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1944 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
← 1942 November 7, 1944 1946 →
 
Nominee Walter Samuel Goodland Daniel Hoan Alexander O. Benz
Party Republican Democratic Progressive
Popular vote 697,740 536,357 76,028
Percentage 52.84% 40.62% 5.76%
County results
Goodland:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Hoan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Walter Samuel Goodland
Republican

Elected Governor

Walter Samuel Goodland
Republican

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The 1944 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1944.

Incumbent Republican Governor Walter Samuel Goodland defeated Democratic nominee Daniel Hoan with 52.84% of the vote.

Primary election

Primary elections were held on August 15, 1944.

Democratic party

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel W. Hoan 67,632 63.23%
Democratic John N. Zimmermann 39,333 36.77%
Total votes 106,965 100.00%

Republican party

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[2][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walter S. Goodland (inc.) 147,378 47.15%
Republican Delbert J. Kenny 79,492 25.43%
Republican Milton T. Murray 41,244 13.19%
Republican Christian J. Otjen 29,004 9.28%
Republican Roland E. Kannenberg 15,470 4.95%
Total votes 312,588 100.00%

Progressive party

Candidates

Results

Progressive primary results[2][10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Alexander O. Benz 9,448 33.13%
Progressive Leo E. Vaudreuil 9,207 32.28%
Progressive Ralph F. Amoth 5,691 19.95%
Progressive John H. Kaiser 4,174 14.64%
Total votes 28,520 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Other candidates

Results

1944 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Walter S. Goodland (incumbent) 697,740 52.84% +16.39%
Democratic Daniel W. Hoan 536,357 40.62% +28.36%
Progressive Alexander O. Benz 76,028 5.76% −43.89%
Socialist George A. Nelson 9,183 0.70% −0.71%
Socialist Labor[a] Georgia Cozzini 1,122 0.08% +0.02%
Scattering 53 0.00%
Majority 161,383 12.22%
Total votes 1,320,483 100.00%
Republican hold Swing +25.42%

Results by county

County[11][12] Walter S. Goodland
Republican 		Daniel W. Hoan
Democratic 		Alexander O. Benz
Progressive 		All Others
Various 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,769 61.62% 871 30.34% 207 7.21% 24 0.84% 898 31.28% 2,871
Ashland 3,638 47.66% 3,281 42.98% 684 8.96% 31 0.41% 357 4.68% 7,634
Barron 6,838 56.92% 2,854 23.76% 2,238 18.63% 84 0.70% 3,984 33.16% 12,014
Bayfield 2,778 49.10% 2,309 40.81% 531 9.38% 40 0.71% 469 8.29% 5,658
Brown 16,034 46.98% 16,039 47.00% 1,989 5.83% 66 0.19% -5 -0.01% 34,128
Buffalo 3,524 70.83% 1,006 20.22% 395 7.94% 50 1.01% 2,518 50.61% 4,975
Burnett 2,123 55.42% 1,168 30.49% 493 12.87% 47 1.23% 955 24.93% 3,831
Calumet 5,047 67.46% 1,800 24.06% 616 8.23% 19 0.25% 3,247 43.40% 7,482
Chippewa 7,760 56.38% 4,321 31.39% 1,590 11.55% 93 0.68% 3,439 24.99% 13,764
Clark 6,990 57.91% 3,088 25.58% 1,935 16.03% 58 0.48% 3,902 32.33% 12,071
Columbia 9,451 68.45% 3,846 27.85% 478 3.46% 33 0.24% 5,605 40.59% 13,808
Crawford 4,488 63.48% 2,455 34.72% 109 1.54% 18 0.25% 2,033 28.76% 7,070
Dane 33,742 56.78% 21,357 35.94% 4,099 6.90% 226 0.38% 12,385 20.84% 59,424
Dodge 14,136 64.58% 6,132 28.01% 1,566 7.15% 55 0.25% 8,004 36.57% 21,889
Door 5,598 70.34% 1,902 23.90% 438 5.50% 20 0.25% 3,696 46.44% 7,958
Douglas 7,874 39.86% 9,035 45.73% 2,697 13.65% 150 0.76% -1,161 -5.88% 19,756
Dunn 6,083 65.00% 2,219 23.71% 1,015 10.85% 41 0.44% 3,864 41.29% 9,358
Eau Claire 10,553 59.12% 5,411 30.31% 1,814 10.16% 72 0.40% 5,142 28.81% 17,850
Florence 792 51.13% 685 44.22% 55 3.55% 17 1.10% 107 6.91% 1,549
Fond du Lac 16,432 62.86% 8,111 31.03% 1,514 5.79% 85 0.33% 8,321 31.83% 26,142
Forest 1,268 34.53% 2,302 62.69% 96 2.61% 6 0.16% -1,034 -28.16% 3,672
Grant 11,853 75.06% 3,570 22.61% 324 2.05% 44 0.28% 8,283 52.45% 15,791
Green 7,065 75.31% 2,045 21.80% 249 2.65% 22 0.23% 5,020 53.51% 9,381
Green Lake 4,802 72.11% 1,581 23.74% 259 3.89% 17 0.26% 3,221 48.37% 6,659
Iowa 6,015 73.64% 1,911 23.40% 221 2.71% 21 0.26% 4,104 50.24% 8,168
Iron 1,314 34.62% 2,322 61.17% 142 3.74% 18 0.47% -1,008 -26.55% 3,796
Jackson 3,542 61.16% 1,243 21.46% 989 17.08% 17 0.29% 2,299 39.70% 5,791
Jefferson 10,882 63.53% 5,308 30.99% 894 5.22% 44 0.26% 5,574 32.54% 17,128
Juneau 4,811 65.64% 1,905 25.99% 592 8.08% 21 0.29% 2,906 39.65% 7,329
Kenosha 11,543 37.70% 17,487 57.11% 1,335 4.36% 255 0.83% -5,944 -19.41% 30,620
Kewaunee 3,673 56.39% 2,252 34.58% 564 8.66% 24 0.37% 1,421 21.82% 6,513
La Crosse 14,531 59.04% 8,086 32.85% 1,953 7.93% 44 0.18% 6,445 26.18% 24,614
Lafayette 5,559 68.89% 2,356 29.20% 142 1.76% 12 0.15% 3,203 39.70% 8,069
Langlade 3,853 47.39% 3,854 47.40% 394 4.85% 30 0.37% -1 -0.01% 8,131
Lincoln 5,304 62.40% 2,180 25.65% 936 11.01% 80 0.94% 3,124 36.75% 8,500
Manitowoc 12,456 47.86% 10,940 42.04% 2,524 9.70% 104 0.40% 1,516 5.83% 26,024
Marathon 15,538 53.60% 10,328 35.63% 2,864 9.88% 259 0.89% 5,210 17.97% 28,989
Marinette 7,419 56.13% 5,433 41.10% 323 2.44% 43 0.33% 1,986 15.02% 13,218
Marquette 2,902 76.51% 720 18.98% 166 4.38% 5 0.13% 2,182 57.53% 3,793
Milwaukee 140,914 39.42% 201,343 56.33% 9,730 2.72% 5,462 1.53% -60,429 -16.91% 357,449
Monroe 7,940 70.71% 2,602 23.17% 622 5.54% 65 0.58% 5,338 47.54% 11,229
Oconto 5,879 57.28% 3,746 36.50% 596 5.81% 43 0.42% 2,133 20.78% 10,264
Oneida 3,636 50.90% 3,231 45.23% 226 3.16% 50 0.70% 405 5.67% 7,143
Outagamie 13,947 49.60% 6,943 24.69% 7,151 25.43% 80 0.28% 6,796[b] 24.17% 28,121
Ozaukee 5,677 62.23% 3,016 33.06% 382 4.19% 48 0.53% 2,661 29.17% 9,123
Pepin 2,101 75.85% 511 18.45% 138 4.98% 20 0.72% 1,590 57.40% 2,770
Pierce 5,578 72.76% 1,654 21.58% 396 5.17% 38 0.50% 3,924 51.19% 7,666
Polk 5,537 58.84% 2,286 24.29% 1,310 13.92% 277 2.94% 3,251 34.55% 9,410
Portage 6,066 43.80% 7,382 53.30% 333 2.40% 68 0.49% -1,316 -9.50% 13,849
Price 3,205 48.25% 2,925 44.03% 455 6.85% 58 0.87% 280 4.21% 6,643
Racine 17,679 39.72% 25,746 57.84% 897 2.02% 192 0.43% -8,067 -18.12% 44,514
Richland 5,862 73.48% 1,962 24.59% 116 1.45% 38 0.48% 3,900 48.88% 7,978
Rock 21,175 60.57% 12,794 36.60% 918 2.63% 70 0.20% 8,381 23.98% 34,957
Rusk 3,456 55.38% 2,495 39.98% 267 4.28% 23 0.37% 961 15.40% 6,241
Sauk 10,851 71.64% 3,724 24.59% 490 3.24% 81 0.53% 7,127 47.06% 15,146
Sawyer 2,359 56.07% 1,504 35.75% 311 7.39% 33 0.78% 855 20.32% 4,207
Shawano 8,277 65.37% 2,939 23.21% 1,395 11.02% 50 0.39% 5,338 42.16% 12,661
Sheboygan 14,981 47.67% 14,190 45.15% 1,755 5.58% 502 1.60% 791 2.52% 31,428
St. Croix 6,744 65.90% 3,014 29.45% 428 4.18% 48 0.47% 3,730 36.45% 10,234
Taylor 3,330 51.40% 2,536 39.14% 417 6.44% 196 3.03% 794 12.25% 6,479
Trempealeau 5,244 62.71% 1,957 23.40% 1,139 13.62% 22 0.26% 3,287 39.31% 8,362
Vernon 7,067 66.15% 2,950 27.61% 642 6.01% 24 0.22% 4,117 38.54% 10,683
Vilas 1,822 45.19% 2,090 51.84% 105 2.60% 15 0.37% -268 -6.65% 4,032
Walworth 12,240 74.33% 3,817 23.18% 362 2.20% 47 0.29% 8,423 51.15% 16,466
Washburn 2,316 54.19% 1,515 35.45% 413 9.66% 30 0.70% 801 18.74% 4,274
Washington 8,695 68.07% 3,420 26.77% 635 4.97% 24 0.19% 5,275 41.29% 12,774
Waukesha 19,112 61.34% 11,014 35.35% 872 2.80% 162 0.52% 8,098 25.99% 31,160
Waupaca 11,104 72.64% 2,700 17.66% 1,443 9.44% 40 0.26% 8,404 54.97% 15,287
Waushara 4,755 79.10% 972 16.17% 260 4.33% 24 0.40% 3,783 62.93% 6,011
Winnebago 19,893 61.56% 10,601 32.80% 1,651 5.11% 172 0.53% 9,292 28.75% 32,317
Wood 10,318 63.74% 5,065 31.29% 743 4.59% 61 0.38% 5,253 32.45% 16,187
Total 697,740 52.84% 536,357 40.62% 76,028 5.76% 10,358 0.78% 161,383 12.22% 1,320,483

Counties that flipped from Progressive to Republican

Counties that flipped from Progressive to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. ^ "Independent Socialist Labor"
  2. ^ Goodland's margin over Benz

References

  1. ^ "CIO Actionists Face Wisconsin Test Today". Evening Star. Washington, D.C. August 15, 1944. p. A-3. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Wisconsin Blue Book 1946, p. 590.
  3. ^ "WI Governor, 1944 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Former State Senator Kannenberg Dies". Wausau Daily Herald. November 17, 1983. p. 6. Retrieved July 30, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Only One Candidate Has All The Qualifications". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. August 14, 1944. p. 2. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  6. ^ "Col. C. J. Otjen, Milwaukee Civic Leader And Soldier, Dies". The Sheboygan Press. Sheboygan, Wisconsin. July 17, 1950. p. 3. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "WI Governor, 1944 – R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Benz To Seek Nomination". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. May 2, 1944. p. 16. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  9. ^ "Vaudreuil For Governor, But No Statement". Kenosha Evening News. Kenosha, Wisconsin. May 25, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  10. ^ "WI Governor, 1944 – PRG Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  11. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of State Canvassers for State Officers - General Election - 1944
  12. ^ a b The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library (1946). "Summary Vote For Governor By Counties". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1946. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 664.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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