The 1920 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. Primary elections were held on September 7, 1920.
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Blaine: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% McCoy: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Republican candidate John J. Blaine won the election with 52.98% of the vote, winning his first of three terms as Governor of Wisconsin due to the popularity of Emanuel L. Philipp and it would lead to his victorious campaigns for U.S. Senate. Blaine defeated Democratic Party candidate Robert McCoy, Socialist candidate William Coleman and Prohibition Party candidate Henry H. Tubbs.
Primary election
editRepublican party
editCandidates
edit- John J. Blaine, incumbent Attorney General of Wisconsin
- 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
Results
editParty | 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
editCandidates
edit- Robert Bruce McCoy, general in the National Guard, former Monroe County Court judge and Mayor of Sparta
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert B. McCoy | 22,435 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 22,435 | 100.00% |
Socialist party
editCandidates
edit- William Coleman, union organizer, unsuccessful candidate for the Wisconsin House of Representatives in 1908
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Socialist | William Coleman | 33,213 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 33,213 | 100.00% |
Prohibition party
editCandidates
edit- Henry H. Tubbs, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in 1904
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Prohibition | Henry H. Tubbs | 2,663 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 2,663 | 100.00% |
General election
editResults
editParty | 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
editMcCoy 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[4] | 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
editCounties that flipped from Socialist to Republican
editCounties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editNotes
edit- ^ Blaine's margin over Coleman
References
edit- ^ "Seaman, Gilbert Edmund 1869 – 1941". www.wisconsinhistory.org. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ 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
edit- 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.