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The 1926 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. Primary elections were held on September 7, 1926.
Incumbent Republican Governor John J. Blaine retired to run for the U.S. Senate. Republican nominee Fred R. Zimmerman defeated Independent Charles B. Perry, Democratic nominee Virgil H. Cady and Socialist nominee Herman O. Kent.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Fred R. Zimmerman | 215,546 | 46.77% | |
| Republican | Herman L. Ekern | 178,252 | 38.68% | |
| Republican | Charles B. Perry | 41,856 | 9.08% | |
| Republican | W. Stanley Smith | 25,188 | 5.47% | |
| Total votes | 460,842 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Virgil H. Cady | 16,358 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 16,358 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Herman O. Kent | 11,307 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 11,307 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibition | David W. Emerson | 576 | 39.21% | |
| Prohibition | Adolph R. Bucknam | 546 | 37.17% | |
| Prohibition | Alex McEathron | 347 | 23.62% | |
| Total votes | 1,469 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Fred R. Zimmerman | 350,927 | 63.47% | +11.71% | |
| Independent | Charles B. Perry | 76,507 | 13.84% | ||
| Democratic | Virgil H. Cady | 72,627 | 13.14% | −26.74% | |
| Socialist | Herman O. Kent | 40,293 | 7.29% | +1.60% | |
| Prohibition | David W. Emerson | 7,333 | 1.33% | −0.12% | |
| Socialist Labor [lower-alpha 1] | Alex Gorden | 4,593 | 0.83% | +0.65% | |
| Scattering | 632 | 0.11% | |||
| Majority | 274,420 | 49.63% | |||
| Total votes | 552,912 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +37.74% | |||
| County [6] [7] | Fred R. Zimmerman Republican | Charles B. Perry Independent | Virgil H. Cady Democratic | Herman O. Kent Socialist | All Others Various | Margin [lower-alpha 2] | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 743 | 68.17% | 98 | 8.99% | 155 | 14.22% | 54 | 4.95% | 40 | 3.67% | 588 [lower-alpha 3] | 53.94% | 1,090 |
| Ashland | 2,970 | 64.43% | 907 | 19.67% | 390 | 8.46% | 160 | 3.47% | 183 | 3.97% | 2,063 | 44.75% | 4,610 |
| Barron | 4,577 | 74.36% | 704 | 11.44% | 356 | 5.78% | 261 | 4.24% | 257 | 4.18% | 3,873 | 62.92% | 6,155 |
| Bayfield | 2,193 | 82.79% | 167 | 6.30% | 102 | 3.85% | 83 | 3.13% | 104 | 3.93% | 2,026 | 76.48% | 2,649 |
| Brown | 7,757 | 54.73% | 1,267 | 8.94% | 4,093 | 28.88% | 780 | 5.50% | 276 | 1.95% | 3,664 [lower-alpha 3] | 25.85% | 14,173 |
| Buffalo | 1,581 | 75.97% | 182 | 8.75% | 158 | 7.59% | 97 | 4.66% | 63 | 3.03% | 1,399 | 67.23% | 2,081 |
| Burnett | 1,591 | 85.31% | 87 | 4.66% | 52 | 2.79% | 46 | 2.47% | 89 | 4.77% | 1,504 | 50.64% | 1,865 |
| Calumet | 1,817 | 53.87% | 263 | 7.80% | 1,182 | 35.04% | 59 | 1.75% | 52 | 1.54% | 635 [lower-alpha 3] | 18.83% | 3,373 |
| Chippewa | 5,874 | 71.35% | 1,309 | 15.90% | 590 | 7.17% | 117 | 1.42% | 343 | 4.17% | 4,565 | 55.45% | 8,233 |
| Clark | 5,778 | 76.87% | 884 | 11.76% | 479 | 6.37% | 153 | 2.04% | 223 | 2.97% | 4,894 | 65.11% | 7,517 |
| Columbia | 5,075 | 70.55% | 824 | 11.46% | 1,006 | 13.99% | 138 | 1.92% | 150 | 2.09% | 4,069 [lower-alpha 3] | 56.57% | 7,193 |
| Crawford | 2,081 | 63.10% | 283 | 8.58% | 805 | 24.41% | 45 | 1.36% | 84 | 2.55% | 1,276 [lower-alpha 3] | 38.69% | 3,298 |
| Dane | 13,215 | 58.88% | 5,029 | 22.41% | 2,427 | 10.81% | 1,029 | 4.58% | 745 | 3.32% | 8,186 | 36.47% | 22,445 |
| Dodge | 6,420 | 55.53% | 934 | 8.08% | 3,588 | 31.03% | 467 | 4.04% | 153 | 1.32% | 2,832 [lower-alpha 3] | 24.49% | 11,562 |
| Door | 2,234 | 66.57% | 861 | 25.66% | 120 | 3.58% | 33 | 0.98% | 108 | 3.22% | 1,373 | 40.91% | 3,356 |
| Douglas | 8,852 | 83.92% | 789 | 7.48% | 385 | 3.65% | 208 | 1.97% | 314 | 2.98% | 8,063 | 76.44% | 10,548 |
| Dunn | 4,371 | 79.68% | 643 | 11.72% | 204 | 3.72% | 127 | 2.31% | 141 | 2.57% | 3,728 | 67.95% | 5,486 |
| Eau Claire | 5,355 | 68.11% | 1,789 | 22.76% | 391 | 4.97% | 107 | 1.36% | 220 | 2.80% | 3,566 | 45.36% | 7,862 |
| Florence | 1,004 | 89.01% | 67 | 5.94% | 23 | 2.04% | 9 | 0.80% | 25 | 2.22% | 937 | 83.07% | 1,128 |
| Fond du Lac | 8,270 | 66.22% | 1,250 | 10.01% | 2,558 | 20.48% | 185 | 1.48% | 226 | 1.81% | 5,712 [lower-alpha 3] | 45.74% | 12,489 |
| Forest | 1,571 | 74.88% | 180 | 8.58% | 275 | 13.11% | 23 | 1.10% | 49 | 2.34% | 1,296 [lower-alpha 3] | 61.77% | 2,098 |
| Grant | 6,469 | 69.55% | 1,284 | 13.80% | 1,208 | 12.99% | 120 | 1.29% | 220 | 2.37% | 5,185 | 55.75% | 9,301 |
| Green | 3,253 | 77.34% | 475 | 11.29% | 291 | 6.92% | 70 | 1.66% | 117 | 2.78% | 2,778 | 66.05% | 4,206 |
| Green Lake | 2,725 | 71.07% | 477 | 12.44% | 499 | 13.02% | 27 | 0.70% | 106 | 2.76% | 2,226 [lower-alpha 3] | 58.06% | 3,834 |
| Iowa | 3,178 | 62.68% | 1,304 | 25.72% | 359 | 7.08% | 84 | 1.66% | 145 | 2.86% | 1,874 | 36.96% | 5,070 |
| Iron | 1,724 | 82.77% | 196 | 9.41% | 57 | 2.74% | 43 | 2.06% | 63 | 3.02% | 1,528 | 73.36% | 2,083 |
| Jackson | 2,424 | 81.45% | 270 | 9.07% | 106 | 3.56% | 84 | 2.82% | 92 | 3.09% | 2,154 | 72.38% | 2,976 |
| Jefferson | 6,088 | 69.55% | 913 | 10.43% | 1,415 | 16.16% | 139 | 1.59% | 199 | 2.27% | 4,673 [lower-alpha 3] | 53.38% | 8,754 |
| Juneau | 3,168 | 76.54% | 428 | 10.34% | 396 | 9.57% | 73 | 1.76% | 74 | 1.79% | 2,740 | 66.20% | 4,139 |
| Kenosha | 9,212 | 65.84% | 597 | 4.27% | 3,567 | 25.49% | 304 | 2.17% | 312 | 2.23% | 5,645 [lower-alpha 3] | 40.34% | 13,992 |
| Kewaunee | 1,484 | 57.83% | 478 | 18.63% | 435 | 16.95% | 112 | 4.36% | 57 | 2.22% | 1,006 | 39.20% | 2,556 |
| La Crosse | 7,268 | 70.51% | 1,092 | 10.59% | 1,627 | 15.78% | 96 | 0.93% | 225 | 2.18% | 5,641 [lower-alpha 3] | 54.72% | 10,308 |
| Lafayette | 3,659 | 67.04% | 493 | 9.03% | 1,159 | 21.23% | 67 | 1.23% | 80 | 1.47% | 2,500 [lower-alpha 3] | 45.80% | 5,458 |
| Langlade | 3,504 | 60.68% | 314 | 5.44% | 1,685 | 29.18% | 93 | 1.61% | 179 | 3.10% | 1,819 [lower-alpha 3] | 31.50% | 5,775 |
| Lincoln | 2,666 | 59.88% | 1,250 | 28.08% | 306 | 6.87% | 93 | 2.09% | 137 | 3.08% | 1,416 | 31.81% | 4,452 |
| Manitowoc | 6,588 | 62.45% | 1,420 | 13.46% | 2,111 | 20.01% | 245 | 2.32% | 186 | 1.76% | 4,477 [lower-alpha 3] | 42.44% | 10,550 |
| Marathon | 9,437 | 74.17% | 1,156 | 9.09% | 798 | 6.27% | 985 | 7.74% | 348 | 2.73% | 8,281 | 65.08% | 12,724 |
| Marinette | 4,831 | 77.79% | 640 | 10.31% | 447 | 7.20% | 96 | 1.55% | 196 | 3.16% | 4,191 | 67.49% | 6,210 |
| Marquette | 1,413 | 68.79% | 159 | 7.74% | 432 | 21.03% | 15 | 0.73% | 35 | 1.70% | 981 [lower-alpha 3] | 47.76% | 2,054 |
| Milwaukee | 43,948 | 43.99% | 15,411 | 15.43% | 12,386 | 12.40% | 27,250 | 27.28% | 910 | 0.91% | 16,698 [lower-alpha 4] | 16.71% | 99,905 |
| Monroe | 3,221 | 69.96% | 706 | 15.33% | 325 | 7.06% | 141 | 3.06% | 211 | 4.58% | 2,515 | 54.63% | 4,604 |
| Oconto | 3,379 | 60.23% | 1,391 | 24.80% | 698 | 12.44% | 66 | 1.18% | 76 | 1.35% | 1,988 | 35.44% | 5,610 |
| Oneida | 2,702 | 72.75% | 400 | 10.77% | 369 | 9.94% | 134 | 3.61% | 109 | 2.93% | 2,302 | 61.98% | 3,714 |
| Outagamie | 9,105 | 69.10% | 2,049 | 15.55% | 1,444 | 10.96% | 234 | 1.78% | 344 | 2.61% | 7,056 | 53.55% | 13,176 |
| Ozaukee | 1,484 | 39.97% | 462 | 12.44% | 1,608 | 43.31% | 78 | 2.10% | 81 | 2.18% | -124 [lower-alpha 5] | -3.34% | 3,713 |
| Pepin | 1,024 | 63.92% | 250 | 15.61% | 214 | 13.36% | 54 | 3.37% | 60 | 3.75% | 774 | 48.31% | 1,602 |
| Pierce | 4,132 | 76.01% | 569 | 10.47% | 205 | 3.77% | 359 | 6.60% | 171 | 3.15% | 3,563 | 65.54% | 5,436 |
| Polk | 3,349 | 77.25% | 437 | 10.08% | 204 | 4.71% | 124 | 2.86% | 221 | 5.10% | 2,912 | 67.17% | 4,335 |
| Portage | 3,869 | 46.97% | 497 | 6.03% | 3,685 | 44.73% | 57 | 0.69% | 130 | 1.58% | 184 [lower-alpha 3] | 2.23% | 8,238 |
| Price | 3,012 | 76.72% | 518 | 13.19% | 194 | 4.94% | 95 | 2.42% | 107 | 2.73% | 2,494 | 63.53% | 3,926 |
| Racine | 12,958 | 70.63% | 2,908 | 15.85% | 1,473 | 8.03% | 486 | 2.65% | 521 | 2.84% | 10,050 | 54.78% | 18,346 |
| Richland | 3,634 | 74.51% | 483 | 9.90% | 549 | 11.26% | 39 | 0.80% | 172 | 3.53% | 3,085 [lower-alpha 3] | 63.26% | 4,877 |
| Rock | 10,697 | 80.67% | 1,537 | 11.59% | 641 | 4.83% | 155 | 1.17% | 230 | 1.73% | 9,160 | 69.08% | 13,260 |
| Rusk | 2,407 | 69.87% | 658 | 19.10% | 157 | 4.56% | 84 | 2.44% | 139 | 4.03% | 1,749 | 50.77% | 3,445 |
| Sauk | 4,117 | 61.26% | 677 | 10.07% | 1,553 | 23.11% | 179 | 2.66% | 195 | 2.90% | 2,564 [lower-alpha 3] | 38.15% | 6,721 |
| Sawyer | 1,177 | 78.26% | 153 | 10.17% | 85 | 5.65% | 38 | 2.53% | 51 | 3.39% | 1,024 | 68.09% | 1,504 |
| Shawano | 2,999 | 71.40% | 406 | 9.67% | 374 | 8.90% | 318 | 7.57% | 103 | 2.45% | 2,593 | 61.74% | 4,200 |
| Sheboygan | 5,141 | 42.55% | 3,581 | 29.64% | 1,902 | 15.74% | 1,238 | 10.25% | 220 | 1.82% | 1,560 | 12.91% | 12,082 |
| St. Croix | 3,958 | 65.71% | 1,305 | 21.67% | 372 | 6.18% | 207 | 3.44% | 181 | 3.01% | 2,653 | 44.05% | 6,023 |
| Taylor | 2,332 | 74.62% | 396 | 12.67% | 140 | 4.48% | 190 | 6.08% | 67 | 2.14% | 1,936 | 61.95% | 3,125 |
| Trempealeau | 3,961 | 73.95% | 728 | 13.59% | 432 | 8.07% | 65 | 1.21% | 170 | 3.17% | 3,233 | 60.36% | 5,356 |
| Vernon | 3,987 | 76.61% | 618 | 11.88% | 256 | 4.92% | 161 | 3.09% | 182 | 3.50% | 3,369 | 64,74% | 5,204 |
| Vilas | 907 | 83.90% | 45 | 4.16% | 61 | 5.64% | 36 | 3.33% | 32 | 2.96% | 849 [lower-alpha 3] | 78.26% | 1,081 |
| Walworth | 5,691 | 77.28% | 714 | 9.70% | 636 | 8.64% | 78 | 1.06% | 245 | 3.33% | 4,977 | 67.59% | 7,364 |
| Washburn | 1,572 | 79.59% | 211 | 10.68% | 57 | 2.89% | 76 | 3.85% | 59 | 2.99% | 1,361 | 68.91% | 1,975 |
| Washington | 2,721 | 52.41% | 519 | 10.00% | 1,735 | 33.42% | 156 | 3.00% | 61 | 1.17% | 986 [lower-alpha 3] | 18.99% | 5,192 |
| Waukesha | 6,277 | 63.83% | 1,337 | 13.60% | 1,730 | 17.59% | 298 | 3.03% | 192 | 1.95% | 4,547 [lower-alpha 3] | 46.24% | 9,834 |
| Waupaca | 5,637 | 78.35% | 905 | 12.58% | 398 | 5.53% | 112 | 1.56% | 143 | 1.99% | 4,732 | 65.77% | 7,195 |
| Waushara | 2,972 | 82.26% | 351 | 9.71% | 172 | 4.76% | 41 | 1.13% | 77 | 2.13% | 2,621 | 72.54% | 3,613 |
| Winnebago | 10,048 | 64.72% | 3,112 | 20.05% | 1,642 | 10.58% | 459 | 2.96% | 264 | 1.70% | 6,936 | 44.68% | 15,525 |
| Wood | 6,089 | 67.15% | 1,710 | 18.86% | 693 | 7.64% | 358 | 3.95% | 218 | 2.40% | 4,379 | 48.29% | 9,068 |
| Total | 350,927 | 63.47% | 76,507 | 13.84% | 72,627 | 13.14% | 40,293 | 7.29% | 12,558 | 2.27% | 274,420 | 49.63% | 552,912 |
Frederick Robert Zimmerman was a German American politician from Milwaukee, who served as the 25th Governor of Wisconsin. He served before and after his governorship as Wisconsin Secretary of State—for a total of eighteen years in that office. He also served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly. His son, Robert C. Zimmerman, was also Wisconsin Secretary of State from 1957 until 1975.
William F. Quick, Sr., was an American machinist, lawyer, and Socialist politician in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the Socialist Party nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in 1924 and served one term (1923–1926) in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing the Milwaukee-based 7th District. After leaving the senate, he served as a civil court judge and city attorney in Milwaukee.
Herman Roethel was a Wisconsin farmer from Kiel, Wisconsin, United States, who served two terms as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, first being elected as a Socialist, and later as a Republican.
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Herman O. Kent was a farmhand, typesetter and trade union activist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served two terms as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing Milwaukee County's 9th Assembly district.
William C. Coleman was a house painter and trade union activist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who served two terms as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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