1916 Senatorial General Election Results

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Senatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Robert M. La Follette

Republican

251,303

59.28%

William F. Wolfe

Democratic

135,144

31.88%

Richard Elsner

Social Democrat

28,908

6.82%

Charles L. Hill

Prohibition

8,528

2.01%

Scattering

0.02%

Turnout

Maps

Election Notes:

The primary source is the report of the State Canvassing Board, available at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison. The results can also be found in the 1917 Wisconsin Blue Book, on page 287. The Blue Book does not give the Militia Vote by county; those votes were canvassed separately but are listed by county in the Canvassers Report. The county figures shown here are the combined totals of the regular and militia votes.

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: Wisconsin Board of State Canvassers, Certificate of Board of State Canvassers for United States Senator General Election - 1916 (Madison, 1916)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

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