Governor In 1882, Begole was gubernatorial candidate of the Greenback and Democratic parties, defeating the Republican incumbent David Jerome by over 7,000 votes. He served one term from 1883 to 1885. As a former Republican who ousted a Republican incumbent, Begole faced many obstacles with a Republican-dominated legislature. As a result, the establishment of the state bureau of labor statistics was one of the few acts that was approved. He ran for re-election in 1884, but was defeated by Republican Russell Alger, after which he resumed his former business activities. He was an early activist for women's suffrage, and in 1884 Begole became vice president of the first statewide suffrage organization, the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association. Retirement and death Begole died at the age of eighty-one in Flint and is interred in Glenwood Cemetery there. References The Political Graveyard Begole's biography from the public domain Portrait & Biographical Album of Ingham and Livingston Counties, Michigan, published Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1891 National Governors Association 1815 births 1896 deaths American Presbyterians City and town treasurers in the United States County treasurers in Michigan Governors of Michigan Michigan Democrats Michigan Greenbacks Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan Michigan state senators People from Groveland, New York Politicians from Flint, Michigan Burials at Glenwood Cemetery (Flint, Michigan) Democratic Party governors of Michigan 19th-century American politicians