Michigan State Attorneys General, 1836-2018(May beincomplete!)
DanielLeRoy 1836-37PeterMorey 1837-41ZephaniahPlatt 1841-43ElonFarnsworth 1843-45HenryN. Walker 1845-47EdwardMundy 1847-48GeorgeV. N. Lothrop 1848-51WilliamHale 1851-54JacobM. Howard 1855-60CharlesUpson 1861-62AlbertWilliams 1863-66WilliamL. Stoughton 1867-68DwightMay 1869-72ByronD. Ball 1873-74IsaacMarston 1874AndrewJ. Smith 1875-76OttoKirchner 1877-80JacobJ. Van Riper 1881-84MosesTaggart 1885-88StephenV. R. Trowbridge 1889-90BenjaminW. Huston 1890AdolphusA. Ellis 1891-94FredA. Maynard 1895-98HoraceM. Oren 1899-1902CharlesA. Blair 1903-04JohnE. Bird 1905-10FranzC. Kuhn 1910-12RogerI. Wykes 1912GrantFellows 1913-16AlexJ. Groesbeck 1917-20MerlinWiley 1921-23AndrewB. Dougherty 1923-26ClareRetan 1926WilliamW. Potter 1927-28WilberM. Brucker 1928-30PaulW. Voorhies 1931-32PatrickH. O'Brien 1933-34HarryS. Toy 1935DavidH. Crowley 1935-36RaymondWesley Starr 1937-38ThomasRead 1939-40HerbertJ. Rushton 1941-44JohnR. Dethmers 1945-46FossO. Eldred 1946EugeneF. Black 1947-48StephenJ. Roth 1949-50FrankG. Millard 1951-54ThomasM. Kavanagh 1955-57PaulL. Adams 1958-61FrankJ. Kelley 1961-98JenniferM. Granholm 1999-2002MikeCox 2003-10BillSchuette 2011-18 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1860:CharlesUpson (Rep), elected. 1874 Apr 1:ByronD. Ball, resigned;IsaacMarston, appointed. 1878:FrankDumon, defeated;AllenB. Morse, defeated. 1880:WilliamNewton, defeated. 1886 Nov 2:MosesTaggart (Rep), elected;JohnC. Donnelly (Fusion), defeated;JamesR. Laing (Prohibition), defeated. 1888 Nov 6:StephenV. R. Trowbridge (Rep), elected;AdolphusA. Ellis (Dem), defeated;LemuelC. Clute (Prohibition), defeated. 1890:BenjaminW. Huston, defeated. 1892:GerritJ. Diekema (Rep), defeated;MyronH. Walker (Prohibition), defeated. 1894:JamesO'Hara (Dem), defeated. 1900:JamesO'Hara (Dem), defeated. 1902 Nov 4:CharlesA. Blair (Rep), elected. 1904:FrancisO. Gaffney (Dem), defeated. 1906 Nov 6:JohnE. Bird (Rep), elected;EmanuelJ. Doyle (Dem), defeated;WinentH. D. Fox (Prohibition), defeated;JamesH. McFarlan (Socialist), defeated;AdolphBarstow (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1910 Jun 6:JohnE. Bird, resigned;FranzC. Kuhn, appointed. 1910 Nov 8:FranzC. Kuhn (Rep), elected;ThomasJ. Bresnahan (Dem), defeated;HamiltonS. McMaster (Socialist), defeated;WilliamS. McCormick (Prohibition), defeated;FrederickN. Hitchcock (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1912 Sep 9:FranzC. Kuhn, resigned;RogerI. Wykes, appointed. 1914 Nov 3:CharlesP. O'Neil (Progressive), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:AlexJ. Groesbeck (Rep), elected;GeorgeJ. Burke (Dem), defeated;ClintonB. Griner (Socialist), defeated;ThomasA. Mead (Prohibition), defeated;JohnFendt (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:AlexJ. Groesbeck (Rep), elected;JamesH. Baker (Dem), defeated;SolomonPoperno (Socialist), defeated;HarveyB. Hatch (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamA. Schnau (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:MerlinWiley (Rep), elected;ThomasJ. Cavanaugh (Dem), defeated;ThomasA. Mead (Prohibition), defeated;HenryStone (Socialist Labor), defeated;MaxWagman (Socialist), defeated;M.C. Brown, defeated. 1923 Jan 4:MerlinWiley, resigned. 1923 Jan 9:AndrewB. Dougherty, appointed. 1924:HowardC. Cavanaugh (Dem), defeated. 1926 Oct 27:AndrewB. Dougherty, resigned;ClareRetan, appointed. 1926 Nov 2:WilliamW. Potter (Rep), elected;AlvaM. Cummins (Dem), defeated;CyrilLambkin (Workers), defeated. 1928 Feb 16:WilliamW. Potter, resigned. 1928 Feb 18:WilberM. Brucker, appointed. 1928 Nov 6:WilberM. Brucker (Rep), elected;KimSigler (Dem), defeated;JohnKiiskila (Workers), defeated;GarmenN. Speredon (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:PaulW. Voorhies (Rep), elected;ElmerKirkby (Dem), defeated;WilliamPharr (Workers), defeated;JosephP. Campbell (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1932:PaulW. Voorhies (Rep), defeated. 1934 Nov 6:PatrickH. O'Brien (Dem), defeated. 1935 Oct 24:DavidH. Crowley, appointed. 1936 Nov 3:RaymondWesley Starr (Dem), elected;DavidH. Crowley (Rep), defeated;EmanuelSeidler (Socialist), defeated;GottlobC. Leibrand (Farmer-Labor), defeated;FloydMcDonnel (Communist), defeated;EdithL. Walzel (Socialist Labor), defeated;CharlesL. Bartlett (American), defeated. 1938 Nov 8:ThomasRead (Rep), elected;RaymondWesley Starr (Dem), defeated;EmanuelSeidler (Socialist), defeated;AbnerDilley (Constitutional Democratic), defeated;ArthurJ. Wobler (Socialist Labor), defeated;EvelynA. Greene (American), defeated;ArchibaldD. Jones (Square Deal), defeated. 1940 Nov 5:HerbertJ. Rushton (Rep), elected;RaymondWesley Starr (Dem), defeated;JamesH. Stites (Socialist), defeated;MerrillC. Work (Communist), defeated;FredPiatt (Prohibition), defeated;CharlesSchwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1942 Nov 3:HerbertJ. Rushton (Rep), elected;JohnW. Babcock (Dem), defeated;FredPiatt (Prohibition), defeated. 1944 Nov 7:JohnR. Dethmers (Rep), elected;ThurmanB. Doyle (Dem), defeated;G.Albert Emerich (Prohibition), defeated;JamesH. Stites (Socialist), defeated;KennethC. Weber (America First), defeated;CharlesSchwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1946 Aug 15:JohnR. Dethmers, resigned. 1946 Sep 9:FossO. Eldred, appointed. 1946 Nov 5:EugeneF. Black (Rep), elected;ThurmanB. Doyle (Dem), defeated;LeRoyB. McInally (Prohibition), defeated;GraceM. Hamilton (Socialist Labor), defeated;PhilipRaymond (Communist), defeated. 1948 Nov 2:StephenJ. Roth (Dem), elected;StuartB. White (Rep), defeated;ErnestGoodman (Progressive), defeated;LeRoyB. McInally (Prohibition), defeated;SamuelSilverstein (Socialist), defeated;MarionL. Walbridge (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1950 Nov 7:FrankG. Millard (Rep), elected;StephenJ. Roth (Dem), defeated;G.Albert Emerich (Prohibition), defeated;RalphW. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated;GuilfordE. Pennington (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1952 Nov 4:FrankG. Millard (Rep), elected;JohnT. Damm (Dem), defeated;G.Albert Emerich (Prohibition), defeated;RalphW. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1954 Nov 2:ThomasM. Kavanagh (Dem), elected;FrankG. Millard (Rep), defeated;RalphW. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1956 Nov 6:ThomasM. Kavanagh (Dem), elected;RichardC. Van Dusen (Rep), defeated. 1958 Jan 1:PaulL. Adams, appointed. 1958 Nov 4:PaulL. Adams (Dem), elected;JasonL. Honigman (Rep), defeated;AlbertMills (Socialist Labor), defeated;RitaShaw (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1960 Nov 8:PaulL. Adams (Dem), elected;WendellA. Miles (Rep), defeated;RitaShaw (Socialist Workers), defeated;AlanLaRose (Prohibition), defeated;RomanV. Ceglowski (Independent American), defeated;RalphW. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1961 Dec 27:PaulL. Adams, resigned. 1961 Dec 28:FrankJ. Kelley, appointed. 1962 Nov 6:FrankJ. Kelley (Dem), elected;RobertJ. Danhof (Rep), defeated;TheosA. Grove (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1964 Nov 3:FrankJ. Kelley (Dem), elected;MeyerWarshawsky (Rep), defeated;AllenBibb (Freedom Now), defeated;RobertFink (Socialist Workers), defeated;WilliamWalbridge (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1966 Nov 8:FrankJ. Kelley (Dem), elected;LawrenceB. Lindemer (Rep), defeated;CharlesSchwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1970 Nov 3:FrankJ. Kelley (Dem), elected;WilliamS. Farr, Jr. (Rep), defeated;JohnZywicki (Socialist Labor), defeated;RonaldReosti (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1974 Nov 5:FrankJ. Kelley (Dem), elected;MyronH. Wahls (Rep), defeated;RayD. Markel (American Independent), defeated;ClariceJobes (Human Rights), defeated. 1978 Nov 7:FrankJ. Kelley (Dem), elected;StephenC. Bransdorfer (Rep), defeated;JamesE. Wells (American Independent), defeated. 1986:RobertH. Cleland (Rep), defeated. 1990 Nov 6:FrankJ. Kelley (Dem), elected;CliffordW. Taylor (Rep), defeated. 1994 Nov 8:FrankJ. Kelley (Dem), elected;JohnA. Smietanka (Rep), defeated. 1998 Nov 3:JenniferM. Granholm (Dem), elected;JohnA. Smietanka (Rep), defeated. 2002 Nov 5:MikeCox (Rep), elected;GaryC. Peters (Dem), defeated;JerryJ. Kaufman (Green), defeated;GeraldT. Van Sickle (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated. 2006 Nov 7:WilliamW. Hall (Libertarian), defeated. 2010 Nov 2:BillSchuette (Rep), elected;DavidLeyton (Dem), defeated;DanielW. Grow (Libertarian), defeated;GeraldT. Van Sickle (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated. | |
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