1835 Michigan gubernatorial election

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.

1835 Michigan gubernatorial election

October 5, 1835 1837 →
Turnout	29.32%
Nominee Stevens T. Mason John Biddle Party Democratic Whig Popular vote 8,461 814 Percentage 91.22% 8.78%
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

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

• Stevens T. Mason, Democratic
• John Biddle, Whig

Results

Michigan gubernatorial election, 1835^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stevens T. Mason	8,461	91.22
	Whig	John Biddle	814	8.78
Total votes			9,275	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)
	Percentage	Votes	Percentage	Votes
Allegan	100%	67	0%	0
Berrien	100%	308	0%	0
Branch	100%	77	0%	0
Calhoun	100%	241	0%	0
Cass	84.8%	356	15.2%	64
Chippewa	100%	53	0%	0
Clinton, Ionia, Kent, Ottawa	99.8%	1,026	0.2%	2
Hillsdale	93.8%	105	6.2%	7
Jackson	97.9%	274	2.1%	6
Kalamazoo	94.7%	431	5.3%	24
Lapeer	87.3%	89	12.7%	13
Lenawee	97%	456	3%	14
Macomb	91.7%	455	8.3%	41
Michilimackinac	100%	112	0%	0
Monroe	99.8%	432	0.2%	1
Oakland	63.7%	942	36.3%	536
St. Clair	97.6%	166	2.4%	4
St. Joseph	99.5%	207	0.5%	1
Saginaw	100%	100	0%	0
Washtenaw	100%	1,074	0%	0
Wayne	93.7%	1,490	6.3%	101
Totals	91.2%	8,461	8.8%	814