1906 Michigan gubernatorial election
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November 6, 1906
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The 1906 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1906. Incumbent Republican Fred M. Warner defeated Democratic candidate Charles H. Kimmerle with 60.88% of the vote.
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Major party candidates
- Fred M. Warner, Republican
- Charles H. Kimmerle, Democratic
Other candidates
- R. Clark Reed, Prohibition
- James E. Walker, Socialist
- Herman Richter, Socialist Labor
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Fred M. Warner (inc.) | 227,567 | 60.88% | +6.79% | |
| Democratic | Charles H. Kimmerle | 130,018 | 34.78% | −7.83% | |
| Prohibition | R. Clark Reed | 9,139 | 2.44% | +0.46% | |
| Socialist | James E. Walker | 5,925 | 1.59% | +0.41% | |
| Socialist Labor | Herman Richter | 1,153 | 0.31 | +0.16% | |
| Scattering | 4 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 97,549 | 26.10% | |||
| Total votes | 373,806 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +14.62% | |||
Results by county
[edit]Cass County voted Democratic for the first time since 1884.
| County[1] | Fred M. Warner Republican |
Charles H. Kimmerle Democratic |
R. Clark Reed Prohibition |
James E. Walker Socialist |
Herman Richter Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 727 | 90.42% | 58 | 7.21% | 15 | 1.87% | 4 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 669 | 83.21% | 804 |
| Alger | 745 | 78.17% | 176 | 18.47% | 19 | 1.99% | 13 | 1.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 569 | 59.71% | 953 |
| Allegan | 2,489 | 70.69% | 848 | 24.08% | 118 | 3.35% | 61 | 1.73% | 5 | 0.14% | 1,641 | 46.61% | 3,521 |
| Alpena | 1,885 | 64.71% | 930 | 31.93% | 28 | 0.96% | 64 | 2.20% | 4 | 0.14% | 955 | 32.78% | 2,913[a] |
| Antrim | 1,370 | 75.90% | 372 | 20.61% | 48 | 2.66% | 15 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 998 | 55.29% | 1,805 |
| Arenac | 886 | 53.99% | 666 | 40.59% | 41 | 2.50% | 47 | 2.86% | 1 | 0.06% | 220 | 13.41% | 1,641 |
| Baraga | 544 | 72.73% | 188 | 25.13% | 11 | 1.47% | 3 | 0.40% | 2 | 0.27% | 356 | 47.59% | 748 |
| Barry | 2,324 | 54.68% | 1,746 | 41.08% | 163 | 3.84% | 16 | 0.38% | 1 | 0.02% | 578 | 13.60% | 4,250 |
| Bay | 4,712 | 62.85% | 2,577 | 34.37% | 86 | 1.15% | 94 | 1.25% | 28 | 0.37% | 2,135 | 28.48% | 7,497 |
| Benzie | 1,033 | 75.90% | 188 | 13.81% | 102 | 7.49% | 23 | 1.69% | 15 | 1.10% | 845 | 62.09% | 1,361 |
| Berrien | 5,143 | 55.68% | 3,749 | 40.59% | 159 | 1.72% | 152 | 1.65% | 33 | 0.36% | 1,394 | 15.09% | 9,236 |
| Branch | 2,514 | 69.35% | 989 | 27.28% | 66 | 1.82% | 43 | 1.19% | 13 | 0.36% | 1,525 | 42.07% | 3,625 |
| Calhoun | 4,378 | 57.43% | 2,604 | 34.16% | 191 | 2.51% | 397 | 5.21% | 53 | 0.70% | 1,774 | 23.27% | 7,623 |
| Cass | 2,322 | 47.83% | 2,367 | 48.75% | 97 | 2.00% | 65 | 1.34% | 4 | 0.08% | -45 | -0.93% | 4,855 |
| Charlevoix | 1,726 | 79.50% | 296 | 13.63% | 65 | 2.99% | 46 | 2.12% | 38 | 1.75% | 1,430 | 65.87% | 2,171 |
| Cheboygan | 1,795 | 60.62% | 1,086 | 36.68% | 34 | 1.15% | 35 | 1.18% | 11 | 0.37% | 709 | 23.94% | 2,961 |
| Chippewa | 2,204 | 72.19% | 768 | 25.16% | 52 | 1.70% | 20 | 0.66% | 9 | 0.29% | 1,436 | 47.04% | 3,053 |
| Clare | 875 | 65.45% | 428 | 32.01% | 26 | 1.94% | 6 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.15% | 447 | 33.43% | 1,337 |
| Clinton | 2,418 | 57.57% | 1,661 | 39.55% | 99 | 2.36% | 21 | 0.50% | 1 | 0.02% | 757 | 18.02% | 4,200 |
| Crawford | 471 | 64.34% | 234 | 31.97% | 13 | 1.78% | 12 | 1.64% | 2 | 0.27% | 237 | 32.38% | 732 |
| Delta | 1,743 | 81.91% | 266 | 12.50% | 34 | 1.60% | 49 | 2.30% | 36 | 1.69% | 1,477 | 69.41% | 2,128 |
| Dickinson | 1,937 | 85.82% | 129 | 5.72% | 108 | 4.79% | 42 | 1.86% | 41 | 1.82% | 1,808 | 80.11% | 2,257 |
| Eaton | 3,172 | 58.34% | 2,069 | 38.05% | 130 | 2.39% | 66 | 1.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,103 | 20.29% | 5,437 |
| Emmet | 1,416 | 64.04% | 637 | 28.81% | 142 | 6.42% | 11 | 0.50% | 5 | 0.23% | 779 | 35.23% | 2,211 |
| Genesee | 4,572 | 64.64% | 2,029 | 28.69% | 261 | 3.69% | 198 | 2.80% | 13 | 0.18% | 2,543 | 35.95% | 7,073 |
| Gladwin | 606 | 79.53% | 132 | 17.32% | 13 | 1.71% | 11 | 1.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 474 | 62.20% | 762 |
| Gogebic | 1,660 | 64.34% | 720 | 27.91% | 128 | 4.96% | 44 | 1.71% | 28 | 1.09% | 940 | 36.43% | 2,580 |
| Grand Traverse | 1,213 | 70.28% | 399 | 23.12% | 95 | 5.50% | 14 | 0.81% | 5 | 0.29% | 814 | 47.16% | 1,726 |
| Gratiot | 2,854 | 60.10% | 1,742 | 36.68% | 122 | 2.57% | 28 | 0.59% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,112 | 23.42% | 4,749 |
| Hillsdale | 2,210 | 65.40% | 1,026 | 30.36% | 119 | 3.52% | 20 | 0.59% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,184 | 35.04% | 3,379 |
| Houghton | 4,009 | 70.12% | 957 | 16.74% | 494 | 8.64% | 217 | 3.80% | 40 | 0.70% | 3,052 | 53.38% | 5,717 |
| Huron | 2,610 | 66.36% | 1,191 | 30.28% | 101 | 2.57% | 26 | 0.66% | 5 | 0.13% | 1,419 | 36.08% | 3,933 |
| Ingham | 5,151 | 54.69% | 3,874 | 41.13% | 312 | 3.31% | 69 | 0.73% | 13 | 0.14% | 1,277 | 13.56% | 9,419 |
| Ionia | 3,599 | 54.95% | 2,505 | 38.24% | 384 | 5.86% | 57 | 0.87% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,094 | 16.70% | 6,550 |
| Iosco | 844 | 65.58% | 418 | 32.48% | 15 | 1.17% | 8 | 0.62% | 2 | 0.16% | 426 | 33.10% | 1,287 |
| Iron | 446 | 83.83% | 53 | 9.96% | 24 | 4.51% | 6 | 1.13% | 3 | 0.56% | 393 | 73.87% | 532 |
| Isabella | 2,380 | 60.34% | 1,478 | 37.47% | 67 | 1.70% | 15 | 0.38% | 4 | 0.10% | 902 | 22.87% | 3,944 |
| Jackson | 5,474 | 54.53% | 4,331 | 43.15% | 191 | 1.90% | 42 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,143 | 11.39% | 10,038 |
| Kalamazoo | 4,624 | 51.18% | 3,885 | 43.00% | 229 | 2.53% | 265 | 2.93% | 32 | 0.35% | 739 | 8.18% | 9,035 |
| Kalkaska | 433 | 73.89% | 109 | 18.60% | 29 | 4.95% | 13 | 2.22% | 2 | 0.34% | 324 | 55.29% | 586 |
| Kent | 10,337 | 63.78% | 4,426 | 27.31% | 376 | 2.32% | 991 | 6.11% | 77 | 0.48% | 5,911 | 36.47% | 16,207 |
| Keweenaw | 455 | 92.48% | 21 | 4.27% | 4 | 0.81% | 12 | 2.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 434 | 88.21% | 492 |
| Lake | 369 | 81.28% | 71 | 15.64% | 9 | 1.98% | 5 | 1.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 298 | 65.64% | 454 |
| Lapeer | 2,800 | 64.23% | 1,415 | 32.46% | 109 | 2.50% | 34 | 0.78% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,385 | 31.77% | 4,359 |
| Leelanau | 712 | 73.86% | 202 | 20.95% | 45 | 4.67% | 4 | 0.41% | 1 | 0.10% | 510 | 52.90% | 964 |
| Lenawee | 4,957 | 57.41% | 3,410 | 39.49% | 211 | 2.44% | 33 | 0.38% | 24 | 0.28% | 1,547 | 17.92% | 8,635 |
| Livingston | 2,380 | 47.75% | 2,227 | 44.68% | 367 | 7.36% | 9 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.02% | 153 | 3.07% | 4,984 |
| Luce | 467 | 70.23% | 169 | 25.41% | 24 | 3.61% | 3 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.30% | 298 | 44.81% | 665 |
| Mackinac | 823 | 58.87% | 553 | 39.56% | 16 | 1.14% | 4 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.14% | 270 | 19.31% | 1,398 |
| Macomb | 3,804 | 54.96% | 2,986 | 43.14% | 107 | 1.55% | 16 | 0.23% | 8 | 0.12% | 818 | 11.82% | 6,922[b] |
| Manistee | 2,174 | 56.76% | 1,546 | 40.37% | 44 | 1.15% | 55 | 1.44% | 11 | 0.29% | 628 | 16.40% | 3,830 |
| Marquette | 3,814 | 77.33% | 572 | 11.60% | 188 | 3.81% | 322 | 6.53% | 36 | 0.73% | 3,242 | 65.73% | 4,932 |
| Mason | 1,389 | 56.30% | 983 | 39.85% | 75 | 3.04% | 18 | 0.73% | 2 | 0.08% | 406 | 16.46% | 2,467 |
| Mecosta | 1,381 | 69.64% | 498 | 25.11% | 52 | 2.62% | 45 | 2.27% | 7 | 0.35% | 883 | 44.53% | 1,983 |
| Menominee | 1,897 | 62.63% | 1,006 | 33.21% | 74 | 2.44% | 43 | 1.42% | 9 | 0.30% | 891 | 29.42% | 3,029 |
| Midland | 1,652 | 67.24% | 744 | 30.28% | 31 | 1.26% | 25 | 1.02% | 5 | 0.20% | 908 | 36.96% | 2,457 |
| Missaukee | 1,022 | 70.73% | 382 | 26.44% | 36 | 2.49% | 4 | 0.28% | 1 | 0.07% | 640 | 44.29% | 1,445 |
| Monroe | 3,217 | 49.62% | 3,113 | 48.02% | 127 | 1.96% | 23 | 0.35% | 3 | 0.05% | 104 | 1.60% | 6,483 |
| Montcalm | 3,280 | 71.13% | 1,145 | 24.83% | 117 | 2.54% | 57 | 1.24% | 12 | 0.26% | 2,135 | 46.30% | 4,611 |
| Montmorency | 444 | 76.95% | 126 | 21.84% | 4 | 0.69% | 2 | 0.35% | 1 | 0.17% | 318 | 55.11% | 577 |
| Muskegon | 3,491 | 64.76% | 1,503 | 27.88% | 46 | 0.85% | 341 | 6.33% | 10 | 0.19% | 1,988 | 36.88% | 5,391 |
| Newaygo | 1,175 | 72.35% | 381 | 23.46% | 46 | 2.83% | 19 | 1.17% | 3 | 0.18% | 794 | 48.89% | 1,624 |
| Oakland | 4,052 | 61.13% | 2,356 | 35.54% | 175 | 2.64% | 32 | 0.48% | 14 | 0.21% | 1,696 | 25.58% | 6,629 |
| Oceana | 1,579 | 63.85% | 656 | 26.53% | 203 | 8.21% | 29 | 1.17% | 6 | 0.24% | 923 | 37.32% | 2,473 |
| Ogemaw | 947 | 71.15% | 325 | 24.42% | 46 | 3.46% | 8 | 0.60% | 5 | 0.38% | 622 | 46.73% | 1,331 |
| Ontonagon | 1,095 | 67.89% | 451 | 27.96% | 20 | 1.24% | 34 | 2.11% | 13 | 0.81% | 644 | 39.93% | 1,613 |
| Osceola | 1,279 | 69.36% | 492 | 26.68% | 68 | 3.69% | 5 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 787 | 42.68% | 1,844 |
| Oscoda | 270 | 77.14% | 77 | 22.00% | 2 | 0.57% | 1 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 193 | 55.14% | 350 |
| Otsego | 443 | 76.25% | 113 | 19.45% | 17 | 2.93% | 7 | 1.20% | 1 | 0.17% | 330 | 56.80% | 581 |
| Ottawa | 3,195 | 68.34% | 1,233 | 26.37% | 111 | 2.37% | 115 | 2.46% | 21 | 0.45% | 1,962 | 41.97% | 4,675 |
| Presque Isle | 1,219 | 78.65% | 311 | 20.06% | 13 | 0.84% | 4 | 0.26% | 3 | 0.19% | 908 | 58.58% | 1,550 |
| Roscommon | 304 | 67.56% | 131 | 29.11% | 5 | 1.11% | 10 | 2.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 173 | 38.44% | 450 |
| Saginaw | 6,687 | 49.92% | 6,107 | 45.59% | 143 | 1.07% | 393 | 2.93% | 65 | 0.49% | 580 | 4.33% | 13,395 |
| Sanilac | 2,236 | 71.87% | 716 | 23.02% | 130 | 4.18% | 18 | 0.58% | 11 | 0.35% | 1,520 | 48.86% | 3,111 |
| Schoolcraft | 723 | 83.39% | 116 | 13.38% | 10 | 1.15% | 10 | 1.15% | 8 | 0.92% | 607 | 70.01% | 867 |
| Shiawassee | 3,914 | 60.64% | 2,125 | 32.93% | 339 | 5.25% | 24 | 0.37% | 52 | 0.81% | 1,789 | 27.72% | 6,454 |
| St. Clair | 5,581 | 56.81% | 3,951 | 40.22% | 154 | 1.57% | 111 | 1.13% | 27 | 0.27% | 1,630 | 16.59% | 9,824 |
| St. Joseph | 2,741 | 54.82% | 2,102 | 42.04% | 86 | 1.72% | 62 | 1.24% | 9 | 0.18% | 639 | 12.78% | 5,000 |
| Tuscola | 2,947 | 66.42% | 1,194 | 26.91% | 249 | 5.61% | 40 | 0.90% | 7 | 0.16% | 1,753 | 39.51% | 4,437 |
| Van Buren | 3,095 | 68.49% | 1,280 | 28.32% | 143 | 3.16% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,815 | 40.16% | 4,519 |
| Washtenaw | 5,220 | 57.13% | 3,758 | 41.13% | 110 | 1.20% | 33 | 0.36% | 16 | 0.18% | 1,462 | 16.00% | 9,137 |
| Wayne | 34,728 | 57.23% | 24,767 | 40.82% | 402 | 0.66% | 573 | 0.94% | 209 | 0.34% | 9,961 | 16.42% | 60,680[b] |
| Wexford | 1,758 | 74.87% | 397 | 16.91% | 174 | 7.41% | 12 | 0.51% | 7 | 0.30% | 1,361 | 57.96% | 2,348 |
| Total | 227,567 | 60.88% | 130,018 | 34.78% | 9,139 | 2.44% | 5,925 | 1.59% | 1,153 | 0.31% | 97,549 | 26.10% | 373,806 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Prescott, George A. (1907). "Official Canvass of Votes, Election November 6, 1906". Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual for the Years 1907-1908. Lansing: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., State Printers. pp. 479–480. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
