1890 Michigan gubernatorial election
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The 1890 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1890. Democratic nominee Edwin B. Winans defeated Republican candidate James M. Turner with 46.18% of the vote. As of 2026, this is the most recent election in which Ottawa County has voted Democratic.
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
- Edwin B. Winans, Democratic
- James M. Turner, Republican
Other candidates
- Azariah S. Partridge, Prohibition
- Eugene H. Belden, Industrial
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Edwin B. Winans | 183,725 | 46.18% | +0.59% | |
| Republican | James M. Turner | 172,205 | 43.28% | −5.92% | |
| Prohibition | Azariah S. Partridge | 28,681 | 7.21% | +2.92% | |
| Industrial | Eugene H. Belden | 13,198 | 3.32% | +2.92% | |
| Scattering | 47 | 0.01% | |||
| Plurality | 11,520 | 2.90% | |||
| Total votes | 397,856 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | +6.51% | |||
Results by county
Besides Ottawa County's ongoing Republican streak, several other counties would also not vote Democratic again for a long time after this election: Delta County (1932), Iron County (1934), St. Clair County (1936), Ogemaw County (1970), Missaukee County (1978), and Osceola County (1986). Winans was the first Democrat to be elected governor without carrying St. Joseph County.
| County[1][2][3][4][5] | Edwin B. Winans Democratic |
James M. Turner Republican |
Azariah S. Partridge Prohibition |
Eugene H. Belden Industrial |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 387 | 44.95% | 459 | 53.31% | 11 | 1.28% | 4 | 0.46% | -72 | -8.36% | 861 |
| Alger | 46 | 13.98% | 279 | 84.80% | 4 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -233 | -70.82% | 329 |
| Allegan | 3,135 | 39.89% | 3,471 | 44.17% | 772 | 9.82% | 480 | 6.11% | -336 | -4.28% | 7,859[a] |
| Alpena | 1,460 | 52.14% | 1,254 | 44.79% | 81 | 2.89% | 5 | 0.18% | -206 | -7.36% | 2,800 |
| Antrim | 608 | 36.00% | 803 | 47.54% | 252 | 14.92% | 22 | 1.30% | -195 | -11.55% | 1,689[b] |
| Arenac | 386 | 39.31% | 247 | 25.15% | 19 | 1.93% | 330 | 33.60% | 56[c] | 5.70% | 982 |
| Baraga | 461 | 50.88% | 434 | 47.90% | 11 | 1.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 27 | 2.98% | 906 |
| Barry | 2,175 | 42.41% | 2,359 | 45.99% | 517 | 10.08% | 78 | 1.52% | -184 | -3.59% | 5,129 |
| Bay | 5,152 | 58.61% | 3,216 | 36.58% | 191 | 2.17% | 232 | 2.64% | 1,936 | 22.02% | 8,791 |
| Benzie | 289 | 33.03% | 447 | 51.09% | 137 | 15.66% | 2 | 0.23% | -158 | -18.06% | 875 |
| Berrien | 4,206 | 47.24% | 3,929 | 44.13% | 572 | 6.42% | 196 | 2.20% | 277 | 3.11% | 8,903 |
| Branch | 1,650 | 26.43% | 2,612 | 41.85% | 964 | 15.44% | 1,015 | 16.26% | -962 | -15.41% | 6,242[a] |
| Calhoun | 3,584 | 42.41% | 3,651 | 43.21% | 1,099 | 13.01% | 113 | 1.34% | -67 | -0.79% | 8,450[d] |
| Cass | 2,474 | 45.95% | 2,513 | 46.68% | 390 | 7.24% | 7 | 0.13% | -39 | -0.72% | 5,384 |
| Charlevoix | 667 | 35.48% | 1,025 | 54.52% | 128 | 6.81% | 60 | 3.19% | -358 | -19.04% | 1,880 |
| Cheboygan | 1,274 | 55.25% | 953 | 41.33% | 68 | 2.95% | 11 | 0.48% | 321 | 13.92% | 2,306 |
| Chippewa | 865 | 47.55% | 943 | 51.84% | 5 | 0.27% | 6 | 0.33% | -78 | -4.29% | 1,819 |
| Clare | 749 | 49.70% | 604 | 40.08% | 137 | 9.09% | 17 | 1.13% | 145 | 9.62% | 1,507 |
| Clinton | 2,820 | 46.99% | 2,620 | 43.66% | 519 | 8.65% | 42 | 0.70% | 200 | 3.33% | 6,001 |
| Crawford | 350 | 54.52% | 285 | 44.39% | 6 | 0.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 65 | 10.12% | 642[a] |
| Delta | 1,454 | 53.73% | 1,174 | 43.39% | 69 | 2.55% | 7 | 0.26% | 280 | 10.35% | 2,706[e] |
| Eaton | 2,539 | 33.30% | 3,395 | 44.53% | 603 | 7.91% | 1,087 | 14.26% | -856 | -11.23% | 7,624 |
| Emmet | 962 | 50.87% | 825 | 43.63% | 94 | 4.97% | 10 | 0.53% | 137 | 7.24% | 1,891 |
| Genesee | 3,654 | 44.69% | 3,507 | 42.89% | 933 | 11.41% | 81 | 0.99% | 147 | 1.80% | 8,177[e] |
| Gladwin | 286 | 38.70% | 406 | 54.94% | 35 | 4.74% | 12 | 1.62% | -120 | -16.24% | 739 |
| Gogebic | 1,036 | 40.30% | 1,465 | 56.98% | 60 | 2.33% | 6 | 0.23% | -429 | -16.69% | 2,571[b] |
| Grand Traverse | 701 | 29.96% | 1,217 | 52.01% | 306 | 13.08% | 116 | 4.96% | -516 | -22.05% | 2,340 |
| Gratiot | 2,283 | 39.32% | 2,747 | 47.31% | 557 | 9.59% | 219 | 3.77% | -464 | -7.99% | 5,806 |
| Hillsdale | 2,671 | 36.56% | 3,383 | 46.30% | 781 | 10.69% | 471 | 6.45% | -712 | -9.75% | 7,306 |
| Houghton | 2,085 | 43.52% | 2,496 | 52.10% | 183 | 3.82% | 27 | 0.56% | -411 | -8.58% | 4,791 |
| Huron | 1,980 | 48.29% | 1,391 | 33.93% | 171 | 4.17% | 558 | 13.61% | 589 | 14.37% | 4,100 |
| Ingham | 3,874 | 42.71% | 3,581 | 39.48% | 691 | 7.62% | 924 | 10.19% | 293 | 3.23% | 9,070 |
| Ionia | 3,737 | 47.31% | 3,712 | 46.99% | 439 | 5.56% | 10 | 0.13% | 25 | 0.32% | 7,899[a] |
| Iosco | 1,417 | 48.30% | 1,419 | 48.36% | 90 | 3.07% | 8 | 0.27% | -2 | -0.07% | 2,934 |
| Iron | 897 | 50.85% | 833 | 47.22% | 33 | 1.87% | 1 | 0.06% | 64 | 3.63% | 1,764 |
| Isabella | 1,520 | 41.86% | 1,553 | 42.77% | 243 | 6.69% | 315 | 8.68% | -33 | -0.91% | 3,631 |
| Jackson | 4,503 | 44.80% | 3,733 | 37.14% | 749 | 7.45% | 1,067 | 10.61% | 770 | 7.66% | 10,052 |
| Kalamazoo | 3,768 | 42.95% | 4,250 | 48.44% | 556 | 6.34% | 198 | 2.26% | -482 | -5.49% | 8,773[a] |
| Kalkaska | 326 | 30.19% | 565 | 52.31% | 179 | 16.57% | 10 | 0.93% | -239 | -22.13% | 1,080 |
| Kent | 11,833 | 50.60% | 9,774 | 41.80% | 1,694 | 7.24% | 83 | 0.35% | 2,059 | 8.80% | 23,385[a] |
| Keweenaw | 79 | 19.75% | 290 | 72.50% | 22 | 5.50% | 9 | 2.25% | -211 | -52.75% | 400 |
| Lake | 585 | 45.99% | 586 | 46.07% | 99 | 7.78% | 2 | 0.16% | -1 | -0.08% | 1,272 |
| Lapeer | 2,407 | 44.51% | 2,429 | 44.91% | 554 | 10.24% | 18 | 0.33% | -22 | -0.41% | 5,408 |
| Leelanau | 362 | 33.21% | 570 | 52.29% | 149 | 13.67% | 9 | 0.83% | -208 | -19.08% | 1,090 |
| Lenawee | 5,267 | 45.41% | 4,977 | 42.91% | 1,306 | 11.26% | 50 | 0.43% | 290 | 2.50% | 11,600 |
| Livingston | 2,370 | 43.88% | 1,899 | 35.16% | 447 | 8.28% | 684 | 12.66% | 471 | 8.72% | 5,401[a] |
| Luce | 235 | 48.16% | 243 | 49.80% | 10 | 2.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -8 | -1.64% | 488 |
| Mackinac | 776 | 68.13% | 322 | 28.27% | 33 | 2.90% | 8 | 0.70% | 454 | 39.86% | 1,139 |
| Macomb | 3,026 | 52.06% | 2,483 | 42.71% | 285 | 4.90% | 18 | 0.31% | 543 | 9.34% | 5,813[a] |
| Manistee | 1,854 | 49.57% | 1,615 | 43.18% | 266 | 7.11% | 5 | 0.13% | 239 | 6.39% | 3,740 |
| Manitou | 97 | 91.51% | 9 | 8.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 88 | 83.02% | 106 |
| Marquette | 1,864 | 34.05% | 3,017 | 55.11% | 580 | 10.59% | 14 | 0.26% | -1,153 | -21.06% | 5,475 |
| Mason | 1,346 | 49.63% | 1,165 | 42.96% | 184 | 6.78% | 17 | 0.63% | 181 | 6.67% | 2,712 |
| Mecosta | 1,226 | 36.72% | 1,520 | 45.52% | 361 | 10.81% | 232 | 6.95% | -294 | -8.81% | 3,339 |
| Menominee | 2,057 | 46.04% | 2,112 | 47.27% | 272 | 6.09% | 27 | 0.60% | -55 | -1.23% | 4,468 |
| Midland | 776 | 40.12% | 867 | 44.83% | 106 | 5.48% | 185 | 9.57% | -91 | -4.71% | 1,934 |
| Missaukee | 533 | 49.35% | 455 | 42.13% | 89 | 8.24% | 2 | 0.19% | 78 | 7.22% | 1,080[a] |
| Monroe | 3,163 | 54.47% | 2,251 | 38.76% | 384 | 6.61% | 8 | 0.14% | 912 | 15.71% | 5,807[a] |
| Montcalm | 2,446 | 40.54% | 3,032 | 50.25% | 515 | 8.53% | 41 | 0.68% | -586 | -9.71% | 6,034 |
| Montmorency | 217 | 45.40% | 249 | 52.09% | 10 | 2.09% | 2 | 0.42% | -32 | -6.69% | 478 |
| Muskegon | 3,278 | 48.16% | 2,937 | 43.15% | 578 | 8.49% | 14 | 0.21% | 341 | 5.01% | 6,807 |
| Newaygo | 1,458 | 39.73% | 1,713 | 46.68% | 339 | 9.24% | 160 | 4.36% | -255 | -6.95% | 3,670 |
| Oakland | 4,784 | 48.38% | 4,244 | 42.92% | 714 | 7.22% | 147 | 1.49% | 540 | 5.46% | 9,889 |
| Oceana | 1,361 | 43.08% | 1,125 | 35.61% | 664 | 21.02% | 9 | 0.28% | 236 | 7.47% | 3,159 |
| Ogemaw | 509 | 45.94% | 504 | 45.49% | 91 | 8.21% | 4 | 0.36% | 5 | 0.45% | 1,108 |
| Ontonagon | 588 | 61.25% | 363 | 37.81% | 9 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 225 | 23.44% | 960 |
| Osceola | 1,006 | 40.96% | 968 | 39.41% | 466 | 18.97% | 16 | 0.65% | 38 | 1.55% | 2,456 |
| Oscoda | 252 | 42.64% | 327 | 55.33% | 8 | 1.35% | 4 | 0.68% | -75 | -12.69% | 591 |
| Otsego | 456 | 42.11% | 564 | 52.08% | 62 | 5.72% | 1 | 0.09% | -108 | -9.97% | 1,083 |
| Ottawa | 3,109 | 48.51% | 2,965 | 46.26% | 316 | 4.93% | 19 | 0.30% | 144 | 2.25% | 6,409 |
| Presque Isle | 400 | 53.48% | 332 | 44.39% | 12 | 1.60% | 4 | 0.53% | 68 | 9.09% | 748 |
| Roscommon | 286 | 58.97% | 189 | 38.97% | 10 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 97 | 20.00% | 485 |
| Saginaw | 7,395 | 55.05% | 5,450 | 40.57% | 563 | 4.19% | 26 | 0.19% | 1,945 | 14.48% | 13,434 |
| Sanilac | 1,897 | 42.10% | 2,015 | 44.72% | 482 | 10.70% | 104 | 2.31% | -118 | -2.62% | 4,506[f] |
| Schoolcraft | 579 | 51.47% | 442 | 39.29% | 95 | 8.44% | 9 | 0.80% | 137 | 12.18% | 1,125 |
| Shiawassee | 2,800 | 42.13% | 2,723 | 40.97% | 762 | 11.47% | 361 | 5.43% | 77 | 1.16% | 6,646 |
| St. Clair | 4,826 | 52.77% | 3,922 | 42.88% | 379 | 4.14% | 9 | 0.10% | 904 | 9.88% | 9,146[g] |
| St. Joseph | 2,387 | 38.27% | 2,394 | 38.38% | 330 | 5.29% | 1,126 | 18.05% | -7 | -0.11% | 6,237 |
| Tuscola | 1,941 | 33.09% | 2,477 | 42.23% | 412 | 7.02% | 1,033 | 17.61% | -536 | -9.14% | 5,866[d] |
| Van Buren | 1,962 | 31.51% | 2,841 | 45.62% | 542 | 8.70% | 882 | 14.16% | -879 | -14.12% | 6,227 |
| Washtenaw | 5,201 | 56.82% | 3,313 | 36.19% | 599 | 6.54% | 41 | 0.45% | 1,888 | 20.62% | 9,154 |
| Wayne | 21,524 | 55.99% | 15,867 | 41.27% | 986 | 2.56% | 65 | 0.17% | 5,657 | 14.72% | 38,443[a] |
| Wexford | 776 | 40.23% | 909 | 47.12% | 241 | 12.49% | 3 | 0.16% | -133 | -6.89% | 1,929 |
| Total | 183,725 | 46.18% | 172,205 | 43.28% | 28,681 | 7.21% | 13,198 | 3.32% | 11,520 | 2.90% | 397,856 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Union Labor to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Notes
References
- 1 2 Michigan State Archives, Canvass of the Votes given at the General Election held in the State of Michigan on Tuesday, the Fourth day of November, A.D. 1890 for Governor
- 1 2 "Official Canvass of the State of Michigan, for 1890". The State Republican. Lansing: Darius D. Thorp. December 15, 1890. p. 5. Retrieved June 3, 2026.
- 1 2 Soper, Daniel E. (1891). "Official Canvass of Votes - Election, Nov. 4, 1890". Official Directory and Legislative Manual of the State of Michigan for the Years 1891-1892. Lansing: Robert Smith & Co., State Printers and Binders. pp. 375–377. Retrieved June 3, 2026.
- 1 2 McPherson, Edward, ed. (1891). The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1891. New York: The Tribune Association. pp. 292–293. Retrieved June 3, 2026.
- 1 2 Plumbe, George E., ed. (1891). The Daily News Almanac and Political Register for 1891. Chicago: The Chicago Daily News. pp. 232–233. Retrieved June 3, 2026.
