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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]
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.
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1837–1899
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1900–1964
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In 1963, the Michigan Constitution was rewritten, modifying the statewide elected positions.
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1965–present
Democratic (D) | National Union (NU) | Progressive (Prog) | Republican (R) | Whig (W) |
- 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.
- Elected a Democratic as Speaker, Charles Whipple.[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.
- A Democrat until 1854, Manning became a Republican because of the Republican Party's anti slavery position.[5]
- 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.
- Democrat, then Republican after 1854 [13]
- Ran on the first Republican state ticket in 1854[14]
- Republican after 1854, Whig before that.[16]
- Removed from office[44]
- Indicted on 48 charges of embezzlement.[45]
- Indicted for bribery in 1994 but the case ended when the star witness, Sen. Warren G. Hooper was murdered.[62]
- 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]
- Resigned to become United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- 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]
- The Republicans organized the Senate with the tie-breaking vote of the Lt. Governor.[87]
- Donald Riegle switched parties from Republican to Democratic on February 27, 1973.
- 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]
- A power-sharing agreement was negotiated between the Democrats and Republicans to control the chamber.[89]
- Sen. Mark Schauer resigned his 19th District seat to take office as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Rep. Roy Schmidt switched parties from Democratic to Republican on May 15, 2012.[91]
- 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]
- 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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