1916 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1916 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Primary elections were held on September 5, 1916.
Incumbent Republican Governor Emanuel L. Philipp won the election with 52.93% of the vote, winning his second term as governor. Philipp defeated Democratic Party candidate Burt Williams and Socialist candidate Rae Weaver.
Primary election
[edit]Republican party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Don C. Hall, former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- William H. Hatton, former State Senator and unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for Governor in 1914
- Francis E. McGovern, former Governor
- Emanuel L. Philipp, incumbent Governor
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Emanuel L. Philipp (incumbent) | 83,769 | 48.59% | |
| Republican | William H. Hatton | 47,618 | 27.62% | |
| Republican | Francis E. McGovern | 35,845 | 20.79% | |
| Republican | Don C. Hall | 5,154 | 2.99% | |
| Total votes | 172,386 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Burt Williams, Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1908
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Burt Williams | 40,124 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 40,124 | 100.00% | ||
Socialist party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Rae Weaver, Socialist nominee for Secretary of State of Wisconsin in 1912
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Rae Weaver | 11,852 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 11,852 | 100.00% | ||
Prohibition party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- George McKerrow, Prohibition nominee for Secretary of State of Wisconsin in 1890
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | George McKerrow | 1,974 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 1,974 | 100.00% | ||
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Emanuel L. Philipp (incumbent) | 229,889 | 52.93% | +9.67% | |
| Democratic | Burt Williams | 164,555 | 37.89% | +1.16% | |
| Socialist | Rae Weaver | 30,649 | 7.13% | −0.91% | |
| Prohibition | George McKerrow | 9,193 | 2.12% | +0.19% | |
| Scattering | 54 | 0.01% | |||
| Majority | 65,334 | 15.11% | |||
| Total votes | 434,340 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +8.57% | |||
Results by county
[edit]Williams was the first Democrat since George W. Peck in 1892 to win Iowa County and La Crosse County; the latter would not vote Democratic again until 1950. By voting for Williams, Iowa County and La Crosse county voted for the losing candidate for the first time since 1881 and 1886, respectively.
| County[2][3] | Emanuel L. Philipp Republican |
Burt Williams Democratic |
Rae Weaver Socialist |
George McKerrow Prohibition |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[b] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 999 | 56.03% | 677 | 37.97% | 40 | 2.24% | 65 | 3.65% | 2 | 0.11% | 322 | 18.06% | 1,783 |
| Ashland | 1,779 | 47.78% | 1,732 | 46.52% | 137 | 3.68% | 75 | 2.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 47 | 1.26% | 3,723 |
| Barron | 2,512 | 53.81% | 1,727 | 37.00% | 103 | 2.21% | 323 | 6.92% | 3 | 0.06% | 785 | 16.82% | 4,668 |
| Bayfield | 1,309 | 52.38% | 944 | 37.78% | 183 | 7.32% | 63 | 2.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 365 | 14.61% | 2,499 |
| Brown | 4,734 | 49.94% | 4,352 | 45.91% | 271 | 2.86% | 123 | 1.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 382 | 4.03% | 9,480 |
| Buffalo | 1,582 | 63.31% | 811 | 32.45% | 48 | 1.92% | 57 | 2.28% | 1 | 0.04% | 771 | 30.85% | 2,499 |
| Burnett | 1,036 | 57.52% | 572 | 31.76% | 123 | 6.83% | 69 | 3.83% | 1 | 0.06% | 464 | 25.76% | 1,801 |
| Calumet | 1,978 | 58.18% | 1,353 | 39.79% | 48 | 1.41% | 21 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 625 | 18.38% | 3,400 |
| Chippewa | 3,310 | 59.66% | 2,079 | 37.47% | 52 | 0.94% | 106 | 1.91% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,231 | 22.19% | 5,548 |
| Clark | 3,417 | 67.84% | 1,383 | 27.46% | 115 | 2.28% | 122 | 2.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,034 | 40.38% | 5,037 |
| Columbia | 3,425 | 60.26% | 2,023 | 35.59% | 70 | 1.23% | 166 | 2.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,402 | 24.67% | 5,684 |
| Crawford | 1,817 | 49.79% | 1,756 | 48.12% | 28 | 0.77% | 47 | 1.29% | 1 | 0.03% | 61 | 1.67% | 3,649 |
| Dane | 6,188 | 36.38% | 10,392 | 61.09% | 138 | 0.81% | 292 | 1.72% | 1 | 0.01% | -4,204 | -24.71% | 17,011 |
| Dodge | 4,671 | 49.52% | 4,446 | 47.13% | 179 | 1.90% | 137 | 1.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 225 | 2.39% | 9,433 |
| Door | 1,973 | 72.48% | 638 | 23.44% | 43 | 1.58% | 68 | 2.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,335 | 49.04% | 2,722 |
| Douglas | 2,978 | 44.21% | 2,825 | 41.94% | 817 | 12.13% | 116 | 1.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 153 | 2.27% | 6,736 |
| Dunn | 2,733 | 67.08% | 1,086 | 26.66% | 140 | 3.44% | 113 | 2.77% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,647 | 40.43% | 4,074 |
| Eau Claire | 2,846 | 54.76% | 2,093 | 40.27% | 132 | 2.54% | 125 | 2.41% | 1 | 0.02% | 753 | 14.49% | 5,197 |
| Florence | 447 | 77.34% | 111 | 19.20% | 11 | 1.90% | 9 | 1.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 336 | 58.13% | 578 |
| Fond du Lac | 5,835 | 54.39% | 4,551 | 42.42% | 127 | 1.18% | 214 | 1.99% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,284 | 11.97% | 10,728 |
| Forest | 746 | 56.73% | 518 | 39.39% | 25 | 1.90% | 26 | 1.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 228 | 17.34% | 1,315 |
| Grant | 4,779 | 59.04% | 3,079 | 38.04% | 54 | 0.67% | 183 | 2.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,700 | 21.00% | 8,095 |
| Green | 2,123 | 50.18% | 1,873 | 44.27% | 50 | 1.18% | 180 | 4.25% | 5 | 0.12% | 250 | 5.91% | 4,231 |
| Green Lake | 1,649 | 56.20% | 1,185 | 40.39% | 35 | 1.19% | 65 | 2.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 464 | 15.81% | 2,934 |
| Iowa | 2,122 | 46.55% | 2,252 | 49.40% | 17 | 0.37% | 167 | 3.66% | 1 | 0.02% | -130 | -2.85% | 4,559 |
| Iron | 770 | 62.96% | 379 | 30.99% | 41 | 3.35% | 33 | 2.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 391 | 31.97% | 1,223 |
| Jackson | 1,979 | 71.24% | 695 | 25.02% | 48 | 1.73% | 55 | 1.98% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,284 | 46.22% | 2,778 |
| Jefferson | 3,879 | 51.66% | 3,421 | 45.56% | 71 | 0.95% | 137 | 1.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 458 | 6.10% | 7,508 |
| Juneau | 2,417 | 63.76% | 1,189 | 31.36% | 83 | 2.19% | 102 | 2.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,228 | 32.39% | 3,791 |
| Kenosha | 3,722 | 56.43% | 2,255 | 34.19% | 485 | 7.35% | 134 | 2.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,467 | 22.24% | 6,596 |
| Kewaunee | 1,365 | 45.52% | 1,591 | 53.05% | 12 | 0.40% | 31 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -226 | -7.54% | 2,999 |
| La Crosse | 3,627 | 45.64% | 3,898 | 49.05% | 283 | 3.56% | 139 | 1.75% | 0 | 0.00% | -271 | -3.41% | 7,947 |
| Lafayette | 2,422 | 53.48% | 1,984 | 43.81% | 19 | 0.42% | 104 | 2.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 438 | 9.67% | 4,529 |
| Langlade | 1,619 | 49.66% | 1,539 | 47.21% | 62 | 1.90% | 40 | 1.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 80 | 2.45% | 3,260 |
| Lincoln | 2,036 | 57.76% | 1,330 | 37.73% | 109 | 3.09% | 49 | 1.39% | 1 | 0.03% | 706 | 20.03% | 3,525 |
| Manitowoc | 4,445 | 50.07% | 3,935 | 44.32% | 425 | 4.79% | 73 | 0.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 510 | 5.74% | 8,878 |
| Marathon | 5,828 | 57.40% | 3,653 | 35.98% | 555 | 5.47% | 117 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,175 | 21.42% | 10,153 |
| Marinette | 3,162 | 62.84% | 1,600 | 31.80% | 135 | 2.68% | 135 | 2.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,562 | 31.04% | 5,032 |
| Marquette | 1,233 | 56.64% | 857 | 39.37% | 13 | 0.60% | 74 | 3.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 376 | 17.27% | 2,177 |
| Milwaukee | 35,204 | 44.19% | 23,197 | 29.12% | 20,758 | 26.06% | 496 | 0.62% | 3 | 0.00% | 12,007 | 15.07% | 79,658 |
| Monroe | 2,790 | 54.70% | 2,069 | 40.56% | 95 | 1.86% | 147 | 2.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 721 | 14.13% | 5,101 |
| Oconto | 2,819 | 63.43% | 1,499 | 33.73% | 63 | 1.42% | 63 | 1.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,320 | 29.70% | 4,444 |
| Oneida | 1,197 | 51.98% | 824 | 35.78% | 255 | 11.07% | 27 | 1.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 373 | 16.20% | 2,303 |
| Outagamie | 5,387 | 55.04% | 4,163 | 42.53% | 119 | 1.22% | 119 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,224 | 12.51% | 9,788 |
| Ozaukee | 1,531 | 48.87% | 1,537 | 49.06% | 46 | 1.47% | 19 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | -6 | -0.19% | 3,133 |
| Pepin | 704 | 51.96% | 591 | 43.62% | 22 | 1.62% | 37 | 2.73% | 1 | 0.07% | 113 | 8.34% | 1,355 |
| Pierce | 2,135 | 61.35% | 1,168 | 33.56% | 44 | 1.26% | 132 | 3.79% | 1 | 0.03% | 967 | 27.79% | 3,480 |
| Polk | 2,159 | 55.39% | 1,456 | 37.35% | 160 | 4.10% | 123 | 3.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 703 | 18.03% | 3,898 |
| Portage | 2,532 | 45.75% | 2,857 | 51.62% | 56 | 1.01% | 90 | 1.63% | 0 | 0.00% | -325 | -5.87% | 5,535 |
| Price | 1,662 | 61.28% | 850 | 31.34% | 135 | 4.98% | 64 | 2.36% | 1 | 0.04% | 812 | 29.94% | 2,712 |
| Racine | 4,974 | 48.18% | 4,066 | 39.39% | 679 | 6.58% | 601 | 5.82% | 3 | 0.03% | 908 | 8.80% | 10,323 |
| Richland | 1,943 | 47.59% | 1,734 | 42.47% | 66 | 1.62% | 339 | 8.30% | 1 | 0.02% | 209 | 5.12% | 4,083 |
| Rock | 7,196 | 65.50% | 3,239 | 29.48% | 212 | 1.93% | 339 | 3.09% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,957 | 36.02% | 10,987 |
| Rusk | 999 | 50.66% | 775 | 39.30% | 118 | 5.98% | 80 | 4.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 224 | 11.36% | 1,972 |
| Sauk | 3,700 | 60.55% | 2,088 | 34.17% | 36 | 0.59% | 287 | 4.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,612 | 26.38% | 6,111 |
| Sawyer | 530 | 47.79% | 526 | 47.43% | 27 | 2.43% | 26 | 2.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.36% | 1,109 |
| Shawano | 3,428 | 71.67% | 1,177 | 24.61% | 96 | 2.01% | 79 | 1.65% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,251 | 47.06% | 4,783 |
| Sheboygan | 5,406 | 53.20% | 3,730 | 36.71% | 912 | 8.97% | 113 | 1.11% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,676 | 16.49% | 10,162 |
| St. Croix | 2,786 | 54.80% | 2,033 | 39.99% | 141 | 2.77% | 124 | 2.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 753 | 14.81% | 5,084 |
| Taylor | 1,544 | 63.64% | 722 | 29.76% | 100 | 4.12% | 60 | 2.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 822 | 33.88% | 2,426 |
| Trempealeau | 2,178 | 58.80% | 1,372 | 37.04% | 28 | 0.76% | 119 | 3.21% | 7 | 0.19% | 806 | 21.76% | 3,704 |
| Vernon | 2,756 | 57.67% | 1,773 | 37.10% | 37 | 0.77% | 213 | 4.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 983 | 20.57% | 4,729 |
| Vilas | 566 | 55.27% | 368 | 35.94% | 72 | 7.03% | 18 | 1.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 198 | 19.34% | 1,024 |
| Walworth | 4,148 | 63.89% | 1,969 | 30.33% | 64 | 0.99% | 308 | 4.74% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,179 | 33.56% | 6,492 |
| Washburn | 1,097 | 66.36% | 416 | 25.17% | 77 | 4.66% | 62 | 3.75% | 1 | 0.06% | 681 | 41.20% | 1,653 |
| Washington | 3,093 | 55.21% | 2,402 | 42.88% | 59 | 1.05% | 47 | 0.84% | 1 | 0.02% | 691 | 12.33% | 5,602 |
| Waukesha | 4,174 | 51.88% | 3,392 | 42.16% | 130 | 1.62% | 349 | 4.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 782 | 9.72% | 8,045 |
| Waupaca | 4,405 | 70.60% | 1,564 | 25.07% | 97 | 1.55% | 171 | 2.74% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,841 | 45.54% | 6,239 |
| Waushara | 2,426 | 73.94% | 707 | 21.55% | 76 | 2.32% | 69 | 2.10% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,719 | 52.39% | 3,281 |
| Winnebago | 5,902 | 51.19% | 5,071 | 43.98% | 359 | 3.11% | 198 | 1.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 831 | 7.21% | 11,530 |
| Wood | 3,026 | 52.50% | 2,436 | 42.26% | 183 | 3.17% | 119 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 590 | 10.24% | 5,764 |
| Total | 229,889 | 52.93% | 164,555 | 37.89% | 30,649 | 7.06% | 9,193 | 2.12% | 54 | 0.01% | 65,334 | 15.11% | 434,340 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Brown
- Calumet
- Chippewa
- Crawford
- Dodge
- Fond du Lac
- Jefferson
- Langlade
- Manitowoc
- Pepin
- Vilas
- Washington
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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 all candidates are incorrect and it also contains numerous mistakes in the county figures. The Blue Book also lists the military vote as a separate total, but those votes were actually tabulated by county.
- ^ These figures include the military vote, which was enumerated separately by county
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Industrial Commission of Wisconsin (1917). "Primary Election Vote for Governor, 1916". The Wisconsin Blue Book. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer. p. 188.
- ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Certificate of Board of State Canvassers for State Officers, General Election - 1916
- ^ a b Industrial Commission of Wisconsin (1917). "Vote For Governor By Counties At November Election, 1916". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer. p. 282.
Bibliography
[edit]- Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1917. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer. 1917.