1916 United States Senate election in Michigan

1916 United States Senate election in Michigan

← 1911 November 7, 1916 1922 →
 
Nominee Charles E. Townsend Lawrence Price
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 364,657 257,954
Percentage 56.34% 39.85%

County results
Townsend:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Price:      40–50%

U.S. senator before election

Charles E. Townsend
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Charles E. Townsend
Republican

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.