1920 Illinois gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:	1920 Illinois gubernatorial election
Country:	Illinois
Flag Year:	1915
Type:	Presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1916 Illinois gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	1916
Next Election:	1924 Illinois gubernatorial election
Next Year:	1924
Election Date:	November 2, 1920
Image1:	File:Len Small (3x4).jpg
Nominee1:	Len Small
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	1,243,148
Percentage1:	58.87%
Nominee2:	James Hamilton Lewis
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	731,541
Percentage2:	34.64%
Map Size:	300px
Governor
Before Election:	Frank Orren Lowden
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Len Small
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 1920 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920.

Incumbent first-term Republican Governor Frank Orren Lowden declined to stand for re-election. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. President at the 1920 Republican National Convention.

Republican nominee Len Small defeated Democratic nominee James Hamilton Lewis with 58.78% of the vote.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on September 15, 1920.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• James Hamilton Lewis, former U.S. Senator
• Barratt O'Hara, former Lieutenant Governor

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• Oscar E. Carlstrom, Mercer County state's attorney
• John G. Oglesby, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
• Len Small, former State Treasurer
• Edward N. Woodruff, mayor of Peoria

Results

Socialist primary

Candidates

• Andrew Lafin

Results

General election

Candidates

Major candidates

• Len Small, Republican
• James Hamilton Lewis, Democratic

Minor candidates

• Harrison Parker, Co-operative, former president of the Chicago-American Newspaper Company^[1]
• John H. Walker, Farmer-Labor, national Chairman of the Farmer-Labor Party^[2]
• John Maynard Harlan, Harding-Coolidge Republican, Independent nominee for mayor of Chicago 1897 and Republican nominee for mayor of Chicago in 1905
• Parke Longworth, Liberal
• James H. Woertendyke, Prohibition, Prohibition nominee for U.S. House in 1904 from Illinois's 13th congressional district
• Lewis D. Spaulding, Single Tax
• Andrew Lafin, Socialist, Socialist nominee for U.S. House in 1916 from Illinois's 9th congressional district
• John M. Francis, Socialist Labor, nominee for Governor in 1916

Results

See also

• 1920 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election

Bibliography

• Book: Glashan, Roy R. . American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 . Meckler Books . 1979 . 0-930466-17-9 .
• Book: Compiled by Louis L. Emmerson, Secretary of State . Louis Lincoln Emmerson . 1920 . Official vote of the State of Illinois cast at the General Election, Nov. 2, 1920, &c., &c. . Springfield, Illinois . Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers . .

Notes and References

1. News: . Candidate for Governor . Evening times-Republican. . Marshalltown, Iowa . 25 September 1920 . 1 . 11 March 2021.
2. News: The Farmer-Labor Party Convention . Robert M. . Buck . PDF . The New Majority . Chicago . 17 July 1920 . 1–2 . 11 March 2021.