1835 Michigan gubernatorial election

1835 Michigan gubernatorial election

October 5, 1835
Turnout	29.32%
Nominee Stevens T. Mason John Biddle Party Democratic Whig Popular vote 8,461 814 Percentage 91.22% 8.78%
County results Mason:      60–70%      80–90%      90–100% No Data/Votes:
Governor before election John S. Horner as Territorial Governor Elected Governor Stevens T. Mason Democratic

The 1835 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on October 5, 1835. Democrat nominee Stevens T. Mason defeated Whig nominee John Biddle with 91.22% of the vote. This was the first election in which Michigan voted in their Governor as a state.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

• Stevens T. Mason, Democratic
• John Biddle, Whig

Results

Michigan gubernatorial election, 1835

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stevens T. Mason	8,461	91.22
	Whig	John Biddle	814	8.78
Total votes			9,275	100

Results by county

Results provided by United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776 1860: The Official Results By State And County.

Note: Counties listed may not match modern-day county names or borders. Names, vote numbers and percentages taken from above reference.

County	Stevens T. Mason (D)		John Biddle (W)
	Percentage	Votes	Percentage	Votes
Allegan	100%	67	0%	0
Berrien	100%	308	0%	0
Branch	100%	77	0%	0
Calhoun	100%	241	0%	0
Cass	84.8%	356	15.2%	64
Chippewa	100%	53	0%	0
Clinton, Ionia, Kent, Ottawa	99.8%	1,026	0.2%	2
Hillsdale	93.8%	105	6.2%	7
Jackson	97.9%	274	2.1%	6
Kalamazoo	94.7%	431	5.3%	24
Lapeer	87.3%	89	12.7%	13
Lenawee	97%	456	3%	14
Macomb	91.7%	455	8.3%	41
Michilimackinac	100%	112	0%	0
Monroe	99.8%	432	0.2%	1
Oakland	63.7%	942	36.3%	536
St. Clair	97.6%	166	2.4%	4
St. Joseph	99.5%	207	0.5%	1
Saginaw	100%	100	0%	0
Washtenaw	100%	1,074	0%	0
Wayne	93.7%	1,490	6.3%	101
Totals	91.2%	8,461	8.8%	814