1837 Michigan gubernatorial election

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1837 Michigan gubernatorial election
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  1835 November 6, 1837-November 7, 1837 1839  
Turnout94.38%
  Thomas Mickell Burnham - Stevens Thomson Mason - 57.268 - Detroit Institute of Arts.jpg CharlesCTrowbridge.jpg
Nominee Stevens T. Mason Charles C. Trowbridge
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote15,31414,546
Percentage51.29%48.71%

Governor before election

Stevens T. Mason
Democratic

Elected Governor

Stevens T. Mason
Democratic

The 1837 Michigan gubernatorial election was held from November 6, 1837, to November 7, 1837. Incumbent Democrat Stevens T. Mason defeated Whig nominee Charles C. Trowbridge with 51.29% of the vote.

Contents

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Results

Michigan gubernatorial election, 1837 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stevens T. Mason (incumbent) 15,314 51.29
Whig Charles C. Trowbridge 14,54648.71
Total votes29,860 100
Democratic hold

Results By County

Results provided by. [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)Charles Towbridge (W)
PercentageVotesPercentageVotes
Allegan31%9869%218
Berrien48.1%49551.9%534
Branch66%38734%199
Calhoun54.9%80845.1%664
Cass45.8%38854.2%459
Chippewa85.7%4214.3%7
Genesee48%23352%252
Hillsdale50.3%37849.7%374
Ionia61.9%14838.1%91
Jackson & Ingham45.4%75854.6%911
Kalamazoo43.4%57756.6%752
Kent75.6%39424.4%127
Lapeer48.5%22751.5%241
Lenawee51.4%1,34548.6%1,273
Livingston56.5%44343.5%341
Macomb40.6%47159.4%689
Michilimackinac67.4%8932.6%43
Monroe60.3%99939.7%657
Oakland50.6%1,68149.4%1,639
St. Clair54.3%44745.7%376
St. Joseph53.1%55746.9%491
Saginaw46.7%8653.3%98
Shiawassee47.9%12352.1%134
Van Buren56.9%10343.1%78
Washtenaw49.7%2,03950.3%2,066
Wayne49.1%1,99850.9%2,066
Totals*50.9%15,31449.1%14,780

The Totals are stated, but the author included Whig candidate's Total Vote share at 14,546.

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References

  1. "Our Campaigns - MI Governor - Nov 06, 1837". 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.