1914 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1914 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1914. Primary elections were held on September 1, 1914.
Incumbent Republican Governor Francis E. McGovern retired to run for U.S. Senate.
Republican nominee Emanuel L. Philipp defeated Democratic nominee John C. Karel, Progressive nominee John J. Blaine and Social Democratic nominee Oscar Ameringer, with 43.26% of the vote.
Primary election
[edit]Republican party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Andrew H. Dahl, former State Treasurer of Wisconsin
- William H. Hatton, former State Senator
- Merlin Hull, Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Emanuel L. Philipp, Milwaukee Police Commissioner[1]
- Henry E. Roethe, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Bernice W. Utman[2]
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Emanuel L. Philipp | 43,733 | 35.09% | |
Republican | Andrew H. Dahl | 27,619 | 22.16% | |
Republican | William H. Hatton | 23,275 | 18.68% | |
Republican | Henry E. Roethe | 12,411 | 9.96% | |
Republican | Merlin Hull | 10,841 | 8.70% | |
Republican | Bernice W. Utman | 6,735 | 5.40% | |
Republican | Scattering | 3[a] | 0.00% | |
Total votes | 124,617 | 100.00% |
Democratic party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- John A. Aylward, Democratic nominee for Governor in 1906 and 1908
- John C. Karel, Milwaukee County Court judge, Democratic nominee for Governor in 1912
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John C. Karel | 38,995 | 53.45% | |
Democratic | John A. Aylward | 33,937 | 46.52% | |
Democratic | Scattering | 20 | 0.03% | |
Total votes | 72,952 | 100.00% |
Social Democratic party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Oscar Ameringer, newspaper editor
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democratic | Oscar Ameringer | 12,678 | 99.98% | |
Social Democratic | Scattering | 2 | 0.02% | |
Total votes | 12,680 | 100.00% |
Prohibition party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- David W. Emerson, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 11th congressional district in 1912
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Prohibition | David W. Emerson | 1,936% | 99.90 | |
Prohibition | Scattering | 2 | 0.10% | |
Total votes | 1,938 | 100.00% |
Other party nominations
[edit]- John J. Blaine, Progressive
- John Vierthaler, Socialist Labor, Socialist Labor nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1912
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Emanuel L. Philipp | 140,787 | 43.26% | −2.28% | |
Democratic | John C. Karel | 119,509 | 36.72% | −5.76% | |
Progressive | John J. Blaine | 32,560 | 10.01% | ||
Social Democratic | Oscar Ameringer | 25,917 | 7.96% | −0.79% | |
Prohibition | David W. Emerson | 6,279 | 1.93% | −0.47% | |
Socialist Labor | John Vierthaler | 352 | 0.11% | −0.72% | |
Scattering | 26 | 0.01% | |||
Majority | 21,278 | 6.54% | |||
Total votes | 325,430 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | Swing | +3.48% |
Results by county
[edit]Karel was the first Democrat to ever win Pepin County and Vilas County. He was also the first Democrat since George W. Peck in 1892 to win Brown County and Chippewa County. After this election, Chippewa County and Fond du Lac County would not vote Democratic again until 1932 and Vilas County would not do the same until 1934.
This was the first time Vilas County ever voted for the losing candidate. Brown County and Chippewa County voted for the losing candidate for the first time since 1888 and 1886, respectively.
County[4][5] | Emanuel L. Philipp Republican | John C. Karel Democratic | John J. Blaine Progressive | Oscar Ameringer Social Democratic | David W. Emerson Prohibition | John Vierthaler Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 451 | 48.13% | 219 | 23.37% | 206 | 21.99% | 32 | 3.42% | 24 | 2.56% | 5 | 0.53% | 232 | 24.76% | 937 |
Ashland | 1,384 | 45.33% | 1,123 | 36.78% | 215 | 7.04% | 182 | 5.96% | 144 | 4.72% | 5 | 0.16% | 261 | 8.55% | 3,053 |
Barron | 1,170 | 44.17% | 830 | 31.33% | 324 | 12.23% | 97 | 3.66% | 225 | 8.49% | 3 | 0.11% | 340 | 12.84% | 2,649 |
Bayfield | 863 | 51.13% | 325 | 19.25% | 266 | 15.76% | 165 | 9.77% | 63 | 3.73% | 6 | 0.36% | 538 | 31.87% | 1,688 |
Brown | 2,738 | 39.04% | 3,691 | 52.63% | 153 | 2.18% | 342 | 4.88% | 89 | 1.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -953 | -13.59% | 7,013 |
Buffalo | 865 | 50.12% | 490 | 28.39% | 293 | 16.98% | 34 | 1.97% | 43 | 2.49% | 1 | 0.06% | 375 | 21.73% | 1,726 |
Burnett | 743 | 55.24% | 228 | 16.95% | 182 | 13.53% | 103 | 7.66% | 81 | 6.02% | 5 | 0.37% | 515 | 38.29% | 1,345[c] |
Calumet | 1,027 | 38.38% | 1,526 | 57.03% | 63 | 2.35% | 38 | 1.42% | 20 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | -499 | -18.65% | 2,676[d] |
Chippewa | 1,881 | 44.81% | 1,990 | 47.40% | 235 | 5.60% | 43 | 1.02% | 47 | 1.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -109 | -2.60% | 4,198[d] |
Clark | 1,787 | 53.01% | 1,080 | 32.04% | 341 | 10.12% | 83 | 2.46% | 78 | 2.31% | 2 | 0.06% | 707 | 20.97% | 3,371 |
Columbia | 2,361 | 49.33% | 1,491 | 31.15% | 797 | 16.65% | 48 | 1.00% | 88 | 1.84% | 1 | 0.02% | 870 | 18.18% | 4,786 |
Crawford | 1,110 | 37.59% | 1,303 | 44.12% | 466 | 15.78% | 25 | 0.85% | 43 | 1.46% | 5 | 0.17% | -193 | -6.54% | 2,953[e] |
Dane | 3,537 | 26.75% | 5,178 | 39.17% | 4,131 | 31.25% | 144 | 1.09% | 217 | 1.64% | 11 | 0.08% | -1,047[f] | -7.92% | 13,220[d] |
Dodge | 3,044 | 39.85% | 4,104 | 53.73% | 331 | 4.33% | 57 | 0.75% | 101 | 1.32% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,060 | -13.88% | 7,638 |
Door | 1,271 | 58.92% | 726 | 33.66% | 88 | 4.08% | 24 | 1.11% | 48 | 2.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 545 | 25.27% | 2,157 |
Douglas | 2,474 | 43.13% | 2,240 | 39.05% | 332 | 5.79% | 563 | 9.82% | 120 | 2.09% | 7 | 0.12% | 234 | 4.08% | 5,736 |
Dunn | 1,044 | 51.38% | 389 | 19.14% | 414 | 20.37% | 134 | 6.59% | 50 | 2.46% | 1 | 0.05% | 630[g] | 31.01% | 2,032 |
Eau Claire | 1,602 | 42.19% | 1,291 | 34.00% | 663 | 17.46% | 138 | 3.63% | 93 | 2.45% | 8 | 0.21% | 311 | 8.19% | 3,797[d] |
Florence | 347 | 71.40% | 70 | 14.40% | 43 | 8.85% | 13 | 2.67% | 8 | 1.65% | 5 | 1.03% | 277 | 57.00% | 486 |
Fond du Lac | 3,208 | 38.98% | 4,061 | 49.34% | 676 | 8.21% | 130 | 1.58% | 149 | 1.81% | 6 | 0.07% | -853 | -10.36% | 8,230 |
Forest | 689 | 66.06% | 237 | 22.72% | 69 | 6.62% | 25 | 2.40% | 23 | 2.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 452 | 43.34% | 1,043 |
Grant | 2,470 | 46.34% | 1,753 | 32.89% | 911 | 17.09% | 42 | 0.79% | 150 | 2.81% | 4 | 0.08% | 717 | 13.45% | 5,330 |
Green | 1,511 | 47.46% | 861 | 27.04% | 604 | 18.97% | 76 | 2.39% | 130 | 4.08% | 2 | 0.06% | 650 | 20.41% | 3,184 |
Green Lake | 1,155 | 50.68% | 903 | 39.62% | 147 | 6.45% | 31 | 1.36% | 40 | 1.76% | 3 | 0.13% | 252 | 11.06% | 2,279 |
Iowa | 1,621 | 45.88% | 1,227 | 34.73% | 519 | 14.69% | 9 | 0.25% | 155 | 4.39% | 2 | 0.06% | 394 | 11.15% | 3,533 |
Iron | 672 | 71.04% | 177 | 18.71% | 25 | 2.64% | 41 | 4.33% | 28 | 2.96% | 3 | 0.32% | 495 | 52.33% | 946 |
Jackson | 1,117 | 56.05% | 569 | 28.55% | 221 | 11.09% | 37 | 1.86% | 48 | 2.41% | 1 | 0.05% | 548 | 27.50% | 1,993 |
Jefferson | 2,385 | 42.12% | 2,728 | 48.18% | 383 | 6.76% | 76 | 1.34% | 83 | 1.47% | 0 | 0.00% | -343 | -6.06% | 5,662[h] |
Juneau | 1,549 | 53.84% | 901 | 31.32% | 347 | 12.06% | 35 | 1.22% | 39 | 1.36% | 6 | 0.21% | 648 | 22.52% | 2,877 |
Kenosha | 2,460 | 45.71% | 2,351 | 43.68% | 208 | 3.86% | 296 | 5.50% | 64 | 1.19% | 3 | 0.06% | 109 | 2.03% | 5,382 |
Kewaunee | 833 | 29.47% | 1,865 | 65.97% | 93 | 3.29% | 12 | 0.42% | 20 | 0.71% | 4 | 0.14% | -1,032 | -36.51% | 2,827 |
La Crosse | 2,454 | 40.81% | 2,112 | 35.12% | 1,231 | 20.47% | 127 | 2.11% | 68 | 1.13% | 21 | 0.35% | 342 | 5.69% | 6,013 |
Lafayette | 1,602 | 46.13% | 1,339 | 38.55% | 431 | 12.41% | 15 | 0.43% | 84 | 2.42% | 2 | 0.06% | 263 | 7.57% | 3,473 |
Langlade | 1,189 | 42.54% | 1,329 | 47.55% | 174 | 6.23% | 54 | 1.93% | 46 | 1.65% | 3 | 0.11% | -140 | -5.01% | 2,795 |
Lincoln | 1,528 | 53.22% | 983 | 34.24% | 196 | 6.83% | 123 | 4.28% | 39 | 1.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 545 | 18.98% | 2,871[d] |
Manitowoc | 2,604 | 36.80% | 3,779 | 53.40% | 90 | 1.27% | 556 | 7.86% | 47 | 0.66% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,175 | -16.60% | 7,077 |
Marathon | 3,642 | 46.06% | 3,377 | 42.71% | 375 | 4.74% | 405 | 5.12% | 99 | 1.25% | 9 | 0.11% | 265 | 3.35% | 7,907 |
Marinette | 2,250 | 56.73% | 1,211 | 30.53% | 179 | 4.51% | 156 | 3.93% | 163 | 4.11% | 7 | 0.18% | 1,039 | 26.20% | 3,966 |
Marquette | 1,001 | 55.43% | 601 | 33.28% | 159 | 8.80% | 8 | 0.44% | 37 | 2.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 400 | 22.15% | 1,806 |
Milwaukee | 22,267 | 35.28% | 19,852 | 31.46% | 2,970 | 4.71% | 17,588 | 27.87% | 329 | 0.52% | 101 | 0.16% | 2,415 | 3.83% | 63,107 |
Monroe | 1,638 | 49.92% | 995 | 30.33% | 489 | 14.90% | 50 | 1.52% | 101 | 3.08% | 8 | 0.24% | 643 | 19.60% | 3,281 |
Oconto | 1,752 | 52.13% | 1,350 | 40.17% | 140 | 4.17% | 79 | 2.35% | 40 | 1.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 402 | 11.96% | 3,361 |
Oneida | 923 | 50.99% | 547 | 30.22% | 202 | 11.16% | 106 | 5.86% | 29 | 1.60% | 3 | 0.17% | 376 | 20.77% | 1,810 |
Outagamie | 3,317 | 44.54% | 3,233 | 43.41% | 680 | 9.13% | 105 | 1.41% | 112 | 1.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 84 | 1.13% | 7,447 |
Ozaukee | 751 | 30.58% | 1,585 | 64.54% | 62 | 2.52% | 44 | 1.79% | 14 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | -834 | -33.96% | 2,456 |
Pepin | 398 | 41.54% | 429 | 44.78% | 76 | 7.93% | 29 | 3.03% | 26 | 2.71% | 0 | 0.00% | -31 | -3.24% | 958 |
Pierce | 841 | 51.47% | 332 | 20.32% | 338 | 20.69% | 43 | 2.63% | 74 | 4.53% | 4 | 0.24% | 503[g] | 30.78% | 1,634[d] |
Polk | 798 | 50.06% | 295 | 18.51% | 308 | 19.32% | 115 | 7.21% | 70 | 4.39% | 8 | 0.50% | 490[g] | 30.74% | 1,594 |
Portage | 1,736 | 41.39% | 1,933 | 46.09% | 423 | 10.09% | 41 | 0.98% | 59 | 1.41% | 2 | 0.05% | -197 | -4.70% | 4,194 |
Price | 896 | 53.05% | 419 | 24.81% | 116 | 6.87% | 207 | 12.26% | 48 | 2.84% | 3 | 0.18% | 477 | 28.24% | 1,689 |
Racine | 2,862 | 42.44% | 2,731 | 40.50% | 558 | 8.28% | 395 | 5.86% | 187 | 2.77% | 10 | 0.15% | 131 | 1.94% | 6,743 |
Richland | 1,040 | 36.91% | 649 | 23.03% | 853 | 30.27% | 45 | 1.60% | 230 | 8.16% | 1 | 0.04% | 187[g] | 6.64% | 2,818 |
Rock | 3,856 | 49.91% | 2,186 | 28.29% | 1,236 | 16.00% | 227 | 2.94% | 215 | 2.78% | 6 | 0.08% | 1,670 | 21.62% | 7,726 |
Rusk | 737 | 53.29% | 320 | 23.14% | 206 | 14.90% | 76 | 5.50% | 41 | 2.96% | 3 | 0.22% | 417 | 30.15% | 1,383 |
Sauk | 2,063 | 52.21% | 1,073 | 27.16% | 577 | 14.60% | 30 | 0.76% | 200 | 5.06% | 8 | 0.20% | 990 | 25.06% | 3,951 |
Sawyer | 460 | 55.09% | 281 | 33.65% | 56 | 6.71% | 19 | 2.28% | 19 | 2.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 179 | 21.44% | 835 |
Shawano | 1,810 | 54.65% | 876 | 26.45% | 467 | 14.10% | 80 | 2.42% | 75 | 2.26% | 4 | 0.12% | 934 | 28.20% | 3,312 |
Sheboygan | 4,029 | 45.49% | 3,451 | 38.96% | 523 | 5.90% | 786 | 8.87% | 58 | 0.65% | 10 | 0.11% | 578 | 6.53% | 8,857 |
St. Croix | 1,679 | 46.01% | 1,464 | 40.12% | 285 | 7.81% | 111 | 3.04% | 103 | 2.82% | 7 | 0.19% | 215 | 5.89% | 3,649 |
Taylor | 845 | 44.15% | 732 | 38.24% | 176 | 9.20% | 127 | 6.64% | 33 | 1.72% | 1 | 0.05% | 113 | 5.90% | 1,914 |
Trempealeau | 1,034 | 40.85% | 825 | 32.60% | 567 | 22.40% | 16 | 0.63% | 87 | 3.44% | 2 | 0.08% | 209 | 8.26% | 2,531 |
Vernon | 1,429 | 52.02% | 554 | 20.17% | 621 | 22.61% | 26 | 0.95% | 116 | 4.22% | 1 | 0.04% | 808[g] | 29.41% | 2,747 |
Vilas | 254 | 38.54% | 262 | 39.76% | 40 | 6.07% | 84 | 12.75% | 16 | 2.43% | 3 | 0.46% | -8 | -1.21% | 659 |
Walworth | 2,011 | 50.80% | 1,284 | 32.43% | 377 | 9.52% | 48 | 1.21% | 235 | 5.94% | 4 | 0.10% | 727 | 18.36% | 3,959 |
Washburn | 793 | 63.59% | 297 | 23.82% | 64 | 5.13% | 51 | 4.09% | 40 | 3.21% | 2 | 0.16% | 496 | 39.78% | 1,247 |
Washington | 2,007 | 47.13% | 2,060 | 48.38% | 93 | 2.18% | 76 | 1.78% | 22 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -53 | -1.24% | 4,258 |
Waukesha | 2,964 | 46.13% | 2,421 | 37.68% | 737 | 11.47% | 128 | 1.99% | 174 | 2.71% | 2 | 0.03% | 543 | 8.45% | 6,426 |
Waupaca | 2,703 | 59.72% | 898 | 19.84% | 651 | 14.38% | 129 | 2.85% | 139 | 3.07% | 6 | 0.13% | 1,805 | 39.88% | 4,526 |
Waushara | 1,117 | 60.74% | 227 | 12.34% | 390 | 21.21% | 53 | 2.88% | 50 | 2.72% | 2 | 0.11% | 727[g] | 39.53% | 1,839 |
Winnebago | 4,205 | 44.85% | 3,407 | 36.34% | 1,334 | 14.23% | 291 | 3.10% | 131 | 1.40% | 4 | 0.04% | 798 | 8.51% | 9,375[c] |
Wood | 1,933 | 43.06% | 1,883 | 41.95% | 364 | 8.11% | 193 | 4.30% | 112 | 2.49% | 4 | 0.09% | 50 | 1.11% | 4,489 |
Total | 140,787 | 43.26% | 119,509 | 36.72% | 32,560 | 10.01% | 25,917 | 7.96% | 6,279 | 1.93% | 352 | 0.11% | 21,278 | 6.54% | 325,430 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The Blue Book says 2 but to match the total for all candidates it needs to be 3
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Includes 3 Scattering votes
- ^ a b c d e f Includes 2 Scattering votes
- ^ Includes 1 Scattering vote
- ^ Karel's margin over Blaine
- ^ a b c d e f Philipp's margin over Blaine
- ^ Includes 7 Scattering votes
References
[edit]- ^ "Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission 125th Anniversary Report" (PDF). Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- ^ "List of Candidates". Northern Wisconsin Advertiser. Wabeno, Wisconsin. August 21, 1914. p. 5. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Industrial Commission of Wisconsin (1915). "Primary Election Vote for Governor - 1914". The Wisconsin Blue Book. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer. pp. 236–237.
- ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Certificate of Board of State Canvassers for State Officers, General Election - 1914
- ^ a b Industrial Commission of Wisconsin (1915). "Vote For Governor, 1914". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer. p. 222.
Bibliography
[edit]- Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
- Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1915. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer. 1915.