1918 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1918 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1918. Primary elections were held on September 3, 1918.
Incumbent Republican Governor Emanuel L. Philipp won the election with 46.99% of the vote, winning his third and last term as governor. Philipp defeated Democratic Party candidate Henry A. Moehlenpah and Socialist candidate Emil Seidel.
Primary election
Republican party
Candidates
- Emanuel L. Philipp, incumbent Governor
- James N. Tittemore, president of the Wisconsin Society of Equity[1]
- Roy P. Wilcox, incumbent State Senator
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Emanuel L. Philipp (incumbent) | 71,614 | 38.06% | |
| Republican | Roy P. Wilcox | 71,174 | 37.83% | |
| Republican | James N. Tittemore | 45,357 | 24.11% | |
| Total votes | 188,145 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic party
Candidates
- Henry A. Moehlenpah, Democratic nominee for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in 1908
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Henry A. Moehlenpah | 27,469 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 27,469 | 100.00% | ||
Socialist party
Candidates
- Emil Seidel, former Mayor of Milwaukee
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Emil Seidel | 22,103 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 22,103 | 100.00% | ||
Prohibition party
Candidates
- Anthony J. Benjamin, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in 1918 special election
- William C. Dean, Prohibition nominee for Secretary of State of Wisconsin in 1910, Socialist candidate for the Wisconsin State Senate in 1916
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | William C. Dean | 1,017 | 53.87% | |
| Prohibition | Anthony J. Benjamin | 871 | 46.13% | |
| Total votes | 1,888 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Emanuel L. Philipp (incumbent) | 155,799 | 46.99% | −5.94% | |
| Democratic | Henry A. Moehlenpah | 112,576 | 33.95% | −3.94% | |
| Socialist | Emil Seidel | 57,523 | 17.35% | +10.29% | |
| Prohibition | William C. Dean | 5,296 | 1.60% | −0.52% | |
| Scattering | 388 | 0.12% | |||
| Majority | 43,223 | 13.04% | |||
| Total votes | 331,582 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | -2.07% | |||
Results by county
Philipp was the first Republican to ever win Ozaukee County. Simultaneously, Moehlenpah was the first Democrat since 1857 to win Polk County, the first since 1886 to win Bayfield County, and the first since 1892 to win Ashland County.
| County[3][4] | Emanuel L. Philipp Republican |
Henry A. Moehlenpah Democratic |
Emil Seidel Socialist |
William C. Dean Prohibition |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[b] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 554 | 53.07% | 417 | 39.94% | 43 | 4.12% | 30 | 2.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 137 | 13.12% | 1,044 |
| Ashland | 945 | 38.99% | 1,255 | 51.77% | 174 | 7.18% | 46 | 1.90% | 4 | 0.17% | -310 | -12.79% | 2,424 |
| Barron | 1,672 | 54.27% | 1,143 | 37.10% | 124 | 4.02% | 130 | 4.22% | 12 | 0.39% | 529 | 17.17% | 3,081 |
| Bayfield | 601 | 42.62% | 666 | 47.23% | 105 | 7.45% | 38 | 2.70% | 0 | 0.00% | -65 | -4.61% | 1,410 |
| Brown | 2,750 | 39.86% | 3,791 | 54.95% | 270 | 3.91% | 88 | 1.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,041 | -15.09% | 6,899 |
| Buffalo | 1,044 | 64.72% | 380 | 23.56% | 162 | 10.04% | 23 | 1.43% | 4 | 0.25% | 664 | 41.17% | 1,613 |
| Burnett | 671[c] | 57.65% | 341 | 29.30% | 119 | 10.22% | 29 | 2.49% | 4 | 0.34% | 330 | 28.35% | 1,164 |
| Calumet | 974 | 35.82% | 592 | 21.77% | 1,132 | 41.63% | 17 | 0.63% | 4 | 0.15% | -158[d] | -5.81% | 2,719 |
| Chippewa | 2,022 | 51.13% | 1,741 | 44.02% | 100 | 2.53% | 73 | 1.85% | 19 | 0.48% | 281 | 7.10% | 3,955 |
| Clark | 1,841 | 51.68% | 1,040 | 29.20% | 593 | 16.65% | 82 | 2.30% | 6 | 0.17% | 801 | 22.49% | 3,562 |
| Columbia | 2,319 | 51.38% | 1,858 | 41.17% | 255 | 5.65% | 79 | 1.75% | 2 | 0.04% | 461 | 10.21% | 4,513 |
| Crawford | 1,402 | 54.68% | 1,035 | 40.37% | 62 | 2.42% | 63 | 2.46% | 2 | 0.08% | 367 | 14.31% | 2,564 |
| Dane | 6,083 | 53.54% | 4,604 | 40.52% | 423 | 3.72% | 230 | 2.02% | 22 | 0.19% | 1,479 | 13.02% | 11,362 |
| Dodge | 4,741 | 53.50% | 2,716 | 30.65% | 1,315 | 14.84% | 89 | 1.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,025 | 22.85% | 8,861 |
| Door | 1,278 | 66.36% | 486 | 25.23% | 116 | 6.02% | 43 | 2.23% | 3 | 0.16% | 792 | 41.12% | 1,926 |
| Douglas | 2,233 | 48.92% | 1,460 | 31.98% | 603 | 13.21% | 262 | 5.74% | 7 | 0.15% | 773 | 16.93% | 4,565 |
| Dunn | 1,551 | 67.94% | 576 | 25.23% | 83 | 3.64% | 55 | 2.41% | 18 | 0.79% | 975 | 42.71% | 2,283 |
| Eau Claire | 2,082 | 53.28% | 1,467 | 37.54% | 246 | 6.29% | 108 | 2.76% | 5 | 0.13% | 615 | 15.74% | 3,908 |
| Florence | 319 | 73.84% | 87 | 20.14% | 17 | 3.94% | 9 | 2.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 232 | 53.70% | 432 |
| Fond du Lac | 3,940 | 48.21% | 3,362 | 41.14% | 760 | 9.30% | 110 | 1.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 578 | 7.07% | 8,172 |
| Forest | 419 | 54.06% | 307 | 39.61% | 30 | 3.87% | 19 | 2.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 112 | 14.45% | 775 |
| Grant | 3,115 | 59.41% | 1,917 | 36.56% | 54 | 1.03% | 148 | 2.82% | 9 | 0.17% | 1,198 | 22.85% | 5,243 |
| Green | 1,578 | 55.25% | 1,092 | 38.24% | 74 | 2.59% | 110 | 3.85% | 2 | 0.07% | 486 | 17.02% | 2,856 |
| Green Lake | 1,365 | 52.95% | 928 | 36.00% | 255 | 9.89% | 30 | 1.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 437 | 16.95% | 2,578 |
| Iowa | 1,749 | 55.88% | 1,203 | 38.43% | 32 | 1.02% | 141 | 4.50% | 5 | 0.16% | 546 | 17.44% | 3,130 |
| Iron | 706 | 73.24% | 185 | 19.19% | 50 | 5.19% | 23 | 2.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 521 | 54.05% | 964 |
| Jackson | 1,204 | 66.23% | 501 | 27.56% | 61 | 3.36% | 48 | 2.64% | 4 | 0.22% | 703 | 38.67% | 1,818 |
| Jefferson | 3,152 | 57.48% | 1,840 | 33.55% | 422 | 7.70% | 70 | 1.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,312 | 23.92% | 5,484 |
| Juneau | 1,539 | 58.94% | 964 | 36.92% | 65 | 2.49% | 42 | 1.61% | 1 | 0.04% | 575 | 22.02% | 2,611 |
| Kenosha | 2,919 | 55.01% | 1,839[e] | 34.66% | 490 | 9.23% | 55 | 1.04% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,080 | 20.35% | 5,306 |
| Kewaunee | 1,247 | 50.14% | 1,132 | 45.52% | 86 | 3.46% | 17 | 0.68% | 5 | 0.20% | 115 | 4.62% | 2,487 |
| La Crosse | 3,214 | 58.71% | 1,909 | 34.87% | 260 | 4.75% | 90 | 1.64% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,305 | 23.84% | 5,474 |
| Lafayette | 1,693 | 49.40% | 1,637 | 47.77% | 19 | 0.55% | 76 | 2.22% | 2 | 0.06% | 56 | 1.63% | 3,427 |
| Langlade | 1,307 | 48.86% | 1,243 | 46.47% | 86 | 3.21% | 38 | 1.42% | 1 | 0.04% | 64 | 2.39% | 2,675 |
| Lincoln | 1,124 | 45.30% | 733 | 29.54% | 587 | 23.66% | 37 | 1.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 391 | 15.76% | 2,481 |
| Manitowoc | 2,312 | 30.79% | 2,229 | 29.68% | 2,924 | 38.94% | 40 | 0.53% | 4 | 0.05% | -612[d] | -8.15% | 7,509 |
| Marathon | 2,827 | 33.71% | 1,949 | 23.24% | 3,544 | 42.26% | 66 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | -717[d] | -8.55% | 8,386 |
| Marinette | 1,796 | 50.99% | 1,354 | 38.44% | 288 | 8.18% | 84 | 2.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 442 | 12.55% | 3,522 |
| Marquette | 848 | 47.99% | 692 | 39.16% | 206 | 11.66% | 21 | 1.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 156 | 8.83% | 1,767 |
| Milwaukee | 26,182 | 35.60% | 20,107 | 27.34% | 26,943 | 36.64% | 307 | 0.42% | 2 | 0.00% | -761[d] | -1.03% | 73,541 |
| Monroe | 1,690 | 56.90% | 1,038 | 34.95% | 171 | 5.76% | 67 | 2.26% | 4 | 0.13% | 652 | 21.95% | 2,970 |
| Oconto | 1,665 | 50.14% | 1,339 | 40.32% | 275 | 8.28% | 38 | 1.14% | 4 | 0.12% | 326 | 9.82% | 3,321 |
| Oneida | 880 | 50.06% | 723 | 41.13% | 141[f] | 8.02% | 13 | 0.74% | 1 | 0.06% | 157 | 8.93% | 1,758 |
| Outagamie | 3,674 | 54.77% | 2,250 | 33.54% | 608 | 9.06% | 104 | 1.55% | 72 | 1.07% | 1,424 | 21.23% | 6,708 |
| Ozaukee | 1,311 | 45.94% | 775 | 27.15% | 753 | 26.38% | 15 | 0.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 536 | 18.78% | 2,854 |
| Pepin | 476 | 55.54% | 338 | 39.44% | 23 | 2.68% | 19 | 2.22% | 1 | 0.12% | 138 | 16.10% | 857 |
| Pierce | 1,148 | 56.03% | 745 | 36.36% | 71 | 3.47% | 67 | 3.27% | 18 | 0.88% | 403 | 19.67% | 2,049 |
| Polk | 1,145 | 41.10% | 1,447 | 51.94% | 132 | 4.74% | 61 | 2.19% | 1 | 0.04% | -302 | -10.84% | 2,786 |
| Portage | 1,845 | 44.16% | 2,149 | 51.44% | 116 | 2.78% | 63 | 1.51% | 5 | 0.12% | -304 | -7.28% | 4,178 |
| Price | 845 | 49.74% | 631 | 37.14% | 175 | 10.30% | 44 | 2.59% | 4 | 0.24% | 214 | 12.60% | 1,699 |
| Racine | 4,061 | 48.83% | 3,216 | 38.67% | 816 | 9.81% | 217 | 2.61% | 7 | 0.08% | 845 | 10.16% | 8,317 |
| Richland | 1,239 | 48.70% | 1,092 | 42.92% | 41 | 1.61% | 169 | 6.64% | 3 | 0.12% | 147 | 5.78% | 2,544 |
| Rock | 3,747 | 52.73% | 3,079 | 43.33% | 125 | 1.76% | 154 | 2.17% | 1 | 0.01% | 668 | 9.40% | 7,106 |
| Rusk | 664 | 57.49% | 388 | 33.59% | 71 | 6.15% | 26 | 2.25% | 6 | 0.52% | 276 | 23.90% | 1,155 |
| Sauk | 2,685 | 58.14% | 1,556 | 33.69% | 202 | 4.37% | 166 | 3.59% | 9 | 0.19% | 1,129 | 24.45% | 4,618 |
| Sawyer | 503 | 63.83% | 222 | 28.17% | 37 | 4.70% | 26 | 3.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 281 | 35.66% | 788 |
| Shawano | 1,645 | 45.57% | 705 | 19.53% | 1,187 | 32.88% | 54 | 1.50% | 19 | 0.53% | 458[g] | 12.69% | 3,610 |
| Sheboygan | 2,791 | 31.36% | 2,181 | 24.50% | 3,867 | 43.44% | 53 | 0.60% | 9 | 0.10% | -1,076[d] | -12.09% | 8,901 |
| St. Croix | 1,618 | 49.72% | 1,469 | 45.14% | 90 | 2.77% | 70 | 2.15% | 7 | 0.22% | 149 | 4.58% | 3,254 |
| Taylor | 772 | 39.94% | 528 | 27.32% | 592 | 30.63% | 36 | 1.86% | 5 | 0.26% | 180[g] | 9.31% | 1,933 |
| Trempealeau | 1,487 | 63.68% | 766 | 32.81% | 36 | 1.54% | 46 | 1.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 721 | 30.88% | 2,335 |
| Vernon | 1,478 | 60.50% | 794 | 32.50% | 64 | 2.62% | 98 | 4.01% | 9 | 0.37% | 684 | 28.00% | 2,443 |
| Vilas | 343 | 47.97% | 309 | 43.22% | 52 | 7.27% | 11 | 1.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 34 | 4.76% | 715 |
| Walworth | 2,526 | 55.54% | 1,829 | 40.22% | 86 | 1.89% | 97 | 2.13% | 10 | 0.22% | 697 | 15.33% | 4,548 |
| Washburn | 600 | 60.85% | 318 | 32.25% | 37 | 3.75% | 28 | 2.84% | 3 | 0.30% | 282 | 28.60% | 986 |
| Washington | 2,308 | 48.13% | 1,085 | 22.63% | 1,374 | 28.65% | 28 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 934[g] | 19.48% | 4,795 |
| Waukesha | 3,014 | 45.66% | 2,937 | 44.49% | 556 | 8.42% | 94 | 1.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 77 | 1.17% | 6,601 |
| Waupaca | 2,955 | 59.93% | 1,284 | 26.04% | 596 | 12.09% | 88 | 1.78% | 8 | 0.16% | 1,671 | 33.89% | 4,931 |
| Waushara | 1,420 | 62.09% | 643 | 28.12% | 155 | 6.78% | 59 | 2.58% | 10 | 0.44% | 777 | 33.97% | 2,287 |
| Winnebago | 4,209 | 50.46% | 2,932 | 35.15% | 1,049 | 12.57% | 142 | 1.70% | 10 | 0.12% | 1,277 | 15.31% | 8,342 |
| Wood | 1,737 | 46.92% | 1,030 | 27.82% | 847 | 22.88% | 77 | 2.08% | 11 | 0.30% | 707 | 19.10% | 3,702 |
| Total | 155,799 | 46.99% | 112,576 | 33.95% | 57,523 | 17.35% | 5,296 | 1.60% | 388 | 0.12% | 43,223 | 13.04% | 331,582 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Republican to Socialist
Notes
- ^ 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. For the 1918 election, the Blue Book has the correct totals although it does contain several mistakes in the county figures. The Blue Book also lists the military vote as a separate total, but those votes were actually tabulated by county.
- ^ These figures include the military vote, which was enumerated separately by county
- ^ The 1919 Blue Book mistakenly gives Philipp 861 in this county; the correct figure is 661 plus 10 military votes.
- ^ a b c d e Seidel's margin over Philipp
- ^ The 1919 Blue Book mistakenly gives Moehlenpah 1,896 in this county; the correct figure is 1,806 plus 33 military votes.
- ^ The 1919 Blue Book mistakenly gives Seidel 149 in this county; the correct figure is 140 plus 1 military vote.
- ^ a b c Philipp's margin over Seidel
References
- ^ "Its all settled now". Vernon County censor. Viroqua, Wis. May 8, 1918. p. 4. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Hunter, Paul F., ed. (1919). "Primary Election Vote for Governor, 1918". The Wisconsin Blue Book. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer. p. 93.
- ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of State Canvassers - Election of State Officers - November 5, 1918
- ^ a b Hunter, Paul F., ed. (1919). "Vote For Governor". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer. p. 149.
Bibliography
- Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
- Hunter, Paul F., ed. (1919). The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1919. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer.