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The1918 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1918.Primary elections were held on September 3, 1918.
IncumbentRepublicanGovernorEmanuel L. Philipp won the election with 46.99% of the vote, winning his third and last term as governor. Philipp defeatedDemocratic Party candidateHenry A. Moehlenpah andSocialist candidateEmil Seidel.
| 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% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Henry A. Moehlenpah | 27,469 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 27,469 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Emil Seidel | 22,103 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 22,103 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | William C. Dean | 1,017 | 53.87% | |
| Prohibition | Anthony J. Benjamin | 871 | 46.13% | |
| Total votes | 1,888 | 100.00% | ||
| 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% | |||
| Republicanhold | Swing | -2.07% | |||
Philipp was the first Republican to ever winOzaukee County. Simultaneously, Moehlenpah was the first Democrat since1857 to winPolk County, the first since1886 to winBayfield County, and the first since1892 to winAshland 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 |
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