1910 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1910 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1910. Primary elections were held on September 6, 1910.
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November 8, 1910
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 County results
McGovern: 40â50% 50â60% 60â70% 70â80% 80â90% Schmitz: 40â50% 50â60% 60â70% 70â80%Jacobs: 30â40% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Republican nominee Francis E. McGovern defeated Democratic nominee Adolph J. Schmitz and Socialist nominee William A. Jacobs, with 50.57% of the vote.
Primary election
Republican party
Candidates
- Henry W. Barker, State Senator[1]
- Edward T. Fairchild, State Senator[2]
- William Mitchell Lewis, automobile manufacturer[3][1]
- Francis E. McGovern, former District attorney[1]
- John Strange, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Francis E. McGovern | 82,265 | 43.09% | |
| Republican | Edward T. Fairchild | 55,933 | 29.30% | |
| Republican | William Mitchell Lewis | 40,879 | 21.41% | |
| Republican | Henry W. Barker | 5,973 | 3.13% | |
| Republican | John Strange | 5,845 | 3.06% | |
| Total votes | 190,895 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic party
Candidates
- Adolph J. Schmitz, lawyer, Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1894,[9] unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for Governor in 1908
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Adolph J. Schmitz | 48,071 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 48,071 | 100.00% | ||
Socialist party
Candidates
- William A. Jacobs, Social-Democratic nominee for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in 1908
Results
Prohibition party
Candidates
- Byron E. Van Keuren, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 8th congressional district in 1908
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Byron E. Van Keuren | 1,802 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 1,802 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Francis E. McGovern | 161,619 | 50.58% | â3.45% | |
| Democratic | Adolph Schmitz | 110,442 | 34.56% | â2.35% | |
| Social Democratic | William A. Jacobs | 39,547 | 12.38% | +6.02% | |
| Prohibition | Byron E. Van Keuren | 7,450 | 2.33% | â0.28% | |
| Socialist Labor | Fred G. Kremer | 430 | 0.13% | +0.05% | |
| Scattering | 34 | 0.01% | |||
| Majority | 51,177 | 16.02% | |||
| Total votes | 319,522 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | -1.10% | |||
Results by county
Schmitz was the first Democrat since George W. Peck in 1892 to carry Kenosha County. This was also the first time since 1875 that Kenosha County did not vote for the winning candidate. Social Democratic candidate William A. Jacobs received 37.93% of the vote in Milwaukee County and won the county over McGovern; this was the best performance ever by a Socialist gubernatorial candidate in Milwaukee County.
| County[11][12][13] | Francis E. McGovern Republican |
Adolph Schmitz Democratic |
William A. Jacobs Social Democratic |
Byron E. Van Keuren Prohibition |
Fred G. Kremer Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 602 | 72.36% | 158 | 18.99% | 42 | 5.05% | 29 | 3.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 444 | 53.37% | 832[b] |
| Ashland | 1.381 | 59.22% | 473 | 20.28% | 386 | 16.55% | 61 | 2.62% | 31 | 1.33% | 908 | 38.94% | 2,332 |
| Barron | 1,676 | 73.16% | 209 | 9.12% | 262 | 11.44% | 141 | 6.15% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,414[c] | 61.72% | 2,291 |
| Bayfield | 1,057 | 76.21% | 97 | 6.99% | 191 | 13.77% | 40 | 2.88% | 2 | 0.14% | 866[c] | 62.44% | 1,387 |
| Brown | 3,267 | 48.17% | 2,620 | 38.62% | 793 | 11.69% | 91 | 1.34% | 11 | 0.16% | 647 | 9.54% | 6,782 |
| Buffalo | 1,008 | 65.93% | 470 | 30.74% | 29 | 1.90% | 22 | 1.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 538 | 35.19% | 1,529 |
| Burnett | 848 | 72.17% | 75 | 6.38% | 193 | 16.43% | 59 | 5.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 655[c] | 55.74% | 1,175 |
| Calumet | 1,176 | 43.31% | 1,384 | 50.98% | 132 | 4.86% | 20 | 0.74% | 2 | 0.07% | -208 | -7.66% | 2,715[b] |
| Chippewa | 2,170 | 55.76% | 1,418 | 36.43% | 194 | 4.98% | 104 | 2.67% | 6 | 0.15% | 752 | 19.32% | 3,892 |
| Clark | 2,087 | 68.72% | 720 | 23.71% | 140 | 4.61% | 87 | 2.86% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,367 | 45.01% | 3,037 |
| Columbia | 2,653 | 61.36% | 1,379 | 31.89% | 172 | 3.98% | 102 | 2.36% | 18 | 0.42% | 1,274 | 29.46% | 4,324 |
| Crawford | 1,570 | 54.80% | 1,176 | 41.05% | 60 | 2.09% | 56 | 1.95% | 3 | 0.10% | 394 | 13.75% | 2,865 |
| Dane | 6,392 | 52.74% | 5,113 | 42.19% | 289 | 2.38% | 316 | 2.61% | 4 | 0.03% | 1,279 | 10.55% | 12,120[d] |
| Dodge | 2,692 | 35.12% | 4,727 | 61.66% | 147 | 1.92% | 100 | 1.30% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,035 | -26.55% | 7,666 |
| Door | 1,757 | 80.49% | 279 | 12.78% | 88 | 4.03% | 54 | 2.47% | 5 | 0.23% | 1,478 | 67.70% | 2,183 |
| Douglas | 2,582 | 66.36% | 454 | 11.67% | 695 | 17.86% | 136 | 3.50% | 24 | 0.62% | 1,887[c] | 48.50% | 3,891 |
| Dunn | 2,179 | 86.33% | 156 | 6.18% | 123 | 4.87% | 57 | 2.26% | 8 | 0.32% | 2,023 | 80.15% | 2,524[b] |
| Eau Claire | 2,399 | 69.44% | 573 | 16.58% | 350 | 10.13% | 100 | 2.89% | 33 | 0.96% | 1,826 | 52.85% | 3,455 |
| Florence | 467 | 79.83% | 104 | 17.78% | 7 | 1.20% | 7 | 1.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 363 | 62.05% | 585 |
| Fond du Lac | 3,834 | 47.33% | 3,780 | 46.66% | 312 | 3.85% | 171 | 2.11% | 4 | 0.05% | 54 | 0.67% | 8,101 |
| Forest | 726 | 79.00% | 122 | 13.28% | 53 | 5.77% | 17 | 1.85% | 1 | 0.11% | 604 | 65.72% | 919 |
| Grant | 2,908 | 59.08% | 1,775 | 36.06% | 84 | 1.71% | 140 | 2.84% | 15 | 0.30% | 1,133 | 23.02% | 4,922 |
| Green | 1,659 | 53.71% | 1,186 | 38.39% | 88 | 2.85% | 153 | 4.95% | 2 | 0.06% | 473 | 15.31% | 3,089[b] |
| Green Lake | 1,495 | 51.20% | 1,273 | 43.60% | 64 | 2.19% | 88 | 3.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 222 | 7.60% | 2,920 |
| Iowa | 2,004 | 57.47% | 1,294 | 37.11% | 42 | 1.20% | 146 | 4.19% | 1 | 0.03% | 710 | 20.36% | 3,487 |
| Iron | 738 | 63.08% | 323 | 27.61% | 68 | 5.81% | 38 | 3.25% | 3 | 0.26% | 415 | 35.47% | 1,170 |
| Jackson | 1,438 | 78.02% | 282 | 15.30% | 66 | 3.58% | 56 | 3.04% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,156 | 62.72% | 1,843 |
| Jefferson | 1,939 | 32.78% | 3,581 | 60.53% | 286 | 4.83% | 107 | 1.81% | 3 | 0.05% | -1,642 | -27.76% | 5,916 |
| Juneau | 1,571 | 60.24% | 722 | 27.68% | 260 | 9.97% | 52 | 1.99% | 3 | 0.12% | 849 | 32.55% | 2,608 |
| Kenosha | 1,891 | 40.14% | 2,207 | 46.85% | 487 | 10.34% | 123 | 2.61% | 3 | 0.06% | -316 | -6.71% | 4,711 |
| Kewaunee | 1,530 | 47.60% | 1,628 | 50.65% | 33 | 1.03% | 20 | 0.62% | 3 | 0.09% | -98 | -3.05% | 3,214 |
| La Crosse | 3,289 | 48.74% | 2,874 | 42.59% | 413 | 6.12% | 155 | 2.30% | 17 | 0.25% | 415 | 6.15% | 6,748 |
| Lafayette | 2,119 | 53.99% | 1,725 | 43.95% | 18 | 0.46% | 62 | 1.58% | 1 | 0.03% | 394 | 10.04% | 3,925 |
| Langlade | 1,298 | 49.62% | 1,207 | 46.14% | 68 | 2.60% | 40 | 1.53% | 3 | 0.11% | 91 | 3.48% | 2,616 |
| Lincoln | 1,533 | 46.90% | 1,532 | 46.86% | 163 | 4.99% | 40 | 1.22% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 3,269 |
| Manitowoc | 2,655 | 36.09% | 3,919 | 53.28% | 729 | 9.91% | 51 | 0.69% | 2 | 0.03% | -1,264 | -17.18% | 7,356 |
| Marathon | 2,952 | 38.04% | 4,087 | 52.66% | 555 | 7.15% | 158 | 2.04% | 9 | 0.12% | -1,135 | -14.62% | 7,761 |
| Marinette | 2,423 | 63.50% | 617 | 16.17% | 588 | 15.41% | 167 | 4.38% | 21 | 0.55% | 1,806 | 47.33% | 3,816 |
| Marquette | 1,282 | 64.20% | 642 | 32.15% | 21 | 1.05% | 50 | 2.50% | 2 | 0.10% | 640 | 32.05% | 1,997 |
| Milwaukee | 20,291 | 33.09% | 16,896 | 27.55% | 23,264 | 37.93% | 819 | 1.34% | 57 | 0.09% | -2,973[e] | -4.84% | 61,327 |
| Monroe | 2,389 | 58.68% | 1,419 | 34.86% | 165 | 4.05% | 92 | 2.26% | 6 | 0.15% | 970 | 23.83% | 4,071 |
| Oconto | 2,036 | 59.72% | 1,148 | 33.68% | 177 | 5.19% | 43 | 1.26% | 5 | 0.15% | 888 | 26.05% | 3,409 |
| Oneida | 1,109 | 57.91% | 441 | 23.03% | 347 | 18.12% | 18 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 668 | 34.88% | 1,915 |
| Outagamie | 3,488 | 47.95% | 3,425 | 47.08% | 214 | 2.94% | 143 | 1.97% | 5 | 0.07% | 63 | 0.87% | 7,275 |
| Ozaukee | 662 | 32.03% | 1,304 | 63.09% | 86 | 4.16% | 14 | 0.68% | 1 | 0.05% | -642 | -31.06% | 2,067 |
| Pepin | 633 | 59.21% | 392 | 36.67% | 17 | 1.59% | 26 | 2.43% | 1 | 0.09% | 241 | 22.54% | 1,069 |
| Pierce | 1,635 | 81.59% | 188 | 9.38% | 87 | 4.34% | 87 | 4.34% | 4 | 0.20% | 1,447 | 72.21% | 2,004[f] |
| Polk | 1,494 | 79.30% | 83 | 4.41% | 233 | 12.37% | 73 | 3.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,261[c] | 66.93% | 1,884[b] |
| Portage | 2.079 | 53.90% | 1,559 | 40.42% | 144 | 3.73% | 70 | 1.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 520 | 13.48% | 3,857[g] |
| Price | 1,638 | 72.35% | 221 | 9.76% | 332 | 14.66% | 64 | 2.83% | 6 | 0.27% | 1,306[c] | 57.69% | 2,264[f] |
| Racine | 3,206 | 51.30% | 1,824 | 29.18% | 925 | 14.80% | 277 | 4.43% | 18 | 0.29% | 1,382 | 22.11% | 6,250 |
| Richland | 1,611 | 54.76% | 997 | 33.89% | 92 | 3.13% | 238 | 8.09% | 3 | 0.10% | 614 | 20.87% | 2,942[b] |
| Rock | 3,168 | 66.06% | 1,059 | 22.08% | 318 | 6.63% | 228 | 4.75% | 23 | 0.48% | 2,109 | 43.97% | 4,796 |
| Rusk | 992 | 74.81% | 91 | 6.86% | 211 | 15.91% | 29 | 2.19% | 3 | 0.23% | 781[c] | 58.90% | 1,326 |
| Sauk | 2,318 | 52.11% | 1,815 | 40.80% | 42 | 0.94% | 272 | 6.12% | 1 | 0.02% | 503 | 11.31% | 4,448 |
| Sawyer | 634 | 86.85% | 64 | 8.77% | 16 | 2.19% | 14 | 1.92% | 2 | 0.27% | 570 | 78.08% | 730 |
| Shawano | 1,995 | 61.50% | 1,121 | 34.56% | 63 | 1.94% | 64 | 1.97% | 1 | 0.03% | 874 | 26.94% | 3,244 |
| Sheboygan | 3,951 | 44.00% | 3,870 | 43.10% | 1,013 | 11.28% | 134 | 1.49% | 8 | 0.09% | 81 | 0.90% | 8,980[h] |
| St. Croix | 2,354 | 60.78% | 1,261 | 32.56% | 148 | 3.82% | 107 | 2.76% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,093 | 28.22% | 3,873 |
| Taylor | 1,074 | 53.04% | 623 | 30.77% | 295 | 14.57% | 32 | 1.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 451 | 22.27% | 2,025[b] |
| Trempealeau | 1,844 | 62.28% | 994 | 33.57% | 37 | 1.25% | 84 | 2.84% | 2 | 0.07% | 850 | 28.71% | 2,961 |
| Vernon | 2,277 | 72.75% | 635 | 20.29% | 84 | 2.68% | 132 | 4.22% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,642 | 52.46% | 3,130 |
| Vilas | 532 | 72.09% | 59 | 12.87% | 89 | 12.06% | 18 | 2.44% | 4 | 0.54% | 437 | 59.21% | 738 |
| Walworth | 2,533 | 60.35% | 1,295 | 30.86% | 99 | 2.36% | 268 | 6.39% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,238 | 29.50% | 4,197[b] |
| Washburn | 855 | 75.53% | 138 | 12.19% | 115 | 10.16% | 23 | 2.03% | 1 | 0.09% | 717 | 63.34% | 1,132 |
| Washington | 2,068 | 45.01% | 2,293 | 49.90% | 198 | 4.31% | 35 | 0.76% | 1 | 0.02% | -225 | -4.90% | 4,595 |
| Waukesha | 3,601 | 52.31% | 2,508 | 36.43% | 599 | 8.70% | 176 | 2.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,093 | 15.88% | 6,884 |
| Waupaca | 2,903 | 77.54% | 510 | 13.62% | 212 | 5.66% | 115 | 3.07% | 4 | 0.11% | 2,393 | 63.92% | 3,744 |
| Waushara | 1,597 | 79.06% | 273 | 13.51% | 94 | 4.65% | 52 | 2.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,324 | 65.54% | 2,020[h] |
| Winnebago | 5,474 | 54.61% | 3,759 | 37.50% | 582 | 5.81% | 193 | 1.93% | 15 | 0.15% | 1,715 | 17.11% | 10,023 |
| Wood | 1,931 | 44.20% | 1,780 | 40.74% | 558 | 12.77% | 94 | 2.15% | 5 | 0.11% | 151 | 3.46% | 4,369[b] |
| Total | 161,619 | 50.58% | 110,442 | 34.56% | 39,547 | 12.38% | 7,450 | 2.33% | 430 | 0.13% | 51,177 | 16.02% | 316,522 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Social Democratic
Notes
- One must exercise caution using the Blue Book as a source for Wisconsin election data for the period of 1890â1920 as it was unreliable during this period. In this case, the Blue Book's totals for all candidates are incorrect and it also contains numerous mistakes in the county figures.
- Includes 1 Scattering vote
- McGovern's margin over Jacobs
- Includes 6 Scattering votes
- Jacobs' margin over McGovern
- Includes 3 Scattering votes
- Includes 5 Scattering votes
- Includes 4 Scattering votes