Michigan Secretaries of State, 1835-2018 (May be
incomplete!)
Kintzing
Prichette 1835-38
Randolph
Manning 1838-40
Thomas
Rowland 1840-42
Robert
P. Eldridge 1842-46
Gideon
O. Whittemore 1846-48
George
W. Peck 1848-50
George
Redfield 1850
Charles
H. Taylor 1850-52
William
Graves 1853-54
John
McKinney 1855-58
Nelson
G. Isbell 1859-60
James
P. Porter 1861-66
Oliver
L. Spaulding 1867-70
Daniel
Striker 1871-74
Ebenezer
G. D. Holden 1875-78
William
Jenney 1879-82
Harry
A. Conant 1883-86
Gilbert
R. Osmun 1887-90
Daniel
E. Soper 1891
Robert
R. Blacker 1891-92
John
W. Jochim 1893-94
Washington
Gardner 1894-98
Justus
S. Stearns 1899-1900
Fred
M. Warner 1901-04
George
A. Prescott 1905-08
Frederick
C. Martindale 1909-14
Coleman
C. Vaughan 1915-20
Charles
J. DeLand 1921-26
John
S. Haggerty 1927-30
Frank
D. Fitzgerald 1931-34
Clarke
W. Brown 1934
Orville
E. Atwood 1935-36
Leon
D. Case 1937-38
Harry
F. Kelly 1939-42
Herman
H. Dignan 1943-46
Frederick
M. Alger, Jr. 1947-52
Owen
J. Cleary 1953-54
James
M. Hare 1955-70
Richard
H. Austin 1971-94
Candice
S. Miller 1995-2002
Terri
Lynn Land 2003-10
Ruth
Johnson 2011-18
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1858:
Jonathan
P. King (Dem), defeated.
1880:
Ira
D. Crouse, defeated.
1886 Nov 2:
Gilbert
R. Osmun (Rep), elected;
Philip
B. Wachtel (Fusion), defeated;
John
Evans (Prohibition), defeated.
1890:
Washington
Gardner (Rep), defeated;
Edwin
S. Palmiter (Prohibition), defeated.
1894 Mar 20:
Washington
Gardner, appointed.
1898 Nov 8:
Justus
S. Stearns (Rep), elected;
Leroy
E. Lockwood (Dem & People's & Union Silver), defeated;
John
Sweet (Prohibition), defeated;
Jonas
M. Borough (People's), defeated;
Peter
Friesema, Jr. (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1902:
John
Donovan (Dem), defeated.
1904 Nov 8:
James
B. Balch (Dem), defeated.
1906 Nov 6:
George
A. Prescott (Rep), elected;
Patrick
J. Devine (Dem), defeated;
Leroy
H. White (Prohibition), defeated;
William
Wilen (Socialist), defeated;
William
Hoag (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1908:
Francis
T. McDonald (Dem), defeated.
1910 Nov 8:
Frederick
C. Martindale (Rep), elected;
Adolph
W. Peterson (Dem), defeated;
George
H. Sherman (Socialist), defeated;
George
A. Youngs (Prohibition), defeated;
Thomas
J. Grabuski (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1912:
Howard
H. Batdorff (Progressive), defeated.
1912 Nov 5:
James
B. Balch (Dem), defeated.
1914:
Howard
H. Batdorff (Progressive), defeated.
1916 Nov 7:
Coleman
C. Vaughan (Rep), elected;
Frank
R. Hamburger (Dem), defeated;
Harvey
A. Hedden (Socialist), defeated;
Andrew
Wood (Prohibition), defeated;
Theodore
Bossie (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1918 Nov 5:
Coleman
C. Vaughan (Rep), elected;
Gerrit
Masselink (Dem), defeated;
Loren
B. Teal (Socialist), defeated;
Marshall
D. Holbrook (Prohibition), defeated;
Logan
M. Cunningham (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1920:
Catherine
D. Doran (Dem), defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
Charles
J. DeLand (Rep), elected;
Jessie
C. Porter (Dem), defeated;
Andrew
Wood (Prohibition), defeated;
Paul
Dinger (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Ida
R. Stewart (Socialist), defeated.
1926 Nov 2:
John
S. Haggerty (Rep), elected;
Catherine
D. Doran (Dem), defeated;
Libbie
Catherman (Prohibition), defeated;
George
M. Campbell (Socialist), defeated;
Sarah
Victor (Workers), defeated.
1928 Nov 6:
John
S. Haggerty (Rep), elected;
Willis
M. Brewer (Dem), defeated;
Joseph
Bernstein (Socialist), defeated;
Elva
Rushton (Workers), defeated;
Charles
S. Rennells (Prohibition), defeated;
Logan
M. Cunningham (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1930 Nov 4:
Frank
D. Fitzgerald (Rep), elected;
Burnett
J. Abbott (Dem), defeated;
Alice
Yonik (Workers), defeated;
Hallen
M. Bell (Socialist), defeated;
Libbie
Catherman (Prohibition), defeated;
Harold
E. Southern (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1932:
Burnett
J. Abbott (Dem), defeated.
1934:
Guy
M. Wilson (Dem), defeated.
1934 Nov 15:
Frank
D. Fitzgerald, resigned.
1936 Nov 3:
Leon
D. Case (Dem), elected;
Orville
E. Atwood (Rep), defeated;
Jean
Seidel (Socialist), defeated;
Milton
E. Scherer (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Joseph
Geminder (Communist), defeated;
John
Michoff (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Jay
W. Slaughter (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Roscoe
Conkling Fitch (American), defeated.
1938 Nov 8:
Harry
F. Kelly (Rep), elected;
Leon
D. Case (Dem), defeated;
Jean
Seidel (Socialist), defeated;
Ray
M. Hardy (Constitutional Democratic), defeated;
Thomas
F. Slater (Socialist Labor), defeated;
James
M. Brown (Commonwealth), defeated;
Edna
S. Emmett (American), defeated;
France
Gover (Protestants United), defeated;
Sheri
M. Callahan (Square Deal), defeated.
1940 Nov 5:
Harry
F. Kelly (Rep), elected;
Leo
V. Card (Dem), defeated;
Lawrence
Piercey (Socialist), defeated;
Ida
Kuivinen (Communist), defeated;
Harold
W. Bugbee (Prohibition), defeated;
Clayton
O'Donohue (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1942 Nov 3:
Herman
H. Dignan (Rep), elected;
Maurice
C. Eveland (Dem), defeated;
Olla
K. Marshall (Prohibition), defeated.
1944 Nov 7:
Herman
H. Dignan (Rep), elected;
Arthur
A. Koscinski (Dem), defeated;
John
Mason Wells (Prohibition), defeated;
Louis
Busker (Socialist), defeated;
Bernard
A. Doman (America First), defeated;
James
Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1946 Nov 5:
Frederick
M. Alger, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Joseph
L. Bannigan (Dem), defeated;
John
Mason Wells (Prohibition), defeated;
William
Walbridge (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Abner
W. Berry (Communist), defeated.
1948 Nov 2:
Frederick
M. Alger, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Noel
P. Fox (Dem), defeated;
Roberta
Barrow (Progressive), defeated;
E.
Harold Munn (Prohibition), defeated;
Helen
King (Socialist), defeated;
James
Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated;
William
H. Yancey (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1950 Nov 7:
Frederick
M. Alger, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Philip
A. Hart (Dem), defeated;
Harold
A. Lindahl (Prohibition), defeated;
Robert
Travis (Progressive), defeated;
Albert
Mills (Socialist Labor), defeated;
William
H. Yancey (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1952 Nov 4:
Owen
J. Cleary (Rep), elected;
Robert
S. McAllister (Dem), defeated;
William
C. Shortt (Prohibition), defeated;
Virginia
Glenn (Progressive), defeated;
Charles
Schwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1954 Nov 2:
James
M. Hare (Dem), elected;
Owen
J. Cleary (Rep), defeated;
Gladys
T. Davis (Prohibition), defeated;
Charles
Schwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1956 Nov 6:
James
M. Hare (Dem), elected;
John
B. Martin, Jr. (Rep), defeated;
Mary
M. Kenworthy (Prohibition), defeated.
1958 Nov 4:
James
M. Hare (Dem), elected;
Raymond
A. Plank (Rep), defeated;
Alfred
T. Halsted (Prohibition), defeated;
Charles
Schwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Robert
Himmel, Jr. (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1960 Nov 8:
James
M. Hare (Dem), elected;
William
E. Kreger (Rep), defeated;
Larry
Dolinski (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Alfred
T. Halsted (Prohibition), defeated;
Charles
Schwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Hubert
P. Underwood (Independent American), defeated.
1962 Nov 6:
James
M. Hare (Dem), elected;
Norman
O. Stockmeyer (Rep), defeated;
W.
Clifford Bentley (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1964 Nov 3:
James
M. Hare (Dem), elected;
Allison
Green (Rep), defeated;
Loy
A. Cohen (Freedom Now), defeated;
Jan
Garrett (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Ralph
W. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1966 Nov 8:
James
M. Hare (Dem), elected;
George
A. Washington (Rep), defeated;
Frank
Troha (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1970 Nov 3:
Richard
H. Austin (Dem), elected;
Emil
Lockwood (Rep), defeated;
Robert
E. Miles (American Independent), defeated;
John
Hawkins (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Frank
Troha (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1974 Nov 5:
Richard
H. Austin (Dem), elected;
N.
Lorraine Beebe (Rep), defeated;
Henry
W. Kroes, Jr. (American Independent), defeated;
James
F. McClure (Human Rights), defeated;
Robert
G. Lee (Conservative), defeated;
Rachele
Fruit (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Judith
S. Crowell (U.S. Labor), defeated;
John
Gill Motzer (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1978 Nov 7:
Richard
H. Austin (Dem), elected;
Melvin
L. Larsen (Rep), defeated.
1986:
Weldon
O. Yeager (Rep), defeated.
1990 Nov 6:
Richard
H. Austin (Dem), elected;
Judy
Miller (Rep), defeated.
1994 Nov 8:
Candice
S. Miller (Rep), elected;
Richard
H. Austin (Dem), defeated.
1998 Nov 3:
Candice
S. Miller (Rep), elected;
Mary
Lou Parks (Dem), defeated;
Perry
K. Spencer (Reform), defeated.
2002 Nov 5:
Terri
Lynn Land (Rep), elected;
Melvin
Hollowell (Dem), defeated;
Ray
Ziarno (Green), defeated;
Charles
F. Conces (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated.
2006 Nov 7:
Terri
Lynn Land (Rep), elected.
2010 Nov 2:
Ruth
Johnson (Rep), elected;
Jocelyn
Benson (Dem), defeated;
Scotty
Boman (Libertarian), defeated;
Robert
J. Gale (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated;
John
Anthony La Pietra (Green), defeated.
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