1914 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

1914 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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Nominee Emanuel Lorenz Philipp John C. Karel
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 140,787 119,509
Percentage 43.26% 36.72%
 
Nominee John J. Blaine Oscar Ameringer
Party Progressive Socialist
Popular vote 32,560 25,917
Percentage 10.01% 7.96%
County Results
Governor before election

Francis E. McGovern
Republican

Elected Governor

Emanuel L. Philipp
Republican

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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

Republican party

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[3]
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

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[3]
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

Candidates

Results

Social Democratic primary results[3]
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

Candidates

Results

Prohibition primary results[3]
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

General election

Results

1914 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[4][5][b]
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

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
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
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

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. ^ The Blue Book says 2 but to match the total for all candidates it needs to be 3
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Includes 3 Scattering votes
  4. ^ a b c d e f Includes 2 Scattering votes
  5. ^ Includes 1 Scattering vote
  6. ^ Karel's margin over Blaine
  7. ^ a b c d e f Philipp's margin over Blaine
  8. ^ Includes 7 Scattering votes

References

  1. ^ "Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission 125th Anniversary Report" (PDF). Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  2. ^ "List of Candidates". Northern Wisconsin Advertiser. Wabeno, Wisconsin. August 21, 1914. p. 5. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Certificate of Board of State Canvassers for State Officers, General Election - 1914
  5. ^ 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.

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