Michigan Secretary of State

Michigan Secretary of State
Secretary of State office, Ypsilanti
Secretary of State of State of Michigan
Seal of Michigan Secretary of State.svg
Incumbent
Ruth Johnson

since January 1, 2011
Appointer Popular Election
Term length 4 Years, Renewable Once
Inaugural holder Kintzing Pritchette
Formation 1937
Website www.michigan.gov/sos/

The Secretary of State is the third-ranking official in the U.S. state of Michigan and one of four great offices of state. [1] As the name implies, the officeholder was originally responsible for much of state government, but now the duties are similar to those of the other 47 secretaries of states across the United States.

Ruth Johnson is the current the secretary of state since January 1, 2011.

In Michigan, the secretary of state is not only responsible for elections, but also oversees vehicle registration and the licensing of automobile drivers, similar to a motor vehicles regulator in other states. The officeholder also oversees and regulates notaries public.

Under state law, the secretary of state must have at least one office in each of Michigan's 83 counties.

Courtesy title

The secretary of state receives the courtesy title of The Honorable (abbreviated to Hon. or Hon'ble) for life.


Michigan Secretaries of State Term of Service
Kintzing Pritchette 18351838
Randolph Manning 18381840
Thomas Rowland 18401842
Robert P. Eldredge 18421846
Gideon O. Whittemore 18461848
George W. Peck 18481850
George R. Redfield 1850
Charles H. Taylor 18501852
William Graves 18531854
John McKinney 18551858
Nelson G. Isbell 18591860
James B. Porter 18611866
Oliver L. Spaulding 18671870
Daniel Striker 18711874
Ebenezer G. D. Holden 18751878
William Jenney 18791882
Harry A. Conant 18831886
Gilbert R. Osmun 18871890
Daniel E. Soper 1891
Robert R. Blacker 18911892
John W. Jochim 18931894
Washington Gardner 18941898
Justus S. Stearns 18991900
Fred M. Warner 19011904
George A. Prescott 19051908
Frederick C. Martindale 19091914
Coleman C. Vaughan 19151920
Charles J. DeLand 19211926
John S. Haggerty 19271930
Frank D. Fitzgerald 19311934
Clarke W. Brown 1934
Orville E. Atwood 19351936
Leon D. Case 1937, 1938
Harry F. Kelly 19391942
Herman H. Dignan 19431946
Fred M. Alger, Jr. 19471952
Owen J. Cleary 19531954
James M. Hare 19551971
Richard H. Austin 1971-1994
Candice S. Miller 1995-2003
Terri Lynn Land 2003-2011
Ruth Johnson 2011-Present

Source: Michigan Manual 2003-2004, Chapter IV, Former Officials of Michigan

References

  1. ^ Michigan.gov

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