1922 United States Senate election in Michigan
The 1922 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 7, 1922.
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County results Ferris: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Townsend: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Republican Senator Charles E. Townsend ran for re-election to a third term in office, but was defeated by Democratic former Governor Woodbridge N. Ferris. Ferris was the first Democrat popularly elected to represent Michigan in the Senate, after the Seventeenth Amendment was ratified just nine years prior.
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