Election Name: | 1916 United States Senate election in Michigan |
Country: | Michigan |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1911 United States Senate election in Michigan |
Previous Year: | 1911 |
Next Election: | 1922 United States Senate election in Michigan |
Next Year: | 1922 |
Election Date: | November 7, 1916 |
Image1: | File:Charles Elroy Townsend.jpg |
Nominee1: | Charles E. Townsend |
Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 364,657 |
Percentage1: | 56.34% |
Nominee2: | Lawrence Price |
Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 257,954 |
Percentage2: | 39.85% |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Charles E. Townsend |
Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
After Election: | Charles E. Townsend |
After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
The 1916 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 7, 1916.
Incumbent Republican Senator Charles E. Townsend was re-elected to a second term in office over Democrat Lawrence Price.
This was the first election in Michigan held after the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which required all Senators be elected by direct popular vote.