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 County results Philipp: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Williams: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The1916 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916.Primary elections were held on September 5, 1916.
IncumbentRepublicanGovernorEmanuel L. Philipp won the election with 52.93% of the vote, winning his second term as governor. Philipp defeatedDemocratic Party candidate Burt Williams andSocialist candidate Rae Weaver.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Emanuel L. Philipp (incumbent) | 83,769 | 48.59% | |
| Republican | William H. Hatton | 47,618 | 27.62% | |
| Republican | Francis E. McGovern | 35,845 | 20.79% | |
| Republican | Don C. Hall | 5,154 | 2.99% | |
| Total votes | 172,386 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Burt Williams | 40,124 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 40,124 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Rae Weaver | 11,852 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 11,852 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | George McKerrow | 1,974 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 1,974 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Emanuel L. Philipp (incumbent) | 229,889 | 52.93% | +9.67% | |
| Democratic | Burt Williams | 164,555 | 37.89% | +1.16% | |
| Socialist | Rae Weaver | 30,649 | 7.13% | −0.91% | |
| Prohibition | George McKerrow | 9,193 | 2.12% | +0.19% | |
| Scattering | 54 | 0.01% | |||
| Majority | 65,334 | 15.11% | |||
| Total votes | 434,340 | 100.00% | |||
| Republicanhold | Swing | +8.57% | |||
Williams was the first Democrat sinceGeorge W. Peck in1892 to winIowa County andLa Crosse County; the latter would not vote Democratic again until1950. By voting for Williams, Iowa County and La Crosse county voted for the losing candidate for the first time since1881 and1886, respectively.
| County[2][3] | Emanuel L. Philipp Republican | Burt Williams Democratic | Rae Weaver Socialist | George McKerrow Prohibition | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast[b] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 999 | 56.03% | 677 | 37.97% | 40 | 2.24% | 65 | 3.65% | 2 | 0.11% | 322 | 18.06% | 1,783 |
| Ashland | 1,779 | 47.78% | 1,732 | 46.52% | 137 | 3.68% | 75 | 2.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 47 | 1.26% | 3,723 |
| Barron | 2,512 | 53.81% | 1,727 | 37.00% | 103 | 2.21% | 323 | 6.92% | 3 | 0.06% | 785 | 16.82% | 4,668 |
| Bayfield | 1,309 | 52.38% | 944 | 37.78% | 183 | 7.32% | 63 | 2.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 365 | 14.61% | 2,499 |
| Brown | 4,734 | 49.94% | 4,352 | 45.91% | 271 | 2.86% | 123 | 1.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 382 | 4.03% | 9,480 |
| Buffalo | 1,582 | 63.31% | 811 | 32.45% | 48 | 1.92% | 57 | 2.28% | 1 | 0.04% | 771 | 30.85% | 2,499 |
| Burnett | 1,036 | 57.52% | 572 | 31.76% | 123 | 6.83% | 69 | 3.83% | 1 | 0.06% | 464 | 25.76% | 1,801 |
| Calumet | 1,978 | 58.18% | 1,353 | 39.79% | 48 | 1.41% | 21 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 625 | 18.38% | 3,400 |
| Chippewa | 3,310 | 59.66% | 2,079 | 37.47% | 52 | 0.94% | 106 | 1.91% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,231 | 22.19% | 5,548 |
| Clark | 3,417 | 67.84% | 1,383 | 27.46% | 115 | 2.28% | 122 | 2.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,034 | 40.38% | 5,037 |
| Columbia | 3,425 | 60.26% | 2,023 | 35.59% | 70 | 1.23% | 166 | 2.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,402 | 24.67% | 5,684 |
| Crawford | 1,817 | 49.79% | 1,756 | 48.12% | 28 | 0.77% | 47 | 1.29% | 1 | 0.03% | 61 | 1.67% | 3,649 |
| Dane | 6,188 | 36.38% | 10,392 | 61.09% | 138 | 0.81% | 292 | 1.72% | 1 | 0.01% | -4,204 | -24.71% | 17,011 |
| Dodge | 4,671 | 49.52% | 4,446 | 47.13% | 179 | 1.90% | 137 | 1.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 225 | 2.39% | 9,433 |
| Door | 1,973 | 72.48% | 638 | 23.44% | 43 | 1.58% | 68 | 2.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,335 | 49.04% | 2,722 |
| Douglas | 2,978 | 44.21% | 2,825 | 41.94% | 817 | 12.13% | 116 | 1.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 153 | 2.27% | 6,736 |
| Dunn | 2,733 | 67.08% | 1,086 | 26.66% | 140 | 3.44% | 113 | 2.77% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,647 | 40.43% | 4,074 |
| Eau Claire | 2,846 | 54.76% | 2,093 | 40.27% | 132 | 2.54% | 125 | 2.41% | 1 | 0.02% | 753 | 14.49% | 5,197 |
| Florence | 447 | 77.34% | 111 | 19.20% | 11 | 1.90% | 9 | 1.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 336 | 58.13% | 578 |
| Fond du Lac | 5,835 | 54.39% | 4,551 | 42.42% | 127 | 1.18% | 214 | 1.99% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,284 | 11.97% | 10,728 |
| Forest | 746 | 56.73% | 518 | 39.39% | 25 | 1.90% | 26 | 1.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 228 | 17.34% | 1,315 |
| Grant | 4,779 | 59.04% | 3,079 | 38.04% | 54 | 0.67% | 183 | 2.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,700 | 21.00% | 8,095 |
| Green | 2,123 | 50.18% | 1,873 | 44.27% | 50 | 1.18% | 180 | 4.25% | 5 | 0.12% | 250 | 5.91% | 4,231 |
| Green Lake | 1,649 | 56.20% | 1,185 | 40.39% | 35 | 1.19% | 65 | 2.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 464 | 15.81% | 2,934 |
| Iowa | 2,122 | 46.55% | 2,252 | 49.40% | 17 | 0.37% | 167 | 3.66% | 1 | 0.02% | -130 | -2.85% | 4,559 |
| Iron | 770 | 62.96% | 379 | 30.99% | 41 | 3.35% | 33 | 2.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 391 | 31.97% | 1,223 |
| Jackson | 1,979 | 71.24% | 695 | 25.02% | 48 | 1.73% | 55 | 1.98% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,284 | 46.22% | 2,778 |
| Jefferson | 3,879 | 51.66% | 3,421 | 45.56% | 71 | 0.95% | 137 | 1.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 458 | 6.10% | 7,508 |
| Juneau | 2,417 | 63.76% | 1,189 | 31.36% | 83 | 2.19% | 102 | 2.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,228 | 32.39% | 3,791 |
| Kenosha | 3,722 | 56.43% | 2,255 | 34.19% | 485 | 7.35% | 134 | 2.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,467 | 22.24% | 6,596 |
| Kewaunee | 1,365 | 45.52% | 1,591 | 53.05% | 12 | 0.40% | 31 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -226 | -7.54% | 2,999 |
| La Crosse | 3,627 | 45.64% | 3,898 | 49.05% | 283 | 3.56% | 139 | 1.75% | 0 | 0.00% | -271 | -3.41% | 7,947 |
| Lafayette | 2,422 | 53.48% | 1,984 | 43.81% | 19 | 0.42% | 104 | 2.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 438 | 9.67% | 4,529 |
| Langlade | 1,619 | 49.66% | 1,539 | 47.21% | 62 | 1.90% | 40 | 1.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 80 | 2.45% | 3,260 |
| Lincoln | 2,036 | 57.76% | 1,330 | 37.73% | 109 | 3.09% | 49 | 1.39% | 1 | 0.03% | 706 | 20.03% | 3,525 |
| Manitowoc | 4,445 | 50.07% | 3,935 | 44.32% | 425 | 4.79% | 73 | 0.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 510 | 5.74% | 8,878 |
| Marathon | 5,828 | 57.40% | 3,653 | 35.98% | 555 | 5.47% | 117 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,175 | 21.42% | 10,153 |
| Marinette | 3,162 | 62.84% | 1,600 | 31.80% | 135 | 2.68% | 135 | 2.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,562 | 31.04% | 5,032 |
| Marquette | 1,233 | 56.64% | 857 | 39.37% | 13 | 0.60% | 74 | 3.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 376 | 17.27% | 2,177 |
| Milwaukee | 35,204 | 44.19% | 23,197 | 29.12% | 20,758 | 26.06% | 496 | 0.62% | 3 | 0.00% | 12,007 | 15.07% | 79,658 |
| Monroe | 2,790 | 54.70% | 2,069 | 40.56% | 95 | 1.86% | 147 | 2.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 721 | 14.13% | 5,101 |
| Oconto | 2,819 | 63.43% | 1,499 | 33.73% | 63 | 1.42% | 63 | 1.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,320 | 29.70% | 4,444 |
| Oneida | 1,197 | 51.98% | 824 | 35.78% | 255 | 11.07% | 27 | 1.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 373 | 16.20% | 2,303 |
| Outagamie | 5,387 | 55.04% | 4,163 | 42.53% | 119 | 1.22% | 119 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,224 | 12.51% | 9,788 |
| Ozaukee | 1,531 | 48.87% | 1,537 | 49.06% | 46 | 1.47% | 19 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | -6 | -0.19% | 3,133 |
| Pepin | 704 | 51.96% | 591 | 43.62% | 22 | 1.62% | 37 | 2.73% | 1 | 0.07% | 113 | 8.34% | 1,355 |
| Pierce | 2,135 | 61.35% | 1,168 | 33.56% | 44 | 1.26% | 132 | 3.79% | 1 | 0.03% | 967 | 27.79% | 3,480 |
| Polk | 2,159 | 55.39% | 1,456 | 37.35% | 160 | 4.10% | 123 | 3.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 703 | 18.03% | 3,898 |
| Portage | 2,532 | 45.75% | 2,857 | 51.62% | 56 | 1.01% | 90 | 1.63% | 0 | 0.00% | -325 | -5.87% | 5,535 |
| Price | 1,662 | 61.28% | 850 | 31.34% | 135 | 4.98% | 64 | 2.36% | 1 | 0.04% | 812 | 29.94% | 2,712 |
| Racine | 4,974 | 48.18% | 4,066 | 39.39% | 679 | 6.58% | 601 | 5.82% | 3 | 0.03% | 908 | 8.80% | 10,323 |
| Richland | 1,943 | 47.59% | 1,734 | 42.47% | 66 | 1.62% | 339 | 8.30% | 1 | 0.02% | 209 | 5.12% | 4,083 |
| Rock | 7,196 | 65.50% | 3,239 | 29.48% | 212 | 1.93% | 339 | 3.09% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,957 | 36.02% | 10,987 |
| Rusk | 999 | 50.66% | 775 | 39.30% | 118 | 5.98% | 80 | 4.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 224 | 11.36% | 1,972 |
| Sauk | 3,700 | 60.55% | 2,088 | 34.17% | 36 | 0.59% | 287 | 4.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,612 | 26.38% | 6,111 |
| Sawyer | 530 | 47.79% | 526 | 47.43% | 27 | 2.43% | 26 | 2.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.36% | 1,109 |
| Shawano | 3,428 | 71.67% | 1,177 | 24.61% | 96 | 2.01% | 79 | 1.65% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,251 | 47.06% | 4,783 |
| Sheboygan | 5,406 | 53.20% | 3,730 | 36.71% | 912 | 8.97% | 113 | 1.11% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,676 | 16.49% | 10,162 |
| St. Croix | 2,786 | 54.80% | 2,033 | 39.99% | 141 | 2.77% | 124 | 2.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 753 | 14.81% | 5,084 |
| Taylor | 1,544 | 63.64% | 722 | 29.76% | 100 | 4.12% | 60 | 2.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 822 | 33.88% | 2,426 |
| Trempealeau | 2,178 | 58.80% | 1,372 | 37.04% | 28 | 0.76% | 119 | 3.21% | 7 | 0.19% | 806 | 21.76% | 3,704 |
| Vernon | 2,756 | 57.67% | 1,773 | 37.10% | 37 | 0.77% | 213 | 4.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 983 | 20.57% | 4,729 |
| Vilas | 566 | 55.27% | 368 | 35.94% | 72 | 7.03% | 18 | 1.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 198 | 19.34% | 1,024 |
| Walworth | 4,148 | 63.89% | 1,969 | 30.33% | 64 | 0.99% | 308 | 4.74% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,179 | 33.56% | 6,492 |
| Washburn | 1,097 | 66.36% | 416 | 25.17% | 77 | 4.66% | 62 | 3.75% | 1 | 0.06% | 681 | 41.20% | 1,653 |
| Washington | 3,093 | 55.21% | 2,402 | 42.88% | 59 | 1.05% | 47 | 0.84% | 1 | 0.02% | 691 | 12.33% | 5,602 |
| Waukesha | 4,174 | 51.88% | 3,392 | 42.16% | 130 | 1.62% | 349 | 4.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 782 | 9.72% | 8,045 |
| Waupaca | 4,405 | 70.60% | 1,564 | 25.07% | 97 | 1.55% | 171 | 2.74% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,841 | 45.54% | 6,239 |
| Waushara | 2,426 | 73.94% | 707 | 21.55% | 76 | 2.32% | 69 | 2.10% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,719 | 52.39% | 3,281 |
| Winnebago | 5,902 | 51.19% | 5,071 | 43.98% | 359 | 3.11% | 198 | 1.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 831 | 7.21% | 11,530 |
| Wood | 3,026 | 52.50% | 2,436 | 42.26% | 183 | 3.17% | 119 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 590 | 10.24% | 5,764 |
| Total | 229,889 | 52.93% | 164,555 | 37.89% | 30,649 | 7.06% | 9,193 | 2.12% | 54 | 0.01% | 65,334 | 15.11% | 434,340 |
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