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1916 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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1916 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

← 1914 November 7, 1916 1918 →
 
Nominee Emanuel Lorenz Philipp Burt Williams Rae Weaver
Party Republican Democratic Socialist
Popular vote 229,889 164,555 30,649
Percentage 52.93% 37.89% 7.06%

County results

Philipp:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Williams:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Emanuel L. Philipp
Republican

Elected Governor

Emanuel L. Philipp
Republican

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

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Republican party

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Candidates

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Results

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Republican primary results[1]
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

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Burt Williams 40,124 100.00%
Total votes 40,124 100.00%

Socialist party

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Candidates

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Results

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Socialist primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist Rae Weaver 11,852 100.00%
Total votes 11,852 100.00%

Prohibition party

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Candidates

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Results

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Prohibition primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Prohibition George McKerrow 1,974 100.00%
Total votes 1,974 100.00%

General election

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Results

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1918 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[2][3][a]
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

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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

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Counties that flipped from Republican to 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. The Blue Book also lists the military vote as a separate total, but those votes were actually tabulated by county.
  2. ^ These figures include the military vote, which was enumerated separately by county

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Certificate of Board of State Canvassers for State Officers, General Election - 1916
  3. ^ 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.

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