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

Republican candidate John J. Blaine won the election with 52.98% of the vote, winning his first of three terms as Governor of Wisconsin due to the popularity of Emanuel L. Philipp and it would lead to his victorious campaigns for U.S. Senate. Blaine defeated Democratic Party candidate Robert McCoy, Socialist candidate William Coleman and Prohibition Party candidate Henry H. Tubbs.

1920 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on September 7, 1920.

1920 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

Democratic primary

Candidates

Robert Bruce McCoy, general in the National Guard, former Monroe County Court judge and Mayor of Sparta

1920 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

John J. Blaine, incumbent Attorney General of Wisconsin

Edward Dithmar, incumbent Lieutenant Governor

Merlin Hull, incumbent Secretary of State of Wisconsin

Gilbert E. Seaman, regent of the University of Wisconsin

James N. Tittemore, unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for Governor in 1918 Roy P. Wilcox, incumbent State Senator, unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for Governor in 1918

Results

Socialist primary

Candidates

William Coleman, union organizer, unsuccessful candidate for the Wisconsin House of Representatives in 1908

Results

Prohibition primary

Candidates

Henry H. Tubbs, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in 1904

Results

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

John J. Blaine, Republican

Robert Bruce McCoy, Democratic

Other candidates

Henry H. Tubbs, Prohibition

William Coleman, Socialist

Results

References

Bibliography

1920

Wisconsin

Gubernatorial

November 1920 events