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The1922 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1922.Primary elections were held on September 5, 1922.
IncumbentRepublicanGovernorJohn J. Blaine won re-election to a second term, defeatingDemocratic nominee Arthur A. Bentley andSocialist nomineeLouis A. Arnold.
To date, this is the only time any gubernatorial candidate in Wisconsin has won every county in the state.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John J. Blaine (incumbent) | 336,453 | 67.22% | |
| Republican | William J. Morgan | 147,379 | 29.44% | |
| Republican | A. C. McHenry | 16,716 | 3.34% | |
| Total votes | 500,548 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Arthur A. Bentley | 10,313 | 54.57% | |
| Democratic | Karl Mathie | 8,584 | 45.43% | |
| Total votes | 18,897 | 100.00% | ||
The Democratic Party was forced to run candidates as independents, as they lost legal party recognition due to failing to poll the required number of votes in the primary election.[6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Louis A. Arnold | 17,375 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 17,375 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | M. L. Welles | 1,520 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 1,520 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John J. Blaine (incumbent) | 367,929 | 76.36% | +23.38% | |
| Democratic[a] | Arthur A. Bentley | 51,061 | 10.60% | −25.24% | |
| Socialist | Louis A. Arnold | 39,570 | 8.21% | −2.08% | |
| Prohibition | M. L. Welles | 21,438 | 4.45% | +3.57% | |
| Socialist Labor[b] | Arthur A. Dietrich | 1,444 | 0.30% | ||
| Scattering | 386 | 0.08% | |||
| Majority | 316,868 | 65.76% | |||
| Total votes | 481,828 | 100.00% | |||
| Republicanhold | Swing | +48.62% | |||
| County[8][9] | John J. Blaine Republican | Arthur A. Bentley Democratic | Louis A. Arnold Socialist | M. L. Welles Prohibition | Arthur A. Dietrich Socialist Labor | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 921 | 89.24% | 62 | 6.01% | 13 | 1.26% | 33 | 3.20% | 2 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.10% | 859 | 83.24% | 1,032 |
| Ashland | 2,997 | 87.27% | 192 | 5.59% | 46 | 1.34% | 192 | 5.59% | 3 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.12% | 2,805 | 81.68% | 3,434 |
| Barron | 4,133 | 85.96% | 261 | 5.43% | 30 | 0.62% | 351 | 7.30% | 10 | 0.21% | 23 | 0.48% | 3,782[c] | 78.66% | 4,808 |
| Bayfield | 2,471 | 87.50% | 123 | 4.36% | 34 | 1.20% | 185 | 6.55% | 7 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.14% | 2,286[c] | 80.95% | 2,824 |
| Brown | 12,159 | 77.25% | 2,915 | 18.52% | 124 | 0.79% | 501 | 3.18% | 40 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 9,244 | 58.73% | 15,739 |
| Buffalo | 1,755 | 86.67% | 151 | 7.46% | 24 | 1.19% | 90 | 4.44% | 2 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.15% | 1,604 | 79.21% | 2,025 |
| Burnett | 1,332 | 90.24% | 33 | 2.24% | 28 | 1.90% | 75 | 5.08% | 1 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.47% | 1,257[c] | 85.16% | 1,476 |
| Calumet | 3,208 | 86.98% | 362 | 9.82% | 61 | 1.65% | 55 | 1.49% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,846 | 77.17% | 3,688 |
| Chippewa | 4,747 | 86.06% | 465 | 8.43% | 54 | 0.98% | 227 | 4.12% | 11 | 0.20% | 12 | 0.22% | 4,282 | 77.63% | 5,516 |
| Clark | 3,631 | 83.01% | 429 | 9.81% | 109 | 2.49% | 199 | 4.55% | 6 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,202 | 73.21% | 4,374 |
| Columbia | 3,705 | 77.17% | 624 | 13.00% | 68 | 1.42% | 367 | 7.64% | 6 | 0.12% | 31 | 0.65% | 3,081 | 64.17% | 4,801 |
| Crawford | 2,060 | 77.56% | 469 | 17.66% | 14 | 0.53% | 102 | 3.84% | 8 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.11% | 1,591 | 59.90% | 2,656 |
| Dane | 14,032 | 82.22% | 1,888 | 11.06% | 108 | 0.63% | 951 | 5.57% | 80 | 0.47% | 8 | 0.05% | 12,144 | 71.15% | 17,067 |
| Dodge | 7,633 | 74.66% | 1,747 | 17.09% | 436 | 4.26% | 365 | 3.57% | 42 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,886 | 57.58% | 10,223 |
| Door | 3,011 | 87.48% | 231 | 6.71% | 16 | 0.46% | 168 | 4.88% | 15 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,780 | 80.77% | 3,442 |
| Douglas | 7,876 | 85.44% | 616 | 6.68% | 94 | 1.02% | 591 | 6.41% | 41 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,260 | 78.76% | 9,218 |
| Dunn | 3,386 | 87.04% | 250 | 6.43% | 22 | 0.57% | 199 | 5.12% | 22 | 0.57% | 11 | 0.28% | 3,136 | 80.62% | 3,890 |
| Eau Claire | 5,316 | 81.87% | 783 | 12.06% | 39 | 0.60% | 319 | 4.91% | 34 | 0.52% | 2 | 0.03% | 4,533 | 69.81% | 6,493 |
| Florence | 1,105 | 94.12% | 45 | 3.83% | 10 | 0.85% | 13 | 1.11% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,060 | 90.29% | 1,174 |
| Fond du Lac | 7,786 | 78.48% | 1,465 | 14.77% | 101 | 1.02% | 569 | 5.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,321 | 63.71% | 9,921 |
| Forest | 1,313 | 85.87% | 125 | 8.18% | 11 | 0.72% | 67 | 4.38% | 7 | 0.46% | 6 | 0.39% | 1,188 | 77.70% | 1,529 |
| Grant | 6,313 | 78.37% | 1,213 | 15.06% | 32 | 0.40% | 452 | 5.61% | 26 | 0.32% | 19 | 0.24% | 5,100 | 63.31% | 8,055 |
| Green | 4,619 | 85.36% | 341 | 6.30% | 21 | 0.39% | 397 | 7.34% | 7 | 0.13% | 26 | 0.48% | 4,222[c] | 78.03% | 5,411 |
| Green Lake | 2,891 | 77.36% | 606 | 16.22% | 42 | 1.12% | 164 | 4.39% | 24 | 0.64% | 10 | 0.27% | 2,285 | 61.15% | 3,737 |
| Iowa | 2,640 | 81.66% | 338 | 10.45% | 15 | 0.46% | 230 | 7.11% | 10 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,302 | 71.20% | 3,233 |
| Iron | 1,667 | 94.45% | 36 | 2.04% | 30 | 1.70% | 27 | 1.53% | 5 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,631 | 92.41% | 1,765 |
| Jackson | 3,446 | 90.12% | 214 | 5.60% | 17 | 0.44% | 131 | 3.43% | 9 | 0.24% | 7 | 0.18% | 3,232 | 84.52% | 3,824 |
| Jefferson | 6,413 | 79.13% | 1,273 | 15.71% | 63 | 0.78% | 313 | 3.86% | 37 | 0.46% | 5 | 0.06% | 5,140 | 63.43% | 8,104 |
| Juneau | 2,972 | 83.41% | 379 | 10.64% | 46 | 1.29% | 146 | 4.10% | 16 | 0.45% | 4 | 0.11% | 2,593 | 72.78% | 3,563 |
| Kenosha | 6,876 | 83.14% | 830 | 7.62% | 252 | 3.05% | 471 | 5.70% | 41 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,246 | 75.53% | 8,270 |
| Kewaunee | 3,351 | 87.42% | 395 | 10.31% | 23 | 0.60% | 56 | 1.46% | 5 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.08% | 2,956 | 77.12% | 3,833 |
| La Crosse | 6,632 | 72.31% | 1,693 | 18.46% | 45 | 0.49% | 765 | 8.34% | 34 | 0.37% | 3 | 0.03% | 4,939 | 53.85% | 9,172 |
| Lafayette | 3,126 | 79.44% | 561 | 14.26% | 15 | 0.38% | 221 | 5.62% | 9 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.08% | 2,565 | 65.18% | 3,935 |
| Langlade | 3,660 | 78.95% | 654 | 14.11% | 45 | 0.97% | 260 | 5.61% | 17 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,006 | 64.84% | 4,636 |
| Lincoln | 4,198 | 82.04% | 704 | 13.76% | 40 | 0.78% | 159 | 3.11% | 16 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,494 | 68.28% | 5,117 |
| Manitowoc | 8,943 | 86.62% | 927 | 8.98% | 281 | 2.72% | 140 | 1.36% | 33 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,016 | 77.64% | 10,324 |
| Marathon | 10,652 | 86.37% | 1,004 | 8.14% | 257 | 2.08% | 364 | 2.95% | 56 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 9,648 | 78.23% | 12,333 |
| Marinette | 4,792 | 82.24% | 557 | 9.56% | 113 | 1.94% | 342 | 5.87% | 23 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,235 | 72.68% | 5,827 |
| Marquette | 1,702 | 78.43% | 320 | 14.75% | 12 | 0.55% | 127 | 5.85% | 9 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,382 | 63.69% | 2,170 |
| Milwaukee | 57,310 | 55.99% | 9,582 | 9.36% | 33,103 | 32.34% | 2,178 | 2.13% | 168 | 0.16% | 15 | 0.01% | 24,207[d] | 23.65% | 102,356 |
| Monroe | 3,129 | 86.87% | 210 | 5.83% | 27 | 0.75% | 225 | 6.25% | 9 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.06% | 2,904[c] | 80.62% | 3,602 |
| Oconto | 4,405 | 85.75% | 494 | 9.62% | 32 | 0.62% | 196 | 3.82% | 6 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.08% | 3,911 | 76.13% | 5,137 |
| Oneida | 3,058 | 78.94% | 543 | 14.02% | 107 | 2.76% | 139 | 3.59% | 27 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,515 | 64.92% | 3,874 |
| Outagamie | 10,910 | 84.40% | 1,427 | 11.04% | 72 | 0.56% | 496 | 3.84% | 21 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 9,483 | 73.36% | 12,926 |
| Ozaukee | 2,945 | 83.71% | 451 | 12.82% | 65 | 1.85% | 41 | 1.17% | 16 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,494 | 70.89% | 3,518 |
| Pepin | 927 | 74.16% | 151 | 12.08% | 21 | 1.68% | 132 | 10.56% | 18 | 1.44% | 1 | 0.08% | 776 | 62.08% | 1,250 |
| Pierce | 1,755 | 77.72% | 228 | 10.10% | 32 | 1.42% | 234 | 10.36% | 2 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.31% | 1,521[c] | 67.36% | 2,258 |
| Polk | 3,950 | 88.74% | 143 | 3.21% | 35 | 0.79% | 275 | 6.18% | 31 | 0.70% | 17 | 0.38% | 3,675[c] | 82.57% | 4,451 |
| Portage | 4,565 | 75.17% | 1,283 | 21.13% | 36 | 0.59% | 147 | 2.42% | 35 | 0.58% | 7 | 0.12% | 3,282 | 54.04% | 6,073 |
| Price | 1,874 | 87.65% | 134 | 6.27% | 38 | 1.78% | 81 | 3.79% | 7 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.19% | 1,740 | 81.38% | 2,138 |
| Racine | 14,219 | 82.85% | 1,608 | 9.37% | 420 | 2.45% | 820 | 4.78% | 92 | 0.54% | 3 | 0.02% | 12,611 | 73.48% | 17,162 |
| Richland | 2,433 | 73.02% | 498 | 14.95% | 37 | 1.11% | 350 | 10.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 14 | 0.42% | 1,935 | 58.07% | 3,332 |
| Rock | 5,879 | 73.62% | 826 | 10.34% | 46 | 0.58% | 1,212 | 15.18% | 23 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,667[c] | 58.44% | 7,986 |
| Rusk | 2,030 | 82.39% | 201 | 8.16% | 53 | 2.15% | 171 | 6.94% | 9 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,829 | 74.23% | 2,464 |
| Sauk | 3,796 | 82.29% | 342 | 7.41% | 60 | 1.30% | 411 | 8.91% | 4 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,385[c] | 73.38% | 4,613 |
| Sawyer | 1,416 | 84.19% | 130 | 7.73% | 256 | 1.49% | 103 | 6.12% | 8 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,286 | 76.46% | 1,682 |
| Shawano | 4,873 | 90.21% | 336 | 6.22% | 56 | 1.04% | 110 | 2.04% | 12 | 0.22% | 15 | 0.28% | 4,537 | 83.99% | 5,402 |
| Sheboygan | 8,328 | 76.78% | 926 | 8.54% | 1,354 | 12.48% | 217 | 2.00% | 18 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.03% | 6,974[d] | 64.30% | 10,846 |
| St. Croix | 3,307 | 81.41% | 244 | 6.01% | 78 | 1.92% | 424 | 10.44% | 6 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.07% | 2,883[c] | 70.97% | 4,062 |
| Taylor | 2,592 | 86.63% | 177 | 5.92% | 84 | 2.81% | 128 | 4.28% | 10 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,415 | 80.72% | 2,992 |
| Trempealeau | 2,397 | 86.38% | 206 | 7.42% | 12 | 0.43% | 142 | 5.12% | 9 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.32% | 2,191 | 78.95% | 2,775 |
| Vernon | 3,146 | 87.61% | 238 | 6.63% | 15 | 0.42% | 186 | 5.18% | 6 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,908 | 80.98% | 3,591 |
| Vilas | 914 | 85.26% | 57 | 5.32% | 52 | 4.85% | 44 | 4.10% | 5 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 857 | 79.94% | 1,072 |
| Walworth | 3,021 | 70.53% | 705 | 16.46% | 29 | 0.68% | 474 | 11.07% | 28 | 0.65% | 26 | 0.61% | 2,316 | 54.07% | 4,283 |
| Washburn | 1,535 | 83.65% | 117 | 6.38% | 40 | 2.18% | 128 | 6.98% | 10 | 0.54% | 5 | 0.27% | 1,407[c] | 76.68% | 1,835 |
| Washington | 4,180 | 83.63% | 545 | 10.90% | 171 | 3.42% | 96 | 1.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 6 | 0.12% | 3,635 | 72.73% | 4,998 |
| Waukesha | 5,718 | 71.47% | 1,423 | 17.79% | 178 | 2.22% | 644 | 8.05% | 36 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.02% | 4,295 | 53.68% | 8,001 |
| Waupaca | 5,883 | 84.98% | 613 | 8.85% | 112 | 1.62% | 292 | 4.22% | 13 | 0.19% | 10 | 0.14% | 5,270 | 76.12% | 6,923 |
| Waushara | 1,744 | 84.46% | 186 | 9.01% | 34 | 1.65% | 95 | 4.60% | 3 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.15% | 1,558 | 75.45% | 2,065 |
| Winnebago | 10,112 | 81.14% | 1,501 | 12.04% | 175 | 1.40% | 594 | 4.77% | 56 | 0.45% | 25 | 0.20% | 8,611 | 69.09% | 12,463 |
| Wood | 6,108 | 86.53% | 455 | 6.45% | 180 | 2.55% | 269 | 3.81% | 39 | 0.55% | 8 | 0.11% | 5,653 | 80.08% | 7,059 |
| Total | 367,929 | 76.36% | 51,061 | 10.60% | 39,570 | 8.21% | 21,438 | 4.45% | 1,444 | 0.30% | 386 | 0.08% | 316,868 | 65.76% | 481,828 |
