| Election Name: | 1835 Michigan gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Michigan |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Election: | 1837 Michigan gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1837 |
| Election Date: | October 5, 1835 |
| Turnout: | 29.32% |
| Nominee1: | Stevens T. Mason |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 8,461 |
| Percentage1: | 91.22% |
| Nominee2: | John Biddle |
| Party2: | Whig Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 814 |
| Percentage2: | 8.78% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | John S. Horner as Territorial Governor |
| After Election: | Stevens T. Mason |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1835 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on October 5, 1835. Democrat nominee Stevens T. Mason defeated Whig nominee John Biddle with 91.22% of the vote. This was the first election in which Michigan voted in their Governor as a state.
Major party candidates
Results provided by United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776 1860: The Official Results By State And County.[1]
Note: Counties listed may not match modern-day county names or borders. Names, vote numbers and percentages taken from above reference.
| County | Stevens T. Mason (D) | John Biddle (W) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Votes | Percentage | Votes | ||
| Allegan | 100% | 67 | 0% | 0 | |
| Berrien | 100% | 308 | 0% | 0 | |
| Branch | 100% | 77 | 0% | 0 | |
| Calhoun | 100% | 241 | 0% | 0 | |
| Cass | 84.8% | 356 | 15.2% | 64 | |
| Chippewa | 100% | 53 | 0% | 0 | |
| Clinton, Ionia, Kent, Ottawa | 99.8% | 1,026 | 0.2% | 2 | |
| Hillsdale | 93.8% | 105 | 6.2% | 7 | |
| Jackson | 97.9% | 274 | 2.1% | 6 | |
| Kalamazoo | 94.7% | 431 | 5.3% | 24 | |
| Lapeer | 87.3% | 89 | 12.7% | 13 | |
| Lenawee | 97% | 456 | 3% | 14 | |
| Macomb | 91.7% | 455 | 8.3% | 41 | |
| Michilimackinac | 100% | 112 | 0% | 0 | |
| Monroe | 99.8% | 432 | 0.2% | 1 | |
| Oakland | 63.7% | 942 | 36.3% | 536 | |
| St. Clair | 97.6% | 166 | 2.4% | 4 | |
| St. Joseph | 99.5% | 207 | 0.5% | 1 | |
| Saginaw | 100% | 100 | 0% | 0 | |
| Washtenaw | 100% | 1,074 | 0% | 0 | |
| Wayne | 93.7% | 1,490 | 6.3% | 101 | |
| Totals | 91.2% | 8,461 | 8.8% | 814 |