin
D. Brooks (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
1928 Sep 4:
Guy
H. Lockwood (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
1928 Sep 4:
William
Reynolds (Workers), nominated unopposed.
1928 Sep 4:
Paul
Dinger (Socialist Labor), nominated unopposed.
1928 Nov 6:
Fred
W. Green (Rep), elected;
William
A. Comstock (Dem), defeated;
Guy
H. Lockwood (Socialist), defeated;
Ervin
D. Brooks (Prohibition), defeated;
William
Reynolds (Workers), defeated;
Paul
Dinger (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1930 Sep 9:
William
A. Comstock (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1930 Sep 9:
Wilber
M. Brucker (Rep), nominated;
Alex
J. Groesbeck (Rep), defeated in primary;
Edward
J. Jeffries, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
1930 Sep 9:
George
M. Campbell (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
1930 Sep 9:
Joseph
Billups (Workers), nominated unopposed.
1930 Sep 9:
Duly
McCone (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
1930 Nov 4:
Wilber
M. Brucker (Rep), elected;
William
A. Comstock (Dem), defeated;
Joseph
Billups (Workers), defeated;
George
M. Campbell (Socialist), defeated;
Duly
McCone (Prohibition), defeated.
1932 Sep 13:
William
A. Comstock (Dem), nominated;
Patrick
H. O'Brien (Dem), defeated in primary;
Claude
S. Carney (Dem), defeated in primary.
1932 Sep 13:
Wilber
M. Brucker (Rep), nominated;
George
W. Welsh (Rep), defeated in primary;
William
H. McKeighan (Rep), defeated in primary;
Orla
A. Bailey (Rep), defeated in primary;
James
C. Quinlan (Rep), defeated in primary.
1932 Nov 8:
William
A. Comstock (Dem), elected;
Wilber
M. Brucker (Rep), defeated;
John
Panzner (Socialist), defeated;
William
Reynolds (Communist), defeated;
Charles
Elwood Holmes (Prohibition), defeated;
Robert
Fraser (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Albert
T. Renner (Proletarian), defeated;
Anthony
Bergman (Liberty), defeated.
1934 Sep 11:
Arthur
J. Lacy (Dem), nominated;
William
A. Comstock (Dem), defeated in primary;
John
K. Stack, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.
1934 Sep 11:
Frank
D. Fitzgerald (Rep), nominated;
Alex
J. Groesbeck (Rep), defeated in primary;
John
W. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary;
Orla
A. Bailey (Rep), defeated in primary.
1934 Nov 6:
Frank
D. Fitzgerald (Rep), elected;
Arthur
J. Lacy (Dem), defeated;
Arthur
E. Larsen (Socialist), defeated;
John
Anderson (Communist), defeated;
Donald
D. Alderdye (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Robert
Fraser (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Lincoln
E. Buell (Commonwealth), defeated;
Robert
R. Pointer (People's Progressive), defeated;
Ann
L. Medow (National), defeated;
Edward
N. Lee (American), defeated.
1936 Sep 15:
Frank
Murphy (Dem), nominated;
George
W. Welsh (Dem), defeated in primary.
1936 Sep 15:
Frank
D. Fitzgerald (Rep), nominated;
Roscoe
Conkling Fitch (Rep), defeated in primary.
1936 Nov 3:
Frank
Murphy (Dem), elected;
Frank
D. Fitzgerald (Rep), defeated;
John
Monarch (Socialist), defeated;
Simeon
P. Martin (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Philip
Raymond (Communist), defeated;
Clayton
O'Donohue (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Ray
T. Fuller (Commonwealth), defeated;
Charles
F. Mann (American), defeated.
1938 Sep 13:
Frank
Murphy (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1938 Sep 13:
Frank
D. Fitzgerald (Rep), nominated;
Harry
S. Toy (Rep), defeated in primary;
Roscoe
Conkling Fitch (Rep), defeated in primary.
1938 Nov 8:
Frank
D. Fitzgerald (Rep), elected;
Frank
Murphy (Dem), defeated;
Nahum
Burnett (Socialist), defeated;
Clayton
O'Donohue (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Juliet
K. Hammond (American), defeated;
Vahan
K. Beshgetoor (Commonwealth), defeated;
Howard
L. Holmes (Square Deal), defeated;
Bowen
R. Gover (Protestants United), defeated.
1939 Mar 16:
Frank
D. Fitzgerald, died in office.
1940 Sep 10:
Murray
D. Van Wagoner (Dem), nominated;
Eugene
I. Van Antwerp (Dem), defeated in primary.
1940 Sep 10:
Luren
D. Dickinson (Rep), nominated;
Thomas
Read (Rep), defeated in primary;
O.
L. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary;
Miller
Dunckel (Rep), defeated in primary;
Melville
B. McPherson (Rep), defeated in primary;
Ernest
T. Conlon (Rep), defeated in primary;
Charles
Renaud (Rep), defeated in primary.
1940 Nov 5:
Murray
D. Van Wagoner (Dem), elected;
Luren
D. Dickinson (Rep), defeated;
Seth
Whitmore (Socialist), defeated;
Philip
Raymond (Communist), defeated;
Ralph
W. Naylor (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1942 Sep 15:
Murray
D. Van Wagoner (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1942 Sep 15:
Harry
F. Kelly (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1942 Nov 3:
Harry
F. Kelly (Rep), elected;
Murray
D. Van Wagoner (Dem), defeated;
Frederic
S. Goodrich (Prohibition), defeated.
1944 Jul 11:
Edward
J. Fry (Dem), nominated;
William
J. Cody (Dem), defeated in primary;
Earnest
C. Brooks (Dem), defeated in primary.
1944 Jul 11:
Harry
F. Kelly (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1944 Nov 7:
Harry
F. Kelly (Rep), elected;
Edward
J. Fry (Dem), defeated;
Seth
A. Davey (Prohibition), defeated;
Katherine
Odell (Socialist), defeated;
Leland
L. Marion (America First), defeated;
Theos
A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1946 Jun 18:
Murray
D. Van Wagoner (Dem), nominated;
William
J. Cody (Dem), defeated in primary.
1946 Jun 18:
Kim
Sigler (Rep), nominated;
Vernon
J. Brown (Rep), defeated in primary;
Raymond
J. Kelly (Rep), defeated in primary;
Edward
J. Jeffries, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
1946 Nov 5:
Kim
Sigler (Rep), elected;
Murray
D. Van Wagoner (Dem), defeated;
Gordon
Phillips (Prohibition), defeated;
James
Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1948 Sep 14:
G.
Mennen Williams (Dem), nominated;
Victor
E. Bucknell (Dem), defeated in primary;
Burnett
J. Abbott (Dem), defeated in primary.
1948 Sep 14:
Kim
Sigler (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1948 Nov 2:
G.
Mennen Williams (Dem), elected;
Kim
Sigler (Rep), defeated;
Gordon
Phillips (Prohibition), defeated;
Emanuel
Seidler (Socialist), defeated;
Arthur
Chenoweth (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Howard
Lerner (Socialist Workers), defeated.
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.
1960 Aug 2:
John
B. Swainson (Dem), nominated;
James
M. Hare (Dem), defeated in primary;
Edward
Connor (Dem), defeated in primary.
1960 Nov 8:
John
B. Swainson (Dem), elected;
Paul
D. Bagwell (Rep), defeated;
Robert
Himmel, Jr. (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Delmar
D. Gibbons (Prohibition), defeated;
F.
J. Toohey (Tax Cut), defeated;
Theos
A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated;
R.
Roy Pursell (Independent American), defeated.
1962 Aug 7:
John
B. Swainson (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1962 Aug 7:
George
W. Romney (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1962 Nov 6:
George
W. Romney (Rep), elected;
John
B. Swainson (Dem), defeated;
James
Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1964 Sep 1:
Neil
Staebler (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1964 Sep 1:
George
W. Romney (Rep), nominated;
George
N. Higgins (Rep), defeated in primary.
1964 Nov 3:
George
W. Romney (Rep), elected;
Neil
Staebler (Dem), defeated;
Frank
Lovell (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Albert
B. Cleage, Jr. (Freedom Now), defeated;
James
C. Horvath (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1966 Aug 2:
Zolton
A. Ferency (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1966 Aug 3:
George
W. Romney (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1966 Nov 8:
George
W. Romney (Rep), elected;
Zolton
A. Ferency (Dem), defeated;
James
C. Horvath (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1969 Jan 22:
George
W. Romney, resigned.
1970 Aug 4:
Sander
M. Levin (Dem), nominated;
Zolton
A. Ferency (Dem), defeated in primary;
George
N. Parris (Dem), defeated in primary;
George
F. Montgomery (Dem), defeated in primary.
1970 Aug 4:
William
G. Milliken (Rep), nominated;
James
C. Turner (Rep), defeated in primary.
1970 Nov 3:
William
G. Milliken (Rep), elected;
Sander
M. Levin (Dem), defeated;
James
L. McCormick (American Independent), defeated;
George
Bouse (Socialist Workers), defeated;
James
C. Horvath (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1974 Aug 6:
Sander
M. Levin (Dem), nominated;
Jerome
P. Cavanagh (Dem), defeated in primary;
James
E. Wells (Dem), defeated in primary.
1974 Aug 6:
William
G. Milliken (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1974 Nov 5:
William
G. Milliken (Rep), elected;
Sander
M. Levin (Dem), defeated;
Zolton
A. Ferency (Human Rights), defeated;
Hugh
M. Davidson (American Independent), defeated;
Eldon
K. Andrews (Conservative), defeated;
Robin
Maisel (Socialist Workers), defeated;
James
C. Horvath (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Thomas
D. Dennis (Communist), defeated;
Peter
A. Signorelli (U.S. Labor), defeated.
1978 Aug 8:
William
B. Fitzgerald (Dem), nominated;
Zolton
A. Ferency (Dem), defeated in primary;
Patrick
H. McCollough (Dem), defeated in primary;
William
R. Ralls (Dem), defeated in primary.
1978 Aug 8:
William
G. Milliken (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1978 Nov 7:
William
G. Milliken (Rep), elected;
William
B. Fitzgerald (Dem), defeated.
1982:
Zolton
A. Ferency (Dem), defeated in primary;
Edward
C. Pierce (Dem), defeated in primary;
William
B. Fitzgerald (Dem), defeated in primary;
Kerry
K. Kammer (Dem), defeated in primary;
David
A. Plawecki (Dem), defeated in primary;
John
Safran (Dem), defeated in primary.
1982:
James
H. Brickley (Rep), defeated in primary;
John
A. Welborn (Rep), defeated in primary.
1986:
Colleen
Engler (Rep), defeated in primary;
Dick
Chrysler (Rep), defeated in primary.
1986 Nov 4:
James
J. Blanchard (Dem), elected;
William
Lucas (Rep), defeated.
1990 Aug 7:
James
J. Blanchard (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1990 Aug 7:
John
M. Engler (Rep), nominated;
John
Lauve (Rep), defeated in primary.
1990 Nov 6:
John
M. Engler (Rep), elected;
James
J. Blanchard (Dem), defeated;
William
Roundtree (Workers World), defeated.
1994 Aug 2:
Howard
E. Wolpe (Dem), nominated;
Debbie
Stabenow (Dem), defeated in primary;
Larry
Owen (Dem), defeated in primary;
H.
Lynn Jondahl (Dem), defeated in primary.
1994 Nov 8:
John
M. Engler (Rep), elected;
Howard
E. Wolpe (Dem), defeated.
1998 Aug 4:
Geoffrey
Fieger (Dem), nominated;
Larry
Owen (Dem), defeated in primary;
Doug
Ross (Dem), defeated in primary.
1998 Nov 3:
John
M. Engler (Rep), elected;
Geoffrey
Fieger (Dem), defeated.
2002 Aug 6:
Jennifer
M. Granholm (Dem), nominated;
David
E. Bonior (Dem), defeated in primary;
James
J. Blanchard (Dem), defeated in primary.
2002 Aug 6:
Dick
Posthumus (Rep), nominated;
John
J. H. Schwarz (Rep), defeated in primary.
2002 Nov 5:
Jennifer
M. Granholm (Dem), elected;
Dick
Posthumus (Rep), defeated;
Douglas
Campbell (Green), defeated;
Joseph
M. Pilchak (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated.
2006:
Jennifer
M. Granholm (Dem), elected.
2010:
Rick
Snyder (Rep), nominated.
2010 Aug 3:
Mike
Cox (Rep), defeated in primary.
2010 Nov 2:
Rick
Snyder (Rep), elected;
Virg
Bernero (Dem), defeated;
Ken
Proctor (Libertarian), defeated;
Stacey
L. Mathia (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated;
Harley
Mikkelson (Green), defeated.
2014:
Mark
H. Schauer (Dem), defeated.
2018 Aug 7:
Gretchen
Whitmer (Dem), nominated;
Abdul
El-Sayed (Dem), defeated in primary;
Shri
Thanedar (Dem), defeated in primary;
William
Cobbs (Dem), defeated in primary.
2018 Aug 7:
Bill
Schuette (Rep), nominated;
Brian
N. Calley (Rep), defeated in primary;
Patrick
Colbeck (Rep), defeated in primary;
Jim
Hines (Rep), defeated in primary;
Evan
Space (Rep), defeated in primary.
2018 Aug 7:
Bill
Gelineau (Libertarian), nominated;
John
J. Tatar (Libertarian), defeated in primary.
2018 Nov 6:
Gretchen
Whitmer (Dem), elected;
Bill
Schuette (Rep), defeated;
Bill
Gelineau (Libertarian), defeated;
Todd
Schleiger (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated;
Jennifer
V. Kurland (Green), defeated;
Keith
Butkovich (Natural Law), defeated.
2022 Aug 2:
Gretchen
Whitmer (Dem), nominated unopposed.
2022 Aug 2:
Tudor
M. Dixon (Rep), nominated;
Kevin
Rinke (Rep), defeated in primary;
Garrett
Soldano (Rep), defeated in primary;
Ryan
D. Kelley (Rep), defeated in primary;
Ralph
Rebandt (Rep), defeated in primary.
2022 Nov 8:
Gretchen
Whitmer (Dem), elected;
Tudor
M. Dixon (Rep), defeated;
Mary
Buzuma (Libertarian), defeated;
Donna
Brandenburg (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated;
Kevin
Hogan (Green), defeated;
Daryl
M. Simpson (Natural Law), defeated.
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