From statehood until the election of 1966, governors were elected to two-year terms. Elections are held in November and the governor assumes office the following January, except in the case of death or resignation. From statehood until 1851, elections were held in odd-numbered years. A new state constitution was drafted in 1850 and took effect in 1851. As part of the process bringing the constitution into effect, there was a single one-year term of governor in 1851. Thereafter elections were held on even years.
The constitution adopted in 1963 changed the governor's term to four years, starting in 1967. Since then, gubernatorial elections have been offset by two years from U.S. Presidential elections (e.g., Presidential elections were in 2000 and 2004, gubernatorial elections were in 1998 and 2002). The winner of the gubernatorial election takes office at noon on January 1 of the year following the election.
In 1992, an amendment to the Michigan constitution imposed a lifetime term limit of two four-year terms for the office of governor. Prior to this, they were limited to two consecutive terms, although they could run again after a hiatus.
1 George Bryan Porter died in office on July 6, 1834. Territorial Secretary, Stevens T. Mason, was authorized to become Acting Governor, though there was no formal succession and he was never officially named as Territorial Governor.
2 On August 29, 1835, in order to appease Ohio over the Toledo War border dispute, President Andrew Jackson appointed Charles Shuler, a judge in Pennsylvania, to replace Stevens T. Mason as Secretary and Acting Governor. Shuler declined the appointment. On September 15, Jackson appointed John S. Horner as Secretary and Acting Governor to replace Mason, though Horner did not commence his duties until September 21, 1835. In October 1835, Michigan authorized a state constitution and elected Mason as governor of the new state, although the U.S. Congress did not recognize the state until 1837. Horner was mostly ignored by the people of Michigan and he became Secretary of Wisconsin Territory in July 1836.
3 Woodbridge resigned as Governor on February 23, 1841 to take a seat in the United States Senate and was succeeded by his Lieutenant Governor, J. Wright Gordon.
4 Felch resigned as Governor on March 3, 1847 to take a seat in the United States Senate and was succeeded by his Lieutenant Governor, William L. Greenly.
5 After a new state constitution was drafted in 1850, McClelland was elected to a single one-year term in 1851. He was then re-elected to a full two-year term in 1852.
6McClelland resigned in March 1853 to become the Secretary of the Interior under Franklin Pierce and was succeeded by his Lieutenant Governor, Andrew Parsons.
7 Fitzgerald died March 16, 1939, and was succeeded by his Lieutenant Governor, Luren Dickenson.
GovernorAustin Blair clearly comprehended this perilous situation from the inception of the Rebellion.
While we are citizens of the State of Michigan, and as such deeply devoted to her interests and honor, we have a still prouder title.
Upon the birth of the Republican party at Jackson, Michigan in 1854, by a coalition of the Whig and Free-soil elements he was in full sympathy with the movement and acted as a member of the Committee on Platform.
Michigan's Chapter is one of the most active in what is the nation's largest medical specialty organization, boasting 10 Masters, 734 Fellows, 1,753 Members, 1,027 Associates, and 386 Student Members.
It is the Governor's responsibility to represent the Michigan Chapter at the national organization and to encourage internists from our state to become members, advance to fellowship, and to participate in Chapter activities.
It is also the Governor's role to recognize members and their activities, to encourage local input to the national organization, to promote local political activity on issues impacting Internal Medicine, to host scientific meetings and CME events, and to recruit Associate and Student Members.
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