1906 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1906 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1906. Primary elections were held on September 4, 1906.
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November 6, 1906
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 County results
Davidson: 40â50% 50â60% 60â70% 70â80% 80â90% Aylward: 40â50% 50â60% 60â70% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Republican Governor James O. Davidson won re-election, defeating Democratic nominee John A. Aylward and Socialist nominee Winfield R. Gaylord, with 57.39% of the vote.
Primary election
Wisconsin voters passed a constitutional amendment in the 1904 general election to implement primary elections for nominations. The first direct primary took place on September 4, 1906.
Republican party
Candidates
- James O. Davidson, acting governor Governor
- Irvine Lenroot, incumbent Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James O. Davidson (incumbent) | 109,583 | 64.15% | |
| Republican | Irvine L. Lenroot | 61,178 | 35.82% | |
| Republican | Scattering | 53 | 0.03% | |
| Total votes | 170,814 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic party
Candidates
- John A. Aylward, Democratic nominee for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in 1900
- Ernst Merton, incumbent State Senator
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John A. Aylward | 21,470 | 71.94% | |
| Democratic | Ernst Merton | 8,278 | 27.74% | |
| Democratic | Scattering | 96 | 0.32% | |
| Total votes | 29,844 | 100.00% | ||
Social Democratic party
Candidates
- Winfield R. Gaylord, Socialist nominee for Wisconsin's 4th congressional district in 1904
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic | Winfield R. Gaylord | 4,075 | 99.61% | |
| Social Democratic | Scattering | 16 | 0.39% | |
| Total votes | 4,091 | 100.00% | ||
Prohibition party
Candidates
- Ephraim Llewellyn Eaton, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 4th congressional district in 1892
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Ephraim L. Eaton | 1,573 | 98.56% | |
| Prohibition | Scattering | 23 | 1.44% | |
| Total votes | 1,596 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James O. Davidson (incumbent) | 183,558 | 57.36% | +6.81% | |
| Democratic | John A. Aylward | 103,311 | 32.28% | â6.93% | |
| Social Democratic | Winfield R. Gaylord | 24,437 | 7.64% | +2.11% | |
| Prohibition | Ephraim L. Eaton | 8,211 | 2.57% | +0.62% | |
| Socialist Labor | Ole T. Rosaas | 455 | 0.14% | +0.09% | |
| Scattering | 31 | 0.01% | |||
| Majority | 80,247 | 25.08% | |||
| Total votes | 320,003 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +13.74% | |||
Results by county
| County[2][3] | James O. Davidson Republican |
John A. Aylward Democratic |
Winfield R. Gaylord Social Democratic |
Ephraim L. Eaton Prohibition |
Ole T. Rosaas Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 699 | 74.52% | 212 | 22.60% | 9 | 0.96% | 16 | 1.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 487 | 51.92% | 938[b] |
| Ashland | 1,796 | 62.38% | 768 | 26.68% | 229 | 7.95% | 82 | 2.85% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,028 | 35.71% | 2,879[c] |
| Barron | 1,797 | 75.35% | 303 | 12.70% | 123 | 5.16% | 153 | 6.42% | 7 | 0.29% | 1,494 | 62.64% | 2,385[b] |
| Bayfield | 1,356 | 81.54% | 159 | 9.56% | 92 | 5.53% | 52 | 3.13% | 4 | 0.24% | 1,197 | 71.98% | 1,663 |
| Brown | 3,314 | 60.38% | 1,854 | 33.78% | 224 | 4.08% | 91 | 1.66% | 6 | 0.11% | 1,460 | 26.60% | 5,489 |
| Buffalo | 1,449 | 67.84% | 637 | 29.82% | 9 | 0.42% | 39 | 1.83% | 2 | 0.09% | 812 | 38.01% | 2,136 |
| Burnett | 1,040 | 87.03% | 59 | 4.94% | 38 | 3.18% | 48 | 4.02% | 10 | 0.84% | 981 | 82.09% | 1,195 |
| Calumet | 1,143 | 44.91% | 1,268 | 49.82% | 99 | 3.89% | 35 | 1.38% | 0 | 0.00% | -125 | -4.91% | 2,545 |
| Chippewa | 2,343 | 60.08% | 1,406 | 36.05% | 49 | 1.26% | 99 | 2.54% | 3 | 0.08% | 937 | 24.03% | 3,900 |
| Clark | 2,462 | 75.54% | 672 | 20.62% | 34 | 1.04% | 87 | 2.67% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,790 | 54.92% | 3,259 |
| Columbia | 3,200 | 66.57% | 1,371 | 28.52% | 102 | 2.12% | 131 | 2.73% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,829 | 38.05% | 4,807 |
| Crawford | 1,710 | 57.69% | 1,177 | 39.71% | 42 | 1.42% | 35 | 1.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 533 | 17.98% | 2,964 |
| Dane | 6,843 | 54.66% | 5,120 | 40.89% | 172 | 1.37% | 380 | 3.04% | 5 | 0.04% | 1,723 | 13.76% | 12,520 |
| Dodge | 2,749 | 35.94% | 4,734 | 61.90% | 47 | 0.61% | 116 | 1.52% | 2 | 0.03% | -1,985 | -25.95% | 7,648 |
| Door | 1,699 | 82.64% | 277 | 13.47% | 41 | 1.99% | 37 | 1.80% | 2 | 0.10% | 1,422 | 69.16% | 2,056 |
| Douglas | 2,391 | 62.14% | 987 | 25.65% | 333 | 8.65% | 111 | 2.88% | 26 | 0.68% | 1,404 | 36.49% | 3,848 |
| Dunn | 1,874 | 83.47% | 258 | 11.49% | 56 | 2.49% | 56 | 2.49% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,616 | 71.98% | 2,245 |
| Eau Claire | 2,837 | 68.39% | 1,066 | 25.70% | 123 | 2.97% | 116 | 2.80% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,771 | 42.70% | 4,148[b] |
| Florence | 335 | 84.81% | 55 | 13.92% | 2 | 0.51% | 3 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 280 | 70.89% | 395 |
| Fond du Lac | 4,073 | 49.76% | 3,779 | 46.16% | 124 | 1.51% | 205 | 2.50% | 5 | 0.06% | 294 | 3.59% | 8,186 |
| Forest | 884 | 83.79% | 113 | 10.71% | 26 | 2.46% | 26 | 2.46% | 6 | 0.57% | 771 | 73.08% | 1.055 |
| Grant | 4,249 | 62.39% | 2,294 | 33.69% | 40 | 0.59% | 222 | 3.26% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,955 | 28.71% | 6,810[b] |
| Green | 1,905 | 58.31% | 1,112 | 34.04% | 113 | 3.46% | 135 | 4.13% | 1 | 0.03% | 793 | 24.27% | 3,267[c] |
| Green Lake | 1,716 | 55.11% | 1,302 | 41.81% | 31 | 1.00% | 65 | 2.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 414 | 13.29% | 3,114 |
| Iowa | 2,635 | 61.78% | 1,472 | 34.51% | 13 | 0.30% | 145 | 3.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,163 | 27.27% | 4,265 |
| Iron | 1,025 | 77.36% | 221 | 16.68% | 50 | 3.77% | 26 | 1.96% | 3 | 0.23% | 804 | 60.68% | 1,325 |
| Jackson | 1,871 | 83.16% | 323 | 14.36% | 13 | 0.58% | 43 | 1.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,548 | 68.80% | 2,250 |
| Jefferson | 2,622 | 43.37% | 3,217 | 53.21% | 85 | 1.41% | 120 | 1.98% | 2 | 0.03% | -595 | -9.84% | 6,046 |
| Juneau | 2,406 | 67.08% | 1,100 | 30.67% | 27 | 0.75% | 51 | 1.42% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,306 | 36.41% | 3,587[c] |
| Kenosha | 2,090 | 49.69% | 1,635 | 38.87% | 284 | 6.75% | 187 | 4.45% | 10 | 0.24% | 455 | 10.82% | 4,206 |
| Kewaunee | 1,362 | 51.26% | 1,194 | 44.94% | 69 | 2.60% | 29 | 1.09% | 3 | 0.11% | 168 | 6.32% | 2,657 |
| La Crosse | 4,259 | 59.39% | 2,584 | 36.03% | 129 | 1.80% | 196 | 2.73% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,675 | 23.36% | 7,171 |
| Lafayette | 2,238 | 58.19% | 1,526 | 39.68% | 18 | 0.47% | 63 | 1.64% | 1 | 0.03% | 712 | 18.51% | 3,846 |
| Langlade | 1,365 | 51.10% | 1,235 | 46.24% | 26 | 0.97% | 43 | 1.61% | 2 | 0.07% | 130 | 4.87% | 2,671 |
| Lincoln | 1,652 | 58.62% | 1,047 | 37.15% | 68 | 2.41% | 51 | 1.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 605 | 21.47% | 2,818 |
| Manitowoc | 3,486 | 48.38% | 2,974 | 41.28% | 668 | 9.27% | 75 | 1.04% | 2 | 0.03% | 512 | 7.11% | 7,205 |
| Marathon | 3,695 | 49.70% | 3,435 | 46.20% | 150 | 2.02% | 138 | 1.86% | 17 | 0.23% | 260 | 3.50% | 7,435 |
| Marinette | 2,658 | 67.58% | 1,006 | 25.58% | 107 | 2.72% | 161 | 4.09% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,652 | 42.00% | 3,933 |
| Marquette | 1,359 | 60.48% | 812 | 36.14% | 13 | 0.58% | 63 | 2.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 547 | 24.34% | 2,247 |
| Milwaukee | 24,521 | 44.13% | 12,856 | 23.13% | 17,031 | 30.65% | 1,039 | 1.87% | 124 | 0.22% | 7,490[d] | 13.48% | 55,571 |
| Monroe | 2,334 | 64.48% | 1,156 | 31.93% | 40 | 1.10% | 87 | 2.40% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,178 | 32.54% | 3,620[c] |
| Oconto | 1,967 | 66.03% | 870 | 29.20% | 80 | 2.69% | 61 | 2.05% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,097 | 36.82% | 2,979 |
| Oneida | 1,197 | 59.73% | 613 | 30.59% | 146 | 7.29% | 48 | 2.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 584 | 29.14% | 2,004 |
| Outagamie | 3,794 | 53.83% | 3,026 | 42.93% | 76 | 1.08% | 147 | 2.09% | 5 | 0.07% | 768 | 10.90% | 7,048 |
| Ozaukee | 1,012 | 36.21% | 1,664 | 59.53% | 90 | 3.22% | 29 | 1.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -652 | -23.33% | 2,795 |
| Pepin | 657 | 68.94% | 261 | 27.39% | 4 | 0.42% | 31 | 3.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 396 | 41.55% | 953 |
| Pierce | 1,880 | 79.73% | 342 | 14.50% | 44 | 1.87% | 89 | 3.77% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,538 | 65.22% | 2,358 |
| Polk | 1,566 | 78.93% | 182 | 9.17% | 166 | 8.37% | 61 | 3.07% | 7 | 0.35% | 1,384 | 69.76% | 1,984[b] |
| Portage | 2,265 | 55.58% | 1,675 | 41.10% | 36 | 0.88% | 98 | 2.40% | 1 | 0.02% | 590 | 14.48% | 4,075 |
| Price | 1,512 | 67.56% | 527 | 23.55% | 105 | 4.69% | 87 | 3.89% | 5 | 0.22% | 985 | 44.01% | 2,238[b] |
| Racine | 3,547 | 51.89% | 2,065 | 30.21% | 891 | 13.03% | 242 | 3.54% | 90 | 1.32% | 1,482 | 21.68% | 6,836[c] |
| Richland | 2,070 | 61.59% | 1,035 | 30.79% | 45 | 1.34% | 208 | 6.19% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,035 | 30.79% | 3,361 |
| Rock | 3,917 | 68.67% | 1,321 | 23.16% | 153 | 2.68% | 299 | 5.24% | 13 | 0.23% | 2,596 | 45.51% | 5,704[c] |
| Rusk | 1,049 | 82.47% | 151 | 11.87% | 31 | 2.44% | 36 | 2.83% | 5 | 0.39% | 898 | 70.60% | 1,272 |
| Sauk | 3,102 | 62.83% | 1,509 | 30.57% | 22 | 0.45% | 302 | 6.12% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,593 | 32.27% | 4,937[c] |
| Sawyer | 735 | 74.62% | 229 | 23.25% | 10 | 1.02% | 11 | 1.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 506 | 51.37% | 985 |
| Shawano | 1,850 | 69.21% | 738 | 27.61% | 38 | 1.42% | 45 | 1.68% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,112 | 41.60% | 2,673 |
| Sheboygan | 4,151 | 50.45% | 3,366 | 40.91% | 502 | 6.10% | 203 | 2.47% | 6 | 0.07% | 785 | 9.54% | 8,228 |
| St. Croix | 2,354 | 61.62% | 1,287 | 33.69% | 90 | 2.36% | 86 | 2.25% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,067 | 27.93% | 3,820 |
| Taylor | 1,237 | 60.55% | 707 | 34.61% | 60 | 2.94% | 36 | 1.76% | 3 | 0.15% | 530 | 25.94% | 2,043 |
| Trempealeau | 1,901 | 77.09% | 476 | 19.30% | 9 | 0.36% | 75 | 3.04% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,425 | 57.79% | 2,466[e] |
| Vernon | 3,118 | 79.91% | 638 | 16.35% | 19 | 0.49% | 126 | 3.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,480 | 63.56% | 3,902[c] |
| Vilas | 682 | 75.11% | 187 | 20.59% | 25 | 2.75% | 12 | 1.32% | 2 | 0.22% | 495 | 54.52% | 908 |
| Walworth | 2,858 | 69.72% | 986 | 24.05% | 61 | 1.49% | 191 | 4.66% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,872 | 45.67% | 4,099 |
| Washburn | 900 | 78.13% | 184 | 15.97% | 45 | 3.91% | 21 | 1.82% | 2 | 0.17% | 716 | 62.15% | 1,152 |
| Washington | 1,972 | 43.84% | 2,346 | 52.16% | 130 | 2.89% | 48 | 1.07% | 1 | 0.02% | -374 | -8.31% | 4,498[c] |
| Waukesha | 3,912 | 58.69% | 2,431 | 36.47% | 130 | 1.95% | 192 | 2.88% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,481 | 22.22% | 6,666 |
| Waupaca | 2,683 | 76.14% | 607 | 17.22% | 90 | 2.55% | 137 | 3.89% | 2 | 0.06% | 2,076 | 58.91% | 3,524[f] |
| Waushara | 2,074 | 87.00% | 212 | 8.89% | 17 | 0.71% | 78 | 3.27% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,862 | 78.10% | 2,384[b] |
| Winnebago | 5,471 | 57.91% | 3,469 | 36.72% | 218 | 2.31% | 271 | 2.87% | 19 | 0.20% | 2,002 | 21.19% | 9,448 |
| Wood | 2,683 | 61.56% | 1,431 | 32.84% | 155 | 3.56% | 84 | 1.93% | 5 | 0.11% | 1,252 | 28.73% | 4,358 |
| Total | 183,558 | 57.36% | 103,311 | 39.28% | 24,437 | 7.64% | 8,211 | 2.57% | 455 | 0.14% | 80,247 | 25.08% | 320,003 |
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. In this case, the Blue Book's totals for all candidates are incorrect and it also has numerous mistakes in the county figures.
- Includes 2 Scattering votes
- Includes 1 Scattering vote
- Davidson's margin over Gaylord
- Includes 3 Scattering votes
- Includes 5 Scattering votes