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The 1898 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898. Incumbent Republican Hazen S. Pingree defeated Fusion candidate of the Democratic, People's, and Union Silver parties, Justin R. Whiting, with 57.75% of the vote.
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
- Hazen S. Pingree, Republican
- Justin R. Whiting, D.P.U.S[a][1][2]
Other candidates
- Noah W. Cheever, Prohibition
- Sullivan W. Cook, People's
- George Hasseler, Socialist Labor
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Hazen S. Pingree (inc.) | 243,239 | 57.75% | +2.18% | |
| Democratic | Justin R. Whiting | 168,142 | 39.92% | −1.19% | |
| Prohibition | Noah W. Cheever | 7,006% | 1.66% | +0.65% | |
| Populist | Sullivan W. Cook | 1,656 | 0.39% | ||
| Socialist Labor | George Hasseler | 1,101 | 0.26% | ||
| Scattering | 20 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 75,097 | 17.83% | |||
| Total votes | 421,164 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +3.37% | |||
Results by county
Arenac County voted Republican for the first time ever in this election.
| County[3] | Hazen S. Pingree Republican |
Justin R. Whiting Democratic |
Noah W. Cheever Prohibition |
Sullivan W. Cook Populist |
George Hasseler Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 671 | 82.43% | 129 | 15.85% | 13 | 1.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.12% | 542 | 66.58% | 814 |
| Alger | 761 | 67.95% | 352 | 31.43% | 4 | 0.36% | 3 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 409 | 36.52% | 1,120 |
| Allegan | 3,493 | 53.16% | 2,890 | 43.98% | 140 | 2.13% | 39 | 0.59% | 8 | 0.12% | 603 | 9.18% | 6,571[b] |
| Alpena | 1,766 | 59.00% | 1,188 | 39.69% | 21 | 0.70% | 9 | 0.30% | 9 | 0.30% | 578 | 19.31% | 2,993 |
| Antrim | 1,328 | 74.56% | 401 | 22.52% | 37 | 2.08% | 14 | 0.79% | 1 | 0.06% | 927 | 52.05% | 1,781 |
| Arenac | 748 | 52.60% | 637 | 44.80% | 23 | 1.62% | 12 | 0.84% | 2 | 0.14% | 111 | 7.81% | 1,422 |
| Baraga | 609 | 67.00% | 291 | 32.01% | 7 | 0.77% | 1 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.11% | 318 | 34.98% | 909 |
| Barry | 2,887 | 52.64% | 2,453 | 44.73% | 91 | 1.66% | 53 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 434 | 7.91% | 5,484 |
| Bay | 5,617 | 58.33% | 3,899 | 40.49% | 76 | 0.79% | 13 | 0.14% | 24 | 0.25% | 1,718 | 17.84% | 9,629 |
| Benzie | 866 | 61.59% | 459 | 32.65% | 60 | 4.27% | 17 | 1.21% | 4 | 0.28% | 407 | 28.95% | 1,406 |
| Berrien | 6,096 | 58.11% | 4,172 | 39.77% | 179 | 1.71% | 30 | 0.29% | 14 | 0.13% | 1,924 | 18.34% | 10,491 |
| Branch | 3,411 | 50.65% | 3,200 | 47.52% | 87 | 1.29% | 31 | 0.46% | 5 | 0.07% | 211 | 3.13% | 6,734 |
| Calhoun | 5,407 | 52.80% | 4,606 | 44.98% | 172 | 1.68% | 44 | 0.43% | 12 | 0.12% | 801 | 7.82% | 10,241 |
| Cass | 2,913 | 53.92% | 2,374 | 43.95% | 89 | 1.65% | 24 | 0.44% | 2 | 0.04% | 539 | 9.98% | 5,402 |
| Charlevoix | 933 | 65.89% | 429 | 30.30% | 42 | 2.97% | 9 | 0.64% | 3 | 0.21% | 504 | 35.89% | 1,416 |
| Cheboygan | 1,384 | 55.92% | 1,017 | 41.09% | 53 | 2.14% | 17 | 0.69% | 4 | 0.16% | 367 | 14.83% | 2,475 |
| Chippewa | 1,731 | 63.29% | 914 | 33.42% | 77 | 2.82% | 3 | 0.11% | 10 | 0.37% | 817 | 29.87% | 2,735 |
| Clare | 818 | 57.32% | 578 | 40.50% | 25 | 1.75% | 5 | 0.35% | 1 | 0.07% | 240 | 16.82% | 1,427 |
| Clinton | 3,090 | 51.31% | 2,821 | 46.84% | 86 | 1.43% | 18 | 0.30% | 6 | 0.10% | 269 | 4.47% | 6,022[b] |
| Crawford | 366 | 57.10% | 263 | 41.03% | 8 | 1.25% | 3 | 0.47% | 1 | 0.16% | 103 | 16.07% | 641 |
| Delta | 1,299 | 72.57% | 461 | 25.75% | 14 | 0.78% | 11 | 0.61% | 5 | 0.28% | 838 | 46.82% | 1,790 |
| Dickinson | 2,001 | 85.08% | 302 | 12.84% | 33 | 1.40% | 3 | 0.13% | 13 | 0.55% | 1,699 | 72.24% | 2,352 |
| Eaton | 4,264 | 52.34% | 3,726 | 45.73% | 108 | 1.33% | 39 | 0.48% | 10 | 0.12% | 538 | 6.60% | 8,147 |
| Emmet | 1,515 | 57.56% | 1,023 | 38.87% | 82 | 3.12% | 11 | 0.42% | 1 | 0.04% | 492 | 18.69% | 2,632 |
| Genesee | 4,834 | 58.73% | 3,156 | 38.34% | 204 | 2.48% | 30 | 0.36% | 7 | 0.09% | 1,678 | 20.39% | 8,231 |
| Gladwin | 685 | 68.30% | 306 | 30.51% | 10 | 1.00% | 1 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.10% | 379 | 37.79% | 1,003 |
| Gogebic | 1,583 | 68.92% | 632 | 27.51% | 63 | 2.74% | 10 | 0.44% | 9 | 0.39% | 951 | 41.40% | 2,297 |
| Grand Traverse | 1,900 | 69.52% | 728 | 26.64% | 83 | 3.04% | 18 | 0.66% | 4 | 0.15% | 1,172 | 42.88% | 2,733 |
| Gratiot | 3,097 | 50.29% | 2,883 | 46.82% | 102 | 1.66% | 68 | 1.10% | 7 | 0.11% | 214 | 3.48% | 6,158[b] |
| Hillsdale | 3,825 | 51.58% | 3,420 | 46.12% | 119 | 1.60% | 47 | 0.63% | 5 | 0.07% | 405 | 5.46% | 7,416 |
| Houghton | 4,468 | 73.96% | 1,271 | 21.04% | 264 | 4.37% | 30 | 0.50% | 8 | 0.13% | 3,197 | 52.92% | 6,041 |
| Huron | 3,113 | 65.29% | 1,490 | 31.25% | 80 | 1.68% | 84 | 1.76% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,623 | 34.04% | 4,768 |
| Ingham | 4,523 | 47.86% | 4,594 | 48.61% | 244 | 2.58% | 79 | 0.84% | 9 | 0.10% | -71 | -0.75% | 9,450[b] |
| Ionia | 4,287 | 50.16% | 4,138 | 48.41% | 98 | 1.15% | 21 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.04% | 149 | 1.74% | 8,547 |
| Iosco | 1,096 | 65.39% | 556 | 33.17% | 16 | 0.95% | 2 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.36% | 540 | 32.22% | 1,676 |
| Iron | 795 | 72.60% | 286 | 26.12% | 10 | 0.91% | 2 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.18% | 509 | 46.48% | 1,095 |
| Isabella | 2,387 | 56.87% | 1,732 | 41.27% | 52 | 1.24% | 20 | 0.48% | 6 | 0.14% | 655 | 15.61% | 4,197 |
| Jackson | 4,643 | 44.61% | 5,468 | 52.54% | 248 | 2.38% | 39 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.08% | -825 | -7.93% | 10,407[b] |
| Kalamazoo | 5,112 | 56.61% | 3,747 | 41.49% | 132 | 1.46% | 32 | 0.35% | 7 | 0.08% | 1,365 | 15.11% | 9,031[b] |
| Kalkaska | 710 | 78.71% | 166 | 18.40% | 20 | 2.22% | 4 | 0.44% | 2 | 0.22% | 544 | 60.31% | 902 |
| Kent | 15,246 | 64.34% | 7,924 | 33.44% | 454 | 1.92% | 58 | 0.24% | 13 | 0.05% | 7,322 | 30.90% | 23,695 |
| Keweenaw | 324 | 91.78% | 24 | 6.80% | 2 | 0.57% | 1 | 0.28% | 2 | 0.57% | 300 | 84.99% | 353 |
| Lake | 709 | 62.97% | 383 | 34.01% | 20 | 1.78% | 8 | 0.71% | 6 | 0.53% | 326 | 28.95% | 1,126 |
| Lapeer | 2,937 | 59.32% | 1,915 | 38.68% | 82 | 1.66% | 12 | 0.24% | 5 | 0.10% | 1,022 | 20.64% | 4,951 |
| Leelanau | 827 | 70.20% | 318 | 26.99% | 24 | 2.04% | 6 | 0.51% | 3 | 0.25% | 509 | 43.21% | 1,178 |
| Lenawee | 5,529 | 48.65% | 5,538 | 48.72% | 237 | 2.09% | 41 | 0.36% | 19 | 0.17% | -9 | -0.08% | 11,366[c] |
| Livingston | 2,644 | 49.88% | 2,513 | 47.41% | 128 | 2.41% | 13 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.06% | 131 | 2.47% | 5,301 |
| Luce | 357 | 56.49% | 258 | 40.82% | 14 | 2.22% | 3 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 99 | 15.66% | 632 |
| Mackinac | 673 | 54.63% | 542 | 43.99% | 15 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.16% | 131 | 10.63% | 1,232 |
| Macomb | 3,727 | 54.03% | 3,035 | 44.00% | 108 | 1.57% | 12 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.09% | 692 | 10.03% | 6,898[d] |
| Manistee | 2,465 | 54.66% | 1,972 | 43.73% | 57 | 1.26% | 9 | 0.20% | 7 | 0.16% | 493 | 10.93% | 4,510 |
| Marquette | 3,214 | 66.71% | 1,298 | 26.94% | 224 | 4.65% | 37 | 0.77% | 45 | 0.93% | 1,916 | 39.77% | 4,818 |
| Mason | 1,741 | 63.15% | 943 | 34.20% | 64 | 2.32% | 4 | 0.15% | 5 | 0.18% | 798 | 28.94% | 2,757 |
| Mecosta | 2,050 | 68.84% | 865 | 29.05% | 50 | 1.68% | 8 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.17% | 1,185 | 39.79% | 2,978 |
| Menominee | 1,843 | 62.79% | 1,045 | 35.60% | 34 | 1.16% | 5 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.27% | 798 | 27.19% | 2,935 |
| Midland | 1,277 | 54.67% | 1,000 | 42.81% | 29 | 1.24% | 27 | 1.16% | 3 | 0.13% | 277 | 11.86% | 2,336 |
| Missaukee | 957 | 64.01% | 500 | 33.44% | 36 | 2.41% | 1 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.07% | 457 | 30.57% | 1,495 |
| Monroe | 3,238 | 48.85% | 3,276 | 49.43% | 94 | 1.42% | 16 | 0.24% | 4 | 0.06% | -38 | -0.57% | 6,628 |
| Montcalm | 3,243 | 58.78% | 2,155 | 39.06% | 67 | 1.21% | 41 | 0.74% | 11 | 0.20% | 1,088 | 19.72% | 5,517 |
| Montmorency | 510 | 69.20% | 223 | 30.26% | 4 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 287 | 38.94% | 737 |
| Muskegon | 4,271 | 69.51% | 1,764 | 28.71% | 72 | 1.17% | 23 | 0.37% | 14 | 0.23% | 2,507 | 40.80% | 6,144 |
| Newaygo | 2,094 | 64.21% | 1,097 | 33.64% | 57 | 1.75% | 11 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.06% | 997 | 30.57% | 3,261 |
| Oakland | 5,442 | 53.49% | 4,415 | 43.39% | 292 | 2.87% | 25 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,027 | 10.09% | 10,174 |
| Oceana | 2,178 | 66.81% | 955 | 29.29% | 110 | 3.37% | 13 | 0.40% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,223 | 37.52% | 3,260 |
| Ogemaw | 893 | 63.88% | 478 | 34.19% | 22 | 1.57% | 3 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.14% | 415 | 29.69% | 1,398 |
| Ontonagon | 572 | 64.20% | 308 | 34.57% | 5 | 0.56% | 4 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.22% | 264 | 29.63% | 891 |
| Osceola | 1,614 | 69.36% | 617 | 26.51% | 87 | 3.74% | 4 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.21% | 997 | 42.84% | 2,327 |
| Oscoda | 183 | 73.79% | 62 | 25.00% | 2 | 0.81% | 1 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 121 | 48.79% | 248 |
| Otsego | 898 | 68.24% | 402 | 30.55% | 12 | 0.91% | 2 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.15% | 496 | 37.69% | 1,316 |
| Ottawa | 3,906 | 60.41% | 2,456 | 37.98% | 74 | 1.14% | 20 | 0.31% | 10 | 0.15% | 1,450 | 22.42% | 6,466 |
| Presque Isle | 850 | 71.97% | 328 | 27.77% | 2 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.08% | 522 | 44.20% | 1,181 |
| Roscommon | 285 | 72.34% | 101 | 25.63% | 4 | 1.02% | 4 | 1.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 184 | 46.70% | 394 |
| Saginaw | 7,102 | 56.29% | 5,306 | 42.06% | 93 | 0.74% | 30 | 0.24% | 85 | 0.67% | 1,796 | 14.24% | 12,616 |
| Sanilac | 3,021 | 61.08% | 1,800 | 36.39% | 89 | 1.80% | 34 | 0.69% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,221 | 24.69% | 4,946 |
| Schoolcraft | 818 | 65.76% | 412 | 33.12% | 11 | 0.88% | 2 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.08% | 406 | 32.64% | 1,244 |
| Shiawassee | 4,128 | 56.00% | 3,035 | 41.17% | 182 | 2.47% | 19 | 0.26% | 7 | 0.09% | 1,093 | 14.83% | 7,371 |
| St. Clair | 6,109 | 61.18% | 3,750 | 37.55% | 101 | 1.01% | 13 | 0.13% | 13 | 0.13% | 2,359 | 23.62% | 9,986 |
| St. Joseph | 2,443 | 49.19% | 2,352 | 47.36% | 100 | 2.01% | 66 | 1.33% | 5 | 0.10% | 91 | 1.83% | 4,966 |
| Tuscola | 4,130 | 64.47% | 2,058 | 32.13% | 171 | 2.67% | 42 | 0.66% | 5 | 0.08% | 2,072 | 32.34% | 6,406 |
| Van Buren | 3,944 | 55.81% | 2,938 | 41.57% | 99 | 1.40% | 84 | 1.19% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,006 | 14.24% | 7,067 |
| Washtenaw | 4,704 | 49.68% | 4,572 | 48.28% | 177 | 1.87% | 14 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.01% | 132 | 1.39% | 9,469[b] |
| Wayne | 27,689 | 58.00% | 19,273 | 40.37% | 175 | 0.37% | 38 | 0.08% | 564 | 1.18% | 8,416 | 17.63% | 47,740[b] |
| Wexford | 1,422 | 62.81% | 778 | 34.36% | 54 | 2.39% | 6 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.18% | 644 | 28.45% | 2,264 |
| Total | 243,239 | 57.75% | 168,142 | 39.92% | 7,006 | 1.66% | 1,656 | 0.39% | 1,101 | 0.26% | 75,097 | 17.83% | 421,164 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Notes
References
- ↑
- 1 2 Stearns, Justus S. (1899). "Official Canvass of Votes - Election November 8, 1898". Michigan Legislative Manual and Official Directory for the Years 1899-1900. Lansing: Robert Smith Printing Co., State Printers and Binders. pp. 416–419. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
