1918 United States Senate election in Michigan

1918 United States Senate election in Michigan

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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.