1918 United States Senate election in Michigan information
1918 United States Senate election in Michigan
← 1913
November 5, 1918
1924 →
Turnout
15.60%
Nominee
Truman Newberry
Henry Ford
Party
Republican
Democratic
Popular vote
220,054
212,487
Percentage
50.19%
48.47%
County Results
Newberry: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Ford: 40-50% 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election
William Alden Smith
Republican
Elected U.S. Senator
Truman Handy Newberry
Republican
The 1918 United States Senate election in Michigan took place on November 5, 1918. Incumbent Republican Senator William Alden Smith did not seek re-election to a third term in office. In the race to succeed him, Republican former Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry defeated the automobile industrialist Henry Ford. Ford first challenged Newberry in the Republican primary and lost and then faced Newberry again, running as the Democratic nominee in the general election.
The race was highly controversial for campaign spending practices by both major candidates, with Newberry also hammering Ford for his pacifism during World War I, his antisemitism, and for helping his son Edsel avoid the draft.[1] Newberry narrowly won the election but was ultimately forced to resign from the Senate under scrutiny for his campaign spending in this race.
^Glass, Andrew (January 12, 2018). "Senator 'condemned' for excessive campaign spending, Jan. 12, 1922". Politico. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
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