Michigan Secretaries of State, 1835-2025(May beincomplete!) KintzingPrichette 1835-38RandolphManning 1838-40ThomasRowland 1840-42RobertP. Eldridge 1842-46GideonO. Whittemore 1846-48GeorgeW. Peck 1848-50GeorgeRedfield 1850CharlesH. Taylor 1850-52WilliamGraves 1853-54JohnMcKinney 1855-58NelsonG. Isbell 1859-60JamesP. Porter 1861-66OliverL. Spaulding 1867-70DanielStriker 1871-74EbenezerG. D. Holden 1875-78WilliamJenney 1879-82HarryA. Conant 1883-86GilbertR. Osmun 1887-90DanielE. Soper 1891RobertR. Blacker 1891-92JohnW. Jochim 1893-94WashingtonGardner 1894-98JustusS. Stearns 1899-1900FredM. Warner 1901-04GeorgeA. Prescott 1905-08FrederickC. Martindale 1909-14ColemanC. Vaughan 1915-20CharlesJ. DeLand 1921-26JohnS. Haggerty 1927-30FrankD. Fitzgerald 1931-34ClarkeW. Brown 1934OrvilleE. Atwood 1935-36LeonD. Case 1937-38HarryF. Kelly 1939-42HermanH. Dignan 1943-46FrederickM. Alger, Jr. 1947-52OwenJ. Cleary 1953-54JamesM. Hare 1955-70RichardH. Austin 1971-94CandiceS. Miller 1995-2002TerriLynn Land 2003-10RuthJohnson 2011-18JocelynBenson 2019- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1858:JonathanP. King (Dem), defeated. 1880:IraD. Crouse, defeated. 1886 Nov 2:GilbertR. Osmun (Rep), elected;PhilipB. Wachtel (Fusion), defeated;JohnEvans (Prohibition), defeated. 1890:WashingtonGardner (Rep), defeated;EdwinS. Palmiter (Prohibition), defeated. 1894 Mar 20:WashingtonGardner, appointed. 1898 Nov 8:JustusS. Stearns (Rep), elected;LeroyE. Lockwood (Dem & People's & Union Silver), defeated;JohnSweet (Prohibition), defeated;JonasM. Borough (People's), defeated;PeterFriesema, Jr. (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1902:JohnDonovan (Dem), defeated. 1904 Nov 8:JamesB. Balch (Dem), defeated. 1906 Nov 6:GeorgeA. Prescott (Rep), elected;PatrickJ. Devine (Dem), defeated;LeroyH. White (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamWilen (Socialist), defeated;WilliamHoag (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1908:FrancisT. McDonald (Dem), defeated. 1910 Nov 8:FrederickC. Martindale (Rep), elected;AdolphW. Peterson (Dem), defeated;GeorgeH. Sherman (Socialist), defeated;GeorgeA. Youngs (Prohibition), defeated;ThomasJ. Grabuski (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1912:HowardH. Batdorff (Progressive), defeated. 1912 Nov 5:JamesB. Balch (Dem), defeated. 1914:HowardH. Batdorff (Progressive), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:ColemanC. Vaughan (Rep), elected;FrankR. Hamburger (Dem), defeated;HarveyA. Hedden (Socialist), defeated;AndrewWood (Prohibition), defeated;TheodoreBossie (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:ColemanC. Vaughan (Rep), elected;GerritMasselink (Dem), defeated;LorenB. Teal (Socialist), defeated;MarshallD. Holbrook (Prohibition), defeated;LoganM. Cunningham (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1920:CatherineD. Doran (Dem), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:CharlesJ. DeLand (Rep), elected;JessieC. Porter (Dem), defeated;AndrewWood (Prohibition), defeated;PaulDinger (Socialist Labor), defeated;IdaR. Stewart (Socialist), defeated. 1926 Nov 2:JohnS. Haggerty (Rep), elected;CatherineD. Doran (Dem), defeated;LibbieCatherman (Prohibition), defeated;GeorgeM. Campbell (Socialist), defeated;SarahVictor (Workers), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:JohnS. Haggerty (Rep), elected;WillisM. Brewer (Dem), defeated;JosephBernstein (Socialist), defeated;ElvaRushton (Workers), defeated;CharlesS. Rennells (Prohibition), defeated;LoganM. Cunningham (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:FrankD. Fitzgerald (Rep), elected;BurnettJ. Abbott (Dem), defeated;AliceYonik (Workers), defeated;HallenM. Bell (Socialist), defeated;LibbieCatherman (Prohibition), defeated;HaroldE. Southern (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1932:BurnettJ. Abbott (Dem), defeated. 1934:GuyM. Wilson (Dem), defeated. 1934 Nov 15:FrankD. Fitzgerald, resigned. 1936 Nov 3:LeonD. Case (Dem), elected;OrvilleE. Atwood (Rep), defeated;JeanSeidel (Socialist), defeated;MiltonE. Scherer (Farmer-Labor), defeated;JosephGeminder (Communist), defeated;JohnMichoff (Socialist Labor), defeated;JayW. Slaughter (Socialist Labor), defeated;RoscoeConkling Fitch (American), defeated. 1938 Nov 8:HarryF. Kelly (Rep), elected;LeonD. Case (Dem), defeated;JeanSeidel (Socialist), defeated;RayM. Hardy (Constitutional Democratic), defeated;ThomasF. Slater (Socialist Labor), defeated;JamesM. Brown (Commonwealth), defeated;EdnaS. Emmett (American), defeated;FranceGover (Protestants United), defeated;SheriM. Callahan (Square Deal), defeated. 1940 Nov 5:HarryF. Kelly (Rep), elected;LeoV. Card (Dem), defeated;LawrencePiercey (Socialist), defeated;IdaKuivinen (Communist), defeated;HaroldW. Bugbee (Prohibition), defeated;ClaytonO'Donohue (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1942 Nov 3:HermanH. Dignan (Rep), elected;MauriceC. Eveland (Dem), defeated;OllaK. Marshall (Prohibition), defeated. 1944 Nov 7:HermanH. Dignan (Rep), elected;ArthurA. Koscinski (Dem), defeated;JohnMason Wells (Prohibition), defeated;LouisBusker (Socialist), defeated;BernardA. Doman (America First), defeated;JamesSim (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1946 Nov 5:FrederickM. Alger, Jr. (Rep), elected;JosephL. Bannigan (Dem), defeated;JohnMason Wells (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamWalbridge (Socialist Labor), defeated;AbnerW. Berry (Communist), defeated. 1948 Nov 2:FrederickM. Alger, Jr. (Rep), elected;NoelP. Fox (Dem), defeated;RobertaBarrow (Progressive), defeated;E.Harold Munn (Prohibition), defeated;HelenKing (Socialist), defeated;JamesSim (Socialist Labor), defeated;WilliamH. Yancey (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1950 Nov 7:FrederickM. Alger, Jr. (Rep), elected;PhilipA. Hart (Dem), defeated;HaroldA. Lindahl (Prohibition), defeated;RobertTravis (Progressive), defeated;AlbertMills (Socialist Labor), defeated;WilliamH. Yancey (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1952 Nov 4:OwenJ. Cleary (Rep), elected;RobertS. McAllister (Dem), defeated;WilliamC. Shortt (Prohibition), defeated;VirginiaGlenn (Progressive), defeated;CharlesSchwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1954 Nov 2:JamesM. Hare (Dem), elected;OwenJ. Cleary (Rep), defeated;GladysT. Davis (Prohibition), defeated;CharlesSchwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1956 Nov 6:JamesM. Hare (Dem), elected;JohnB. Martin, Jr. (Rep), defeated;MaryM. Kenworthy (Prohibition), defeated. 1958 Nov 4:JamesM. Hare (Dem), elected;RaymondA. Plank (Rep), defeated;AlfredT. Halsted (Prohibition), defeated;CharlesSchwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated;RobertHimmel, Jr. (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1960 Nov 8:JamesM. Hare (Dem), elected;WilliamE. Kreger (Rep), defeated;LarryDolinski (Socialist Workers), defeated;AlfredT. Halsted (Prohibition), defeated;CharlesSchwartz (Socialist Labor), defeated;HubertP. Underwood (Independent American), defeated. 1962 Nov 6:JamesM. Hare (Dem), elected;NormanO. Stockmeyer (Rep), defeated;W.Clifford Bentley (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1964 Nov 3:JamesM. Hare (Dem), elected;AllisonGreen (Rep), defeated;LoyA. Cohen (Freedom Now), defeated;JanGarrett (Socialist Workers), defeated;RalphW. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1966 Nov 8:JamesM. Hare (Dem), elected;GeorgeA. Washington (Rep), defeated;FrankTroha (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1970 Nov 3:RichardH. Austin (Dem), elected;EmilLockwood (Rep), defeated;RobertE. Miles (American Independent), defeated;JohnHawkins (Socialist Workers), defeated;FrankTroha (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1974 Nov 5:RichardH. Austin (Dem), elected;N.Lorraine Beebe (Rep), defeated;HenryW. Kroes, Jr. (American Independent), defeated;JamesF. McClure (Human Rights), defeated;RobertG. Lee (Conservative), defeated;RacheleFruit (Socialist Workers), defeated;JudithS. Crowell (U.S. Labor), defeated;JohnGill Motzer (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1978 Nov 7:RichardH. Austin (Dem), elected;MelvinL. Larsen (Rep), defeated. 1986:WeldonO. Yeager (Rep), defeated. 1990 Nov 6:RichardH. Austin (Dem), elected;JudyMiller (Rep), defeated. 1994 Nov 8:CandiceS. Miller (Rep), elected;RichardH. Austin (Dem), defeated. 1998 Nov 3:CandiceS. Miller (Rep), elected;MaryLou Parks (Dem), defeated;PerryK. Spencer (Reform), defeated. 2002 Nov 5:TerriLynn Land (Rep), elected;MelvinHollowell (Dem), defeated;RayZiarno (Green), defeated;CharlesF. Conces (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated. 2006 Nov 7:TerriLynn Land (Rep), elected. 2010 Nov 2:RuthJohnson (Rep), elected;JocelynBenson (Dem), defeated;ScottyBoman (Libertarian), defeated;RobertJ. Gale (U.S. Taxpayers), defeated;JohnAnthony La Pietra (Green), defeated. | |