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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
CONVENTION OF 1835.
(Convened at Detroit, May 11, and adjourned June 24, 1835.)
OFFICERS.
JOHN BIDDLE, - CHARLES W. WHIPPLE, \
President.
MARSHALL J. BACON,
- Secretaries.
OLMSTEAD HOUGH, Sergeant-at-Arms.
DELEGATES.
First District .- Wayne county .- John Biddle, John Norvell, John McDonell, John R. Williams, Alpheus White, Amos Stevens, Conrad Ten Eyck, Louis Beaufait; Peter Van Every, Jonathan D. Davis, Caleb Herrington, Ammon Brown, Theophilus E. Tallman, George W. Ferrington, Asa H. Otis, Charles F. Irwin, William Woodbridge.
Second District .- Monroe county .- David White, Edward D. Ellis, Peter P. Ferry, Lemuel Colbath, Josephus V. D. Sutphen, Robert McClelland, Eliphalet Clark, Samuel Ingersoll, James F. Godfroy.
Third District .- Lenawee county .- Ross Wilkins, Seleck C. Boughton, Allen Hutchins, John J. Adam, Joseph Howell, Joseph H. Patterson, Darius Comstock, John Whitney (a), Alexander R. Tiffany (b).
Fourth District .- Washtenaw county .- Gilbert Shattuck, Abel Godard, William Moore, Robert Purdy, John Brewer, Alpheus Collins, Michael P. Stubbs, Richard Brower, Rufus Crossman, Nathaniel Nobie, Russell Briggs, Orin How, Emanuel Case, Edward Mundy, Orrin White.
Fifth District .- Oakland county .- Isaac I. Voorheis, Randolph Manning, Seneca Newberry, Joshua B. Taylor, Elijah F. Cook, Ebenezer Raynale, John Ellenwood, Jeremiah Riggs, Benjamin B. Morris, William Patrick, Jonathan Chase, Samuel White, Thomas Curtis, Norman Davison.
Sixth District .- Macomb county .- Samuel Axford, Jacob Tucker, Henry Porter, John S. Axford, Ephraim Calkin, Solomon Porter.
Seventh District .- St. Clair county .- Ralph Wadhams, John Clark
Eighth District .- Jackson county .- Townsend E. Gidley, Rosevelt Davis (c), Roswell B. Rexford (c).
. Ninth District .- Hillsdale and Branch counties .- Lewis T. Miller.
Tenth District .- Calhoun county .- Isaac E. Crary, Ezra Convis.
Eleventh District .- Kalamazoo county .- Hezekiah G. Wells, William H. Welch, Lucius Lyon.
Twelfth District .- Cass county .- James Newton, James O'Dell, Baldwin Jenkins. Thirteenth District .- St. Joseph county .- John S. Barry, Hubbell Loomis, Martin G. Shelhouse.
Fourteenth District .- Berrien county .- Elijah Lacy, Titus B. Willard.
Fifteenth District .- Mackinaw county .- Michael Dousman.
Sixteenth District .- Chippewa county .- Bela Chapman.
It was this convention that formed the first constitution of the state.
(a) Held seat in convention until May 16, 1835.
(b) Seated by the convention May 16, in place of John Whitney.
(c) The vote for Davis and Rexford was a tie. Matter referred back to district for special election, when Rexford was elected, and seated by convention, June 3, 1835. Davis acted until June 3.
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The delegates were elected April 4, 1835, in pursuance of an act of the territorial council of January 26, 1835. The constitution was adopted by a vote of the people in October, 1835, there being 6,299 yeas and 1,359 nays (a). It remained in force as the fundamental law of the state until the constitution of 1850 went into operation.
FIRST CONVENTION OF ASSENT.
(Convened at Ann Arbor, September 26, and adjourned September 30, 1836.)
OFFICERS.
WILLIAM DRAPER, President.
CHARLES A. JEFFERIES,
Secretaries.
SAMUEL YORK AT LEE,
MARTIN DAVIS, - Sergeant-at-Arms.
DELEGATES.
Allegan and Barry .- Richard Weare.
Berrien .- Titus B. Willard.
Branch .- Harvey Warner.
Calhoun .- Lorenzo B. Collamer.
Cass .- James Newton, James O'Dell.
Chippewa .- Stephen R. Wood.
Hillsdale .- Zachariah Van Duser.
Jackson .- Ethan Allen.
Kalamazoo .- Joseph A. Smith, William H. Welch.
Lapeer .- Mason Butts.
Lenawee .- Darius Comstock, Joseph Rickey, Ross Wilkins, John Hutchins.
Macomb .- Jacob Tucker, John S. Axford, Linus S. Gilbert.
Monroe .- Austin E. Wing, Robert Clark, Edward D. Ellis, Wolcott Lawrence.
Oakland .- Origen D. Richardson, William Draper, S. A. L. Warner, Samuel Satterlee, Edward W. Peck, John L. Brownell.
Ottawa, Kent, Ionia and Clinton .- William A. Richmond.
Saginaw, Genesee and Shiawassee .- Thomas J. Drake.
St. Clair .- Charles Kimball.
St. Joseph .- Columbia Lancaster, Watson Sumner.
Washtenaw and Livingston .- Seth Markham, Michael P. Stubbs, Marcus Lane, Ebenezer H. Conklin, Geo. P. Jefferies, Elnathan Noble, Geo. W. Glover.
Wayne .- Titus Dort, David C. Mckinstry, Louis Beaufait, Benjamin B. Kercheval, Ammon Brown, Eli Bradshaw, Horace A. Noyes, John McDonell.
The act of congress, of June 15, 1836, establishing the northern boundary line of the state of Ohio and providing for the admission of Michigan into the union, required that the assent of a convention of delegates elected by the people for that purpose be given.
The delegates were elected September 12, 1836, in pursuance of an act of the state legislature of July 25, 1836. The conditions presented by the aforesaid act of congress, cutting off Toledo and vicinity from the limits of Michigan and giving that territory to the state of Ohio, were rejected by this convention.
(a) These figures were taken from senate documents of 1835, and do not include the vote of Kalamazoo county-453 for and 15 against the constitution, as per re- turns in the secretary of state's office.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
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SECOND CONVENTION OF ASSENT.
(Convened at Ann Arbor, December 14, and adjourned December 15, 1836.)
OFFICERS.
JOHN R. WILLIAMS, - President.
KINTZING PRITCHETTE, Į
J. E. FIELDS,
Secretaries.
DELEGATES.
Allegan .- Silas F. Littlejohn, Orsemus Eaton.
Berrien -Hart L. Stewart, George W. Hoffman.
Branch .- James B. Tomkins, Peris A. Tisdel.
Calhoun .- Benjamin Wright, Justus Goodwin.
Cass .- Edwin N. Bridges, Jacob Silver, Joseph Smith, Abiel Silver.
Hillsdale .- Rockwell Manning, Zachariah Van Duser.
Jackson .- Joab Page, Benjamin H. Packard.
Kalamazoo .- Samuel Percival, Ira Lyon, Isaac W. Willard, Ambrose Searle.
Kent .- Samuel Dexter, Charles J. Walker.
Lapeer .- Norman Davison, Harvey Gray.
Lenawec .- John Hutchins, Jeremiah D. Thompson, Joseph Rickey, Addison J. Com- stock, Peter Morey, John J. Adam, Oliver Miller, Darius C. Jackson.
Oakland .- Gideon O. Whittemore, Hiram Baritt, Joseph Coates, Charles Grant, Parley W. C. Gates, John S. Livermore, Henry S. Babcock, William K. Crooks, Samuel White, James B. Hunt, David Chase, Benjamin B. Morris.
Saginaw .- Gardner D. Williams, Samuel G. Watson.
St. Clair .- Ralph Wadhams, Joel Tucker.
St. Joseph .- Phillip R. Toll, Aaron B. Watkins, William H. Adams, Stephen W. Truesdell.
Van Buren .- Charles B. Avery.
Washtenaw .- Nelson H. Wing, Salmon Champion, Jr., Nathaniel Noble, Lyman Downs, James Houston, Esek Pray, George W. Jewett, Solomon Sutherland, Samuel Denton, Samuel B. Bradley, Elisha Congdon, Stoddard W. Twatchell, Jesse Warner.
Wayne .- John R. Williams, Ross Wilkins, Charles Moran, Marshal J. Bacon, Daniel Goodwin, Benjamin F. H. Witherell, John E. Schwarz, Reynold Gillett, Eli Bradshaw, Horace A. Noyes, Elihu Morse, Warren Tuttle, Archibald Y. Murray, James Bucklin, Josiah Mason, Charles F. Irwin.
The delegates to this convention were elected December 5 and 6, 1836, in pursuance of a recommendation of the people, and ostensibly in compliance with the act of the state legislature of July 25, 1836. They met in convention at Ann Arbor, December 14 and 15, 1836, and adopted a resolution giving the assent of the state to the require- ment of the act of congress of June 15, 1836. The resolution was signed by the above ' named delegates, excepting those whose names are printed in italics, who were returned to the secretary of state as elected, but do not appear to have taken part in the con- vention The above information is obtained from the record of the election returns and canvass of 1835-45, now in the office of the secretary of state.
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CONVENTION OF 1850.
(Convened at Lansing, June 3, and adjourned August 15, 1850.)
OFFICERS.
DANIEL GOODWIN, - President.
JOHN SWEGELS, JR.,
HORACE F. ROBERTS,
Secretaries.
CHARLES HASCALL,
DAVID HUBBARD, JR.,
-
Sergeant-at-Arms.
DELEGATES.
Allegan .- Oka Town.
Barry .- Joseph W. T. Orr.
Berrien .- Calvin Britain, Jacob Beeson, Charles W. Whipple.
Branch .- Wales Adams, Alvarado Brown, Asahel Brown.
Calhoun .- Isaac E. Crary, Milo Soule, William V. Morrison, John D. Pierce, Nathan Pierce.
Cass .- George Redfield, Mitchel Robinson, James Sullivan.
Chippewa .- Elijah J. Roberts.
Clinton .- David Sturgis.
Eaton .- Charles E. Beardsley, John D. Burns.
Genesee .- John Bartow, Elbridge G. Gale, Dewitt C. Leach.
Hillsdale .- John P. Cook, Daniel Kinne, John Mosher, Jonathan B. Graham.
Ingham .- Charles P. Bush, Ephraim B. Danforth.
Ionia .- Henry Bartow, Cyrus Lovell.
Jackson .- Robert H. Anderson, John L. Butterfield, Jerry G. Cornell, Elisha S. Robinson, Wilbur F. Storey.
Kalamazoo .- Hezekiah G. Wells, Samuel Clark, Volney Hascall.
Kent and Ottawa .- Rix Robinson, Thomas B. Church, Timothy Eastman.
Lapeer .- Noah H. Hart, Jonathan R. White.
Lenawee .- Addison J. Comstock, Alexander R. Tiffany, Peter R. Adams, Charles Chandler, George C. Harvey, Nelson Green, Ebenezer Daniels.
Livingston .- Daniel S. Lee, Robert Crouse, Robert Warden, Jr., Ely Barnard. Mackinac .- William Norman McLeod.
Macomb .- DeWitt C. Walker, Charles W. Chapel, Andrew S. Robertson, Hiram Hathaway.
Monroe .- Robert McClelland, Alexander M. Arzeno, Emerson Choate, Henry B. Marvin
Oakland .- James Webster, Alfred H. Hanscom, Seneca Newberry, Jacob Van- valkenburgh, Ebenezer Raynale, Gideon O. Whittemore, William Axford, Zebina M. Mowry, Elias S. Woodman.
Saginaw .- Jabez G. Sutherland.
Shiawassee .- Francis J. Prevost.
St. Clair .- John Clark, Lorenzo M. Mason, Reuben B. Dimond.
St. Joseph .- William Connor, Joseph R. Williams, Edward S. Moore.
Van Buren .- Isaac W. Willard.
Washtenaw .- James Kingsley, Elias M. Skinner, Earls P. Gardiner, Daniel Hixson, Morgan O'Brien, William S. Carr, Benjamin W. Waite, James M. Edmunds.
Wayne .- Daniel Goodwin, Benjamin F. H. Witherell, John Gibson, Ammon Brown, Henry J. Alvord, Henry Fralick, Peter Desnoyers, Harry T. Backus, Joseph H. Bagg, Ebenezer C. Eaton.
The delegates to the convention were elected May 6, 1850, in pursuance of act No. 78 of the laws of 1850. The constitution as revised by the convention was submitted to the people November 5, 1850, and adopted by a majority of 26,736 votes. It re- mained the supreme law of the state until the constitution of 1909 went into effect.
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
CONVENTION OF 1867.
(Convened at Lansing, May 15, and adjourned August 22, 1867.)
OFFICERS.
CHARLES M. CROSWELL, -
- President.
THOMAS H. GLENN, G. X. M. COLLIER, T. P. MILES, - D. B. PURINTON, SEYMOUR FOSTER,
-
Secretaries.
Sergeant-at-Arms. - Postmaster.
DELEGATES.
Allegan .- William B. Williams, William E. White.
Barry .- Harvey Wright, Adam Elliott.
Bay .- James Birney.
Berrien .- William S. Farmer, Lorenzo P. Alexander, Henry H. Coolidge.
Branch .- Cyrus G. Luce, Asahel Brown, Julius S. Barber.
Calhoun .- Charles D. Holmes, Eden F. Henderson, George Willard.
Cass .- Levi Aldrich, Jacob J. Van Riper.
Clinton .- Alvah H. Walker, Nathaniel I. Daniells.
Eaton .- Joseph Musgrave, Milton P. Burch.
Genesee .- Sumner Howard, Henry R. Lovell, Thaddeus G. Smith.
Grand Traverse, etc .- De Witt C. Leach.
Gratiot .- De Witt C. Chapin.
Hillsdale .- Lewis J. Thompson, Daniel L. Pratt, Simeon P. Root.
Houghton .- John Q. Mckernon.
Huron .- Richard Winsor.
Ingham .- John W. Longyear, Lemuel Woodhouse.
Ionia .- George W. Germain, Sanford A. Yeomans.
Jackson .- Eugene Pringle, Freeman C. Watkins, William F. Goodwin.
Kalamazoo .- Marsh Giddings, Delamore Duncan, Milton Bradley.
Kent .- Solomon L. Withey, Jacob Ferris, Milton C. Watkins, Lyman Murray. Keweenaw .- Robert F. Gulick.
Lapeer .- Myron C. Kenney, John M. Lamb.
Lenawee .- Jacob C. Sawyer, Perley Bills, Martin P. Stockwell, Horace J. Sheldon, Charles M. Croswell.
Livingston .- Benjamin W. Lawrence, Edwin B. Winans.
Mackinac, etc .- Bela Chapman.
Macomb .- Dexter Mussey, Thomas M. Crocker, William W. Andrus.
Marquette .- Eleazer S. Ingalls.
Midland, etc .- Perry H. Estee. Monroe .- Edward G. Morton, William A. Rafter, William Corbin.
Montcalm .- George F. Case. Muskegon .- Henry H. Holt.
Newaygo, etc .- William S. Utley.
Oakland .- P. Dean Warner, Edward P. Harris, Willard M. McConnell, Jacob Van- valkenburgh.
Ontonagon .- James Burtenshaw.
Ottawa .- John Haire, Hiram Jennison.
Saginaw .- Jabez G. Sutherland, Hiram L. Miller. Sanilac .- John Divine.
Shiawassee .- Josiah Turner, S. Titus Parsons.
St. Clair .- Marcus H. Miles, Ezra Hazen, Omar D. Conger.
St. Joseph .- William L. Stoughton, Comfort Tyler, Levi T. Hull. Tuscola .- Benjamin W. Houston, Jr.
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Van Buren .- Samuel H. Blackman, Charles Duncombe.
Washtenaw .- Thomas Ninde, Charles H. Richmond, Lyman D Norris, Daniel Hixson.
Wayne .- Robert McClelland, Daniel Goodwin, Peter Desnoyers, William A. Smith, Jonathan Shearer, William E. Warner, George V. N Lothrop, Peter Henkel, William Purcell.
The delegates to this convention were elected April 1, 1867, in pursuance of act No. 41, of the session laws of 1867. The constitution as revised by this convention was submitted to the people April 6, 1868. It was rejected by a vote of 71,733 yeas, to 110,582 nays.
CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION OF 1873.
(Convened at Lansing, August 27, and adjourned October 16, 1873.)
OFFICERS.
Chairman.
SULLIVAN M. CUTCHEON, HENRY S. CLUBB, - STEPHEN B. MCCRACKEN,
Clerk.
Assistant Clerk.
WILLIAM BURNHAM,
Door Keeper.
Congressional Districts.
Members.
Counties.
1 Elijah W. Meddaugh Ashley Pond.
Wayne. Wayne.
2 Edwin Willits. Sullivan M. Cutcheon (a).
Monroe. Washtenaw.
3 Isaac M. Crane. Charles Upson
Eaton Branch.
4 Henry H. Riley Hezekiah G. Wells.
St. Joseph. Kalamazoo.
5 Solomon L. Withey Lyman G. Mason, (resigned September 2, 1873) . William M. Ferry (b)
Kent. Muskegon. Ottawa.
6 Ira D. Crouse. Lysander Woodward.
Livingston. Oakland.
7 Edwin W. Giddings, (resigned October 8, 1873) . John Divine .
8 Herschel H. Hatch. David H. Jerome.
Macomb. Sanilac. Bay. Saginaw.
9 James R. Devereaux Seth C. Moffatt .
Houghton. Leelanau.
(a) Elected chairman.
(b) Appointed October 2, 1873, vice Mason.
This commission consisted of two members from each congressional district of the state, who were appointed by the governor, pursuant to joint resolution No. 19 of the legislature of 1873. It completed its labors October 16, and made a formal report to the governor. The constitution as revised by the commission was submitted to the people November 3, 1874, in pursuance of joint resolution No. 4 of the session of 1874, and was rejected by a vote of 39,285 yeas to 124,034 nays.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
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CONVENTION OF 1907-8.
(Convened at Lansing, October 22, 1907, and adjourned March 3, 1908.)
OFFICERS.
JOHN J. CARTON, Flint, President.
CHARLES H. WATSON, Crystal Falls, President pro tem.
PAUL H. KING, Lansing, Secretary.
ANDREW J. SCOTT, Saginaw,
Sergeant-at-Arms.
DELEGATES.
First District .- Henry M. Campbell, Detroit; Thomas H. Brown, Highland Park; Louis E. Tossy, Detroit.
Second District .- Clarence M. Burton, Detroit; Levi L. Barbour, Detroit; Charles C. Simons, Detroit.
Third District .- Patrick J. M. Hally, Detroit; Frederick F. Ingram, Detroit; Joseph Merrell, Detroit.
Fourth District .- Ignatius J. Salliotte, Ecorse; William C. Manchester, Detroit; George W. Coomer, Wyandotte.
Fifth District .- Clarke E. Baldwin, Adrian; George B. Horton, Fruit Ridge; Leslie B. Robertson, Adrian.
Sixth District .- Hugh P. Stewart, Centerville; Alfred Milnes, Coldwater; Victor Hawkins, Jonesville.
Seventh District .- Walter C. Jones, Marcellus; Lawrence C. Fyfe, St. Joseph; Victor M. Gore, Benton Harbor.
Eighth District .- Guy J. Wicksall, South Haven; Benjamin F. Heckert, Paw Paw; Charles N. Thew, Allegan.
Ninth District .- Edwin C. Nichols, Battle Creek; Walter R. Taylor, Kalamazoo; Delos Fall, Albion.
Tenth District .- Charles J. DeLand, Jackson; John Archibald Fairlie, Ann Arbor; Martin J. Cavanaugh, Ann Arbor.
Eleventh District .- George W. Moore, Port Huron; Nathan S. Boynton, Port Huron; Jefferson G. Brown, Avoca.
Twelfth District .- William H. Acker, Richmond; Kleber P. Rockwell, Pontiac; Andrew L. Moore, Pontiac.
Thirteenth District .- John J. Carton, Flint; Jay C. Walton, Howell; Herbert L. Freeman, Flushing.
Fourteenth District .- Wm. M. Kilpatrick, Owosso; Albert B. Cook, Owosso, R. F. D .; Lawton T. Hemans, Mason.
Fifteenth District .- John M. C. Smith, Charlotte; Charles H. Thomas, Hastings; Edward A. Turnbull, Grand Ledge.
Sixteenth District .- James F. Barnett, Grand Rapids; Henry T. Heald, Grand Rapids; Edgar J. Adams, Grand Rapids.
Seventeenth District .- Roger I. Wykes, Grand Rapids; Horace T Barnaby, Jr., Grand Rapids; George E. Rowe, Grand Rapids, R. F. D.
Eighteenth District .- Frederick J. Baldwin, Coral; Herbert E. Powell, Ionia; Justin L. Sutherland, Portland.
Nineteenth District .- Henry E. Walbridge, St. Johns; John W. Holmes, Alma; Frank R. Monfort, Ithaca.
Twentieth District .- Charles D. Thompson, Bad Axe; James H. Hall, Port Austin; William Dawson, Sandusky.
Twenty-first District .- Theron W. Atwood, Caro; William E. Brown, Lapeer; Walter S. Wixson, Caro.
Twenty-second District .- John Baird, Zilwaukie; Wellington R. Burt, Saginaw; Ernest A. Snow, Saginaw.
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Twenty-third District .- Charles M. Black, Muskegon; Colon C. Lillie, Coopersville; William E. Osmun, Montague.
Twenty-fourth District .- Floyd L. Post, Midland; Frank S. Pratt, Bay City; James . Van Kleeck, Bay City.
Twenty-fifth District .- Archibald Broomfield, Big Rapids; Alfred M. Fleischhauer, Reed City; Edwin O. Shaw, Newaygo
Twenty-sixth District .- Roswell P. Bishop, Ludington (a); Ozro N. Cranor, Ludington (b); Frederick J. Russell, Hart; Robert S. Babcock, Manistee.
Twenty-seventh District .- Leonard F. Knowles, Boyne City; Medor E. Louisell, Frank- fort; Eugene F. Sawyer, Cadillac.
Twenty-eighth District .- Eugene Foster, Gladwin; Osmond H. Smith, Harrisville; Henry H. Woodruff, Roscommon.
Twenty-ninth District .- Andrew L. Deuel, Harbor Springs; Merritt Chandler, Onaway; Willis L. Townsend, Gaylord.
Thirtieth District .- Albert E. Sharpe, Sault Ste. Marie; Frank D. Mead, Escanaba; William J. Oberdorffer, Stephenson.
Thirty-first District .- Richard C. Flannigan, Norway; Charles H. Watson, Crystal Falls; David T. Morgan, Republic.
Thirty-second District .- Gordon R. Campbell, Calumet; William D. Calverley, Houghton; Calvin E. Houk, Ironwood.
The constitutional convention of 1907-8 consisted of 96 delegates, who were elected September 17, 1907, according to the provisions of Act No. 272 of 1907. Three dele- gates were elected from each of the thirty-two senatorial districts as districted by Act No. 264 of 1895. The convention convened at Lansing, October 22, 1907, and com- pleted the revision March 3, 1908. The new constitution was submitted to the people November 3, 1908, pursuant to a writ of mandamus issued out of the supreme court March 9, 1908, and adopted by a vote of 244,705 to 130,783.
(a) Resigned.
(b) Appointed November 27, 1907, vice Roswell P. Bishop, resigned.
VOTE ON REVISED CONSTITUTIONS.
VOTE ON REVISED CONSTITUTIONS.
[ADOPTED.]
1908 (a)
1908
Counties.
Counties.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
Alcona.
707
219
Lake.
431
294
Alger .
758
155
Lapeer.
1,651
1,758
Allegan
4,277
2,372
Leelanau.
834
587
Alpena.
622
372
Lenawee.
5,275
3,583
Antrim .
1,479
678
Livingston.
1,584
1,471
Arenac.
712
600
Luce
258
84
Baraga.
489
272
Mackinac.
817
360
Barry
2,401
1,650
Macomb
2,521
1,740
Bay
2,066
1,002
Manistee
2,771
1,342
Benzie.
1,044
586
Marquette
4,269
1,363
Berrien
5,156
2,459
Mason.
1,708
1,034
Branch .
2,699
2,385
Mecosta
1,922
1,155
Calhoun.
5,979
2,317
Menominee
1,692
1,171
Cass.
2,508
1,705
Midland.
1,422
1,136
Charlevoix
2,212
779
Missaukee
970
704
Cheboygan
1,599
753
Monroe
2,825
2,207
Chippewa.
2,361
719
Montcalm
2,887
2,195
Clare .
845
651
Montmorency
334
176
Clinton .
2,622
2,213
Muskegon
4,242
2,254
Crawford.
329
204
Newaygo.
1,461
1,219
Delta.
2,957
1,030
Oakland
5,533
3,403
Dickinson
1,408
455
Oceana
1,716
1,320
Eaton .
2,568
2,094
Ogemaw.
887
436
Emmet
2,003
1,047
Ontonagon
775
172
Genesee.
4,666
2,319
Osceola
1,375
1,322
Gladwin .
948
570
Oscoda.
217
163
Gogebic.
1,739
507
Otsego
567
434
Grand Traverse
2,063
1,249
Ottawa.
4,508
2,065
Gratiot
2,597
1,961
Presque Isle
1,021
680
Hillsdale.
2,633
2,215
Roscommon
322
202
Houghton.
6,394
2,408
Saginaw
3,625
3,266
Huron .
2,057
1,676
Sanilac.
2,517
2,304
Ingham.
4,478
2,378
Schoolcraft
1,067
287
Ionia
3,321
2,149
Shiawassee
3,241
2,448
Iosco
1,091
501
St. Clair.
6,319
2,157
Iron.
1,010
506
St. Joseph
2,964
2,568
Isabella.
1,701
1,814
Tuscola
3,112
1,838
Jackson.
4,585
2,600
Van Buren
4,042
1,621
Kalamazoo.
6,405
3,312
Washtenaw
4,033
2,645
Kalkaska
606
361
Wayne.
45,173
13,554
Kent .
13,275
7,325
Wexford
1,936
1,347
Keweena w
511
150
Totals
244,705
130,783
(a) Submitted to the people, November, 1908.
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VOTE ON REVISED CONSTITUTIONS .- Continued. [Adopted and rejected.]
1873 (a)
1867 (b)
1850 (c)
1835 (d)
Counties.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
Alcona.
190
26
Allegan
667
3,274
1,963
2,880
509
107
49
2
Alpena
192
358
113
163
Antrim
208
110
198
79
Barry.
609
2,245
1,862
2,014
629
52
Bay
904
1,147
497
973
Benzie.
249
207
2,416
3,761
989
255
282
11
Branch .
794
2,942
2,295
2,370
1,280
198
29
32
Calhoun.
1,088
3,756
3,329
3,656
2,340
180
228
13
Cass.
713
2,697
1,190
2,371
1,069
323
345
20
Charlevoix
162
131
14
132
16
18
20
. 2
Clinton
647
3,033
1,465
2,596
555
92
(e) 84
(e)
6
Delta.
730
36
49
127
Eaton .
1,134
2,446
1,786
2,522
809
204
Emmet
60
17
159
171
Genesee.
1,188
3,366
2,254
3,323
1,109
297
Gd. Traverse
351
262
682
257
Gratiot
542
1,153
808
917
Hillsdale
965
4,071
2,922
2,969
1,360
152
97
Houghton
162
672
212
911
40
43
Huron.
525
642
375
554
Ingham
1,191
3,424
2,193
2,846
1,000
300
(e)
(e)
Iosco
289
220
153
218
Isabella.
290
489
282
334
Jackson.
837
4,756
2,401
4,100
1,810
597
217
18
Kalkaska
115
101
Kent
2,028
4,910
3,441
4,153
1,225
248
(e)
(e)
Keweenaw
119
187
218
483
Lake.
108
200
Lapeer.
787
1,793
1,087
2,264
505
258
76
27
Leelanau
370
162
334
238
Lenawee
1,172
6,451
3,980
5,071
2,692
246
436
26
Livingston
583
3,206
1,272
2,669
1,519
306
Mackinac
36
88
33
101
20
88
33
4
Macomb
640
2,904
1,570
2,877
1,294
582
447
98
Manistee
277
688
338
227
Marquette
380
642
Mason
224
351
192
232
(a) Submitted to the people, November, 1874.
(b) Submitted to the people, April, 1868.
c) Submitted to the people, November, 1850.
(d) Submitted to the people, November, 1835.
(e) Clinton, Ionia, Kent and Ottawa returned together.
453
15
Kalamazoo
770
4,259
2,219
3,430
1,140
228
Chippewa
63
7
84
90
Clare .
122
90
Berrien .
1,070
3,417
Cheboygan
85
111
1,999
2,677
842
144
Ionia
525
3,886
Manitou ..
VOTE ON REVISED CONSTITUTIONS.
VOTE ON REVISED CONSTITUTIONS .- Concluded.
1873 (a)
1867 (b)
1850 (c)
1835 (d)
Counties.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
Mecosta.
487
421
333
474
Menominee.
147
22
27
56
Midland.
454
373
179
202
Missaukee.
60
25
1,365
3,080
1,429
64
376
84
Montcalm
596
1,754
776
1,125
130
9
Muskegon.
584
1,266
761
912
Newaygo.
372
362
440
475
Oakland .
907
5,574
2,760
4,964
2,530
1,384
915
499
Oceana .
329
1,026
661
548
Ontonagon
105
168
115
384
Osceola .
325
322
Ottawa
704
2,227
1,236
2,289
314
133 148
(e)
(e)
Sanilac .
149
1,383
572
892
91
70
Schoolcraft.
46
9
Shiawassee
607
2,918
1,423
2,024
549
275
St. Clair
1,025
3,058
1,493
3,120
· 633
230
100
20
St. Joseph.
917
2,886
1,901
2,899
1,411
256
163
14
Tuscola ..
411
1,072
866
968
54
1
Van Buren
666
3,159
1,863
3,214
648
160
Washtenaw.
1,432
4,785
2,950
4,754
3,082
309
1,030
150
Wayne
3,232
8,727
3,888
10,379
2,407
1,476
1,282
325
Wexford
123
265
Totals .
39,285
124,034
71,733
110,582
36,169
9,433
6,752
1,374
(a) Submitted to the people, November, 1874.
(b) Submitted to the people, April, 1868.
(c) Submitted to the people, November, 1850.
(d) Submitted to the people, November, 1835.
(e) Clinton, Ionia, Kent and Ottawa returned together.
93
90
8
Saginaw
885
3,577
1,739
3,067
139
Monroe .
561
3,722
74
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
VOTE ON CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
[Adopted and rejected.]
1906. (b)
1904. (c)
1898. (d)
Counties.
Total No. votes. (a)
Total No. voters.
Total No. voters.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
Alcona .
742
436
306
1,036
386
128
814
294
88
Alger.
1,182
878
304
1,333
578
196
1,120
340
139
Allegan
5,420
3,077
2,343
7,598
2,358
2,583
6,571
2,066
2,743
Alpena
2,856
1,668
1,188
3,604
1,725
911
2,993
1,068
816
Antrim
1,885
1,334
551
3,154
1,281
721
1,781
877
628
Arenac
1,648
1,025
623
1,991
509
515
1,422
826
353
Baraga
777
556
221
769
376
173
909
534
153
Barry
3,462
1,919
1,543
5,862
1,219
1,292
5,484
1,675
2,427
Bay
4,371
2,676
1,695
11,036
2,621
3,222
9,629
4,596
2,223
Benzie.
1,082
689
393
2,154
592
444
1,406
780
447
Berrien
8,008
5,402
2,606
11,659
3,868
2,709
10,491
4,914
3,247
Branch .
4,129
1,837
2,292
6,313
2,206
1,825
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