1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

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1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
Flag of Wisconsin (1913-1981).svg
  1916 November 7, 1922 1925 (special)  
  Famous Living Americans - Robert M. LaFollette.jpg Jessie Jack Hooper (cropped).jpg
Nominee Robert M. La Follette Jessie Jack Hooper
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote379,49478,029
Percentage80.60%16.57%

1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin results map by county.svg
County results
La Follette:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%

U.S. senator before election

Robert M. La Follette
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Robert M. La Follette
Republican

The 1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1922.

Contents

Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette was re-elected to a fourth term in office over Democrat Jessie Jack Hooper. Off the strength of his landslide victory, La Follette launched a second campaign for President of the United States in 1924.

La Follette's opponent, the suffragette Jessie Jack Hooper, was among the first American women to ever run a campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Republican primary

Candidates

Campaign

La Follette spent much of the primary defending his opposition to American involvement in World War I and the Treaty of Versailles. He attacked President Warren Harding's administration and its proposed Four-Power Treaty as equally objectionable as the Versailles negotiations. [1]

Results

1922 Republican U.S. Senate primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert M. La Follette (incumbent) 362,445 72.23%
Republican William Arthur Ganfield 139,32727.77%
Total votes484,135 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1922 Democratic U.S. Senate primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jessie Jack Hooper 16,663 100.00%
Total votes16,663 100.00%

Prohibition primary

Candidates

Results

1922 Prohibition U.S. Senate primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Prohibition Adolph R. Bucknam 1,282 100.00%
Total votes1,282 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Campaign

Hooper's campaign was run by two women, Livia Peshkova and Gertrude Watkins, bolstered by women in the press, and often hosted in family living rooms. The campaign rallying cry was "Whoop for Hooper." Her election platform championed the League of Nations, veterans compensation, and world peace. Her husband was one of only two men who donated any money to her campaign. [3]

Results

1922 U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Robert M. La Follette (incumbent) 379,494 80.60% Increase2.svg21.37
Democratic Jessie Jack Hooper 78,02916.57%Decrease2.svg15.33
Prohibition Adolph R. Bucknam11,2542.39%Increase2.svg0.37
Socialist Labor Richard Koeppel1,6560.35%Increase2.svg0.18
Write-in 3860.08%
Total votes470,819 100.00%
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. "LA FOLLETTE LEADS IN WISCONSIN RACE" . The New York Times . September 6, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1923" (PDF). p. 500. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  3. Smith, James Howell (Winter 1962–1963). "Mrs. Ben Hooper of Oshkosh: Peace Worker and Politician". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 46 (2). Wisconsin Historical Society: 124–135. JSTOR   4633823.
  4. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1922" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  5. "The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1923" (PDF). p. 564. Retrieved June 17, 2021.