1920 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1920 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920.
Primary elections
were held on September 7, 1920.
Republican candidate John J. Blaine won the election with 52.98% of the vote, winning his first of three terms as Governor of Wisconsin. Blaine defeated Democratic Party candidate Robert McCoy, Socialist candidate William Coleman and Prohibition Party candidate Henry H. Tubbs.
Republican party
Candidates
Nominee
- John J. Blaine, incumbent Attorney General of Wisconsin
Eliminated in primary
- Edward Dithmar, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
- Merlin Hull, incumbent Secretary of State of Wisconsin
- Gilbert E. Seaman, regent of the University of Wisconsin[1]
- James N. Tittemore, unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for Governor in 1918
- Roy P. Wilcox, incumbent State Senator, unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for Governor in 1918
Declined
- Joseph D. Beck, former chairman of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission (1915–1917)[2]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John J. Blaine | 113,001 | 29.87% | |
| Republican | Roy P. Wilcox | 102,199 | 27.02% | |
| Republican | Gilbert E. Seaman | 59,008 | 15.60% | |
| Republican | Merlin Hull | 45,308 | 11.98% | |
| Republican | Edward F. Dithmar | 31,399 | 8.30% | |
| Republican | James N. Tittemore | 27,348 | 7.23% | |
| Total votes | 378,263 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic party
Nominee
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert B. McCoy | 22,435 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 22,435 | 100.00% | ||
Socialist party
Nominee
- Wisconsin House of Representativesin 1908
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | William Coleman | 33,213 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 33,213 | 100.00% | ||
Prohibition party
Nominee
- Henry H. Tubbs, Prohibition nominee for 1904
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Henry H. Tubbs | 2,663 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 2,663 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John J. Blaine | 366,247 | 52.98% | +5.99% | |
| Democratic | Robert B. McCoy | 247,746 | 35.84% | +1.89% | |
| Socialist | William Coleman | 71,126 | 10.29% | −7.06% | |
| Prohibition | Henry H. Tubbs | 6,047 | 0.87% | −0.72% | |
| Scattering | 128 | 0.02% | |||
| Majority | 118,501 | 17.14% | |||
| Total votes | 691,294 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | +4.11% | |||
Results by county
McCoy was the first Democrat to ever win Rock County. He was also the first Democrat since Nelson Dewey in 1848 to win Walworth County and the first since George W. Peck in 1892 to win Oneida County.
| County[5] | John J. Blaine Republican |
Robert B. McCoy Democratic |
William Coleman Socialist |
Henry H. Tubbs Prohibition |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,319 | 67.75% | 574 | 29.48% | 32 | 1.64% | 21 | 1.08% | 1 | 0.05% | 745 | 38.26% | 1,947 |
| Ashland | 3,172 | 56.42% | 2,199 | 39.11% | 188 | 3.34% | 62 | 1.10% | 1 | 0.02% | 973 | 17.31% | 5,622 |
| Barron | 5,141 | 64.34% | 2,637 | 33.00% | 87 | 1.09% | 121 | 1.51% | 4 | 0.05% | 2,504 | 31.34% | 7,990 |
| Bayfield | 2,059 | 61.78% | 1,033 | 30.99% | 193 | 5.79% | 47 | 1.41% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,026 | 30.78% | 3,333 |
| Brown | 7,413 | 51.71% | 6,076 | 42.39% | 736 | 5.13% | 109 | 0.76% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,337 | 9.33% | 14,335 |
| Buffalo | 2,553 | 73.13% | 801 | 22.94% | 109 | 3.12% | 27 | 0.77% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,752 | 50.19% | 3,491 |
| Burnett | 1,937 | 77.95% | 360 | 14.49% | 135 | 5.43% | 52 | 2.09% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,577 | 63.46% | 2,485 |
| Calumet | 3,325 | 70.55% | 930 | 19.73% | 423 | 8.98% | 35 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,395 | 50.82% | 4,713 |
| Chippewa | 5,171 | 63.56% | 2,794 | 34.35% | 84 | 1.03% | 84 | 1.03% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,377 | 29.22% | 8,135 |
| Clark | 4,822 | 62.11% | 2,160 | 27.82% | 668 | 8.60% | 114 | 1.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,662 | 34.29% | 7,764 |
| Columbia | 5,548 | 62.74% | 3,189 | 36.06% | 57 | 0.64% | 48 | 0.54% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,359 | 26.68% | 8,843 |
| Crawford | 2,853 | 59.15% | 1,898 | 39.35% | 24 | 0.50% | 48 | 1.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 955 | 19.80% | 4,823 |
| Dane | 18,109 | 61.89% | 10,796 | 36.90% | 153 | 0.52% | 197 | 0.67% | 6 | 0.02% | 7,313 | 24.99% | 29,261 |
| Dodge | 8,554 | 59.27% | 4,911 | 34.03% | 887 | 6.15% | 79 | 0.55% | 2 | 0.01% | 3,643 | 25.24% | 14,433 |
| Door | 3,001 | 72.35% | 1,054 | 25.41% | 58 | 1.40% | 35 | 0.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,947 | 46.94% | 4,148 |
| Douglas | 6,285 | 59.24% | 3,709 | 34.96% | 506 | 4.77% | 107 | 1.01% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,576 | 24.28% | 10,609 |
| Dunn | 4,049 | 64.42% | 2,054 | 32.68% | 61 | 0.97% | 116 | 1.85% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,995 | 31.74% | 6,285 |
| Eau Claire | 5,095 | 55.03% | 3,972 | 42.90% | 75 | 0.81% | 111 | 1.20% | 6 | 0.06% | 1,123 | 12.13% | 9,259 |
| Florence | 758 | 76.18% | 203 | 20.40% | 20 | 2.01% | 14 | 1.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 555 | 55.78% | 995 |
| Fond du Lac | 9,361 | 56.72% | 6,645 | 40.27% | 374 | 2.27% | 123 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,716 | 16.46% | 16,503 |
| Forest | 944 | 50.83% | 868 | 46.74% | 33 | 1.78% | 12 | 0.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 76 | 4.09% | 1,857 |
| Grant | 6,996 | 59.29% | 4,613 | 39.10% | 50 | 0.42% | 132 | 1.12% | 8 | 0.07% | 2,383 | 20.20% | 11,799 |
| Green | 3,974 | 62.98% | 2,160 | 34.23% | 42 | 0.67% | 132 | 2.09% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,814 | 28.75% | 6,310 |
| Green Lake | 2,381 | 53.45% | 1,885 | 42.31% | 152 | 3.41% | 37 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 496 | 11.13% | 4,455 |
| Iowa | 3,767 | 57.81% | 2,610 | 40.06% | 21 | 0.32% | 114 | 1.75% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,157 | 17.76% | 6,516 |
| Iron | 1,426 | 69.83% | 486 | 23.80% | 103 | 5.04% | 27 | 1.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 940 | 46.03% | 2,042 |
| Jackson | 2,838 | 68.19% | 1,227 | 29.48% | 45 | 1.08% | 44 | 1.06% | 8 | 0.19% | 1,611 | 38.71% | 4,162 |
| Jefferson | 6,195 | 56.32% | 4,623 | 42.03% | 93 | 0.85% | 88 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,572 | 14.29% | 10,999 |
| Juneau | 3,196 | 60.70% | 1,935 | 36.75% | 85 | 1.61% | 46 | 0.87% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,261 | 23.95% | 5,265 |
| Kenosha | 5,450 | 44.13% | 6,227 | 50.42% | 611 | 4.95% | 62 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -777 | -6.29% | 12,350 |
| Kewaunee | 2,354 | 72.72% | 807 | 24.93% | 60 | 1.85% | 16 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,547 | 47.79% | 3,237 |
| La Crosse | 8,178 | 60.40% | 4,970 | 36.71% | 217 | 1.60% | 164 | 1.21% | 11 | 0.08% | 3,208 | 23.69% | 13,540 |
| Lafayette | 3,782 | 59.03% | 2,525 | 39.41% | 19 | 0.30% | 78 | 1.22% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,257 | 19.62% | 6,407 |
| Langlade | 2,700 | 44.66% | 3,273 | 54.13% | 55 | 0.91% | 18 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | -573 | -9.48% | 6,046 |
| Lincoln | 3,085 | 60.44% | 1,603 | 31.41% | 375 | 7.35% | 40 | 0.78% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,482 | 29.04% | 5,104 |
| Manitowoc | 6,834 | 51.97% | 3,540 | 26.92% | 2,728 | 20.75% | 48 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,294 | 25.05% | 13,150 |
| Marathon | 7,729 | 45.11% | 5,402 | 31.53% | 3,903 | 22.78% | 96 | 0.56% | 4 | 0.02% | 2,327 | 13.58% | 17,134 |
| Marinette | 4,795 | 60.66% | 2,564 | 32.44% | 458 | 5.79% | 88 | 1.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,231 | 28.22% | 7,905 |
| Marquette | 1,808 | 58.70% | 1,221 | 39.64% | 30 | 0.97% | 21 | 0.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 587 | 19.06% | 3,080 |
| Milwaukee | 54,594 | 38.56% | 41,958 | 29.63% | 44,418 | 31.37% | 619 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 10,176[a] | 7.19% | 141,589 |
| Monroe | 5,004 | 61.46% | 2,969 | 36.47% | 70 | 0.86% | 99 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,035 | 24.99% | 8,142 |
| Oconto | 3,935 | 65.19% | 1,903 | 31.53% | 157 | 2.60% | 39 | 0.65% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,032 | 33.66% | 6,036 |
| Oneida | 1,571 | 43.42% | 1,704 | 47.10% | 315 | 8.71% | 26 | 0.72% | 2 | 0.06% | -133 | -3.68% | 3,618 |
| Outagamie | 7,691 | 54.12% | 6,246 | 43.95% | 179 | 1.26% | 94 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,445 | 10.17% | 14,210 |
| Ozaukee | 3,167 | 69.09% | 1,189 | 25.94% | 210 | 4.58% | 18 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,978 | 43.15% | 4,584 |
| Pepin | 1,113 | 55.32% | 843 | 41.90% | 30 | 1.49% | 25 | 1.24% | 1 | 0.05% | 270 | 13.42% | 2,012 |
| Pierce | 3,134 | 60.41% | 1,917 | 36.95% | 77 | 1.48% | 58 | 1.12% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,217 | 23.46% | 5,188 |
| Polk | 4,146 | 71.98% | 1,386 | 24.06% | 131 | 2.27% | 97 | 1.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,760 | 47.92% | 5,760 |
| Portage | 4,429 | 52.22% | 3,894 | 45.91% | 109 | 1.29% | 48 | 0.57% | 2 | 0.02% | 535 | 6.31% | 8,482 |
| Price | 2,607 | 65.72% | 1,011 | 25.49% | 317 | 7.99% | 32 | 0.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,596 | 40.23% | 3,967 |
| Racine | 8,181 | 41.87% | 9,953 | 50.94% | 1,205 | 6.17% | 201 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,772 | -9.07% | 19,540 |
| Richland | 2,760 | 53.58% | 2,187 | 42.46% | 26 | 0.50% | 176 | 3.42% | 2 | 0.04% | 573 | 11.12% | 5,151 |
| Rock | 8,618 | 46.07% | 9,678 | 51.73% | 167 | 0.89% | 240 | 1.28% | 4 | 0.02% | -1,060 | -5.67% | 18,707 |
| Rusk | 2,078 | 63.92% | 1,000 | 30.76% | 118 | 3.63% | 55 | 1.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,078 | 33.16% | 3,251 |
| Sauk | 5,582 | 59.21% | 3,585 | 38.03% | 37 | 0.39% | 216 | 2.29% | 8 | 0.08% | 1,997 | 21.18% | 9,428 |
| Sawyer | 1,178 | 57.83% | 776 | 38.10% | 56 | 2.75% | 26 | 1.28% | 1 | 0.05% | 402 | 19.73% | 2,037 |
| Shawano | 5,036 | 64.23% | 1,421 | 18.13% | 1,335 | 17.03% | 46 | 0.59% | 2 | 0.03% | 3,615 | 46.11% | 7,840 |
| Sheboygan | 8,466 | 49.28% | 5,255 | 30.59% | 3,384 | 19.70% | 73 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,211 | 18.69% | 17,178 |
| St. Croix | 4,251 | 56.61% | 3,123 | 41.59% | 56 | 0.75% | 78 | 1.04% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,128 | 15.02% | 7,509 |
| Taylor | 2,009 | 54.05% | 992 | 26.69% | 681 | 18.32% | 35 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,017 | 27.36% | 3,717 |
| Trempealeau | 3,600 | 65.66% | 1,790 | 32.65% | 25 | 0.46% | 64 | 1.17% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,810 | 33.01% | 5,483 |
| Vernon | 4,685 | 71.91% | 1,645 | 25.25% | 25 | 0.38% | 159 | 2.44% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,040 | 46.66% | 6,515 |
| Vilas | 696 | 52.85% | 450 | 34.17% | 160 | 12.15% | 11 | 0.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 246 | 18.68% | 1,317 |
| Walworth | 4,913 | 47.71% | 5,074 | 49.27% | 64 | 0.62% | 245 | 2.38% | 2 | 0.02% | -161 | -1.56% | 10,298 |
| Washburn | 1,506 | 60.43% | 875 | 35.11% | 79 | 3.17% | 31 | 1.24% | 1 | 0.04% | 631 | 25.32% | 2,492 |
| Washington | 5,194 | 68.51% | 1,971 | 26.00% | 374 | 4.93% | 34 | 0.45% | 8 | 0.11% | 3,223 | 42.51% | 7,581 |
| Waukesha | 5,593 | 46.77% | 5,898 | 49.32% | 361 | 3.02% | 106 | 0.89% | 0 | 0.00% | -305 | -2.55% | 11,958 |
| Waupaca | 6,169 | 62.83% | 3,082 | 31.39% | 503 | 5.12% | 59 | 0.60% | 6 | 0.06% | 3,087 | 31.44% | 9,819 |
| Waushara | 2,702 | 56.00% | 1,949 | 40.39% | 145 | 3.01% | 28 | 0.58% | 1 | 0.02% | 753 | 15.61% | 4,825 |
| Winnebago | 7,814 | 46.20% | 8,005 | 47.32% | 969 | 5.73% | 127 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | -191 | -1.13% | 16,915 |
| Wood | 4,868 | 49.61% | 3,483 | 35.49% | 1,393 | 14.20% | 69 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,385 | 14.11% | 9,813 |
| Total | 366,247 | 52.98% | 247,746 | 35.84% | 71,126 | 10.29% | 6,047 | 0.87% | 128 | 0.02% | 118,501 | 17.14% | 691,294 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Socialist to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Notes
- ^ Blaine's margin over Coleman
References
- ^ "Seaman, Gilbert Edmund 1869 – 1941". www.wisconsinhistory.org. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d State Printing Board (1921). "Summary of Primary Vote for Governor, 1920". The Wisconsin Blue Book. p. 70.
- ^ a b c d "County Clerk's List of Candidates". The Vilas County News. Eagle River, Wisconsin. August 25, 1920. p. 6. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of State Canvassers - Election of State Officers - November 2, 1920
Bibliography
- Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
- The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1921. 1921.