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1910 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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1910 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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Nominee Francis E. McGovern Adolph J. Schmitz William A. Jacobs
Party Republican Democratic Socialist
Popular vote 161,619 110,442 39,547
Percentage 50.58% 34.56% 12.38%

County results

McGovern:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Schmitz:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Jacobs:      30–40%

Governor before election

James O. Davidson
Republican

Elected Governor

Francis E. McGovern
Republican

The 1910 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1910. Primary elections were held on September 6, 1910.

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

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Republican party

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Candidates

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Results

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Republican primary results[4][5][6][7][8]
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

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results[4][5][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adolph J. Schmitz 48,071 100.00%
Total votes 48,071 100.00%

Socialist party

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Candidates

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Results

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Socialist primary results[4][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist William A. Jacobs 12,491 100.00%
Total votes 12,491 100.00%

Prohibition party

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Candidates

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Results

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Prohibition primary results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Prohibition Byron E. Van Keuren 1,802 100.00%
Total votes 1,802 100.00%

General election

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Results

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1910 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[11][12][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Francis E. McGovern 161,619 50.58% −3.45%
Democratic Adolph Schmitz 110,442 34.56% −2.35%
Social Democratic William A. Jacobs 39,547 12.38% +6.02%
Prohibition Byron E. Van Keuren 7,450 2.33% −0.28%
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

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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] 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

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Social Democratic

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Includes 1 Scattering vote
  3. ^ a b c d e f g McGovern's margin over Jacobs
  4. ^ Includes 6 Scattering votes
  5. ^ Jacobs' margin over McGovern
  6. ^ a b Includes 3 Scattering votes
  7. ^ Includes 5 Scattering votes
  8. ^ a b Includes 4 Scattering votes

References

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  1. ^ a b c "The Race for Governor". Ladysmith news-budget. Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis. March 24, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "From Stable Boy to State Senator". Northern Wisconsin advertiser. Wabeno, Wis. August 12, 1910. p. 8. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Lewis Gives His Platform". The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. Edgerton, Wis. January 28, 1910. p. 3. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "La Follette's majority 102,870". Ladysmith news-budget. Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis. September 23, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "La Follette's vote". The Wenatchee daily world. Wenatchee, Wash. September 28, 1910. p. 4. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "LaFollette wins by 102,870 votes" (PDF). Wood County reporter. Grand Rapids, Wis. September 29, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Official Count Gives "Bob" Lead". Wood County reporter. Grand Rapids, Wis. October 6, 1910. p. 3. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  8. ^ a b Crabtree, L. T. (1912). The Wayback Club: a text book on progressivism in Wisconsin, with an analysis of initiative, referendum, recall. Crandon, Wis.: Crandon Publishing Co. p. 120.
  9. ^ Bruce, William George; Currey, Josiah Seymour (1922). History of Milwaukee City and County. Vol. II. Milwaukee: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 404–407.
  10. ^ "Get Final Figures". The Telegraph-Courier. Kenosha, Wisconsin. September 22, 1910. p. 4. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  11. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of Canvassers of the State of Wisconsin for General Election held November 8, 1910
  12. ^ a b Beck, J. D., ed. (1911). "Population, 1905, Vote And Pluralities For Governor, 1910". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer. p. 469.

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