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The 1924 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1924. Primary elections were held on September 2, 1924.
Incumbent Republican Governor John J. Blaine won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Martin L. Lueck and Socialist nominee William F. Quick.
As of 2022, this is the most recent instance of Walworth County voting Democratic in a gubernatorial election.
Primary election
[edit]Republican party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- John J. Blaine, incumbent Governor
- George Comings, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
- Arthur R. Hirst, former state highway engineer[1]
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John J. Blaine (incumbent) | 230,985 | 54.38% | |
Republican | Arthur R. Hirst | 157,138 | 36.99% | |
Republican | George Comings | 36,666 | 8.63% | |
Total votes | 424,789 | 100.00% |
Democratic party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Martin L. Lueck, former circuit court judge
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Martin L. Lueck | 21,347 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 21,347 | 100.00% |
Socialist party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Socialist | William F. Quick | 18,401 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 18,401 | 100.00% |
Prohibition party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in 1922
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Prohibition | Adolph R. Bucknam | 1,484 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 1,484 | 100.00% |
Other party nominations
[edit]- Severi Alanne, Workers, director of the Co-operative Central Exchange (CCE) of Superior, Wisconsin[4]
- Farrand K. Shuttleworth, Independent Progressive Republican (Independent), attorney[5]
- Jose Snover, Socialist Labor
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John J. Blaine (incumbent) | 412,255 | 51.76% | −24.60% | |
Democratic | Martin L. Lueck | 317,550 | 39.87% | +29.27% | |
Socialist | William F. Quick | 45,268 | 5.68% | −2.53% | |
Prohibition | Adolph R. Bucknam | 11,516 | 1.45% | −3.00% | |
Workers[a] | Severi Alanne | 4,107 | 0.52% | ||
Progressive[b] | Farrand K. Shuttleworth | 4,079 | 0.51% | ||
Socialist Labor[c] | Jose Snover | 1,452 | 0.18% | −0.12% | |
Scattering | 205 | 0.03% | |||
Majority | 94,705 | 11.89% | |||
Total votes | 796,432 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | Swing | -53.87% |
Results by county
[edit]Lueck was the first Democrat since William A. Barstow in 1853 to win Columbia County and the first since James B. Cross in 1857 to win Richland County; the latter would not vote Democratic again until 2002.
County[6][7] | John J. Blaine Republican |
Martin L. Lueck Democratic |
William F. Quick Socialist |
Adolph R. Bucknam Prohibition |
All Others Various |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 1,628 | 68.06% | 676 | 28.26% | 21 | 0.88% | 43 | 1.80% | 24 | 1.00% | 952 | 39.80% | 2,392 |
Ashland | 4,307 | 66.87% | 1,906 | 29.59% | 65 | 1.01% | 86 | 1.34% | 77 | 1.20% | 2,401 | 37.28% | 6,441 |
Barron | 5,729 | 68.89% | 1,995 | 23.99% | 93 | 1.12% | 350 | 4.21% | 149 | 1.79% | 3,734 | 44.90% | 8,316 |
Bayfield | 2,987 | 70.97% | 894 | 21.24% | 80 | 1.90% | 119 | 2.83% | 129 | 3.06% | 2,093 | 49.73% | 4,209 |
Brown | 9,662 | 52.57% | 8,248 | 44.88% | 178 | 0.97% | 164 | 0.89% | 127 | 0.69% | 1,414 | 7.69% | 18,379 |
Buffalo | 2,731 | 73.34% | 790 | 21.21% | 78 | 2.09% | 64 | 1.72% | 61 | 1.64% | 1,941 | 52.12% | 3,724 |
Burnett | 2,331 | 81.90% | 328 | 11.52% | 33 | 1.16% | 90 | 3.16% | 64 | 2.25% | 2,003 | 70.38% | 2,846 |
Calumet | 3,029 | 64.60% | 1,521 | 32.44% | 55 | 1.17% | 50 | 1.07% | 34 | 0.73% | 1,508 | 32.16% | 4,689 |
Chippewa | 6,600 | 56.10% | 4,797 | 40.77% | 48 | 0.41% | 140 | 1.19% | 180 | 1.53% | 1,803 | 15.33% | 11,765 |
Clark | 5,856 | 65.00% | 2,597 | 28.83% | 123 | 1.37% | 205 | 2.28% | 228 | 2.53% | 3,259 | 36.17% | 9,009 |
Columbia | 4,389 | 40.57% | 6,104 | 56.42% | 76 | 0.70% | 132 | 1.22% | 117 | 1.08% | -1,715 | -15.85% | 10,818 |
Crawford | 2,793 | 52.05% | 2,357 | 43.92% | 41 | 0.76% | 131 | 2.44% | 44 | 0.82% | 436 | 8.13% | 5,366 |
Dane | 21,890 | 57.84% | 14,435 | 38.14% | 233 | 0.62% | 620 | 1.64% | 666 | 1.76% | 7,455 | 19.70% | 37,844 |
Dodge | 8,390 | 49.96% | 7,781 | 46.33% | 378 | 2.25% | 135 | 0.80% | 109 | 0.65% | 609 | 3.63% | 16,793 |
Door | 2,936 | 67.76% | 1,167 | 26.93% | 28 | 0.65% | 121 | 2.79% | 81 | 1.87% | 1,769 | 40.83% | 4,333 |
Douglas | 9,178 | 67.48% | 3,812 | 28.03% | 77 | 0.57% | 243 | 1.79% | 292 | 2.15% | 5,366 | 39.45% | 13,602 |
Dunn | 4,540 | 63.67% | 2,226 | 31.22% | 41 | 0.58% | 129 | 1.81% | 194 | 2.72% | 2,314 | 32.45% | 7,130 |
Eau Claire | 5,777 | 54.14% | 4,565 | 42.78% | 49 | 0.46% | 179 | 1.68% | 101 | 0.95% | 1,212 | 11.36% | 10,671 |
Florence | 823 | 72.64% | 244 | 21.54% | 22 | 1.94% | 15 | 1.32% | 29 | 2.56% | 579 | 51.10% | 1,133 |
Fond du Lac | 9,815 | 49.74% | 9,378 | 47.53% | 126 | 0.64% | 177 | 0.90% | 235 | 1.19% | 437 | 2.21% | 19,731 |
Forest | 1,353 | 55.66% | 957 | 39.37% | 31 | 1.28% | 49 | 2.02% | 41 | 1.69% | 396 | 16.29% | 2,431 |
Grant | 6,498 | 49.95% | 5,639 | 43.34% | 71 | 0.55% | 536 | 4.12% | 266 | 2.04% | 859 | 6.60% | 13,010 |
Green | 4,306 | 55.49% | 3,085 | 39.76% | 64 | 0.82% | 216 | 2.78% | 89 | 1.15% | 1,221 | 15.73% | 7,760 |
Green Lake | 1,998 | 40.18% | 2,847 | 57.25% | 41 | 0.82% | 69 | 1.39% | 18 | 0.36% | -849 | -17.07% | 4,973 |
Iowa | 3,600 | 47.64% | 3,494 | 46.24% | 48 | 0.64% | 282 | 3.73% | 133 | 1.76% | 106 | 1.40% | 7,557 |
Iron | 1,867 | 79.82% | 322 | 13.77% | 28 | 1.20% | 29 | 1.24% | 93 | 3.98% | 1,545 | 66.05% | 2,339 |
Jackson | 3,445 | 70.51% | 1,272 | 26.03% | 28 | 0.57% | 81 | 1.66% | 60 | 1.23% | 2,173 | 44.47% | 4,886 |
Jefferson | 5,961 | 46.32% | 6,602 | 51.30% | 71 | 0.55% | 111 | 0.86% | 125 | 0.97% | -641 | -4.98% | 12,870 |
Juneau | 3,410 | 61.51% | 1,827 | 32.95% | 87 | 1.57% | 131 | 2.36% | 89 | 1.61% | 1,583 | 28.55% | 5,544 |
Kenosha | 6,697 | 36.74% | 11,136 | 61.09% | 201 | 1.10% | 117 | 0.64% | 77 | 0.42% | -4,439 | -24.35% | 18,228 |
Kewaunee | 2,439 | 66.39% | 1,150 | 31.30% | 14 | 0.38% | 28 | 0.76% | 43 | 1.17% | 1,289 | 35.08% | 3,674 |
La Crosse | 9,871 | 60.24% | 6,128 | 37.40% | 73 | 0.45% | 225 | 1.37% | 90 | 0.55% | 3,743 | 22.84% | 16,387 |
Lafayette | 3,606 | 49.50% | 3,390 | 46.53% | 18 | 0.25% | 225 | 3.09% | 46 | 0.63% | 216 | 2.96% | 7,285 |
Langlade | 3,424 | 49.85% | 3,177 | 46.26% | 48 | 0.70% | 184 | 2.68% | 35 | 0.51% | 247 | 3.60% | 6,868 |
Lincoln | 3,789 | 60.90% | 2,178 | 35.00% | 42 | 0.68% | 114 | 1.83% | 99 | 1.59% | 1,611 | 25.89% | 6,222 |
Manitowoc | 9,427 | 61.64% | 5,521 | 36.10% | 182 | 1.19% | 82 | 0.54% | 82 | 0.54% | 3,906 | 25.54% | 15,294 |
Marathon | 11,179 | 63.24% | 5,533 | 31.30% | 381 | 2.16% | 214 | 1.21% | 369 | 2.09% | 5,646 | 31.94% | 17,676 |
Marinette | 5,043 | 58.44% | 3,058 | 35.43% | 169 | 1.96% | 218 | 2.53% | 142 | 1.65% | 1,985 | 23.00% | 8,630 |
Marquette | 1,486 | 44.21% | 1,805 | 53.70% | 11 | 0.33% | 41 | 1.22% | 18 | 0.54% | -319 | -9.49% | 3,361 |
Milwaukee | 56,268 | 37.78% | 53,312 | 35.80% | 37,603 | 25.25% | 462 | 0.31% | 1,291 | 0.87% | 2,956 | 1.98% | 148,936 |
Monroe | 5,650 | 63.78% | 2,810 | 31.72% | 102 | 1.15% | 193 | 2.18% | 103 | 1.16% | 2,840 | 32.06% | 8,858 |
Oconto | 4,611 | 64.47% | 2,337 | 32.68% | 48 | 0.67% | 83 | 1.16% | 73 | 1.02% | 2,274 | 31.80% | 7,152 |
Oneida | 2,619 | 54.19% | 1,955 | 40.45% | 99 | 2.05% | 70 | 1.45% | 90 | 1.86% | 664 | 13.74% | 4,833 |
Outagamie | 9,940 | 59.94% | 6,097 | 36.77% | 122 | 0.74% | 219 | 1.32% | 205 | 1.24% | 3,843 | 23.17% | 16,583 |
Ozaukee | 2,192 | 45.13% | 2,473 | 50.92% | 103 | 2.12% | 10 | 0.21% | 79 | 1.63% | -281 | -5.79% | 4,857 |
Pepin | 929 | 43.88% | 1,045 | 49.36% | 50 | 2.36% | 64 | 3.02% | 29 | 1.37% | -116 | -5.48% | 2,117 |
Pierce | 4,143 | 69.47% | 1,378 | 23.11% | 78 | 1.31% | 256 | 4.29% | 109 | 1.83% | 2,765 | 46.36% | 5,964 |
Polk | 4,779 | 73.05% | 1,310 | 20.02% | 68 | 1.04% | 221 | 3.38% | 164 | 2.51% | 3,469 | 53.03% | 6,542 |
Portage | 4,242 | 44.55% | 5,096 | 53.52% | 41 | 0.43% | 101 | 1.06% | 42 | 0.44% | -854 | -8.97% | 9,522 |
Price | 3,253 | 68.48% | 1,135 | 23.89% | 43 | 0.91% | 114 | 2.40% | 205 | 4.32% | 2,118 | 44.59% | 4,750 |
Racine | 11,260 | 45.68% | 12,494 | 50.69% | 362 | 1.47% | 256 | 1.04% | 278 | 1.13% | -1,234 | -5.01% | 24,650 |
Richland | 2,343 | 40.80% | 2,977 | 51.84% | 37 | 0.64% | 309 | 5.38% | 77 | 1.34% | -634 | -11.04% | 5,743 |
Rock | 9,579 | 41.69% | 12,665 | 55.13% | 114 | 0.50% | 446 | 1.94% | 171 | 0.74% | -3,086 | -13.43% | 22,975 |
Rusk | 2,391 | 55.70% | 1,593 | 37.11% | 69 | 1.61% | 142 | 3.31% | 98 | 2.28% | 798 | 18.59% | 4,293 |
Sauk | 5,584 | 54.87% | 4,136 | 40.64% | 71 | 0.70% | 259 | 2.55% | 126 | 1.24% | 1,448 | 14.23% | 10,176 |
Sawyer | 1,529 | 63.05% | 730 | 30.10% | 50 | 2.06% | 66 | 2.72% | 50 | 2.06% | 799 | 32.95% | 2,425 |
Shawano | 6,443 | 76.34% | 1,718 | 20.36% | 91 | 1.08% | 108 | 1.28% | 80 | 0.95% | 4,725 | 55.98% | 8,440 |
Sheboygan | 10,211 | 53.69% | 7,109 | 37.38% | 1,247 | 6.56% | 157 | 0.83% | 296 | 1.56% | 3,102 | 16.31% | 19,020 |
St. Croix | 5,179 | 62.70% | 2,759 | 33.40% | 32 | 0.39% | 170 | 2.06% | 120 | 1.45% | 2,420 | 29.30% | 8,260 |
Taylor | 3,024 | 72.48% | 868 | 20.81% | 102 | 2.44% | 90 | 2.16% | 88 | 2.11% | 2,156 | 51.68% | 4,172 |
Trempealeau | 4,402 | 70.76% | 1,653 | 26.57% | 20 | 0.32% | 81 | 1.30% | 65 | 1.04% | 2,749 | 44.19% | 6,221 |
Vernon | 4,979 | 63.85% | 2,417 | 31.00% | 59 | 0.76% | 220 | 2.82% | 123 | 1.58% | 2,562 | 32.85% | 7,798 |
Vilas | 1,238 | 66.45% | 499 | 26.78% | 64 | 3.44% | 30 | 1.61% | 32 | 1.72% | 739 | 39.67% | 1,863 |
Walworth | 5,033 | 41.69% | 6,439 | 53.33% | 61 | 0.51% | 361 | 2.99% | 179 | 1.48% | -1,406 | -11.65% | 12,073 |
Washburn | 2,210 | 65.27% | 962 | 28.41% | 78 | 2.30% | 111 | 3.28% | 25 | 0.74% | 1,248 | 36.86% | 3,386 |
Washington | 3,602 | 44.90% | 4,213 | 52.52% | 114 | 1.42% | 47 | 0.59% | 46 | 0.57% | -611 | -7.62% | 8,022 |
Waukesha | 4,728 | 31.10% | 10,063 | 66.20% | 223 | 1.47% | 108 | 0.71% | 80 | 0.53% | -5,335 | -35.09% | 15,202 |
Waupaca | 5,399 | 52.51% | 4,280 | 41.63% | 198 | 1.93% | 155 | 1.51% | 249 | 2.42% | 1,119 | 10.88% | 10,281 |
Waushara | 2,430 | 57.77% | 1,589 | 37.78% | 51 | 1.21% | 94 | 2.23% | 42 | 1.00% | 841 | 20.00% | 4,206 |
Winnebago | 10,491 | 46.58% | 11,407 | 50.65% | 239 | 1.06% | 193 | 0.86% | 192 | 0.85% | -916 | -4.07% | 22,522 |
Wood | 6,784 | 65.21% | 3,089 | 29.69% | 176 | 1.69% | 175 | 1.68% | 180 | 1.73% | 3,695 | 35.52% | 10,404 |
Total | 412,255 | 51.76% | 317,550 | 39.87% | 45,268 | 5.68% | 11,516 | 1.45% | 9,843 | 1.24% | 94,705 | 11.89% | 796,432 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]- Columbia
- Green Lake
- Jefferson
- Kenosha
- Marquette
- Ozaukee
- Pepin
- Portage
- Racine
- Richland
- Rock
- Walworth
- Washington
- Waukesha
- Winnebago
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Hirst Announces His Support of Democrat Choice for Governor". Wausau Daily Herald. Wausau, Wisconsin. September 20, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Wisconsin Blue Book 1925, p. 481.
- ^ "WI Governor, 1924 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ "Severi Alanne," in Who's Who Among Finnish-Americans: A Biographical Dictionary of Persons of Finnish Descent Who Have Made Noteworthy Contributions to the Pattern of American Life. Fitchburg, MA: Raivaaja Publishing Co., 1949; pg. 8.
- ^ "Madison Lawyer Enters Against Blaine, Lueck". The Post-Crescent. Appleton, Wisconsin. September 22, 1924. p. 13. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Certificate of Board of State Canvassers For State Officers - General Election - 1924
- ^ a b Holmes, Fred L., ed. (1925). "Vote For Governor". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1925. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer. pp. 562–563.
Bibliography
[edit]- Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- Holmes, Fred L., ed. (1925). The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1925. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer.