1920 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1920 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. Primary elections were held on September 7, 1920.
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November 2, 1920
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 County results
Blaine: 30â40% 40â50% 50â60% 60â70% 70â80% McCoy: 40â50% 50â60% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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. Blaine defeated Democratic Party candidate Robert McCoy, Socialist candidate William Coleman and Prohibition Party candidate Henry H. Tubbs.
Republican party
Candidates
Nominee
- John J. Blaine, incumbent Attorney General of Wisconsin
Eliminated in primary
- 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
Declined
- Joseph D. Beck, former chairman of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission (1915â1917)[2]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John J. Blaine | 113,001 | 29.87% | |
| Republican | Roy P. Wilcox | 102,199 | 27.02% | |
| Republican | Gilbert E. Seaman | 59,008 | 15.60% | |
| Republican | Merlin Hull | 45,308 | 11.98% | |
| Republican | Edward F. Dithmar | 31,399 | 8.30% | |
| Republican | James N. Tittemore | 27,348 | 7.23% | |
| Total votes | 378,263 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic party
Nominee
- Robert Bruce McCoy, general in the National Guard, former Monroe County Court judge and Mayor of Sparta
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert B. McCoy | 22,435 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 22,435 | 100.00% | ||
Socialist party
Nominee
- William Coleman, union organizer, unsuccessful candidate for the Wisconsin House of Representatives in 1908
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | William Coleman | 33,213 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 33,213 | 100.00% | ||
Prohibition party
Nominee
- Henry H. Tubbs, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in 1904
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Henry H. Tubbs | 2,663 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 2,663 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John J. Blaine | 366,247 | 52.98% | +5.99% | |
| Democratic | Robert B. McCoy | 247,746 | 35.84% | +1.89% | |
| Socialist | William Coleman | 71,126 | 10.29% | â7.06% | |
| Prohibition | Henry H. Tubbs | 6,047 | 0.87% | â0.72% | |
| Scattering | 128 | 0.02% | |||
| Majority | 118,501 | 17.14% | |||
| Total votes | 691,294 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | +4.11% | |||
Results by county
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[5] | John J. Blaine Republican |
Robert B. McCoy Democratic |
William Coleman Socialist |
Henry H. Tubbs Prohibition |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 Socialist to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Notes
- Blaine's margin over Coleman