1930 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1930 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930. Primary elections were held on September 16, 1930. Incumbent Republican Governor Walter J. Kohler Sr. was defeated in the Republican primary. Republican nominee Philip La Follette defeated Democratic nominee Charles E. Hammersley with 64.76% of the vote.
Primary election
[edit]Republican party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Walter J. Kohler, Sr., incumbent Governor
- Philip La Follette, former district attorney for Dane County
Results
[edit]
La Follette
- 50-60%
- 60-70%
- 70-80%
Kohler
- 50-60%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Philip La Follette | 339,551 | 59.64% | |
| Republican | Walter J. Kohler, Sr. (incumbent) | 267,687 | 40.36% | |
| Total votes | 663,238 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Charles E. Hammersley, former attorney[3]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles E. Hammersley | 17,040 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 17,040 | 100.00% | ||
Socialist party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Frank Metcalfe, County Supervisor and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly[5]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Frank Metcalfe | 11,569 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 11,569 | 100.00% | ||
Prohibition party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in 1922 and for Governor in 1924 and 1928
- Henry Meisel
- Alfred B. Taynton, former secretary of the Wisconsin prohibition state committee[7][8] and unsuccessful candidate for Prohibition nomination for U.S. Senate in 1926[9]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Alfred B. Taynton | 655 | 44.02% | |
| Prohibition | Adolph R. Bucknam | 503 | 33.80% | |
| Prohibition | Henry Meisel | 330 | 22.18% | |
| Total votes | 1,488 | 100.00% | ||
Other party nominations
[edit]- Fred Basset Blair, Independent Communist, former experimental college student[11][12]
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Philip La Follette | 392,958 | 64.76% | +9.38% | |
| Democratic | Charles E. Hammersley | 170,020 | 28.02% | −11.85% | |
| Socialist | Frank Metcalfe | 25,607 | 4.22% | +0.49% | |
| Prohibition | Alfred B. Taynton | 14,818 | 2.44% | +1.79% | |
| Communist[a] | Fred Basset Blair | 2,998 | 0.49% | +0.35% | |
| Scattering[b] | 424 | 0.07% | |||
| Majority | 222,938 | 36.74% | |||
| Total votes | 606,825 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +21.23% | |||
Results by county
[edit]After this election, Forest County would not vote for a Republican gubernatorial candidate again until 1952 while Iron County would not do so again until 1990.
| County[13][14] | Philip La Follette Republican |
Charles E. Hammersley Democratic |
Frank Metcalfe Socialist |
Alfred B. Taynton Prohibition |
Fred B. Blair Communist |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 950 | 79.83% | 198 | 16.64% | 4 | 0.34% | 31 | 2.61% | 6 | 0.50% | 1 | 0.08% | 752 | 63.19% | 1,190 |
| Ashland | 2,949 | 81.08% | 553 | 15.20% | 20 | 0.55% | 78 | 2.14% | 36 | 0.99% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,396 | 65.88% | 3,637 |
| Barron | 4,755 | 82.61% | 539 | 9.36% | 27 | 0.47% | 353 | 6.13% | 65 | 1.13% | 17 | 0.30% | 4,216 | 73.25% | 5,756 |
| Bayfield | 2,399 | 81.29% | 323 | 10.95% | 16 | 0.54% | 123 | 4.17% | 87 | 2.95% | 3 | 0.10% | 2,076 | 70.35% | 2,951 |
| Brown | 9,043 | 51.97% | 8,107 | 46.59% | 90 | 0.52% | 153 | 0.88% | 7 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 936 | 5.38% | 17,400 |
| Buffalo | 2,094 | 84.23% | 333 | 13.40% | 4 | 0.16% | 51 | 2.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.16% | 1,761 | 70.84% | 2,486 |
| Burnett | 2,390 | 89.21% | 152 | 5.67% | 14 | 0.52% | 91 | 3.40% | 22 | 0.82% | 10 | 0.37% | 2,238 | 83.54% | 2,679 |
| Calumet | 2,999 | 65.01% | 1,571 | 34.06% | 15 | 0.33% | 27 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,428 | 30.96% | 4,613 |
| Chippewa | 3,789 | 76.47% | 880 | 17.76% | 15 | 0.30% | 240 | 4.84% | 16 | 0.32% | 15 | 0.30% | 2,909 | 58.71% | 4,955 |
| Clark | 4,026 | 77.26% | 882 | 16.93% | 41 | 0.79% | 219 | 4.20% | 43 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,144 | 60.33% | 5,211 |
| Columbia | 4,716 | 70.79% | 1,686 | 25.31% | 11 | 0.17% | 225 | 3.38% | 16 | 0.24% | 8 | 0.12% | 3,030 | 45.48% | 6,662 |
| Crawford | 3,427 | 72.70% | 1,182 | 25.07% | 8 | 0.17% | 91 | 1.93% | 3 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,245 | 47.62% | 4,714 |
| Dane | 18,241 | 75.78% | 5,061 | 21.03% | 60 | 0.25% | 665 | 2.76% | 27 | 0.11% | 17 | 0.07% | 13,180 | 54.75% | 24,071 |
| Dodge | 9,001 | 64.79% | 4,641 | 33.41% | 78 | 0.56% | 167 | 1.20% | 6 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,360 | 31.38% | 13,893 |
| Door | 1,939 | 75.24% | 472 | 18.32% | 5 | 0.19% | 157 | 6.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.16% | 1,467 | 56.93% | 2,577 |
| Douglas | 10,557 | 80.37% | 1,470 | 11.19% | 75 | 0.57% | 821 | 6.25% | 212 | 1.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 9,087 | 69.18% | 13,135 |
| Dunn | 3,875 | 81.87% | 537 | 11.35% | 14 | 0.30% | 276 | 5.83% | 14 | 0.30% | 17 | 0.36% | 3,338 | 70.53% | 4,733 |
| Eau Claire | 6,138 | 76.55% | 1,541 | 19.22% | 21 | 0.26% | 254 | 3.17% | 52 | 0.65% | 12 | 0.15% | 4,597 | 57.33% | 8,018 |
| Florence | 956 | 90.02% | 82 | 7.72% | 3 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.56% | 15 | 1.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 874 | 82.30% | 1,062 |
| Fond du Lac | 8,731 | 55.18% | 6,563 | 41.48% | 135 | 0.85% | 340 | 2.15% | 51 | 0.32% | 3 | 0.02% | 2,168 | 13.70% | 15,823 |
| Forest | 1,519 | 78.22% | 375 | 19.31% | 7 | 0.36% | 24 | 1.24% | 15 | 0.77% | 2 | 0.10% | 1,144 | 58.91% | 1,942 |
| Grant | 7,456 | 73.40% | 2,275 | 22.40% | 11 | 0.11% | 352 | 3.47% | 42 | 0.41% | 22 | 0.22% | 5,181 | 51.00% | 10,158 |
| Green | 3,695 | 78.30% | 675 | 14.30% | 9 | 0.19% | 327 | 6.93% | 3 | 0.06% | 10 | 0.21% | 3,020 | 64.00% | 4,719 |
| Green Lake | 1,954 | 57.96% | 1,340 | 39.75% | 9 | 0.27% | 66 | 1.96% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 614 | 18.21% | 3,371 |
| Iowa | 3,816 | 72.85% | 1,032 | 19.70% | 8 | 0.15% | 368 | 7.03% | 9 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.10% | 2,784 | 53.15% | 5,238 |
| Iron | 2,841 | 88.75% | 203 | 6.34% | 11 | 0.34% | 12 | 0.37% | 134 | 4.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,638 | 82.41% | 3,201 |
| Jackson | 2,534 | 79.19% | 559 | 17.47% | 13 | 0.41% | 53 | 1.66% | 2 | 0.06% | 39 | 1.22% | 1,975 | 61.72% | 3,200 |
| Jefferson | 6,471 | 65.15% | 3,255 | 32.77% | 26 | 0.26% | 174 | 1.75% | 4 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,216 | 32.38% | 9,932 |
| Juneau | 3,108 | 82.62% | 546 | 14.51% | 12 | 0.32% | 67 | 1.78% | 21 | 0.56% | 8 | 0.21% | 2,562 | 68.10% | 3,762 |
| Kenosha | 10,497 | 66.45% | 4,320 | 27.35% | 343 | 2.17% | 516 | 3.27% | 111 | 0.70% | 9 | 0.06% | 6,177 | 39.10% | 15,796 |
| Kewaunee | 3,345 | 77.32% | 953 | 22.03% | 7 | 0.16% | 16 | 0.37% | 2 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.07% | 2,392 | 55.29% | 4,326 |
| La Crosse | 7,045 | 57.39% | 4,875 | 39.71% | 20 | 0.16% | 280 | 2.28% | 29 | 0.24% | 26 | 0.21% | 2,170 | 17.68% | 12,275 |
| Lafayette | 3,058 | 69.93% | 1,170 | 26.76% | 6 | 0.14% | 125 | 2.86% | 11 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,888 | 43.17% | 4,373 |
| Langlade | 4,055 | 62.94% | 2,259 | 35.06% | 19 | 0.29% | 86 | 1.33% | 24 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,796 | 27.88% | 6,443 |
| Lincoln | 2,875 | 75.08% | 849 | 22.17% | 19 | 0.50% | 64 | 1.67% | 19 | 0.50% | 3 | 0.08% | 2,026 | 52.91% | 3,829 |
| Manitowoc | 9,460 | 67.21% | 4,482 | 31.84% | 74 | 0.53% | 52 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,978 | 35.37% | 14,076 |
| Marathon | 9,176 | 75.51% | 2,682 | 22.07% | 86 | 0.71% | 168 | 1.38% | 40 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,494 | 53.44% | 12,152 |
| Marinette | 2,728 | 62.04% | 1,431 | 32.54% | 80 | 1.82% | 145 | 3.30% | 13 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,297 | 29.50% | 4,397 |
| Marquette | 1,598 | 65.71% | 750 | 30.84% | 10 | 0.41% | 71 | 2.92% | 3 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 848 | 34.87% | 2,432 |
| Milwaukee | 68,891 | 52.01% | 39,372 | 29.72% | 22,320 | 16.85% | 983 | 0.74% | 874 | 0.66% | 23 | 0.02% | 29,519 | 22.28% | 132,463 |
| Monroe | 4,353 | 80.51% | 827 | 15.29% | 10 | 0.18% | 217 | 4.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,526 | 65.21% | 5,407 |
| Oconto | 5,106 | 72.94% | 1,745 | 24.93% | 20 | 0.29% | 91 | 1.30% | 34 | 0.49% | 4 | 0.06% | 3,361 | 48.01% | 7,000 |
| Oneida | 2,732 | 73.09% | 891 | 23.84% | 55 | 1.47% | 44 | 1.18% | 12 | 0.32% | 4 | 0.11% | 1,841 | 49.25% | 3,738 |
| Outagamie | 9,137 | 62.05% | 5,297 | 35.97% | 39 | 0.26% | 216 | 1.47% | 33 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.02% | 3,840 | 26.08% | 14,725 |
| Ozaukee | 2,981 | 64.48% | 1,594 | 34.48% | 28 | 0.61% | 17 | 0.37% | 3 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,387 | 30.00% | 4,623 |
| Pepin | 1,406 | 75.67% | 270 | 14.53% | 8 | 0.43% | 144 | 7.75% | 26 | 1.40% | 4 | 0.22% | 1,136 | 61.14% | 1,858 |
| Pierce | 3,197 | 79.79% | 361 | 9.01% | 15 | 0.37% | 393 | 9.81% | 31 | 0.77% | 10 | 0.25% | 2,836 | 70.78% | 4,007 |
| Polk | 3,196 | 86.40% | 289 | 7.81% | 18 | 0.49% | 178 | 4.81% | 7 | 0.19% | 11 | 0.30% | 2,907 | 78.59% | 3,699 |
| Portage | 5,229 | 59.84% | 3,340 | 38.22% | 59 | 0.68% | 106 | 1.21% | 4 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,889 | 21.62% | 8,739 |
| Price | 2,914 | 78.61% | 579 | 15.62% | 30 | 0.81% | 98 | 2.64% | 79 | 2.13% | 7 | 0.19% | 2,335 | 62.99% | 3,707 |
| Racine | 10,080 | 54.83% | 7,369 | 40.09% | 396 | 2.15% | 356 | 1.94% | 177 | 0.96% | 5 | 0.03% | 2,711 | 14.75% | 18,383 |
| Richland | 2,678 | 65.73% | 1,056 | 25.92% | 13 | 0.32% | 272 | 6.68% | 55 | 1.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,622 | 39.81% | 4,074 |
| Rock | 5,385 | 64.20% | 2,244 | 26.75% | 28 | 0.33% | 720 | 8.58% | 11 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,141 | 37.45% | 8,388 |
| Rusk | 1,925 | 74.41% | 360 | 13.92% | 23 | 0.89% | 261 | 10.09% | 13 | 0.50% | 5 | 0.19% | 1,565 | 60.49% | 2,587 |
| Sauk | 6,261 | 75.50% | 1,442 | 17.39% | 18 | 0.22% | 478 | 5.76% | 91 | 1.10% | 3 | 0.04% | 4,819 | 58.11% | 8,293 |
| Sawyer | 2,058 | 84.41% | 213 | 8.74% | 13 | 0.53% | 115 | 4.72% | 35 | 1.44% | 4 | 0.16% | 1,845 | 75.68% | 2,438 |
| Shawano | 4,440 | 79.38% | 1,061 | 18.97% | 27 | 0.48% | 53 | 0.95% | 10 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.04% | 3,379 | 60.41% | 5,593 |
| Sheboygan | 7,190 | 44.68% | 8,074 | 50.17% | 532 | 3.31% | 272 | 1.69% | 24 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.01% | -884 | -5.49% | 16,094 |
| St. Croix | 6,085 | 72.61% | 1,927 | 23.00% | 19 | 0.23% | 282 | 3.37% | 66 | 0.79% | 1 | 0.01% | 4,158 | 49.62% | 8,380 |
| Taylor | 3,210 | 85.44% | 393 | 10.46% | 40 | 1.06% | 82 | 2.18% | 28 | 0.75% | 4 | 0.11% | 2,817 | 74.98% | 3,757 |
| Trempealeau | 3,957 | 80.46% | 804 | 16.35% | 9 | 0.18% | 121 | 2.46% | 20 | 0.41% | 7 | 0.14% | 3,153 | 64.11% | 4,918 |
| Vernon | 4,370 | 81.68% | 687 | 12.84% | 9 | 0.17% | 258 | 4.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 26 | 0.49% | 3,683 | 68.84% | 5,350 |
| Vilas | 1,952 | 80.03% | 399 | 16.36% | 18 | 0.74% | 22 | 0.90% | 48 | 1.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,553 | 63.67% | 2,439 |
| Walworth | 2,828 | 57.75% | 1,488 | 30.39% | 22 | 0.45% | 533 | 10.88% | 9 | 0.18% | 17 | 0.35% | 1,340 | 27.36% | 4,897 |
| Washburn | 1,652 | 82.15% | 237 | 11.79% | 16 | 0.80% | 82 | 4.08% | 17 | 0.85% | 7 | 0.35% | 1,415 | 70.36% | 2,011 |
| Washington | 3,699 | 64.40% | 1,978 | 34.44% | 35 | 0.61% | 31 | 0.54% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,721 | 29.96% | 5,744 |
| Waukesha | 7,228 | 58.32% | 4,697 | 37.90% | 115 | 0.93% | 304 | 2.45% | 47 | 0.38% | 3 | 0.02% | 2,531 | 20.42% | 12,394 |
| Waupaca | 4,213 | 72.53% | 1,422 | 24.48% | 28 | 0.48% | 132 | 2.27% | 7 | 0.12% | 7 | 0.12% | 2,791 | 48.05% | 5,809 |
| Waushara | 1,879 | 73.00% | 571 | 22.18% | 8 | 0.31% | 91 | 3.54% | 22 | 0.85% | 3 | 0.12% | 1,308 | 50.82% | 2,574 |
| Winnebago | 7,555 | 49.61% | 7,116 | 46.73% | 157 | 1.03% | 360 | 2.36% | 38 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.01% | 439 | 2.88% | 15,228 |
| Wood | 4,965 | 78.56% | 1,113 | 17.61% | 53 | 0.84% | 172 | 2.72% | 7 | 0.11% | 10 | 0.16% | 3,852 | 60.95% | 6,320 |
| Total | 392,958 | 64.76% | 170,020 | 28.02% | 25,607 | 4.22% | 14,818 | 2.44% | 2,998 | 0.49% | 424 | 0.07% | 222,938 | 36.74% | 606,825 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book 1931, p. 464.
- ^ "WI Governor, 1930 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ "Democrats All Set for Fall Campaign". Marshfield News-Herald. Marshfield, Wisconsin. June 9, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book 1931, p. 462.
- ^ "Milwaukeean Will Run For Governor, Socialists Rule". The Post-Crescent. Appleton, Wisconsin. May 5, 1930. p. 2. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book 1931, p. 466.
- ^ "Plans Completed For "Dry" Meeting". The La Crosse Tribune. La Crosse, Wisconsin. September 15, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ "Drys to Have Picnic". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. July 24, 1915. p. 11. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ Holmes, Fred L., ed. (1927). The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1927. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer. p. 499.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book 1931, p. 463.
- ^ "Blair Defenders Here Meet Friday". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. December 11, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ "Request for Release of Blair". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. December 13, 1930. p. 2. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of State Canvassers - Election of State Officers - November 4, 1930
- ^ a b The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library (1931). "Summary Vote For Governor". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1931. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company. p. 467.
Bibliography
[edit]- Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- Kelly, Alice, ed. (1931). The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1931. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer.