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1900 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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1900 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

← 1898 November 6, 1900 1902 →
 
Nominee Robert M. La Follette Louis G. Bohmrich
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 264,419 160,674
Percentage 59.84% 36.36%

County results
La Follette :      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Bomrich :      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Edward Scofield
Republican

Elected Governor

Robert M. La Follette
Republican

The 1900 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900.

Republican nominee Robert M. La Follette defeated Democratic nominee Louis G. Bohmrich with 59.83% of the vote.

General election

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Candidates

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Major party candidates

Other candidates

Results

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1900 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[3][4][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Robert M. La Follette 264,419 59.84% +7.28%
Democratic Louis G. Bohmrich 160,674 36.36% −4.73%
Prohibition J. Burritt Smith 9,707 2.20% −0.26%
Social Democratic Howard Tuttle 6,590 1.49% 0.72%
Socialist Labor Frank R. Wilke 509[b] 0.12% −0.33%
Scattering 1[c] 0.00%
Majority 103,745 23.48%
Total votes 441,900 100.00%
Republican hold Swing +12.01%

Results by county

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County[3][4] Robert M. La Follette
Republican
Louis G. Bohmrich
Democratic
J. Burritt Smith
Prohibition
Howard Tuttle
Social Democratic
Frank R. Wilke
Socialist Labor
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,529 78.05% 401 20.47% 26 1.33% 3 0.15% 0 0.00% 1,128 57.58% 1,959
Ashland 2,958 62.51% 1,639 34.64% 105 2.22% 24 0.51% 6 0.13% 1,319 27.87% 4,732
Barron 2,977 73.14% 939 23.07% 151 3.71% 2 0.05% 1 0.02% 2,038 50.07% 4,070
Bayfield 2,416 76.89% 629 20.02% 81 2.58% 7 0.22% 9 0.29% 1,787 56.87% 3,142
Brown 4,832 55.90% 3,664 42.39% 123 1.42% 23 0.27% 2 0.02% 1,168 13.51% 8,644
Buffalo 2,074 61.95% 1,223 36.53% 50 1.49% 0 0.00% 1 0.03% 851 25.42% 3,348
Burnett 1,133 81.22% 195 13.98% 53 3.80% 5 0.36% 9 0.65% 938 67.24% 1,395
Calumet 1,594 44.11% 1,939 53.65% 56 1.55% 21 0.58% 4 0.11% -345 -9.55% 3,614
Chippewa 4,189 61.58% 2,457 36.12% 142 2.09% 11 0.16% 3 0.04% 1,732 25.46% 6,802
Clark 3,829 74.31% 1,178 22.86% 127 2.46% 13 0.25% 6 0.12% 2,651 51.45% 5,153
Columbia 4,803 66.44% 2,139 29.59% 267 3.69% 18 0.25% 2 0.03% 2,664 36.85% 7,229
Crawford 2,332 62.47% 1,354 36.27% 45 1.21% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 978 26.20% 3,733
Dane 9,837 61.20% 5,750 35.77% 465 2.89% 18 0.11% 3 0.02% 4,087 25.43% 16,073
Dodge 4,735 43.86% 5,882 54.49% 170 1.57% 6 0.06% 2 0.02% -1,147 -10.63% 10,795
Door 2,363 76.77% 659 21.41% 54 1.75% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% 1,704 55.36% 3,078
Douglas 4,410 64.44% 2,156 31.50% 167 2.44% 94 1.37% 17 0.25% 2,254 32.93% 6,844
Dunn 3,061 70.53% 1,138 26.22% 137 3.16% 3 0.07% 1 0.02% 1,923 44.31% 4,340
Eau Claire 4,218 64.25% 2,110 32.14% 189 2.88% 43 0.65% 5 0.08% 2,108 32.11% 6,565
Florence 511 79.10% 113 17.49% 17 2.63% 3 0.46% 2 0.31% 398 61.61% 646
Fond du Lac 6,104 52.71% 5,252 45.35% 206 1.78% 16 0.14% 2 0.02% 852 7.36% 11,580
Forest 385 79.06% 85 17.45% 16 3.29% 1 0.21% 0 0.00% 300 61.60% 487
Grant 5,683 61.96% 3,192 34.80% 272 2.97% 22 0.24% 3 0.03% 2,491 27.16% 9,172
Green 3,038 61.14% 1,748 35.18% 146 2.94% 37 0.74% 0 0.00% 1,290 25.96% 4,969
Green Lake 2,070 55.99% 1,540 41.66% 83 2.25% 4 0.11% 0 0.00% 530 14.34% 3,697
Iowa 3,355 64.08% 1,690 32.28% 180 3.44% 11 0.21% 0 0.00% 1,665 31.80% 5,236
Iron 1,322 76.82% 357 20.74% 39 2.27% 2 0.12% 1 0.06% 965 56.07% 1,721
Jackson 2,651 78.09% 641 18.88% 101 2.97% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% 2,010 59.20% 3,395
Jefferson 3,733 46.25% 4,160 51.54% 170 2.11% 7 0.09% 1 0.01% -427 -5.29% 8,071
Juneau 2,932 63.70% 1,571 34.13% 98 2.13% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 1,361 29.57% 4,603
Kenosha 2,946 56.24% 2,213 42.25% 60 1.15% 16 0.31% 3 0.06% 733 13.99% 5,238
Kewaunee 1,727 49.31% 1,738 49.63% 34 0.97% 3 0.09% 0 0.00% -11 -0.31% 3,502
La Crosse 5,345 58.45% 3,599 39.35% 192 2.10% 8 0.09% 1 0.01% 1,746 19.09% 9,145
Lafayette 2,903 56.79% 2,066 40.41% 141 2.76% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 837 16.37% 5,112
Langlade 1,546 56.42% 1,140 41.61% 44 1.61% 5 0.18% 5 0.18% 406 14.82% 2,740
Lincoln 2,053 54.43% 1,629 43.19% 75 1.99% 13 0.34% 2 0.05% 424 11.24% 3,772
Manitowoc 4,279 48.95% 4,230 48.39% 66 0.76% 162 1.85% 4 0.05% 49 0.56% 8,741
Marathon 4,480 51.60% 4,018 46.27% 130 1.50% 22 0.25% 33 0.38% 462 5.32% 8,683
Marinette 4,208 70.52% 1,570 26.31% 175 2.93% 10 0.17% 4 0.07% 2,638 44.21% 5,967
Marquette 1,563 63.10% 867 35.00% 47 1.90% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 696 28.10% 2,477
Milwaukee 34,598 52.30% 25,901 39.16% 729 1.10% 4,673 7.06% 247 0.37% 8,697 13.15% 66,148
Monroe 3,727 60.49% 2,248 36.49% 186 3.02% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,479 24.01% 6,161
Oconto 2,694 68.22% 1,179 29.86% 72 1.82% 2 0.05% 2 0.05% 1,515 38.36% 3,949
Oneida 1,802 70.20% 719 28.01% 34 1.32% 10 0.39% 2 0.08% 1,083 42.19% 2,567
Outagamie 5,116 53.68% 4,158 43.63% 224 2.35% 30 0.31% 3 0.03% 958 10.05% 9,531
Ozaukee 1,275 38.46% 1,990 60.03% 35 1.06% 14 0.42% 1 0.03% -715 -21.57% 3,315
Pepin 1,077 67.14% 493 30.74% 34 2.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 584 36.41% 1,604
Pierce 3,439 73.01% 1,034 21.95% 232 4.93% 4 0.08% 1 0.02% 2,405 51.06% 4,710
Polk 2,780 78.66% 659 18.65% 71 2.01% 13 0.37% 10 0.28% 2,121 60.02% 3,534[d]
Portage 3,271 54.44% 2,645 44.02% 85 1.41% 6 0.10% 2 0.03% 626 10.42% 6,009
Price 1,733 74.38% 533 22.88% 49 2.10% 13 0.56% 2 0.09% 1,200 51.50% 2,330
Racine 5,748 56.73% 4,019 39.66% 234 2.31% 125 1.23% 7 0.07% 1,729 17.06% 10,133
Richland 2,574 59.56% 1,505 34.82% 233 5.39% 10 0.23% 0 0.00% 1,069 24.73% 4,322
Rock 8,253 70.26% 3,073 26.16% 389 3.31% 25 0.21% 6 0.05% 5,180 44.10% 11,746
Sauk 4,357 61.22% 2,478 34.82% 269 3.78% 9 0.13% 4 0.06% 1,879 26.40% 7,117
Sawyer 695 68.47% 296 29.16% 22 2.17% 2 0.20% 0 0.00% 399 39.31% 1,015
Shawano 3,224 66.94% 1,518 31.52% 69 1.43% 3 0.06% 2 0.04% 1,706 35.42% 4,816
Sheboygan 5,868 53.24% 4,146 37.62% 117 1.06% 843 7.65% 47 0.43% 1,722 15.62% 11,021
St. Croix 3,380 59.26% 2,080 36.47% 194 3.40% 38 0.67% 12 0.21% 1,300 22.79% 5,704
Taylor 1,372 55.43% 1,066 43.07% 23 0.93% 13 0.53% 1 0.04% 306 12.36% 2,475
Trempealeau 3,369 71.47% 1,181 25.05% 162 3.44% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 2,188 46.41% 4,714
Vernon 4,514 76.81% 1,203 20.47% 143 2.43% 15 0.26% 2 0.03% 3,311 56.34% 5,877
Vilas 1,194 68.46% 502 28.78% 36 2.06% 11 0.63% 1 0.06% 692 39.68% 1,744
Walworth 5,074 71.12% 1,755 24.60% 299 4.19% 6 0.08% 0 0.00% 3,319 46.52% 7,134
Washburn 814 74.61% 247 22.64% 27 2.47% 1 0.09% 2 0.18% 567 51.97% 1,091
Washington 2,599 50.22% 2,524 48.77% 45 0.87% 6 0.12% 1 0.02% 75 1.45% 5,175
Waukesha 5,130 61.07% 3,017 35.92% 235 2.80% 15 0.18% 3 0.04% 2,113 25.15% 8,400
Waupaca 5,269 76.13% 1,394 20.14% 253 3.66% 2 0.03% 3 0.04% 3,875 55.99% 6,921
Waushara 2,957 81.21% 557 15.30% 124 3.41% 3 0.08% 0 0.00% 2,400 65.92% 3,641
Winnebago 7,266 54.23% 5,788 43.20% 311 2.32% 25 0.19% 8 0.06% 1,478 11.03% 13,398
Wood 3,126 60.96% 1,895 36.95% 71 1.38% 31 0.60% 5 0.10% 1,231 24.01% 5,128
Total 264,419 59.84% 160,674 36.36% 9,707 2.20% 6,590 1.49% 509 0.12% 103,745 23.48% 441,900

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ The 1901 Blue Book mistakenly gives this total as 507
  3. ^ The 1901 Blue Book mistakenly gives this total as 88. The Scattering votes listed by the Blue Book in Jefferson and Pierce counties were actually votes for Wilke and the 85 votes listed in Kenosha County, which were probably "Blank", are not listed on the original canvass.
  4. ^ Includes 1 Scattering vote

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Election Notice". Northern Wisconsin advertiser. Wabeno, Wis. November 1, 1900. p. 9. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "J. Burritt Smith sails on".
  3. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of votes given for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, State Superintendent, Railroad Commissioner and Commissioner of Insurance, at the General Election held in the several towns, wards, villages and election districts in the several Counties in the State of Wisconsin on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday being the sixth day of November A.D. 1900
  4. ^ a b Froehlich, William H., ed. (1901). "Comparative Vote For Governor 1900 and 1898, By Counties, With Population". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Northwestern Litho. Co. p. 328.

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