Election
American state election
The 1912 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912. Democratic nominee Woodbridge N. Ferris defeated Republican candidate Amos S. Musselman and Progressive candidate Lucius Whitney Watkins with 35.35% of the vote.
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The 1912 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912. Democratic nominee Woodbridge N. Ferris defeated Republican candidate Amos S. Musselman and Progressive candidate Lucius Whitney Watkins with 35.35% of the vote.
Michigan held primary elections on August 27, 1912.
Incumbent governor Chase S. Osborn declined to seek a second term. Amos S. Musselman narrowly defeated Frederick C. Martindale for the Republican nomination.
Woodbridge N. Ferris was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
After the national Republican convention nominated William Howard Taft over Theodore Roosevelt, Lucius Whitney Watkins became chair of Michigan's Progressive Party and was subsequently nominated for governor.
Major party candidates
Other candidates
Kalkaska County, Mecosta County, and Wexford County voted Democratic for the first time ever in this election. Kalkaska County would not vote Democratic again until 1974, while Emmet County and Wexford County would not vote Democratic again until 1986. The following counties did not vote Republican for the first since their respective organizations: Alger, Antrim, Gogebic, Kalkaska, Lake, Mecosta, and Wexford. Ferris was the first Democrat to be elected governor without carrying St. Clair County.
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