1926 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1926 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. Primary elections were held on September 7, 1926.
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November 2, 1926
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 County results
Zimmerman: 40â50% 50â60% 60â70% 70â80% 80â90% Cady: 40â50% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Republican Governor John J. Blaine retired to run for the U.S. Senate. Republican nominee Fred R. Zimmerman defeated Independent Charles B. Perry, Democratic nominee Virgil H. Cady and Socialist nominee Herman O. Kent.
Primary election
Republican party
Candidates
- Herman L. Ekern, incumbent Attorney General of Wisconsin
- Charles B. Perry, incumbent member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (ran as independent in general)
- W. Stanley Smith, former Commissioner of Insurance[1][2]
- Fred R. Zimmerman, incumbent Secretary of State of Wisconsin
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Fred R. Zimmerman | 215,546 | 46.77% | |
| Republican | Herman L. Ekern | 178,252 | 38.68% | |
| Republican | Charles B. Perry | 41,856 | 9.08% | |
| Republican | W. Stanley Smith | 25,188 | 5.47% | |
| Total votes | 460,842 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic party
Candidates
- Virgil H. Cady, Democratic nominee for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district in 1914
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Virgil H. Cady | 16,358 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 16,358 | 100.00% | ||
Socialist party
Candidates
- Herman O. Kent, former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Herman O. Kent | 11,307 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 11,307 | 100.00% | ||
Prohibition party
Candidates
- Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in 1922 and for Governor in 1924
- David W. Emerson, Prohibition nominee for Governor in 1914
- Alex McEathron, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 9th congressional district in 1910
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | David W. Emerson | 576 | 39.21% | |
| Prohibition | Adolph R. Bucknam | 546 | 37.17% | |
| Prohibition | Alex McEathron | 347 | 23.62% | |
| Total votes | 1,469 | 100.00% | ||
Other party nominations
- Alex Gorden, Socialist Labor
- Charles B. Perry, Independent, incumbent member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Fred R. Zimmerman | 350,927 | 63.47% | +11.71% | |
| Independent | Charles B. Perry | 76,507 | 13.84% | ||
| Democratic | Virgil H. Cady | 72,627 | 13.14% | â26.74% | |
| Socialist | Herman O. Kent | 40,293 | 7.29% | +1.60% | |
| Prohibition | David W. Emerson | 7,333 | 1.33% | â0.12% | |
| Socialist Labor[a] | Alex Gorden | 4,593 | 0.83% | +0.65% | |
| Scattering | 632 | 0.11% | |||
| Majority | 274,420 | 49.63% | |||
| Total votes | 552,912 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +37.74% | |||
Results by county
| County[6][7] | Fred R. Zimmerman Republican |
Charles B. Perry Independent |
Virgil H. Cady Democratic |
Herman O. Kent Socialist |
All Others Various |
Margin[b] | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 743 | 68.17% | 98 | 8.99% | 155 | 14.22% | 54 | 4.95% | 40 | 3.67% | 588[c] | 53.94% | 1,090 |
| Ashland | 2,970 | 64.43% | 907 | 19.67% | 390 | 8.46% | 160 | 3.47% | 183 | 3.97% | 2,063 | 44.75% | 4,610 |
| Barron | 4,577 | 74.36% | 704 | 11.44% | 356 | 5.78% | 261 | 4.24% | 257 | 4.18% | 3,873 | 62.92% | 6,155 |
| Bayfield | 2,193 | 82.79% | 167 | 6.30% | 102 | 3.85% | 83 | 3.13% | 104 | 3.93% | 2,026 | 76.48% | 2,649 |
| Brown | 7,757 | 54.73% | 1,267 | 8.94% | 4,093 | 28.88% | 780 | 5.50% | 276 | 1.95% | 3,664[c] | 25.85% | 14,173 |
| Buffalo | 1,581 | 75.97% | 182 | 8.75% | 158 | 7.59% | 97 | 4.66% | 63 | 3.03% | 1,399 | 67.23% | 2,081 |
| Burnett | 1,591 | 85.31% | 87 | 4.66% | 52 | 2.79% | 46 | 2.47% | 89 | 4.77% | 1,504 | 50.64% | 1,865 |
| Calumet | 1,817 | 53.87% | 263 | 7.80% | 1,182 | 35.04% | 59 | 1.75% | 52 | 1.54% | 635[c] | 18.83% | 3,373 |
| Chippewa | 5,874 | 71.35% | 1,309 | 15.90% | 590 | 7.17% | 117 | 1.42% | 343 | 4.17% | 4,565 | 55.45% | 8,233 |
| Clark | 5,778 | 76.87% | 884 | 11.76% | 479 | 6.37% | 153 | 2.04% | 223 | 2.97% | 4,894 | 65.11% | 7,517 |
| Columbia | 5,075 | 70.55% | 824 | 11.46% | 1,006 | 13.99% | 138 | 1.92% | 150 | 2.09% | 4,069[c] | 56.57% | 7,193 |
| Crawford | 2,081 | 63.10% | 283 | 8.58% | 805 | 24.41% | 45 | 1.36% | 84 | 2.55% | 1,276[c] | 38.69% | 3,298 |
| Dane | 13,215 | 58.88% | 5,029 | 22.41% | 2,427 | 10.81% | 1,029 | 4.58% | 745 | 3.32% | 8,186 | 36.47% | 22,445 |
| Dodge | 6,420 | 55.53% | 934 | 8.08% | 3,588 | 31.03% | 467 | 4.04% | 153 | 1.32% | 2,832[c] | 24.49% | 11,562 |
| Door | 2,234 | 66.57% | 861 | 25.66% | 120 | 3.58% | 33 | 0.98% | 108 | 3.22% | 1,373 | 40.91% | 3,356 |
| Douglas | 8,852 | 83.92% | 789 | 7.48% | 385 | 3.65% | 208 | 1.97% | 314 | 2.98% | 8,063 | 76.44% | 10,548 |
| Dunn | 4,371 | 79.68% | 643 | 11.72% | 204 | 3.72% | 127 | 2.31% | 141 | 2.57% | 3,728 | 67.95% | 5,486 |
| Eau Claire | 5,355 | 68.11% | 1,789 | 22.76% | 391 | 4.97% | 107 | 1.36% | 220 | 2.80% | 3,566 | 45.36% | 7,862 |
| Florence | 1,004 | 89.01% | 67 | 5.94% | 23 | 2.04% | 9 | 0.80% | 25 | 2.22% | 937 | 83.07% | 1,128 |
| Fond du Lac | 8,270 | 66.22% | 1,250 | 10.01% | 2,558 | 20.48% | 185 | 1.48% | 226 | 1.81% | 5,712[c] | 45.74% | 12,489 |
| Forest | 1,571 | 74.88% | 180 | 8.58% | 275 | 13.11% | 23 | 1.10% | 49 | 2.34% | 1,296[c] | 61.77% | 2,098 |
| Grant | 6,469 | 69.55% | 1,284 | 13.80% | 1,208 | 12.99% | 120 | 1.29% | 220 | 2.37% | 5,185 | 55.75% | 9,301 |
| Green | 3,253 | 77.34% | 475 | 11.29% | 291 | 6.92% | 70 | 1.66% | 117 | 2.78% | 2,778 | 66.05% | 4,206 |
| Green Lake | 2,725 | 71.07% | 477 | 12.44% | 499 | 13.02% | 27 | 0.70% | 106 | 2.76% | 2,226[c] | 58.06% | 3,834 |
| Iowa | 3,178 | 62.68% | 1,304 | 25.72% | 359 | 7.08% | 84 | 1.66% | 145 | 2.86% | 1,874 | 36.96% | 5,070 |
| Iron | 1,724 | 82.77% | 196 | 9.41% | 57 | 2.74% | 43 | 2.06% | 63 | 3.02% | 1,528 | 73.36% | 2,083 |
| Jackson | 2,424 | 81.45% | 270 | 9.07% | 106 | 3.56% | 84 | 2.82% | 92 | 3.09% | 2,154 | 72.38% | 2,976 |
| Jefferson | 6,088 | 69.55% | 913 | 10.43% | 1,415 | 16.16% | 139 | 1.59% | 199 | 2.27% | 4,673[c] | 53.38% | 8,754 |
| Juneau | 3,168 | 76.54% | 428 | 10.34% | 396 | 9.57% | 73 | 1.76% | 74 | 1.79% | 2,740 | 66.20% | 4,139 |
| Kenosha | 9,212 | 65.84% | 597 | 4.27% | 3,567 | 25.49% | 304 | 2.17% | 312 | 2.23% | 5,645[c] | 40.34% | 13,992 |
| Kewaunee | 1,484 | 57.83% | 478 | 18.63% | 435 | 16.95% | 112 | 4.36% | 57 | 2.22% | 1,006 | 39.20% | 2,556 |
| La Crosse | 7,268 | 70.51% | 1,092 | 10.59% | 1,627 | 15.78% | 96 | 0.93% | 225 | 2.18% | 5,641[c] | 54.72% | 10,308 |
| Lafayette | 3,659 | 67.04% | 493 | 9.03% | 1,159 | 21.23% | 67 | 1.23% | 80 | 1.47% | 2,500[c] | 45.80% | 5,458 |
| Langlade | 3,504 | 60.68% | 314 | 5.44% | 1,685 | 29.18% | 93 | 1.61% | 179 | 3.10% | 1,819[c] | 31.50% | 5,775 |
| Lincoln | 2,666 | 59.88% | 1,250 | 28.08% | 306 | 6.87% | 93 | 2.09% | 137 | 3.08% | 1,416 | 31.81% | 4,452 |
| Manitowoc | 6,588 | 62.45% | 1,420 | 13.46% | 2,111 | 20.01% | 245 | 2.32% | 186 | 1.76% | 4,477[c] | 42.44% | 10,550 |
| Marathon | 9,437 | 74.17% | 1,156 | 9.09% | 798 | 6.27% | 985 | 7.74% | 348 | 2.73% | 8,281 | 65.08% | 12,724 |
| Marinette | 4,831 | 77.79% | 640 | 10.31% | 447 | 7.20% | 96 | 1.55% | 196 | 3.16% | 4,191 | 67.49% | 6,210 |
| Marquette | 1,413 | 68.79% | 159 | 7.74% | 432 | 21.03% | 15 | 0.73% | 35 | 1.70% | 981[c] | 47.76% | 2,054 |
| Milwaukee | 43,948 | 43.99% | 15,411 | 15.43% | 12,386 | 12.40% | 27,250 | 27.28% | 910 | 0.91% | 16,698[d] | 16.71% | 99,905 |
| Monroe | 3,221 | 69.96% | 706 | 15.33% | 325 | 7.06% | 141 | 3.06% | 211 | 4.58% | 2,515 | 54.63% | 4,604 |
| Oconto | 3,379 | 60.23% | 1,391 | 24.80% | 698 | 12.44% | 66 | 1.18% | 76 | 1.35% | 1,988 | 35.44% | 5,610 |
| Oneida | 2,702 | 72.75% | 400 | 10.77% | 369 | 9.94% | 134 | 3.61% | 109 | 2.93% | 2,302 | 61.98% | 3,714 |
| Outagamie | 9,105 | 69.10% | 2,049 | 15.55% | 1,444 | 10.96% | 234 | 1.78% | 344 | 2.61% | 7,056 | 53.55% | 13,176 |
| Ozaukee | 1,484 | 39.97% | 462 | 12.44% | 1,608 | 43.31% | 78 | 2.10% | 81 | 2.18% | -124[e] | -3.34% | 3,713 |
| Pepin | 1,024 | 63.92% | 250 | 15.61% | 214 | 13.36% | 54 | 3.37% | 60 | 3.75% | 774 | 48.31% | 1,602 |
| Pierce | 4,132 | 76.01% | 569 | 10.47% | 205 | 3.77% | 359 | 6.60% | 171 | 3.15% | 3,563 | 65.54% | 5,436 |
| Polk | 3,349 | 77.25% | 437 | 10.08% | 204 | 4.71% | 124 | 2.86% | 221 | 5.10% | 2,912 | 67.17% | 4,335 |
| Portage | 3,869 | 46.97% | 497 | 6.03% | 3,685 | 44.73% | 57 | 0.69% | 130 | 1.58% | 184[c] | 2.23% | 8,238 |
| Price | 3,012 | 76.72% | 518 | 13.19% | 194 | 4.94% | 95 | 2.42% | 107 | 2.73% | 2,494 | 63.53% | 3,926 |
| Racine | 12,958 | 70.63% | 2,908 | 15.85% | 1,473 | 8.03% | 486 | 2.65% | 521 | 2.84% | 10,050 | 54.78% | 18,346 |
| Richland | 3,634 | 74.51% | 483 | 9.90% | 549 | 11.26% | 39 | 0.80% | 172 | 3.53% | 3,085[c] | 63.26% | 4,877 |
| Rock | 10,697 | 80.67% | 1,537 | 11.59% | 641 | 4.83% | 155 | 1.17% | 230 | 1.73% | 9,160 | 69.08% | 13,260 |
| Rusk | 2,407 | 69.87% | 658 | 19.10% | 157 | 4.56% | 84 | 2.44% | 139 | 4.03% | 1,749 | 50.77% | 3,445 |
| Sauk | 4,117 | 61.26% | 677 | 10.07% | 1,553 | 23.11% | 179 | 2.66% | 195 | 2.90% | 2,564[c] | 38.15% | 6,721 |
| Sawyer | 1,177 | 78.26% | 153 | 10.17% | 85 | 5.65% | 38 | 2.53% | 51 | 3.39% | 1,024 | 68.09% | 1,504 |
| Shawano | 2,999 | 71.40% | 406 | 9.67% | 374 | 8.90% | 318 | 7.57% | 103 | 2.45% | 2,593 | 61.74% | 4,200 |
| Sheboygan | 5,141 | 42.55% | 3,581 | 29.64% | 1,902 | 15.74% | 1,238 | 10.25% | 220 | 1.82% | 1,560 | 12.91% | 12,082 |
| St. Croix | 3,958 | 65.71% | 1,305 | 21.67% | 372 | 6.18% | 207 | 3.44% | 181 | 3.01% | 2,653 | 44.05% | 6,023 |
| Taylor | 2,332 | 74.62% | 396 | 12.67% | 140 | 4.48% | 190 | 6.08% | 67 | 2.14% | 1,936 | 61.95% | 3,125 |
| Trempealeau | 3,961 | 73.95% | 728 | 13.59% | 432 | 8.07% | 65 | 1.21% | 170 | 3.17% | 3,233 | 60.36% | 5,356 |
| Vernon | 3,987 | 76.61% | 618 | 11.88% | 256 | 4.92% | 161 | 3.09% | 182 | 3.50% | 3,369 | 64,74% | 5,204 |
| Vilas | 907 | 83.90% | 45 | 4.16% | 61 | 5.64% | 36 | 3.33% | 32 | 2.96% | 849[c] | 78.26% | 1,081 |
| Walworth | 5,691 | 77.28% | 714 | 9.70% | 636 | 8.64% | 78 | 1.06% | 245 | 3.33% | 4,977 | 67.59% | 7,364 |
| Washburn | 1,572 | 79.59% | 211 | 10.68% | 57 | 2.89% | 76 | 3.85% | 59 | 2.99% | 1,361 | 68.91% | 1,975 |
| Washington | 2,721 | 52.41% | 519 | 10.00% | 1,735 | 33.42% | 156 | 3.00% | 61 | 1.17% | 986[c] | 18.99% | 5,192 |
| Waukesha | 6,277 | 63.83% | 1,337 | 13.60% | 1,730 | 17.59% | 298 | 3.03% | 192 | 1.95% | 4,547[c] | 46.24% | 9,834 |
| Waupaca | 5,637 | 78.35% | 905 | 12.58% | 398 | 5.53% | 112 | 1.56% | 143 | 1.99% | 4,732 | 65.77% | 7,195 |
| Waushara | 2,972 | 82.26% | 351 | 9.71% | 172 | 4.76% | 41 | 1.13% | 77 | 2.13% | 2,621 | 72.54% | 3,613 |
| Winnebago | 10,048 | 64.72% | 3,112 | 20.05% | 1,642 | 10.58% | 459 | 2.96% | 264 | 1.70% | 6,936 | 44.68% | 15,525 |
| Wood | 6,089 | 67.15% | 1,710 | 18.86% | 693 | 7.64% | 358 | 3.95% | 218 | 2.40% | 4,379 | 48.29% | 9,068 |
| Total | 350,927 | 63.47% | 76,507 | 13.84% | 72,627 | 13.14% | 40,293 | 7.29% | 12,558 | 2.27% | 274,420 | 49.63% | 552,912 |