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{{short description|American politician and 31st Governor of Wisconsin}} |
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{{Infobox officeholder |
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|name = Orland Loomis |
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|image = Orland Steen Loomis.jpg |
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|office = [[Governor of Wisconsin|Governor-elect of Wisconsin]] |
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|1namedata = '''''Died before assuming office''''' |
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|caption = |
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|predecessor = [[Julius P. Heil]] |
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|birth_date = November 2, 1893 |
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|successor = [[Walter Samuel Goodland]] |
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|birth_place = [[Mauston, Wisconsin]] |
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|office1 = 28th [[Attorney General of Wisconsin]] |
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|death_date = December 7, 1942 (aged 49) |
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|governor1 = [[Philip La Follette]] |
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|term_start1 = January 4, 1937 |
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|resting_place = Mauston, Wisconsin |
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|term_end1 = January 2, 1939 |
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|nationality = [[United States|American]] |
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|predecessor1 = [[James E. Finnegan]] |
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|known_for = Elected [[Governor of Wisconsin]], but died before taking office |
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|successor1 = [[John E. Martin]] |
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|state_senate2 = Wisconsin |
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|occupation = [[Lawyer|Attorney]], [[politician]] |
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|district2 = [[Wisconsin's 31st State Senate district|31st]] |
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|title = [[Governor of Wisconsin|Governor-elect of Wisconsin]] |
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|term_start2 = January 5, 1931 |
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|predecessor = [[Julius P. Heil]] |
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|term_end2 = January 7, 1935 |
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|successor = [[Walter Samuel Goodland]] |
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|predecessor2 = [[Howard Teasdale]] |
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|spouse = Florence Marie Ely |
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|successor2 = [[James Earl Leverich]] |
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|children = three |
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|state_assembly3 = Wisconsin |
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|district3 = [[Juneau County, Wisconsin|Juneau]] |
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|term_start3 = January 7, 1929 |
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|term_end3 = January 5, 1931 |
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|predecessor3 = Archibald Telfer |
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|successor3 = [[Ben Tremain]] |
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|party = [[Wisconsin Progressive Party|Wisconsin Progressive]] (1934–1942)<br />[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (before 1934) |
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|birth_name = Orland Steen Loomis |
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1893|11|2}} |
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|birth_place = [[Mauston, Wisconsin]], U.S. |
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|death_date = {{death date and age|1942|12|7|1893|11|2}} |
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|death_place = [[Madison, Wisconsin]], U.S. |
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|spouse = Florence Ely |
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|children = 3 |
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|education = [[University of Wisconsin, Madison]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) |
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|allegiance = [[United States]] |
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|branch = [[United States Army]] |
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|serviceyears = 1918–1919 |
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|rank = [[First lieutenant#United States|First Lieutenant]] |
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|unit = [[American Expeditionary Forces]] |
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|battles = [[World War I]] |
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'''Orland Steen "Spike" Loomis''' (November 2, 1893{{spnd}}December 7, 1942) was an American lawyer and progressive politician from [[Juneau County, Wisconsin]]. He was elected to be the 31st [[Governor of Wisconsin]] in 1942, but died before taking office. He previously served as the 28th [[Attorney General of Wisconsin]]. He was elected as Attorney General and Governor running on the [[Wisconsin Progressive Party]] ticket, but had previously served in the State Senate and Assembly as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS9999 |title= Historical Essay - Loomis, Orland Steen 1893 - 1942 |website= [[Wisconsin Historical Society]] |accessdate= March 21, 2023 }}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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'''Orland Steen "Spike" Loomis''' (November 2, 1893 – December 7, 1942) was an [[United States|American]] lawyer and governor-elect of [[Wisconsin]]. He was born in [[Mauston, Wisconsin]] and was a member of the [[Progressive Party (United States, 1924)|Progressive Party]]. |
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Orland Loomis was born in [[Mauston, Wisconsin]]. He attended [[Ripon College (Wisconsin)|Ripon College]] and then received his law degree from the [[University of Wisconsin Law School]] in 1917. He joined the [[United States Army]] in the midst of [[World War I]] and was stationed in France with the [[American Expeditionary Forces]].<ref name="%253A0">[http://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=EventExt&ID=34391 togetherweserved.com – 1LT Orland Steen Loomis]. Retrieved August 6, 2013</ref> After the war, he returned to Mauston to practice law, and also served as the city attorney from 1922 to 1931. He was elected to the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] in 1928 and the [[Wisconsin State Senate]] in 1930, running on the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] ticket. |
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In 1934, he joined the new [[Wisconsin Progressive Party]], along with many other progressive Republicans. Rather than running for re-election in the Senate in [[1934 Wisconsin Senate election|1934]], he ran for the Progressive nomination for [[Attorney General of Wisconsin]], but fell 10,000 votes short in the [[Primary election|primary]].<ref name="1935elex"/> Following his defeat, he accepted an appointment as the state director of the [[Rural Utilities Service|Rural Electrification Administration]], and served in that role for two years. He ran again for Attorney General in 1936, and this time won the nomination and the general election.<ref name="1937elex"/> He served as Attorney General from 1937 through 1939, but was defeated running for re-election in the 1938 general election.<ref name="1940elex"/> |
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Loomis received his law degree from the [[University of Wisconsin Law School]] in 1917. He was stationed in France during [[World War I]],<ref name="%253A0">[http://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=EventExt&ID=34391 togetherweserved.com – 1LT Orland Steen Loomis]. Retrieved August 6, 2013</ref> after which he returned to Mauston to practice law, serving as the city attorney from 1922 to 1931. He was elected to the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] in 1928 and the [[Wisconsin State Senate]] in 1930. From 1935 to 1937 Loomis was director of the [[Rural Utilities Service|Rural Electrification Administration]] in Wisconsin. He was then elected [[List of Attorneys General of Wisconsin|Attorney General]] of [[Wisconsin]], serving from 1937 to 1939. |
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In 1940, he ran for [[Governor of Wisconsin]], challenging the Republican incumbent [[Julius Heil]]. He fell 12,000 votes short in the [[1940 Wisconsin gubernatorial election|general election]]. He ran again in 1942, and this time [[1942 Wisconsin gubernatorial election|defeated]] Heil by over 100,000 votes. He died suddenly of a heart attack a month before he was to take office, and the Republican [[List of Lieutenant Governors of Wisconsin|Lieutenant Governor]] [[Walter Samuel Goodland]] served all of Loomis's term as [[acting governor]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM2771 |title= Painting - Orland S. Loomis |website= [[Wisconsin Historical Society]] |accessdate= March 21, 2023 }}</ref> |
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==Personal life and legacy== |
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Orland Steen Loomis was buried in Mauston. Loomis Road ([[Highway 36 (Wisconsin)|WIS 36]]) in [[Milwaukee County, Wisconsin|Milwaukee County]] is named after him. |
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Loomis married Florence Marie Ely on June 22, 1918. They had three children. Orland Steen Loomis and his wife are buried in Mauston. |
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In 1943, the [[Liberty ship|Liberty Ship]] SS ''Orland Loomis'' was named after him.<ref name="%253A0" /> |
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Loomis married Florence Marie Ely on June 22, 1918. They had three children. |
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Loomis Road ([[Wisconsin Highway 36]]) in [[Milwaukee County, Wisconsin|Milwaukee County]] is named after him. |
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==Electoral history== |
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==Notes== |
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===Wisconsin Assembly (1928)=== |
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{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Assembly, Juneau District Election, 1928<ref name="1929bio">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/VXBBLDIOJOQ268I |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1929 |year= 1929 |publisher= Wisconsin State Printing Board |editor-last1= Anderson |editor-first1= William J. |editor-last2= Anderson |editor-first2= William A. |chapter= Members of the Legislature |page= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AVXBBLDIOJOQ268I/full/A7S4CM72G7HXIO9D 553] |accessdate= March 21, 2023 }}</ref>}} |
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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| '''General Election, November 6, 1928''' |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Republican Party (United States) |
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|candidate = Orland S. Loomis |
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|votes = 4,196 |
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|percentage = 73.60% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Democratic Party (United States) |
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|candidate = Robert Timbers |
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|votes = 1,505 |
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|percentage = 26.40% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box plurality |
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|votes = 2,691 |
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|percentage = 47.20% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box total |
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|votes = 5,701 |
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|percentage = 100.0% |
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|change = +57.92% |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing |
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|winner = Republican Party (United States) |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Wisconsin Senate (1930)=== |
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{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Senate, 31st District Election, 1930<ref name="1931elex">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/ABWTCD5E6MWIC8O |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1931 |year= 1931 |publisher= Wisconsin State Printing Board |chapter= Parties and Elections |pages= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AABWTCD5E6MWIC8O/full/APFFOLEOWYOLUC8I 567], [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AABWTCD5E6MWIC8O/full/A6FJAO7P7KRH628J 568] |accessdate= March 21, 2023 }}</ref>}} |
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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| '''Republican Primary, September 1930''' |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Republican Party (United States) |
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|candidate = Orland S. Loomis |
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|votes = 9,030 |
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|percentage = 56.42% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Republican Party (United States) |
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|candidate = Robert B. Wood |
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|votes = 4,153 |
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|percentage = 25.95% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Republican Party (United States) |
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|candidate = [[H. W. Barker|Henry W. Barker]] |
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|votes = 1,791 |
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|percentage = 11.19% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Republican Party (United States) |
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|candidate = Ernest T. Wyatt |
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|votes = 1,031 |
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|percentage = 6.44% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box plurality |
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|votes = 4,877 |
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|percentage = 30.47% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box total |
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|votes = 16,005 |
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|percentage = 100.0% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| '''General Election, November 4, 1930''' |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Republican Party (United States) |
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|candidate = Orland S. Loomis |
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|votes = 9,940 |
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|percentage = 96.62% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Prohibition Party (United States) |
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|candidate = A. C. Papst |
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|votes = 348 |
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|percentage = 3.38% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box plurality |
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|votes = 9,592 |
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|percentage = 93.23% |
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|change = -5.62% |
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}} |
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{{Election box total |
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|votes = 10,288 |
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|percentage = 100.0% |
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|change = +2.92% |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing |
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|winner = Republican Party (United States) |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Wisconsin Attorney General (1934, 1936, 1938)=== |
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{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Attorney General Election, 1934<ref name="1935elex">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/PK3IJRHBGDIWA8L |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1935 |year= 1935 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |chapter= Parties and Elections |page= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/APK3IJRHBGDIWA8L/full/ANYBT5AB44WJEY8E 547] |accessdate= March 21, 2023 }}</ref>}} |
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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| '''Progressive Primary, September 1934''' |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party |
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|candidate = Fred M. Wylie |
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|votes = 53,643 |
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|percentage = 39.29% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party |
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|candidate = Orland S. Loomis |
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|votes = 43,260 |
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|percentage = 31.68% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party |
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|candidate = Walter A. Graunke |
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|votes = 39,629 |
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|percentage = 29.03% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box plurality |
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|votes = 10,383 |
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|percentage = 30.47% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box total |
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|votes = 136,532 |
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|percentage = 100.0% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Attorney General Election, 1936<ref name="1937elex">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/XHRYO3YEVDUIK8X |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1937 |year= 1937 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |chapter= Parties and Elections |pages= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AXHRYO3YEVDUIK8X/full/AYFETPTXIPUBN38U 351] |accessdate= March 21, 2023 }}</ref>}} |
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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| '''Progressive Primary, September 1936''' |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party |
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|candidate = Orland S. Loomis |
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|votes = 90,920 |
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|percentage = 57.85% |
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|change = +26.17% |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party |
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|candidate = [[William H. Markham]] |
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|votes = 66,240 |
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|percentage = 42.15% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box plurality |
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|votes = 24,680 |
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|percentage = 15.70% |
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|change = +8.10% |
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}} |
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{{Election box total |
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|votes = 157,160 |
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|percentage = 100.0% |
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|change = +15.11% |
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}} |
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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| '''General Election, November 3, 1936''' |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party |
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|candidate = Orland S. Loomis |
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|votes = 394,252 |
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|percentage = 36.10% |
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|change = +1.02% |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Democratic Party (United States) |
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|candidate = [[James E. Finnegan]] (incumbent) |
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|votes = 353,642 |
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|percentage = 32.38% |
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|change = -2.95% |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Republican Party (United States) |
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|candidate = Herman C. Runge |
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|votes = 339,502 |
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|percentage = 31.09% |
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|change = +8.43% |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Socialist Labor Party of America |
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|candidate = Abe Fisher |
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|votes = 4,691 |
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|percentage = 0.43% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box plurality |
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|votes = 40,610 |
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|percentage = 3.72% |
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|change = +3.47% |
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}} |
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{{Election box total |
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|votes = 1,092,087 |
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|percentage = 100.0% |
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|change = +26.28% |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Attorney General Election, 1938<ref name="1940elex">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/5YLAAJEI53TTB8Q |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |year= 1940 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |editor-last1= Ohm |editor-first1= Howard F. |editor-last2= Bryham |editor-first2= Leone G. |chapter= Parties and Elections |page= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A5YLAAJEI53TTB8Q/full/AB5XESJ4ZCOE3N8K 610] |accessdate= March 21, 2023 }}</ref>}} |
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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| '''General Election, November 8, 1938''' |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Republican Party (United States) |
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|candidate = [[John E. Martin]] |
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|votes = 431,678 |
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|percentage = 48.04% |
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|change = +16.96% |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party |
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|candidate = Orland S. Loomis (incumbent) |
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|votes = 316,657 |
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|percentage = 35.24% |
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|change = -0.86% |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Democratic Party (United States) |
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|candidate = [[James E. Finnegan]] |
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|votes = 339,502 |
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|percentage = 16.52% |
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|change = -15.86% |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Socialist Labor Party of America |
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|candidate = Adolf Wiggert |
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|votes = 1,758 |
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|percentage = 0.20% |
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|change = -0.23% |
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}} |
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{{Election box plurality |
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|votes = 115,021 |
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|percentage = 12.80% |
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|change = +9.08% |
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}} |
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{{Election box total |
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|votes = 898,519 |
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|percentage = 100.0% |
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|change = -17.72% |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Wisconsin Governor (1940, 1942)=== |
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{{Election box begin | title=[[1940 Wisconsin gubernatorial election|Wisconsin Gubernatorial Election, 1940]]<ref name="1942elex">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/GPUOJWPI5SXM38W |title= The Wisconsin Blue Book 1942 |year= 1942 |publisher= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |editor-last1= Ohm |editor-first1= Howard F. |editor-last2= Bryham |editor-first2= Leone G. |chapter= Parties and Elections |pages= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AGPUOJWPI5SXM38W/full/AQM4H77HCRYVLG8X 578], [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AGPUOJWPI5SXM38W/full/AXKK7O3IXZXPVA8Y 656] |accessdate= March 21, 2023 }}</ref>}} |
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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| '''Progressive Primary, September 1940''' |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party |
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|candidate = Orland S. Loomis |
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|votes = 50,699 |
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|percentage = 33.05% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party |
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|candidate = Harold E. Stafford |
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|votes = 41,311 |
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|percentage = 26.93% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party |
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|candidate = [[Philip Nelson (Wisconsin politician)|Philip E. Nelson]] |
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|votes = 24,485 |
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|percentage = 15.96% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party |
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|candidate = [[Paul Alfonsi|Paul R. Alfonsi]] |
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|votes = 22,531 |
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|percentage = 14.69% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party |
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|candidate = [[Henry Gunderson|Henry A. Gunderson]] |
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|votes = 14,372 |
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|percentage = 9.37% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box plurality |
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|votes = 9,388 |
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|percentage = 6.12% |
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|change = -54.30% |
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}} |
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{{Election box total |
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|votes = 153,398 |
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|percentage = 100.0% |
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|change = -9.72% |
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}} |
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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| '''General Election, November 5, 1940''' |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Republican Party (United States) |
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|candidate = [[Julius P. Heil]] (incumbent) |
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|votes = 558,678 |
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|percentage = 40.67% |
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|change = -14.72% |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party |
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|candidate = Orland S. Loomis |
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|votes = 546,436 |
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|percentage = 39.78% |
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|change = +3.77% |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Democratic Party (United States) |
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|candidate = [[Francis E. McGovern]] |
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|votes = 264,985 |
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|percentage = 19.29% |
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|change = +11.30% |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Communist Party USA |
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|candidate = [[Fred Basset Blair]] |
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|votes = 2,340 |
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|percentage = 0.17% |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Socialist Labor Party of America |
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|candidate = [[Louis Fisher]] |
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|votes = 1,158 |
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|percentage = 0.08% |
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|change = -0.06% |
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|candidate = ''Scattering'' |
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|votes = 157 |
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|percentage = 0.01% |
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|change = +0.01% |
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{{Election box plurality |
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|votes = 12,242 |
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|percentage = 0.89% |
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|change = -18.50% |
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{{Election box total |
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|votes = 1,373,754 |
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|percentage = 100.0% |
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|change = +39.96% |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Wisconsin Progressive Party |
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|candidate = Orland S. Loomis |
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|votes = 397,664 |
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|percentage = 49.65% |
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|change = +9.87% |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Republican Party (United States) |
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|candidate = [[Julius P. Heil]] (incumbent) |
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|votes = 291,945 |
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|percentage = 36.45% |
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|change = -4.22% |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Democratic Party (United States) |
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|candidate = William C. Sullivan |
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|votes = 98,153 |
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|percentage = 12.25% |
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|change = -7.04% |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Socialist Party of America |
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|candidate = [[Frank Zeidler]] |
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|votes = 11,295 |
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|percentage = 1.41% |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Communist Party USA |
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|candidate = [[Fred Basset Blair]] |
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|votes = 1,092 |
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|percentage = 0.14% |
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|change = -0.03% |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Socialist Labor Party of America |
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|candidate = [[Georgia Cozzini]] |
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|votes = 490 |
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|percentage = 0.06% |
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|change = -0.02% |
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|candidate = ''Scattering'' |
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|votes = 346 |
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|percentage = 0.04% |
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|change = +0.03% |
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{{Election box plurality |
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|votes = 105,719 |
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|percentage = 13.20% |
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|change = +12.31% |
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{{Election box total |
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|votes = 800,985 |
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|percentage = 100.0% |
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|change = -41.69% |
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Latest revision as of 02:55, 17 April 2024
Orland Loomis | |
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Governor-elect of Wisconsin | |
Died before assuming office | |
Preceded by | Julius P. Heil |
Succeeded by | Walter Samuel Goodland |
28th Attorney General of Wisconsin | |
In office January 4, 1937 – January 2, 1939 | |
Governor | Philip La Follette |
Preceded by | James E. Finnegan |
Succeeded by | John E. Martin |
Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 31st district | |
In office January 5, 1931 – January 7, 1935 | |
Preceded by | Howard Teasdale |
Succeeded by | James Earl Leverich |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Juneau district | |
In office January 7, 1929 – January 5, 1931 | |
Preceded by | Archibald Telfer |
Succeeded by | Ben Tremain |
Personal details | |
Born | Orland Steen Loomis November 2, 1893 Mauston, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | December 7, 1942 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. | (aged 49)
Political party | Wisconsin Progressive (1934–1942) Republican (before 1934) |
Spouse | Florence Ely |
Children | 3 |
Education | University of Wisconsin, Madison (LLB) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1918–1919 |
Rank | First Lieutenant |
Unit | American Expeditionary Forces |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Orland Steen "Spike" Loomis (November 2, 1893 – December 7, 1942) was an American lawyer and progressive politician from Juneau County, Wisconsin. He was elected to be the 31st Governor of Wisconsin in 1942, but died before taking office. He previously served as the 28th Attorney General of Wisconsin. He was elected as Attorney General and Governor running on the Wisconsin Progressive Party ticket, but had previously served in the State Senate and Assembly as a Republican.[1]
Biography[edit]
Orland Loomis was born in Mauston, Wisconsin. He attended Ripon College and then received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1917. He joined the United States Army in the midst of World War I and was stationed in France with the American Expeditionary Forces.[2] After the war, he returned to Mauston to practice law, and also served as the city attorney from 1922 to 1931. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1928 and the Wisconsin State Senate in 1930, running on the Republican Party ticket.
In 1934, he joined the new Wisconsin Progressive Party, along with many other progressive Republicans. Rather than running for re-election in the Senate in 1934, he ran for the Progressive nomination for Attorney General of Wisconsin, but fell 10,000 votes short in the primary.[3] Following his defeat, he accepted an appointment as the state director of the Rural Electrification Administration, and served in that role for two years. He ran again for Attorney General in 1936, and this time won the nomination and the general election.[4] He served as Attorney General from 1937 through 1939, but was defeated running for re-election in the 1938 general election.[5]
In 1940, he ran for Governor of Wisconsin, challenging the Republican incumbent Julius Heil. He fell 12,000 votes short in the general election. He ran again in 1942, and this time defeated Heil by over 100,000 votes. He died suddenly of a heart attack a month before he was to take office, and the Republican Lieutenant Governor Walter Samuel Goodland served all of Loomis's term as acting governor.[6]
Personal life and legacy[edit]
Loomis married Florence Marie Ely on June 22, 1918. They had three children. Orland Steen Loomis and his wife are buried in Mauston.
In 1943, the Liberty Ship SS Orland Loomis was named after him.[2]
Loomis Road (Wisconsin Highway 36) in Milwaukee County is named after him.
Electoral history[edit]
Wisconsin Assembly (1928)[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 6, 1928 | |||||
Republican | Orland S. Loomis | 4,196 | 73.60% | ||
Democratic | Robert Timbers | 1,505 | 26.40% | ||
Plurality | 2,691 | 47.20% | |||
Total votes | 5,701 | 100.0% | +57.92% | ||
Republican hold |
Wisconsin Senate (1930)[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican Primary, September 1930 | |||||
Republican | Orland S. Loomis | 9,030 | 56.42% | ||
Republican | Robert B. Wood | 4,153 | 25.95% | ||
Republican | Henry W. Barker | 1,791 | 11.19% | ||
Republican | Ernest T. Wyatt | 1,031 | 6.44% | ||
Plurality | 4,877 | 30.47% | |||
Total votes | 16,005 | 100.0% | |||
General Election, November 4, 1930 | |||||
Republican | Orland S. Loomis | 9,940 | 96.62% | ||
Prohibition | A. C. Papst | 348 | 3.38% | ||
Plurality | 9,592 | 93.23% | -5.62% | ||
Total votes | 10,288 | 100.0% | +2.92% | ||
Republican hold |
Wisconsin Attorney General (1934, 1936, 1938)[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Primary, September 1934 | |||||
Progressive | Fred M. Wylie | 53,643 | 39.29% | ||
Progressive | Orland S. Loomis | 43,260 | 31.68% | ||
Progressive | Walter A. Graunke | 39,629 | 29.03% | ||
Plurality | 10,383 | 30.47% | |||
Total votes | 136,532 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Primary, September 1936 | |||||
Progressive | Orland S. Loomis | 90,920 | 57.85% | +26.17% | |
Progressive | William H. Markham | 66,240 | 42.15% | ||
Plurality | 24,680 | 15.70% | +8.10% | ||
Total votes | 157,160 | 100.0% | +15.11% | ||
General Election, November 3, 1936 | |||||
Progressive | Orland S. Loomis | 394,252 | 36.10% | +1.02% | |
Democratic | James E. Finnegan (incumbent) | 353,642 | 32.38% | -2.95% | |
Republican | Herman C. Runge | 339,502 | 31.09% | +8.43% | |
Socialist Labor | Abe Fisher | 4,691 | 0.43% | ||
Plurality | 40,610 | 3.72% | +3.47% | ||
Total votes | 1,092,087 | 100.0% | +26.28% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 8, 1938 | |||||
Republican | John E. Martin | 431,678 | 48.04% | +16.96% | |
Progressive | Orland S. Loomis (incumbent) | 316,657 | 35.24% | -0.86% | |
Democratic | James E. Finnegan | 339,502 | 16.52% | -15.86% | |
Socialist Labor | Adolf Wiggert | 1,758 | 0.20% | -0.23% | |
Plurality | 115,021 | 12.80% | +9.08% | ||
Total votes | 898,519 | 100.0% | -17.72% |
Wisconsin Governor (1940, 1942)[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Primary, September 1940 | |||||
Progressive | Orland S. Loomis | 50,699 | 33.05% | ||
Progressive | Harold E. Stafford | 41,311 | 26.93% | ||
Progressive | Philip E. Nelson | 24,485 | 15.96% | ||
Progressive | Paul R. Alfonsi | 22,531 | 14.69% | ||
Progressive | Henry A. Gunderson | 14,372 | 9.37% | ||
Plurality | 9,388 | 6.12% | -54.30% | ||
Total votes | 153,398 | 100.0% | -9.72% | ||
General Election, November 5, 1940 | |||||
Republican | Julius P. Heil (incumbent) | 558,678 | 40.67% | -14.72% | |
Progressive | Orland S. Loomis | 546,436 | 39.78% | +3.77% | |
Democratic | Francis E. McGovern | 264,985 | 19.29% | +11.30% | |
Communist | Fred Basset Blair | 2,340 | 0.17% | ||
Socialist Labor | Louis Fisher | 1,158 | 0.08% | -0.06% | |
Scattering | 157 | 0.01% | +0.01% | ||
Plurality | 12,242 | 0.89% | -18.50% | ||
Total votes | 1,373,754 | 100.0% | +39.96% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 3, 1942 | |||||
Progressive | Orland S. Loomis | 397,664 | 49.65% | +9.87% | |
Republican | Julius P. Heil (incumbent) | 291,945 | 36.45% | -4.22% | |
Democratic | William C. Sullivan | 98,153 | 12.25% | -7.04% | |
Socialist | Frank Zeidler | 11,295 | 1.41% | ||
Communist | Fred Basset Blair | 1,092 | 0.14% | -0.03% | |
Socialist Labor | Georgia Cozzini | 490 | 0.06% | -0.02% | |
Scattering | 346 | 0.04% | +0.03% | ||
Plurality | 105,719 | 13.20% | +12.31% | ||
Total votes | 800,985 | 100.0% | -41.69% |
References[edit]
- ^ "Historical Essay - Loomis, Orland Steen 1893 - 1942". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ a b togetherweserved.com – 1LT Orland Steen Loomis. Retrieved August 6, 2013
- ^ a b "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1935 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. 1935. p. 547. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ a b "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1937 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. 1937. pp. 351. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ a b Ohm, Howard F.; Bryham, Leone G., eds. (1940). "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 610. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ "Painting - Orland S. Loomis". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ Anderson, William J.; Anderson, William A., eds. (1929). "Members of the Legislature". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1929 (Report). Wisconsin State Printing Board. p. 553. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1931 (Report). Wisconsin State Printing Board. 1931. pp. 567, 568. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ Ohm, Howard F.; Bryham, Leone G., eds. (1942). "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1942 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 578, 656. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ Ohm, Howard F.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1944). "Parties and Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1944 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 504, 572. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
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