REPUBLICANS HAVE A GREAT IMPACT

REPUBLICANS

• In 1857 the state legislature chose Zachariah Chandler as US Senator
• In 1859 another republic was elected governor and Bingham became the other senator from MI.

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• Leading up to that time, Michigan Democrats had won every election for governor except one
• For the next 78 years MI had all republican governors except for three terms.

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• On the national level, the Republicans won the next 14 out of 18 elections for president.
• Until 1932 did the Republicans make a come back