1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
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The 1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1922.
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November 7, 1922
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 County results La Follette: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette was re-elected to a fourth term in office over Democrat Jessie Jack Hooper. Off the strength of his landslide victory, La Follette launched a second campaign for President of the United States in 1924.
La Follette's opponent, the suffragette Jessie Jack Hooper, was among the first American women to ever run a campaign for the U.S. Senate.
Republican primary
Candidates
- William Arthur Ganfield, minister and president of Carroll College since 1921
- Robert M. La Follette, incumbent Senator since 1906
Campaign
La Follette spent much of the primary defending his opposition to American involvement in World War I and the Treaty of Versailles. He attacked President Warren Harding's administration and its proposed Four-Power Treaty as equally objectionable as the Versailles negotiations.[1]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Robert M. La Follette (incumbent) | 362,445 | 72.23% | |
| Republican | William Arthur Ganfield | 139,327 | 27.77% | |
| Total votes | 484,135 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Jessie Jack Hooper, suffragette and anti-war activist
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jessie Jack Hooper | 16,663 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 16,663 | 100 | ||
Prohibition primary
Candidates
- Adolph R. Bucknam
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Adolph R. Bucknam | 1,282 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 1,282 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Candidates
- Adolph R. Bucknam (Prohibition)
- Jessie Jack Hooper, suffragette and anti-war activist (Democratic)
- Robert M. La Follette, incumbent Senator since 1906 (Republican)
- Richard Koeppel (Socialist Labor)
Campaign
Hooper's campaign was run by two women, Livia Peshkova and Gertrude Watkins, bolstered by women in the press, and often hosted in family living rooms. The campaign rallying cry was "Whoop for Hooper." Her election platform championed the League of Nations, veterans compensation, and world peace. Her husband was one of only two men who donated any money to her campaign.[3]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Robert M. La Follette (incumbent) | 379,494 | 80.60% |  21.37 | |
| Democratic | Jessie Jack Hooper | 78,029 | 16.57% |  15.33 | |
| Prohibition | Adolph R. Bucknam | 11,254 | 2.39% | 0.37 | |
| Socialist Labor | Richard Koeppel | 1,656 | 0.35% | 0.18 | |
| Write-in | 386 | 0.08% | |||
| Total votes | 470,819 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||