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 County results McGovern: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Schmitz: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Jacobs: 30–40% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The1910 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1910.Primary elections were held on September 6, 1910.
Republican nomineeFrancis E. McGovern defeatedDemocratic nominee Adolph J. Schmitz andSocialist nominee William A. Jacobs, with 50.57% of the vote.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Francis E. McGovern | 82,265 | 43.09% | |
| Republican | Edward T. Fairchild | 55,933 | 29.30% | |
| Republican | William Mitchell Lewis | 40,879 | 21.41% | |
| Republican | Henry W. Barker | 5,973 | 3.13% | |
| Republican | John Strange | 5,845 | 3.06% | |
| Total votes | 190,895 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Adolph J. Schmitz | 48,071 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 48,071 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | William A. Jacobs | 12,491 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 12,491 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Byron E. Van Keuren | 1,802 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 1,802 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Francis E. McGovern | 161,619 | 50.58% | −3.45% | |
| Democratic | Adolph Schmitz | 110,442 | 34.56% | −2.35% | |
| Social Democratic | William A. Jacobs | 39,547 | 12.38% | +6.02% | |
| Prohibition | Byron E. Van Keuren | 7,450 | 2.33% | −0.28% | |
| Socialist Labor | Fred G. Kremer | 430 | 0.13% | +0.05% | |
| Scattering | 34 | 0.01% | |||
| Majority | 51,177 | 16.02% | |||
| Total votes | 319,522 | 100.00% | |||
| Republicanhold | Swing | -1.10% | |||
Schmitz was the first Democrat sinceGeorge W. Peck in1892 to carryKenosha County. This was also the first time since1875 that Kenosha County did not vote for the winning candidate.Social Democratic candidate William A. Jacobs received 37.93% of the vote inMilwaukee County and won the county over McGovern; this was the best performance ever by a Socialist gubernatorial candidate in Milwaukee County.
| County[11][12][13] | Francis E. McGovern Republican | Adolph Schmitz Democratic | William A. Jacobs Social Democratic | Byron E. Van Keuren Prohibition | Fred G. Kremer Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 602 | 72.36% | 158 | 18.99% | 42 | 5.05% | 29 | 3.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 444 | 53.37% | 832[b] |
| Ashland | 1.381 | 59.22% | 473 | 20.28% | 386 | 16.55% | 61 | 2.62% | 31 | 1.33% | 908 | 38.94% | 2,332 |
| Barron | 1,676 | 73.16% | 209 | 9.12% | 262 | 11.44% | 141 | 6.15% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,414[c] | 61.72% | 2,291 |
| Bayfield | 1,057 | 76.21% | 97 | 6.99% | 191 | 13.77% | 40 | 2.88% | 2 | 0.14% | 866[c] | 62.44% | 1,387 |
| Brown | 3,267 | 48.17% | 2,620 | 38.62% | 793 | 11.69% | 91 | 1.34% | 11 | 0.16% | 647 | 9.54% | 6,782 |
| Buffalo | 1,008 | 65.93% | 470 | 30.74% | 29 | 1.90% | 22 | 1.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 538 | 35.19% | 1,529 |
| Burnett | 848 | 72.17% | 75 | 6.38% | 193 | 16.43% | 59 | 5.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 655[c] | 55.74% | 1,175 |
| Calumet | 1,176 | 43.31% | 1,384 | 50.98% | 132 | 4.86% | 20 | 0.74% | 2 | 0.07% | -208 | -7.66% | 2,715[b] |
| Chippewa | 2,170 | 55.76% | 1,418 | 36.43% | 194 | 4.98% | 104 | 2.67% | 6 | 0.15% | 752 | 19.32% | 3,892 |
| Clark | 2,087 | 68.72% | 720 | 23.71% | 140 | 4.61% | 87 | 2.86% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,367 | 45.01% | 3,037 |
| Columbia | 2,653 | 61.36% | 1,379 | 31.89% | 172 | 3.98% | 102 | 2.36% | 18 | 0.42% | 1,274 | 29.46% | 4,324 |
| Crawford | 1,570 | 54.80% | 1,176 | 41.05% | 60 | 2.09% | 56 | 1.95% | 3 | 0.10% | 394 | 13.75% | 2,865 |
| Dane | 6,392 | 52.74% | 5,113 | 42.19% | 289 | 2.38% | 316 | 2.61% | 4 | 0.03% | 1,279 | 10.55% | 12,120[d] |
| Dodge | 2,692 | 35.12% | 4,727 | 61.66% | 147 | 1.92% | 100 | 1.30% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,035 | -26.55% | 7,666 |
| Door | 1,757 | 80.49% | 279 | 12.78% | 88 | 4.03% | 54 | 2.47% | 5 | 0.23% | 1,478 | 67.70% | 2,183 |
| Douglas | 2,582 | 66.36% | 454 | 11.67% | 695 | 17.86% | 136 | 3.50% | 24 | 0.62% | 1,887[c] | 48.50% | 3,891 |
| Dunn | 2,179 | 86.33% | 156 | 6.18% | 123 | 4.87% | 57 | 2.26% | 8 | 0.32% | 2,023 | 80.15% | 2,524[b] |
| Eau Claire | 2,399 | 69.44% | 573 | 16.58% | 350 | 10.13% | 100 | 2.89% | 33 | 0.96% | 1,826 | 52.85% | 3,455 |
| Florence | 467 | 79.83% | 104 | 17.78% | 7 | 1.20% | 7 | 1.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 363 | 62.05% | 585 |
| Fond du Lac | 3,834 | 47.33% | 3,780 | 46.66% | 312 | 3.85% | 171 | 2.11% | 4 | 0.05% | 54 | 0.67% | 8,101 |
| Forest | 726 | 79.00% | 122 | 13.28% | 53 | 5.77% | 17 | 1.85% | 1 | 0.11% | 604 | 65.72% | 919 |
| Grant | 2,908 | 59.08% | 1,775 | 36.06% | 84 | 1.71% | 140 | 2.84% | 15 | 0.30% | 1,133 | 23.02% | 4,922 |
| Green | 1,659 | 53.71% | 1,186 | 38.39% | 88 | 2.85% | 153 | 4.95% | 2 | 0.06% | 473 | 15.31% | 3,089[b] |
| Green Lake | 1,495 | 51.20% | 1,273 | 43.60% | 64 | 2.19% | 88 | 3.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 222 | 7.60% | 2,920 |
| Iowa | 2,004 | 57.47% | 1,294 | 37.11% | 42 | 1.20% | 146 | 4.19% | 1 | 0.03% | 710 | 20.36% | 3,487 |
| Iron | 738 | 63.08% | 323 | 27.61% | 68 | 5.81% | 38 | 3.25% | 3 | 0.26% | 415 | 35.47% | 1,170 |
| Jackson | 1,438 | 78.02% | 282 | 15.30% | 66 | 3.58% | 56 | 3.04% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,156 | 62.72% | 1,843 |
| Jefferson | 1,939 | 32.78% | 3,581 | 60.53% | 286 | 4.83% | 107 | 1.81% | 3 | 0.05% | -1,642 | -27.76% | 5,916 |
| Juneau | 1,571 | 60.24% | 722 | 27.68% | 260 | 9.97% | 52 | 1.99% | 3 | 0.12% | 849 | 32.55% | 2,608 |
| Kenosha | 1,891 | 40.14% | 2,207 | 46.85% | 487 | 10.34% | 123 | 2.61% | 3 | 0.06% | -316 | -6.71% | 4,711 |
| Kewaunee | 1,530 | 47.60% | 1,628 | 50.65% | 33 | 1.03% | 20 | 0.62% | 3 | 0.09% | -98 | -3.05% | 3,214 |
| La Crosse | 3,289 | 48.74% | 2,874 | 42.59% | 413 | 6.12% | 155 | 2.30% | 17 | 0.25% | 415 | 6.15% | 6,748 |
| Lafayette | 2,119 | 53.99% | 1,725 | 43.95% | 18 | 0.46% | 62 | 1.58% | 1 | 0.03% | 394 | 10.04% | 3,925 |
| Langlade | 1,298 | 49.62% | 1,207 | 46.14% | 68 | 2.60% | 40 | 1.53% | 3 | 0.11% | 91 | 3.48% | 2,616 |
| Lincoln | 1,533 | 46.90% | 1,532 | 46.86% | 163 | 4.99% | 40 | 1.22% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 3,269 |
| Manitowoc | 2,655 | 36.09% | 3,919 | 53.28% | 729 | 9.91% | 51 | 0.69% | 2 | 0.03% | -1,264 | -17.18% | 7,356 |
| Marathon | 2,952 | 38.04% | 4,087 | 52.66% | 555 | 7.15% | 158 | 2.04% | 9 | 0.12% | -1,135 | -14.62% | 7,761 |
| Marinette | 2,423 | 63.50% | 617 | 16.17% | 588 | 15.41% | 167 | 4.38% | 21 | 0.55% | 1,806 | 47.33% | 3,816 |
| Marquette | 1,282 | 64.20% | 642 | 32.15% | 21 | 1.05% | 50 | 2.50% | 2 | 0.10% | 640 | 32.05% | 1,997 |
| Milwaukee | 20,291 | 33.09% | 16,896 | 27.55% | 23,264 | 37.93% | 819 | 1.34% | 57 | 0.09% | -2,973[e] | -4.84% | 61,327 |
| Monroe | 2,389 | 58.68% | 1,419 | 34.86% | 165 | 4.05% | 92 | 2.26% | 6 | 0.15% | 970 | 23.83% | 4,071 |
| Oconto | 2,036 | 59.72% | 1,148 | 33.68% | 177 | 5.19% | 43 | 1.26% | 5 | 0.15% | 888 | 26.05% | 3,409 |
| Oneida | 1,109 | 57.91% | 441 | 23.03% | 347 | 18.12% | 18 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 668 | 34.88% | 1,915 |
| Outagamie | 3,488 | 47.95% | 3,425 | 47.08% | 214 | 2.94% | 143 | 1.97% | 5 | 0.07% | 63 | 0.87% | 7,275 |
| Ozaukee | 662 | 32.03% | 1,304 | 63.09% | 86 | 4.16% | 14 | 0.68% | 1 | 0.05% | -642 | -31.06% | 2,067 |
| Pepin | 633 | 59.21% | 392 | 36.67% | 17 | 1.59% | 26 | 2.43% | 1 | 0.09% | 241 | 22.54% | 1,069 |
| Pierce | 1,635 | 81.59% | 188 | 9.38% | 87 | 4.34% | 87 | 4.34% | 4 | 0.20% | 1,447 | 72.21% | 2,004[f] |
| Polk | 1,494 | 79.30% | 83 | 4.41% | 233 | 12.37% | 73 | 3.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,261[c] | 66.93% | 1,884[b] |
| Portage | 2.079 | 53.90% | 1,559 | 40.42% | 144 | 3.73% | 70 | 1.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 520 | 13.48% | 3,857[g] |
| Price | 1,638 | 72.35% | 221 | 9.76% | 332 | 14.66% | 64 | 2.83% | 6 | 0.27% | 1,306[c] | 57.69% | 2,264[f] |
| Racine | 3,206 | 51.30% | 1,824 | 29.18% | 925 | 14.80% | 277 | 4.43% | 18 | 0.29% | 1,382 | 22.11% | 6,250 |
| Richland | 1,611 | 54.76% | 997 | 33.89% | 92 | 3.13% | 238 | 8.09% | 3 | 0.10% | 614 | 20.87% | 2,942[b] |
| Rock | 3,168 | 66.06% | 1,059 | 22.08% | 318 | 6.63% | 228 | 4.75% | 23 | 0.48% | 2,109 | 43.97% | 4,796 |
| Rusk | 992 | 74.81% | 91 | 6.86% | 211 | 15.91% | 29 | 2.19% | 3 | 0.23% | 781[c] | 58.90% | 1,326 |
| Sauk | 2,318 | 52.11% | 1,815 | 40.80% | 42 | 0.94% | 272 | 6.12% | 1 | 0.02% | 503 | 11.31% | 4,448 |
| Sawyer | 634 | 86.85% | 64 | 8.77% | 16 | 2.19% | 14 | 1.92% | 2 | 0.27% | 570 | 78.08% | 730 |
| Shawano | 1,995 | 61.50% | 1,121 | 34.56% | 63 | 1.94% | 64 | 1.97% | 1 | 0.03% | 874 | 26.94% | 3,244 |
| Sheboygan | 3,951 | 44.00% | 3,870 | 43.10% | 1,013 | 11.28% | 134 | 1.49% | 8 | 0.09% | 81 | 0.90% | 8,980[h] |
| St. Croix | 2,354 | 60.78% | 1,261 | 32.56% | 148 | 3.82% | 107 | 2.76% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,093 | 28.22% | 3,873 |
| Taylor | 1,074 | 53.04% | 623 | 30.77% | 295 | 14.57% | 32 | 1.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 451 | 22.27% | 2,025[b] |
| Trempealeau | 1,844 | 62.28% | 994 | 33.57% | 37 | 1.25% | 84 | 2.84% | 2 | 0.07% | 850 | 28.71% | 2,961 |
| Vernon | 2,277 | 72.75% | 635 | 20.29% | 84 | 2.68% | 132 | 4.22% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,642 | 52.46% | 3,130 |
| Vilas | 532 | 72.09% | 59 | 12.87% | 89 | 12.06% | 18 | 2.44% | 4 | 0.54% | 437 | 59.21% | 738 |
| Walworth | 2,533 | 60.35% | 1,295 | 30.86% | 99 | 2.36% | 268 | 6.39% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,238 | 29.50% | 4,197[b] |
| Washburn | 855 | 75.53% | 138 | 12.19% | 115 | 10.16% | 23 | 2.03% | 1 | 0.09% | 717 | 63.34% | 1,132 |
| Washington | 2,068 | 45.01% | 2,293 | 49.90% | 198 | 4.31% | 35 | 0.76% | 1 | 0.02% | -225 | -4.90% | 4,595 |
| Waukesha | 3,601 | 52.31% | 2,508 | 36.43% | 599 | 8.70% | 176 | 2.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,093 | 15.88% | 6,884 |
| Waupaca | 2,903 | 77.54% | 510 | 13.62% | 212 | 5.66% | 115 | 3.07% | 4 | 0.11% | 2,393 | 63.92% | 3,744 |
| Waushara | 1,597 | 79.06% | 273 | 13.51% | 94 | 4.65% | 52 | 2.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,324 | 65.54% | 2,020[h] |
| Winnebago | 5,474 | 54.61% | 3,759 | 37.50% | 582 | 5.81% | 193 | 1.93% | 15 | 0.15% | 1,715 | 17.11% | 10,023 |
| Wood | 1,931 | 44.20% | 1,780 | 40.74% | 558 | 12.77% | 94 | 2.15% | 5 | 0.11% | 151 | 3.46% | 4,369[b] |
| Total | 161,619 | 50.58% | 110,442 | 34.56% | 39,547 | 12.38% | 7,450 | 2.33% | 430 | 0.13% | 51,177 | 16.02% | 316,522 |
