Earl Michener

★ U.S. Representative

Born: November 30, 1876
Died: July 4, 1957
Age at death: 80
Home state: Michigan
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1918–1948

Career timeline

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15-1

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Michener877,243

Opponents535,607

Elections run

Between 1918 and 1948, Earl Michener ran in 16 U.S. House elections, winning 15 and losing 1. Michener's biggest single-election total was 86,804 votes, in the 1928 U.S. House election in Michigan's District 2. Michener's closest win came in the 1934 U.S. House election in Michigan's District 2, decided by 1,147 votes.

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How many votes has Earl Michener received?

Earl Michener has received 877,243 popular votes across 16 U.S. elections, with a career record of 15–1.

Election history

Earl Michener’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1948	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	65,00655.78%	Preston W Slosson Blanche Winters J M Geist Jesse M Miller
1946	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	66,48671.16%	Selden D Kelley Clarence Decan (head-to-head) Alva M Cummins
1944	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	80,59464.76%	Redmond M Burr (head-to-head) Clarence Decan (head-to-head)
1942	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	40,43963.1%	Redmond M Burr (head-to-head) Adelaide Sewell
1940	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	72,23562.26%	Redmond M Burr (head-to-head) Thomas J Haynes
1938	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	58,92164.43%	Walter C Averill Jr. Eugene L Howard William H Taylor
1936	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	53,84551.73%	Orrien E Downing
1934	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	40,11950.16%	John C Lehr James H McFarlan Smith Edward P Allen Harold Franklin Cecil R Irelan
1932	U.S. HouseMichigan	Lost	49,25748.28%	John Lehr Harold P Marley Ira Welsh
1930	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	41,47857.97%	Edward Frensdorf William Nowell
1928	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	86,80473.55%	Grover L Morden
1926	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	38,18266.73%	Boyez Dansard
1924	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	69,68073.8%	James W Helme (head-to-head)
1922	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	31,50957.39%	James W Helme (head-to-head)
1920	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	61,85770.89%	Thomas F Moore (head-to-head) James W Helme (head-to-head) Edward S Townsend William B Brietmayer
1918	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	20,83155.7%	Samuel Beakes Milton Breitmayer V Thomas F Moore (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (M000693) and Wikidata (Q1248070). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Earl Michener: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/earl-michener. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.