1914 Michigan gubernatorial election

1914 Michigan gubernatorial election
November 3, 1914
 
Nominee Woodbridge N. Ferris Chase S. Osborn Henry R. Pattengill
Party Democratic Republican Progressive
Popular vote 212,063 176,254 36,747
Percentage 48.15% 40.02% 8.34%
County results
Ferris:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Osborn:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Woodbridge N. Ferris
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Woodbridge N. Ferris
Democratic

The 1914 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1914. Incumbent Democrat Woodbridge N. Ferris defeated Republican candidate Chase S. Osborn with 48.15% of the vote.

Primary election

Michigan held primary elections on August 25, 1914.[1]

Democratic party

Incumbent governor Woodbridge N. Ferris was renominated without opposition.

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Woodbridge N. Ferris (inc.) 31,302 100.00%
Total votes 31,302 100.00%

Republican party

Former governor Chase S. Osborn emerged victorious in a crowded primary field.

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chase S. Osborn 58,405 28.89%
Republican Frederick C. Martindale 47,942 23.71%
Republican Alex J. Groesbeck 43,137 21.34%
Republican William S. Linton 30,443 15.06%
Republican George E. Ellis 22,248 11.00%
Total votes 202,175 100.00%

National Progressive party

Candidates

Results

National Progressive primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Henry R. Pattengill 7,000 100.00%
Total votes 7,000 100.00%

Minor parties

Socialist primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist James Hoogerhyde 2,742 100.00%
Total votes 2,742 100.00%
Prohibition primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Prohibition Charles N. Eayrs 852 100.00%
Total votes 852 100.00%
Socialist Labor primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist Labor Herman Richter 133 100.00%
Total votes 133 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Other candidates

  • Henry R. Pattengill, National Progressive
  • James Hoogerhyde, Socialist
  • Charles N. Eayrs, Prohibition
  • Herman Richter, Socialist Labor

Results

1914 Michigan gubernatorial election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Woodbridge N. Ferris (inc.) 212,063 48.15% +12.80%
Republican Chase S. Osborn 176,254 40.02% +9.05%
National Progressive Henry R. Pattengill 36,747 8.34% −19.96%
Socialist James Hoogerhyde 11,056 2.51% −1.39%
Prohibition Charles N. Eayrs 3,830 0.87% −0.55%
Socialist Labor Herman Richter 497 0.11% +0.05%
Scattering 1 0.00%
Plurality 35,809 8.13%
Total votes 440,448 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing +3.75%

Results by county

Alger County and Luce County voted Democratic for the first time ever. Houghton County voted Democratic for the first time since 1874. After this election, Iosco County, Luce County and Washtenaw County would not Democratic again until 1982, while Mecosta County would not Democratic again until 1986. This was the only election between 1882 and 1940 in which Mason County failed to back the winning candidate.

County[4] Woodbridge N. Ferris
Democratic		 Chase S. Osborn
Republican		 Henry R. Pattengill
Progressive		 James Hoogerhyde
Socialist		 Charles N. Eayrs
Prohibition		 Herman Richter
Socialist Labor		 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Alcona 224 33.84% 339 51.21% 63 9.52% 34 5.14% 2 0.30% 0 0.00% -115 -17.37% 662
Alger 505 45.13% 347 31.01% 196 17.52% 51 4.56% 20 1.79% 0 0.00% 158 14.12% 1,119
Allegan 2,412 41.32% 2,816 48.24% 407 6.97% 144 2.47% 54 0.93% 4 0.07% -404 -6.92% 5,837
Alpena 1,481 42.73% 1,769 51.04% 165 4.76% 41 1.18% 9 0.26% 1 0.03% -288 -8.31% 3,466
Antrim 656 31.30% 871 41.56% 414 19.75% 128 6.11% 27 1.29% 0 0.00% -215 -10.26% 2,096
Arenac 719 38.20% 832 44.21% 244 12.96% 62 3.29% 22 1.17% 3 0.16% -113 -6.00% 1,882
Baraga 402 31.19% 658 51.05% 169 13.11% 46 3.57% 13 1.01% 1 0.08% -256 -19.86% 1,289
Barry 2,127 46.04% 2,224 48.14% 155 3.35% 74 1.60% 36 0.78% 4 0.09% -97 -2.10% 4,620
Bay 3,777 41.57% 3,432 37.77% 1,511 16.63% 321 3.53% 32 0.35% 13 0.14% 345 3.80% 9,086
Benzie 513 39.71% 541 41.87% 86 6.66% 116 8.98% 36 2.79% 0 0.00% -28 -2.17% 1,292
Berrien 5,304 51.37% 4,225 40.92% 523 5.07% 144 1.39% 119 1.15% 10 0.10% 1,079 10.45% 10,325
Branch 2,434 49.86% 1,754 35.93% 562 11.51% 73 1.50% 55 1.13% 4 0.08% 680 13.93% 4,882
Calhoun 4,859 53.31% 2,508 27.52% 1,300 14.26% 330 3.62% 93 1.02% 25 0.27% 2,351 25.79% 9,115
Cass 2,138 48.62% 1,945 44.23% 168 3.82% 93 2.12% 46 1.05% 7 0.16% 193 4.39% 4,397
Charlevoix 997 39.39% 1,242 49.07% 98 3.87% 170 6.72% 21 0.83% 3 0.12% -245 -9.68% 2,531
Cheboygan 1,335 47.17% 1,186 41.91% 209 7.39% 84 2.97% 8 0.28% 8 0.28% 149 5.27% 2,830
Chippewa 1,252 34.50% 2,139 58.94% 129 3.55% 73 2.01% 33 0.91% 3 0.08% -887 -24.44% 3,629
Clare 750 43.63% 746 43.40% 157 9.13% 57 3.32% 8 0.47% 0 0.00% 4 0.23% 1,719[a]
Clinton 2,146 46.40% 2,090 45.19% 340 7.35% 29 0.63% 20 0.43% 0 0.00% 56 1.21% 4,625
Crawford 448 59.57% 204 27.13% 76 10.11% 20 2.66% 4 0.53% 0 0.00% 244 32.45% 752
Delta 1,405 34.96% 2,080 51.75% 307 7.64% 191 4.75% 28 0.70% 8 0.20% -675 -16.80% 4,019
Dickinson 662 20.28% 1,655 50.69% 706 21.62% 213 6.52% 25 0.77% 4 0.12% -949[b] -29.07% 3,265
Eaton 2,945 50.14% 2,522 42.93% 315 5.36% 50 0.85% 38 0.65% 4 0.07% 423 7.20% 5,874
Emmet 1,053 42.86% 1,085 44.16% 82 3.34% 212 8.63% 21 0.85% 4 0.16% -32 -1.30% 2,457
Genesee 4,906 51.59% 3,143 33.05% 1,095 11.51% 258 2.71% 92 0.97% 16 0.17% 1,763 18.54% 9,510
Gladwin 416 31.73% 618 47.14% 215 16.40% 46 3.51% 16 1.22% 0 0.00% -202 -15.41% 1,311
Gogebic 861 28.13% 1,528 49.92% 485 15.84% 105 3.43% 77 2.52% 5 0.16% -667 -21.79% 3,061
Grand Traverse 1,355 46.32% 1,089 37.23% 305 10.43% 148 5.06% 25 0.85% 3 0.10% 266 9.09% 2,925
Gratiot 2,349 47.13% 2,250 45.14% 294 5.90% 38 0.76% 48 0.96% 5 0.10% 99 1.99% 4,984
Hillsdale 2,254 42.97% 1,950 37.18% 900 17.16% 31 0.59% 109 2.08% 1 0.02% 304 5.80% 5,245
Houghton 4,832 45.62% 3,808 35.96% 1,500 14.16% 273 2.58% 171 1.61% 7 0.07% 1,024 9.67% 10,591
Huron 2,060 37.88% 2,391 43.97% 879 16.16% 72 1.32% 35 0.64% 1 0.02% -331 -6.09% 5,438
Ingham 5,420 48.13% 3,877 34.43% 1,446 12.84% 423 3.76% 75 0.67% 21 0.19% -1,543 -13.70% 11,262
Ionia 3,325 51.06% 2,844 43.67% 169 2.60% 97 1.49% 75 1.15% 2 0.03% 481 7.39% 6,512
Iosco 637 38.84% 573 34.94% 404 24.63% 18 1.10% 7 0.43% 1 0.06% 64 3.90% 1,640
Iron 418 19.23% 1,507 69.32% 138 6.35% 82 3.77% 24 1.10% 5 0.23% -1,089 50.09% 2,174
Isabella 1,749 45.99% 1,660 43.65% 293 7.70% 62 1.63% 37 0.97% 2 0.05% 89 2.34% 3,803
Jackson 4,290 42.35% 3,789 37.40% 1,786 17.63% 199 1.96% 61 0.60% 5 0.05% 501 4.95% 10,130
Kalamazoo 5,414 55.10% 3,070 31.25% 630 6.41% 509 5.18% 188 1.91% 14 0.14% 2,344 23.86% 9,825
Kalkaska 341 42.68% 348 43.55% 50 6.26% 42 5.26% 16 2.00% 2 0.25% -7 -0.88% 799
Kent 11,240 47.12% 10,686 44.80% 919 3.85% 752 3.15% 235 0.99% 22 0.09% 554 2.32% 23,854
Keweenaw 291 28.93% 595 59.15% 100 9.94% 13 1.29% 7 0.70% 0 0.00% -304 -30.22% 1,006
Lake 229 30.95% 409 55.27% 67 9.05% 31 4.19% 3 0.41% 1 0.14% -180 -24.32% 740
Lapeer 1,942 46.28% 1,970 46.95% 186 4.43% 24 0.57% 72 1.72% 2 0.05% -28 -0.67% 4,196
Leelanau 574 54.30% 377 35.67% 58 5.49% 40 3.78% 8 0.76% 0 0.00% 197 18.64% 1,057
Lenawee 5,205 56.26% 2,789 30.15% 1,070 11.57% 97 1.05% 77 0.83% 13 0.14% 2,416 26.12% 9,251
Livingston 2,274 50.90% 1,825 40.85% 291 6.51% 21 0.47% 55 1.23% 2 0.04% 449 10.05% 4,468
Luce 463 78.61% 80 13.58% 25 4.24% 14 2.38% 7 1.19% 0 0.00% 383 65.03% 589
Mackinac 1,101 59.71% 660 35.79% 58 3.15% 14 0.76% 8 0.43% 3 0.16% 441 23.92% 1,844
Macomb 3,681 55.93% 2,608 39.62% 193 2.93% 33 0.50% 65 0.99% 2 0.03% 1,073 16.30% 6,582
Manistee 1,942 48.24% 1,659 41.21% 204 5.07% 175 4.35% 42 1.04% 4 0.10% 283 7.03% 4,026
Marquette 1,989 29.10% 3,128 45.77% 1,437 21.03% 231 3.38% 47 0.69% 2 0.03% -1,139 -16.67% 6,834
Mason 1,080 32.33% 1,658 49.63% 414 12.39% 138 4.13% 45 1.35% 6 0.18% -578 -17.30% 3,341
Mecosta 1,322 46.16% 1,292 45.11% 118 4.12% 77 2.69% 48 1.68% 7 0.24% 30 1.05% 2,864
Menominee 1,790 44.01% 2,066 50.80% 111 2.73% 81 1.99% 18 0.44% 1 0.02% -276 -6.79% 4,067
Midland 1,102 41.85% 1,052 39.95% 417 15.84% 33 1.25% 27 1.03% 2 0.08% 50 1.90% 2,633
Missaukee 629 39.29% 791 49.41% 150 9.37% 19 1.19% 10 0.62% 2 0.12% -162 -10.12% 1,601
Monroe 3,459 54.08% 2,551 39.88% 305 4.77% 29 0.45% 47 0.73% 5 0.08% 908 14.20% 6,396
Montcalm 1,591 37.93% 2,328 55.49% 150 3.58% 87 2.07% 37 0.88% 2 0.05% -737 -17.57% 4,195
Montmorency 252 49.80% 199 39.33% 28 5.53% 27 5.34% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 53 10.47% 506
Muskegon 1,800 27.92% 2,863 44.40% 1,397 21.67% 340 5.27% 36 0.56% 12 0.19% -1,063 -16.49% 6,448
Newaygo 825 30.63% 1,487 55.22% 190 7.06% 155 5.76% 32 1.19% 4 0.15% -662 -24.58% 2,693
Oakland 5,768 58.64% 3,134 31.86% 716 7.28% 132 1.34% 83 0.84% 4 0.04% 2,634 26.78% 9,837
Oceana 943 33.13% 1,439 50.56% 352 12.37% 70 2.46% 40 1.41% 2 0.07% -496 -17.43% 2,846
Ogemaw 461 32.98% 570 40.77% 301 21.53% 34 2.43% 32 2.29% 0 0.00% -109 -7.80% 1,398
Ontonagon 848 45.59% 791 42.53% 117 6.29% 85 4.57% 18 0.97% 1 0.05% 57 3.06% 1,860
Osceola 826 36.71% 1,209 53.73% 165 7.33% 28 1.24% 21 0.93% 1 0.04% -383 -17.02% 2,250
Oscoda 111 32.46% 165 48.25% 63 18.42% 3 0.88% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -54 -15.79% 342
Otsego 439 49.44% 327 36.82% 111 12.50% 7 0.79% 4 0.45% 0 0.00% 112 12.61% 888
Ottawa 2,373 37.31% 3,178 49.97% 581 9.14% 178 2.80% 48 0.75% 2 0.03% -805 -12.66% 6,360
Presque Isle 609 36.04% 965 57.10% 75 4.44% 37 2.19% 4 0.24% 0 0.00% -356 -21.07% 1,690
Roscommon 213 37.17% 197 34.38% 153 26.70% 8 1.40% 0 0.00% 2 0.35% 16 2.79% 573
Saginaw 7,430 55.65% 4,933 36.95% 551 4.13% 350 2.62% 65 0.49% 23 0.17% 2,497 18.70% 13,352
Sanilac 1,758 34.30% 2,874 56.07% 388 7.57% 45 0.88% 60 1.17% 1 0.02% -1,116 -21.77% 5,126
Schoolcraft 442 41.08% 540 50.19% 53 4.93% 30 2.79% 10 0.93% 1 0.09% -98 -9.11% 1,076
Shiawassee 2,704 47.16% 2,284 39.83% 430 7.50% 180 3.14% 128 2.23% 8 0.14% 420 7.32% 5,734
St. Clair 3,856 44.13% 3,864 44.23% 845 9.67% 117 1.34% 51 0.58% 4 0.05% -8 -0.09% 8,737
St. Joseph 2,327 46.93% 1,979 39.92% 414 8.35% 186 3.75% 46 0.93% 6 0.12% 348 7.02% 4,958
Tuscola 1,921 42.54% 2,026 44.86% 454 10.05% 77 1.71% 35 0.78% 3 0.07% -105 -2.33% 4,516
Van Buren 2,287 42.27% 2,618 48.39% 338 6.25% 124 2.29% 39 0.72% 4 0.07% -331 -6.12% 5,410
Washtenaw 5,757 60.79% 3,059 32.30% 505 5.33% 85 0.90% 60 0.63% 5 0.05% 2,698 28.49% 9,471
Wayne 43,901 62.19% 21,583 30.57% 3,102 4.39% 1,594 2.26% 275 0.39% 139 0.20% 22,318 31.61% 70,594
Wexford 1,137 34.88% 1,791 54.94% 174 5.34% 96 2.94% 59 1.81% 3 0.09% -654 -20.06% 3,260
Total212,06348.15%176,25440.02%36,7478.34%11,0562.51%3,8300.87%4970.11%35,8098.13%440,448
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Progressive to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Progressive

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes 1 write-in vote for W. M. Harris
  2. ↑ Osborn's margin over Pattengill

References

  1. ↑ "Very Light Vote is Outlook in Primary Today". Detroit Evening Times. August 25, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved July 19, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Vaughn, Coleman C. (1915). "Canvass of Votes, Primary Election, August 25, 1914". Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual for the Years 1915 and 1916. pp. 421–423. Retrieved June 6, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Legislator Details". Library of Michigan. Retrieved June 6, 2026.
  4. 1 2 Vaughn, Coleman C. (1915). "Canvass of Votes, Election November 3, 1914". Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual for the Years 1915 and 1916. pp. 462–463. Retrieved June 6, 2026.
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