Political party strength in Michigan

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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]

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

1900–1964

YearExecutive offices State Legislature United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Lt. Governor Sec. of State Attorney General Treasurer Auditor General Highway Comm. State Senate State House U.S. Senator
(Class I)
U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S. House
1900 Hazen 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, 8D Julius C. Burrows (R) James McMillan (R)12R McKinley/
Roosevelt (R)Green check.svg
1901 Aaron T. Bliss (R) Fred M. Warner (R) [49] Daniel McCoy (R) [43] Perry F. Powers (R)31R, 1D90R, 10D12R
1902
1903 Alexander Maitland (R) Charles A. Blair (R) [50] 100R Russell A. Alger (R)11R, 1D
1904 Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R)Green check.svg
1905 Fred 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
1907 Patrick H. Kelley (R)95R, 5D William Alden Smith (R)12R
1908 John Treadway Rich (R) Taft/
Sherman (R)Green check.svg
1909 Frederick C. Martindale (R) [53] Albert Sleeper (R) Oramel B. Fuller (R) Townsend A. Ely (R)98R, 2D12R
1910 Franz C. Kuhn (R) [54]
1911 Chase Osborn (R) John Q. Ross (R)28R, 4D88R, 12D Charles E. Townsend (R)10R, 2D
1912 Roger I. Wykes (R) [55] Roosevelt/
Johnson (Prog)Red x.svg
1913 Woodbridge N. Ferris (D) Grant Fellows (R) [56] John W. Harrer (R) Frank F. Rogers (R)21R, 6Prog, 5D54R, 35D, 11Prog10R, 2D, 2Prog
1914
1915 Luren Dickinson (R) Coleman C. Vaughan (R) [57] 29R, 3D95R, 5D11R, 2D
1916 Hughes/
Fairbanks (R)Red x.svg
1917 Albert Sleeper (R) Alex J. Groesbeck (R) Samuel Odell 27R, 5D88R, 12D11R, 2D
1918
191932R98R, 2D Truman H. Newberry (R)12R, 1D
1920 Frank E. Gorman (R) [58] Harding/
Coolidge (R)Green check.svg
1921 Alex J. Groesbeck (R) Thomas Read (R) Charles J. DeLand (R) [59] Merlin Wiley (R) [60] 100R13R
1922
1923 Andrew B. Dougherty (R) [61] 95R, 5D Woodbridge N. Ferris (D) James Couzens (R)12R, 1D
1924 Coolidge/
Dawes (R)Green check.svg
1925 George W. Welsh (R) Frank D. McKay [s] 100R13R
1926 Clare Retan (R) [63]
1927 Fred W. Green (R) Luren Dickinson (R) John S. Haggerty (R) [64] William W. Potter 98R, 2D13R
1928 Wilber M. Brucker (R) Arthur Vandenberg (R) Hoover/
Curtis (R)Green check.svg
1929 Grover C. Dillard (R)13R
1930
1931 Wilber M. Brucker (R) Frank Fitzgerald (R) [65] Paul W. Voorhies (R) [66] Howard C. Lawrence (R)31R, 1D13R
1932 Roosevelt/
Garner (D)Green check.svg
1933 William 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
1934 Clarke W. Brown (R) [68]
1935 Frank Fitzgerald (R) Thomas Read (R) Orville E. Atwood (R) [69] Harry S. Toy (R) [70] John J. O'Hara (R)21R, 11D51R, 49D11R, 6D
1936 David H. Crowley (R) [71]
1937 Frank Murphy (D) Leo J. Nowicki (D) Leon D. Case (D) [72] Raymond Wesley Starr (D) [73] George T. Gundry (D)17D, 15R60D, 40R Prentiss M. Brown (D)9R, 8D
1938
1939 Frank 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)
1940 Willkie/
McNary (R)Red x.svg
1941 Murray Van Wagoner (D) Frank Murphy (D) Herbert J. Rushton (R) [75] Theodore I. Fry (D) G. Donald Kennedy (R)22R, 10D68R, 32D11R, 6D
1942
1943 Harry Kelly (R) Eugene C. Keyes (R) Herman H. Dignan (R) [76] D. Hale Brake (R) Lloyd B. Reid (D)25R, 7D74R, 26D Homer S. Ferguson (R)12R, 5D
1944 Charles M. Zeigler (R) Roosevelt/
Truman (D)Green check.svg
1945 Vernon J. Brown (R) John R. Dethmers (R) John D. Morrison (R)24R, 8D66R, 34D11R, 6D
1946 Foss O. Eldred (R) [77]
1947 Kim 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
1948 Dewey/
Warren (R)Red x.svg
1949 G. Mennen Williams (D) John W. Connolly (D) Stephen John Roth (D) [80] 23R, 9D61R, 39D13R, 4D
195012R, 5D
1951 William C. Vandenberg (R) Frank Millard (R) [81] John B. Martin (R)25R, 7D66R, 34D Blair Moody (D)12R, 5D
1952 Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)Green check.svg
1953 Clarence A. Reid (R) Owen Cleary (R) [82] 24R, 8D Charles E. Potter (R)13R, 5D
1954
1955 Philip Hart (D) James M. Hare (D) [83] Thomas M. Kavanagh (D) [84] Sanford Brown (D) Victor Targonski (D)23R, 11D59R, 51D Patrick V. McNamara (D)11R, 7D
1956
1957 Frank S. Szymanski (D) John C. Mackie (D)61R, 49D12R, 6D
1958 Paul L. Adams (D)
1959 John Swainson (D) Otis M. Smith (D)22R, 12D55R, 55D [u] Philip Hart (D)11R, 7D
1960 Kennedy/
Johnson (D)Green check.svg
1961 John Swainson (D) T. John Lesinski (D) Billie S. Farnum (D)56R, 54D11R, 7D
1962 Frank J. Kelley (D)
1963 George W. Romney (R) [v] 23R, 11D58R, 52D11R, 8D
1964 Johnson/
Humphrey (D)Green check.svg

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

1965–present

YearExecutive offices State Legislature United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Lt. Governor Sec. of State Attorney General State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. House
1965 George W. Romney (R) [v] William Milliken (R) James M. Hare (D) [83] Frank J. Kelley (D)23D, 15R73D, 37R Philip Hart (D) Patrick V. McNamara (D)12D, 7R Lyndon B. Johnson/
Hubert Humphrey (D)Green check.svg
1966 Robert P. Griffin (R)
196720R, 18D [w] 56R, 54D [x] 12R, 7D
1968 Hubert Humphrey/
Edmund Muskie (D)Red x.svg
1969 William Milliken (R) [y] vacant57D, 53R
1970 Thomas F. Schweigert (R)
1971 James H. Brickley (R) Richard H. Austin (D)19R, 19D [z] 58D, 52R
1972 Richard Nixon/
Spiro Agnew (R)Green check.svg
197360D, 50R
197411R, 8D [aa]
1975 James Damman (R)24D, 14R66D, 44R12D, 7R
1976 Gerald Ford/
Bob Dole (R)Red x.svg
197768D, 42R Donald Riegle (D)11D, 8R
1978
1979 James H. Brickley (R)70D, 40R Carl Levin (D)13D, 6R
1980 Ronald Reagan/
George H. W. Bush (R)Green check.svg
198164D, 46R12D, 7R
1982
1983 James J. Blanchard (D) Martha Griffiths (D)20D, 18R63D, 47R12D, 6R
198420R, 18D [ab]
198557D, 53R11D, 7R
1986
198764D, 46R
1988 George H. W. Bush/
Dan Quayle (R)Green check.svg
198961D, 49R
1990
1991 John Engler (R) Connie Binsfeld (R)
1992 Bill Clinton/
Al Gore (D)Green check.svg
199322R, 16D55R, 55D [ac] 10D, 6R
1994
1995 Candice Miller (R)56R, 54D Spencer Abraham (R)9D, 7R
1996
199752R, 58D10D, 6R
1998
1999 Dick Posthumus (R) Jennifer Granholm (D)23R, 15D58R, 52D
2000 Al Gore/
Joe Lieberman (D)Red x.svg
200159R, 51D Debbie Stabenow (D)9D, 7R
2002
2003 Jennifer Granholm (D) John D. Cherry (D) Terri Lynn Land (R) Mike Cox (R)22R, 16D63R, 47D9R, 6D
2004 John Kerry/
John Edwards (D)Red x.svg
200558R, 52D
2006
200721R, 17D58D, 52R
2008 Barack Obama/
Joe Biden (D)Green check.svg
200921R, 16D [ad] 67D, 43R8D, 7R
201022R, 16D [ae]
2011 Rick 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, 47D Gary Peters (D)
2016 Donald Trump/
Mike Pence (R)Green check.svg
2017
2018
2019 Gretchen Whitmer (D) Garlin Gilchrist (D) Jocelyn Benson (D) Dana Nessel (D)22R, 16D58R, 52D [92] 7R, 7D
7D, 6R, 1I/L [ag]
2020 Joe Biden/
Kamala Harris (D)Green check.svg
20217R, 7D
2022
57R, 53D [ah]
202320D, 18R56D, 54R7D, 6R
2024 Donald Trump/
JD Vance (D)Green check.svg
202558R, 52D Elissa Slotkin (D)7R, 6D
Key to party colors and abbreviations for elected officials
Democratic (D) National Union (NU) Progressive (Prog) Republican (R) Whig (W)
  1. Until 1851, elections were held in odd number years; since that time, they have been held in even number years, on the first Tuesday in November, coincident with other national and state elections. Winners are now sworn in on January 1. Governors were elected to two year terms from 1837 until 1966 when the term was set at four years. Effective with the 2003 retirement of John Engler, governors are subject to a lifetime term limit of two four year terms.
  2. State Treasurers are listed for the time period when it was an elective office, (1850–1963).
  3. Elected a Democratic as Speaker, Charles Whipple. [4]
  4. Michigan participated in the 1836 election but had not yet been formally admitted to the Union as a state due to a boundary dispute with Ohio.
  5. A Democrat until 1854, Manning became a Republican because of the Republican Party's anti slavery position. [5]
  6. 1 2 Resigned to take an elected seat in the U.S. Senate.
  7. 1 2 3 4 As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
  8. First elected treasurer
  9. Effective with the Constitution of 1850, terms for Senator were increased to two years.
  10. Effective with the Constitution of 1850, terms for Representative were increased to two years.
  11. After a new state constitution was drafted in 1850, McClelland was elected to a single one-year term in 1851. He was then re-elected to a full two-year term in 1852 but resigned to become United States Secretary of the Interior.
  12. Democrat, then Republican after 1854 [13]
  13. Ran on the first Republican state ticket in 1854 [14]
  14. Republican after 1854, Whig before that. [16]
  15. Removed from office. [42] [43]
  16. Removed from office [44]
  17. Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
  18. Indicted on 48 charges of embezzlement. [45]
  19. Indicted for bribery in 1994 but the case ended when the star witness, Sen. Warren G. Hooper was murdered. [62]
  20. Died in office
  21. Due to a change in rules, Republicans organized the chamber on a 55-54 vote and elected a Speaker, Don R. Pears, of their party when a Democrat, Josephine Hunsinger, left for an emergency appendectomy. [85]
  22. 1 2 Resigned to become United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
  23. Effective with the Constitution of 1964, senators started to be elected to four-year terms, all at the same election. This went into effect at the 1966 election.
  24. The 1966 Midterms yielded a 55-55 split, but the Republicans prevailed on a Democrat to skip on the vote for Speaker and be able to organize the chamber on a 55-54 vote due to a rule change, like was done in 1959. Robert E. Waldron became Speaker, and the Republicans ran the chamber. The Democrat, E.D. O'Brien, became a Republican for the purposes of composition for the rest of the session. [86]
  25. As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term and was later elected in his own right.
  26. The Republicans organized the Senate with the tie-breaking vote of the Lt. Governor. [87]
  27. Donald Riegle switched parties from Republican to Democratic on February 27, 1973.
  28. Two Democratic Senators, David Serotkin and Phil Mastin, were recalled after a tax hike during the legislative session earlier in the year. The recalls flipped the chamber to the Republicans. [88]
  29. A power-sharing agreement was negotiated between the Democrats and Republicans to control the chamber. [89]
  30. Sen. Mark Schauer resigned his 19th District seat to take office as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  31. Mike Nofs won the special election to take Schauer's seat, flipping the seat to the Republicans. [90]
  32. Rep. Roy Schmidt switched parties from Democratic to Republican on May 15, 2012. [91]
  33. U.S. Rep. Justin Amash switched parties from Republican to Independent on July 4, 2019, then became a Libertarian from April 2020 until the end of his term. [93] [94]
  34. Carol Glanville won a special election in the 74th district on May 3, 2022, flipping the seat from Republican to Democratic. [95]

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