The 1906 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1906. Incumbent Republican Fred M. Warner defeated Democratic candidate Charles H. Kimmerle with 60.88% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Other candidates

  • R. Clark Reed, Prohibition
  • James E. Walker, Socialist
  • Herman Richter, Socialist Labor

Results

1906 Michigan gubernatorial election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Fred M. Warner (inc.) 227,567 60.88% +6.79%
Democratic Charles H. Kimmerle 130,018 34.78% −7.83%
Prohibition R. Clark Reed 9,139 2.44% +0.46%
Socialist James E. Walker 5,925 1.59% +0.41%
Socialist Labor Herman Richter 1,153 0.31 +0.16%
Scattering 4 0.00%
Majority 97,549 26.10%
Total votes 373,806 100.00%
Republican hold Swing +14.62%

Results by county

Cass County voted Democratic for the first time since 1884.

County[1] Fred M. Warner
Republican		 Charles H. Kimmerle
Democratic		 R. Clark Reed
Prohibition		 James E. Walker
Socialist		 Herman Richter
Socialist Labor		 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Alcona 727 90.42% 58 7.21% 15 1.87% 4 0.50% 0 0.00% 669 83.21% 804
Alger 745 78.17% 176 18.47% 19 1.99% 13 1.36% 0 0.00% 569 59.71% 953
Allegan 2,489 70.69% 848 24.08% 118 3.35% 61 1.73% 5 0.14% 1,641 46.61% 3,521
Alpena 1,885 64.71% 930 31.93% 28 0.96% 64 2.20% 4 0.14% 955 32.78% 2,913[a]
Antrim 1,370 75.90% 372 20.61% 48 2.66% 15 0.83% 0 0.00% 998 55.29% 1,805
Arenac 886 53.99% 666 40.59% 41 2.50% 47 2.86% 1 0.06% 220 13.41% 1,641
Baraga 544 72.73% 188 25.13% 11 1.47% 3 0.40% 2 0.27% 356 47.59% 748
Barry 2,324 54.68% 1,746 41.08% 163 3.84% 16 0.38% 1 0.02% 578 13.60% 4,250
Bay 4,712 62.85% 2,577 34.37% 86 1.15% 94 1.25% 28 0.37% 2,135 28.48% 7,497
Benzie 1,033 75.90% 188 13.81% 102 7.49% 23 1.69% 15 1.10% 845 62.09% 1,361
Berrien 5,143 55.68% 3,749 40.59% 159 1.72% 152 1.65% 33 0.36% 1,394 15.09% 9,236
Branch 2,514 69.35% 989 27.28% 66 1.82% 43 1.19% 13 0.36% 1,525 42.07% 3,625
Calhoun 4,378 57.43% 2,604 34.16% 191 2.51% 397 5.21% 53 0.70% 1,774 23.27% 7,623
Cass 2,322 47.83% 2,367 48.75% 97 2.00% 65 1.34% 4 0.08% -45 -0.93% 4,855
Charlevoix 1,726 79.50% 296 13.63% 65 2.99% 46 2.12% 38 1.75% 1,430 65.87% 2,171
Cheboygan 1,795 60.62% 1,086 36.68% 34 1.15% 35 1.18% 11 0.37% 709 23.94% 2,961
Chippewa 2,204 72.19% 768 25.16% 52 1.70% 20 0.66% 9 0.29% 1,436 47.04% 3,053
Clare 875 65.45% 428 32.01% 26 1.94% 6 0.45% 2 0.15% 447 33.43% 1,337
Clinton 2,418 57.57% 1,661 39.55% 99 2.36% 21 0.50% 1 0.02% 757 18.02% 4,200
Crawford 471 64.34% 234 31.97% 13 1.78% 12 1.64% 2 0.27% 237 32.38% 732
Delta 1,743 81.91% 266 12.50% 34 1.60% 49 2.30% 36 1.69% 1,477 69.41% 2,128
Dickinson 1,937 85.82% 129 5.72% 108 4.79% 42 1.86% 41 1.82% 1,808 80.11% 2,257
Eaton 3,172 58.34% 2,069 38.05% 130 2.39% 66 1.21% 0 0.00% 1,103 20.29% 5,437
Emmet 1,416 64.04% 637 28.81% 142 6.42% 11 0.50% 5 0.23% 779 35.23% 2,211
Genesee 4,572 64.64% 2,029 28.69% 261 3.69% 198 2.80% 13 0.18% 2,543 35.95% 7,073
Gladwin 606 79.53% 132 17.32% 13 1.71% 11 1.44% 0 0.00% 474 62.20% 762
Gogebic 1,660 64.34% 720 27.91% 128 4.96% 44 1.71% 28 1.09% 940 36.43% 2,580
Grand Traverse 1,213 70.28% 399 23.12% 95 5.50% 14 0.81% 5 0.29% 814 47.16% 1,726
Gratiot 2,854 60.10% 1,742 36.68% 122 2.57% 28 0.59% 3 0.06% 1,112 23.42% 4,749
Hillsdale 2,210 65.40% 1,026 30.36% 119 3.52% 20 0.59% 4 0.12% 1,184 35.04% 3,379
Houghton 4,009 70.12% 957 16.74% 494 8.64% 217 3.80% 40 0.70% 3,052 53.38% 5,717
Huron 2,610 66.36% 1,191 30.28% 101 2.57% 26 0.66% 5 0.13% 1,419 36.08% 3,933
Ingham 5,151 54.69% 3,874 41.13% 312 3.31% 69 0.73% 13 0.14% 1,277 13.56% 9,419
Ionia 3,599 54.95% 2,505 38.24% 384 5.86% 57 0.87% 5 0.08% 1,094 16.70% 6,550
Iosco 844 65.58% 418 32.48% 15 1.17% 8 0.62% 2 0.16% 426 33.10% 1,287
Iron 446 83.83% 53 9.96% 24 4.51% 6 1.13% 3 0.56% 393 73.87% 532
Isabella 2,380 60.34% 1,478 37.47% 67 1.70% 15 0.38% 4 0.10% 902 22.87% 3,944
Jackson 5,474 54.53% 4,331 43.15% 191 1.90% 42 0.42% 0 0.00% 1,143 11.39% 10,038
Kalamazoo 4,624 51.18% 3,885 43.00% 229 2.53% 265 2.93% 32 0.35% 739 8.18% 9,035
Kalkaska 433 73.89% 109 18.60% 29 4.95% 13 2.22% 2 0.34% 324 55.29% 586
Kent 10,337 63.78% 4,426 27.31% 376 2.32% 991 6.11% 77 0.48% 5,911 36.47% 16,207
Keweenaw 455 92.48% 21 4.27% 4 0.81% 12 2.44% 0 0.00% 434 88.21% 492
Lake 369 81.28% 71 15.64% 9 1.98% 5 1.10% 0 0.00% 298 65.64% 454
Lapeer 2,800 64.23% 1,415 32.46% 109 2.50% 34 0.78% 1 0.02% 1,385 31.77% 4,359
Leelanau 712 73.86% 202 20.95% 45 4.67% 4 0.41% 1 0.10% 510 52.90% 964
Lenawee 4,957 57.41% 3,410 39.49% 211 2.44% 33 0.38% 24 0.28% 1,547 17.92% 8,635
Livingston 2,380 47.75% 2,227 44.68% 367 7.36% 9 0.18% 1 0.02% 153 3.07% 4,984
Luce 467 70.23% 169 25.41% 24 3.61% 3 0.45% 2 0.30% 298 44.81% 665
Mackinac 823 58.87% 553 39.56% 16 1.14% 4 0.29% 2 0.14% 270 19.31% 1,398
Macomb 3,804 54.96% 2,986 43.14% 107 1.55% 16 0.23% 8 0.12% 818 11.82% 6,922[b]
Manistee 2,174 56.76% 1,546 40.37% 44 1.15% 55 1.44% 11 0.29% 628 16.40% 3,830
Marquette 3,814 77.33% 572 11.60% 188 3.81% 322 6.53% 36 0.73% 3,242 65.73% 4,932
Mason 1,389 56.30% 983 39.85% 75 3.04% 18 0.73% 2 0.08% 406 16.46% 2,467
Mecosta 1,381 69.64% 498 25.11% 52 2.62% 45 2.27% 7 0.35% 883 44.53% 1,983
Menominee 1,897 62.63% 1,006 33.21% 74 2.44% 43 1.42% 9 0.30% 891 29.42% 3,029
Midland 1,652 67.24% 744 30.28% 31 1.26% 25 1.02% 5 0.20% 908 36.96% 2,457
Missaukee 1,022 70.73% 382 26.44% 36 2.49% 4 0.28% 1 0.07% 640 44.29% 1,445
Monroe 3,217 49.62% 3,113 48.02% 127 1.96% 23 0.35% 3 0.05% 104 1.60% 6,483
Montcalm 3,280 71.13% 1,145 24.83% 117 2.54% 57 1.24% 12 0.26% 2,135 46.30% 4,611
Montmorency 444 76.95% 126 21.84% 4 0.69% 2 0.35% 1 0.17% 318 55.11% 577
Muskegon 3,491 64.76% 1,503 27.88% 46 0.85% 341 6.33% 10 0.19% 1,988 36.88% 5,391
Newaygo 1,175 72.35% 381 23.46% 46 2.83% 19 1.17% 3 0.18% 794 48.89% 1,624
Oakland 4,052 61.13% 2,356 35.54% 175 2.64% 32 0.48% 14 0.21% 1,696 25.58% 6,629
Oceana 1,579 63.85% 656 26.53% 203 8.21% 29 1.17% 6 0.24% 923 37.32% 2,473
Ogemaw 947 71.15% 325 24.42% 46 3.46% 8 0.60% 5 0.38% 622 46.73% 1,331
Ontonagon 1,095 67.89% 451 27.96% 20 1.24% 34 2.11% 13 0.81% 644 39.93% 1,613
Osceola 1,279 69.36% 492 26.68% 68 3.69% 5 0.27% 0 0.00% 787 42.68% 1,844
Oscoda 270 77.14% 77 22.00% 2 0.57% 1 0.29% 0 0.00% 193 55.14% 350
Otsego 443 76.25% 113 19.45% 17 2.93% 7 1.20% 1 0.17% 330 56.80% 581
Ottawa 3,195 68.34% 1,233 26.37% 111 2.37% 115 2.46% 21 0.45% 1,962 41.97% 4,675
Presque Isle 1,219 78.65% 311 20.06% 13 0.84% 4 0.26% 3 0.19% 908 58.58% 1,550
Roscommon 304 67.56% 131 29.11% 5 1.11% 10 2.22% 0 0.00% 173 38.44% 450
Saginaw 6,687 49.92% 6,107 45.59% 143 1.07% 393 2.93% 65 0.49% 580 4.33% 13,395
Sanilac 2,236 71.87% 716 23.02% 130 4.18% 18 0.58% 11 0.35% 1,520 48.86% 3,111
Schoolcraft 723 83.39% 116 13.38% 10 1.15% 10 1.15% 8 0.92% 607 70.01% 867
Shiawassee 3,914 60.64% 2,125 32.93% 339 5.25% 24 0.37% 52 0.81% 1,789 27.72% 6,454
St. Clair 5,581 56.81% 3,951 40.22% 154 1.57% 111 1.13% 27 0.27% 1,630 16.59% 9,824
St. Joseph 2,741 54.82% 2,102 42.04% 86 1.72% 62 1.24% 9 0.18% 639 12.78% 5,000
Tuscola 2,947 66.42% 1,194 26.91% 249 5.61% 40 0.90% 7 0.16% 1,753 39.51% 4,437
Van Buren 3,095 68.49% 1,280 28.32% 143 3.16% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,815 40.16% 4,519
Washtenaw 5,220 57.13% 3,758 41.13% 110 1.20% 33 0.36% 16 0.18% 1,462 16.00% 9,137
Wayne 34,728 57.23% 24,767 40.82% 402 0.66% 573 0.94% 209 0.34% 9,961 16.42% 60,680[b]
Wexford 1,758 74.87% 397 16.91% 174 7.41% 12 0.51% 7 0.30% 1,361 57.96% 2,348
Total227,56760.88%130,01834.78%9,1392.44%5,9251.59%1,1530.31%97,54926.10%373,806
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes 2 Scattering votes
  2. 1 2 Includes 1 Scattering vote

References

  1. 1 2 Prescott, George A. (1907). "Official Canvass of Votes, Election November 6, 1906". Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual for the Years 1907-1908. Lansing: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., State Printers. pp. 479–480. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_Michigan_gubernatorial_election