1918 United States Senate election in Michigan

The 1918 United States Senate election in Michigan took place on November 5, 1918. Incumbent Republican Senator William Alden Smith did not seek re-election to a third term in office. In the race to succeed him, Republican former Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry defeated the automobile industrialist Henry Ford. Ford first challenged Newberry in the Republican primary and lost and then faced Newberry again, running as the Democratic nominee in the general election.

1918 United States Senate election in Michigan
November 5, 1918
Turnout15.60%
 
Nominee Truman Newberry Henry Ford
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 220,054 212,487
Percentage 50.19% 48.47%
County Results

Newberry:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Ford:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

William Alden Smith
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Truman Handy Newberry
Republican

The race was highly controversial for campaign spending practices by both major candidates, with Newberry also hammering Ford for his pacifism during World War I, his antisemitism, and for helping his son Edsel avoid the draft. Newberry narrowly won the election but was ultimately forced to resign from the Senate under scrutiny for his campaign spending in this race.

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