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Political party strength in Michigan

The tables below indicate the political party affiliation of elected officials in the U.S. State of Michigan from statehood through the results of the November 2022 elections.[a]

Officials listed include: Governors, Lieutenant Governors, Secretaries of State, Attorneys General/
State Treasurers.[b] The tables also indicate the historical party composition in the State Senate, State House of Representatives, the names and party affiliations of Michigan's U.S. Senators, and the party composition of Michigan's delegations to the U.S. House of Representatives. For years in which a presidential election was held, the tables show which party's nominees received the State's electoral votes.

1837–1899

YearExecutive offices[1][2]State LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votes
GovernorLt. GovernorSecretary
of State		Attorney
General		TreasurerState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator
(Class I)		U.S. Senator
(Class II)		U.S. House
1837Stevens T. Mason (D)Edward Mundy (D)Kintzing Prichette (D)Peter Morey (D)[3]appointed office8D, 5W, 3?24W, 23D, 2?[c]Lucius Lyon (D)John Norvell (D)1DVan Buren/
Johnson (D) Y[d]
1838Randolph Manning (D)[e]14D, 2W30D, 20W
183911D, 6W31D, 21Wvacant1D
1840William Woodbridge (W)[f]James Wright Gordon (W)Thomas Rowland (W)[6]10W, 7D37W, 15DAugustus Seymour Porter (W)Harrison/
Tyler (W) Y
1841James Wright Gordon (W)[g]Thomas J. Drake (W)Zephaniah Platt (W)12W, 5D31W, 20D, 1 tieWilliam Woodbridge (W)1W
1842John S. Barry (D)Origen D. Richardson (D)Robert P. Eldredge (D) [7]12D, 5W, 1 vac.47D, 6W
1843Elon Farnsworth (D)18D46D, 7W3D
184447D, 6WPolk/
Dallas (D) Y
1845Henry N. Walker (D)[8]46D, 7WLewis Cass (D)3D
1846Alpheus Felch (D)[f]William L. Greenly (D)Gideon O. Whittemore20D, 1W50D, 16W
1847William L. Greenly (D)[g]Charles P. Bush (D)Edward Mundy (D)20D, 2W51D, 15WAlpheus Felch (D)3D
1848Epaphroditus Ransom (D)William M. Fenton (D)George Washington Peck (D)[9]George V. N. Lothrop (D)21D, 1WThomas Fitzgerald (D)Cass/
Butler (D) N
184918D, 4W46D, 16W, 3FS, 1 tieLewis Cass (D)2D, 1W
1850John S. Barry (D)George R. Redfield (D)[10]Bernard C. Whittemore (D)[h]46D, 20W
1851Charles H. Taylor (D)[11]William Hale (D)16D, 5W, 1FSD[i]40D, 26W[j]2W, 1D
1852Robert McClelland[k]Calvin Britain (D)Pierce/
King (D) Y
1853Andrew Parsons (D)William Graves (D)[12]25D, 7W52D, 19W, 1?Charles E. Stuart (D)4D
Andrew Parsons (D)[g]George Griswold (D)
1854
1855Kinsley S. Bingham (R)George Coe (R)John McKinney (R)[l]Jacob M. Howard (R)Silas M. Holmes (R) [m]25R, 7D[15]48R, 24D3R, 1D
1856Frémont/
Dayton (R) N
185729R, 3D63R, 17DZachariah Chandler (R)4R
1858
1859Moses Wisner (R)Edmund Burke Fairfield (R)Nelson G. Isbell (R)[n]John McKinney (R)24R, 8D56R, 25DKinsley S. Bingham (R)3R, 1D
1860Lincoln/
Hamlin (R) Y
1861Austin Blair (R)James M. Birney (R)James B. Porter (R) [17]Charles Upson (R)John Owen (R)[18]30R, 2D72R, 11D4R
Joseph R. Williams (R)
1862Henry T. Backus (R)Jacob M. Howard (R)
1863Charles S. May (R)Albert Williams (R)[19]18R, 14D60R, 39D, 1?5R, 1D
1864Lincoln/
Johnson (NU) Y
1865Henry H. Crapo (R)Ebenezer O. Grosvenor (R)21R, 11D73R, 27D6R
1866
1867Dwight May (R)Oliver L. Spaulding (R)[20]William L. Stoughton (R)Ebenezer O. Grosvenor (R)30R, 1D, 1?79R, 21D6R
1868Grant/
Colfax (R) Y
1869Henry P. Baldwin (R)Morgan Bates (R)Dwight May (R)27R, 5D75R, 25D6R
1870
1871Daniel Striker (R)[21]Victory P. Collier (R)[22]71R, 29DThomas W. Ferry (R)5R, 1D
1872Grant/
Wilson (R) Y
1873John J. Bagley (R)Henry H. Holt (R)Byron D. Ball (R)[23]31R, 1D95R, 5D9R
1874Isaac Marston (R)[24]
1875Ebenezer G. D. Holden (R)[25]Andrew J. Smith (R)[26]William B. McCreery (R)[27]17R, 15D54R, 46DIsaac P. Christiancy (R)6R, 3D
1876Hayes/
Wheeler (R) Y
1877Charles Croswell (R)Alonzo Sessions (R)Otto Kirchner (R)23R, 9D75R, 25D8R, 1D
1878
1879William Jenney (R)[28]Benjamin D. Pritchard (R)[29]65R, 35DZachariah Chandler (R)9R
1880Henry P. Baldwin (R)Garfield/
Arthur (R) Y
1881David Jerome (R)Moreau S. Crosby (R)Jacob J. Van Riper (R)[30]30R, 2D86R, 13D, 1IOmar D. Conger (R)9R
1882
1883Josiah Begole (D)Harry A. Conant (R)[31]Edward H. Butler (R)[32]19R, 13D62R, 38DThomas W. Palmer (R)5R, 6D
1884Blaine/
Logan (R) N
1885Russell A. Alger (R)Archibald Buttars (R)Moses Taggart (R) [33]18R, 14D52R, 48D4R, 7D
1886
1887Cyrus G. Luce (R)James H. MacDonald (R)Gilbert R. Osmun (R)[34]George L. Maltz (R)[35]22R, 10D63R, 37DFrancis B. Stockbridge (R)6R, 5D
1888Harrison/
Morton (R) Y
1889William Ball (R)Stephen V. R. Trowbridge (R)[36]24R, 8D70R, 30DJames McMillan (R)9R, 2D
1890Benjamin W. Huston (R)[37]
1891Edwin B. Winans (D)John Strong (D)Daniel E. Soper (D)[38]Adolphus A. Ellis (D)[39]Frederick Braastad (D)[40]17D, 15R55D, 45R3R, 8D
1892Robert R. Blacker (D)[41]9 – Harrison/
Reid (R) N
5 – Cleveland/
Stevenson (D) Y
1893John Treadway Rich (R)J. Wight Giddings (R)John W. Jochim (R)[o]Joseph F. Hambitzer (R)[p][43]22R, 9D, 1DP69R, 28D, 3Pop7R, 5D
1894Washington Gardner (R)[q]James M. Wilkinson (R) [43]John Patton Jr. (R)
1895Alfred Milnes (R)Fred A. Maynard (R)[r][43]32R99R, 1DJulius C. Burrows (R)12R
1896Joseph R. McLaughlin (R)McKinley/
Hobart (R) Y
1897Hazen S. Pingree (R)Thomas B. Dunstan (R)George A. Steel (R)[46]26R, 6D81R, 19D10R, 2D
1898
1899Orrin W. Robinson (R)Justus Smith Stearns (R)[47]Horace M. Oren (R)[43]27R, 5D92R, 8D12R

1900–1964

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votes
GovernorLt. GovernorSec. of StateAttorney GeneralTreasurerAuditor GeneralHighway Comm.State SenateState HouseU.S. Senator
(Class I)		U.S. Senator
(Class II)		U.S. House
1900Hazen S. Pingree (R)Orrin W. Robinson (R)Justus Smith Stearns (R)Horace M. Oren (R)George A. Steel[48]Roscoe D. Dix (R)no such office27R, 5D92R, 8DJulius C. Burrows (R)James McMillan (R)12RMcKinley/
Roosevelt (R) Y
1901Aaron T. Bliss (R)Fred M. Warner (R)[49]Daniel McCoy (R)[43]Perry F. Powers (R)31R, 1D90R, 10D12R
1902
1903Alexander Maitland (R)Charles A. Blair (R)[50]100RRussell A. Alger (R)11R, 1D
1904Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R) Y
1905Fred M. Warner (R)George A. Prescott (R)[51]John E. Bird (R)[52]Frank P. Glazier (R)James B. Bradley (R)Horatio Earle (R)32R95R, 5D12R
1906
1907Patrick H. Kelley (R)95R, 5DWilliam Alden Smith (R)12R
1908John Treadway Rich (R)Taft/
Sherman (R) Y
1909Frederick C. Martindale (R)[53]Albert Sleeper (R)Oramel B. Fuller (R)Townsend A. Ely (R)98R, 2D12R
1910Franz C. Kuhn (R)[54]
1911Chase Osborn (R)John Q. Ross (R)28R, 4D88R, 12DCharles E. Townsend (R)10R, 2D
1912Roger I. Wykes (R)[55]Roosevelt/
Johnson (Prog) N
1913Woodbridge N. Ferris (D)Grant Fellows (R)[56]John W. Harrer (R)Frank F. Rogers (R)21R, 6Prog, 5D54R, 35D, 11Prog10R, 2D, 2Prog
1914
1915Luren Dickinson (R)Coleman C. Vaughan (R)[57]29R, 3D95R, 5D11R, 2D
1916Hughes/
Fairbanks (R) N
1917Albert Sleeper (R)Alex J. Groesbeck (R)Samuel Odell27R, 5D88R, 12D11R, 2D
1918
191932R98R, 2DTruman H. Newberry (R)12R, 1D
1920Frank E. Gorman (R)[58]Harding/
Coolidge (R) Y
1921Alex J. Groesbeck (R)Thomas Read (R)Charles J. DeLand (R)[59]Merlin Wiley (R)[60]100R13R
1922
1923Andrew B. Dougherty (R)[61]95R, 5DWoodbridge N. Ferris (D)James Couzens (R)12R, 1D
1924Coolidge/
Dawes (R) Y
1925George W. Welsh (R)Frank D. McKay[s]100R13R
1926Clare Retan (R)[63]
1927Fred W. Green (R)Luren Dickinson (R)John S. Haggerty (R)[64]William W. Potter98R, 2D13R
1928Wilber M. Brucker (R)Arthur Vandenberg (R)Hoover/
Curtis (R) Y
1929Grover C. Dillard (R)13R
1930
1931Wilber M. Brucker (R)Frank Fitzgerald (R)[65]Paul W. Voorhies (R)[66]Howard C. Lawrence (R)31R, 1D13R
1932Roosevelt/
Garner (D) Y
1933William Comstock (D)Allen E. Stebbins (D)Patrick H. O'Brien (D)[67]Theodore I. Fry (D)John K. Stack Jr. (D)Murray Van Wagoner (D)17D, 15R55D, 45R10D, 7R
1934Clarke W. Brown (R)[68]
1935Frank Fitzgerald (R)Thomas Read (R)Orville E. Atwood (R)[69]Harry S. Toy (R)[70]John J. O'Hara (R)21R, 11D51R, 49D11R, 6D
1936David H. Crowley (R)[71]
1937Frank Murphy (D)Leo J. Nowicki (D)Leon D. Case (D)[72]Raymond Wesley Starr (D)[73]George T. Gundry (D)17D, 15R60D, 40RPrentiss M. Brown (D)9R, 8D
1938
1939Frank Fitzgerald (R)[t]Luren Dickinson (R)Harry Kelly (R)[74]Thomas Read (R)Miller Dunckel (D)Vernon J. Brown (R)23R, 9D73R, 27D12R, 5D
Luren Dickinson (R)[g]Matilda Dodge Wilson (R)
1940Willkie/
McNary (R) N
1941Murray Van Wagoner (D)Frank Murphy (D)Herbert J. Rushton (R)[75]Theodore I. Fry (D)G. Donald Kennedy (R)22R, 10D68R, 32D11R, 6D
1942
1943Harry Kelly (R)Eugene C. Keyes (R)Herman H. Dignan (R)[76]D. Hale Brake (R)Lloyd B. Reid (D)25R, 7D74R, 26DHomer S. Ferguson (R)12R, 5D
1944Charles M. Zeigler (R)Roosevelt/
Truman (D) Y
1945Vernon J. Brown (R)John R. Dethmers (R)John D. Morrison (R)24R, 8D66R, 34D11R, 6D
1946Foss O. Eldred (R)[77]
1947Kim Sigler (R)Eugene C. Keyes (R)Frederick M. Alger Jr. (R)[78]Eugene F. Black (R)[79]Murl K. Aten (R)28R, 4D95R, 5D14R, 3D
1948Dewey/
Warren (R) N
1949G. Mennen Williams (D)John W. Connolly (D)Stephen John Roth (D)[80]23R, 9D61R, 39D13R, 4D
195012R, 5D
1951William C. Vandenberg (R)Frank Millard (R)[81]John B. Martin (R)25R, 7D66R, 34DBlair Moody (D)12R, 5D
1952Eisenhower/
Nixon (R) Y
1953Clarence A. Reid (R)Owen Cleary (R)[82]24R, 8DCharles E. Potter (R)13R, 5D
1954
1955Philip Hart (D)James M. Hare (D)[83]Thomas M. Kavanagh (D)[84]Sanford Brown (D)Victor Targonski (D)23R, 11D59R, 51DPatrick V. McNamara (D)11R, 7D
1956
1957Frank S. Szymanski (D)John C. Mackie (D)61R, 49D12R, 6D
1958Paul L. Adams (D)
1959John Swainson (D)Otis M. Smith (D)22R, 12D55R, 55D[u]Philip Hart (D)11R, 7D
1960Kennedy/
Johnson (D) Y
1961John Swainson (D)T. John Lesinski (D)Billie S. Farnum (D)56R, 54D11R, 7D
1962Frank J. Kelley (D)
1963George W. Romney (R)[v]23R, 11D58R, 52D11R, 8D
1964Johnson/
Humphrey (D) Y

In 1963, the Michigan Constitution was rewritten, modifying the statewide elected positions.

1965–present

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votes
GovernorLt. GovernorSec. of StateAttorney GeneralState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. House
1965George W. Romney (R)[v]William Milliken (R)James M. Hare (D)[83]Frank J. Kelley (D)23D, 15R73D, 37RPhilip Hart (D)Patrick V. McNamara (D)12D, 7RLyndon B. Johnson/
Hubert Humphrey (D) Y
1966Robert P. Griffin (R)
196720R, 18D[w]56R, 54D[x]12R, 7D
1968Hubert Humphrey/
Edmund Muskie (D) N
1969William Milliken (R)[y]vacant57D, 53R
1970Thomas F. Schweigert (R)
1971James H. Brickley (R)Richard H. Austin (D)19R, 19D[z]58D, 52R
1972Richard Nixon/
Spiro Agnew (R) Y
197360D, 50R
197411R, 8D[aa]
1975James Damman (R)24D, 14R66D, 44R12D, 7R
1976Gerald Ford/
Bob Dole (R) N
197768D, 42RDonald Riegle (D)11D, 8R
1978
1979James H. Brickley (R)70D, 40RCarl Levin (D)13D, 6R
1980Ronald Reagan/
George H. W. Bush (R) Y
198164D, 46R12D, 7R
1982
1983James J. Blanchard (D)Martha Griffiths (D)20D, 18R63D, 47R12D, 6R
198420R, 18D[ab]
198557D, 53R11D, 7R
1986
198764D, 46R
1988George H. W. Bush/
Dan Quayle (R) Y
198961D, 49R
1990
1991John Engler (R)Connie Binsfeld (R)
1992Bill Clinton/
Al Gore (D) Y
199322R, 16D55R, 55D[ac]10D, 6R
1994
1995Candice Miller (R)56R, 54DSpencer Abraham (R)9D, 7R
1996
199752R, 58D10D, 6R
1998
1999Dick Posthumus (R)Jennifer Granholm (D)23R, 15D58R, 52D
2000Al Gore/
Joe Lieberman (D) N
200159R, 51DDebbie Stabenow (D)9D, 7R
2002
2003Jennifer Granholm (D)John D. Cherry (D)Terri Lynn Land (R)Mike Cox (R)22R, 16D62R, 48D9R, 6D
2004John Kerry/
John Edwards (D) N
200558R, 52D
2006
200721R, 17D58D, 52R
2008Barack Obama/
Joe Biden (D) Y
200921R, 16D[ad]67D, 43R8D, 7R
201022R, 16D[ae]
2011Rick Snyder (R)Brian Calley (R)Ruth Johnson (R)Bill Schuette (R)26R, 12D63R, 47D9R, 6D
201264R, 46D[af]
201359R, 50D, 1I9R, 5D
2014
201527R, 11D63R, 47DGary Peters (D)
2016Donald Trump/
Mike Pence (R) Y
2017
2018
2019Gretchen Whitmer (D)Garlin Gilchrist (D)Jocelyn Benson (D)Dana Nessel (D)22R, 16D58R, 52D[92]7R, 7D
7D, 6R, 1I/L[ag]
2020Joe Biden/
Kamala Harris (D) Y
20217R, 7D
2022
57R, 53D[ah]
202320D, 18R56D, 54R7D, 6R
2024
Key to party colors and abbreviations for elected officials
Democratic (D)National Union (NU)Progressive (Prog)Republican (R)Whig (W)

See also

References

  • Party organization and machinery in Michigan since 1890, By Arthur Chester Millspaugh (1917) The Johns Hopkins Press Baltimore
  • Livingstone's history of the Republican party, A history of the Republican party from its foundation to the close of the campaign of 1900
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