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1918 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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1918 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

← 1916 November 5, 1918 1920 →
 
Nominee Emanuel Lorenz Philipp Henry A. Moehlenpah Emil Seidel
Party Republican Democratic Socialist
Popular vote 155,799 112,576 57,523
Percentage 46.99% 33.95% 17.35%

County results
Philipp:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Moehlenpah:      40–50%      50–60%
Seidel:      30–40%      40–50%

Governor before election

Emanuel L. Philipp
Republican

Elected Governor

Emanuel L. Philipp
Republican

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

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Republican party

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Candidates

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Results

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Republican primary results[2]
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

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry A. Moehlenpah 27,469 100.00%
Total votes 27,469 100.00%

Socialist party

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Candidates

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Results

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Socialist primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist Emil Seidel 22,103 100.00%
Total votes 22,103 100.00%

Prohibition party

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Candidates

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Results

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Prohibition primary results[2]
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

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Results

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1918 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[3][4][a]
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

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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

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Socialist

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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. 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.
  2. ^ These figures include the military vote, which was enumerated separately by county
  3. ^ The 1919 Blue Book mistakenly gives Philipp 861 in this county; the correct figure is 661 plus 10 military votes.
  4. ^ a b c d e Seidel's margin over Philipp
  5. ^ The 1919 Blue Book mistakenly gives Moehlenpah 1,896 in this county; the correct figure is 1,806 plus 33 military votes.
  6. ^ The 1919 Blue Book mistakenly gives Seidel 149 in this county; the correct figure is 140 plus 1 military vote.
  7. ^ a b c Philipp's margin over Seidel

References

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  1. ^ "Its all settled now". Vernon County censor. Viroqua, Wis. May 8, 1918. p. 4. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of State Canvassers - Election of State Officers - November 5, 1918
  4. ^ 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

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  • 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.