1900 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1900 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900.
Republican nominee Robert M. La Follette defeated Democratic nominee Louis G. Bohmrich with 59.83% of the vote.
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Major party candidates
- Louis G. Bohmrich, Democratic, lawyer[1]
- Robert M. La Follette, Republican, former U.S. Congressman
Other candidates
- Jabez Burritt Smith, Prohibition, lawyer,[1] candidate for Wisconsin State Senate in 1896[2]
- Howard Tuttle, Social Democrat, candidate for Governor in 1898
- Frank R. Wilke, Socialist Labor, pressman[1]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Robert M. La Follette | 264,419 | 59.84% | +7.28% | |
| Democratic | Louis G. Bohmrich | 160,674 | 36.36% | −4.73% | |
| Prohibition | J. Burritt Smith | 9,707 | 2.20% | −0.26% | |
| Social Democratic | Howard Tuttle | 6,590 | 1.49% | 0.72% | |
| Socialist Labor | Frank R. Wilke | 509[b] | 0.12% | −0.33% | |
| Scattering | 1[c] | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 103,745 | 23.48% | |||
| Total votes | 441,900 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +12.01% | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County[3][4] | Robert M. La Follette Republican |
Louis G. Bohmrich Democratic |
J. Burritt Smith Prohibition |
Howard Tuttle Social Democratic |
Frank R. Wilke Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,529 | 78.05% | 401 | 20.47% | 26 | 1.33% | 3 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,128 | 57.58% | 1,959 |
| Ashland | 2,958 | 62.51% | 1,639 | 34.64% | 105 | 2.22% | 24 | 0.51% | 6 | 0.13% | 1,319 | 27.87% | 4,732 |
| Barron | 2,977 | 73.14% | 939 | 23.07% | 151 | 3.71% | 2 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,038 | 50.07% | 4,070 |
| Bayfield | 2,416 | 76.89% | 629 | 20.02% | 81 | 2.58% | 7 | 0.22% | 9 | 0.29% | 1,787 | 56.87% | 3,142 |
| Brown | 4,832 | 55.90% | 3,664 | 42.39% | 123 | 1.42% | 23 | 0.27% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,168 | 13.51% | 8,644 |
| Buffalo | 2,074 | 61.95% | 1,223 | 36.53% | 50 | 1.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 851 | 25.42% | 3,348 |
| Burnett | 1,133 | 81.22% | 195 | 13.98% | 53 | 3.80% | 5 | 0.36% | 9 | 0.65% | 938 | 67.24% | 1,395 |
| Calumet | 1,594 | 44.11% | 1,939 | 53.65% | 56 | 1.55% | 21 | 0.58% | 4 | 0.11% | -345 | -9.55% | 3,614 |
| Chippewa | 4,189 | 61.58% | 2,457 | 36.12% | 142 | 2.09% | 11 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,732 | 25.46% | 6,802 |
| Clark | 3,829 | 74.31% | 1,178 | 22.86% | 127 | 2.46% | 13 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.12% | 2,651 | 51.45% | 5,153 |
| Columbia | 4,803 | 66.44% | 2,139 | 29.59% | 267 | 3.69% | 18 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,664 | 36.85% | 7,229 |
| Crawford | 2,332 | 62.47% | 1,354 | 36.27% | 45 | 1.21% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 978 | 26.20% | 3,733 |
| Dane | 9,837 | 61.20% | 5,750 | 35.77% | 465 | 2.89% | 18 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.02% | 4,087 | 25.43% | 16,073 |
| Dodge | 4,735 | 43.86% | 5,882 | 54.49% | 170 | 1.57% | 6 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.02% | -1,147 | -10.63% | 10,795 |
| Door | 2,363 | 76.77% | 659 | 21.41% | 54 | 1.75% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,704 | 55.36% | 3,078 |
| Douglas | 4,410 | 64.44% | 2,156 | 31.50% | 167 | 2.44% | 94 | 1.37% | 17 | 0.25% | 2,254 | 32.93% | 6,844 |
| Dunn | 3,061 | 70.53% | 1,138 | 26.22% | 137 | 3.16% | 3 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,923 | 44.31% | 4,340 |
| Eau Claire | 4,218 | 64.25% | 2,110 | 32.14% | 189 | 2.88% | 43 | 0.65% | 5 | 0.08% | 2,108 | 32.11% | 6,565 |
| Florence | 511 | 79.10% | 113 | 17.49% | 17 | 2.63% | 3 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.31% | 398 | 61.61% | 646 |
| Fond du Lac | 6,104 | 52.71% | 5,252 | 45.35% | 206 | 1.78% | 16 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.02% | 852 | 7.36% | 11,580 |
| Forest | 385 | 79.06% | 85 | 17.45% | 16 | 3.29% | 1 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 300 | 61.60% | 487 |
| Grant | 5,683 | 61.96% | 3,192 | 34.80% | 272 | 2.97% | 22 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,491 | 27.16% | 9,172 |
| Green | 3,038 | 61.14% | 1,748 | 35.18% | 146 | 2.94% | 37 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,290 | 25.96% | 4,969 |
| Green Lake | 2,070 | 55.99% | 1,540 | 41.66% | 83 | 2.25% | 4 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 530 | 14.34% | 3,697 |
| Iowa | 3,355 | 64.08% | 1,690 | 32.28% | 180 | 3.44% | 11 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,665 | 31.80% | 5,236 |
| Iron | 1,322 | 76.82% | 357 | 20.74% | 39 | 2.27% | 2 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.06% | 965 | 56.07% | 1,721 |
| Jackson | 2,651 | 78.09% | 641 | 18.88% | 101 | 2.97% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,010 | 59.20% | 3,395 |
| Jefferson | 3,733 | 46.25% | 4,160 | 51.54% | 170 | 2.11% | 7 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.01% | -427 | -5.29% | 8,071 |
| Juneau | 2,932 | 63.70% | 1,571 | 34.13% | 98 | 2.13% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,361 | 29.57% | 4,603 |
| Kenosha | 2,946 | 56.24% | 2,213 | 42.25% | 60 | 1.15% | 16 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.06% | 733 | 13.99% | 5,238 |
| Kewaunee | 1,727 | 49.31% | 1,738 | 49.63% | 34 | 0.97% | 3 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | -11 | -0.31% | 3,502 |
| La Crosse | 5,345 | 58.45% | 3,599 | 39.35% | 192 | 2.10% | 8 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,746 | 19.09% | 9,145 |
| Lafayette | 2,903 | 56.79% | 2,066 | 40.41% | 141 | 2.76% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 837 | 16.37% | 5,112 |
| Langlade | 1,546 | 56.42% | 1,140 | 41.61% | 44 | 1.61% | 5 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.18% | 406 | 14.82% | 2,740 |
| Lincoln | 2,053 | 54.43% | 1,629 | 43.19% | 75 | 1.99% | 13 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.05% | 424 | 11.24% | 3,772 |
| Manitowoc | 4,279 | 48.95% | 4,230 | 48.39% | 66 | 0.76% | 162 | 1.85% | 4 | 0.05% | 49 | 0.56% | 8,741 |
| Marathon | 4,480 | 51.60% | 4,018 | 46.27% | 130 | 1.50% | 22 | 0.25% | 33 | 0.38% | 462 | 5.32% | 8,683 |
| Marinette | 4,208 | 70.52% | 1,570 | 26.31% | 175 | 2.93% | 10 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.07% | 2,638 | 44.21% | 5,967 |
| Marquette | 1,563 | 63.10% | 867 | 35.00% | 47 | 1.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 696 | 28.10% | 2,477 |
| Milwaukee | 34,598 | 52.30% | 25,901 | 39.16% | 729 | 1.10% | 4,673 | 7.06% | 247 | 0.37% | 8,697 | 13.15% | 66,148 |
| Monroe | 3,727 | 60.49% | 2,248 | 36.49% | 186 | 3.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,479 | 24.01% | 6,161 |
| Oconto | 2,694 | 68.22% | 1,179 | 29.86% | 72 | 1.82% | 2 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,515 | 38.36% | 3,949 |
| Oneida | 1,802 | 70.20% | 719 | 28.01% | 34 | 1.32% | 10 | 0.39% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,083 | 42.19% | 2,567 |
| Outagamie | 5,116 | 53.68% | 4,158 | 43.63% | 224 | 2.35% | 30 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.03% | 958 | 10.05% | 9,531 |
| Ozaukee | 1,275 | 38.46% | 1,990 | 60.03% | 35 | 1.06% | 14 | 0.42% | 1 | 0.03% | -715 | -21.57% | 3,315 |
| Pepin | 1,077 | 67.14% | 493 | 30.74% | 34 | 2.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 584 | 36.41% | 1,604 |
| Pierce | 3,439 | 73.01% | 1,034 | 21.95% | 232 | 4.93% | 4 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,405 | 51.06% | 4,710 |
| Polk | 2,780 | 78.66% | 659 | 18.65% | 71 | 2.01% | 13 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.28% | 2,121 | 60.02% | 3,534[d] |
| Portage | 3,271 | 54.44% | 2,645 | 44.02% | 85 | 1.41% | 6 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.03% | 626 | 10.42% | 6,009 |
| Price | 1,733 | 74.38% | 533 | 22.88% | 49 | 2.10% | 13 | 0.56% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,200 | 51.50% | 2,330 |
| Racine | 5,748 | 56.73% | 4,019 | 39.66% | 234 | 2.31% | 125 | 1.23% | 7 | 0.07% | 1,729 | 17.06% | 10,133 |
| Richland | 2,574 | 59.56% | 1,505 | 34.82% | 233 | 5.39% | 10 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,069 | 24.73% | 4,322 |
| Rock | 8,253 | 70.26% | 3,073 | 26.16% | 389 | 3.31% | 25 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.05% | 5,180 | 44.10% | 11,746 |
| Sauk | 4,357 | 61.22% | 2,478 | 34.82% | 269 | 3.78% | 9 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,879 | 26.40% | 7,117 |
| Sawyer | 695 | 68.47% | 296 | 29.16% | 22 | 2.17% | 2 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 399 | 39.31% | 1,015 |
| Shawano | 3,224 | 66.94% | 1,518 | 31.52% | 69 | 1.43% | 3 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,706 | 35.42% | 4,816 |
| Sheboygan | 5,868 | 53.24% | 4,146 | 37.62% | 117 | 1.06% | 843 | 7.65% | 47 | 0.43% | 1,722 | 15.62% | 11,021 |
| St. Croix | 3,380 | 59.26% | 2,080 | 36.47% | 194 | 3.40% | 38 | 0.67% | 12 | 0.21% | 1,300 | 22.79% | 5,704 |
| Taylor | 1,372 | 55.43% | 1,066 | 43.07% | 23 | 0.93% | 13 | 0.53% | 1 | 0.04% | 306 | 12.36% | 2,475 |
| Trempealeau | 3,369 | 71.47% | 1,181 | 25.05% | 162 | 3.44% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,188 | 46.41% | 4,714 |
| Vernon | 4,514 | 76.81% | 1,203 | 20.47% | 143 | 2.43% | 15 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.03% | 3,311 | 56.34% | 5,877 |
| Vilas | 1,194 | 68.46% | 502 | 28.78% | 36 | 2.06% | 11 | 0.63% | 1 | 0.06% | 692 | 39.68% | 1,744 |
| Walworth | 5,074 | 71.12% | 1,755 | 24.60% | 299 | 4.19% | 6 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,319 | 46.52% | 7,134 |
| Washburn | 814 | 74.61% | 247 | 22.64% | 27 | 2.47% | 1 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.18% | 567 | 51.97% | 1,091 |
| Washington | 2,599 | 50.22% | 2,524 | 48.77% | 45 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.02% | 75 | 1.45% | 5,175 |
| Waukesha | 5,130 | 61.07% | 3,017 | 35.92% | 235 | 2.80% | 15 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,113 | 25.15% | 8,400 |
| Waupaca | 5,269 | 76.13% | 1,394 | 20.14% | 253 | 3.66% | 2 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.04% | 3,875 | 55.99% | 6,921 |
| Waushara | 2,957 | 81.21% | 557 | 15.30% | 124 | 3.41% | 3 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,400 | 65.92% | 3,641 |
| Winnebago | 7,266 | 54.23% | 5,788 | 43.20% | 311 | 2.32% | 25 | 0.19% | 8 | 0.06% | 1,478 | 11.03% | 13,398 |
| Wood | 3,126 | 60.96% | 1,895 | 36.95% | 71 | 1.38% | 31 | 0.60% | 5 | 0.10% | 1,231 | 24.01% | 5,128 |
| Total | 264,419 | 59.84% | 160,674 | 36.36% | 9,707 | 2.20% | 6,590 | 1.49% | 509 | 0.12% | 103,745 | 23.48% | 441,900 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[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.
- ^ The 1901 Blue Book mistakenly gives this total as 507
- ^ The 1901 Blue Book mistakenly gives this total as 88. The Scattering votes listed by the Blue Book in Jefferson and Pierce counties were actually votes for Wilke and the 85 votes listed in Kenosha County, which were probably "Blank", are not listed on the original canvass.
- ^ Includes 1 Scattering vote
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Election Notice". Northern Wisconsin advertiser. Wabeno, Wis. November 1, 1900. p. 9. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "J. Burritt Smith sails on".
- ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of votes given for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, State Superintendent, Railroad Commissioner and Commissioner of Insurance, at the General Election held in the several towns, wards, villages and election districts in the several Counties in the State of Wisconsin on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday being the sixth day of November A.D. 1900
- ^ a b Froehlich, William H., ed. (1901). "Comparative Vote For Governor 1900 and 1898, By Counties, With Population". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Northwestern Litho. Co. p. 328.
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.
- Froehlich, Wm. H., ed. (1901). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Milwaukee: Northwestern Litho. Co.