1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
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The 1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1922.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette was re-elected to a fourth term in office over Democrat Jessie Jack Hooper. Off the strength of his landslide victory, La Follette launched a second campaign for President of the United States in 1924.
La Follette's opponent, the suffragette Jessie Jack Hooper, was among the first American women to ever run a campaign for the U.S. Senate.
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- William A. Ganfield
- Robert M. La Follette, incumbent Senator since 1906
Campaign
[edit]La Follette spent much of the primary defending his opposition to American involvement in World War I and the Treaty of Versailles. He attacked President Warren Harding's administration and its proposed Four-Power Treaty as equally objectionable as the Versailles negotiations.[1]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Robert M. La Follette (incumbent) | 362,445 | 72.23% | |
| Republican | William Ganfield | 139,327 | 27.77% | |
| Total votes | 484,135 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Jessie Jack Hooper, suffragette and anti-war activist
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jessie Jack Hooper | 16,663 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 16,663 | 100.00% | ||
Prohibition primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Adolph R. Bucknam
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Prohibition | Adolph R. Bucknam | 1,282 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 1,282 | 100.00% | ||
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Adolph R. Bucknam (Prohibition)
- Jessie Jack Hooper, suffragette and anti-war activist (Democratic)
- Robert M. La Follette, incumbent Senator since 1906 (Republican)
- Richard Koeppel (Socialist Labor)
Campaign
[edit]Hooper's campaign was run by two women, Livia Peshkova and Gertrude Watkins, bolstered by women in the press, and often hosted in family living rooms. The campaign rallying cry was "Whoop for Hooper." Her election platform championed the League of Nations, veterans compensation, and world peace. Her husband was one of only two men who donated any money to her campaign.[3]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Robert M. La Follette (incumbent) | 379,494 | 80.60% |  21.37
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| Democratic | Jessie Jack Hooper | 78,029 | 16.57% |  15.33
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| Prohibition | Adolph R. Bucknam | 11,254 | 2.39% | 0.37
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| Socialist Labor | Richard Koeppel | 1,656 | 0.35% | 0.18
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| Write-in | 386 | 0.08% | |||
| Total votes | 470,819 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "LA FOLLETTE LEADS IN WISCONSIN RACE". The New York Times. September 6, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
- ^ a b c "The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1923" (PDF). p. 500. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ Smith, James Howell (Winter 1962–1963). "Mrs. Ben Hooper of Oshkosh: Peace Worker and Politician". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 46 (2). Wisconsin Historical Society: 124–135. JSTOR 4633823.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1922" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ "The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1923" (PDF). p. 564. Retrieved June 17, 2021.