1924 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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Nominee John J. Blaine Martin L. Lueck William F. Quick Party Republican Democratic Socialist Popular vote 412,255 317,550 45,268 Percentage 51.76% 39.87% 5.68%

County results Blaine:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Lueck:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election John J. Blaine Republican Elected Governor John J. Blaine Republican

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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.

• John J. Blaine, incumbent Governor
• George Comings, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
• Arthur R. Hirst, former state highway engineer^[1]

Republican primary results^[2][3]

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%

• Martin L. Lueck, former circuit court judge

Democratic primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin L. Lueck	21,347	100.00%
Total votes			21,347	100.00%

• William F. Quick, State Senator

Socialist primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	William F. Quick	18,401	100.00%
Total votes			18,401	100.00%

• Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in 1922

Prohibition primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Prohibition	Adolph R. Bucknam	1,484	100.00%
Total votes			1,484	100.00%

• 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

1924 Wisconsin gubernatorial election^[6][7]

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%

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

• Columbia
• Green Lake
• Jefferson
• Kenosha
• Marquette
• Ozaukee
• Pepin
• Portage
• Racine
• Richland
• Rock
• Walworth
• Washington
• Waukesha
• Winnebago

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• Holmes, Fred L., ed. (1925). The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1925. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer.