1922 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
Election
1922 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
County resultsBlaine: 50–60% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100%
The 1922 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1922. Primary elections were held on September 5, 1922.
Incumbent Republican Governor John J. Blaine won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Arthur A. Bentley and Socialist nominee Louis A. Arnold .
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Results
Democratic primary
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Karl Mathie, paper manufacturer,[4] former president of the Friends of German Democracy[5]
Results
Aftermath
The Democratic Party was forced to run candidates as independents, as they lost legal party recognition due to failing to poll the required number of votes in the primary election.[7] [8]
Socialist primary
Nominee
Results
Prohibition primary
Candidates
Results
Other party nominations
Arthur A. Dietrich, Independent Socialist Labor
General election
Results
References
^ "WI Governor, 1922 - R Primary" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 11, 2021 .
^ "Photographers of Fargo - Exhibition - A. A. Bentley" . Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University. 2001.
^ "Karl Mathie: Leader in Paper Manufacturing in Wisconsin Dies on Coast" . New York Times . New York, NY. December 10, 1938. p. 17. Retrieved July 11, 2021 .
^ "Democrats Hold State Meeting" . Wausau pilot . Wausau, Wis. June 29, 1922. p. 3. Retrieved July 11, 2021 .
^ "WI Governor, 1922 - D Primary" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 11, 2021 .
^ Nichols, John (Summer 2020). "Daniel Webster-Hoan: The Socialist Mayor Who Jump-started Wisconsin's Modern Democratic Party" . Wisconsin Magazine of History . 103 (4). Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society: 4–17. Retrieved July 11, 2021 .
^ "The State Candidates" . Vernon County censor . Viroqua, Wis. October 11, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved July 11, 2021 .
^ "WI Governor, 1922" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 11, 2021 .
^ "La Follette wins by 278,552 votes" . Vernon County censor . Viroqua, Wis. December 6, 1922. p. 3. Retrieved July 11, 2021 .
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