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The 1928 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1928. Primary elections were held on September 4, 1928. Incumbent Republican Governor Fred R. Zimmerman was defeated in the Republican primary. Republican nominee Walter J. Kohler Sr. defeated Democratic nominee Albert G. Schmedeman with 55.38% of the vote.
Primary election
Republican party
Candidates
- Joseph D. Beck, U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district
- John E. Ferris, Independent Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1924
- Walter J. Kohler Sr., industrialist
- Fred R. Zimmerman, incumbent Governor
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Walter J. Kohler Sr. | 224,421 | 43.66% | |
| Republican | Joseph D. Beck | 203,359 | 39.56% | |
| Republican | Fred R. Zimmerman (incumbent) | 82,837 | 16.11% | |
| Republican | John E. Ferris | 3,448 | 0.67% | |
| Total votes | 514,065 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic party
Candidates
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Albert G. Schmedeman | 41,459 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 41,459 | 100.00% | ||
Socialist party
Candidates
- Oscar Ameringer (withdrew), newspaper editor
- Otto R. Hauser, realtor
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Otto R. Hauser | 12,013 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 12,013 | 100.00% | ||
Prohibition primary
Candidates
- Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in 1922 and for Governor in 1924
- Jane H. Robinson
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | Adolph R. Bucknam | 527 | 52.49% | |
| Prohibition | Jane H. Robinson | 477 | 47.51% | |
| Total votes | 1,004 | 100.00% | ||
Other party nominations
- Joseph Ehrhardt, Socialist Labor
- Alvar J. Hayes, Workers
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Walter J. Kohler Sr. | 547,738 | 55.38% | −8.09% | |
| Democratic | Albert G. Schmedeman | 394,368 | 39.87% | +26.73% | |
| Socialist | Otto R. Hauser | 36,924 | 3.73% | −3.55% | |
| Prohibition | Adolph R. Bucknam | 6,477 | 0.65% | −0.67% | |
| Socialist Labor | Joseph Ehrhardt | 1,938 | 0.20% | −0.63% | |
| Workers | Alvar J. Hayes | 1,420 | 0.14% | ||
| Scattering | 278 | 0.03% | |||
| Majority | 153,370 | 15.51% | |||
| Total votes | 989,143 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | -34.12% | |||
Results by county
| County | Walter J. Kohler Sr. Republican |
Albert G. Schmedeman Democratic |
Otto R. Hauser Socialist |
Adolph R. Bucknam Prohibition |
All Others Various |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,418 | 59.43% | 903 | 37.85% | 22 | 0.92% | 32 | 1.34% | 11 | 0.46% | 515 | 21.58% | 2,386 |
| Ashland | 3,811 | 53.88% | 3,045 | 43.05% | 106 | 1.50% | 56 | 0.79% | 55 | 0.78% | 766 | 10.83% | 7,073 |
| Barron | 7,343 | 67.71% | 3,132 | 28.88% | 91 | 0.84% | 176 | 1.62% | 102 | 0.94% | 4,211 | 38.83% | 10,844 |
| Bayfield | 3,411 | 69.74% | 1,233 | 25.21% | 73 | 1.49% | 47 | 0.96% | 127 | 2.60% | 2,178 | 44.53% | 4,891 |
| Brown | 10,965 | 44.10% | 13,532 | 54.42% | 225 | 0.90% | 112 | 0.45% | 30 | 0.12% | -2,567 | -10.32% | 24,864 |
| Buffalo | 2,923 | 63.96% | 1,559 | 34.11% | 25 | 0.55% | 41 | 0.90% | 22 | 0.48% | 1,364 | 29.85% | 4,570 |
| Burnett | 2,735 | 78.52% | 641 | 18.40% | 47 | 1.35% | 26 | 0.75% | 34 | 0.98% | 2,094 | 60.12% | 3,483 |
| Calumet | 2,087 | 33.76% | 3,987 | 64.50% | 54 | 0.87% | 45 | 0.73% | 8 | 0.13% | -1,900 | -30.74% | 6,181 |
| Chippewa | 7,690 | 59.23% | 5,060 | 38.97% | 57 | 0.44% | 101 | 0.78% | 76 | 0.59% | 2,630 | 20.26% | 12,984 |
| Clark | 6,903 | 65.37% | 3,288 | 31.14% | 176 | 1.67% | 108 | 1.02% | 85 | 0.80% | 3,615 | 34.23% | 10,560 |
| Columbia | 7,021 | 56.94% | 5,144 | 41.72% | 65 | 0.53% | 80 | 0.65% | 20 | 0.16% | 1,877 | 15.22% | 12,330 |
| Crawford | 3,288 | 51.17% | 3,072 | 47.81% | 12 | 0.19% | 42 | 0.65% | 12 | 0.19% | 216 | 3.36% | 6,426 |
| Dane | 19,477 | 45.18% | 23,376 | 54.23% | 89 | 0.21% | 137 | 0.32% | 28 | 0.06% | -3,899 | -9.04% | 43,107 |
| Dodge | 8,762 | 46.90% | 9,496 | 50.83% | 269 | 1.44% | 106 | 0.57% | 48 | 0.26% | -734 | -3.93% | 18,681 |
| Door | 3,774 | 65.88% | 1,784 | 31.14% | 32 | 0.56% | 84 | 1.47% | 55 | 0.96% | 1,990 | 34.74% | 5,729 |
| Douglas | 11,745 | 70.23% | 4,435 | 26.52% | 139 | 0.83% | 89 | 0.53% | 315 | 1.88% | 7,310 | 43.71% | 16,723 |
| Dunn | 6,770 | 77.95% | 1,655 | 19.06% | 48 | 0.55% | 123 | 1.42% | 89 | 1.02% | 5,115 | 58.89% | 8,685 |
| Eau Claire | 9,617 | 70.13% | 3,824 | 27.88% | 57 | 0.42% | 101 | 0.74% | 115 | 0.84% | 5,793 | 42.24% | 13,714 |
| Florence | 1,139 | 81.42% | 223 | 15.94% | 3 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.57% | 26 | 1.86% | 916 | 65.48% | 1,399 |
| Fond du Lac | 12,083 | 49.40% | 11,944 | 48.83% | 157 | 0.64% | 223 | 0.91% | 53 | 0.22% | 139 | 0.57% | 24,460 |
| Forest | 2,224 | 67.68% | 974 | 29.64% | 22 | 0.67% | 33 | 1.00% | 33 | 1.00% | 1,250 | 38.04% | 3,286 |
| Grant | 9,829 | 60.65% | 6,185 | 38.16% | 42 | 0.26% | 113 | 0.70% | 38 | 0.23% | 3,644 | 22.48% | 16,207 |
| Green | 4,791 | 60.28% | 2,997 | 37.71% | 27 | 0.34% | 117 | 1.47% | 16 | 0.20% | 1,794 | 22.57% | 7,948 |
| Green Lake | 2,895 | 51.20% | 2,661 | 47.06% | 36 | 0.64% | 45 | 0.80% | 17 | 0.30% | 234 | 4.14% | 5,654 |
| Iowa | 4,683 | 55.33% | 3,654 | 43.17% | 17 | 0.20% | 102 | 1.21% | 8 | 0.09% | 1,029 | 12.16% | 8,464 |
| Iron | 1,746 | 64.81% | 790 | 29.32% | 20 | 0.74% | 19 | 0.71% | 119 | 4.42% | 956 | 35.49% | 2,694 |
| Jackson | 3,880 | 71.72% | 1,406 | 25.99% | 28 | 0.52% | 65 | 1.20% | 31 | 0.57% | 2,474 | 45.73% | 5,410 |
| Jefferson | 7,335 | 49.41% | 7,340 | 49.44% | 77 | 0.52% | 73 | 0.49% | 21 | 0.14% | -5 | -0.03% | 14,846 |
| Juneau | 3,620 | 58.93% | 2,433 | 39.61% | 40 | 0.65% | 39 | 0.63% | 11 | 0.18% | 1,187 | 19.32% | 6,143 |
| Kenosha | 12,049 | 54.44% | 9,474 | 42.80% | 443 | 2.00% | 71 | 0.32% | 96 | 0.43% | 2,575 | 11.63% | 22,133 |
| Kewaunee | 1,906 | 36.19% | 3,292 | 62.50% | 20 | 0.38% | 32 | 0.61% | 17 | 0.32% | -1,386 | -26.31% | 5,267 |
| La Crosse | 11,471 | 58.27% | 8,101 | 41.15% | 37 | 0.19% | 63 | 0.32% | 13 | 0.07% | 3,370 | 17.12% | 19,685 |
| Lafayette | 4,631 | 53.97% | 3,867 | 45.07% | 11 | 0.13% | 54 | 0.63% | 17 | 0.20% | 764 | 8.90% | 8,580 |
| Langlade | 4,048 | 52.98% | 3,470 | 45.41% | 41 | 0.54% | 74 | 0.97% | 8 | 0.10% | 578 | 7.56% | 7,641 |
| Lincoln | 4,044 | 56.86% | 2,929 | 41.18% | 50 | 0.70% | 62 | 0.87% | 27 | 0.38% | 1,115 | 15.68% | 7,112 |
| Manitowoc | 6,746 | 37.32% | 10,900 | 60.30% | 279 | 1.54% | 106 | 0.59% | 45 | 0.25% | -4,154 | -22.98% | 18,076 |
| Marathon | 10,279 | 49.60% | 10,052 | 48.51% | 223 | 1.08% | 133 | 0.64% | 36 | 0.17% | 227 | 1.10% | 20,723 |
| Marinette | 7,134 | 64.06% | 3,739 | 33.58% | 186 | 1.67% | 61 | 0.55% | 16 | 0.14% | 3,395 | 30.49% | 11,136 |
| Marquette | 2,168 | 58.90% | 1,439 | 39.09% | 20 | 0.54% | 53 | 1.44% | 1 | 0.03% | 729 | 19.80% | 3,681 |
| Milwaukee | 91,381 | 44.48% | 82,833 | 40.32% | 30,064 | 14.63% | 666 | 0.32% | 511 | 0.25% | 8,548 | 4.16% | 205,455 |
| Monroe | 5,488 | 60.02% | 3,458 | 37.82% | 54 | 0.59% | 137 | 1.50% | 7 | 0.08% | 2,030 | 22.20% | 9,144 |
| Oconto | 4,944 | 56.69% | 3,647 | 41.82% | 45 | 0.52% | 67 | 0.77% | 18 | 0.21% | 1,297 | 14.87% | 8,721 |
| Oneida | 3,348 | 62.54% | 1,846 | 34.49% | 91 | 1.70% | 45 | 0.84% | 23 | 0.43% | 1,502 | 28.06% | 5,353 |
| Outagamie | 12,763 | 52.10% | 11,491 | 46.91% | 115 | 0.47% | 98 | 0.40% | 28 | 0.11% | 1,272 | 5.19% | 24,495 |
| Ozaukee | 2,224 | 36.60% | 3,736 | 61.49% | 88 | 1.45% | 24 | 0.39% | 4 | 0.07% | -1,512 | -24.88% | 6,076 |
| Pepin | 2,020 | 68.24% | 875 | 29.56% | 21 | 0.71% | 24 | 0.81% | 20 | 0.68% | 1,145 | 38.68% | 2,960 |
| Pierce | 6,471 | 74.61% | 1,986 | 22.90% | 56 | 0.65% | 89 | 1.03% | 71 | 0.82% | 4,485 | 51.71% | 8,673 |
| Polk | 6,621 | 77.22% | 1,709 | 19.93% | 70 | 0.82% | 104 | 1.21% | 70 | 0.82% | 4,912 | 57.29% | 8,574 |
| Portage | 5,176 | 44.21% | 6,422 | 54.85% | 49 | 0.42% | 44 | 0.38% | 18 | 0.15% | -1,246 | -10.64% | 11,709 |
| Price | 3,421 | 64.72% | 1,689 | 31.95% | 51 | 0.96% | 53 | 1.00% | 72 | 1.36% | 1,732 | 32.77% | 5,286 |
| Racine | 20,111 | 68.96% | 8,356 | 28.65% | 363 | 1.24% | 174 | 0.60% | 158 | 0.54% | 11,755 | 40.31% | 29,162 |
| Richland | 5,248 | 68.40% | 2,298 | 29.95% | 21 | 0.27% | 86 | 1.12% | 19 | 0.25% | 2,950 | 38.45% | 7,672 |
| Rock | 20,536 | 69.14% | 8,822 | 29.70% | 86 | 0.29% | 232 | 0.78% | 24 | 0.08% | 11,714 | 39.44% | 29,700 |
| Rusk | 3,436 | 70.14% | 1,191 | 24.31% | 95 | 1.94% | 100 | 2.04% | 77 | 1.57% | 2,245 | 45.83% | 4,899 |
| Sauk | 6,834 | 54.96% | 5,407 | 43.48% | 36 | 0.29% | 130 | 1.05% | 28 | 0.23% | 1,427 | 11.48% | 12,435 |
| Sawyer | 2,068 | 72.18% | 734 | 25.62% | 28 | 0.98% | 27 | 0.94% | 8 | 0.28% | 1,334 | 46.56% | 2,865 |
| Shawano | 5,283 | 59.75% | 3,343 | 37.81% | 76 | 0.86% | 95 | 1.07% | 45 | 0.51% | 1,940 | 21.94% | 8,842 |
| Sheboygan | 14,586 | 58.43% | 9,492 | 38.02% | 702 | 2.81% | 135 | 0.54% | 49 | 0.20% | 5,094 | 20.41% | 24,964 |
| St. Croix | 6,578 | 62.48% | 3,789 | 35.99% | 59 | 0.56% | 82 | 0.78% | 20 | 0.19% | 2,789 | 26.49% | 10,528 |
| Taylor | 2,847 | 60.81% | 1,614 | 34.47% | 123 | 2.63% | 61 | 1.30% | 37 | 0.79% | 1,233 | 26.33% | 4,682 |
| Trempealeau | 5,079 | 62.54% | 2,950 | 36.33% | 17 | 0.21% | 49 | 0.60% | 26 | 0.32% | 2,129 | 26.22% | 8,121 |
| Vernon | 6,042 | 67.09% | 2,847 | 31.61% | 13 | 0.14% | 92 | 1.02% | 12 | 0.13% | 3,195 | 35.48% | 9,006 |
| Vilas | 1,836 | 73.32% | 551 | 22.00% | 52 | 2.08% | 16 | 0.64% | 49 | 1.96% | 1,285 | 51.32% | 2,504 |
| Walworth | 9,996 | 72.10% | 3,666 | 26.44% | 44 | 0.32% | 135 | 0.97% | 23 | 0.17% | 6,330 | 45.66% | 13,864 |
| Washburn | 2,746 | 71.47% | 897 | 23.35% | 105 | 2.73% | 54 | 1.41% | 40 | 1.04% | 1,849 | 48.13% | 3,842 |
| Washington | 4,437 | 45.16% | 5,158 | 52.50% | 182 | 1.85% | 32 | 0.33% | 16 | 0.16% | -721 | -7.34% | 9,825 |
| Waukesha | 12,767 | 64.06% | 6,649 | 33.36% | 382 | 1.92% | 107 | 0.54% | 25 | 0.13% | 6,118 | 30.70% | 19,930 |
| Waupaca | 8,069 | 68.17% | 3,394 | 28.68% | 124 | 1.05% | 126 | 1.06% | 123 | 1.04% | 4,675 | 39.50% | 11,836 |
| Waushara | 3,553 | 69.07% | 1,488 | 28.93% | 30 | 0.58% | 38 | 0.74% | 35 | 0.68% | 2,065 | 40.14% | 5,144 |
| Winnebago | 16,351 | 61.80% | 9,736 | 36.80% | 170 | 0.64% | 179 | 0.68% | 21 | 0.08% | 6,615 | 25.00% | 26,457 |
| Wood | 7,037 | 55.66% | 5,258 | 41.59% | 146 | 1.15% | 124 | 0.98% | 78 | 0.62% | 1,779 | 14.07% | 12,643 |
| Total | 547,738 | 55.38% | 394,368 | 39.87% | 36,924 | 3.73% | 6,477 | 0.65% | 3,636 | 0.37% | 153,370 | 15.51% | 989,143 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Notes
- Ameringer was selected at the Socialist convention, prior to the primary. He withdrew before the primary took place and was replaced with Hauser by the state executive committee.
- "Independent Labor"
- "Independent Workers"
References
- ^ Anderson, William J.; Anderson, William A., eds. (1929). "Summary of Vote For Governor - Primary Election, Sept. 4, 1928". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1929. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer. p. 736.
- "WI Governor, 1928 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ "Politics". The Capital Times. Madison, Wisconsin. June 27, 1928. p. 11. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- "County Clerk's List of Candidates". Chippewa Herald-Telegram. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. August 13, 1928. p. 6. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of State Canvassers - Election of State Officers - November 6, 1928
- ^ Anderson, William J.; Anderson, William A., eds. (1929). "Summary Vote For Governor". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1929. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer. p. 573.
Bibliography
- Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- Anderson, William J.; Anderson, William A., eds. (1929). The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1929. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer.
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