1920 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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Article ImagesThe 1920 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. Primary elections were held on September 7, 1920.
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County results 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.
- 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
- Robert Bruce McCoy, general in the National Guard, former Monroe County Court judge and Mayor of Sparta
- William Coleman, union organizer, unsuccessful candidate for the Wisconsin House of Representatives in 1908
- Henry H. Tubbs, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in 1904
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[4] | John J. Blaine Republican |
Robert B. McCoy Democratic |
William Coleman Socialist |
Henry H. Tubbs Prohibition |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
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 Republican to Democratic
- ^ Blaine's margin over Coleman
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- ^ 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.
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