1900 Wisconsin gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:	1900 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
Country:	Wisconsin
Flag Year:	1866
Type:	Presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1898 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	1898
Next Election:	1902 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
Next Year:	1902
Election Date:	November 6, 1900
Image1:	File:Congressman Robert La Follette.png
Nominee1:	Robert M. La Follette
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	264,419
Percentage1:	59.84%
Nominee2:	Louis G. Bohmrich
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	160,674
Percentage2:	36.36%
Map Size:	250px
Governor
Before Election:	Edward Scofield
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Robert M. La Follette
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 1900 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900.

Republican nominee Robert M. La Follette defeated Democratic nominee Louis G. Bohmrich with 59.83% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

• Louis G. Bohmrich, Democratic, lawyer^[1]
• Robert M. La Follette, Republican, former U.S. Congressman

Other candidates

• Jabez Burritt Smith, Prohibition, lawyer, candidate for Wisconsin State Senate in 1896^[2]
• Howard Tuttle, Social Democrat, candidate for Governor in 1898
• Frank R. Wilke, Socialist Labor, pressman

Results by county

County	Robert M. La Follette Republican		Louis G. Bohmrich Democratic		J. Burritt Smith Prohibition		Howard Tuttle Social Democratic		Frank R. Wilke Socialist Labor		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		1,529		78.05%		401		20.47%		26		1.33%		3		0.15%		0		0.00%		1,128		57.58%		1,959
	Ashland		2,958		62.51%		1,639		34.64%		105		2.22%		24		0.51%		6		0.13%		1,319		27.87%		4,732
	Barron		2,977		73.14%		939		23.07%		151		3.71%		2		0.05%		1		0.02%		2,038		50.07%		4,070
	Bayfield		2,416		76.89%		629		20.02%		81		2.58%		7		0.22%		9		0.29%		1,787		56.87%		3,142
	Brown		4,832		55.90%		3,664		42.39%		123		1.42%		23		0.27%		2		0.02%		1,168		13.51%		8,644
	Buffalo		2,074		61.95%		1,223		36.53%		50		1.49%		0		0.00%		1		0.03%		851		25.42%		3,348
	Burnett		1,133		81.22%		195		13.98%		53		3.80%		5		0.36%		9		0.65%		938		67.24%		1,395
	Calumet		1,594		44.11%		1,939		53.65%		56		1.55%		21		0.58%		4		0.11%		-345		-9.55%		3,614
	Chippewa		4,189		61.58%		2,457		36.12%		142		2.09%		11		0.16%		3		0.04%		1,732		25.46%		6,802
	Clark		3,829		74.31%		1,178		22.86%		127		2.46%		13		0.25%		6		0.12%		2,651		51.45%		5,153
	Columbia		4,803		66.44%		2,139		29.59%		267		3.69%		18		0.25%		2		0.03%		2,664		36.85%		7,229
	Crawford		2,332		62.47%		1,354		36.27%		45		1.21%		1		0.03%		1		0.03%		978		26.20%		3,733
	Dane		9,837		61.20%		5,750		35.77%		465		2.89%		18		0.11%		3		0.02%		4,087		25.43%		16,073
	Dodge		4,735		43.86%		5,882		54.49%		170		1.57%		6		0.06%		2		0.02%		-1,147		-10.63%		10,795
	Door		2,363		76.77%		659		21.41%		54		1.75%		2		0.06%		0		0.00%		1,704		55.36%		3,078
	Douglas		4,410		64.44%		2,156		31.50%		167		2.44%		94		1.37%		17		0.25%		2,254		32.93%		6,844
	Dunn		3,061		70.53%		1,138		26.22%		137		3.16%		3		0.07%		1		0.02%		1,923		44.31%		4,340
	Eau Claire		4,218		64.25%		2,110		32.14%		189		2.88%		43		0.65%		5		0.08%		2,108		32.11%		6,565
	Florence		511		79.10%		113		17.49%		17		2.63%		3		0.46%		2		0.31%		398		61.61%		646
	Fond du Lac		6,104		52.71%		5,252		45.35%		206		1.78%		16		0.14%		2		0.02%		852		7.36%		11,580
	Forest		385		79.06%		85		17.45%		16		3.29%		1		0.21%		0		0.00%		300		61.60%		487
	Grant		5,683		61.96%		3,192		34.80%		272		2.97%		22		0.24%		3		0.03%		2,491		27.16%		9,172
	Green		3,038		61.14%		1,748		35.18%		146		2.94%		37		0.74%		0		0.00%		1,290		25.96%		4,969
	Green Lake		2,070		55.99%		1,540		41.66%		83		2.25%		4		0.11%		0		0.00%		530		14.34%		3,697
	Iowa		3,355		64.08%		1,690		32.28%		180		3.44%		11		0.21%		0		0.00%		1,665		31.80%		5,236
	Iron		1,322		76.82%		357		20.74%		39		2.27%		2		0.12%		1		0.06%		965		56.07%		1,721
	Jackson		2,651		78.09%		641		18.88%		101		2.97%		2		0.06%		0		0.00%		2,010		59.20%		3,395
	Jefferson		3,733		46.25%		4,160		51.54%		170		2.11%		7		0.09%		1		0.01%		-427		-5.29%		8,071
	Juneau		2,932		63.70%		1,571		34.13%		98		2.13%		2		0.04%		0		0.00%		1,361		29.57%		4,603
	Kenosha		2,946		56.24%		2,213		42.25%		60		1.15%		16		0.31%		3		0.06%		733		13.99%		5,238
	Kewaunee		1,727		49.31%		1,738		49.63%		34		0.97%		3		0.09%		0		0.00%		-11		-0.31%		3,502
	La Crosse		5,345		58.45%		3,599		39.35%		192		2.10%		8		0.09%		1		0.01%		1,746		19.09%		9,145
	Lafayette		2,903		56.79%		2,066		40.41%		141		2.76%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		837		16.37%		5,112
	Langlade		1,546		56.42%		1,140		41.61%		44		1.61%		5		0.18%		5		0.18%		406		14.82%		2,740
	Lincoln		2,053		54.43%		1,629		43.19%		75		1.99%		13		0.34%		2		0.05%		424		11.24%		3,772
	Manitowoc		4,279		48.95%		4,230		48.39%		66		0.76%		162		1.85%		4		0.05%		49		0.56%		8,741
	Marathon		4,480		51.60%		4,018		46.27%		130		1.50%		22		0.25%		33		0.38%		462		5.32%		8,683
	Marinette		4,208		70.52%		1,570		26.31%		175		2.93%		10		0.17%		4		0.07%		2,638		44.21%		5,967
	Marquette		1,563		63.10%		867		35.00%		47		1.90%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		696		28.10%		2,477
	Milwaukee		34,598		52.30%		25,901		39.16%		729		1.10%		4,673		7.06%		247		0.37%		8,697		13.15%		66,148
	Monroe		3,727		60.49%		2,248		36.49%		186		3.02%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,479		24.01%		6,161
	Oconto		2,694		68.22%		1,179		29.86%		72		1.82%		2		0.05%		2		0.05%		1,515		38.36%		3,949
	Oneida		1,802		70.20%		719		28.01%		34		1.32%		10		0.39%		2		0.08%		1,083		42.19%		2,567
	Outagamie		5,116		53.68%		4,158		43.63%		224		2.35%		30		0.31%		3		0.03%		958		10.05%		9,531
	Ozaukee		1,275		38.46%		1,990		60.03%		35		1.06%		14		0.42%		1		0.03%		-715		-21.57%		3,315
	Pepin		1,077		67.14%		493		30.74%		34		2.12%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		584		36.41%		1,604
	Pierce		3,439		73.01%		1,034		21.95%		232		4.93%		4		0.08%		1		0.02%		2,405		51.06%		4,710
	Polk		2,780		78.66%		659		18.65%		71		2.01%		13		0.37%		10		0.28%		2,121		60.02%		3,534
	Portage		3,271		54.44%		2,645		44.02%		85		1.41%		6		0.10%		2		0.03%		626		10.42%		6,009
	Price		1,733		74.38%		533		22.88%		49		2.10%		13		0.56%		2		0.09%		1,200		51.50%		2,330
	Racine		5,748		56.73%		4,019		39.66%		234		2.31%		125		1.23%		7		0.07%		1,729		17.06%		10,133
	Richland		2,574		59.56%		1,505		34.82%		233		5.39%		10		0.23%		0		0.00%		1,069		24.73%		4,322
	Rock		8,253		70.26%		3,073		26.16%		389		3.31%		25		0.21%		6		0.05%		5,180		44.10%		11,746
	Sauk		4,357		61.22%		2,478		34.82%		269		3.78%		9		0.13%		4		0.06%		1,879		26.40%		7,117
	Sawyer		695		68.47%		296		29.16%		22		2.17%		2		0.20%		0		0.00%		399		39.31%		1,015
	Shawano		3,224		66.94%		1,518		31.52%		69		1.43%		3		0.06%		2		0.04%		1,706		35.42%		4,816
	Sheboygan		5,868		53.24%		4,146		37.62%		117		1.06%		843		7.65%		47		0.43%		1,722		15.62%		11,021
	St. Croix		3,380		59.26%		2,080		36.47%		194		3.40%		38		0.67%		12		0.21%		1,300		22.79%		5,704
	Taylor		1,372		55.43%		1,066		43.07%		23		0.93%		13		0.53%		1		0.04%		306		12.36%		2,475
	Trempealeau		3,369		71.47%		1,181		25.05%		162		3.44%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		2,188		46.41%		4,714
	Vernon		4,514		76.81%		1,203		20.47%		143		2.43%		15		0.26%		2		0.03%		3,311		56.34%		5,877
	Vilas		1,194		68.46%		502		28.78%		36		2.06%		11		0.63%		1		0.06%		692		39.68%		1,744
	Walworth		5,074		71.12%		1,755		24.60%		299		4.19%		6		0.08%		0		0.00%		3,319		46.52%		7,134
	Washburn		814		74.61%		247		22.64%		27		2.47%		1		0.09%		2		0.18%		567		51.97%		1,091
	Washington		2,599		50.22%		2,524		48.77%		45		0.87%		6		0.12%		1		0.02%		75		1.45%		5,175
	Waukesha		5,130		61.07%		3,017		35.92%		235		2.80%		15		0.18%		3		0.04%		2,113		25.15%		8,400
	Waupaca		5,269		76.13%		1,394		20.14%		253		3.66%		2		0.03%		3		0.04%		3,875		55.99%		6,921
	Waushara		2,957		81.21%		557		15.30%		124		3.41%		3		0.08%		0		0.00%		2,400		65.92%		3,641
	Winnebago		7,266		54.23%		5,788		43.20%		311		2.32%		25		0.19%		8		0.06%		1,478		11.03%		13,398
	Wood		3,126		60.96%		1,895		36.95%		71		1.38%		31		0.60%		5		0.10%		1,231		24.01%		5,128
Total	264,419	59.84%	160,674	36.36%	9,707	2.20%	6,590	1.49%	509	0.12%	103,745	23.48%	441,900

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Dane
• Langlade
• Lincoln
• Manitowoc
• Taylor
• Washington
• Wood

Bibliography

• Book: Glashan, Roy R. . American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 . Meckler Books . 1979 . 0-930466-17-9 .
• Book: Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 . Washington, D.C. . Congressional Quarterly Inc. . 1998 . 1-56802-396-0 . .
• Book: Froehlich . Wm. H. . 1901 . The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin . Northwestern Litho. Co. . Milwaukee . .

Notes and References

1. News: . Election Notice . Northern Wisconsin advertiser . Wabeno, Wis. . November 1, 1900 . 9 . 6 August 2021.
2. Web site: J. Burritt Smith sails on.