1835 Michigan gubernatorial election

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1835 Michigan gubernatorial election
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October 5, 1835 1837  
Turnout29.32%
  Thomas Mickell Burnham - Stevens Thomson Mason - 57.268 - Detroit Institute of Arts.jpg Thomas Sully - Portrait of Major John Biddle.jpg
Nominee Stevens T. Mason John Biddle
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote8,461814
Percentage91.22%8.78%

1835 Michigan gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Mason:     60–70%     80–90%     90–100%
No Data/Votes:     

Governor before election

John S. Horner
as Territorial Governor

Elected Governor

Stevens T. Mason
Democratic

The 1835 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on October 5, 1835. Democrat nominee Stevens T. Mason defeated Whig nominee John Biddle with 91.22% of the vote. This was the first election in which Michigan voted in their Governor as a state.

Contents

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Results

Michigan gubernatorial election, 1835 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stevens T. Mason 8,461 91.22
Whig John Biddle 8148.78
Total votes9,275 100

Results by county

Results provided by United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776 1860: The Official Results By State And County. [2]

Note: Counties listed may not match modern-day county names or borders. Names, vote numbers and percentages taken from above reference.

County Stevens T. Mason (D)John Biddle (W)
PercentageVotesPercentageVotes
Allegan100%670%0
Berrien100%3080%0
Branch100%770%0
Calhoun100%2410%0
Cass84.8%35615.2%64
Chippewa100%530%0
Clinton, Ionia, Kent, Ottawa99.8%1,0260.2%2
Hillsdale93.8%1056.2%7
Jackson97.9%2742.1%6
Kalamazoo94.7%4315.3%24
Lapeer87.3%8912.7%13
Lenawee97%4563%14
Macomb91.7%4558.3%41
Michilimackinac100%1120%0
Monroe99.8%4320.2%1
Oakland63.7%94236.3%536
St. Clair97.6%1662.4%4
St. Joseph99.5%2070.5%1
Saginaw100%1000%0
Washtenaw100%1,0740%0
Wayne93.7%1,4906.3%101
Totals91.2%8,4618.8%814

References

  1. "Our Campaigns - MI Governor - Oct 05, 1835". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  2. "United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776 1860: The Official Results By State And County | archive.org". May 20, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2023.