List of special elections to the Michigan House of Representatives
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The following is a list of special elections for the Michigan House of Representatives.
| Date | District | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9–10, 1836[1] | Wayne | Jonathan P. Fay[2] | Dem. | Charles Moran | Dem. | Death[1] | ||
| c. April 1837[3] | Calhoun | Ezra Convis[4] | Dem. | Sands McCamley[3][5] | Dem. | [4][a] | ||
| 1837[6] | Monroe | Lemuel Colbath[7] | Peter Picott[b][7][6] | Dem. | Death[7] | |||
| c. 1838–1839[8] | Washtenaw | Calvin Smith[c][9][10] | Whig | Nathan Pierce[11] | Whig | Death[10] | ||
| 1870[12] | Wayne 4 | George W. Swift | Rep. | Charles H. Bennett[12][13] | Dem. | Resigned[12] | ||
| July 16, 1870[14][15][16] | Eaton 2 | Almon Thompson[17] | Rep. | Albertus L. Green[18] | Rep. | Resigned[17] | ||
| Hillsdale 2 | Harvey B. Rowlson[19] | Rep. | James H. Armstrong | Rep. | Resigned[14] | |||
| St. Clair 1 | Nathan Boynton[20] | Rep. | Tubal C. Owen[21] | Rep. | Resigned[20] | |||
| March 5, 1870[22] | Jackson 3 | John Landon[23] | Rep. | Hiram C. Hodge[22] | Dem. | Death[23] | ||
| March 6, 1872[24] | Genesee 3 | John I. Phillips[25] | Rep. | Frederick Walker[26] | Rep. | Death[24] | ||
| c. March 1872[27] | Bay | William R. Bates[28] | Rep. | Isaac Marston[27] | L. Rep. | Resigned[28] | ||
| February 23, 1874[29] | Berrien 3 | Evan J. Bonine[30] | Rep. | Ethan A. Brown[31] | Dem. | Resigned[31] | ||
| Genesee 2 | Levi Walker[32] | Rep. | Leroy Parker[33] | Rep. | Death[32] | |||
| Manistee | Merritt N. Chafey[34] | Rep. | Andrew J. Dovell[34][35] | Dem. | Resigned[34] | |||
| Marquette | Edward Breitung[36] | Rep. | Henry J. Colwell[37] | Dem. | Resigned[36] | |||
| Shiawassee 2 | Benjamin Walker[38] | Rep. | Lorison J. Taylor[39][40] | Rep. | Death[38] | |||
| February 26, 1874[41] | Allegan 2 | Charles W. Watkins[42] | Rep. | William F. Hardin[42] | Resigned[42] | |||
| April 1875[43] | Van Buren 2 | George G. B. Yeckley[44] | Rep. | William Thomas[43] | Rep. | Death[43] | ||
| January 24, 1882[45] | Lapeer 2 | Frank Kendrick[46] | Rep. | Frederick H. Hill[47] | Rep. | Death[46] | ||
| April 4, 1898[48] | Berrien 2 | Edwin Williams[49] | Rep. | Carmi Smith[50][51] | Rep. | Resigned[50] | ||
| Lapeer | Henry Lee[52] | Rep. | Edmund Brownell[53] | Rep. | Death[52] | |||
| September 17, 1907[54] | Ingham 1 | Stanley D. Montgomery[55] | Rep. | Alex Cohen[56] | Rep. | Resigned[57] | ||
| 1929[58] | Wayne 1 | John E. Owen[59] | Rep. | Clarence J. Dacey[60] | Rep. | Resigned[60] | ||
| April 3, 1933[61] | Emmet | Dana H. Hinkley[62] | Rep. | Edward Fenlon | Dem. | Death[63] | ||
| November 7, 1933[64] | Ingham 1 | John G. Rulison[65] | Dem. | Allen McDonald[66] | Rep. | Death[64] | ||
| March 4, 1935[67] | Genesee 2 | Charles Parker[68] | Dem. | Maurice Matthews[67] | Rep. | Death[67] | ||
| Midland | Don E. Sias[69] | Rep. | Aaron T. Bliss Sr.[70] | Rep. | Death[67] | |||
| Sanilac | John W. Goodwine[71] | Rep. | Alpheus P. Decker[67] | Rep. | Death[67] | |||
| Tuscola | D. Knox Hanna[72] | Rep. | Audley Rawson[67] | Rep. | Death[67] | |||
| April 1, 1935[73] | St. Clair 1 | Duncan J. McColl Jr.[74] | Rep. | Mervin W. Tomlin[73] | Dem. | Resigned[73] | ||
| April 2, 1945[75] | Wayne 1 | James J. Murphy[76] | Dem. | William Minton Donnelly[75] | Dem. | Death[75] | ||
| April 8, 1947[77] | Van Buren | Edson V. Root Sr.[78] | Rep. | Glenn B. Robinson | Rep. | Death[77] | ||
| November 4, 1947[79] | Wayne 2 | Frank J. Calvert | Rep. | Richard L. Thomson | Rep. | Death[79] | ||
| November 7, 1950[d][80][81] | Clinton | John Paxton Espie[82] | Rep. | Andrew W. Cobb[83] | Rep. | Death[82] | ||
| Jackson 2 | Floyd E. Town[84] | Rep. | Leo Miller[85] | Rep. | Death[84] | |||
| Kalamazoo 2 | Ural S. Acker[86][87] | Rep. | Cyril H. Root[81][88] | Rep. | Death[86] | |||
| Kent 3 | Fay E. Benjamin[89] | Rep. | Irving Pennington[90] | Rep. | Death[89] | |||
| Montcalm | Walter G. Herrick[91] | Rep. | George A. Kohn[92] | Rep. | Death[91] | |||
| March 26, 1952[93] | St. Joseph | Bert Dickerson[94] | Rep. | John W. Fletcher[93] | Rep. | Death[94] | ||
| January 10, 1958[95] | Wayne 3 | Edward Carey[96] | Dem. | William A. Ryan[95] | Dem. | Resigned[96] | ||
| April 6, 1959[97] | Ottawa | George Van Peursem[98] | Rep. | Riemer VanTil[97] | Rep. | Resigned[98] | ||
| August 31, 1959[99] | Kent 3 | Glenn Hunsberger[100] | Rep. | Martin D. Buth[101] | Rep. | Death[101] | ||
| December 8, 1959[102] | Wayne 11 | Charline White[103] | Dem. | David S. Holmes Jr.[102] | Dem. | Death[102] | ||
| November 8, 1960[d][104][105] | Genesee 2 | George A. Gillespie[106] | Rep. | Gordon Rockwell | Rep. | Death[105] | ||
| Midland | John C. Morris[107] | Rep. | Nelson Tisdale | Rep. | Resigned[105] | |||
| Presque Isle | Emil A. Peltz[108] | Rep. | Ross O. Stevens | Rep. | Death[105] | |||
| Wayne 2 | Frank D. Williams[109] | Dem. | Maxcine Young[105] | Dem. | Resigned[109] | |||
| March 19, 1962[110] | Ingham 1 | Ralph H. Young[111] | Rep. | Charles J. Davis[110] | Rep. | Death[111] | ||
| May 10, 1965[112] | 24th | Daniel W. West[113] | Dem. | James Del Rio | Dem. | Seat declared vacant[113] | ||
| May 23, 1967[114] | 19th | Joseph J. Kowalski | Dem. | Anthony C. Licata[115] | Rep. | Death[114] | ||
| June 6, 1967[116] | 75th | James S. Nunneley | Rep. | David M. Serotkin[117] | Rep. | Death[116] | ||
| February 25, 1969[118] | 41st | Bill J. Marshall | Rep. | John P. Smeekens | Rep. | Death[118] | ||
| March 8, 1971[119] | 4th[120] | William B. Fitzgerald | Dem. | William B. Fitzgerald Jr. | Dem. | Death[119] | ||
| July 15, 1971[121] | 54th | Edson V. Root Jr. | Rep. | Bela E. Kennedy | Rep. | Death[121] | ||
| March 19, 1974[122] | 15th | James Bradley[123] | Dem. | Joseph F. Young Sr. | Dem. | Resigned[122] | ||
| June 4, 1974[124] | 21st | David S. Holmes Jr. | Dem. | Clifford D. Gary | Dem. | Resigned[125] | ||
| June 25, 1974[126] | 101st | J. Bob Traxler | Dem. | Colleen Engler | Rep. | Resigned[127] | ||
| November 5, 1974[d][128] | 47th | Jack Welborn[129] | Rep. | Robert A. Welborn | Rep. | Resigned[128] | ||
| June 28, 1977[130][131] | 80th | Harold Scott | Dem. | Thomas E. Scott | Dem. | Resigned[130] | ||
| 35th | R. Robert Geake | Rep. | Jack Kirksey | Rep. | Resigned[131] | |||
| May 4, 1978[132] | 49th | Dan Angel | Rep. | Everitt F. Lincoln | Rep. | Resigned[132] | ||
| July 11, 1978[133] | 66th | Monte Geralds | Dem. | Gary Vanek | Dem. | Expelled[133] | ||
| March 25, 1980[134] | 36th | Robert C. Law | Rep. | Sylvia Skrel | Rep. | Resigned[134] | ||
| November 4, 1980[d][135] | 81st | Mark Clodfelter | Dem. | Robert L. Emerson | Dem. | Resigned[135] | ||
| March 23, 1982[136] | 21st | Barbara-Rose Collins | Dem. | Clifford D. Gary | Dem. | Resigned[136] | ||
| April 13, 1982[137] | 29th | Alfred Sheridan | Dem. | Rick Sitz | Dem. | Death[137] | ||
| June 8, 1982[138] | 3rd | Casmer P. Ogonowski | Dem. | Clem Bykowski | Dem. | Resigned[139] | ||
| 69th | Dana F. Wilson | Dem. | Wilfred D. Webb | Dem. | Resigned[139] | |||
| November 6, 1984[d][140] | 20th | Rudy J. Nichols | Rep. | Claude Trim | Rep. | Resigned[141] | ||
| 21st | Richard Sullivan | Dem. | Lynn Owen | Dem. | Death[141] | |||
| November 8, 1988[d][142] | 10th | Virgil C. Smith | Dem. | Ted Wallace | Dem. | Resigned[143] | ||
| January 16, 1990[144] | 25th | Dennis Dutko | Dem. | D. Roman Kulchitsky | Rep. | Resigned[145] | ||
| August 27, 1991[146][147] | 36th | Gerald H. Law | Rep. | Georgina F. Goss | Rep. | Resigned[148] | ||
| 65th | Mike Bouchard | Rep. | John Jamian | Rep. | Resigned[147] | |||
| November 26, 1991[149] | 18th | Sidney Ouwinga | Rep. | John Gernaat | Rep. | Death[149] | ||
| November 3, 1992[d][150] | 5th | Teola Pearl Hunter | Dem. | Triette Lipsey | Dem. | Resigned[150] | ||
| June 29, 1993[151] | 3rd | Joe Young Sr. | Dem. | Mary Lou Parks | Dem. | Death[151] | ||
| 65th | Philip E. Hoffman | Rep. | Clyde LeTarte | Rep. | Resigned[152] | |||
| April 26, 1994[153] | 43rd | Charlie Harrison | Dem. | Hubert Price | Dem. | Resigned[154] | ||
| 69th | David Hollister | Dem. | Lynne Martinez | Dem. | Resigned[154] | |||
| 110th | Stephen Shepich | Dem. | Paul Tesanovich | Dem. | Resigned[155] | |||
| May 16, 1995[156] | 109th | Dominic Jacobetti | Dem. | Mike Prusi | Dem. | Death[156] | ||
| November 5, 1996[d][157] | 25th | Robert DeMars | Dem. | Gloria Schermesser | Dem. | Death[158] | ||
| 38th | Bill Bullard Jr. | Rep. | Nancy Cassis | Rep. | Resigned[158] | |||
| June 17, 1997[159] | 22nd | Gregory Pitoniak | Dem. | Raymond E. Basham | Dem. | Resigned[160] | ||
| February 24, 1998[161] | 32nd | David Jaye | Rep. | Alan Sanborn | Rep. | Resigned[161] | ||
| March 20, 2001[162] | 33rd | Janet Kukuk | Rep. | Leon Drolet | Rep. | Death[162] | ||
| July 10, 2001[163] | 86th | Valde Garcia | Rep. | Scott Hummel | Rep. | Resigned[164] | ||
| February 26, 2002[165] | 32nd | Alan Sanborn | Rep. | Brian Palmer | Rep. | Resigned[165] | ||
| August 27, 2002[166] | 9th | Kwame Kilpatrick | Dem. | Fred Durhal Jr. | Dem. | Resigned[167] | ||
| May 20, 2003[168] | 65th | Jerry Kratz | Rep. | Mickey Mortimer | Rep. | Death[168] | ||
| November 7, 2006[d][169] | 29th | Clarence Phillips | Dem. | Hayes Jones | Dem. | Resigned[170] | ||
| 56th | Herb Kehrl | Dem. | Kate Ebli | Dem. | Death[171] | |||
| 69th | Gretchen Whitmer | Dem. | Mark Meadows | Dem. | Resigned[172] | |||
| November 2, 2010[d][173] | 65th | Mike Simpson | Dem. | Mike Shirkey | Rep. | Death[174] | ||
| 95th | Andrew Coulouris | Dem. | Stacy Erwin Oakes | Dem. | Resigned[175] | |||
| February 28, 2012[176] | 29th | Tim Melton | Dem. | Tim Greimel | Dem. | Resigned[176] | ||
| 51st | Paul H. Scott | Rep. | Joseph Graves | Rep. | Recalled[176] | |||
| November 5, 2013[177] | 49th | Jim Ananich | Dem. | Phil Phelps | Dem. | Resigned[177] | ||
| March 8, 2016[178] | 75th | Brandon Dillon | Dem. | David LaGrand | Dem. | Resigned[179] | ||
| 80th | Cindy Gamrat | Rep. | Mary Whiteford | Rep. | Expelled[180] | |||
| 82nd | Todd Courser | Rep. | Gary Howell | Rep. | Resigned[180] | |||
| November 8, 2016[d][181] | 11th | Julie Plawecki | Dem. | Lauren Plawecki | Dem. | Death[182] | ||
| 28th | Derek E. Miller | Dem. | Patrick Green | Dem. | Resigned[182] | |||
| November 7, 2017[183] | 1st | Brian Banks | Dem. | Tenisha Yancey | Dem. | Resigned[183] | ||
| 109th | John Kivela | Dem. | Sara Cambensy | Dem. | Death[183] | |||
| November 6, 2018[d][184] | 68th | Andy Schor | Dem. | Sarah Anthony | Dem. | Resigned[184] | ||
| March 10, 2020[185] | 34th | Sheldon Neeley | Dem. | Cynthia Neeley | Dem. | Resigned[186] | ||
| November 3, 2020[d][187] | 4th | Isaac Robinson | Dem. | Abraham Aiyash | Dem. | Death[188] | ||
| May 3, 2022[189] | 15th | Abdullah Hammoud | Dem. | Jeffrey Pepper | Dem. | Resigned[190] | ||
| 36th | Doug Wozniak | Rep. | Terence Mekoski | Rep. | Resigned[190] | |||
| 43rd | Andrea Schroeder | Rep. | Mike Harris | Rep. | Death[190] | |||
| 74th | Mark Huizenga | Rep. | Carol Glanville | Dem. | Resigned[190] | |||
| April 16, 2024[191] | 13th | Lori Stone | Dem. | Mai Xiong | Dem. | Resigned[192] | ||
| 25th | Kevin Coleman | Dem. | Peter Herzberg | Dem. | Resigned[192] | |||