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Elections in Wisconsin |
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The 1942 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942.
Incumbent Republican Governor Julius P. Heil was defeated by Progressive nominee Orland S. Loomis in a rematch of the 1940 election with 49.65% of the vote. As of 2023, this is the last time Waupaca and Dodge counties did not vote for the Republican candidate for governor. Primary elections were held on September 15, 1942.
Loomis died of a heart attack on December 7, 1942, a month before he was to take office. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Lieutenant Governor Walter Samuel Goodland would serve Orland Loomis's term as governor, overriding the view of Governor Julius Heil that he should continue in office. [1] [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Julius P. Heil (incumbent) | 136,980 | 51.57 | |
Republican | Milton T. Murray | 95,908 | 36.11 | |
Republican | James K. Robinson | 32,740 | 12.33 | |
Total votes | 265,628 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter Samuel Goodland (incumbent) | 154,695 | 66.34 | |
Republican | Charles I. Wesley | 78,474 | 33.66 | |
Total votes | 233,169 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William C. Sullivan | 15,684 | 24.31 | |
Democratic | Gustav J. Keller | 15,482 | 23.99 | |
Democratic | Raymond J. Cannon | 11,075 | 17.16 | |
Democratic | Stanley Z. Fajkowski | 10,333 | 16.01 | |
Democratic | Albert J. Wilde | 7,227 | 11.20 | |
Democratic | Joseph H. Conlin | 4,725 | 7.32 | |
Total votes | 64,526 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John M. Brophy | 52,952 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 52,952 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressive | Orland S. Loomis | 54,508 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 54,508 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressive | Philip E. Nelson | 36,584 | 71.98 | |
Progressive | Henry J. Berquist | 13,240 | 28.02 | |
Total votes | 50,824 | 100.00 |
In the September Primary, Nelson won with a commanding 71% of the vote. Nelson, however, had already been appointed to the federal War Production Board and, on the eve of the Progressive Party state convention, declined the nomination. [12] On October 5, the Progressives formally nominated Henry Berquist in place of Nelson. [13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Socialist | Frank P. Zeidler | 5,666 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 5,666 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Socialist | Arthur C. Ochsner | 5,233 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 5,233 | 100.00 |
Major party candidates
Other candidates
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | Orland S. Loomis | 397,664 | 49.65% | ||
Republican | Julius P. Heil (incumbent) | 291,945 | 36.45% | ||
Democratic | William C. Sullivan | 98,153 | 12.25% | ||
Socialist | Frank P. Zeidler | 11,295 | 1.41% | ||
Independent Communist | Fred B. Blair | 1,092 | 0.14% | ||
Independent Socialist Labor | Georgia Cozzini | 490 | 0.06% | ||
Scattering | 346 | 0.04% | |||
Majority | 105,719 | 13.20% | |||
Turnout | 800,985 | 100.00% | |||
Progressive gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
Major party candidates
Other candidates
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Walter Samuel Goodland (incumbent) | 349,230 | 47.34% | ||
Progressive | Henry J. Berquist | 256,851 | 34.82% | ||
Democratic | John M. Brophy | 119,926 | 16.26% | ||
Socialist | Arthur C. Ochsner | 10,372 | 1.41% | ||
Independent Socialist Labor | Adolf Wiggert | 1,336 | 0.18% | ||
Majority | 92,379 | 12.52% | |||
Turnout | 737,715 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | Swing | ||||
Orland Steen "Spike" Loomis was an American lawyer and progressive politician from Juneau County, Wisconsin. He was elected to be the 31st Governor of Wisconsin in 1942, but died before taking office. He previously served as the 28th Attorney General of Wisconsin. He was elected as Attorney General and Governor running on the Wisconsin Progressive Party ticket, but had previously served in the State Senate and Assembly as a Republican.
Julius Peter Heil was an American politician and the 30th governor of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1943.
Walter Samuel Goodland was an American lawyer and politician and the 31st Governor of Wisconsin. He was a member of the Republican Party and attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Progressive Party (1934–1946) was a political party that briefly held a dominant role in Wisconsin politics.
Philip Emanuel Nelson was an American farmer, businessman, and Progressive politician from Douglas County, Wisconsin. He served 12 years in the Wisconsin Senate (1931–1943) and four years in the State Assembly (1927–1931), and was floor leader of the Senate Progressives during the 1937, 1939, and 1941 sessions. He also ran for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and later served as a political appointee under presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, serving in roles at the War Production Board, the United States Department of Commerce, and the United States Department of Agriculture.
Milton T. Murray was a teacher, lawyer and politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Henry Joseph Berquist was an American politician. He served three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1937–1942) representing Florence, Forest, and Oneida counties as a member of the Wisconsin Progressive Party. He resigned to serve in World War II and was wounded and captured at the Battle of the Bulge. After the war he was a candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in 1948 for Henry A. Wallace's Progressive Party, but was not elected. In his later years he became a staunch Democrat and advocated for senior issues.
The 1916 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916.
The 1914 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1914.
The 1950 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950.
The 1948 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948.
The 1946 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946.
The 1944 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1944.
The 1940 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940.
The 1938 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938.
The 1924 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1924.
The 1936 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1936.
The 1932 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Republican Governor Philip La Follette was defeated in the Republican primary, and in the midst of the Great Depression and nationwide voter dissatisfaction with the Republican Party, Democratic nominee Albert G. Schmedeman defeated Republican nominee Walter J. Kohler Sr. and Socialist nominee Frank Metcalfe with 52.48% of the vote. Schmedeman became the first Democrat to win a gubernatorial election in Wisconsin since George Wilbur Peck in 1892. 2 years later, in 1934, La Follette would run for governor again and defeated Schmedeman, this time running with the Progressive Party.
The 1934 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934.
The Sixty-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 8, 1941, to June 6, 1941, in regular session.