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The1925 Wisconsin elections were held April 7, 1925. Statewide contests on the ballot included a seat on theWisconsin Supreme Court and an election forsuperintendent of public instruction. The election also featuredWisconsin circuit courts and local elections. In addition to the state and local elections held in April,a special election for U.S. Senate was held in Wisconsin on September 29.
A specialUnited States Senate election was held for Wisconsin'sClass 1 United States Senate seat on September 29, 1925, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Republican senatorRobert M. La Follette.Robert M. La Follette Jr. was elected to a full six-year term. La Follette defeated Independent (and fellow Republican) former lieutenant governor of WisconsinEdward Dithmar. Three other candidates also appeared on the general election ballot:John M. Work (Socialist), William G. Bruce (Independent/Democratic), and George Bauman (Socialist Labor).
There were three other candidates in the Republican primary, former state senator fromEau ClaireRoy P. Wilcox, Daniel C. Woodward, and formerGovernor of WisconsinFrancis E. McGovern.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Robert La Follette Jr. | 237,719 | 67.51% |  13.16 | |
| Independent Republican | Edward F. Dithmar | 91,318 | 25.93% | N/A | |
| Socialist | John M. Work | 11,130 | 3.16% | N/A | |
| Independent Democratic | William G. Bruce | 10,743 | 3.05% | 0.18 | |
| Socialist Labor | George Bauman | 795 | 0.23% | 0.12 | |
| Write-in | 430 | 0.12% | |||
| Total votes | 352,135 | 100.00% | |||
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A regularly scheduled election forSuperintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin was held on April 7, 1925. The incumbent superintendentJohn Callahan, first elected in 1921, was re-elected without opposition.[2][3]
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| General election, April 7, 1925 | |||||
| Nonpartisan | John Callahan (incumbent) | 342,691 | 99.88 | ||
| Scattering | 403 | 0.12 | |||
| Plurality | 342,691 | 99.88 | |||
| Total votes | 343,094 | 100 | |||
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The1925 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 7, 1925, to elect a justice to theWisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. The incumbent justice,Burr W. Jones, declined to seek re-election.
A regularly scheduledWisconsin Supreme Court election was on the ballot for the general election on April 7, 1925, for a ten-year term on the court. The incumbent judge,Burr W. Jones, first appointed in 1920, declined to seek re-election. E. Ray Stevens (judge of theWisconsin circuit court for the 9th circuit) defeated John C. Kleist (formerdistrict attorney ofCalumet County).
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Prior to both of their judicial careers, from 1896 to 1903, Jones and Stevens had been law partners inMadison, running the law firm Jones & Stevens.[4] Stevens' campaign advertisedendorsements from both of the state's incumbent U.S. senators (Robert M. La Follette Sr. andIrvine Lenroot); incumbent governorJohn J. Blaine and former governorsEmanuel L. Philipp andFrancis E. McGovern. In addition to theseRepublican state leaders, the endorsement ofMartin L. Lueck's (a priminentDemocratic politician in the state) was also touted. The campaign's advertisements also claimed that each Republican and Democrat in the57th Wisconsin Legislature had endorsed his candidacy, and also touted supported from "farm and labor, women and soldier organizations."[5]
Kleist, then a lawyer who resided inMilwaukee,[6] had previously served for two-terms as the electeddistrict attorney ofCalumet County in the 1880s.[7] He had since his tenure as district attorney run for various judicial and political offices, losing each campaign.[8] He ran several times for seats on theWisconsin circuit courts inMilwaukee County, but lost all of them.[7] He first ran in 1910 for a seat on the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but lost toFranz C. Eschweiler. He later was the nominee of theSocial-Democratic Party of Wisconsin in the1911 United States Senate election in Wisconsin. Prior to his 1925 campaign, he had run for the same seat on Wisconsin Supreme Court in1922, losing to Jones.[9]
During the campaign,The Capital Times described Kleist as being the "candidate of theKu Klux Klan". In 1924, he had been expelled from the Social–Democratic Party over his alleged ties to the Klan.[8] During his campaign, he was supported by theAnti-Saloon League, which promoted his candidacy in the Wisconsin edition of theThe American Issue.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| General election, April 7, 1925 | |||||
| Nonpartisan | E. Ray Stevens | 256,431 | 65.81 | ||
| Nonpartisan | John C. Kleist | 133,164 | 34.17 | ||
| Scattering | 73 | 0.02 | |||
| Plurality | 123,267 | 31.63 | |||
| Total votes | 389,668 | 100 | |||
Several elections to theWisconsin circuit courts were contested in 1925, including elections for judgeships on newly created branches of the court in Milwaukee County,Dane County, andSauk County[12]
Among the notable results in circuit court races was the election ofCharles L. Aarons over Henry Cummings for branch number 8 in Milwaukee County.[12]
Many local elections were also held coinciding with state elections.[12]
Milwaukee voted on local propositions (defeating a proposal for a civic center; defeating a proposal to fund thestreetcar services ofThe Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company at-cost, approving a $1 million bond issue for improvements to public schools, and approving a $500,000 bond issue to construct a garbage disposal plant).
The city also elected three judges to its municipal court.[12]
Manitowoc re-elected incumbent mayor Martin Georgenson (Socialist Labor Party) over challenger Frank E. Diebert.
Socialists also increased their representation on its city council by two seats.[12]
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