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The1902 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1902.
IncumbentRepublicanGovernorRobert M. La Follette defeatedDemocratic nomineeDavid Stuart Rose with 52.89% of the vote.
Conservative Republican party leaders attempted to deny La Follette renomination in 1902, but La Follette's energized supporters overcame the conservatives and took control of the state convention, implementing a progressive party platform. In the 1902 general election, La Follette decisively defeated the conservative Democratic nominee, MayorDavid Stuart Rose ofMilwaukee.[1]
In the aftermath of the 1902 election, the state legislature enacted the direct primary (subject to a statewide referendum) and La Follette's tax reform bill. The new tax law, which required railroads to pay taxes based on property owned rather than profits, resulted in railroads paying nearly double the amount of taxes they had paid before the enactment of the law.[2] Having accomplished his first two major goals, La Follette next focused on regulating railroad rates, but the railroads prevented passage of his bill in 1903.[3]
Major party candidates
Other candidates
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Robert M. La Follette (inc.) | 193,417 | 52.89% | −6.94% | |
| Democratic | David S. Rose | 145,818 | 39.88% | +3.52% | |
| Social Democratic | Emil Seidel | 15,970 | 4.37% | +2.88% | |
| Prohibition | Edwin W. Drake | 9,647 | 2.64% | +0.44% | |
| Socialist Labor | Henry E. D. Puck | 791 | 0.22% | +0.10% | |
| Scattering | 30 | 0.01% | |||
| Blank | 3 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 47,599 | 13.02% | |||
| Total votes | 365,676 | 100.00% | |||
| Republicanhold | Swing | -10.46% | |||
This was the first election thatGates (Rusk) County participated in; it would vote for the winning candidate in every gubernatorial election from its establishment in 1901 until1954.
| County[5][6] | Robert M. La Follette Republican | David S. Rose Democratic | Emil Seidel Social Democratic | Edwin W. Drake Prohibition | Henry E. D. Puck Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,236 | 76.20% | 338 | 20.84% | 4 | 0.25% | 44 | 2.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 898 | 55.36% | 1,622 |
| Ashland | 2,280 | 54.11% | 1,752 | 41.58% | 68 | 1.61% | 109 | 2.59% | 5 | 0.12% | 528 | 12.53% | 4,214 |
| Barron | 2,174 | 72.93% | 620 | 20.80% | 34 | 1.14% | 140 | 4.70% | 11 | 0.37% | 1,554 | 52.13% | 2,981[b] |
| Bayfield | 1,892 | 79.03% | 426 | 17.79% | 17 | 0.71% | 53 | 2.21% | 6 | 0.25% | 1,466 | 61.24% | 2,394 |
| Brown | 3,654 | 50.40% | 3,283 | 45.28% | 174 | 2.40% | 126 | 1.74% | 13 | 0.18% | 371 | 5.12% | 7,250 |
| Buffalo | 1,267 | 59.23% | 826 | 38.62% | 1 | 0.05% | 43 | 2.01% | 2 | 0.09% | 441 | 20.62% | 2,139 |
| Burnett | 865 | 83.01% | 90 | 8.64% | 18 | 1.73% | 57 | 5.47% | 12 | 1.15% | 775 | 74.38% | 1,042 |
| Calumet | 1,238 | 45.50% | 1,325 | 48.70% | 123 | 4.52% | 30 | 1.10% | 2 | 0.07% | -87 | -3.20% | 2,721[c] |
| Chippewa | 2,967 | 63.32% | 1,611 | 34.38% | 24 | 0.51% | 84 | 1.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,356 | 28.94% | 4,686 |
| Clark | 2,577 | 56.96% | 1,729 | 38.22% | 15 | 0.33% | 191 | 4.22% | 12 | 0.27% | 848 | 18.74% | 4,524 |
| Columbia | 3,479 | 58.05% | 2,240 | 37.38% | 43 | 0.72% | 229 | 3.82% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,239 | 20.67% | 5,993 |
| Crawford | 1,746 | 51.37% | 1,572 | 46.25% | 8 | 0.24% | 73 | 2.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 174 | 5.12% | 3,399 |
| Dane | 7,561 | 51.77% | 6,463 | 44.25% | 118 | 0.81% | 449 | 3.07% | 8 | 0.05% | 1,098 | 7.52% | 14,604[d] |
| Dodge | 2,810 | 33.54% | 5,343 | 63.78% | 36 | 0.43% | 186 | 2.22% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,533 | -30.24% | 8,377[e] |
| Door | 1,888 | 70.90% | 707 | 26.55% | 11 | 0.41% | 53 | 1.99% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,181 | 44.35% | 2,663[b] |
| Douglas | 2,933 | 58.62% | 1,762 | 35.22% | 109 | 2.18% | 141 | 2.82% | 58 | 1.16% | 1,171 | 23.41% | 5,003 |
| Dunn | 1,736 | 64.66% | 817 | 30.43% | 13 | 0.48% | 111 | 4.13% | 7 | 0.26% | 919 | 34.23% | 2,685[e] |
| Eau Claire | 2,762 | 60.36% | 1,597 | 34.90% | 68 | 1.49% | 136 | 2.97% | 13 | 0.28% | 1,165 | 25.46% | 4,576 |
| Florence | 267 | 58.55% | 169 | 37.06% | 4 | 0.88% | 15 | 3.29% | 1 | 0.22% | 98 | 21.49% | 456 |
| Fond du Lac | 4,443 | 45.94% | 4,903 | 50.70% | 95 | 0.98% | 227 | 2.35% | 2 | 0.02% | -460 | -4.76% | 9,671[e] |
| Forest | 484 | 62.37% | 272 | 35.05% | 6 | 0.77% | 14 | 1.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 212 | 27.32% | 776 |
| Gates | 573 | 69.04% | 222 | 26.75% | 5 | 0.60% | 29 | 3.49% | 1 | 0.12% | 351 | 42.29% | 830 |
| Grant | 4,411 | 59.80% | 2,642 | 35.82% | 32 | 0.43% | 283 | 3.84% | 8 | 0.11% | 1,769 | 23.98% | 7,376 |
| Green | 2,231 | 54.74% | 1,602 | 39.30% | 70 | 1.72% | 172 | 4.22% | 1 | 0.02% | 629 | 15.43% | 4,076 |
| Green Lake | 1,460 | 46.59% | 1,532 | 48.88% | 37 | 1.18% | 96 | 3.06% | 9 | 0.29% | -72 | -2.30% | 3,134 |
| Iowa | 2,659 | 57.16% | 1,794 | 38.56% | 9 | 0.19% | 188 | 4.04% | 2 | 0.04% | 865 | 18.59% | 4,652 |
| Iron | 1,165 | 75.45% | 348 | 22.54% | 6 | 0.39% | 22 | 1.42% | 3 | 0.19% | 817 | 52.91% | 1,544 |
| Jackson | 1,735 | 72.11% | 593 | 24.65% | 13 | 0.54% | 64 | 2.66% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,142 | 47.46% | 2,406 |
| Jefferson | 2,492 | 38.06% | 3,843 | 58.69% | 20 | 0.31% | 183 | 2.79% | 10 | 0.15% | -1,351 | -20.63% | 6,548 |
| Juneau | 2,398 | 60.94% | 1,435 | 36.47% | 24 | 0.61% | 75 | 1.91% | 3 | 0.08% | 963 | 24.47% | 3,935 |
| Kenosha | 1,959 | 45.24% | 1,895 | 43.76% | 398 | 9.19% | 68 | 1.57% | 8 | 0.18% | 64 | 1.48% | 4,330[b] |
| Kewaunee | 1,302 | 42.41% | 1,718 | 55.96% | 19 | 0.62% | 29 | 0.94% | 2 | 0.07% | -416 | -13.55% | 3,070 |
| La Crosse | 3,806 | 51.34% | 3,300 | 44.51% | 65 | 0.88% | 226 | 3.05% | 16 | 0.22% | 506 | 6.82% | 7,414[e] |
| Lafayette | 2,376 | 51.36% | 2,144 | 46.35% | 28 | 0.61% | 78 | 1.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 232 | 5.02% | 4,626 |
| Langlade | 1,167 | 46.92% | 1,246 | 50.10% | 15 | 0.60% | 57 | 2.29% | 2 | 0.08% | -79 | -3.18% | 2,487 |
| Lincoln | 1,992 | 56.38% | 1,412 | 39.97% | 37 | 1.05% | 89 | 2.52% | 3 | 0.08% | 580 | 16.42% | 3,533 |
| Manitowoc | 3,584 | 48.01% | 3,376 | 45.22% | 420 | 5.63% | 78 | 1.04% | 7 | 0.09% | 208 | 2.79% | 7,465 |
| Marathon | 3,745 | 49.02% | 3,657 | 47.87% | 86 | 1.13% | 129 | 1.69% | 22 | 0.29% | 88 | 1.15% | 7,639 |
| Marinette | 2,880 | 59.20% | 1,769 | 36.36% | 22 | 0.45% | 181 | 3.72% | 13 | 0.27% | 1,111 | 22.84% | 4,865 |
| Marquette | 1,266 | 52.75% | 1,045 | 43.54% | 6 | 0.25% | 82 | 3.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 221 | 9.21% | 2,400[e] |
| Milwaukee | 26,787 | 43.80% | 22,403 | 36.63% | 10,881 | 17.79% | 766 | 1.25% | 327 | 0.53% | 4,384 | 7.17% | 61,164 |
| Monroe | 2,693 | 56.29% | 1,912 | 39.97% | 9 | 0.19% | 169 | 3.53% | 1 | 0.02% | 781 | 16.33% | 4,784 |
| Oconto | 2,097 | 54.74% | 1,619 | 42.26% | 18 | 0.47% | 92 | 2.40% | 5 | 0.13% | 478 | 12.48% | 3,831 |
| Oneida | 1,154 | 60.93% | 670 | 35.37% | 21 | 1.11% | 49 | 2.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 484 | 25.55% | 1,894 |
| Outagamie | 3,806 | 51.41% | 3,287 | 44.40% | 116 | 1.57% | 192 | 2.59% | 2 | 0.03% | 519 | 7.01% | 7,403 |
| Ozaukee | 977 | 35.89% | 1,677 | 61.61% | 44 | 1.62% | 21 | 0.77% | 3 | 0.11% | -700 | -25.72% | 2,722 |
| Pepin | 611 | 62.67% | 341 | 34.97% | 2 | 0.21% | 20 | 2.05% | 1 | 0.10% | 270 | 27.69% | 975 |
| Pierce | 1,315 | 58.29% | 765 | 33.91% | 22 | 0.98% | 152 | 6.74% | 2 | 0.09% | 550 | 24.38% | 2,256 |
| Polk | 1,386 | 78.97% | 215 | 12.25% | 74 | 4.22% | 60 | 3.42% | 20 | 1.14% | 1,171 | 66.72% | 1,755 |
| Portage | 2,601 | 50.02% | 2,459 | 47.29% | 23 | 0.44% | 117 | 2.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 142 | 2.73% | 5,200 |
| Price | 1,087 | 54.43% | 773 | 38.71% | 33 | 1.65% | 96 | 4.81% | 8 | 0.40% | 314 | 15.72% | 1,997 |
| Racine | 4,452 | 50.41% | 3,824 | 43.30% | 249 | 2.82% | 263 | 2.98% | 44 | 0.50% | 628 | 7.11% | 8,832 |
| Richland | 2,080 | 54.59% | 1,419 | 37.24% | 13 | 0.34% | 296 | 7.77% | 2 | 0.05% | 661 | 17.35% | 3,810 |
| Rock | 5,078 | 58.23% | 3,146 | 36.08% | 120 | 1.38% | 361 | 4.14% | 10 | 0.11% | 1,932 | 22.16% | 8,720[d] |
| Sauk | 2,775 | 54.07% | 2,085 | 40.63% | 19 | 0.37% | 248 | 4.83% | 3 | 0.06% | 690 | 13.45% | 5,132[b] |
| Sawyer | 578 | 53.87% | 467 | 43.52% | 13 | 1.21% | 15 | 1.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 111 | 10.34% | 1,073 |
| Shawano | 2,298 | 60.63% | 1,393 | 36.75% | 18 | 0.47% | 77 | 2.03% | 4 | 0.11% | 905 | 23.88% | 3,790 |
| Sheboygan | 4,460 | 45.87% | 3,731 | 38.37% | 1,358 | 13.97% | 142 | 1.46% | 32 | 0.33% | 729 | 7.50% | 9,723 |
| St. Croix | 2,408 | 52.95% | 1,886 | 41.47% | 86 | 1.89% | 159 | 3.50% | 9 | 0.20% | 522 | 11.48% | 4,548 |
| Taylor | 1,026 | 47.72% | 1,050 | 48.84% | 17 | 0.79% | 51 | 2.37% | 4 | 0.19% | -24 | -1.12% | 2,150[b] |
| Trempealeau | 2,141 | 76.93% | 519 | 18.65% | 4 | 0.14% | 116 | 4.17% | 3 | 0.11% | 16,22 | 58.28% | 2,783 |
| Vernon | 3,439 | 78.21% | 759 | 17.26% | 23 | 0.52% | 176 | 4.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,680 | 60.95% | 4,397 |
| Vilas | 760 | 58.06% | 516 | 39.42% | 7 | 0.53% | 25 | 1.91% | 1 | 0.08% | 244 | 18.64% | 1,309 |
| Walworth | 2,838 | 60.98% | 1,488 | 31.97% | 53 | 1.14% | 272 | 5.84% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,350 | 29.01% | 4,654[e] |
| Washburn | 644 | 69.32% | 252 | 27.13% | 8 | 0.86% | 22 | 2.37% | 3 | 0.32% | 392 | 42.20% | 929 |
| Washington | 2,140 | 46.94% | 2,327 | 51.04% | 30 | 0.66% | 59 | 1.29% | 3 | 0.07% | -187 | -4.10% | 4,559 |
| Waukesha | 3,799 | 52.55% | 3,091 | 42.76% | 103 | 1.42% | 230 | 3.18% | 6 | 0.08% | 708 | 9.79% | 7,229 |
| Waupaca | 3,489 | 72.57% | 1,030 | 21.42% | 40 | 0.83% | 247 | 5.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,459 | 51.14% | 4,808[e] |
| Waushara | 2,107 | 74.77% | 565 | 20.05% | 13 | 0.46% | 126 | 4.47% | 5 | 0.18% | 1,542 | 54.72% | 2,818[b] |
| Winnebago | 6,191 | 53.88% | 4,811 | 41.87% | 184 | 1.60% | 289 | 2.52% | 15 | 0.13% | 1,380 | 12.01% | 11,490 |
| Wood | 2,740 | 56.67% | 1,920 | 39.71% | 68 | 1.41% | 99 | 2.05% | 7 | 0.14% | 820 | 16.96% | 4,835[e] |
| Total | 193,417 | 52.89% | 145,818 | 39.88% | 15,970 | 4.37% | 9,647 | 2.64% | 791 | 0.22% | 47,599 | 13.02% | 365,676 |
