Political election
1922 United States Senate election in Michigan
Nominee
Woodbridge Ferris
Charles E. Townsend
Party
Democratic
Republican
Popular vote
294,932
281,843
Percentage
50.59%
48.35%
U.S. senator before election
Charles E. Townsend
Republican
Elected U.S. Senator
Woodbridge Nathan Ferris
Democratic
The 1922 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 7, 1922.
Incumbent Republican Senator Charles E. Townsend ran for re-election to a third term in office, but was defeated by Democratic former Governor Woodbridge Nathan Ferris . Ferris was the first Democrat popularly elected to represent Michigan in the Senate, after the Seventeenth Amendment was ratified just nine years prior.
General election [ ]
Candidates [ ]
Woodbridge Nathan Ferris , former Governor of Michigan (1913–17) (Democratic)
William L. Kreighoff (Socialist)
Frank E. Titus (Prohibition)
Charles E. Townsend , incumbent Senator since 1911 (Republican)
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