1900 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1900 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900.
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November 6, 1900
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 County results La Follette : 40â50% 50â60% 60â70% 70â80% 80â90% Bomrich : 40â50% 50â60% 60â70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Republican nominee Robert M. La Follette defeated Democratic nominee Louis G. Bohmrich with 59.83% of the vote.
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
- Louis G. Bohmrich, Democratic, lawyer[1]
- Robert M. La Follette, Republican, former U.S. Congressman
Other candidates
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Robert M. La Follette | 264,419 | 59.84% | +7.28% | |
| Democratic | Louis G. Bohmrich | 160,674 | 36.36% | â4.73% | |
| Prohibition | J. Burritt Smith | 9,707 | 2.20% | â0.26% | |
| Social Democratic | Howard Tuttle | 6,590 | 1.49% | 0.72% | |
| Socialist Labor | Frank R. Wilke | 509[b] | 0.12% | â0.33% | |
| Scattering | 1[c] | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 103,745 | 23.48% | |||
| Total votes | 441,900 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +12.01% | |||
Results by county
| County[3][4] | Robert M. La Follette Republican |
Louis G. Bohmrich Democratic |
J. Burritt Smith Prohibition |
Howard Tuttle Social Democratic |
Frank R. Wilke Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,529 | 78.05% | 401 | 20.47% | 26 | 1.33% | 3 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,128 | 57.58% | 1,959 |
| Ashland | 2,958 | 62.51% | 1,639 | 34.64% | 105 | 2.22% | 24 | 0.51% | 6 | 0.13% | 1,319 | 27.87% | 4,732 |
| Barron | 2,977 | 73.14% | 939 | 23.07% | 151 | 3.71% | 2 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,038 | 50.07% | 4,070 |
| Bayfield | 2,416 | 76.89% | 629 | 20.02% | 81 | 2.58% | 7 | 0.22% | 9 | 0.29% | 1,787 | 56.87% | 3,142 |
| Brown | 4,832 | 55.90% | 3,664 | 42.39% | 123 | 1.42% | 23 | 0.27% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,168 | 13.51% | 8,644 |
| Buffalo | 2,074 | 61.95% | 1,223 | 36.53% | 50 | 1.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 851 | 25.42% | 3,348 |
| Burnett | 1,133 | 81.22% | 195 | 13.98% | 53 | 3.80% | 5 | 0.36% | 9 | 0.65% | 938 | 67.24% | 1,395 |
| Calumet | 1,594 | 44.11% | 1,939 | 53.65% | 56 | 1.55% | 21 | 0.58% | 4 | 0.11% | -345 | -9.55% | 3,614 |
| Chippewa | 4,189 | 61.58% | 2,457 | 36.12% | 142 | 2.09% | 11 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,732 | 25.46% | 6,802 |
| Clark | 3,829 | 74.31% | 1,178 | 22.86% | 127 | 2.46% | 13 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.12% | 2,651 | 51.45% | 5,153 |
| Columbia | 4,803 | 66.44% | 2,139 | 29.59% | 267 | 3.69% | 18 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,664 | 36.85% | 7,229 |
| Crawford | 2,332 | 62.47% | 1,354 | 36.27% | 45 | 1.21% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 978 | 26.20% | 3,733 |
| Dane | 9,837 | 61.20% | 5,750 | 35.77% | 465 | 2.89% | 18 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.02% | 4,087 | 25.43% | 16,073 |
| Dodge | 4,735 | 43.86% | 5,882 | 54.49% | 170 | 1.57% | 6 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.02% | -1,147 | -10.63% | 10,795 |
| Door | 2,363 | 76.77% | 659 | 21.41% | 54 | 1.75% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,704 | 55.36% | 3,078 |
| Douglas | 4,410 | 64.44% | 2,156 | 31.50% | 167 | 2.44% | 94 | 1.37% | 17 | 0.25% | 2,254 | 32.93% | 6,844 |
| Dunn | 3,061 | 70.53% | 1,138 | 26.22% | 137 | 3.16% | 3 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,923 | 44.31% | 4,340 |
| Eau Claire | 4,218 | 64.25% | 2,110 | 32.14% | 189 | 2.88% | 43 | 0.65% | 5 | 0.08% | 2,108 | 32.11% | 6,565 |
| Florence | 511 | 79.10% | 113 | 17.49% | 17 | 2.63% | 3 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.31% | 398 | 61.61% | 646 |
| Fond du Lac | 6,104 | 52.71% | 5,252 | 45.35% | 206 | 1.78% | 16 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.02% | 852 | 7.36% | 11,580 |
| Forest | 385 | 79.06% | 85 | 17.45% | 16 | 3.29% | 1 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 300 | 61.60% | 487 |
| Grant | 5,683 | 61.96% | 3,192 | 34.80% | 272 | 2.97% | 22 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,491 | 27.16% | 9,172 |
| Green | 3,038 | 61.14% | 1,748 | 35.18% | 146 | 2.94% | 37 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,290 | 25.96% | 4,969 |
| Green Lake | 2,070 | 55.99% | 1,540 | 41.66% | 83 | 2.25% | 4 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 530 | 14.34% | 3,697 |
| Iowa | 3,355 | 64.08% | 1,690 | 32.28% | 180 | 3.44% | 11 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,665 | 31.80% | 5,236 |
| Iron | 1,322 | 76.82% | 357 | 20.74% | 39 | 2.27% | 2 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.06% | 965 | 56.07% | 1,721 |
| Jackson | 2,651 | 78.09% | 641 | 18.88% | 101 | 2.97% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,010 | 59.20% | 3,395 |
| Jefferson | 3,733 | 46.25% | 4,160 | 51.54% | 170 | 2.11% | 7 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.01% | -427 | -5.29% | 8,071 |
| Juneau | 2,932 | 63.70% | 1,571 | 34.13% | 98 | 2.13% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,361 | 29.57% | 4,603 |
| Kenosha | 2,946 | 56.24% | 2,213 | 42.25% | 60 | 1.15% | 16 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.06% | 733 | 13.99% | 5,238 |
| Kewaunee | 1,727 | 49.31% | 1,738 | 49.63% | 34 | 0.97% | 3 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | -11 | -0.31% | 3,502 |
| La Crosse | 5,345 | 58.45% | 3,599 | 39.35% | 192 | 2.10% | 8 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,746 | 19.09% | 9,145 |
| Lafayette | 2,903 | 56.79% | 2,066 | 40.41% | 141 | 2.76% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 837 | 16.37% | 5,112 |
| Langlade | 1,546 | 56.42% | 1,140 | 41.61% | 44 | 1.61% | 5 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.18% | 406 | 14.82% | 2,740 |
| Lincoln | 2,053 | 54.43% | 1,629 | 43.19% | 75 | 1.99% | 13 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.05% | 424 | 11.24% | 3,772 |
| Manitowoc | 4,279 | 48.95% | 4,230 | 48.39% | 66 | 0.76% | 162 | 1.85% | 4 | 0.05% | 49 | 0.56% | 8,741 |
| Marathon | 4,480 | 51.60% | 4,018 | 46.27% | 130 | 1.50% | 22 | 0.25% | 33 | 0.38% | 462 | 5.32% | 8,683 |
| Marinette | 4,208 | 70.52% | 1,570 | 26.31% | 175 | 2.93% | 10 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.07% | 2,638 | 44.21% | 5,967 |
| Marquette | 1,563 | 63.10% | 867 | 35.00% | 47 | 1.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 696 | 28.10% | 2,477 |
| Milwaukee | 34,598 | 52.30% | 25,901 | 39.16% | 729 | 1.10% | 4,673 | 7.06% | 247 | 0.37% | 8,697 | 13.15% | 66,148 |
| Monroe | 3,727 | 60.49% | 2,248 | 36.49% | 186 | 3.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,479 | 24.01% | 6,161 |
| Oconto | 2,694 | 68.22% | 1,179 | 29.86% | 72 | 1.82% | 2 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,515 | 38.36% | 3,949 |
| Oneida | 1,802 | 70.20% | 719 | 28.01% | 34 | 1.32% | 10 | 0.39% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,083 | 42.19% | 2,567 |
| Outagamie | 5,116 | 53.68% | 4,158 | 43.63% | 224 | 2.35% | 30 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.03% | 958 | 10.05% | 9,531 |
| Ozaukee | 1,275 | 38.46% | 1,990 | 60.03% | 35 | 1.06% | 14 | 0.42% | 1 | 0.03% | -715 | -21.57% | 3,315 |
| Pepin | 1,077 | 67.14% | 493 | 30.74% | 34 | 2.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 584 | 36.41% | 1,604 |
| Pierce | 3,439 | 73.01% | 1,034 | 21.95% | 232 | 4.93% | 4 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,405 | 51.06% | 4,710 |
| Polk | 2,780 | 78.66% | 659 | 18.65% | 71 | 2.01% | 13 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.28% | 2,121 | 60.02% | 3,534[d] |
| Portage | 3,271 | 54.44% | 2,645 | 44.02% | 85 | 1.41% | 6 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.03% | 626 | 10.42% | 6,009 |
| Price | 1,733 | 74.38% | 533 | 22.88% | 49 | 2.10% | 13 | 0.56% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,200 | 51.50% | 2,330 |
| Racine | 5,748 | 56.73% | 4,019 | 39.66% | 234 | 2.31% | 125 | 1.23% | 7 | 0.07% | 1,729 | 17.06% | 10,133 |
| Richland | 2,574 | 59.56% | 1,505 | 34.82% | 233 | 5.39% | 10 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,069 | 24.73% | 4,322 |
| Rock | 8,253 | 70.26% | 3,073 | 26.16% | 389 | 3.31% | 25 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.05% | 5,180 | 44.10% | 11,746 |
| Sauk | 4,357 | 61.22% | 2,478 | 34.82% | 269 | 3.78% | 9 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,879 | 26.40% | 7,117 |
| Sawyer | 695 | 68.47% | 296 | 29.16% | 22 | 2.17% | 2 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 399 | 39.31% | 1,015 |
| Shawano | 3,224 | 66.94% | 1,518 | 31.52% | 69 | 1.43% | 3 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,706 | 35.42% | 4,816 |
| Sheboygan | 5,868 | 53.24% | 4,146 | 37.62% | 117 | 1.06% | 843 | 7.65% | 47 | 0.43% | 1,722 | 15.62% | 11,021 |
| St. Croix | 3,380 | 59.26% | 2,080 | 36.47% | 194 | 3.40% | 38 | 0.67% | 12 | 0.21% | 1,300 | 22.79% | 5,704 |
| Taylor | 1,372 | 55.43% | 1,066 | 43.07% | 23 | 0.93% | 13 | 0.53% | 1 | 0.04% | 306 | 12.36% | 2,475 |
| Trempealeau | 3,369 | 71.47% | 1,181 | 25.05% | 162 | 3.44% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,188 | 46.41% | 4,714 |
| Vernon | 4,514 | 76.81% | 1,203 | 20.47% | 143 | 2.43% | 15 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.03% | 3,311 | 56.34% | 5,877 |
| Vilas | 1,194 | 68.46% | 502 | 28.78% | 36 | 2.06% | 11 | 0.63% | 1 | 0.06% | 692 | 39.68% | 1,744 |
| Walworth | 5,074 | 71.12% | 1,755 | 24.60% | 299 | 4.19% | 6 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,319 | 46.52% | 7,134 |
| Washburn | 814 | 74.61% | 247 | 22.64% | 27 | 2.47% | 1 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.18% | 567 | 51.97% | 1,091 |
| Washington | 2,599 | 50.22% | 2,524 | 48.77% | 45 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.02% | 75 | 1.45% | 5,175 |
| Waukesha | 5,130 | 61.07% | 3,017 | 35.92% | 235 | 2.80% | 15 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,113 | 25.15% | 8,400 |
| Waupaca | 5,269 | 76.13% | 1,394 | 20.14% | 253 | 3.66% | 2 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.04% | 3,875 | 55.99% | 6,921 |
| Waushara | 2,957 | 81.21% | 557 | 15.30% | 124 | 3.41% | 3 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,400 | 65.92% | 3,641 |
| Winnebago | 7,266 | 54.23% | 5,788 | 43.20% | 311 | 2.32% | 25 | 0.19% | 8 | 0.06% | 1,478 | 11.03% | 13,398 |
| Wood | 3,126 | 60.96% | 1,895 | 36.95% | 71 | 1.38% | 31 | 0.60% | 5 | 0.10% | 1,231 | 24.01% | 5,128 |
| Total | 264,419 | 59.84% | 160,674 | 36.36% | 9,707 | 2.20% | 6,590 | 1.49% | 509 | 0.12% | 103,745 | 23.48% | 441,900 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Notes
- One must exercise caution using the Blue Book as a source for Wisconsin election data for the period of 1890-1920 as it was unreliable during this period.
- The 1901 Blue Book mistakenly gives this total as 507
- The 1901 Blue Book mistakenly gives this total as 88. The Scattering votes listed by the Blue Book in Jefferson and Pierce counties were actually votes for Wilke and the 85 votes listed in Kenosha County, which were probably "Blank", are not listed on the original canvass.
- Includes 1 Scattering vote