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Michigan: U.S. Senators

U.S. Senators from Michigan, 1837-2018 (May be incomplete!)
Lucius Lyon 1837-39 John Norvell 1837-41 Augustus S. Porter 1839-45 William Woodbridge 1841-47 Lewis Cass 1845-48 Alpheus Felch 1847-53 Thomas Fitzgerald 1848-49 Lewis Cass 1849-57 Charles E. Stuart 1853-59 Zachariah Chandler 1857-75 Kinsley S. Bingham 1859-61 Jacob M. Howard 1862-71 Thomas W. Ferry 1871-83 Isaac P. Christiancy 1875-79 Zachariah Chandler 1879 Henry P. Baldwin 1879-81 Omar D. Conger 1881-87 Thomas W. Palmer 1883-89 Francis B. Stockbridge 1887-94 James McMillan 1889-1902 John Patton, Jr. 1894-95 Julius C. Burrows 1895-1911 Russell A. Alger 1902-07 William Alden Smith 1907-19 Charles E. Townsend 1911-23 Truman H. Newberry 1919-22 James Couzens 1922-36 Woodbridge N. Ferris 1923-28 Arthur H. Vandenberg 1928-51 Prentiss M. Brown 1936-43 Homer Ferguson 1943-55 Blair Moody 1951-52 Charles E. Potter 1952-59 Patrick V. McNamara 1955-66 Philip A. Hart 1959-76 Robert P. Griffin 1966-79 Donald W. Riegle, Jr. 1976-95 Carl Levin 1979- Spencer Abraham 1995-2001 Debbie Stabenow 2001- Gary C. Peters 2015-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1848 May 29: Lewis Cass, resigned.
  • 1861 Oct 5: Kinsley S. Bingham, died in office.
  • 1875 Feb 10: Isaac P. Christiancy, resigned.
  • 1879 Nov 1: Zachariah Chandler, died in office.
  • 1879 Nov 17: Henry P. Baldwin, appointed.
  • 1894 Apr 30: Francis B. Stockbridge, died in office.
  • 1902 Aug 10: James McMillan, died in office.
  • 1902 Sep 17: Russell A. Alger, appointed.
  • 1907 Jan 24: Russell A. Alger, died in office.
  • 1910 Sep 6: Charles E. Townsend (Rep), nominated; Julius C. Burrows (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1916 Aug 29: John T. Winship (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1916 Aug 29: Charles E. Townsend (Rep), nominated; William H. Hill (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1916 Aug 29: Edward O. Foss (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1916 Aug 29: John Y. Johnston (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1916 Aug 29: Herman Richter (Socialist Labor), nominated unopposed.
  • 1916 Nov 7: Charles E. Townsend (Rep), elected; Lawrence Price (Dem), defeated; Edward O. Foss (Socialist), defeated; John Y. Johnston (Prohibition), defeated; Herman Richter (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1918: James W. Helme, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1918: Chase S. Osborn (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1918 Nov 5: Truman H. Newberry (Rep), elected; Henry Ford (Dem), defeated; Edward O. Foss (Socialist), defeated; William J. Faull (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1922 Sep 12: Woodbridge N. Ferris (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1922 Sep 12: Charles E. Townsend (Rep), nominated; Herbert F. Baker (Rep), defeated in primary; Patrick H. Kelley (Rep), defeated in primary; John G. Emery (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1922 Sep 12: Frank E. Titus (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1922 Sep 12: William L. Krieghoff (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1922 Nov 7: Woodbridge N. Ferris (Dem), elected; Charles E. Townsend (Rep), defeated; William L. Krieghoff (Socialist), defeated; Frank E. Titus (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1922 Nov 29: James Couzens, appointed.
  • 1924: Arthur J. Tuttle (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1924 Nov 4: James Couzens (Rep), elected; Mortimer E. Cooley (Dem), defeated; Frank E. Titus (Prohibition), defeated; Logan M. Cunningham (Socialist Labor), defeated; Albert L. Day (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1928 Mar 23: Woodbridge N. Ferris, died in office.
  • 1928 Mar 31: Arthur H. Vandenberg, appointed.
  • 1928 Sep 4: John W. Bailey (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1928 Sep 4: Arthur H. Vandenberg (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1928 Sep 4: Duly McCone (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1928 Sep 4: William L. Krieghoff (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1928 Sep 4: Benjamin A. Faulkner (Workers), nominated unopposed.
  • 1928 Sep 4: David Boyd (Socialist Labor), nominated unopposed.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Arthur H. Vandenberg (Rep), elected; John W. Bailey (Dem), defeated; William L. Krieghoff (Socialist), defeated; Benjamin A. Faulkner (Workers), defeated; Duly McCone (Prohibition), defeated; David Boyd (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Arthur H. Vandenberg (Rep), elected; John W. Bailey (Dem), defeated; Francis W. Elliott (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1930 Sep 9: Thomas A. E. Weadock (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1930 Sep 9: James Couzens (Rep), nominated; Chase S. Osborn (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1930 Sep 9: Milton E. Depew (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1930 Sep 9: George E. Powers (Workers), nominated unopposed.
  • 1930 Sep 9: Charles S. Rennells (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1930 Nov 4: James Couzens (Rep), elected; Thomas A. E. Weadock (Dem), defeated; George E. Powers (Workers), defeated; Milton E. Depew (Socialist), defeated; Charles S. Rennells (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1934 Sep 11: Frank A. Picard (Dem), nominated; Ray D. Schneider (Dem), defeated in primary; Claude S. Carney (Dem), defeated in primary; Alva M. Cummins (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Arthur H. Vandenberg (Rep), elected; Frank A. Picard (Dem), defeated; John Monarch (Socialist), defeated; Philip Raymond (Communist), defeated; W. Ralph Jones (Farmer-Labor), defeated; John Vonica (Socialist Labor), defeated; Jay W. Slaughter (Commonwealth), defeated; Chester A. Shewalter (National), defeated.
  • 1936 Sep 15: Prentiss M. Brown (Dem), nominated; Louis B. Ward (Dem), defeated in primary; Ralph W. Liddy (Dem), defeated in primary; John H. Muyskens (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1936 Sep 15: Wilber M. Brucker (Rep), nominated; James Couzens (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1936 Oct 22: James Couzens, died in office.
  • 1936 Nov 3: Prentiss M. Brown (Dem), elected; Wilber M. Brucker (Rep), defeated; Louis B. Ward (The Third Party), defeated; Roy E. Mathews (Socialist), defeated; Lawrence Emery (Communist), defeated; Ralph W. Naylor (Socialist Labor), defeated; Albert B. Sheldon (Commonwealth), defeated; Edward N. Lee (American), defeated.
  • 1940 Sep 10: Frank FitzGerald (Dem), nominated; Michael J. Hart (Dem), defeated in primary; Louis B. Ward (Dem), defeated in primary; Ralph W. Liddy (Dem), defeated in primary; Sid A. Erwin (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1940 Sep 10: Arthur H. Vandenberg (Rep), nominated; Bowen R. Gover (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Arthur H. Vandenberg (Rep), elected; Frank FitzGerald (Dem), defeated; Nahum Burnett (Socialist), defeated; Elmer Johnson (Communist), defeated; Carroll P. Lahman (Prohibition), defeated; Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1942 Sep 15: Prentiss M. Brown (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1942 Sep 15: Homer Ferguson (Rep), nominated; Gerald L. K. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary; Elton R. Eaton (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1942 Nov 3: Homer Ferguson (Rep), elected; Prentiss M. Brown (Dem), defeated; Gerald L. K. Smith, defeated; LeRoy M. Lowell (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1946 Jun 18: James H. Lee (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1946 Jun 18: Arthur H. Vandenberg (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1946 Nov 5: Arthur H. Vandenberg (Rep), elected; James H. Lee (Dem), defeated; Lawrence A. Ruble (Prohibition), defeated; Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated; Hugo Beiswenger (Communist), defeated.
  • 1948 Sep 14: Frank E. Hook (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1948 Sep 14: Homer Ferguson (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Homer Ferguson (Rep), elected; Frank E. Hook (Dem), defeated; Harold A. Lindahl (Prohibition), defeated; Michael Magee (Socialist), defeated; Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated; Genora Dollinger (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1951 Apr 18: Arthur H. Vandenberg, died in office.
  • 1952 Aug 5: Blair Moody (Dem), nominated; Louis C. Schwinger (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1952 Aug 5: Charles E. Potter (Rep), nominated; John B. Martin, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary; Eugene C. Keyes (Rep), defeated in primary; Clifford Prevost (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1952 Nov 4: Charles E. Potter (Rep), elected; Blair Moody (Dem), defeated; LeRoy M. Lowell (Prohibition), defeated; James Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated; Genora Dollinger (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1954 Aug 3: Patrick V. McNamara (Dem), nominated; Blair Moody (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1954 Aug 3: Homer Ferguson (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1954 Nov 2: Patrick V. McNamara (Dem), elected; Homer Ferguson (Rep), defeated; LeRoy M. Lowell (Prohibition), defeated; James Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated; Rita Shaw (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1958 Aug 5: Philip A. Hart (Dem), nominated; Homer Martin (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1958 Nov 4: Philip A. Hart (Dem), elected; Charles E. Potter (Rep), defeated; Elmer H. Ormiston (Prohibition), defeated; James Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated; Evelyn Sell (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1960 Aug 2: Alvin M. Bentley (Rep), nominated; Donald S. Leonard (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1960 Nov 8: Patrick V. McNamara (Dem), elected; Alvin M. Bentley (Rep), defeated; Frank Lovell (Socialist Workers), defeated; Rollin M. Severance (Prohibition), defeated; James Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated; Alvin L. Reynolds (Independent American), defeated.
  • 1964 Sep 1: Philip A. Hart (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1964 Sep 1: Elly M. Peterson (Rep), nominated; James F. O'Neil (Rep), defeated in primary; Edward A. Meany, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1964 Nov 3: Philip A. Hart (Dem), elected; Elly M. Peterson (Rep), defeated; Ernest C. Smith (Freedom Now), defeated; Evelyn Sell (Socialist Workers), defeated; James Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1966 Apr 30: Patrick V. McNamara, died in office.
  • 1966 May 11: Robert P. Griffin, appointed.
  • 1966 Aug 2: G. Mennen Williams (Dem), nominated; Jerome P. Cavanagh (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1966 Aug 2: Robert P. Griffin (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1966 Nov 8: Robert P. Griffin (Rep), elected; G. Mennen Williams (Dem), defeated; Ralph W. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1970 Aug 4: Philip A. Hart (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1970 Aug 4: Lenore Romney (Rep), nominated; Robert J. Huber (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1970 Nov 3: Philip A. Hart (Dem), elected; Lenore Romney (Rep), defeated; Paul Lodico (Socialist Workers), defeated; James Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1972 Aug 8: Frank J. Kelley (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1972 Aug 8: Robert P. Griffin (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1972 Nov 7: Robert P. Griffin (Rep), elected; Frank J. Kelley (Dem), defeated; Patrick V. Dillinger (American Independent), defeated; Barbara Halpert (Human Rights), defeated; Linda Nordquist (Socialist Workers), defeated; James Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated; Thomas D. Dennis (Communist), defeated.
  • 1976 Aug 3: Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (Dem), nominated; Richard H. Austin (Dem), defeated in primary; James G. O'Hara (Dem), defeated in primary; James L. Elsman (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1976 Aug 3: Marvin L. Esch (Rep), nominated; Thomas E. Brennan (Rep), defeated in primary; Robert J. Huber (Rep), defeated in primary; Deane Baker (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1976 Nov 2: Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (Dem), elected; Marvin L. Esch (Rep), defeated; Bette Jane Erwin (Libertarian), defeated; Theodore G. Albert (Human Rights), defeated; Paula L. Reimers (Socialist Workers), defeated; Frank Girard (Socialist Labor), defeated; Peter A. Signorelli (U.S. Labor), defeated.
  • 1976 Dec 26: Philip A. Hart, died in office.
  • 1976 Dec 30: Donald W. Riegle, Jr., appointed.
  • 1978 Aug 8: Carl Levin (Dem), nominated; Philip H. Power (Dem), defeated in primary; Richard F. Vander Veen (Dem), defeated in primary; Anthony A. Derezinski (Dem), defeated in primary; John R. Otterbacher (Dem), defeated in primary; Paul A. Rosenbaum (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1978 Aug 8: Robert P. Griffin (Rep), nominated; L. Brooks Patterson (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1978 Nov 7: Carl Levin (Dem), elected; Robert P. Griffin (Rep), defeated.
  • 1982: Robert J. Huber (Rep), defeated in primary; William S. Ballenger III (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1982 Nov 2: Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (Dem), elected; Philip E. Ruppe (Rep), defeated; Bette Jane Erwin (Libertarian), defeated; Daniel Eller (American Independent), defeated; Helen Halyard (Workers League), defeated; Steve Beumer (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1984: Jim Dunn (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1984 Nov 6: Carl Levin (Dem), elected; Jack R. Lousma (Rep), defeated; Arthur R. Tisch (Tisch Independent Citizens), defeated; Lynn Johnston (Libertarian), defeated; Helen Meyers (Socialist Workers), defeated; William Roundtree (Workers World), defeated; Max Dean (Ind), defeated; Samuel L. Webb (Communist), defeated; Fred Mazelis (Workers League), defeated.
  • 1988: Robert J. Huber (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1988 Nov 8: Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (Dem), elected; Jim Dunn (Rep), defeated; Dick M. Jacobs (Libertarian), defeated; Sally Bier (Workers Against Concessions), defeated; Mark L. Friedman (Ind), defeated.
  • 1990: W. Clark Durant (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1990 Nov 6: Carl Levin (Dem), elected; Bill Schuette (Rep), defeated; Susan Farquhar (Workers World), defeated.
  • 1994 Aug 2: Bob Carr (Dem), nominated; Lana Pollack (Dem), defeated in primary; Joel I. Ferguson (Dem), defeated in primary; William M. Brodhead (Dem), defeated in primary; John F. Kelly (Dem), defeated in primary; Carl Marlinga (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Aug 2: Spencer Abraham (Rep), nominated; Ronna Romney (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Spencer Abraham (Rep), elected; Bob Carr (Dem), defeated; Jon Coon (Libertarian), defeated; William Roundtree (Workers World), defeated; Chris Wege (Natural Law), defeated.
  • 1996 Aug 6: Ronna Romney (Rep), nominated; Jim Nicholson (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1996 Nov 5: Carl Levin (Dem), elected; Ronna Romney (Rep), defeated; Ken Proctor (Libertarian), defeated; William Roundtree (Workers World), defeated; Joseph S. Mattingly (Natural Law), defeated; Martin P. McLaughlin (Socialist Equality), defeated.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Debbie Stabenow (Dem), elected; Spencer Abraham (Rep), defeated; Matthew R. Abel (Green), defeated; Michael R. Corliss (Libertarian), defeated; Mark A. Forton (Reform), defeated; John Mangopoulos (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated; William B. Quarton (Natural Law), defeated.
  • 2002 Aug 6: Carl Levin (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 2002 Aug 6: Rocky Raczkowski (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Carl Levin (Dem), elected; Rocky Raczkowski (Rep), defeated; Eric Borregard (Green), defeated; John Mangopoulos (Reform), defeated; Doug Dern (Natural Law), defeated.
  • 2006: Keith Butler (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2008: Scotty Boman (Libertarian), defeated; Harley Mikkelson (Green), defeated.
  • 2012 Aug 7: Debbie Stabenow (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 2012 Aug 7: Peter Hoekstra (Rep), nominated; W. Clark Durant (Rep), defeated in primary; Randall J. Hekman (Rep), defeated in primary; Gary Glenn (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2012 Nov 6: Debbie Stabenow (Dem), elected; Peter Hoekstra (Rep), defeated; Scotty Boman (Libertarian), defeated; Harley Mikkelson (Green), defeated; Richard A. Matkin (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated; John D. Litle (Natural Law), defeated.
  • 2014 Nov 4: Terri Lynn Land (Rep), defeated.
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