1908 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1908 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1908. Primary elections were held on September 1, 1908.
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November 3, 1908
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 County results
Davidson: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Aylward: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Republican Governor James O. Davidson won re-election, defeating Democratic nominee John A. Aylward and Social Democratic nominee Harvey Dee Brown, with 54.03% of the vote.
Primary election
Republican party
Candidates
- James O. Davidson, incumbent Governor
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James O. Davidson (incumbent) | 158,867 | 99.12% | |
| Republican | Scattering | 1,406 | 0.88% | |
| Total votes | 160,273 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic party
Candidates
- John A. Aylward, Democratic nominee for Governor in 1906
- Adolph J. Schmitz, lawyer, Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1894[2]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John A. Aylward | 25,273 | 61.47% | |
| Democratic | Adolph J. Schmitz | 15,813 | 38.46% | |
| Democratic | Scattering | 28 | 0.07% | |
| Total votes | 41,114 | 100.00% | ||
Socialist party
Candidates
Results
Prohibition party
Candidates
- Winfred Douglas Cox, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 5th congressional district in 1900 and 1902
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Winfred Douglas Cox | 1,941 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 1,941 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James O. Davidson (incumbent) | 242,935 | 54.03% | −3.33% | |
| Democratic | John A. Aylward | 165,977 | 36.91% | +4.63% | |
| Social Democratic | Harvey Dee Brown | 28,583 | 6.36% | −1.28% | |
| Prohibition | Winfred D. Cox | 11,760 | 2.62% | +0.05% | |
| Socialist Labor | Herman Bottema | 393 | 0.09% | −0.05% | |
| Scattering | 8 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 76,958 | 17.11% | |||
| Turnout | 449,656 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | -7.96% | |||
Results by county
| County[5][7] | James O. Davidson Republican |
John A. Aylward Democratic |
Harvey Dee Brown Social Democratic |
Winfred D. Cox Prohibition |
Herman Bottema Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,186 | 71.23% | 402 | 24.14% | 21 | 1.26% | 55 | 3.30% | 1 | 0.06% | 784 | 47.09% | 1,665 |
| Ashland | 2,211 | 54.15% | 1,563 | 38.28% | 204 | 5.00% | 104 | 2.55% | 1 | 0.02% | 648 | 15.87% | 4,083 |
| Barron | 3,434 | 71.33% | 992 | 20.61% | 118 | 2.45% | 263 | 5.46% | 7 | 0.15% | 2,442 | 50.73% | 4,814 |
| Bayfield | 1,985 | 72.95% | 500 | 18.38% | 162 | 5.95% | 70 | 2.57% | 4 | 0.15% | 1,485 | 54.58% | 2,721 |
| Brown | 4,944 | 56.01% | 3,249 | 36.81% | 485 | 5.49% | 139 | 1.57% | 10 | 0.11% | 1,695 | 19.20% | 8,827 |
| Buffalo | 1,933 | 64.56% | 982 | 32.80% | 20 | 0.67% | 59 | 1.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 951 | 31.76% | 2,994 |
| Burnett | 1,268 | 78.86% | 201 | 12.50% | 54 | 3.36% | 82 | 5.10% | 3 | 0.19% | 1,067 | 66.36% | 1,608 |
| Calumet | 1,567 | 46.78% | 1,676 | 50.03% | 71 | 2.12% | 35 | 1.04% | 1 | 0.03% | -109 | -3.25% | 3,350 |
| Chippewa | 3,491 | 59.54% | 2,160 | 36.84% | 79 | 1.35% | 133 | 2.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,331 | 22.70% | 5,863 |
| Clark | 3,477 | 66.56% | 1,503 | 28.77% | 78 | 1.49% | 162 | 3.10% | 4 | 0.08% | 1,974 | 37.79% | 5,224 |
| Columbia | 4,046 | 60.41% | 2,341 | 34.95% | 129 | 1.93% | 182 | 2.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,705 | 25.46% | 6,698 |
| Crawford | 2,014 | 53.86% | 1,602 | 42.85% | 43 | 1.15% | 78 | 2.09% | 2 | 0.05% | 412 | 11.02% | 3,739 |
| Dane | 9,341 | 52.30% | 7,815 | 43.76% | 248 | 1.39% | 453 | 2.54% | 3 | 0.02% | 1,526 | 8.54% | 17,860 |
| Dodge | 3,762 | 37.51% | 6,033 | 60.16% | 60 | 0.60% | 174 | 1.73% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,271 | -22.64% | 10,029 |
| Door | 2,481 | 76.39% | 648 | 19.95% | 56 | 1.72% | 56 | 1.72% | 7 | 0.22% | 1,833 | 56.43% | 3,248 |
| Douglas | 3,612 | 57.61% | 1,616 | 25.77% | 627 | 10.00% | 280 | 4.47% | 135 | 2.15% | 1,996 | 31.83% | 6,270 |
| Dunn | 3,369 | 78.42% | 713 | 16.60% | 105 | 2.44% | 109 | 2.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,656 | 61.82% | 4,296 |
| Eau Claire | 3,903 | 64.00% | 1,842 | 30.21% | 157 | 2.57% | 194 | 3.18% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,061 | 33.80% | 6,098 |
| Florence | 541 | 81.60% | 105 | 15.84% | 4 | 0.60% | 13 | 1.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 436 | 65.76% | 663 |
| Fond du Lac | 5,676 | 50.11% | 5,231 | 46.18% | 173 | 1.53% | 245 | 2.16% | 3 | 0.03% | 445 | 3.93% | 11,328 |
| Forest | 1,030 | 73.89% | 283 | 20.30% | 42 | 3.01% | 38 | 2.73% | 1 | 0.07% | 747 | 53.59% | 1,394 |
| Grant | 4,883 | 54.60% | 3,666 | 40.99% | 88 | 0.98% | 306 | 3.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,217 | 13.61% | 8,943 |
| Green | 2,429 | 51.91% | 1,915 | 40.93% | 115 | 2.46% | 220 | 4.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 514 | 10.99% | 4,649 |
| Green Lake | 2,018 | 53.86% | 1,637 | 43.69% | 29 | 0.77% | 63 | 1.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 381 | 10.17% | 3,747 |
| Iowa | 2,933 | 55.68% | 2,076 | 39.41% | 16 | 0.30% | 243 | 4.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 857 | 16.27% | 5,268 |
| Iron | 1,118 | 74.63% | 292 | 19.49% | 42 | 2.80% | 45 | 3.00% | 1 | 0.07% | 826 | 55.14% | 1,498 |
| Jackson | 2,660 | 81.22% | 520 | 15.88% | 36 | 1.10% | 58 | 1.77% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,140 | 65.34% | 3,275 |
| Jefferson | 3,058 | 38.83% | 4,580 | 58.15% | 61 | 0.77% | 176 | 2.23% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,522 | -19.32% | 7,876 |
| Juneau | 2,498 | 58.98% | 1,625 | 38.37% | 36 | 0.85% | 73 | 1.72% | 3 | 0.07% | 873 | 20.61% | 4,235 |
| Kenosha | 3,349 | 53.69% | 2,029 | 32.53% | 630 | 10.10% | 230 | 3.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,320 | 21.16% | 6,238 |
| Kewaunee | 1,603 | 47.26% | 1,714 | 50.53% | 48 | 1.42% | 27 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | -111 | -3.27% | 3,392 |
| La Crosse | 4,399 | 50.73% | 3,970 | 45.78% | 103 | 1.19% | 197 | 2.27% | 3 | 0.03% | 429 | 4.95% | 8,672 |
| Lafayette | 2,844 | 56.37% | 2,079 | 41.21% | 22 | 0.44% | 99 | 1.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 765 | 15.16% | 5,045[b] |
| Langlade | 1,807 | 55.24% | 1,367 | 41.79% | 27 | 0.83% | 70 | 2.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 440 | 13.45% | 3,271 |
| Lincoln | 2,276 | 53.12% | 1,849 | 43.15% | 94 | 2.19% | 66 | 1.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 427 | 9.96% | 4,285 |
| Manitowoc | 4,098 | 45.12% | 3,993 | 43.96% | 926 | 10.19% | 63 | 0.69% | 3 | 0.03% | 105 | 1.16% | 9,083 |
| Marathon | 5,089 | 49.42% | 4,804 | 46.65% | 255 | 2.48% | 149 | 1.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 285 | 2.77% | 10,297 |
| Marinette | 3,477 | 65.62% | 1,451 | 27.38% | 124 | 2.34% | 245 | 4.62% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,026 | 38.23% | 5,299 |
| Marquette | 1,521 | 62.90% | 831 | 34.37% | 19 | 0.79% | 46 | 1.90% | 1 | 0.04% | 690 | 28.54% | 2,418 |
| Milwaukee | 26,243 | 35.91% | 26,917 | 36.83% | 18,423 | 25.21% | 1,396 | 1.91% | 107 | 0.15% | -674 | -0.92% | 73,086 |
| Monroe | 3,304 | 58.75% | 2,117 | 37.64% | 95 | 1.69% | 107 | 1.90% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,187 | 21.11% | 5,624 |
| Oconto | 2,944 | 63.24% | 1,508 | 32.40% | 101 | 2.17% | 100 | 2.15% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,436 | 30.85% | 4,655 |
| Oneida | 1,453 | 57.57% | 684 | 27.10% | 351 | 13.91% | 36 | 1.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 769 | 30.47% | 2,524 |
| Outagamie | 4,971 | 51.46% | 4,366 | 45.20% | 110 | 1.14% | 203 | 2.10% | 9 | 0.09% | 605 | 6.26% | 9,659 |
| Ozaukee | 1,117 | 35.87% | 1,913 | 61.43% | 58 | 1.86% | 24 | 0.77% | 2 | 0.06% | -796 | -25.56% | 3,114 |
| Pepin | 995 | 67.14% | 444 | 29.96% | 4 | 0.27% | 39 | 2.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 551 | 37.18% | 1,482 |
| Pierce | 2,984 | 74.60% | 837 | 20.93% | 43 | 1.08% | 136 | 3.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,147 | 53.68% | 4,000 |
| Polk | 3,024 | 78.34% | 570 | 14.77% | 121 | 3.13% | 143 | 3.70% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,454 | 63.58% | 3,860 |
| Portage | 3,266 | 56.33% | 2,386 | 41.15% | 46 | 0.79% | 97 | 1.67% | 3 | 0.05% | 880 | 15.18% | 5,798 |
| Price | 1,707 | 65.70% | 546 | 21.02% | 260 | 10.01% | 82 | 3.16% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,161 | 44.69% | 2,598[c] |
| Racine | 5,029 | 48.66% | 4,035 | 39.05% | 781 | 7.56% | 485 | 4.69% | 3 | 0.03% | 994 | 9.62% | 10,334[b] |
| Richland | 2,343 | 53.24% | 1,724 | 39.17% | 51 | 1.16% | 280 | 6.36% | 3 | 0.07% | 619 | 14.06% | 4,401 |
| Rock | 7,781 | 67.12% | 3,130 | 27.00% | 262 | 2.26% | 402 | 3.47% | 17 | 0.15% | 4,651 | 40.12% | 11,592 |
| Rusk | 1,439 | 71.45% | 442 | 21.95% | 84 | 4.17% | 46 | 2.28% | 3 | 0.15% | 997 | 49.50% | 2,014 |
| Sauk | 3,788 | 56.62% | 2,536 | 37.91% | 31 | 0.46% | 334 | 4.99% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,252 | 18.71% | 6,690 |
| Sawyer | 849 | 74.28% | 260 | 22.75% | 14 | 1.22% | 20 | 1.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 589 | 51.53% | 1,143 |
| Shawano | 3,344 | 64.62% | 1,709 | 33.02% | 28 | 0.54% | 94 | 1.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,635 | 31.59% | 5,175 |
| Sheboygan | 5,833 | 51.82% | 4,486 | 39.85% | 683 | 6.07% | 244 | 2.17% | 10 | 0.09% | 1,347 | 11.97% | 11,256 |
| St. Croix | 3,325 | 64.70% | 1,650 | 32.11% | 71 | 1.38% | 92 | 1.79% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,675 | 32.59% | 5,139 |
| Taylor | 1,601 | 61.11% | 896 | 34.20% | 86 | 3.28% | 37 | 1.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 705 | 26.91% | 2,620 |
| Trempealeau | 3,616 | 73.81% | 1,122 | 22.90% | 28 | 0.57% | 131 | 2.67% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,494 | 50.91% | 4,899 |
| Vernon | 4,122 | 69.82% | 1,539 | 26.07% | 42 | 0.71% | 199 | 3.37% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,583 | 43.75% | 5,904 |
| Vilas | 794 | 72.38% | 262 | 23.88% | 22 | 2.01% | 19 | 1.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 532 | 48.50% | 1,097 |
| Walworth | 4,263 | 64.51% | 1,846 | 27.94% | 70 | 1.06% | 426 | 6.45% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,417 | 36.58% | 6,608 |
| Washburn | 1,134 | 73.54% | 318 | 20.62% | 52 | 3.37% | 37 | 2.40% | 1 | 0.06% | 816 | 52.92% | 1,542 |
| Washington | 2,491 | 47.21% | 2,667 | 50.55% | 75 | 1.42% | 40 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | -176 | -3.34% | 5,276[d] |
| Waukesha | 4,546 | 54.40% | 3,282 | 39.28% | 214 | 2.56% | 312 | 3.73% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,264 | 15.13% | 8,356 |
| Waupaca | 4,728 | 71.55% | 1,505 | 22.78% | 142 | 2.15% | 232 | 3.51% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,223 | 48.77% | 6,608 |
| Waushara | 2,749 | 78.79% | 515 | 14.76% | 83 | 2.38% | 128 | 3.67% | 14 | 0.40% | 2,234 | 64.03% | 3,489 |
| Winnebago | 6,814 | 52.79% | 5,387 | 41.74% | 289 | 2.24% | 414 | 3.21% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,427 | 11.06% | 12,907[b] |
| Wood | 3,007 | 50.85% | 2,523 | 42.67% | 256 | 4.33% | 125 | 2.11% | 2 | 0.03% | 484 | 8.19% | 5,913 |
| Total | 242,935 | 54.03% | 165,977 | 36.91% | 28,583 | 6.36% | 11,760 | 2.62% | 393 | 0.09% | 76,958 | 17.11% | 449,656 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
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 Davidson, Cox, Bottema, and Scattering are incorrect and it also contains numerous mistakes in the county figures.
- Includes 1 Scattering vote
- Includes 2 Scattering votes
- Includes 3 Scattering votes