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The 1902 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1902.
Incumbent Republican Governor Robert M. La Follette defeated Democratic nominee David 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, Mayor David Stuart Rose of Milwaukee. [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 | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Robert M. La Follette (incumbent) | 193,417 | 52.89% | ||
Democratic | David Stuart Rose | 145,818 | 39.88% | ||
Socialist | Emil Seidel | 15,970 | 4.37% | ||
Prohibition | Edwin W. Drake | 9,647 | 2.64% | ||
Socialist Labor | Henry E. D. Puck | 791 | 0.22% | ||
Scattering | 33 | 0.01% | |||
Majority | 47,599 | 13.01% | |||
Turnout | 365,676 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing | ||||
County | Robert M. La Follette Republican | David Stuart Rose Democratic | Emil Seidel Socialist | Edwin W. Drake Prohibition | Henry E. D. Puck Socialist Labor | Blank / Scattering | Total Votes | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
Adams | 1,236 | 76.2% | 338 | 20.8% | 4 | 0.2% | 44 | 2.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,622 |
Ashland | 2,280 | 54.1% | 1,752 | 41.6% | 68 | 1.6% | 109 | 2.6% | 5 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,214 |
Barron | 2,174 | 72.9% | 620 | 20.8% | 34 | 1.1% | 140 | 4.7% | 11 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.1% | 2,981 |
Bayfield | 1,892 | 79.0% | 426 | 17.8% | 17 | 0.7% | 53 | 2.2% | 6 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,394 |
Brown | 3,654 | 50.4% | 3,283 | 45.3% | 174 | 2.4% | 126 | 1.7% | 13 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 7,250 |
Buffalo | 1,267 | 59.2% | 826 | 38.6% | 1 | 0.0% | 43 | 2.0% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,139 |
Burnett | 865 | 83.0% | 90 | 8.6% | 18 | 1.7% | 57 | 5.5% | 12 | 1.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,042 |
Calumet | 1,238 | 45.5% | 1,325 | 48.7% | 123 | 4.5% | 30 | 1.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.1% | 2,721 |
Chippewa | 2,967 | 63.3% | 1,611 | 34.4% | 24 | 0.5% | 84 | 1.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,686 |
Clark | 2,577 | 57.0% | 1,729 | 38.2% | 15 | 0.3% | 191 | 4.2% | 12 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,524 |
Columbia | 3,479 | 58.1% | 2,240 | 37.4% | 43 | 0.7% | 229 | 3.8% | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 5,993 |
Crawford | 1,746 | 51.4% | 1,572 | 46.2% | 8 | 0.2% | 73 | 2.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,399 |
Dane | 7,561 | 51.8% | 6,463 | 44.3% | 118 | 0.8% | 449 | 3.1% | 8 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.0% | 14,604 |
Dodge | 2,810 | 33.5% | 5,343 | 63.8% | 36 | 0.4% | 186 | 2.2% | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | 8,377 |
Door | 1,888 | 70.9% | 707 | 26.5% | 11 | 0.4% | 53 | 2.0% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 2,663 |
Douglas | 2,933 | 58.6% | 1,762 | 35.2% | 109 | 2.2% | 141 | 2.8% | 58 | 1.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 5,003 |
Dunn | 1,736 | 64.7% | 817 | 30.4% | 13 | 0.5% | 111 | 4.1% | 7 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.0% | 2,685 |
Eau Claire | 2,762 | 60.4% | 1,597 | 34.9% | 68 | 1.5% | 136 | 3.0% | 13 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,576 |
Florence | 267 | 58.6% | 169 | 37.1% | 4 | 0.9% | 15 | 3.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 456 |
Fond du Lac | 4,443 | 45.9% | 4,903 | 50.7% | 95 | 1.0% | 227 | 2.3% | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | 9,671 |
Forest | 484 | 62.4% | 272 | 35.1% | 6 | 0.8% | 14 | 1.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 776 |
Gates | 573 | 69.0% | 222 | 26.7% | 5 | 0.6% | 29 | 3.5% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 830 |
Grant | 4,411 | 59.8% | 2,642 | 35.8% | 32 | 0.4% | 283 | 3.8% | 8 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 7,376 |
Green | 2,231 | 54.7% | 1,602 | 39.3% | 70 | 1.7% | 172 | 4.2% | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,076 |
Green Lake | 1,460 | 46.6% | 1,532 | 48.9% | 37 | 1.2% | 96 | 3.1% | 9 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,134 |
Iowa | 2,659 | 57.2% | 1,794 | 38.6% | 9 | 0.2% | 188 | 4.0% | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,652 |
Iron | 1,165 | 75.5% | 348 | 22.5% | 6 | 0.4% | 22 | 1.4% | 3 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,544 |
Jackson | 1,735 | 72.1% | 593 | 24.6% | 13 | 0.5% | 64 | 2.7% | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,406 |
Jefferson | 2,492 | 38.1% | 3,843 | 58.7% | 20 | 0.3% | 183 | 2.8% | 10 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 6,548 |
Juneau | 2,398 | 60.9% | 1,435 | 36.5% | 24 | 0.6% | 75 | 1.9% | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,935 |
Kenosha | 1,959 | 45.2% | 1,895 | 43.8% | 398 | 9.2% | 68 | 1.6% | 8 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.0% | 4,330 |
Kewaunee | 1,302 | 42.4% | 1,718 | 56.0% | 19 | 0.6% | 29 | 0.9% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,070 |
La Crosse | 3,806 | 51.3% | 3,300 | 44.5% | 65 | 0.9% | 226 | 3.0% | 16 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.0% | 7,414 |
Lafayette | 2,376 | 51.4% | 2,144 | 46.3% | 28 | 0.6% | 78 | 1.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,626 |
Langlade | 1,167 | 46.9% | 1,246 | 50.1% | 15 | 0.6% | 57 | 2.3% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,487 |
Lincoln | 1,992 | 56.4% | 1,412 | 40.0% | 37 | 1.0% | 89 | 2.5% | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,533 |
Manitowoc | 3,584 | 48.0% | 3,376 | 45.2% | 420 | 5.6% | 78 | 1.0% | 7 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 7,465 |
Marathon | 3,745 | 49.0% | 3,657 | 47.9% | 86 | 1.1% | 129 | 1.7% | 22 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 7,639 |
Marinette | 2,880 | 59.2% | 1,769 | 36.4% | 22 | 0.5% | 181 | 3.7% | 13 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,865 |
Marquette | 1,266 | 52.8% | 1,045 | 43.5% | 6 | 0.2% | 82 | 3.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | 2,400 |
Milwaukee | 26,787 | 43.8% | 22,403 | 36.6% | 10,881 | 17.8% | 766 | 1.3% | 327 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 61,164 |
Monroe | 2,693 | 56.3% | 1,912 | 40.0% | 9 | 0.2% | 169 | 3.5% | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,784 |
Oconto | 2,097 | 54.7% | 1,619 | 42.3% | 18 | 0.5% | 92 | 2.4% | 5 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,831 |
Oneida | 1,154 | 60.9% | 670 | 35.4% | 21 | 1.1% | 49 | 2.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,894 |
Outagamie | 3,806 | 51.4% | 3,287 | 44.4% | 116 | 1.6% | 192 | 2.6% | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 7,403 |
Ozaukee | 977 | 35.9% | 1,677 | 61.6% | 44 | 1.6% | 21 | 0.8% | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,722 |
Pepin | 611 | 62.7% | 341 | 35.0% | 2 | 0.2% | 20 | 2.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 975 |
Pierce | 1,315 | 58.3% | 765 | 33.9% | 22 | 1.0% | 152 | 6.7% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,256 |
Polk | 1,386 | 79.0% | 215 | 12.3% | 74 | 4.2% | 60 | 3.4% | 20 | 1.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,755 |
Portage | 2,601 | 50.0% | 2,459 | 47.3% | 23 | 0.4% | 117 | 2.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 5,200 |
Price | 1,087 | 54.4% | 773 | 38.7% | 33 | 1.7% | 96 | 4.8% | 8 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,997 |
Racine | 4,452 | 50.4% | 3,824 | 43.3% | 249 | 2.8% | 263 | 3.0% | 44 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 8,832 |
Richland | 2,080 | 54.6% | 1,419 | 37.2% | 13 | 0.3% | 296 | 7.8% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,810 |
Rock | 5,078 | 58.2% | 3,146 | 36.1% | 120 | 1.4% | 361 | 4.1% | 10 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.1% | 8,720 |
St. Croix | 2,408 | 52.9% | 1,886 | 41.5% | 86 | 1.9% | 159 | 3.5% | 9 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,548 |
Sauk | 2,775 | 54.1% | 2,085 | 40.6% | 19 | 0.4% | 248 | 4.8% | 3 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.0% | 5,132 |
Sawyer | 578 | 53.9% | 467 | 43.5% | 13 | 1.2% | 15 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,073 |
Shawano | 2,298 | 60.6% | 1,393 | 36.8% | 18 | 0.5% | 77 | 2.0% | 4 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 3,790 |
Sheboygan | 4,460 | 45.9% | 3,731 | 38.4% | 1,358 | 14.0% | 142 | 1.5% | 32 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 9,723 |
Taylor | 1,026 | 47.7% | 1,050 | 48.8% | 17 | 0.8% | 51 | 2.4% | 4 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 2,150 |
Trempealeau | 2,141 | 76.9% | 519 | 18.6% | 4 | 0.1% | 116 | 4.2% | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,783 |
Vernon | 3,439 | 78.2% | 759 | 17.3% | 23 | 0.5% | 176 | 4.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,397 |
Vilas | 760 | 58.1% | 516 | 39.4% | 7 | 0.5% | 25 | 1.9% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1,309 |
Walworth | 2,838 | 61.0% | 1,488 | 32.0% | 53 | 1.1% | 272 | 5.8% | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | 4,654 |
Washburn | 644 | 69.3% | 252 | 27.1% | 8 | 0.9% | 22 | 2.4% | 3 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 929 |
Washington | 2,140 | 46.9% | 2,327 | 51.0% | 30 | 0.7% | 59 | 1.3% | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,559 |
Waukesha | 3,799 | 52.6% | 3,091 | 42.8% | 103 | 1.4% | 230 | 3.2% | 6 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 7,229 |
Waupaca | 3,489 | 72.6% | 1,030 | 21.4% | 40 | 0.8% | 247 | 5.1% | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | 4,808 |
Waushara | 2,107 | 74.8% | 565 | 20.0% | 13 | 0.5% | 126 | 4.5% | 5 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 2,818 |
Winnebago | 6,191 | 53.9% | 4,811 | 41.9% | 184 | 1.6% | 289 | 2.5% | 15 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 11,490 |
Wood | 2,740 | 56.7% | 1,920 | 39.7% | 68 | 1.4% | 99 | 2.0% | 7 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.0% | 4,835 |
Totals | 193,417 | 52.9% | 145,818 | 39.9% | 15,970 | 4.4% | 9,647 | 2.6% | 791 | 0.2% | 33 | 0.0% | 365,676 |
Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette Sr., was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the governor of Wisconsin from 1901 to 1906. A Republican for most of his life, he ran for president of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in the 1924 presidential election. Historian John D. Buenker describes La Follette as "the most celebrated figure in Wisconsin history".
The Republican Party of Wisconsin is a conservative political party in Wisconsin and is the Wisconsin affiliate of the United States Republican Party (GOP). The state party chair is Brian Schimming. The state party is divided into 72 county parties for each of the state's counties, as well as organizations for the state's eight congressional districts.
The 1932 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 8, 1932 as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. State voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1918 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1918.
The 1914 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1914.
The 1922 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1922.
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The 1942 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942.
The 1934 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934.
The 1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886.
The 1890 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1890.
The 1894 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1894.
The 1896 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1896.
The 1898 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898.
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The 1904 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904.
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