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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
Republican party
Candidates
- John J. Blaine, incumbent Governor
- George Comings, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
- Arthur R. Hirst, former state highway engineer[1]
Results
| 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
Candidates
- Martin L. Lueck, former circuit court judge
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Martin L. Lueck | 21,347 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 21,347 | 100.00% | ||
Socialist party
Candidates
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | William F. Quick | 18,401 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 18,401 | 100.00% | ||
Prohibition party
Candidates
- Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in 1922
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Adolph R. Bucknam | 1,484 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 1,484 | 100.00% | ||
Other party nominations
- 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
Results
| 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
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
- Columbia
- Green Lake
- Jefferson
- Kenosha
- Marquette
- Ozaukee
- Pepin
- Portage
- Racine
- Richland
- Rock
- Walworth
- Washington
- Waukesha
- Winnebago
Notes
References
- ^ "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
- 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.