1902 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
November 4, 1902
 
Nominee Robert M. La Follette David Stuart Rose
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 193,417 145,818
Percentage 52.89% 39.88%
County results
La Follette :      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Rose :      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Robert M. La Follette
Republican

 Elected Governor

Robert M. La Follette
Republican

The 1902 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1902.

Incumbent Republican Governor Robert M. La Follette defeated Democratic nominee David Stuart Rose with 52.89% of the vote.

Conservative Republican party leaders attempted to deny La Follette renomination in 1902, but La Follette's energized supporters overcame the conservatives and took control of the state convention, implementing a progressive party platform. In the 1902 general election, La Follette decisively defeated the conservative Democratic nominee, Mayor David Stuart Rose of Milwaukee.[1]

In the aftermath of the 1902 election, the state legislature enacted the direct primary (subject to a statewide referendum) and La Follette's tax reform bill. The new tax law, which required railroads to pay taxes based on property owned rather than profits, resulted in railroads paying nearly double the amount of taxes they had paid before the enactment of the law.[2] Having accomplished his first two major goals, La Follette next focused on regulating railroad rates, but the railroads prevented passage of his bill in 1903.[3]

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Other candidates

Results

1902 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[5][6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Robert M. La Follette (incumbent) 193,417 52.89%
Democratic David Stuart Rose 145,818 39.88%
Socialist Emil Seidel 15,970 4.37%
Prohibition Edwin W. Drake 9,647 2.64%
Socialist Labor Henry E. D. Puck 791 0.22%
Scattering 33 0.01%
Majority 47,599 13.01%
Turnout 365,676
Republican hold Swing
County Robert M. La Follette

Republican

 David Stuart Rose

Democratic

 Emil Seidel

Socialist

 Edwin W. Drake

Prohibition

 Henry E. D. Puck

Socialist Labor

 Blank / Scattering Total Votes
# % # % # % # % # % # % #
Adams 1,236 76.2% 338 20.8% 4 0.2% 44 2.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1,622
Ashland 2,280 54.1% 1,752 41.6% 68 1.6% 109 2.6% 5 0.1% 0 0.0% 4,214
Barron 2,174 72.9% 620 20.8% 34 1.1% 140 4.7% 11 0.4% 2 0.1% 2,981
Bayfield 1,892 79.0% 426 17.8% 17 0.7% 53 2.2% 6 0.3% 0 0.0% 2,394
Brown 3,654 50.4% 3,283 45.3% 174 2.4% 126 1.7% 13 0.2% 0 0.0% 7,250
Buffalo 1,267 59.2% 826 38.6% 1 0.0% 43 2.0% 2 0.1% 0 0.0% 2,139
Burnett 865 83.0% 90 8.6% 18 1.7% 57 5.5% 12 1.2% 0 0.0% 1,042
Calumet 1,238 45.5% 1,325 48.7% 123 4.5% 30 1.1% 2 0.1% 3 0.1% 2,721
Chippewa 2,967 63.3% 1,611 34.4% 24 0.5% 84 1.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4,686
Clark 2,577 57.0% 1,729 38.2% 15 0.3% 191 4.2% 12 0.3% 0 0.0% 4,524
Columbia 3,479 58.1% 2,240 37.4% 43 0.7% 229 3.8% 2 0.0% 0 0.0% 5,993
Crawford 1,746 51.4% 1,572 46.2% 8 0.2% 73 2.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3,399
Dane 7,561 51.8% 6,463 44.3% 118 0.8% 449 3.1% 8 0.1% 5 0.0% 14,604
Dodge 2,810 33.5% 5,343 63.8% 36 0.4% 186 2.2% 1 0.0% 1 0.0% 8,377
Door 1,888 70.9% 707 26.5% 11 0.4% 53 2.0% 2 0.1% 2 0.1% 2,663
Douglas 2,933 58.6% 1,762 35.2% 109 2.2% 141 2.8% 58 1.2% 0 0.0% 5,003
Dunn 1,736 64.7% 817 30.4% 13 0.5% 111 4.1% 7 0.3% 1 0.0% 2,685
Eau Claire 2,762 60.4% 1,597 34.9% 68 1.5% 136 3.0% 13 0.3% 0 0.0% 4,576
Florence 267 58.6% 169 37.1% 4 0.9% 15 3.3% 1 0.2% 0 0.0% 456
Fond du Lac 4,443 45.9% 4,903 50.7% 95 1.0% 227 2.3% 2 0.0% 1 0.0% 9,671
Forest 484 62.4% 272 35.1% 6 0.8% 14 1.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 776
Gates 573 69.0% 222 26.7% 5 0.6% 29 3.5% 1 0.1% 0 0.0% 830
Grant 4,411 59.8% 2,642 35.8% 32 0.4% 283 3.8% 8 0.1% 0 0.0% 7,376
Green 2,231 54.7% 1,602 39.3% 70 1.7% 172 4.2% 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 4,076
Green Lake 1,460 46.6% 1,532 48.9% 37 1.2% 96 3.1% 9 0.3% 0 0.0% 3,134
Iowa 2,659 57.2% 1,794 38.6% 9 0.2% 188 4.0% 2 0.0% 0 0.0% 4,652
Iron 1,165 75.5% 348 22.5% 6 0.4% 22 1.4% 3 0.2% 0 0.0% 1,544
Jackson 1,735 72.1% 593 24.6% 13 0.5% 64 2.7% 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 2,406
Jefferson 2,492 38.1% 3,843 58.7% 20 0.3% 183 2.8% 10 0.2% 0 0.0% 6,548
Juneau 2,398 60.9% 1,435 36.5% 24 0.6% 75 1.9% 3 0.1% 0 0.0% 3,935
Kenosha 1,959 45.2% 1,895 43.8% 398 9.2% 68 1.6% 8 0.2% 2 0.0% 4,330
Kewaunee 1,302 42.4% 1,718 56.0% 19 0.6% 29 0.9% 2 0.1% 0 0.0% 3,070
La Crosse 3,806 51.3% 3,300 44.5% 65 0.9% 226 3.0% 16 0.2% 1 0.0% 7,414
Lafayette 2,376 51.4% 2,144 46.3% 28 0.6% 78 1.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4,626
Langlade 1,167 46.9% 1,246 50.1% 15 0.6% 57 2.3% 2 0.1% 0 0.0% 2,487
Lincoln 1,992 56.4% 1,412 40.0% 37 1.0% 89 2.5% 3 0.1% 0 0.0% 3,533
Manitowoc 3,584 48.0% 3,376 45.2% 420 5.6% 78 1.0% 7 0.1% 0 0.0% 7,465
Marathon 3,745 49.0% 3,657 47.9% 86 1.1% 129 1.7% 22 0.3% 0 0.0% 7,639
Marinette 2,880 59.2% 1,769 36.4% 22 0.5% 181 3.7% 13 0.3% 0 0.0% 4,865
Marquette 1,266 52.8% 1,045 43.5% 6 0.2% 82 3.4% 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 2,400
Milwaukee 26,787 43.8% 22,403 36.6% 10,881 17.8% 766 1.3% 327 0.5% 0 0.0% 61,164
Monroe 2,693 56.3% 1,912 40.0% 9 0.2% 169 3.5% 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 4,784
Oconto 2,097 54.7% 1,619 42.3% 18 0.5% 92 2.4% 5 0.1% 0 0.0% 3,831
Oneida 1,154 60.9% 670 35.4% 21 1.1% 49 2.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1,894
Outagamie 3,806 51.4% 3,287 44.4% 116 1.6% 192 2.6% 2 0.0% 0 0.0% 7,403
Ozaukee 977 35.9% 1,677 61.6% 44 1.6% 21 0.8% 3 0.1% 0 0.0% 2,722
Pepin 611 62.7% 341 35.0% 2 0.2% 20 2.1% 1 0.1% 0 0.0% 975
Pierce 1,315 58.3% 765 33.9% 22 1.0% 152 6.7% 2 0.1% 0 0.0% 2,256
Polk 1,386 79.0% 215 12.3% 74 4.2% 60 3.4% 20 1.1% 0 0.0% 1,755
Portage 2,601 50.0% 2,459 47.3% 23 0.4% 117 2.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5,200
Price 1,087 54.4% 773 38.7% 33 1.7% 96 4.8% 8 0.4% 0 0.0% 1,997
Racine 4,452 50.4% 3,824 43.3% 249 2.8% 263 3.0% 44 0.5% 0 0.0% 8,832
Richland 2,080 54.6% 1,419 37.2% 13 0.3% 296 7.8% 2 0.1% 0 0.0% 3,810
Rock 5,078 58.2% 3,146 36.1% 120 1.4% 361 4.1% 10 0.1% 5 0.1% 8,720
St. Croix 2,408 52.9% 1,886 41.5% 86 1.9% 159 3.5% 9 0.2% 0 0.0% 4,548
Sauk 2,775 54.1% 2,085 40.6% 19 0.4% 248 4.8% 3 0.1% 2 0.0% 5,132
Sawyer 578 53.9% 467 43.5% 13 1.2% 15 1.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1,073
Shawano 2,298 60.6% 1,393 36.8% 18 0.5% 77 2.0% 4 0.1% 0 0.0% 3,790
Sheboygan 4,460 45.9% 3,731 38.4% 1,358 14.0% 142 1.5% 32 0.3% 0 0.0% 9,723
Taylor 1,026 47.7% 1,050 48.8% 17 0.8% 51 2.4% 4 0.2% 2 0.1% 2,150
Trempealeau 2,141 76.9% 519 18.6% 4 0.1% 116 4.2% 3 0.1% 0 0.0% 2,783
Vernon 3,439 78.2% 759 17.3% 23 0.5% 176 4.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4,397
Vilas 760 58.1% 516 39.4% 7 0.5% 25 1.9% 1 0.1% 0 0.0% 1,309
Walworth 2,838 61.0% 1,488 32.0% 53 1.1% 272 5.8% 2 0.0% 1 0.0% 4,654
Washburn 644 69.3% 252 27.1% 8 0.9% 22 2.4% 3 0.3% 0 0.0% 929
Washington 2,140 46.9% 2,327 51.0% 30 0.7% 59 1.3% 3 0.1% 0 0.0% 4,559
Waukesha 3,799 52.6% 3,091 42.8% 103 1.4% 230 3.2% 6 0.1% 0 0.0% 7,229
Waupaca 3,489 72.6% 1,030 21.4% 40 0.8% 247 5.1% 1 0.0% 1 0.0% 4,808
Waushara 2,107 74.8% 565 20.0% 13 0.5% 126 4.5% 5 0.2% 2 0.1% 2,818
Winnebago 6,191 53.9% 4,811 41.9% 184 1.6% 289 2.5% 15 0.1% 0 0.0% 11,490
Wood 2,740 56.7% 1,920 39.7% 68 1.4% 99 2.0% 7 0.1% 1 0.0% 4,835
Totals 193,417 52.9% 145,818 39.9% 15,970 4.4% 9,647 2.6% 791 0.2% 33 0.0% 365,676

References

  1. ↑ Thelen, David P. (1976). Robert M. La Follette and the Insurgent Spirit. Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-83927-3. OL 5198113M., pp. 37–39.
  2. ↑ Thelen (1976), pp. 29, 39.
  3. ↑ Thelen (1976), pp. 39–40.
  4. ↑ "Henry Puck for Governor". The Superior times. Superior, Wis. September 6, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  5. ↑ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 87.
  6. ↑ "WI Governor, 1902". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  7. ↑ Wisconsin Blue Book 1903, pp. 447.
  8. ↑ Glashan 1979, pp. 340–341.

Bibliography

  • Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  • Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  • Erickson, Halford, ed. (1903). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Milwaukee: Northwestern Litho. Co.
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