1908 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

1908 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
November 3, 1908
 
Nominee James O. Davidson John A. Aylward Harvey Dee Brown
Party Republican Democratic Socialist
Popular vote 242,935 165,977 28,583
Percentage 54.03% 36.91% 6.36%
County results

Davidson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Aylward:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

James O. Davidson
Republican

Elected Governor

James O. Davidson
Republican

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The 1908 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1908. Primary elections were held on September 1, 1908.

Incumbent Republican Governor James O. Davidson won re-election, defeating Democratic nominee John A. Aylward and Social Democratic nominee Harvey Dee Brown, with 54.03% of the vote.

Primary election

Republican party

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James O. Davidson (incumbent) 158,867 99.12%
Republican Scattering 1,406 0.88%
Total votes 160,273 100.00%

Democratic party

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John A. Aylward 25,273 61.47%
Democratic Adolph J. Schmitz 15,813 38.46%
Democratic Scattering 28 0.07%
Total votes 41,114 100.00%

Socialist party

Candidates

  • Harvey Dee Brown, preacher[3][4]

Results

Socialist primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist Harvey Dee Brown 4,071 100.00%
Total votes 4,071 100.00%

Prohibition party

Candidates

Results

Prohibition primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Prohibition Winfred Douglas Cox 1,941 100.00%
Total votes 1,941 100.00%

General election

Results

1908 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[5][6][7][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican James O. Davidson (incumbent) 242,935 54.03% −3.33%
Democratic John A. Aylward 165,977 36.91% +4.63%
Social Democratic Harvey Dee Brown 28,583 6.36% −1.28%
Prohibition Winfred D. Cox 11,760 2.62% +0.05%
Socialist Labor Herman Bottema 393 0.09% −0.05%
Scattering 8 0.00%
Majority 76,958 17.11%
Turnout 449,656 100.00%
Republican hold Swing -7.96%

Results by county

County[5][7] James O. Davidson
Republican 		John A. Aylward
Democratic 		Harvey Dee Brown
Social Democratic 		Winfred D. Cox
Prohibition 		Herman Bottema
Socialist Labor 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,186 71.23% 402 24.14% 21 1.26% 55 3.30% 1 0.06% 784 47.09% 1,665
Ashland 2,211 54.15% 1,563 38.28% 204 5.00% 104 2.55% 1 0.02% 648 15.87% 4,083
Barron 3,434 71.33% 992 20.61% 118 2.45% 263 5.46% 7 0.15% 2,442 50.73% 4,814
Bayfield 1,985 72.95% 500 18.38% 162 5.95% 70 2.57% 4 0.15% 1,485 54.58% 2,721
Brown 4,944 56.01% 3,249 36.81% 485 5.49% 139 1.57% 10 0.11% 1,695 19.20% 8,827
Buffalo 1,933 64.56% 982 32.80% 20 0.67% 59 1.97% 0 0.00% 951 31.76% 2,994
Burnett 1,268 78.86% 201 12.50% 54 3.36% 82 5.10% 3 0.19% 1,067 66.36% 1,608
Calumet 1,567 46.78% 1,676 50.03% 71 2.12% 35 1.04% 1 0.03% -109 -3.25% 3,350
Chippewa 3,491 59.54% 2,160 36.84% 79 1.35% 133 2.27% 0 0.00% 1,331 22.70% 5,863
Clark 3,477 66.56% 1,503 28.77% 78 1.49% 162 3.10% 4 0.08% 1,974 37.79% 5,224
Columbia 4,046 60.41% 2,341 34.95% 129 1.93% 182 2.72% 0 0.00% 1,705 25.46% 6,698
Crawford 2,014 53.86% 1,602 42.85% 43 1.15% 78 2.09% 2 0.05% 412 11.02% 3,739
Dane 9,341 52.30% 7,815 43.76% 248 1.39% 453 2.54% 3 0.02% 1,526 8.54% 17,860
Dodge 3,762 37.51% 6,033 60.16% 60 0.60% 174 1.73% 0 0.00% -2,271 -22.64% 10,029
Door 2,481 76.39% 648 19.95% 56 1.72% 56 1.72% 7 0.22% 1,833 56.43% 3,248
Douglas 3,612 57.61% 1,616 25.77% 627 10.00% 280 4.47% 135 2.15% 1,996 31.83% 6,270
Dunn 3,369 78.42% 713 16.60% 105 2.44% 109 2.54% 0 0.00% 2,656 61.82% 4,296
Eau Claire 3,903 64.00% 1,842 30.21% 157 2.57% 194 3.18% 2 0.03% 2,061 33.80% 6,098
Florence 541 81.60% 105 15.84% 4 0.60% 13 1.96% 0 0.00% 436 65.76% 663
Fond du Lac 5,676 50.11% 5,231 46.18% 173 1.53% 245 2.16% 3 0.03% 445 3.93% 11,328
Forest 1,030 73.89% 283 20.30% 42 3.01% 38 2.73% 1 0.07% 747 53.59% 1,394
Grant 4,883 54.60% 3,666 40.99% 88 0.98% 306 3.42% 0 0.00% 1,217 13.61% 8,943
Green 2,429 51.91% 1,915 40.93% 115 2.46% 220 4.70% 0 0.00% 514 10.99% 4,649
Green Lake 2,018 53.86% 1,637 43.69% 29 0.77% 63 1.68% 0 0.00% 381 10.17% 3,747
Iowa 2,933 55.68% 2,076 39.41% 16 0.30% 243 4.61% 0 0.00% 857 16.27% 5,268
Iron 1,118 74.63% 292 19.49% 42 2.80% 45 3.00% 1 0.07% 826 55.14% 1,498
Jackson 2,660 81.22% 520 15.88% 36 1.10% 58 1.77% 1 0.03% 2,140 65.34% 3,275
Jefferson 3,058 38.83% 4,580 58.15% 61 0.77% 176 2.23% 1 0.01% -1,522 -19.32% 7,876
Juneau 2,498 58.98% 1,625 38.37% 36 0.85% 73 1.72% 3 0.07% 873 20.61% 4,235
Kenosha 3,349 53.69% 2,029 32.53% 630 10.10% 230 3.69% 0 0.00% 1,320 21.16% 6,238
Kewaunee 1,603 47.26% 1,714 50.53% 48 1.42% 27 0.80% 0 0.00% -111 -3.27% 3,392
La Crosse 4,399 50.73% 3,970 45.78% 103 1.19% 197 2.27% 3 0.03% 429 4.95% 8,672
Lafayette 2,844 56.37% 2,079 41.21% 22 0.44% 99 1.96% 0 0.00% 765 15.16% 5,045[b]
Langlade 1,807 55.24% 1,367 41.79% 27 0.83% 70 2.14% 0 0.00% 440 13.45% 3,271
Lincoln 2,276 53.12% 1,849 43.15% 94 2.19% 66 1.54% 0 0.00% 427 9.96% 4,285
Manitowoc 4,098 45.12% 3,993 43.96% 926 10.19% 63 0.69% 3 0.03% 105 1.16% 9,083
Marathon 5,089 49.42% 4,804 46.65% 255 2.48% 149 1.45% 0 0.00% 285 2.77% 10,297
Marinette 3,477 65.62% 1,451 27.38% 124 2.34% 245 4.62% 2 0.04% 2,026 38.23% 5,299
Marquette 1,521 62.90% 831 34.37% 19 0.79% 46 1.90% 1 0.04% 690 28.54% 2,418
Milwaukee 26,243 35.91% 26,917 36.83% 18,423 25.21% 1,396 1.91% 107 0.15% -674 -0.92% 73,086
Monroe 3,304 58.75% 2,117 37.64% 95 1.69% 107 1.90% 1 0.02% 1,187 21.11% 5,624
Oconto 2,944 63.24% 1,508 32.40% 101 2.17% 100 2.15% 2 0.04% 1,436 30.85% 4,655
Oneida 1,453 57.57% 684 27.10% 351 13.91% 36 1.43% 0 0.00% 769 30.47% 2,524
Outagamie 4,971 51.46% 4,366 45.20% 110 1.14% 203 2.10% 9 0.09% 605 6.26% 9,659
Ozaukee 1,117 35.87% 1,913 61.43% 58 1.86% 24 0.77% 2 0.06% -796 -25.56% 3,114
Pepin 995 67.14% 444 29.96% 4 0.27% 39 2.63% 0 0.00% 551 37.18% 1,482
Pierce 2,984 74.60% 837 20.93% 43 1.08% 136 3.40% 0 0.00% 2,147 53.68% 4,000
Polk 3,024 78.34% 570 14.77% 121 3.13% 143 3.70% 2 0.05% 2,454 63.58% 3,860
Portage 3,266 56.33% 2,386 41.15% 46 0.79% 97 1.67% 3 0.05% 880 15.18% 5,798
Price 1,707 65.70% 546 21.02% 260 10.01% 82 3.16% 1 0.04% 1,161 44.69% 2,598[c]
Racine 5,029 48.66% 4,035 39.05% 781 7.56% 485 4.69% 3 0.03% 994 9.62% 10,334[b]
Richland 2,343 53.24% 1,724 39.17% 51 1.16% 280 6.36% 3 0.07% 619 14.06% 4,401
Rock 7,781 67.12% 3,130 27.00% 262 2.26% 402 3.47% 17 0.15% 4,651 40.12% 11,592
Rusk 1,439 71.45% 442 21.95% 84 4.17% 46 2.28% 3 0.15% 997 49.50% 2,014
Sauk 3,788 56.62% 2,536 37.91% 31 0.46% 334 4.99% 1 0.01% 1,252 18.71% 6,690
Sawyer 849 74.28% 260 22.75% 14 1.22% 20 1.75% 0 0.00% 589 51.53% 1,143
Shawano 3,344 64.62% 1,709 33.02% 28 0.54% 94 1.82% 0 0.00% 1,635 31.59% 5,175
Sheboygan 5,833 51.82% 4,486 39.85% 683 6.07% 244 2.17% 10 0.09% 1,347 11.97% 11,256
St. Croix 3,325 64.70% 1,650 32.11% 71 1.38% 92 1.79% 1 0.02% 1,675 32.59% 5,139
Taylor 1,601 61.11% 896 34.20% 86 3.28% 37 1.41% 0 0.00% 705 26.91% 2,620
Trempealeau 3,616 73.81% 1,122 22.90% 28 0.57% 131 2.67% 2 0.04% 2,494 50.91% 4,899
Vernon 4,122 69.82% 1,539 26.07% 42 0.71% 199 3.37% 2 0.03% 2,583 43.75% 5,904
Vilas 794 72.38% 262 23.88% 22 2.01% 19 1.73% 0 0.00% 532 48.50% 1,097
Walworth 4,263 64.51% 1,846 27.94% 70 1.06% 426 6.45% 3 0.05% 2,417 36.58% 6,608
Washburn 1,134 73.54% 318 20.62% 52 3.37% 37 2.40% 1 0.06% 816 52.92% 1,542
Washington 2,491 47.21% 2,667 50.55% 75 1.42% 40 0.76% 0 0.00% -176 -3.34% 5,276[d]
Waukesha 4,546 54.40% 3,282 39.28% 214 2.56% 312 3.73% 2 0.02% 1,264 15.13% 8,356
Waupaca 4,728 71.55% 1,505 22.78% 142 2.15% 232 3.51% 1 0.02% 3,223 48.77% 6,608
Waushara 2,749 78.79% 515 14.76% 83 2.38% 128 3.67% 14 0.40% 2,234 64.03% 3,489
Winnebago 6,814 52.79% 5,387 41.74% 289 2.24% 414 3.21% 2 0.02% 1,427 11.06% 12,907[b]
Wood 3,007 50.85% 2,523 42.67% 256 4.33% 125 2.11% 2 0.03% 484 8.19% 5,913
Total 242,935 54.03% 165,977 36.91% 28,583 6.36% 11,760 2.62% 393 0.09% 76,958 17.11% 449,656

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. ^ One must exercise caution using the Blue Book as a source for Wisconsin election data for the period of 1890-1920 as it was unreliable during this period. In this case, the Blue Book's totals for Davidson, Cox, Bottema, and Scattering are incorrect and it also contains numerous mistakes in the county figures.
  2. ^ a b c Includes 1 Scattering vote
  3. ^ Includes 2 Scattering votes
  4. ^ Includes 3 Scattering votes

References

  1. ^ a b c d "For State Officers". Weekly Watertown leader. Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis. September 25, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  2. ^ Bruce, William George; Currey, Josiah Seymour (1922). History of Milwaukee City and County. Vol. II. Milwaukee: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 404–407.
  3. ^ "The Journal Times from Racine, Wisconsin on January 21, 1908 · 5". The Journal Times. Racine, Wisconsin. January 21, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "Death Claims Health Chief". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. August 23, 1937. p. 16. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of Canvassers of the State of Wisconsin for General Election held November 3, 1908
  6. ^ "Chicago Daily News Almanac". Chicago Daily News Company. 1911. p. 448. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  7. ^ a b Beck, J. D., ed. (1909). "Population, 1905, Vote And Pluralities For Governor, 1908". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer. p. 469.

Bibliography

  • Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
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