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November 8, 1910
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The 1910 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1910. Republican nominee Chase S. Osborn defeated Democratic candidate Lawton T. Hemans with 52.85% of the vote.
Primary election
Michigan held primary elections for governor on September 6, 1910.
Republican party
Chase S. Osborn secured the Republican nomination over Patrick H. Kelley and Amos S. Musselman.
Candidates
- Patrick H. Kelley, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
- Amos S. Musselman, businessman from Grand Rapids
- Chase S. Osborn, member of University of Michigan Board of Regents
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Chase S. Osborn | 88,270 | 46.14% | |
| Republican | Patrick H. Kelley | 52,337 | 27.35% | |
| Republican | Amos S. Musselman | 50,721 | 26.51% | |
| Total votes | 191,328 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic party
Lawton T. Hemans was nominated without opposition for the second consecutive election.
Candidates
- Lawton T. Hemans, former member of Michigan House of Representatives[2]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lawton T. Hemans | 22,304 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 22,304 | 100.00% | ||
Minor parties
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Fred W. Corbett | 1,723 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 1,723 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Joseph Warnock | 792 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 792 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
- Chase S. Osborn, Republican
- Lawton T. Hemans, Democratic
Other candidates
- Joseph Warnock, Socialist
- Fred W. Corbett, Prohibition
- Herman Richter, Socialist Labor
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Chase S. Osborn | 202,803 | 52.85% | +4.46% | |
| Democratic | Lawton T. Hemans | 159,770 | 41.63% | −4.99% | |
| Socialist | Joseph Warnock | 9,992 | 2.60% | +0.86% | |
| Prohibition | Fred W. Corbett | 9,989 | 2.60% | −0.37% | |
| Socialist Labor | Herman Richter | 1,204 | 0.31% | +0.16% | |
| Scattering | 4 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 43,033 | 11.21% | |||
| Total votes | 383,762 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +9.45% | |||
Results by county
This was the only election between 1884 and 1936 in which the winning candidate failed to carry Berrien County.
| County[3] | Chase S. Osborn Republican |
Lawton T. Hemans Democratic |
Joseph Warnock Socialist |
Fred W. Corbett Prohibition |
Herman Richter Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 537 | 76.39% | 86 | 12.23% | 58 | 8.25% | 22 | 3.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 451 | 64.15% | 703 |
| Alger | 485 | 69.38% | 148 | 21.17% | 35 | 5.01% | 27 | 3.86% | 4 | 0.57% | 337 | 48.21% | 699 |
| Allegan | 2,584 | 53.90% | 1,981 | 41.32% | 100 | 2.09% | 117 | 2.44% | 12 | 0.25% | 603 | 12.58% | 4,794 |
| Alpena | 1,348 | 67.06% | 590 | 29.35% | 52 | 2.59% | 12 | 0.60% | 7 | 0.35% | 758 | 37.71% | 2,010[a] |
| Antrim | 813 | 60.18% | 423 | 31.31% | 53 | 3.92% | 59 | 4.37% | 3 | 0.22% | 390 | 28.87% | 1,351 |
| Arenac | 729 | 54.53% | 531 | 39.72% | 41 | 3.07% | 32 | 2.39% | 4 | 0.30% | 198 | 14.81% | 1,337 |
| Baraga | 678 | 70.85% | 239 | 24.97% | 8 | 0.84% | 29 | 3.03% | 3 | 0.31% | 439 | 45.87% | 957 |
| Barry | 2,028 | 48.74% | 1,947 | 46.79% | 43 | 1.03% | 129 | 3.10% | 14 | 0.34% | 81 | 1.95% | 4,161 |
| Bay | 3,487 | 47.43% | 3,433 | 46.69% | 330 | 4.49% | 87 | 1.18% | 15 | 0.20% | 54 | 0.73% | 7,352 |
| Benzie | 590 | 54.48% | 257 | 23.73% | 98 | 9.05% | 128 | 11.82% | 10 | 0.92% | 333 | 30.75% | 1,083 |
| Berrien | 4,018 | 46.85% | 4,051 | 47.24% | 270 | 3.15% | 206 | 2.40% | 31 | 0.36% | -33 | -0.38% | 8,576 |
| Branch | 2,265 | 47.31% | 2,360 | 49.29% | 51 | 1.07% | 105 | 2.19% | 7 | 0.15% | -95 | -1.98% | 4,788 |
| Calhoun | 3,944 | 49.83% | 3,581 | 45.24% | 246 | 3.11% | 111 | 1.40% | 33 | 0.42% | 363 | 4.59% | 7,915 |
| Cass | 2,024 | 47.53% | 2,005 | 47.09% | 151 | 3.55% | 73 | 1.71% | 5 | 0.12% | 19 | 0.45% | 4,258 |
| Charlevoix | 1,330 | 62.06% | 517 | 24.13% | 200 | 9.33% | 66 | 3.08% | 30 | 1.40% | 813 | 37.94% | 2,143 |
| Cheboygan | 1,358 | 52.41% | 1,112 | 42.92% | 54 | 2.08% | 62 | 2.39% | 5 | 0.19% | 246 | 9.49% | 2,591 |
| Chippewa | 2,602 | 80.56% | 513 | 15.88% | 42 | 1.30% | 72 | 2.23% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,089 | 64.67% | 3,230 |
| Clare | 784 | 56.00% | 563 | 40.21% | 28 | 2.00% | 20 | 1.43% | 5 | 0.36% | 221 | 15.79% | 1,400 |
| Clinton | 2,172 | 48.54% | 2,139 | 47.80% | 28 | 0.63% | 134 | 2.99% | 2 | 0.04% | 33 | 0.74% | 4,475 |
| Crawford | 445 | 60.79% | 259 | 35.38% | 16 | 2.19% | 11 | 1.50% | 1 | 0.14% | 186 | 25.41% | 732 |
| Delta | 1,758 | 70.21% | 630 | 25.16% | 61 | 2.44% | 38 | 1.52% | 17 | 0.68% | 1,128 | 45.05% | 2,504 |
| Dickinson | 1,872 | 73.67% | 495 | 19.48% | 64 | 2.52% | 71 | 2.79% | 39 | 1.53% | 1,377 | 54.19% | 2,541 |
| Eaton | 2,826 | 42.65% | 3,662 | 55.27% | 41 | 0.62% | 94 | 1.42% | 2 | 0.03% | -836 | -12.62% | 6,626[a] |
| Emmet | 1,172 | 50.60% | 746 | 32.21% | 291 | 12.56% | 102 | 4.40% | 5 | 0.22% | 426 | 18.39% | 2,316 |
| Genesee | 3,789 | 49.20% | 3,015 | 39.15% | 493 | 6.40% | 378 | 4.91% | 27 | 0.35% | 774 | 10.05% | 7,702 |
| Gladwin | 812 | 67.39% | 345 | 28.63% | 22 | 1.83% | 23 | 1.91% | 3 | 0.25% | 467 | 38.76% | 1,205 |
| Gogebic | 1,460 | 54.36% | 734 | 27.33% | 61 | 2.27% | 407 | 15.15% | 24 | 0.89% | 726 | 27.03% | 2,686 |
| Grand Traverse | 1,007 | 50.99% | 673 | 34.08% | 228 | 11.54% | 52 | 2.63% | 15 | 0.76% | 334 | 16.91% | 1,975 |
| Gratiot | 2,357 | 51.75% | 2,016 | 44.26% | 23 | 0.50% | 155 | 3.40% | 4 | 0.09% | 341 | 7.49% | 4,555 |
| Hillsdale | 2,055 | 44.68% | 2,369 | 51.51% | 20 | 0.43% | 152 | 3.31% | 3 | 0.07% | -314 | -6.83% | 4,599 |
| Houghton | 5,677 | 65.58% | 2,221 | 25.66% | 242 | 2.80% | 499 | 5.76% | 17 | 0.20% | 3,456 | 39.93% | 8,656 |
| Huron | 2,195 | 61.01% | 1,268 | 35.24% | 36 | 1.00% | 94 | 2.61% | 5 | 0.14% | 927 | 25.76% | 3,598 |
| Ingham | 3,786 | 36.25% | 6,130 | 57.80% | 127 | 1.22% | 364 | 3.49% | 35 | 0.34% | -2,344 | -22.45% | 10,443[a] |
| Ionia | 2,894 | 44.61% | 3,110 | 47.94% | 40 | 0.62% | 439 | 6.77% | 4 | 0.06% | -216 | -3.33% | 6,487 |
| Iosco | 865 | 58.37% | 579 | 39.07% | 11 | 0.74% | 27 | 1.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 286 | 19.30% | 1,482 |
| Iron | 1,356 | 83.76% | 189 | 11.67% | 27 | 1.67% | 36 | 2.22% | 11 | 0.68% | 1,167 | 72.08% | 1,619 |
| Isabella | 1,961 | 49.68% | 1,888 | 47.83% | 40 | 1.01% | 54 | 1.37% | 4 | 0.10% | 73 | 1.85% | 3,947 |
| Jackson | 3,966 | 40.79% | 5,427 | 55.82% | 154 | 1.58% | 166 | 1.71% | 10 | 0.10% | -1,461 | -15.03% | 9,723 |
| Kalamazoo | 3,864 | 43.52% | 4,169 | 46.95% | 477 | 5.37% | 346 | 3.90% | 23 | 0.26% | -305 | -3.44% | 8,879 |
| Kalkaska | 433 | 53.99% | 276 | 34.41% | 51 | 6.36% | 42 | 5.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 157 | 19.58% | 802 |
| Kent | 9,228 | 48.50% | 8,649 | 45.46% | 685 | 3.60% | 412 | 2.17% | 52 | 0.27% | 579 | 3.04% | 19,026 |
| Keweenaw | 673 | 88.32% | 53 | 6.96% | 20 | 2.62% | 15 | 1.97% | 1 | 0.13% | 620 | 81.36% | 762 |
| Lake | 324 | 59.12% | 184 | 33.58% | 21 | 3.83% | 17 | 3.10% | 2 | 0.36% | 140 | 25.55% | 548 |
| Lapeer | 2,178 | 56.21% | 1,491 | 38.48% | 13 | 0.34% | 189 | 4.88% | 4 | 0.10% | 687 | 17.73% | 3,875 |
| Leelanau | 534 | 58.88% | 304 | 33.52% | 35 | 3.86% | 24 | 2.65% | 10 | 1.10% | 230 | 25.36% | 907 |
| Lenawee | 4,069 | 49.93% | 3,891 | 47.75% | 38 | 0.47% | 144 | 1.77% | 7 | 0.09% | 178 | 2.18% | 8,149 |
| Livingston | 2,183 | 44.63% | 2,587 | 52.89% | 6 | 0.12% | 115 | 2.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -404 | -8.26% | 4,891 |
| Luce | 239 | 81.57% | 35 | 11.95% | 1 | 0.34% | 18 | 6.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 204 | 69.62% | 293 |
| Mackinac | 847 | 59.19% | 557 | 38.92% | 11 | 0.77% | 16 | 1.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 290 | 20.27% | 1,431 |
| Macomb | 3,193 | 49.47% | 3,099 | 48.02% | 20 | 0.31% | 137 | 2.12% | 5 | 0.08% | 94 | 1.46% | 6,454 |
| Manistee | 1,468 | 37.85% | 2,163 | 55.78% | 179 | 4.62% | 58 | 1.50% | 10 | 0.26% | -695 | -17.92% | 3,878 |
| Marquette | 3,841 | 70.58% | 1,001 | 18.39% | 422 | 7.75% | 166 | 3.05% | 12 | 0.22% | 2,840 | 52.19% | 5,442 |
| Mason | 1,437 | 50.23% | 1,310 | 45.79% | 33 | 1.15% | 70 | 2.45% | 11 | 0.38% | 127 | 4.44% | 2,861 |
| Mecosta | 1,189 | 54.12% | 828 | 37.69% | 80 | 3.64% | 93 | 4.23% | 7 | 0.32% | 361 | 16.43% | 2,197 |
| Menominee | 2,095 | 62.09% | 1,112 | 32.96% | 104 | 3.08% | 51 | 1.51% | 12 | 0.36% | 983 | 29.13% | 3,374 |
| Midland | 1,321 | 61.90% | 755 | 35.38% | 25 | 1.17% | 30 | 1.41% | 3 | 0.14% | 566 | 26.52% | 2,134 |
| Missaukee | 1,043 | 70.76% | 327 | 22.18% | 49 | 3.32% | 50 | 3.39% | 5 | 0.34% | 716 | 48.58% | 1,474 |
| Monroe | 3,070 | 48.96% | 3,050 | 48.64% | 23 | 0.37% | 120 | 1.91% | 8 | 0.13% | 20 | 0.32% | 6,271 |
| Montcalm | 1,971 | 57.23% | 1,150 | 33.39% | 200 | 5.81% | 105 | 3.05% | 18 | 0.52% | 821 | 23.84% | 3,444 |
| Montmorency | 264 | 70.59% | 95 | 25.40% | 10 | 2.67% | 4 | 1.07% | 1 | 0.27% | 169 | 45.19% | 374 |
| Muskegon | 2,898 | 60.10% | 1,554 | 32.23% | 292 | 6.06% | 56 | 1.16% | 22 | 0.46% | 1,344 | 27.87% | 4,822 |
| Newaygo | 1,454 | 64.97% | 669 | 29.89% | 47 | 2.10% | 68 | 3.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 785 | 35.08% | 2,238 |
| Oakland | 4,448 | 48.09% | 4,406 | 47.63% | 93 | 1.01% | 296 | 3.20% | 6 | 0.06% | 42 | 0.45% | 9,250[a] |
| Oceana | 1,397 | 58.57% | 839 | 35.18% | 30 | 1.26% | 113 | 4.74% | 6 | 0.25% | 558 | 23.40% | 2,385 |
| Ogemaw | 731 | 58.43% | 446 | 35.65% | 38 | 3.04% | 34 | 2.72% | 2 | 0.16% | 285 | 22.78% | 1,251 |
| Ontonagon | 1,138 | 76.38% | 265 | 17.79% | 42 | 2.82% | 38 | 2.55% | 7 | 0.47% | 873 | 58.59% | 1,490 |
| Osceola | 1,036 | 55.76% | 733 | 39.45% | 28 | 1.51% | 58 | 3.12% | 3 | 0.16% | 303 | 16.31% | 1,858 |
| Oscoda | 221 | 78.65% | 55 | 19.57% | 1 | 0.36% | 3 | 1.07% | 1 | 0.36% | 166 | 59.07% | 281 |
| Otsego | 305 | 60.64% | 179 | 35.59% | 5 | 0.99% | 13 | 2.58% | 1 | 0.20% | 126 | 25.05% | 503 |
| Ottawa | 3,722 | 62.23% | 2,056 | 34.38% | 74 | 1.24% | 111 | 1.86% | 18 | 0.30% | 1,666 | 27.85% | 5,981 |
| Presque Isle | 966 | 80.97% | 197 | 16.51% | 17 | 1.42% | 9 | 0.75% | 4 | 0.34% | 769 | 64.46% | 1,193 |
| Roscommon | 296 | 59.56% | 178 | 35.81% | 13 | 2.62% | 8 | 1.61% | 2 | 0.40% | 118 | 23.74% | 497 |
| Saginaw | 6,411 | 51.56% | 5,633 | 45.30% | 262 | 2.11% | 88 | 0.71% | 41 | 0.33% | 778 | 6.26% | 12,435 |
| Sanilac | 3,654 | 71.66% | 1,240 | 24.32% | 34 | 0.67% | 169 | 3.31% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,414 | 47.34% | 5,099 |
| Schoolcraft | 622 | 83.16% | 90 | 12.03% | 23 | 3.07% | 4 | 0.53% | 9 | 1.20% | 532 | 71.12% | 748 |
| Shiawassee | 2,963 | 51.95% | 2,270 | 39.80% | 37 | 0.65% | 385 | 6.75% | 49 | 0.86% | 693 | 12.15% | 5,704 |
| St. Clair | 4,294 | 52.64% | 3,385 | 41.50% | 280 | 3.43% | 145 | 1.78% | 53 | 0.65% | 909 | 11.14% | 8,157 |
| St. Joseph | 2,378 | 49.18% | 2,320 | 47.98% | 71 | 1.47% | 62 | 1.28% | 4 | 0.08% | 58 | 1.20% | 4,835 |
| Tuscola | 2,750 | 64.40% | 1,149 | 26.91% | 26 | 0.61% | 342 | 8.01% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,601 | 37.49% | 4,270 |
| Van Buren | 2,589 | 55.97% | 1,862 | 40.25% | 82 | 1.77% | 83 | 1.79% | 10 | 0.22% | 727 | 15.72% | 4,626 |
| Washtenaw | 3,937 | 44.30% | 4,690 | 52.77% | 51 | 0.57% | 184 | 2.07% | 26 | 0.29% | -753 | -8.47% | 8,888 |
| Wayne | 31,910 | 52.92% | 25,399 | 42.12% | 1,989 | 3.30% | 680 | 1.13% | 317 | 0.53% | 6,511 | 10.80% | 60,295 |
| Wexford | 1,190 | 52.40% | 837 | 36.86% | 69 | 3.04% | 165 | 7.27% | 10 | 0.44% | 353 | 15.54% | 2,271 |
| Total | 202,803 | 52.85% | 159,770 | 41.63% | 9,992 | 2.60% | 9,989 | 2.60% | 1,204 | 0.31% | 43,033 | 11.21% | 383,672 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Notes
- Includes 1 Scattering vote
References
- Martindale, Frederick C. (1911). "Canvass of Votes, Primary Election, September 6, 1910". Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual for the Years 1911-1912. pp. 434–435. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
- "Legislator Details". Library of Michigan. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
- Martindale, Frederick C. (1911). "Official Canvass of Votes, Election November 8, 1910". Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual for the Years 1911-1912. pp. 467–468. Retrieved June 5, 2026.