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]

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.

Year	Executive offices^[1]^[2]					State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral votes
Year	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	Electoral votes
1837	Stevens T. Mason (D)	Edward Mundy (D)	Kintzing Prichette (D)	Peter Morey (D)^[3]	appointed office	8D, 5W, 3?	24W, 23D, 2?^[c]	Lucius Lyon (D)	John Norvell (D)	1D	Van Buren/ Johnson (D) Y^[d]
1838			Randolph Manning (D)^[e]			14D, 2W	30D, 20W	Lucius Lyon (D)		1D
1839			Randolph Manning (D)^[e]			11D, 6W	31D, 21W	vacant		1D
1840	William Woodbridge (W)^[f]	James Wright Gordon (W)	Thomas Rowland (W)^[6]			10W, 7D	37W, 15D	Augustus Seymour Porter (W)		1D	Harrison/ Tyler (W) Y
1841	James Wright Gordon (W)^[g]	Thomas J. Drake (W)	Thomas Rowland (W)^[6]	Zephaniah Platt (W)		12W, 5D	31W, 20D, 1 tie		William Woodbridge (W)	1W
1842	John S. Barry (D)	Origen D. Richardson (D)	Robert P. Eldredge (D) ^[7]	Zephaniah Platt (W)		12D, 5W, 1 vac.	47D, 6W			1W
1843				Elon Farnsworth (D)		18D	46D, 7W			3D
1844				Elon Farnsworth (D)			47D, 6W			3D	Polk/ Dallas (D) Y
1845				Henry N. Walker (D)^[8]			46D, 7W	Lewis Cass (D)		3D
1846	Alpheus Felch (D)^[f]	William L. Greenly (D)	Gideon O. Whittemore	Henry N. Walker (D)^[8]		20D, 1W	50D, 16W			3D
1847	William L. Greenly (D)^[g]	Charles P. Bush (D)	Gideon O. Whittemore	Edward Mundy (D)		20D, 2W	51D, 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	51D, 15W	Thomas Fitzgerald (D)		3D	Cass/ Butler (D) N
1849	Epaphroditus Ransom (D)		George Washington Peck (D)^[9]			18D, 4W	46D, 16W, 3FS, 1 tie	Lewis Cass (D)		2D, 1W
1850	John S. Barry (D)		George R. Redfield (D)^[10]		Bernard C. Whittemore (D)^[h]	18D, 4W	46D, 20W			2D, 1W
1851	John S. Barry (D)		Charles H. Taylor (D)^[11]	William Hale (D)		16D, 5W, 1FSD^[i]	40D, 26W^[j]			2W, 1D
1852	Robert McClelland^[k]	Calvin Britain (D)	Charles H. Taylor (D)^[11]			16D, 5W, 1FSD^[i]	40D, 26W^[j]			2W, 1D	Pierce/ King (D) Y
1853	Robert McClelland^[k]	Andrew Parsons (D)	William Graves (D)^[12]			25D, 7W	52D, 19W, 1?		Charles E. Stuart (D)	4D
1853	Andrew Parsons (D)^[g]	George Griswold (D)
1854	Andrew Parsons (D)^[g]	George Griswold (D)
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, 24D			3R, 1D
1856						25R, 7D^[15]	48R, 24D			3R, 1D	Frémont/ Dayton (R) N
1857						29R, 3D	63R, 17D	Zachariah Chandler (R)		4R
1858						29R, 3D	63R, 17D			4R
1859	Moses Wisner (R)	Edmund Burke Fairfield (R)	Nelson G. Isbell (R)^[n]		John McKinney (R)	24R, 8D	56R, 25D		Kinsley S. Bingham (R)	3R, 1D
1860	Moses Wisner (R)	Edmund Burke Fairfield (R)	Nelson G. Isbell (R)^[n]		John McKinney (R)	24R, 8D	56R, 25D			3R, 1D	Lincoln/ Hamlin (R) Y
1861	Austin Blair (R)	James M. Birney (R)	James B. Porter (R) ^[17]	Charles Upson (R)	John Owen (R)^[18]	30R, 2D	72R, 11D			4R
1861		Joseph R. Williams (R)
1862		Henry T. Backus (R)							Jacob M. Howard (R)
1863		Charles S. May (R)		Albert Williams (R)^[19]		18R, 14D	60R, 39D, 1?			5R, 1D
1864		Charles S. May (R)				18R, 14D	60R, 39D, 1?			5R, 1D	Lincoln/ Johnson (NU) Y
1865	Henry H. Crapo (R)	Ebenezer O. Grosvenor (R)				21R, 11D	73R, 27D			6R
1866		Ebenezer O. Grosvenor (R)				21R, 11D	73R, 27D			6R
1867		Dwight May (R)	Oliver L. Spaulding (R)^[20]	William L. Stoughton (R)	Ebenezer O. Grosvenor (R)	30R, 1D, 1?	79R, 21D			6R
1868		Dwight May (R)		William L. Stoughton (R)		30R, 1D, 1?	79R, 21D			6R	Grant/ Colfax (R) Y
1869	Henry P. Baldwin (R)	Morgan Bates (R)		Dwight May (R)		27R, 5D	75R, 25D			6R
1870							75R, 25D			6R
1871			Daniel Striker (R)^[21]		Victory P. Collier (R)^[22]		71R, 29D		Thomas W. Ferry (R)	5R, 1D
1872							71R, 29D			5R, 1D	Grant/ Wilson (R) Y
1873	John J. Bagley (R)	Henry H. Holt (R)		Byron D. Ball (R)^[23]		31R, 1D	95R, 5D			9R
1874				Isaac Marston (R)^[24]		31R, 1D	95R, 5D			9R
1875			Ebenezer G. D. Holden (R)^[25]	Andrew J. Smith (R)^[26]	William B. McCreery (R)^[27]	17R, 15D	54R, 46D	Isaac P. Christiancy (R)		6R, 3D
1876				Andrew J. Smith (R)^[26]		17R, 15D	54R, 46D			6R, 3D	Hayes/ Wheeler (R) Y
1877	Charles Croswell (R)	Alonzo Sessions (R)		Otto Kirchner (R)		23R, 9D	75R, 25D			8R, 1D
1878							75R, 25D			8R, 1D
1879			William Jenney (R)^[28]		Benjamin D. Pritchard (R)^[29]		65R, 35D	Zachariah Chandler (R)		9R
1880							65R, 35D	Henry P. Baldwin (R)		9R	Garfield/ Arthur (R) Y
1881	David Jerome (R)	Moreau S. Crosby (R)		Jacob J. Van Riper (R)^[30]		30R, 2D	86R, 13D, 1I	Omar D. Conger (R)		9R
1882	David Jerome (R)					30R, 2D	86R, 13D, 1I			9R
1883	Josiah Begole (D)		Harry A. Conant (R)^[31]		Edward H. Butler (R)^[32]	19R, 13D	62R, 38D		Thomas W. Palmer (R)	5R, 6D
1884	Josiah Begole (D)					19R, 13D	62R, 38D			5R, 6D	Blaine/ Logan (R) N
1885	Russell A. Alger (R)	Archibald Buttars (R)		Moses Taggart (R) ^[33]		18R, 14D	52R, 48D			4R, 7D
1886	Russell A. Alger (R)	Archibald Buttars (R)				18R, 14D	52R, 48D			4R, 7D
1887	Cyrus G. Luce (R)	James H. MacDonald (R)	Gilbert R. Osmun (R)^[34]		George L. Maltz (R)^[35]	22R, 10D	63R, 37D	Francis B. Stockbridge (R)		6R, 5D
1888		James H. MacDonald (R)				22R, 10D	63R, 37D			6R, 5D	Harrison/ Morton (R) Y
1889		William Ball (R)		Stephen V. R. Trowbridge (R)^[36]		24R, 8D	70R, 30D		James McMillan (R)	9R, 2D
1890		William Ball (R)		Benjamin W. Huston (R)^[37]		24R, 8D	70R, 30D			9R, 2D
1891	Edwin B. Winans (D)	John Strong (D)	Daniel E. Soper (D)^[38]	Adolphus A. Ellis (D)^[39]	Frederick Braastad (D)^[40]	17D, 15R	55D, 45R			3R, 8D
1892	Edwin B. Winans (D)	John Strong (D)	Robert R. Blacker (D)^[41]		Frederick Braastad (D)^[40]	17D, 15R	55D, 45R			3R, 8D	9 – Harrison/ Reid (R) N 5 – Cleveland/ Stevenson (D) Y
1893	John Treadway Rich (R)	J. Wight Giddings (R)	John W. Jochim (R)^[o]		Joseph F. Hambitzer (R)^[p]^[43]	22R, 9D, 1DP	69R, 28D, 3Pop			7R, 5D
1894		J. Wight Giddings (R)	Washington Gardner (R)^[q]		James M. Wilkinson (R) ^[43]	22R, 9D, 1DP	69R, 28D, 3Pop	John Patton Jr. (R)		7R, 5D
1895		Alfred Milnes (R)		Fred A. Maynard (R)^[r]^[43]		32R	99R, 1D	Julius C. Burrows (R)		12R
1896		Joseph R. McLaughlin (R)				32R	99R, 1D			12R	McKinley/ Hobart (R) Y
1897	Hazen S. Pingree (R)	Thomas B. Dunstan (R)			George A. Steel (R)^[46]	26R, 6D	81R, 19D			10R, 2D
1898		Thomas B. Dunstan (R)				26R, 6D	81R, 19D			10R, 2D
1899		Orrin W. Robinson (R)	Justus Smith Stearns (R)^[47]	Horace M. Oren (R)^[43]		27R, 5D	92R, 8D			12R

1900–1964

Year	Executive offices							State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral votes
Year	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	Electoral votes
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 office	27R, 5D	92R, 8D	Julius C. Burrows (R)	James McMillan (R)	12R	McKinley/ Roosevelt (R) Y
1901	Aaron T. Bliss (R)		Fred M. Warner (R)^[49]		Daniel McCoy (R)^[43]	Perry F. Powers (R)		31R, 1D	90R, 10D			12R
1902									90R, 10D			12R
1903		Alexander Maitland (R)		Charles A. Blair (R)^[50]					100R		Russell A. Alger (R)	11R, 1D
1904				Charles A. Blair (R)^[50]					100R			11R, 1D	Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R) Y
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)	32R	95R, 5D			12R
1906									95R, 5D			12R
1907		Patrick H. Kelley (R)							95R, 5D		William Alden Smith (R)	12R
1908					John Treadway Rich (R)				95R, 5D			12R	Taft/ Sherman (R) Y
1909			Frederick C. Martindale (R)^[53]		Albert Sleeper (R)	Oramel B. Fuller (R)	Townsend A. Ely (R)		98R, 2D			12R
1910				Franz C. Kuhn (R)^[54]					98R, 2D			12R
1911	Chase Osborn (R)	John Q. Ross (R)		Franz C. Kuhn (R)^[54]				28R, 4D	88R, 12D	Charles E. Townsend (R)		10R, 2D
1912	Chase Osborn (R)			Roger I. Wykes (R)^[55]				28R, 4D	88R, 12D			10R, 2D	Roosevelt/ Johnson (Prog) N
1913	Woodbridge N. Ferris (D)			Grant Fellows (R)^[56]	John W. Harrer (R)		Frank F. Rogers (R)	21R, 6Prog, 5D	54R, 35D, 11Prog			10R, 2D, 2Prog
1914								21R, 6Prog, 5D	54R, 35D, 11Prog			10R, 2D, 2Prog
1915		Luren Dickinson (R)	Coleman C. Vaughan (R)^[57]					29R, 3D	95R, 5D			11R, 2D
1916								29R, 3D	95R, 5D			11R, 2D	Hughes/ Fairbanks (R) N
1917	Albert Sleeper (R)			Alex J. Groesbeck (R)	Samuel Odell			27R, 5D	88R, 12D			11R, 2D
1918								27R, 5D	88R, 12D			11R, 2D
1919								32R	98R, 2D		Truman H. Newberry (R)	12R, 1D
1920					Frank E. Gorman (R)^[58]				98R, 2D			12R, 1D	Harding/ Coolidge (R) Y
1921	Alex J. Groesbeck (R)	Thomas Read (R)	Charles J. DeLand (R)^[59]	Merlin Wiley (R)^[60]					100R			13R
1922				Merlin Wiley (R)^[60]					100R			13R
1923				Andrew B. Dougherty (R)^[61]					95R, 5D	Woodbridge N. Ferris (D)	James Couzens (R)	12R, 1D
1924									95R, 5D			12R, 1D	Coolidge/ Dawes (R) Y
1925		George W. Welsh (R)			Frank D. McKay^[s]				100R			13R
1926		George W. Welsh (R)		Clare Retan (R)^[63]					100R			13R
1927	Fred W. Green (R)	Luren Dickinson (R)	John S. Haggerty (R)^[64]	William W. Potter					98R, 2D			13R
1928				Wilber M. Brucker (R)						Arthur Vandenberg (R)		13R	Hoover/ Curtis (R) Y
1929							Grover C. Dillard (R)					13R
1930												13R
1931	Wilber M. Brucker (R)		Frank Fitzgerald (R)^[65]	Paul W. Voorhies (R)^[66]	Howard C. Lawrence (R)			31R, 1D				13R
1932	Wilber M. Brucker (R)			Paul W. Voorhies (R)^[66]	Howard C. Lawrence (R)			31R, 1D				13R	Roosevelt/ Garner (D) Y
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, 15R	55D, 45R			10D, 7R
1934	William Comstock (D)	Allen E. Stebbins (D)	Clarke W. Brown (R)^[68]	Patrick H. O'Brien (D)^[67]		John K. Stack Jr. (D)		17D, 15R	55D, 45R			10D, 7R
1935	Frank Fitzgerald (R)	Thomas Read (R)	Orville E. Atwood (R)^[69]	Harry S. Toy (R)^[70]		John J. O'Hara (R)		21R, 11D	51R, 49D			11R, 6D
1936	Frank Fitzgerald (R)	Thomas Read (R)	Orville E. Atwood (R)^[69]	David H. Crowley (R)^[71]		John J. O'Hara (R)		21R, 11D	51R, 49D			11R, 6D
1937	Frank Murphy (D)	Leo J. Nowicki (D)	Leon D. Case (D)^[72]	Raymond Wesley Starr (D)^[73]		George T. Gundry (D)		17D, 15R	60D, 40R		Prentiss M. Brown (D)	9R, 8D
1938	Frank Murphy (D)	Leo J. Nowicki (D)	Leon D. Case (D)^[72]	Raymond Wesley Starr (D)^[73]		George T. Gundry (D)		17D, 15R	60D, 40R			9R, 8D
1939	Frank Fitzgerald (R)^[t]	Luren Dickinson (R)	Harry Kelly (R)^[74]	Thomas Read (R)	Miller Dunckel (D)	Vernon J. Brown (R)		23R, 9D	73R, 27D			12R, 5D
1939	Luren Dickinson (R)^[g]	Matilda Dodge Wilson (R)
1940	Luren Dickinson (R)^[g]	Matilda Dodge Wilson (R)											Willkie/ McNary (R) N
1941	Murray Van Wagoner (D)	Frank Murphy (D)		Herbert J. Rushton (R)^[75]	Theodore I. Fry (D)		G. Donald Kennedy (R)	22R, 10D	68R, 32D			11R, 6D
1942	Murray Van Wagoner (D)	Frank Murphy (D)			Theodore I. Fry (D)		G. Donald Kennedy (R)	22R, 10D	68R, 32D			11R, 6D
1943	Harry Kelly (R)	Eugene C. Keyes (R)	Herman H. Dignan (R)^[76]		D. Hale Brake (R)		Lloyd B. Reid (D)	25R, 7D	74R, 26D		Homer S. Ferguson (R)	12R, 5D
1944		Eugene C. Keyes (R)					Charles M. Zeigler (R)	25R, 7D	74R, 26D			12R, 5D	Roosevelt/ Truman (D) Y
1945		Vernon J. Brown (R)		John R. Dethmers (R)		John D. Morrison (R)		24R, 8D	66R, 34D			11R, 6D
1946		Vernon J. Brown (R)		Foss O. Eldred (R)^[77]		John D. Morrison (R)		24R, 8D	66R, 34D			11R, 6D
1947	Kim Sigler (R)	Eugene C. Keyes (R)	Frederick M. Alger Jr. (R)^[78]	Eugene F. Black (R)^[79]		Murl K. Aten (R)		28R, 4D	95R, 5D			14R, 3D
1948	Kim Sigler (R)	Eugene C. Keyes (R)		Eugene F. Black (R)^[79]				28R, 4D	95R, 5D			14R, 3D	Dewey/ Warren (R) N
1949	G. Mennen Williams (D)	John W. Connolly (D)		Stephen John Roth (D)^[80]				23R, 9D	61R, 39D			13R, 4D
1950		John W. Connolly (D)		Stephen John Roth (D)^[80]				23R, 9D	61R, 39D			12R, 5D
1951		William C. Vandenberg (R)		Frank Millard (R)^[81]		John B. Martin (R)		25R, 7D	66R, 34D	Blair Moody (D)		12R, 5D
1952		William C. Vandenberg (R)						25R, 7D		Blair Moody (D)		12R, 5D	Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) Y
1953		Clarence A. Reid (R)	Owen Cleary (R)^[82]					24R, 8D		Charles E. Potter (R)		13R, 5D
1954		Clarence A. Reid (R)	Owen Cleary (R)^[82]					24R, 8D				13R, 5D
1955		Philip Hart (D)	James M. Hare (D)^[83]	Thomas M. Kavanagh (D)^[84]	Sanford Brown (D)	Victor Targonski (D)		23R, 11D	59R, 51D		Patrick V. McNamara (D)	11R, 7D
1956						Victor Targonski (D)			59R, 51D			11R, 7D
1957						Frank S. Szymanski (D)	John C. Mackie (D)		61R, 49D			12R, 6D
1958				Paul L. Adams (D)		Frank S. Szymanski (D)			61R, 49D			12R, 6D
1959		John Swainson (D)				Otis M. Smith (D)		22R, 12D	55R, 55D^[u]	Philip Hart (D)		11R, 7D
1960		John Swainson (D)				Otis M. Smith (D)			55R, 55D^[u]			11R, 7D	Kennedy/ Johnson (D) Y
1961	John Swainson (D)	T. John Lesinski (D)				Billie S. Farnum (D)			56R, 54D			11R, 7D
1962	John Swainson (D)			Frank J. Kelley (D)					56R, 54D			11R, 7D
1963	George W. Romney (R)^[v]							23R, 11D	58R, 52D			11R, 8D
1964	George W. Romney (R)^[v]							23R, 11D	58R, 52D			11R, 8D	Johnson/ Humphrey (D) Y

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

1965–present

Year	Executive offices				State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral votes
Year	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	Electoral votes
1965	George W. Romney (R)^[v]	William Milliken (R)	James M. Hare (D)^[83]	Frank J. Kelley (D)	23D, 15R	73D, 37R	Philip Hart (D)	Patrick V. McNamara (D)	12D, 7R	Johnson/ Humphrey (D) Y
1966					23D, 15R	73D, 37R		Robert P. Griffin (R)	12D, 7R
1967					20R, 18D^[w]	56R, 54D^[x]			12R, 7D
1968						56R, 54D^[x]				Humphrey/ Muskie (D) N
1969	William Milliken (R)^[y]	vacant				57D, 53R
1970		Thomas F. Schweigert (R)				57D, 53R
1971		James H. Brickley (R)	Richard H. Austin (D)		19R, 19D^[z]	58D, 52R
1972						58D, 52R				Nixon/ Agnew (R) Y
1973						60D, 50R
1974						60D, 50R			11R, 8D^[aa]
1975		James Damman (R)			24D, 14R	66D, 44R			12D, 7R
1976						66D, 44R			12D, 7R	Ford/ Dole (R) N
1977						68D, 42R	Donald Riegle (D)		11D, 8R
1978						68D, 42R			11D, 8R
1979		James H. Brickley (R)				70D, 40R		Carl Levin (D)	13D, 6R
1980						70D, 40R			13D, 6R	Reagan/ Bush (R) Y
1981						64D, 46R			12D, 7R
1982						64D, 46R			12D, 7R
1983	James J. Blanchard (D)	Martha Griffiths (D)			20D, 18R	63D, 47R			12D, 6R
1984					20R, 18D^[ab]	63D, 47R			12D, 6R
1985						57D, 53R			11D, 7R
1986						57D, 53R
1987						64D, 46R
1988						64D, 46R				Bush/ Quayle (R) Y
1989						61D, 49R
1990
1991	John Engler (R)	Connie Binsfeld (R)
1992										Clinton/ Gore (D) Y
1993					22R, 16D	55R, 55D^[ac]			10D, 6R
1994						55R, 55D^[ac]			10D, 6R
1995			Candice Miller (R)			56R, 54D	Spencer Abraham (R)		9D, 7R
1996						56R, 54D			9D, 7R
1997						52R, 58D			10D, 6R
1998						52R, 58D
1999		Dick Posthumus (R)		Jennifer Granholm (D)	23R, 15D	58R, 52D
2000						58R, 52D				Gore/ Lieberman (D) N
2001						59R, 51D	Debbie Stabenow (D)		9D, 7R
2002						59R, 51D			9D, 7R
2003	Jennifer Granholm (D)	John D. Cherry (D)	Terri Lynn Land (R)	Mike Cox (R)	22R, 16D	63R, 47D			9R, 6D
2004						63R, 47D				Kerry/ Edwards (D) N
2005						58R, 52D
2006						58R, 52D
2007					21R, 17D	58D, 52R
2008					21R, 17D	58D, 52R				Obama/ Biden (D) Y
2009					21R, 16D^[ad]	67D, 43R			8D, 7R
2010					22R, 16D^[ae]	67D, 43R			8D, 7R
2011	Rick Snyder (R)	Brian Calley (R)	Ruth Johnson (R)	Bill Schuette (R)	26R, 12D	63R, 47D			9R, 6D
2012						64R, 46D^[af]			9R, 6D
2013						59R, 51D			9R, 5D
2014						59R, 51D
2015					27R, 11D	63R, 47D		Gary Peters (D)
2016										Trump/ Pence (R) Y
2017
2018
2019	Gretchen Whitmer (D)	Garlin Gilchrist (D)	Jocelyn Benson (D)	Dana Nessel (D)	22R, 16D	58R, 52D^[92]			7R, 7D
2019									7D, 6R, 1I/L^[ag]
2020									7D, 6R, 1I/L^[ag]	Biden/ Harris (D) Y
2021									7R, 7D
2022
2022						57R, 53D^[ah]
2023					20D, 18R	56D, 54R			7D, 6R
2024						56D, 54R			7D, 6R	Trump/ Vance (R) Y
2025						58R, 52D	Elissa Slotkin (D)		7R, 6D
2026						58R, 52D			7R, 6D

Key to party **colors** and **abbreviations** for elected officials
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.
↑ State Treasurers are listed for the time period when it was an elective office, (1850–1963).
↑ 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]
1 2 Resigned to take an elected seat in the U.S. Senate.
1 2 3 4 As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
↑ First elected treasurer
↑ Effective with the Constitution of 1850, terms for Senator were increased to two years.
↑ Effective with the Constitution of 1850, terms for Representative were increased to two years.
↑ 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.^[42]^[43]
↑ Removed from office^[44]
↑ Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
↑ 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]
↑ Died in office
↑ 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]
1 2 Resigned to become United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
↑ 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.
↑ 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]
↑ As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term and was later elected in his own right.
↑ 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.
↑ Mike Nofs won the special election to take Schauer's seat, flipping the seat to the Republicans.^[90]
↑ 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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List of third-party and independent performances in United States elections

Political party strength in Michigan

1900–1964

1965–present

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