Election returns courtesy of Richard Winger. Biographical data (links) from cited references and from other sources which appear to the Editor to be trustworthy.

Office
Candidate Name
Vote Total
% Vote

1940  

Senator

Carroll P. Lahman 937 0.05

Lt. Governor

 Leroy M. Lowell 1,131 0.06

Secretary of State

Harold W. Bugbee 984 0.05

Attorney General

 Fred Pratt 1,057 0.05

Treasurer

 John W. Young 1,114 0.06

Auditor

 Paul Coleman 1,193 0.06

State House, Kalamazoo 1

 Isabella Knowles 46 0.22

State House, Kalamazoo 2

 Clarence E. Deal 34 0.18

Kalamazoo County

Sheriff

 George H. Bridwell 82 0.19

Clerk

 Neva H. Hill 80 0.19

Treasurer

Harry R. Strong 79 0.19

Register

 Harriet A. Farnsworth 73 0.17

Drain Commissioner

 Charles R. Lanfield 86 0.21

Coroner

 Ray T. Fuller 100 0.25

Surveyor

 William J. Persons 84 0.32
*
1941  

Registrar

 Earl H. Munn 34
(write-in)
 
 Ernest L. Hibbard 31
(write-in)

Supt. Public Instruction

 LeRoy M. Lowell 35
(write-in)

Board of Education

 William E. Heslop 34
(write-in)

Board of Assessment

Eley Sherwin 33
(write-in)
 
 Fred Sowles 32
(write-in)

Highway Supervisor

William J. Persons 20
(write-in)
 
 William J. Persons 24
(write-in)
Persons ran to fill an unexpired term and, also, for the subsequent full term.
1942

Senator

 Leroy L. Lowell
6,526
 0.55  

Governor

 Frederic S. Goodrich 
8,065
 0.66  

Lt. Governor

 E. Harold Munn, Sr.
7,912
 0.68  

Secretary of State

 Olla K. Marshall
8,243
 0.73  

Attorney General

 Frederick Piatt
7,102
 0.63  

Treasurer

 J. Lawrence Ward
7,705
 0.68  

Auditor

 O. Lon Chaney
6,986
 0.62  

Congress  2

 Adelaide Sewall
364
 0.57  

Congress  3

 George A. Brown
1,072
 1.72  

Congress 4

 Ora H. Fox
436
 0.70  

Congress 5

 Fenno E. Densmore
680
 0.99  

Congress 6

 Daniel T. Perrine
671
 0.80  

Congress 8

 James L. Hazeldine
641
 0.95  

Congress 9

 Alfred T. Halsted
324
 0.61  

Congress 10

 Gustav W. Malm
291
 0.55  

Congress 12

 Andrew Asikainen
1,795
 2.92  

State Senate 6

Harry Strong
436
 1.47  

State Senate 8

 Paul Kyburz
533
 2.60  

State Senate 10

Clarence DeCan
304
 1.14  

State Senate 25

Angus McLachlan
411
 1.66  

State Senate 31

Harold Lindahl
1,084
 2.99  

Rep. Kalamazoo 1

 Oliver O. Pickard
231
 2.24  

Rep. Kalamazoo 2

 William J. Persons
189
 1.78  

Rep. Eaton County

 Stanley Hutchinson
133
 1.48  

Barry County Coroner

 Curtis Lawrence
(win)

Calhoun County,

   

Clerk

 Don Harrington
(no data)

Treasurer

 Andrew P. Peterson
(no data)

Registrar 

Clarice A. Nelson 
(no data)

Kalamazoo County,

       

Sheriff

 Raymond L. Pickett
378
 1.74  

Clerk

Grace Pollycutt
461
 2.82
*

Treasurer

 Ellis Becker
438
 2.09

Registrar 

Mabel Shedd
405
 1.89

Drain omm.

 Charles R. Lanphear
429
 2.06

Coroner

 L.H. DeLong
526
 1.66
*

 

 Delmar D. Gibbons 
502
 1.59
*
1943:        

Regent

 George A. Emerich 5,078 1.28  
 
 Enos A. Potts 4,737 1.18  

Supt. Public Instruction

 Oscar C. Griswold 4,593 1.09  

BdA

 Floyd M. Barden 5,011 1.25  
 
 Allen Barr 4,942 1.23  

Highway Commissioner

 Ray W. Tuer 4,051 0.95  

Board of Education

 Clarence H. Snyder 5,624 1.37  
1944:

Governor

 Seth A. Davey 5,744 0.26

Lt. Governor

 Harold A. Lindahl 5,427 0.25

Secretary of State

 John Mason Wells 5,883 0.27

Attorney General

 George A. Emerich 5,432 0.25

Treasurer

 George Bennard 5,678 0.27

Auditor

 William A. Doherty 5,725 0.27

Cong. Dist. 1
   (Wayne County)

 Benjamin R. Williams 255 0.20

Cong. Dist. 2 (Jackson)

 Clarence DeCan 323 0.26

Cong. Dist. 3
    (Kalamazoo)

 Lawrence A. Ruble 845 0.72

Cong. Dist. 4
   (St. Joseph)

 Orah H. Fox 399 0.38

Cong. Dist. 6 (Flint)

 William H. Morford 503 0.32

Cong. Dist. 7
   (Mt. Clemens)

 A. Gordon Phillips 785 0.65

Cong. Dist. 8 (Saginaw)

 Vernon Dunckel 496 0.44

Cong. Dist. 10
    (Ludlington)

 L.A. Wilson 221 0.27

Cong. Dist. 11
   (upper peninsula)

 Charles Swanson 270 0.34

Cong. Dist. 13
   (Wayne County)

 O. Lon Chaney 174 0.13

Cong. Dist. 14
   (Wayne County)

 Lloyd H. Knox 241 0.14

Cong. Dist. 15
    (Wayne County)

 Elmer Myus 119 0.08

Cong. Dist. 16
   (Wayne County)

 Charles W. Kingsley 295 0.19

Cong. Dist. 17
   (Oakland County)

 Paul Kenworthy 376 0.18

State Senate 1
    (Wayne County)

 Paul J. Heacker 180 0.11

State Senate 4
    (Wayne County)

 Lee L. Coy 100 0.13

State Senate 5
    (Wayne County)

 Otis Hoadley 109 0.11

State Senate 6
    (Kalamazoo)

Harry Strong 477 0.88

State Senate 7
    (St. Joseph County)

 Feno E. Densmore 91 0.19

State Senate 9
    (Calhoun County)

 Floyd R. Latta 248 0.51

State Senate 10
    (Jackson)

 E. Harold Munn, Sr. 298 0.59

State Senate 14
    (Ingham County)

 Bert A. Reed 298 0.43

State Senate 17
    (Grand Rapids)

 J. Lawrence Ward 159 0.31

State Senate 18
    (Wayne County)

 G.E. Strang 188 0.10

State Senate 19
    (Lenawee County)

 A. Forrest Smith 105 0.23

State Senate 21
    (Wayne County)

 William F. Bookser 251 0.15

State Senate 23 (Mount Clemens)

 Frederick Piatt 218 0.35

State Senate 31 (upper peninsula)

 Antone Freeman 167 0.33

State Senate 32
    (upper peninsula)

 Walter Anderson 58 0.20

State Representative,
    Flint

Andrew A. Michelson 259 0.46

State Representative,
    Kalamazoo 1

 Vernon H. Yousey 294 1.40

State Representative,
    Kalamazoo 2

 Ellis Becker 194 1.00

State Representative,
    Detroit 1

 William E. Demill
Oliver E. Day
John H. Harris		 671
664
707		 0.10
0.10
0.11

State Representative,
    Eaton District

 Beldon C. Hoyt 241 0.98

State Representative,
    Hillsdale District

 George D. Heltzel 209 1.19

State Representative,
    Iron District

 August Larsen 75 1.14

Ionia County

    Sherrif

 Duncan A. MacPhee
(no data)

    Clerk

 LaVern Mosier
(no data)

    Treasurer

 Raymond E. Durkee
(no data)

    Register of Deeds

 Olen Courser
(no data)

    Drain Commissioner

 Homer Talmage Green
(no data)

    Coroner

 David Francis Hedrick
(no data)
 
 Hubert Doty
(no data)

Jackson County

    Sheriff

 J.L. Hazeldine
(no data)

    Clerk

 J.H. Rauch
(no data)

    Treasurer

 E.A. Cutler
(no data)

    Register of Deeds

 Clarence DeCan
(no data)

    Drain Commissioner

 Roy Kilbourne
(no data)

    Coroner

 Gaylord O. Frey
(no data)
 
 W.R. Winegarden
(no data)

    Surveyor

 Ralph J. Miller
(no data)

Kalamazoo County

    Sheriff

 Fred O. Brant
466
 1.14

    Clerk

 Grace Pollycutt
460
 1.13

    Treasurer

 Henry Goebel
475
 1.72
*

    Register of Deeds

 Ellen M. Thom
464
 1.16

    Drain Commissioner

 William J. Persons
557
 1.39

    Coroner

L.H. DeLong
500
 1.22
 
 Delmar D. Gibbons
513
 1.25
1946:

Governor

 Gordon Phillips
11,974
0.72

Lt. Governor

 Harold A. Lindahl
10,666
0.67

Senator

 Lawrence A. Ruble
8,109
0.50

Secretary of State

 John Mason Wells   
10,741
0.68

Attorney General  

 LeRoy B. McInally
10,485
0.67

Auditor  

 L.D. Mitchell
10,973
0.70

Treasurer

 William A. Doherty
11,149
0.71

Congress 1 (Detroit) 

 Charles L. Dawson 583 0.67

Congress 2 (Jackson)

 Clarence DeCan 659 0.71

Congress 3
    (Kalamazoo) 

 Delmar D. Gibbons    1,050 1.21

Congress 4 (St. Joseph) 

 Ralph C. March 849 1.05

Congress 6 (Flint) 

 William H. Morford 794 0.66

Congress 7
    (Mt. Clemens)

 Harry Wing 634 0.73

Congress 8 (Saginaw) 

 H.T. Green 820 1.01

Congress 9
    (Muskegon)  

 Walker M. Jordan  460 0.67

Congress 10
    (Ludlington) 

 Floyd Seiter 447 0.71

Congress 11
    (upper peninsula)

 Charles Swanson  134 0.21

Congress 12
    (upper peninsula)

 August Larson 309 0.41

Congress 13 (Detroit)

 O. Lon Chaney 330 0.34

Congress 14 (Detroit)

 A.L. Leach 450 0.34

Congress 15 (Detroit)

 Seldon D. Kelley 425 0.37

Congress 16
    (Detroit suburbs)

 E.A. Johnson  653 0.59

Congress 17
    (Oakland County)

 Don Taylor 827 0.52

State Senate 1
  (Wayne County) 

 C.C. Valade 428 0.34

State Senate 2
  (Wayne County) 

 Walter R. Shriner 314 0.52

State Senate 3
  (Wayne County) 

 Rothanker Smith 127 0.39

State Senate 4
  (Wayne County) 

 S.C. Campbell 200 0.38

State Senate 5
  (Wayne County) 

 Mary P. Hopkins 397 0.57

State Senate 6
  (Kalamazoo)   

 Anna L. Decker 677 1.66

State Senate 7
  (St. Joseph)   

 F.M. Barden 39 0.11

State Senate 8
  (Allegan County) 

 Edward Bailey 422 1.28

State Senate 9
  (Calhoun County)

 Floyd R. Latta 372 1.40
*

State Senate 10
  (Jackson)  

 F.E. Densmore 592 2.06

State Senate 12
  (Oakland County)  

 H.C. Cooley 449 0.41

State Senate 15
  (Eaton County)  

 Seth A. Davey 333 1.04

State Senate 16
  (Grand Rapids)   

 William H. Bartlett 218 0.66

State Senate 17
  (Grand Rapids)

 Bernard Elve 240 0.70

State Senate 18
  (Wayne County)

 Paul Kenworthy 656 0.45

State Senate 19
  (Lenawee County)

 A. Forrest Smith 1,008 3.72
*

State Senate 21
  (Wayne County)

 Estella Tripp    1,331 2.21
*

State Senate 22
  (Saginaw) 

 R.J. McLennan   360 1.08

State Senate 23
  (Mt. Clemens)  

  J. Lawrence Ward  282 0.61

State Senate 24
  (Bay City) 

 G.W. Malm 242 0.70

State Senate 27
  (Grand Traverse)  

 Alfred T. Halstead  210 0.94

State Senate 30
  (northern tip)   

 Duncan McPhee  297 1.36
*

State Senate 31
  (upper peninsula) 

 Antone Freeman 238 0.52

State Senate 32
  (upper peninsula) 

 Walter Anderson 20 0.08

State Senate,
  Vanderburgh County 

 Wayne Marker 425 0.78

State House,
  Eaton district   

 B.G. Wyma 463 2.39

State House,
  Flint 1 (Ingham)

 Paul Kyburz 276 0.85
Lula Wendel 280 0.87

State House, Jackson 2

 J.L. Hazledine  143 1.14

State House,
  Kalamazoo 1

 James M. Brown  225 1.46

State House,
  Kalamazoo 2

 Mary K. Persons  199 1.37

State House,
  Grand Rapids 2

 E.D. Coxon 53 0.36

State House,
  Allegan County

 Orah H. Fox    96 0.74

State House,
  Ionia County   

 Peter Gallagher   197 1.80

State House,
  Lenawee County

 Richard E. DeMille  
394
 2.16

State House,
  Ottawa County  

 LeRoy A. Robert  127 0.64

State House,
  Tuscola County  

 Phylis Willits   99 1.11

State House,
  Hillsdale District

 A.C. Shaw   326 1.86

State House,
  St. Joseph District  

 Lester W. Kline 373 1.94

State House,
  Wayne County 1   

 Walter Arnold 
Eva N. Burklow 
 1,535
1,588		 0.35
0.36
 
 George W. Campbell    1,568 0.35
 
 Lee Coy   1,586 0.36
 
 Emma P. Dorman  1,624 0.36
 
 Aaron B. Janes  1,423 0.32
 
 Raymond R. Lamb  1,497 0.34
 
 Donald C. Martin 1,609 0.36
 
 Lucile A. Martz    1,599 0.36
 
 Robert McLive 1,407 0.32
 
 Joseph F. Meulman   1,435 0.32
 
 Louise Moray   1,534 0.34
 
 Eva J. Perry  1,572 0.35
 
 Albert E. Short 1,544 0.35
 
 Sidney A. Short    1,593 0.36
 
 Ernest C. Valade   1,462 0.33
 
 Nettie Vining 1,535 0.35
 
 Alfred J. Walker    1,647 0.37
 
 Clyde Watt   1,425 0.32
 
 Ed J. Wedge 1,553 0.35
 
 Mary C. Wiseman   1,820 0.41

State House,
  Wayne County 2   

 William J. Hoare  89 0.60

State House,
  Wayne County 3   

 James E. Zehner 34 0.24

State House,
  Wayne County 4   

 Tekla Hansen    148 0.76

State House,
  Wayne County 5   

 Ola M. Becker    168 0.72

State House,
  Wayne County 7   

 John Weaver 296 2.10
*

Wayne County

  

  Sheriff

 Otto Saterbak
(no data)
  

  County Clerk   

 Arthur Valade
(no data)
  

  Treasurer

 Robert N. Blatchford
(no data)
  

  Register of Deeds

 Sherman V. Taylor
(no data)
  

  Drain Commissioner

 Ray W. Tuer
(no data)
  

  Coroner 

 W.K. Vaught
(no data)
  
George M. Livingston
(no data)
  
1947:  

Registrar

 Harold Lindahl
9,490
 1.65

Registrar

 Clarence A. Nelson
10,370
 1.81

Supt. Public Instruction

 H.E. Edwards 
10,062
 1.69

Board of Education 

 Oscar C. Griswold 
10,783
 1.87

Board of Assessment   

 Perry Hayden
11,216
 1.98

Hwy

 Lester W. Kline 
10,244
 1.81
1948:  

Senator

 Harold A. Lindahl 
12,146
 0.59

Governor

 Gordon Phillips
15,249
 0.72

Lt. Governor

 Perry Hayden
14,156
 0.69

Secretary of State 

 E. Harold Munn
12,843
 0.63

Attorney General

 LeRoy B. McInally
13,798
 0.68

Treasurer

 Cecil Clapp
12,861
 0.63

Auditor

 Ben R. Williams
1,638
 0.67

Cong. Dist. 1 (Wayne) 

 Norman Frazier
422
 0.35

Cong. Dist. 2 (Jackson)

 Glenn Winters
854
 0.73

Cong. Dist. 3
  (Kalamazoo) 

 George L. Granger
1,875
 1.72

Cong. Dist. 4 (St. Joseph) 

 Ralph C. March
1,073
 1.14

Cong. Dist. 5
  (Grand Rapids)

 William H. Bartlette
853
 0.70

Cong. Dist. 6 (Flint)

 Howard Winters
1,267
 0.86

Cong. Dist. 7 (Mt. Clemens)

 Clarence Dykehouse 
781
 0.67

Cong. Dist. 8 (Saginaw) 

 Roland M. Severance
1,347
 1.35

Cong. Dist. 9 (Muskegon)

 William Meadows 
887
 1.00

Cong. Dist. 10
  (Bay City) 

 Harold E. Rice
789
 1.01

Cong. Dist. 11
  (upper peninsula)

 Charles J. Swanson 
580
 0.76

Cong. Dist. 12
  (upper peninsula)

 Olga Anderson
433
 0.57

Cong. Dist. 13 (Detroit)

 H.C. Doane
297
 0.24

Cong. Dist. 14 (Wayne)

 A.L. Leach 
297
 0.17

Cong. Dist. 15 (Wayne)

 Harold Drake
266
0.19

Cong. Dist. 16 (Wayne)

 E.A. Johnson
618
 0.40

Cong. Dist. 17
  (Oakland)

 O. Lon Chaney
620
 0.28

State Senate 1 
  (Wayne County) 

 Arthur Valade 
338
0.20

State Senate 2
  (Wayne County) 

 Walter R. Shriner
236
0.28

State Senate 4
  (Wayne County) 

 S.C. Campbell 
189
0.28

State Senate 5
  (Wayne County)

 Mary P. Hopkins
250
0.29

State Senate 6
  (Kalamazoo)

 Claude S. Snook
944
1.82

State Senate 7
  (Berrien County)

 Grover C. Smith 
457
1.50
*

State Senate 8
  (Allegan County)

 E.D. Coxon
565
1.54

State Senate 9
  (Calhoun County)

 Floyd R. Latta 
693
1.55

State Senate 10
  (Jackson) 

 Feno E. Densmore
750
1.66

State Senate 11
  (Mt. Clemens) 

 J. Paula Humphrey
412
0.49

State Senate 12
  (Oakland County)

 H.C. Cooley 
635
0.42

State Senate 14
  (Lansing)

 Edward Cheney 
702
1.10

State Senate 17
  (Grand Rapids) 

 Bernard Elve
374
0.75

State Senate 18
  (Wayne County) 

 Paul Kenworthy
453
0.23

State Senate 19
  (Monroe County)

 A. Forrest Smith
416
0.99

State Senate 20
  (Huron County)

 Cecil Babcock
369
1.19

State Senate 21
  (Wayne County) 

 Estelle Tripp 
604
0.39

State Senate 22
  (Saginaw)

 R.J. McLennan 
500
1.14

State Senate 23
  (Muskegon)

 J. Lawrence Ward
409
0.65

State Senate 24
  (Bay City)

 Floyd Seiter
372
0.83

State Senate 25
  (Ionia County)

 Seth A. Davey
834
3.15
*

State Senate 26
  (Ludlington)

 Sherwood Eddy
599
3.23
*

State Senate 28
  (upper Saginaw Ba)y)

 Benjamin C. Whaley
376
1.78
*

State Senate 30
  (Delta County)

 E.C. Sandin
450
1.89
*

State Senate 31
  (upper peninsula)

 Antone Freeman 
369
0.77

State House, Calhoun 1 

 R.E. Hopusch 
118
0.86

State House, Calhoun 2 

 O.F. Bibbins 
489
3.91
*

State House, Ingham 1

 Hector Hawkins 
456
1.55
 
 Iris Stoner 
409
1.39

State House, Ingham 2

 Ernest H. Groton
239
1.37

State House, Jackson 1

 Leon W. Lytle 
146
0.76

State House, Jackson 2

 Clarence DeCan
261
1.63

State House,
  Kalamazoo 1

 Ruth L. Shephard 
278
1.39

State House,
  Kalamazoo 2

 John DeDoes 
335
1.68

State House, Saginaw 1 

 L.T. Kent 
284
1.02

State House, Saginaw 2 

 Alfred G. Hunter
151
0.95

State House,
  Wayne County 1

 Sidney A. Short 
1,259
0.20
 
 John K. Williams 
1,463
0.24
 
 Donald C. Martin 
1,318
0.21
 
 Casper Cairn
1,133
0.18
 
 Walter Allie 
1,148
0.19
 
 Lucille A. Martz
1,290
0.21
 
 Albert Short
1,216
0.19
 
 Peter Wiseman 
1,298
0.21
 
 Aaron B. Janes
1,234
0.20
 
 Robert McLive
1,166
0.19
 
 Lee Coy
1,170
0.19
 
 A.M. Lewis
1,148
0.19
 
 Bertha Kidd 
1,236
0.20
 
 Roxye Ann Higgs
1,165
0.19
 
 Ernest C. Valade
1,173
0.19
 
 Frank H. Locker
1,145
0.18
 
 Alice B. Coy
1,217