LRL-WF-137 - WO§CLCD~§O~ [f~CLTI§ -- List of Candidates for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin and the Votes Cast for Them Since 1914 \Vhen Popular Election Was Established Prepared by the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library, August 1954 The 17th amendment to the United States Constitution providing for the popular election of U.S. Senators was proposed in 1912 and ratified in May 1913 by the requisite number of states, vfisconsin implemented this change by enacting Chapter 634, Laws of 1913, which amended section 14 of the statutes (now section 6,03). This became effective July 19, 1913 and was first used in the 1914 elections. (Note: Winners are underlined,) 1914 PRIV~RY. Paul 0. Kusting(D) 35.963; Thomas Kearney(D) 29,459; Qharles L. Hill(Proh) 1.754; Levi H. Bancroft(R) 26,156; Timothy Burke(R) 6,721; Charles E. Estabrook(R) 7,179; Francis E. McGovern(R) 37,125; Thomas Morris(R) 26,012; John Strange(R) 11,983; Emil Seidel(Soc.Dem) 12,417. - GENERAL. Rusting 134.925; Hill 9,276; l!cGovern 133,969; Seidel 29,774. 1916 PRIMARY. Wm. F. 1iolfe(D) 36.795; Charles L. Hill(Proh) l,Sol; Halcomb G. Jeffri" ;(R) 66,576; Robert M. La Follette(R) 99.720; Richard Elsner(S) 11,479. GENERAL, Wolfe 135 ,144; Hill 8,528; La Follette 251,301; Elsner 28,908. - 1918( Special) PRIV~Y. Joseph Davies(D) 57.282; Charles McCarthy(D) 13,784; Irvine L. Lenroot(R) 71.186; James Thompson(R) 70,772; Victor Bereer(S) 18,564, GE1~L. Davies 148,923; 1enroot 163.981; Berger 110,487. 19ZO ...... PRI~IARY. Paul S. Reinsch(D) 19,952; Adolph Bucknam(Proh) 1,157; Clyde D. Mead(Proh) 1,194; Irvine L... Lenroot(R) 169,296; A. C. McHenry(R) 46,952; James Thompson(R) 149,442;- Frank J. Weber(S) 12,275. GENERAL. Reinsch 89,265; Mead 5,107; Lenroot 281,576; Weber 66,172; Thompson(Ind) 235,029. 1922 PRIMARY. ;Jessie Jack Hooper(D) 16,663; Adolph R. Bucknam(Prohf 1,282; Robert i>i. La Follette(R) 162,445; lt/illiam Canfield (R) 139,327. - GENERAL. Hooper(Ind.Dem) 78,029; Bucknam 11,254; La Follette 379.494; Richard Koeppel(Ind.Soc.Lab) 1,656. 1925(Special) PRIMARY. Wm. G. Bruce(D) 7.391; Charles B. Rogers(D) 383; Robert M. La Follette, Jr.(R) 178,011; Wm. McGovern(R) 18,478; Roy Wilcox(R) 81,834; Daniel Woodward(R) 40,366; ;John M. Work(S) 5,950. - GENERAL. Bruce(Ind.Dem) 10,743; La Follette 2'37.719; \'/ork 11,130; George Bauman(Ind.Soc.Lab) 795; Ed~r. Dithmar(Ind.Rep) 91,318. 1926 PRIMARY. Thomas M. Kearney(D) 16,001; Ella T. Sanford(Proh) 68'3; Alfred B. Taynton(Proh) 600; John J. Blaine(R) 233,803; Frank J. Kelly(R) 24,U96; Irvine L. Lenroot(R) 208,738; Leo Krgycki(S) 10.791. GENERAL •.. · Kear.ney,66,M'2-; Sanford 9,885; Blaine 299.759; Krzycki 3l,Jl7; Richard Koeppel(Soc.Lab) 3,061; Charles D. Rosa. (Ind.Prog.Rep) 111,122;- .r .. N. Tittemo.re(Ind) 23,822. (Over) LRL-II'F-137 List of Candidates for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Since 1914--Cont. 1928 PRIMARY. Michael K. Reilly(D) 38,432; David W. Emerson(Prohr-&27; Robert M. La Follette. Jr.(R) 322.979; George Ttl. Mead (R) 161,156. GENERAL. Emerson 21,359; La Follette 635.376; Richard Koeppel(Ind.Lab) 3,053; Wm. H. Markham(Ind.Rep) 81,)02; John Kasun(Ind. Wrkrs) 1,463. 1932 PRIMARY. F. Rvan Duffy(D) 110,548; Harvey A. Knapp(Proh) 686; Henry 0. Meisel(Proh) 455; John J. Blaine(R) 338,042; John B. Chapple(R) 348,991; Emil Seidel(S) )l.J87. GENER~L. Duffy 610,2}6; Knapp 4,364; Chapple 387,668; Seidel 65,807; Ray Hansborough(Ind.Com) 2,921. 19J4 PRI~~RY. Gertrude Bowler(D) 25,785; John Callahan(D) 58,270; William Carroll(D) 29,137; Charles Hammersley(D) 38,369; Wm. HcGovern(D) 48,931; Robert M. La Follette. Jr.(Prog) 154.373; John B. Chapple(R) 126,014; James P. Sheehan(S) 28,286. GENERAL. Callahan 223,438; La Follette 440,513; Chapple 210,569; Sheehan 44,453; Dobbins(Ind.Com) 2,127; Lee(Ind.Proh) 826. - 19)8 . PRIMARY. F. Rvan Duffy(D) 109,129; Thomas Amlie(Prog) 70,794; Herman Ekern(Prog) 79,885; Wm, Campbell(R) 23,790; John B. Uhappla(R) 56,403; Stephen J. McMahon(R) 11,111; Edward Samp(R) 25,669; Wm. H. Stafford(R) 26,533; Alexander Wiley{R) zo.4oo. GENERAL. Duffy 231,976; Ekern 249,209; Chapple(Ind) 7,251; Wiley 446,770; Fred B. Blair(Ind) 1,283; Ehrhardt(Ind.Soc.Lab) 1,014. 1940 PRIMARY. Wm. carroll(D) 36,306; James E. Finnegan(D) 55.145; James J. Kerwin(D) 22,642; John Cudahy(D) 14,773; Robert M. La Follette, ~r.(Prog) 144,692; Walter B. ~hilsen(R) 24,928; Fred Clausen(R) 109,293; Michael G. Eberlein(R) 43,784; Glenn Frank(R) 47,885; John P. Koehler(R) 64,774; Wm. C. Maas(R) 29,94o; Reuben W. Peterson(R) 29,331. GENERAL. Finnegan 176,688• La Follette 605.609; Clausen 553,692; Furmant!nd) 1,308; Wiggert(!nd.Soc.Lab) 838. 1944 PRIMARY. Howard McMurray(D) 89.277; Harry Sauthoff(Prog) 2)"359; Joseph R. Mc.Carthy(R) 79,380; Leathem D. Smith(R) 44,195; Perry Stearns(R) 14,048; Alexander Wirey(R) 15).570; Walter Uphoff(Soc) ).095. GENERAL. McMurray 537,144; Sauthoff 73,089; Wiley 614.511; ijphoff 9,964; Wiggert(Ind) 1,664, 1946 PRI~~RY. Howard McMurray(D) 62,)6~; Robert M. La Follette, Jr.(R) 202,557; Joseph R. McCarthy(R) 207,915; Perry Stearns (R) 29,605; Edwin w.- KnaweC S) 1, 67'3. GENERAL. McMurray 378,772; McCarthy 620,4)0; Knappe 11,750; Cozzini(Ind.Soc.Lab) 1,552. 1950 PRIMARY. La Verne Dilweg(D) 21,609; Thomas Fairchild(D) 58,399; Daniel W. Hoan(D) 44,423; William Sanderson(D) 41,962; Ed>rard J. Finan(R) 87,929; .Alexander Wiley(R) 308,516; Edwin W. Knappe(S) 2,002. GENERAL. Fairchild 515,.539; vliley .595 ,281; Knappe 3, 972; James Boulton( Ind) 332; Artemio Cozzini (Ind) 307; Perry J. Stearns(Ind) 644. 1952 PRIMARY. Thomas Fairchild(D) 97.121; Henry Reuss(D) 94,379;-mdWard J. Finan(R) 4,021; Andrew G. Jacobson(R) 11,639; Edmund Kerwer(R) 4,0?8; Joseph R. McCarthy(R) 515,1~?,1; Leonard Schmitt(R) 213,701; Perry J.- Stearns(R) 10,353. GE~~RAL. Fairchild 731,402; James Boulton(InQ) 1,442; McCarthy 870,444; Easterday(Ind) 1,879 .